Blow by blow recap from Seattle AMA Supercross

2023 AMA Supercross Championship

Round 11 – Lumen Field – Seattle, Washington State

250 Heat One

Carson Mumford and Hunter Yoder went through turn one side by side but it was Yoder that emerged with the early lead as Kaeden Amerine and Joshua Varize chased the Kawasaki pair. RJ Hampshire was way down in 13th early on.

Pierce Brown worked his way up to second place before half distance, splitting Mumford and Yoder. Brown then took the lead on his way to victory.  Mumford second.  Hampshire made it all the way up to third by the chequered flag.

250 Heat One Results

250 Heat Two

Jett Lawrence had topped qualifying but he got sandwiched on the run to turn one which allowed Levi Kitchen to sprint away to an early lead. Cameron McAdoo second and Jett Lawrence quickly up to third.

Lawrence and McAdoo then commenced battle, dusting each other up and swapping positions. That allowed Kitchen clear air and he streaked away to an unassailable lead.

Jett was playing it safe and biding his time, then made a move at the start of a rhythm section but McAdoo then jumped on to the back of Jett’s rear quarter taking both of them down. They both lost over ten seconds while on the deck, Stilez Robertson sweeping past them into second place.

McAdoo was up first but Jett chased him down to take third, the Aussie youngster then reeled in Robertson to take second and held that position to the chequered flag.  Levi Kitchen the clear victor.

250 Heat Two Results

250 LCQ Results

250 Main

Stilez Robertson ran a wide line into turn one and managed to emerge with the early race lead ahead of Yoder, Lawrence and McAdoo.

Jett was soon up to second place and looking for a safe way past Robertson.  Meanwhile Hampshire and Kitchen were catching them. Jett hit the lead five-minutes in.

Robertson then clashed with McAdoo in the whoops and went down pretty hard, Robertson took no further part in the race due to what looked like an injured shoulder. Hampshire then took second place from McAdoo and set about trying to chase down Lawrence.

Jett Lawrence went on to take his fourth victory from five Mains contested so far this season, extending his points lead over Hampshire out to 23-points with four rounds still remaining.

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Hampshire second on the night. McAdoo third.

250 Main Results

250 West Championship Points

450 Heat One

Kevin Moranz got a great start but was quickly passed by Christian Craig with the Husky rider then breaking away. Aaron Plessinger third, Cole Seely fourth and Adam Cianciarulo fifth on lap one. Justin Barcia was down in tenth but wasted no time in working his way forward.

Barcia was up to fourth by lap three after passing Cole Seely and Dean Wilson but that was as far forward as he would get.  Christian Craig managed to fend off a late challenge from Aaron Plessinger to take the victory. Adam Cianciarulo fourth.

450 Heat One Results

450 Heat Two

Plenty of heavy hitters in the second heat. Cooper Webb the early leader from Jason Anderson, Chase Sexton, Grant Harlan, Ken Roczen and Eli Tomac in sixth.

Tomac eventually worked his way up to third place and put in the fastest lap of the race but he couldn’t get on terms with Webb and Sexton before the chequered flag.  Webb the victor after managing to hold Sexton off over the final laps.

Anderson tangled with Sexton a couple of laps from the flag and went down, recovering to a fifth place finish behind Ken Roczen.

450 Heat Two Results

450 LCQ Results

450 Main

Eli Tomac and Chase Sexton were side by side out of turn one but the early leader was Kevin Moranz. Ken Roczen pushed Tomac back to fourth late on the opening lap. Moranz then ran off the circuit which promoted Sexton through to the lead, Roczen up to second, Tomac third, Cianciarulo fourth and Webb fifth.

As the race progressed Tomac got stronger and stronger.  The defending champion picked off Webb, then Cianciarulo and then Roczen to move up to second place with 14-minutes left on the shot clock. At this juncture Sexton had a three-second lead but a few minutes later he made a mistake and went over the bars.

That allowed Tomac to sweep through to the lead, Webb up to second and Roczen up to third, relegating Sexton to fourth where he was immediately challenged by Barcia.

It looked as though Cooper Webb might have the speed to close down Tomac but a few small mistakes prevented him from getting on terms with the Yamaha man.

Tomac the victor ahead of Webb and the two are now tied on 248-points apiece with six battles remaining in this 17 battle war.

Justin Barcia rounded out the podium ahead of Jason Anderson and Chase Sexton.  Ken Roczen sixth, Aaron Plessinger seventh.

Cooper Webb – P2

“I didn’t gel very well with the track in practice at all, struggled to find a flow, and knew that for the night show, it was time to step up. The Heat race gave me a bit of a spark to know that we were in it, which was good to win that, and I knew the track was going to break down – that’s something that I excel at. It was definitely good to bounce back. This morning, if you were to tell me I was going to be on the podium I would have been quite happy, so to be able to fight like that to P2 and stay within the battle was awesome.”

Justin Barcia – P3

“I felt good and qualified fourth. In the heat race, I finished fourth. I didn’t get the greatest start but I rode really well. In the main event, it was the same. I didn’t get off to the best start, then had a lot of battles and charged all the way up to third. I closed in on second but didn’t have quite enough time. The bike was really good. I had a lot of fun and the team crushed it. We are on the gas and going forward, going for that win.”

450 Main Results

450 Championship Points