NASHVILLE SUPERCROSS 450 RESULTS: LIVE QUALIFYING

The first-ever Supercross from Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee comes at a pivotal moment in the 2019 AMA Supercross Championship. Cooper Webb arrives with a 17-point lead in the standings after 13 rounds of racing. Now, it’s no longer about being the fastest. It’s more important to deal with the pressure and act like a champion. The man creating the pressure is his Red Bull KTM teammate Marvin Musquin. In Houston, the two acted like anything but teammates. Cooper later admitted to being frustrated by Musquin’s aggressive riding. In the end, it was Musquin who cracked, making a number of mistakes whereas Webb emerged with the win and a bigger points lead than ever.

For the Nashville Supercross 450 Main Event results, click here.

450 HEAT ONE

The first start of heat one saw Mike Alessi and Joey Savatgy go for the holeshot. Cooper Webb went down on the first lap and Marvin Musquin got into the lead, but everything was called back to the line when Ronnie Stewart and Tyler Enticknap went down and officials brought out the red flag. All the riders returned to the line for a complete restart. Everything changed this time around. Eli Tomac and Cooper Webb traded paint on the first lap while Musquin appeared to struggle with Justin Bogle a few places back. Soon, Tomac established himself in the lead while Joey Savatgy reeled in Webb. Everything changed in the late laps. Tomac pulled off with a mechanical problem at the same time as Savatgy passed Webb. Musquin went down, dropping all the way back to 11th. In the end, Webb made several huge mistakes and Savatgy was able to pull off the win. Musquin got up to 8th, eliminating the need to go to the LCQ, where he would have had to deal with an angry Tomac.

1 Joey Savatgy
2 Cooper Webb
3 Justin Bogle
4 Justin Hill
5 Justin Barcia
6 Kyle Chisholm
7 Chris Blose
8 Marvin Musquin
9 Mike Alessi
10 Austin Politelli
11 Adam Enticknap
12 Jared Lesher
13 Logan Karnow
14 Alexander Nagy
15 Michael Akaydin
16 Scotty Wennerstrom
17 Johan Nystrom
18 Eli Tomac
19 Ronnie Stewart
20 Tyler Enticknap

450 HEAT TWO

Honda had its best heat of the season  with Ken Roczen and Cole Seely going one-two in heat two. It didn’t start that way. Zach Osborne got the holeshot with Blake Baggett close behind. Roczen passed them both, and Baggett had a number of troubles, dropping him back to fifth. Soon, the two Honda riders established themselves in front while Osborne held off Dean Wilson for third.

1 Ken Roczen
2 Cole Seely
3 Zach Osborne
4 Dean Wilson
5 Blake Baggett
6 Joshua Grant
7 Tyler Bowers
8 Ben Lamay
9 Alex Ray
10 Ryan Breece
11 Justin Starling
12 Charles Lefrancois
13 Kyle Swanson
14 Carlen Gardner
15 Daniel Herrlein
16 Casey Brennan
17 Joan Cros
18 Vann Martin
19 Josh Greco
20 Tevin Tapia

450 LCQ

The Last Chance Qualifier was easy work for Eli Tomac despite a mediocre start. He passed Austin Politelli within a few laps an cruised to what should have been an easy win. But in the last few laps, his Kawasaki started smoking. The team had performed a quick motor change between races, and there was a possibility that something wasn’t quite right. He won, but the bike was sequestered back to the pits quickly.

1 Eli Tomac
2 Austin Politelli
3 Justin Starling
4 Ryan Breece
5 Charles Lefrancois
6 Adam Enticknap
7 Carlen Gardner
8 Jared Lesher
9 Casey Brennan
10 Logan Karnow
11 Kyle Swanson
12 Johan Nystrom
13 Joan Cros
14 Vann Martin
15 Alexander Nagy
16 Josh Greco
17 Tevin Tapia
18 Michael Akaydin
19 Daniel Herrlein
20 Scotty Wennerstrom
21 Tyler Enticknap
22 Ronnie Stewart

450 COMBINED QUALIFYING
In the final session of practice, Ken Roczen stepped it up with the fastest time of the night. It was the same story a week ago in Houston, but a toe injury in the second main event there made his status for tonight questionable. That has clearly been answered now. Marvin Muquin  was fast as well, also stepping up his game in the final session. Dean Wilson, Joey Savatgy, Tyler Bowers and Eli Tomac all were within a second of the fastest time. Point leader Cooper Webb was in 10th, just outside of a second back.

1 Ken Roczen 48.376
2 Marvin Musquin 48.443
3 Dean Wilson 48.753
4 Joey Savatgy 48.829
5 Tyler Bowers 49.174
6 Eli Tomac 49.369
7 Blake Baggett 49.426
8 Justin Bogle 49.478
9 Cole Seely 49.596
10 Cooper Webb 49.688
11 Zach Osborne 49.721
12 Justin Hill 49.962
13 Alex Ray 50.068
14 Justin Barcia 50.297
15 Joshua Grant 50.318
16 Chris Blose 50.392
17 Ben Lamay 50.521
18 Kyle Chisholm 50.616
19 Justin Starling 50.961
20 Mike Alessi 51.569
21 Ryan Breece 51.629
22 Austin Politelli 51.630
23 Charles Lefrancois 51.658
24 Adam Enticknap 51.680
25 Carlen Gardner 51.842
26 Logan Karnow 52.403
27 Daniel Herrlein 53.012
28 Ronnie Stewart 53.101
29 Casey Brennan 53.215
30 Alexander Nagy 53.346
31 Tevin Tapia 53.467
32 Tyler Enticknap 53.506
33 Vann Martin 53.550
34 Johan Nystrom 53.647
35 Kyle Swanson 53.713
36 Scotty Wennerstrom 53.849
37 Josh Greco 53.898
38 Jared Lesher 53.977
39 Joan Cros 54.063
40 Broc Shoemaker 54.351
TOP 40 RIDERS QUALIFY
41 Michael Akaydin 54.499
42 Theodore Pauli 54.960
43 Devin Harriman 55.192
44 Colton Aeck 55.332
45 Kyle Bitterman 55.344
46 Deven Raper 55.436
47 Eric Grondahl 55.487
48 Ryan Smith 56.911
49 Banni Bannister 58.097
50 David Pulley 58.842

450 GROUP A, SESSION 1
Marvin Musquin came in to the first qualifying practice hot, and was the only 450 to get into 49-second bracket. The track was already dry and dusty at that point, and many of the 250s were faster in their earlier session. At this point, the fastest rider of the day is still Austin Forkner. For the Nashville 250 class results, click here.

1 Marvin Musquin 49.983
2 Blake Baggett 50.595
3 Joey Savatgy 50.616
4 Justin Bogle 50.659
5 Dean Wilson 50.752
6 Ken Roczen 50.846
7 Cooper Webb 50.936
8 Zach Osborne 51.153
9 Tyler Bowers 51.188
10 Cole Seely 51.211
11 Eli Tomac 51.324
12 Justin Barcia 51.775
13 Joshua Grant 51.837
14 Ben Lamay 51.919
15 Chris Blose 52.232
16 Alex Ray 52.292
17 Ryan Breece 53.224
18 Mike Alessi 53.402
19 Carlen Gardner 53.834
20 Kyle Chisholm 53.852
21 Adam Enticknap 54.264

450 GROUP B SESSION 1
1 Charles Lefrancois 52.927
2 Austin Politelli 53.047
3 Justin Starling 53.748
4 Ronnie Stewart 54.202
5 Daniel Herrlein 54.686
6 Tevin Tapia 55.565
7 Josh Greco 55.715
8 Johan Nystrom 55.753
9 Tyler Enticknap 55.792
10 Casey Brennan 56.140
11 Theodore Pauli 56.186
12 Vann Martin 56.687
13 Scotty Wennerstrom 57.172
14 Kyle Bitterman 57.613
15 Deven Raper 57.942
16 Jared Lesher 59.009

450 GROUP C, SESSION 1
1 Logan Karnow 54.191
2 Alexander Nagy 54.532
3 Kyle Swanson 55.319
4 Devin Harriman 55.539
5 Joan Cros 55.636
6 Colton Aeck 56.336
7 Michael Akaydin 56.645
8 Eric Grondahl 57.462
9 Broc Shoemaker 58.549
10 Ryan Smith 59.209
11 Banni Bannister 1:01.101
12 David Pulley 1:02.487

450 CLASS ENTRY LIST, 2019 NASHVILLE SUPERCROSS
2 Cooper Webb
3 Eli Tomac
4 Blake Baggett
11 Kyle Chisholm
14 Cole Seely
15 Dean Wilson
16 Zach Osborne
17 Joey Savatgy
19 Justin Bogle
25 Marvin Musquin
33 Joshua Grant
41 Ben Lamay
43 Tyler Bowers
46 Justin Hill
51 Justin Barcia
60 Justin Starling
62 Alex Ray
86 Ryan Breece
94 Ken Roczen
97 Adam Enticknap
99 Austin Politelli
111 Chris Blose
132 Broc Gourley
211 Tevin Tapia
214 Vann Martin
216 Devin Harriman
224 Charles Lefrancois
282 Theodore Pauli
313 Kyle Swanson
348 Joan Cros
351 Eric Grondahl
383 Casey Brennan
393 Daniel Herrlein
412 Jared Lesher
447 Deven Raper
448 Broc Shoemaker
471 Logan Karnow
480 Johan Nystrom
501 Scotty Wennerstrom
509 Alexander Nagy
526 Colton Aeck
581 Kyle Bitterman
606 Ronnie Stewart
608 David Pulley
662 Banni Bannister
723 Tyler Enticknap
800 Mike Alessi
805 Carlen Gardner
831 Ryan Smith
918 Michael Akaydin
976 Josh Greco
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: 51