450 QUALIFYING RESULTS | 2021 HOUSTON SUPERCROSS 1 (UPDATED)

On Jan 16, 2021 Last updated Jan 16, 2021

450 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS | 2021 HOUSTON SUPERCROSS 1

After a tremendous amount of work put on by the teams and FELD, we are once again able to experience Supercross for another year. But this year did not start off like any other Supercross year in recent memory. It started a week later and no one gathered in Angel Stadium to kick off the first round. In fact, no rounds are going to be held in California. Instead, the teams head to Houston, Texas to go head to head in the first round of Supercross and will stay primarily on the East Coast and middle America to race for the 2021 championship. Despite seeing riders on social media posting a few clips of them riding during the week, it’s hard to say where everone’s skill and speed is. A common answer during the opening round press conference was that the riders have no idea how fast their competition compares to them. After the 2020 outdoors season, teams were scrambling to develop race bikes and get their riders to the test tracks trying to get things figured out before the first round of Supercross. Some riders like Eli Tomac and Adam Cianciarulo feel very confident about their race bikes because they are essentially just making minor adjustments to their previous year’s bike. However some like Ken Roczen and Chase Sexton have both had very little time to fine-tune theirs. Who do you think will be the fastest 450 rider in the opening round of Supercross? Go down below to see the results.

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Photos by Brian Converse

450 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS

Ken Roczen and Kyle Chizholm skimming the whoops in Houston

The top qualifying position of the day in the 450 division went to 450 Supercross rookie Chase Sexton. Eli Tomac sat in second place followed by Marvin Musquin and Ken Roczen.

POS.	#	NAME	BEST TIME
1	23	Chase Sexton	44.006
2	1	Eli Tomac	44.036
3	25	Marvin Musquin	44.212
4	94	Ken Roczen	44.230
5	27	Malcolm Stewart	44.268
6	51	Justin Barcia	44.355
7	14	Dylan Ferrandis	44.457
8	9	Adam Cianciarulo	44.469
9	21	Jason Anderson	44.678
10	17	Joey Savatgy	44.695
11	16	Zach Osborne	44.724
12	15	Dean Wilson	44.773
13	2	Cooper Webb	44.814
14	10	Justin Brayton	44.983
15	40	Vince Friese	45.154
16	36	Martin Davalos	45.217
17	7	Aaron Plessinger	45.236
18	20	Broc Tickle	45.671
19	19	Justin Bogle	45.829
20	37	Benny Bloss	46.159
21	28	Brandon Hartranft	46.222
22	11	Kyle Chisholm	46.703
23	83	Alex Ray	46.986
24	81	Justin Starling	47.071
25	43	Fredrik Noren	47.350
26	981	Austin Politelli	47.403
27	805	Carlen Gardner	47.687
28	280	Cade Clason	47.808
29	114	Nick Schmidt	47.920
30	309	Jeremy Smith	48.118
31	722	Adam Enticknap	48.157
32	184	Scott Champion	48.306
33	330	Aj Catanzaro	48.566
34	848	Joan Cros	48.672
35	282	Theodore Pauli	48.691
36	606	Ronnie Stewart	48.707
37	57	Justin Rodbell	48.932
38	509	Alexander Nagy	49.038
39	421	Vann Martin	49.178
40	976	Joshua Greco	49.273

TOP 40 RIDERS QUALIFY FOR THE MAIN EVENT

41	952	Ludovic Macler	49.478
42	637	Bobby Piazza	49.592
43	824	Carter Stephenson	49.623
44	121	Chris Howell	49.624
45	447	Deven Raper	50.210
46	597	Mason Kerr	50.456
47	501	Scotty Wennerstrom	50.909
48	795	Aaron Leininger	52.718

Joey Savatgy aboard his new 450 rider with Rocky Mountain KTM

450 SESSION 2 QUALIFYING GROUP A

Justin Barcia showing style during qualifying.

Justin Barcia stepped out front in the second qualifier followed by other heavy hitters Cooper Webb and Ken Roczen. With an open track in front of him, Justin Barcia set his eyes out to running a very fast lap time. But his lap time was not quite as fast as Cianciarulo’s as the Kawasaki rider jumped ahead of the pack for the fastest lap time. However the fastest qualifier from session 1, Ken Roczen, took that lead away went to the top of the board. Only two seconds separated all 20 of the 450 riders, the times were extremely close. 450 Supercross rookie, Chase Sexton passed his teammate for the top position and then followed by Justin Barcia. Red plate holder, Eli Tomac, moved into the fourth position followed by Joey Savatgy with 5 minutes remaining. Star Yamaha 450 rider Malcolm Stewart moved into the third position and Marvin Musquin moved into second. Despite having a 44.006 laptime, Chase was still unable to break into the 43 second mark set by 250 rider Christian Craig in the earlier qualifying session. With two minutes left, Eli Tomac passed Marvin Musquin for the second position in timed qualifying. Chase remained to hold onto the fastest time in the second qualifying session and the overall fastest 450 lap time of the day.

POS.	#	RIDER	BEST TIME
1	23	Chase Sexton	44.006
2	1	Eli Tomac	44.036
3	25	Marvin Musquin	44.212
4	27	Malcolm Stewart	44.268
5	51	Justin Barcia	44.355
6	94	Ken Roczen	44.370
7	14	Dylan Ferrandis	44.457
8	9	Adam Cianciarulo	44.469
9	17	Joey Savatgy	44.695
10	16	Zach Osborne	44.724
11	21	Jason Anderson	44.737
12	15	Dean Wilson	44.773
13	2	Cooper Webb	44.814
14	10	Justin Brayton	44.983
15	40	Vince Friese	45.154
16	36	Martin Davalos	45.217
17	7	Aaron Plessinger	45.236
18	20	Broc Tickle	45.671
19	37	Benny Bloss	46.159
20	28	Brandon Hartranft	46.222
21	11	Kyle Chisholm	46.703
22	83	Alex Ray	46.986
23	43	Fredrik Noren	47.350

Marvin qualified in second in the second round of timed qualifying.

450 SESSION 1 QUALIFYING GROUP A

The 2020 champ qualified second in the first round of Group A qualifying.

Right off in the beginning, Marvin Musquin jumped to the front of the qualifying session followed by the 23 and 94 of Ken Roczen. Ken Roczen shortly took the lead followed by the 2020 Champ Eli Tomac. The number 21 took the third position in the first round. With the last minute of qualifying coming to an end, Malcolm Stewart crashed through one of the rhythm sections but appeared to be in good condition as he rode off the track.

POS.	#	RIDER	BEST TIME
1	94	Ken Roczen	44.230
2	1	Eli Tomac	44.568
3	21	Jason Anderson	44.678
4	25	Marvin Musquin	44.704
5	51	Justin Barcia	44.838
6	23	Chase Sexton	44.927
7	27	Malcolm Stewart	45.008
8	16	Zach Osborne	45.070
9	9	Adam Cianciarulo	45.398
10	2	Cooper Webb	45.402
11	17	Joey Savatgy	45.499
12	40	Vince Friese	45.534
13	15	Dean Wilson	45.640
14	36	Martin Davalos	45.643
15	19	Justin Bogle	45.829
16	20	Broc Tickle	45.937
17	14	Dylan Ferrandis	45.996
18	10	Justin Brayton	46.038
19	7	Aaron Plessinger	46.255
20	37	Benny Bloss	46.429
21	28	Brandon Hartranft	46.746
22	83	Alex Ray	47.115
23	43	Fredrik Noren	47.559
24	11	Kyle Chisholm	47.966