450 MAIN EVENT RESULTS // 2023 TAMPA SUPERCROSS
450 MAIN EVENT RESULTS // 2023 TAMPA SUPERCROSS
The 2023 Monster Energy Supercross series has made its way back to Raymond James Stadium. The stadium had faced inclement weather just before opening ceremonies but has slightly taken a breather, making us cross out fingers it doesn’t turn out to be a full blown mudder. Regardless of the weather the show must go on and thankfully the 450 class has remained to be exciting at each round this season. Eli Tomac still holds the red plate in hand while Chase Sexton and Cooper Webb are in reaching distance of the coveted number plate.
So will Eli Tomac continue his winning domination or will another 450 rider rise to occasion? Find out down below as we report all the action LIVE.
The Race Results for the 450 class are presented to you by FXR.
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450 MAIN EVENT RESULTS
Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton would slide across the holeshot line at the start of the Main Event with Chase running away with the lead by the second turn.
During the opening lap, Jason Anderson and Justin Barcia would be found with their bikes glued together off the track after Jason tried to take away Barcia’s line.
After five minutes, Eli Tomac who didn’t get the best of starts had closed the gap on fourth place’s Ken Roczen. However, Eli would lose that progress he had made a couple of minutes later.
with 12 minutes left, Chase made a crucial mistake in the sand section allowing Cooper Webb to gain on the race leader.
What is one of the most remarkable parts of the race was back in seventh place where both Jason Anderson and Justin Barcia had battled through the entire field.
With five minutes left, the gap between Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton had vanished. Two minutes later, Cooper would have an incredible recovery through the whoops but a mistake in Chase’s part would result in no time loss for the number 2.
With just two minutes left in the race, Chase Sexton would crash resulting in the lead being handed to Cooper.
Cooper would win the Main Event with a 6 second lead.
| POS. | # | RIDER | |
| 1 | 2 | Cooper Webb | |
| 2 | 23 | Chase Sexton | |
| 3 | 7 | Aaron Plessinger | |
| 4 | 94 | Ken Roczen | |
| 5 | 1 | Eli Tomac | |
| 6 | 21 | Jason Anderson | |
| 7 | 32 | Justin Cooper | |
| 8 | 51 | Justin Barcia | |
| 9 | 17 | Joey Savatgy | |
| 10 | 28 | Christian Craig | |
| 11 | 45 | Colt Nichols | |
| 12 | 9 | Adam Cianciarulo | |
| 13 | 46 | Justin Hill | |
| 14 | 751 | Josh Hill | |
| 15 | 15 | Dean Wilson | |
| 16 | 44 | Benny Bloss | |
| 17 | 12 | Shane McElrath | |
| 18 | 80 | Kevin Moranz | |
| 19 | 11 | Kyle Chisholm | |
| 20 | 68 | Cade Clason | |
| 21 | 78 | Grant Harlan | |
| 22 | 73 | John Short | |
Cooper Webb would end his win hiatus at Tampa!
450 HEAT 2 RACE RESULTS
Aaron Plessinger surprised many as he passed Eli Tomac through the whoops section and would take second place.
Chase Sexton grabbed the holeshot with Eli Tomac chasing in second place with Aaron Plessinger in third. Joey Savatgy was riding very impressive until going down with only four minutes left in the race.
Now the track may not have been as muddy as Aaron Plessinger was hoping but he still put work in passing Eli Tomac through the whoops section.
With a minute remaining in the race, the gap that Chase Sexton had started to shrink ever so slightly as Aaron continued to ride well, but still sat 4.27 seconds behind.
Chase Sexton would make light work of the second Heat Race.
| POS. | # | RIDER | INTERVAL | |||||
| 1 | 23 | Chase Sexton | 9 Laps | |||||
| 2 | 7 | Aaron Plessinger | +07.813 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | Eli Tomac | +10.003 | |||||
| 4 | 51 | Justin Barcia | +10.953 | |||||
| 5 | 94 | Ken Roczen | +15.416 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | Cooper Webb | +27.707 | |||||
| 7 | 45 | Colt Nichols | +30.523 | |||||
| 8 | 73 | John Short | +45.480 | |||||
| 9 | 68 | Cade Clason | +49.839 | |||||
| 10 | 17 | Joey Savatgy | +52.380 | |||||
| 11 | 80 | Kevin Moranz | 8 Laps | |||||
| 12 | 78 | Grant Harlan | +03.301 | |||||
| 13 | 412 | Jared Lesher | +08.521 | |||||
| 14 | 140 | Alex Ray | +14.346 | |||||
| 15 | 751 | Josh Hill | +20.086 | |||||
| 16 | 74 | Logan Karnow | +31.458 | |||||
| 17 | 173 | Hunter Schlosser | +32.638 | |||||
| 18 | 597 | Mason Kerr | +36.258 | |||||
| 19 | 637 | Bobby Piazza | +51.119 | |||||
| 20 | 60 | Justin Starling | DNF | |||||
Chase Sexton would go on to win the second Heat Race with a comfortable lead.
450 HEAT 1 RACE RESULTS
Jason Anderson would win the first Heat Race.
Adam Cianciarulo snuck in to get the holeshot with his teammate Jason Anderson within earshot. With five minutes left in the race, Jason Anderson skimmed across the whoops to take the lead position in the first Heat Race.
Christian Craig raced back in third with Benny Bloss in fourth.
Not much would happen in the race as the top 10 slowly padded out with the only battle occurring back in fifth place between Dean Wilson, Justin Cooper, and Shane McElrath.
| POS. | # | RIDER | INTERVAL | ||||||
| 1 | 21 | Jason Anderson | 8 Laps | ||||||
| 2 | 9 | Adam Cianciarulo | +02.932 | ||||||
| 3 | 28 | Christian Craig | +04.000 | ||||||
| 4 | 44 | Benny Bloss | +13.718 | ||||||
| 5 | 15 | Dean Wilson | +15.416 | ||||||
| 6 | 12 | Shane McElrath | +18.160 | ||||||
| 7 | 32 | Justin Cooper | +18.379 | ||||||
| 8 | 46 | Justin Hill | +25.533 | ||||||
| 9 | 11 | Kyle Chisholm | +30.010 | ||||||
| 10 | 83 | Cole Thompson | +34.123 | ||||||
| 11 | 47 | Fredrik Noren | +34.636 | ||||||
| 12 | 282 | Theodore Pauli | +50.559 | ||||||
| 13 | 848 | Joan Cros | +58.833 | ||||||
| 14 | 604 | Max Miller | 7 Laps | ||||||
| 15 | 129 | Lane Shaw | +01.791 | ||||||
| 16 | 519 | Joshua Cartwright | +10.540 | ||||||
| 17 | 219 | Chase Marquier | +22.764 | ||||||
| 18 | 501 | Scotty Wennerstrom | +40.395 | ||||||
| 19 | 976 | Joshua Greco | 3 Laps | ||||||
| 20 | 90 | Tristan Lane | DNF | ||||||
Christian Craig would ride his way into third place.
450 LCQ RACE RESULTS
Joey Savatgy hasn’t exactly had the best day of racing but would secure his spot in the Main Event after winning the LCQ.
Kevin Moranz was quick to get out of the chaos as he grabbed the holeshot and led the LCQ. With two minutes left, Joey Savatgy caught up to Kevin and would eventually pass Kevin half a minute later.
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