2019 SEATTLE SUPERCROSS, 450 RESULTS

Cooper Webb came into CenturyLink Field in Seattle for round 12 of the 2019 AMA Supercross season with a 14-point lead. For his Red Bull KTM teammate Marvin Musquin, it was time to win and he knew it. Last week’s overdue win in Indy was what he needed to boost his confidence. For Eli Tomac and Kenny Roczen, it looked like the season might have already slipped away.  Tomac needed 21 points to catch up to Webb; Roczen needed 27.

450 MAIN EVENT: THE CONTROVERSY

Zach Osborne pulled a rare holeshot in the 450 main, but it was Marvin Musquin who was in front within a few turns. The pivotal incident of the race happened behind those riders when Chad Reed crashed and was run over by Kyle Chisholm. The red cross flag came out and when the riders came through on the second lap, they were expected to roll the jumps. Musquin, however, jumped two small jumps triggering an instant review by officials. In the course of the race, Musquin pulled out a decent lead, while Ken Roczen followed without making any real challenges.  Behind those two, Cole Seely, Eli Tomac, Joey Savatgy and Cooper Webb mixed it up lap after lap. Musquin won with his traditional heal clicker, not remembering what happened on the second lap. “I was leading and with all the nerves and excitement, I jumped. I was slowing down, but it was too late.” The affair is under review at this time, but official results will be here as soon as they are made available. For extended coverage of the 2019 Seattle Supercross, click here.

UPDATE: AFTER REVIEW, OFFICIAL RESULTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED WITH MARVIN MUSQUIN LISTED AS THE WINNER. HE WOULD NOT, HOWEVER, BE AWARDED  FULL  POINTS FOR THE WIN. THERE WILL BE MORE ON THIS IN THE POST-RACE REPORT.

 450 RESULTS
1 Marvin Musquin
2 Ken Roczen
3 Eli Tomac
4 Cooper Webb
5 Joey Savatgy
6 Dean Wilson
7 Blake Baggett
8 Zach Osborne
9 Cole Seely
10 Tyler Bowers
11 Justin Bogle
12 Justin Hill
13 Mike Alessi
14 Ben Lamay
15 Carlen Gardner
16 Alex Ray
17 Justin Barcia
18 Austin Politelli
19 Kyle Chisholm
20 Ryan Breece
21 Chad Reed
22 Justin Brayton

For 250 class results, click here.

450 HEAT 1

Roczen is back! Kenny Roczen started third behind Blake Baggett and Marvin Musquin, the riders who went one-two last week in Indy. Within three laps, he passed them both.  Musquin passed Baggett after a few laps, and then started to creep back up on Roczen. In the end, it wasn’t quite enough. In the meantime,  Cole Seely and Zach Osborne caught Baggett and passed him. In the final laps, Osborne passed Seely for third in his best showing so far on the 450.

450 HEAT 1 RESULTS
1 Ken Roczen
2 Marvin Musquin
3 Zach Osborne
4 Cole Seely
5 Blake Baggett
6 Tyler Bowers
7 Justin Bogle
8 Justin Barcia
9 Carlen Gardner
10 Austin Politelli
11 Adam Enticknap
12 Ben Lamay
13 Casey Brennan
14 Scotty Wennerstrom
15 Tyler Enticknap
16 Vann Martin
17 Tevin Tapia
18 Broc Shoemaker
19 Colton Aeck

450 HEAT 2

The second heat for the 450 class stared off with the battle that everyone has wanted all season. Cooper Webb was in front with Eli Tomac right on his rear fender. On top of that, fast qualifier Dean Wilson was third with rookie sensation Joey Savatgy next. Halfway through the race, Tomac pulled up beside Webb in the whoops, but couldn’t make the pass.  As the race wound down, Tomac was all over Webb, but the track was getting trickier, and he just couldn’t crack the code on the whoop section.  Wilson and Savtagy were the only ones clearing a double/triple combo in third and fourth. They raced to the very end, never losing sight of the leaders. Chad Reed was fifth throughout the race.

450 HEAT 2 RESULTS
1 Cooper Webb
2 Eli Tomac
3 Dean Wilson
4 Joey Savatgy
5 Chad Reed
6 Justin Brayton
7 Justin Hill
8 Kyle Chisholm
9 Mike Alessi
10 Joshua Grant
11 Alex Ray
12 Ryan Breece
13 Daniel Herrlein
14 Alexander Nagy
15 Joan Cros
16 Aj Catanzaro
17 Kyle Swanson
18 Johan Nystrom
19 Theodore Pauli
20 Dylan Summerlin

450 LCQ

Josh Grant came back to AMA Supercross as a fill-in rider for Aaron Plessinger on the Monster Energy Yamaha team. He was obviously a little rusty and fell in his heat, finishing one spot out of a qualifying position and sending him to the Last Chance Qualifier. That race actually went even worse for him. He fell in the whoops while he was in a qualifying position. Then, just went he looked like he might get that spot back on the final lap, he fell again. That meant that Ben Lamay, Ryan Breece, Alex Ray and Austin Politelli got the final gates in the main.

450 LCQ
1 Ben Lamay
2 Ryan Breece
3 Alex Ray
4 Austin Politelli
5 Adam Enticknap
6 Aj Catanzaro
7 Joan Cros
8 Alexander Nagy
9 Casey Brennan
10 Daniel Herrlein
11 Tyler Enticknap
12 Tevin Tapia
13 Theodore Pauli
14 Scotty Wennerstrom
15 Kyle Swanson
16 Colton Aeck
17 Broc Shoemaker
18 Johan Nystrom
19 Vann Martin
20 Joshua Grant

QUALIFYING

When both timed practice sessions concluded, it was Rockstar Husqvarna’s Dean Wilson on top, showing confidence that stems from his heat win last week. It was a fast, dry course without any of the rain that was forecast. As usual, the times were tightly grouped, with nine riders within a second. Cooper Webb might have been back in 11th, but that was just 1.2 seconds back. Nothing to be concerned with for Webb fans.

COMBINED 450 QUALIFYING TIMES, SEATTLE SUPERCROSS

1. Dean Wilson 45.281
2. Marvin Musquin 45.292
3. Eli Tomac 45.536
4. Ken Roczen 45.803
5. Joey Savatgy 45.864
6. Blake Baggett 46.000
7. Chad Reed 46.069
8. Zach Osborne 46.075
9. Justin Hill 46.191
10. Cole Seely 46.415
11. Cooper Webb 46.433
12. Tyler Bowers 46.617
13. Justin Brayton 46.746
14. Justin Bogle 46.769
15. Joshua Grant 47.064
16. Justin Barcia 47.192
17. Mike Alessi 47.616
18. Ben Lamay 47.671
19. Alex Ray 47.918
20. Adam Enticknap 48.587
21. Kyle Chisholm 48.588
22. Austin Politelli 48.808
23. Ryan Breece 48.933
24. Carlen Gardner 48.976
25. Aj Catanzaro 49.205
26. Casey Brennan 49.583
27. Daniel Herrlein 49.631
28. Tyler Enticknap 49.991
29. Joan Cros 50.077
30. Scotty Wennerstrom 50.137
31. Kyle Swanson 50.256
32. Tevin Tapia 50.270
33. Theodore Pauli 50.449
34. Vann Martin 50.481
35. Alexander Nagy 50.601
36. Broc Shoemaker 51.793
37. Johan Nystrom 51.968
38. Colton Aeck 52.524
39. Dylan Summerlin 54.301