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

Marvin started off strong in the first round of qualifying but slowly dropped to fourth by the end of the first round of timed qualifying.

Adam Cianciarulo debuting limited edition Fox Gear.

Brandon Hartranft putting that RMZ450 power to the ground.

Benny Bloss taking the inside line on the MotoConcepts 450.

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