Eli Tomac and Jett Lawrence blast to the top in San Diego

2023 AMA Supercross Championship

Round Two – Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego

250 Main

Three Aussies qualified for the 250 Main after Jett Lawrence won his Heat and countrymen Wilson Todd and Geran Stapleton finished sixth and ninth respectively in their Heat race to gain promotion through to the Main.

Jett Lawrence wrapped up his ninth 250 SX class victory in San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium after scoring the holeshot and then streaking away from the field to control the race.

Perfect 26-point scores from the opening two rounds sees the defending champ leave San Diego with a six-point buffer over RJ Hampshire.

Early on in the 250 Main Jett was chased by the Yamaha duo of Phil Nicoletti and Enzo Lopes but both Yamaha men were eventually overhauled by Cameron McAdoo and RJ Hampshire.

With ten-minutes left on the shot clock McAdoo had started closing on Jett Lawrence but as soon as the Aussie teenager saw that on his pit-board he wicked it up again to stretch away.

RJ Hampshire then hunted down McAdoo in the closing minutes and stole second place with two laps remaining. Hampshire had the speed to pull away from McAdoo and retain second place all the way to the flag while McAdoo rounded out the podium ahead of Enzo Lopes and Pierce Brown.

Wilson Todd got taken out in a turn one melee but picked himself up and raced to a 17th place finish and six championship points. Geran Stapleton followed his countryman home in 18th to bag five-points.

250 Main Results

250 Championship Points

250 Heat One Results

250 Heat Two Results

250 LCQ Results

250 Qualifying Results

450 Main

Eli Tomac normally takes a little time to warm-up at the start of a season but he came out firing at A1 to win the opening round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship for the first time in his career.

Tomac backed that up in San Diego for his 46th 450 Supercross victory.  The defending champ’s fastest lap of the race was almost a full-second quicker than any of his competitors.

Adam Cianciarulo and Colt Nichols led the field away on the opening lap ahead of Cooper Webb and Eli Tomac.  Nichols then dropped a number of positions over the opening lap as Cianciarulo led Webb, Tomac and Anderson.

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Cooper Webb snuck past Cianicarulo for the lead three-minutes into the Main but Tomac then charged past both of them over the next lap to move into the lead.

From thereon in it was Tomac leading from Webb throughout the remainder of the race and the pair finished in that order. The gap between them ebbed and flowed but Tomac looked in control throughout.

Further back Justin Barcia worked his way through the field, picking off Ferrandis, then Roczen and Cianciarulo to move up to fourth place.  Ken Roczen came back at Barcia though and the pair swapped positions a number of times but Barcia managed to hold on for that final step on the rostrum.

Chase Sexton had to go through the LCQ after crashing early in his Heat race. Aaron Plessinger could not avoid the stricken Sexton in time and his impact with the #23 CRF450F left Sexton unable to continue due to damage to his machine. Sexton then won the LCQ and worked his way up to fifth in the Main to score 18-points which keeps him firmly in championship contention. Sexton also carded the second fastest lap of the race to underline his potential.

Jason Anderson had been in a strong third place until a fall early on in the second half of the Main saw him drift back down the order. The Kawasaki man finished seventh at the flag behind Dylan Ferrandis, but ahead of team-mate Adam Cianciarulo.

An early fall for Malcolm Stewart, followed by another fall eight-minutes into the Main, left Mookie with plenty of work to do. The 30-year-old eventually crossed the line in 15th to bag eight-points.

450 Main Results

450 Championship Points

450 Heat One Results

450 Heat Two Results

450 LCQ Results

450 Qualifying Results