2023 ATLANTA SUPERCROSS RESULTS

The Atlanta round of the 2023 Monster Energy Supercross got underway early Saturday morning with the riders qualifying for the first daytime race of the season. The points chase only got tighter, with red-plate holder Eli Tomac losing ground to his two closest rivals. Chase Sexton silenced the critics with a start to finish win and Cooper Webb managed to hold off Tomac for the entire race.  Hunter Lawrence took yet another win in the 250 class while Haiden Deegan proved he could run up front. For extended coverage of the 2023 Monster Energy Supercross season, click here.

450 HEAT 1

Ken Roczen and Adam Cianciarulo were scrapping for the lead through the first few turns, but eventually AC was on top. Cooper Webb snuck past Roczen and a lap later was trying to pass Cianciarulo in the whoops. Cianciarulo got sideways and went down. He remounted and eventually made a charge back to fourth. Josh Hill hung on and finished third behind Webb and Roczen.

1 Cooper Webb
2 Ken Roczen
3 Josh Hill
4 Adam Cianciarulo
5 Dean Wilson
6 Colt Nichols
7 Benny Bloss
8 Fredrik Noren
9 Shane McElrath
10 Chase Marquier
11 Joshua Cartwright
12 Jared Lesher
13 John Short
14 Devin Simonson
15 Cheyenne Harmon
16 Ronnie Stewart
17 Hunter Schlosser
18 Cade Clason
19 Christopher Prebula
20 Bobby Piazza

450 HEAT 2

Eli Tomac overshot the first turn with a little nudge from Justin Barcia. That set up Jason Anderson with the lead. Barcia set out after him while Chase Sexton seemed stuck in fourth. Eventually,  Anderson went off the track, and would later be penalized a position which gave Barcia the win. Sexton and Tomac caught up to third and fourth

1 Justin Barcia
2 Jason Anderson
3 Chase Sexton
4 Eli Tomac
5 Justin Hill
6 Kyle Chisholm
7 Kevin Moranz
8 Grant Harlan
9 Justin Starling
10 Aaron Plessinger
11 Joan Cros
12 Tristan Lane
13 Logan Karnow
14 Mason Kerr
15 Richard Taylor
16 Preston Taylor
17 Dawson Ryker
18 Scotty Wennerstrom
19 Joshua Greco
20 Lane Shaw

450 MAIN EVENT

The 450 main got underway with Chase Sexton and Ken Roczen fighting for the lead. Sexton emerged on top while his two biggest rivals were further back in the pack. Webb was back around fifth and Tomac was seventh. Eventually Barcia came through to take second away from Roczen, then he started closing on Sexton. In the meantime, Tomac caught up to Webb and the two of them settled into a race-long battle for fourth. In the end, the three top riders pulled away from the Webb/Tomac battle. Sexton finished with a few seconds over Barcia, and Roczen was all by himself. Webb withstood all of Tomac’s attacks to make up a single point the the title chase.

1 Chase Sexton
2 Justin Barcia
3 Ken Roczen
4 Cooper Webb
5 Eli Tomac
6 Aaron Plessinger
7 Adam Cianciarulo
8 Dean Wilson
9 Colt Nichols
10 Justin Hill
11 Josh Hill
12 Shane McElrath
13 Benny Bloss
14 Kyle Chisholm
15 Fredrik Noren
16 Kevin Moranz
17 Grant Harlan
18 Joshua Cartwright
19 Justin Starling
20 Jared Lesher
21 Jason Anderson
22 Cade Clason

250 HEAT 1

In 250 heat one, Haiden Deegan bolted out of the  gate and started to check out. Tom Vialle was second just ahead of Hunter Lawrence. Around lap three, everything was turned upside down. Lawrence passed Vialle in he whoops and Deegan went down. Lawrence found himself in the lead, where he stayed to finish with a 9-second lead.

1 Hunter Lawrence
2 Tom Vialle
3 Talon Hawkins
4 Haiden Deegan
5 Jo Shimoda
6 Michael Hicks
7 Caden Braswell
8 Luke Neese
9 Tj Albright
10 Josiah Natzke
11 Cullin Park
12 Luca Marsalisi
13 Jace Kessler
14 Coty Schock
15 Logan Boye
16 Blaze Cremaldi
17 Doc Smith
18 Noah Willbrandt
19 Garrett Hoffman
20 Hardy Munoz

250 HEAT 2

Nate Thrasher was up front out of the gate with Jordon Smith and Jeremy Martin following. Smith never lost much time, but couldn’t make a challenge fort the lead. Thrasher won with no changes in the top three.

1 Nate Thrasher
2 Jordon Smith
3 Jeremy Martin
4 Max Anstie
5 Chris Blose
6 Henry Miller
7 Jace Owen
8 Marshal Weltin
9 Jeremy Hand
10 Gage Linville
11 A J Catanzaro
12 Bryton Carroll
13 Kyle Bitterman
14 Jack Rogers
15 Gerhard Matamoros
16 Robert Hailey
17 Hayden Hefner
18 David Pulley Jr
19 Brandon Marley
20 Lane Allison

250 MAIN EVENT

It was a business-as-usual win for Hunter Lawrence aside from a first lap huckaboo that saw him lose a place to Haiden Deegan. Lawrence was back in front quickly and then Deegan had his hands full with Jordon Smith. Eventually Smith took over and the top three were set. Nate Thrasher was running fourth when he crashed hard and was forced out of the race. For Jo Shimoda it was a solid effort for his return to competition in fourth.

1 Hunter Lawrence
2 Jordon Smith
3 Haiden Deegan
4 Jo Shimoda
5 Max Anstie
6 Henry Miller
7 Chris Blose
8 Talon Hawkins
9 Cullin Park
10 Caden Braswell
11 Marshal Weltin
12 Jeremy Hand
13 Gage Linville
14 Luke Neese
15 Michael Hicks
16 A J Catanzaro
17 Tj Albright
18 Coty Schock
19 Nate Thrasher
20 Jace Owen
21 Jeremy Martin
22 Tom Vialle

450 COMBINED QUALIFYING

1 Chase Sexton 1:28.064
2 Adam Cianciarulo 1:28.156
3 Jason Anderson 1:28.172
4 Cooper Webb 1:28.576
5 Justin Barcia 1:28.682
6 Ken Roczen 1:28.875
7 Eli Tomac 1:29.222
8 Dean Wilson 1:30.194
9 Aaron Plessinger 1:30.267
10 Benny Bloss 1:30.981
11 Justin Hill 1:31.595
12 Josh Hill 1:32.104
13 Kyle Chisholm 1:33.391
14 Fredrik Noren 1:33.429
15 Grant Harlan 1:33.565
16 Colt Nichols 1:33.581
17 Justin Starling 1:33.620
18 Shane McElrath 1:33.683
19 Tristan Lane 1:35.169
20 John Short 1:35.291
21 Kevin Moranz 1:35.330
22 Chase Marquier 1:35.595
23 Joshua Greco 1:35.601
24 Joshua Cartwright 1:35.812
25 Joan Cros 1:35.930
26 Cade Clason 1:36.652
27 Logan Karnow 1:37.025
28 Jared Lesher 1:37.260
29 Scotty Wennerstrom 1:37.972
30 Devin Simonson 1:38.081
31 Mason Kerr 1:38.091
32 Hunter Schlosser 1:38.127
33 Lane Shaw 1:38.163
34 Ronnie Stewart 1:38.437
35 Dawson Ryker 1:38.683
36 Cheyenne Harmon 1:38.728
37 Richard Taylor 1:39.263
38 Christopher Prebula 1:39.346
39 Preston Taylor 1:39.476
40 Bobby Piazza 1:39.692
TOP 40 RIDERS QUALIFY
41 Austin Cozadd 1:39.816
42 Colby Copp 1:40.046
43 Nick Desiderio 1:40.516
44 Deven Raper 1:40.575
45 Cory Carsten 1:43.056
46 Isaiah Goodman 1:53.980

 

250 COMBINED QUALIFYING

1 Nate Thrasher 1:29.944
2 Hunter Lawrence 1:29.989
3 Jordon Smith 1:30.508
4 Jo Shimoda 1:30.737
5 Jeremy Martin 1:30.810
6 Haiden Deegan 1:31.066
7 Max Anstie 1:32.165
8 Tom Vialle 1:32.327
9 Chris Blose 1:32.960
10 Coty Schock 1:33.151
11 Jace Owen 1:33.442
12 Talon Hawkins 1:33.451
13 Jeremy Hand 1:34.194
14 Michael Hicks 1:34.680
15 Henry Miller 1:34.798
16 Cullin Park 1:34.846
17 Kyle Bitterman 1:34.884
18 Luke Neese 1:35.998
19 Marshal Weltin 1:36.094
20 Hardy Munoz 1:36.328
21 Gage Linville 1:36.488
22 Tj Albright 1:36.633
23 A J Catanzaro 1:36.745
24 Caden Braswell 1:37.007
25 Bryton Carroll 1:37.480
26 Josiah Natzke 1:37.882
27 Jack Rogers 1:38.015
28 Garrett Hoffman 1:38.241
29 Lance Kobusch 1:39.034
30 Luca Marsalisi 1:39.628
31 Lane Allison 1:39.905
32 Jace Kessler 1:40.151
33 Hayden Hefner 1:42.582
34 Logan Boye 1:42.955
35 Brandon Marley 1:43.247
36 Noah Willbrandt 1:43.299
37 Gerhard Matamoros 1:43.489
38 Doc Smith 1:44.563
39 Robert Hailey 1:44.592
40 Blaze Cremaldi 1:44.795
TOP 40 RIDERS QUALIFY
41 David Pulley Jr 1:45.069
42 Konnor Visger 1:46.397
43 Blake Hazen 1:46.473
44 Rylan Munson 1:47.339
45 Jack Beeland 1:49.734
46 Tony Usko 1:51.185
47 Brian Saunier 1:51.973
48 Kyler Hawkey 1:53.159
49 Cody Groves 1:59.533
50 Guillaume St-Cyr 2:01.824