450 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS // 2023 SAN DIEGO SUPERCROSS
The 2023 San Diego Supercross is set to go inside of the brand new SnapDragon Stadium, just a few miles north of downtown San Diego, California. If you know you’re Supercross history, you might remember the now demolished Qualcomm Stadium which was erected in 1967 and was demolished in December of 2020. Supercross raced in the Qualcomm Stadium a total of 31 times (from 1980-2014) before the series moved it’s San Diego venue downtown to Petco Park for the 2015 through 2022 seasons. Now, the brand new SnapDragon stadium is ready to host Supercross and it’s actually located on the other end of the parking lot from where Qualcomm previously sat. The 2023 race marks the 40th time that Supercross races in San Diego and coming into today, it’s Eli Tomac with the red plate and points lead after winning Round 1 at Anaheim.
Scroll below to see the qualifying results, presented by FXR Racing, from the 450 class at San Diego as they are updated throughout the day.
2023 SAN DIEGO SUPERCROSS | FULL COVERAGE
450 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS
The riders did a practice start to get into the second 450 qualifying session and Jason Anderson was up front, but the way the turn is laid out, it rises over the backside of a berm and then drops the riders straight into a rhythm section. Jason slid out going up the berm and caused him and Cooper Webb to brake and go to the back of the pack. The good thing about practice starts during qualifying is that it gets the riders prepared for the night show so hopefully they won’t make the same mistakes.
The track was much faster for the second qualifying session after the Dirt Wurx crew groomed it between sessions. Cooper Webb sat quickest with 1:30 left on the clock, but everyone else was still charging hard. It was Chase Sexton, with just over 1-minute to go, who knocked Webb off the top spot. Then, with less than a minute to go, it was Malcolm Stewart who put in a heater lap, catching Eli Tomac, to get the fastest time of the day!
| 1 | 27 | Malcolm Stewart | 50.008 | |
| 2 | 23 | Chase Sexton | 50.108 | |
| 3 | 2 | Cooper Webb | 50.118 | |
| 4 | 1 | Eli Tomac | 50.473 | |
| 5 | 14 | Dylan Ferrandis | 50.544 | |
| 6 | 21 | Jason Anderson | 50.587 | |
| 7 | 9 | Adam Cianciarulo | 50.821 | |
| 8 | 45 | Colt Nichols | 50.952 | |
| 9 | 94 | Ken Roczen | 51.079 | |
| 10 | 51 | Justin Barcia | 51.206 | |
| 11 | 17 | Joey Savatgy | 51.248 | |
| 12 | 28 | Christian Craig | 51.417 | |
| 13 | 46 | Justin Hill | 51.844 | |
| 14 | 7 | Aaron Plessinger | 51.963 | |
| 15 | 15 | Dean Wilson | 52.180 | |
| 16 | 47 | Fredrik Noren | 52.861 | |
| 17 | 751 | Josh Hill | 53.022 | |
| 18 | 12 | Shane McElrath | 53.032 | |
| 19 | 60 | Justin Starling | 53.048 | |
| 20 | 410 | Brandon Scharer | 53.310 | |
| 21 | 68 | Cade Clason | 53.765 | |
| 22 | 140 | Alex Ray | 53.932 | |
| 23 | 11 | Kyle Chisholm | 54.059 | |
| 24 | 519 | Joshua Cartwright | 54.100 | |
| 25 | 73 | John Short | 54.153 | |
| 26 | 90 | Tristan Lane | 54.320 | |
| 27 | 848 | Joan Cros | 54.370 | |
| 28 | 837 | Bryson Gardner | 54.479 | |
| 29 | 412 | Jared Lesher | 54.484 | |
| 30 | 74 | Logan Karnow | 54.524 | |
| 31 | 219 | Chase Marquier | 54.635 | |
| 32 | 78 | Grant Harlan | 54.763 | |
| 33 | 952 | Ludovic Macler | 54.820 | |
| 34 | 80 | Kevin Moranz | 54.912 | |
| 35 | 66 | Henry Miller | 54.942 | |
| 36 | 726 | Gared Steinke | 55.148 | |
| 37 | 597 | Mason Kerr | 55.325 | |
| 38 | 509 | Alexander Nagy | 55.602 | |
| 39 | 637 | Bobby Piazza | 55.697 | |
| 40 | 208 | Logan Leitzel | 55.741 | |
The Top 40 Qualify
| 41 | 129 | Lane Shaw | 55.769 | |
| 42 | 447 | Deven Raper | 56.096 | |
| 43 | 501 | Scotty Wennerstrom | 56.171 | |
| 44 | 282 | Theodore Pauli | 56.259 | |
| 45 | 119 | Logan Boye | 56.900 | |
| 46 | 191 | Curren Thurman | 56.943 | |
| 47 | 141 | Richard Taylor | 56.972 | |
| 48 | 512 | Austin Cozadd | 57.371 | |
| 49 | 146 | Brandon Marley | 57.750 | |
| 50 | 195 | Blake Ashley | 58.909 | |
| 51 | 770 | Doug Manhire | 1:13.821 | |
450 QUALIFYING RESULTS (SESSION 1 OF 2)
The 2023 San Diego Supercross wasn’t an easy track build for the Dirt Wurx crew. It started out wet and muddy inside of the Snapdragon Stadium early in the week and they worked hard to build a dry race track for FELD Entertainment. They also decided to cancel press day to give the track more time to “air out.” Now, the conditions look great, the traction is plentiful and there are ruts in each turn, which makes for a challenging and technical track.
With 5-mins on the clock, Cooper Webb laid down a heater lap, moving to the top of the leaderboard. Ken Roczen has been testing different suspension settings this past week, going between factory Showa and Factory Connection-built suspension. He sat 9th quickest with 3-mins left. Aaron Plessinger was lucky to ride away from a sketchy incident on the north end of the stadium when he landed on a tough block and both Dean Wilson and Joey Savatgy made mistakes in the same rhythm lane.
| POS. | # | RIDER | BEST TIME | ||||
| 1 | 21 | Jason Anderson | 50.639 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Eli Tomac | 51.043 | ||||
| 3 | 23 | Chase Sexton | 51.097 | ||||
| 4 | 14 | Dylan Ferrandis | 51.112 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | Malcolm Stewart | 51.168 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | Cooper Webb | 51.241 | ||||
| 7 | 9 | Adam Cianciarulo | 51.723 | ||||
| 8 | 94 | Ken Roczen | 51.994 | ||||
| 9 | 45 | Colt Nichols | 52.045 | ||||
| 10 | 17 | Joey Savatgy | 52.295 | ||||
| 11 | 15 | Dean Wilson | 52.377 | ||||
| 12 | 28 | Christian Craig | 52.451 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | Aaron Plessinger | 52.798 | ||||
| 14 | 51 | Justin Barcia | 52.935 | ||||
| 15 | 46 | Justin Hill | 53.084 | ||||
| 16 | 68 | Cade Clason | 54.592 | ||||
| 17 | 60 | Justin Starling | 54.634 | ||||
| 18 | 751 | Josh Hill | 54.641 | ||||
| 19 | 47 | Fredrik Noren | 54.767 | ||||
| 20 | 78 | Grant Harlan | 55.251 | ||||
| 21 | 73 | John Short | 56.155 | ||||
| 22 | 80 | Kevin Moranz | 56.464 | ||||
