AMA SX Oakland race reports, results, points and images

2023 AMA Supercross Championship

Round Six – RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California

250 Heat One

Aussie veteran Matt Moss recently hooked up with BarX Suzuki and the partnership looked to be a good one. With very limited time on the bike Mossy had been sixth quickest in qualifying and took third place in the opening 250 Heat.

RJ Hampshire the victor in the opening bout ahead of Max Vohland, Mossy in that third place ahead of Levi Kitchen.  Hampshire came in to this round under an injury cloud but got the job done.

250 Heat One Results

250 Heat Two

Jett Lawrence was fastest in qualifying by almost a full-second over RJ Hampshire and the defending champ carried that form through to his Heat race, taking the chequered flag 2.5-seconds ahead of Cameron McAdoo.  Pierce Brown fourth ahead of Enzo Lopes.

250 Heat Two Results

250 LCQ Results

250 Main

RJ Hampshire fired out of the hole to lead Cameron McAdoo early on with Jett Lawrence in third and countryman Matt Moss in fourth.

Unfortunately Mossy’s early promise didn’t carry through as he went out of the race a couple of laps in due to presumably what was a mechanical failure.

Lawrence moved past McAdoo for second place four laps into the Main. Pierce Brown then closed in on McAdoo.  It took Lawrence quite a few laps to start stretching away from that duo.

With just over ten-minutes left on the shot clock Hampshire led Lawrence by three-seconds but then the Husqvarna man went down!

Jett Lawrence swept through to the lead but Hampshire was not down long, rejoining the race less than three-seconds behind the defending champ.

Levi Kitchen had a fairly poor start but had been steadily working his way through the field, taking fifth place from Vohland as the race passed the halfway mark. At this juncture Lawrence led Hampshire by four-seconds, McAdoo was 1.5-seconds further back in third place, Pierce Brown a further two-seconds behind in fourth place, but with a very handy buffer over fifth placed Kitchen.

A few minutes later Pierce Brown got past McAdoo but the Kawasaki man then sent him high a few corners later, taking out Brown’s front wheel which left the GASGAS man on the deck.  Brown lost fourth place to Kitchen but managed to chase him down in the final laps to get the place back, only to then go down and hand it back to Kitchen.

Jett Lawrence the victor by 16-seconds over Hampshire while McAdoo rounded out the podum a further six-seconds adrift.

Kitchen fourth ahead of Brown, Lopes and Vohland.

With his third victory from the four 250 West rounds held thus far Jett Lawrence now leads RJ Hampshire by 20-points.

250 Main Results

250 West Championship Points

450 Heat One

Ken Roczen got the better of Jason Anderson to win the opening 450 Heat of the night.

450 Heat One Results

450 Heat Two

Chase Sexton had topped qualifying but defending champ Eli Tomac got the better of the Honda man in their 450 Heat race.

450 Heat Two Results

450 LCQ Results

450 Main

Chase Sexton scored the holeshot ahead of Cooper Webb, Eli Tomac, Ken Roczen and Jason Anderson.

Eli Tomac took second place from Webb late on the opening lap but Webb looked fast and eager to come back at the reigning champ as quickly as he could.

Jason Anderson moved past Roczen for fourth place then a couple of laps later Aaron Plessinger pushed Roczen further back to sixth place.

Five-minutes in Sexton led Tomac by 2.2-seconds.  Webb had been unable to come back at Tomac and was four-seconds further behind.  Jason Anderson was fourth, Plessinger fifth.  Justin Barcia sent Colt Nichols off track, and then put Cianciarulo on the deck as he moved up to seventh place.

The only change in that order as the race passed the halfway mark was Roczen getting back passed Anderson for fifth place.

With seven-minutes left on the clock Sexton led Tomac by five-seconds, Webb a further nine-seconds back in third place but with a five-seconds buffer over Plessinger.

30-seconds later that all changed….

Sexton went down from what looked like a very simple mistake and Tomac swept through to the lead.  By the time Sexton was back up to speed his five-second lead had turned into a five-second deficit.

Ken Roczen then started to drift back through the field. He lost fifth to Anderson again, then Barcia pushed him back to sixth before Christian Craig pushed the German further back to eighth place.  Joey Savatgy then demoted Roczen to ninth…

With just under a minute left on the shot clock Cooper Webb was all over Sexton and took second place from the Honda man with ease and left him behind over the final couple of laps to finish strongly in second place.

Eli Tomac made a big mistake on the final lap which almost allowed Webb to close to within striking distance. Tomac made more small mistakes on the final lap as his rhythm completely deserted him, but still took the chequered flag ahead of Webb. 

If the race was any longer Webb would have had him as the defending champ really fell apart on the final lap in very uncharacteristic fashion.

Chase Sexton was left to rue what might have been after throwing away what had looked like to be certain victory, a podium finish some consolation but that will still burn…

Aaron Plessinger fourth ahead of Jason Anderson and Justin Barcia.

Tomac now leads Webb and Sexton in the championship chase by seven-points.

450 Main Results

450 Championship Points