A new season, a new century and a new battle for the Monster Energy Supercross Championship.
Made the night show but didn’t make the main event? We give credit where credit is due with The Others. 40 guys prove they have what it takes to perform in front of a packed stadium and through heat races and a last chance qualifier, 22 will head to the Main Event, while the other 18 are forced to pack it up and call it a night.
On Paper, this season’s 450 class is stacked! There are 14 current riders with a professional championship on their resume, add another when Tickle comes back and yet another if we count past race winner, Justin Brayton’s Australian Championships.
Justin Barcia was a complete surprise winner to us at first but when you stop and think of how open he’s been about his changes to his Yamaha motorcycle and his commitment of living in a motor home in California, maybe a new and calmer Justin could be a contender. He’d win his heat race and back it up with a W in the Main Event. Adam Cianciarulo backed up his Monster Energy Cup won months ago with setting the fastest qualifying time and finishing his night in second at his first 450 Championship race. Cooper Webb was said to be very sick and would quietly leave A1 with a third and a good start to his Championship defense.
In 250 action Justin Cooper and Star Yamaha team mate Dylan Ferrandis look to be the best guys. Cooper would take the W as Dylan worked from a start outside the top 5 to a 2nd place finish. Austin Forkner would cross the line in 3rd but later be docked to 5th for cutting the track. This bumped Geico Honda’s Christian Craig to the final podium spot.
With the list of talent we mentioned, it may be a long season for most privateers with only a few spots truly feasible on paper. All but 3 guys in the 450 class were on Factory or Factory Supported motorcycles. Big props this week to Tyler Bowers, Kyle Chisholm and Chris Blose on putting much smaller programs into the Main Event!
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| Rider: Chris Blose | Photo: Brandon Schlegel |
And now...The Others
250
- 929 Taiki Koga
- 221 Mathias Jorgensen
- 118 Cheyenne Harmon
- 621 RJ Wageman
- 260 Dylan Woodcock
- 284 Lorenzo Camporese
- 914 Geran Stapleton
- 216 Devin Harriman
- 200 Dare DeMartile
- 427 Deegan Vonlossberg
- 974 Brian Marty
- 246 Chance Blackburn
- 181 Wyatt Lyonsmith
- 154 Chase Felong
- 277 Kordel Caro
- 952 Ludovic Macler
- 55 Martin Castelo
- 108 Aaron Tanti
450
- 44 Kyle Cunningham
- 50 Benny Bloss
- 71 Ryan Breece
- 82 Cade Autenrieth
- 92 Austin Politelli
- 61 Alex ARay
- 67 Jerry Robin
- 56 Justin Starling
- 86 Josh Cartwright
- 848 Joan Cros
- 304 Hector Assuncao
- 280 Cade Clason
- 70 Dylan Merriam
- 817 Jason Clermont
- 114 Nick Schmidt
- 421 Vann Martin
- 65 James Weeks
- 722 Adam Enticknap
-Kyle Pesci
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