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Blow by blow recap from Glendale AMA Supercross Triple Crown


2023 AMA Supercross Championship

Round 12 – State Farm Stadium – Glendale, Arizona


250 Main One

Cameron McAdoo was missing from the starting gates after injuring his shoulder in a practice crash during the week.

An addition to the gates though was Matt Moss, the Aussie veteran was 20th quickest in qualifying thus had to contest the LCQ, which Moss won to earn his place on the gates for the Mains.

Pierce Brown was second in qualifying but was put on the deck in the first turn after getting caught up in a melee at the race start.

Fastest qualifier Jett Lawrence scored the holeshot in the opening race of the night ahead of a charging Levi Kitchen.  The 22-year-old Star Yamaha man sneaked ahead of Jett late on the opening lap after Jett seemingly opened the door and invited him through, the young Aussie playing it safe and trying to avoid any dust ups that could leave him on the deck.

250 Main One

Half a lap later Jett went back through to the lead and managed to pull a few lengths out.  RJ Hampshire then got on terms with Kitchen and wasted no time in taking that second place before putting his head down to try and chase down Jett.  Then the red flag was produced with just over seven-minutes left on the clock due to Stilez Robertson being injured on track.  Robertson was conscious but in considerable pain and required transporting to the medical centre. As three laps had not been completed the riders were sent back around to the gates for a re-start for the full race distance.

250 Main One – Jett Lawrence leading Levi Kitchen

The focus and hints of frustration were clear to read on the face of Jett Lawrence as riders prepared for another start. Levi Kitchen scored the holeshot this time around ahead of Jett Lawrence. Lopes went down at turn one. Vohland and Harrison went down after Vohland was pushed wide and into Harrison by RJ Hampshire a few corners into the race.

Kitchen looked to be more comfortable in this restart and was riding confident out front as Jett Lawrence and RJ Hampshire gave chase, Brown benefitting from the re-start and in fourth place.

Jett Lawrence was biding his time and Kitchen started to feel the pressure after the opening three laps and the Aussie made his move after Kitchen made a couple of small mistakes. Hampshire smelled blood and quickly closed on Kitchen. Hampshire took that second place at the halfway point of the ten-minute plus one-lap race distance.

250 Main One – RJ Hampshire chasing Levi Kitchen

The top four remained in that order all the way to the chequered flag. Jett Lawrence the victor by two-seconds over RJ Hampshire, who in-turn had eight-seconds on Levi Kitchen. Pierce Brown fourth a further four-seconds down.

Matt Moss had crashed out early at the end of the two-lane rhythm section.

250 Main One Results

Pos Rider Bike Laps/Interval
1 Jett Lawrence Honda CRF250R 11 Laps
2 Rj Hampshire Husqvarna FC 250 RE +02.020
3 Levi Kitchen Yamaha YZ250F +10.759
4 Pierce Brown GASGAS MC 250F +14.021
5 Derek Kelley KTM 250 SX-F +26.908
6 Mitchell Oldenburg Honda CRF250R +31.178
7 Enzo Lopes Yamaha YZ250F +39.813
8 Cole Thompson Yamaha YZ250F +41.562
9 Robbie Wageman Suzuki RM-Z250 +44.006
10 Joshua Varize KTM 250 SX-F +47.053
11 Brandon Scharer Suzuki RM-Z250 +48.391
12 Derek Drake Suzuki RM-Z250 +49.270
13 Carson Mumford Kawasaki KX250 +53.406
14 Jerry Robin GASGAS MC 250F +56.521
15 Hunter Schlosser Yamaha YZ250F 10 Laps
16 Hunter Yoder Kawasaki KX250 +07.824
17 Kaeden Amerine KTM 250 SX-F +38.377
18 Max Vohland KTM 250 SX-F FE 9 Laps
19 Matt Moss Suzuki RM-Z250 DNF
20 Mitchell Harrison GASGAS MC 250F DNF
21 Stilez Robertson Yamaha YZ250F DNF
22 Luke Kalaitzian Honda CRF250R DNF

250 Main Two

RJ Hampshire took the early lead in the second bout ahead of Max Vohland, Levi Kitchen and Jett Lawrence.

250 Main Two

Jett took more than three-minutes to pass Vohland but by that juncture he was almost six-seconds behind race leader RJ Hampshire, and four-seconds behind second placed Levi Kitchen.

250 Main Two

RJ Hampshire went on to take a clear and dominant victory, despite buttoning right off on the final lap.

Jett Lawrence put a charge on over the final two laps to close on Levi Kitchen but ran out of time and had to settle for third place at the flag after putting in the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, a lap more than a second quicker than any other rider managed during the race.

Matt Moss was in 12th place but went down in the final minute of the race and failed to finish.

250 Main Two Results

Pos Rider Bike Laps/Interval
1 Rj Hampshire Husqvarna FC 250 RE 11 Laps
2 Levi Kitchen Yamaha YZ250F +01.997
3 Jett Lawrence Honda CRF250R +02.614
4 Pierce Brown GASGAS MC 250F +12.961
5 Enzo Lopes Yamaha YZ250F +20.128
6 Max Vohland KTM 250 SX-F FE +23.854
7 Mitchell Oldenburg Honda CRF250R +30.461
8 Derek Kelley KTM 250 SX-F +31.663
9 Carson Mumford Kawasaki KX250 +33.973
10 Cole Thompson Yamaha YZ250F +37.648
11 Derek Drake Suzuki RM-Z250 +44.194
12 Brandon Scharer Suzuki RM-Z250 +46.491
13 Hunter Yoder Kawasaki KX250 +47.735
14 Mitchell Harrison GASGAS MC 250F +49.855
15 Robbie Wageman Suzuki RM-Z250 +50.914
16 Hunter Schlosser Yamaha YZ250F +56.501
17 Jerry Robin GASGAS MC 250F +1m03.168
18 Joshua Varize KTM 250 SX-F 10 Laps
19 Kaeden Amerine KTM 250 SX-F +33.834
20 Matt Moss Suzuki RM-Z250 7 Laps
21 Stilez Robertson Yamaha YZ250F DNS
22 Luke Kalaitzian Honda CRF250R DNS

250 Main Three

After hefty tumbles in the second bout neither Stilez Robertson or Matt Moss fronted the gates for the final bout of the night.

Levi Kitchen got a great start once again and led Lawrence, Yoder and Harrison through the opening turns. RJ Hampshire fifth early on but wasted no time in making progress, up to third place before the end of the opening lap.

Levi Kitchen

Early on lap three Hampshire had a huge moment that somehow he managed to hold on but it proved costly, Hampshire losing touch with Lawrence.

Jett Lawrence then took the lead from Kitchen before stretching away with apparent ease. In a single lap Jett pulled away from Kitchen by more than two-seconds and from thereon his victory never looked under threat. One small mistake on the tough track briefly stunted his flow but the Aussie teenager the victor over Levi Kitchen by four-seconds.

Jett Lawrence

Third place for RJ Hampshire in the final bout was still good enough for the Husky rider to claim second overall for the round ahead of Kitchen.

250 Round Podium

Jett Lawrence had gone into this round with a 23-point advantage over RJ Hampshire but leaves Arizona with that advantage extended to 26-points. There are now only three rounds remaining for the 250 West competitors, and two of those are East-West showdowns.

Next weekend the 250 competition swaps again to the 250 East Championship before the first East-West challenge plays out in New Jersey on April 22.

250 Main Three Results

Pos Rider Bike Laps/Interval
1 Jett Lawrence Honda CRF250R 11 Laps
2 Levi Kitchen Yamaha YZ250F +03.700
3 Rj Hampshire Husqvarna FC 250 RE +08.413
4 Enzo Lopes Yamaha YZ250F +14.427
5 Pierce Brown GASGAS MC 250F +18.422
6 Max Vohland KTM 250 SX-F FE +25.787
7 Derek Kelley KTM 250 SX-F +28.562
8 Robbie Wageman Suzuki RM-Z250 +32.387
9 Mitchell Harrison GASGAS MC 250F +37.221
10 Carson Mumford Kawasaki KX250 +39.833
11 Joshua Varize KTM 250 SX-F +43.602
12 Mitchell Oldenburg Honda CRF250R +45.424
13 Derek Drake Suzuki RM-Z250 +45.810
14 Brandon Scharer Suzuki RM-Z250 10 Laps
15 Cole Thompson Yamaha YZ250F +07.591
16 Kaeden Amerine KTM 250 SX-F +38.774
17 Hunter Yoder Kawasaki KX250 9 Laps
18 Hunter Schlosser Yamaha YZ250F 8 Laps
19 Jerry Robin GASGAS MC 250F 3 Laps
20 Matt Moss Suzuki RM-Z250 DNS
21 Stilez Robertson Yamaha YZ250F DNS
22 Luke Kalaitzian Honda CRF250R DNS

250 Round Points

Pos Rider Bike M1 M2 M3 Points
1 Jett Lawrence Honda CRF250R 1 3 1 26
2 Rj Hampshire Husqvarna FC 250 RE 2 1 3 23
3 Levi Kitchen Yamaha YZ250F 3 2 2 21
4 Pierce Brown GASGAS MC 250F 4 4 5 19
5 Enzo Lopes Yamaha YZ250F 7 5 4 18
6 Derek Kelley KTM 250 SX-F 5 8 7 17
7 Mitchell Oldenburg Honda CRF250R 6 7 12 16
8 Max Vohland KTM 250 SX-F FE 18 6 6 15
9 Robbie Wageman Suzuki RM-Z250 9 15 8 14
10 Carson Mumford Kawasaki KX250 13 9 10 13
11 Cole Thompson Yamaha YZ250F 8 10 15 12
12 Derek Drake Suzuki RM-Z250 12 11 13 11
13 Brandon Scharer Suzuki RM-Z250 11 12 14 10
14 Joshua Varize KTM 250 SX-F 10 18 11 9
15 Mitchell Harrison GASGAS MC 250F 20 14 9 8
16 Hunter Yoder Kawasaki KX250 16 13 17 7
17 Hunter Schlosser Yamaha YZ250F 15 16 18 6
18 Jerry Robin GASGAS MC 250F 14 17 19 5
19 Kaeden Amerine KTM 250 SX-F 17 19 16 4
20 Matt Moss Suzuki RM-Z250 19 20 20 3
21 Stilez Robertson Yamaha YZ250F 21 21 21 2
22 Luke Kalaitzian Honda CRF250R 22 22 22 1

250 West Championship Points

Pos Rider Points
1 Jett Lawrence 153
2 Rj Hampshire 127
3 Levi Kitchen 101
4 Cameron Mcadoo 101
5 Enzo Lopes 100
6 Mitchell Oldenburg 99
7 Pierce Brown 86
8 Max Vohland 85
9 Cole Thompson 71
10 Derek Kelley 70
11 Stilez Robertson 55
12 Robbie Wageman 55
13 Dylan Walsh 49
14 Hunter Yoder 47
15 Phillip Nicoletti 44
16 Derek Drake 41
17 Anthony Rodriguez 40
18 Joshua Varize 33
19 Mitchell Harrison 32
20 Carson Mumford 28
21 Dilan Schwartz 22
22 Jerry Robin 17
23 Brandon Scharer 14
24 Hunter Schlosser 13
25 Maxwell Sanford 12
26 Austin Politelli 12
27 Max Miller 10
28 Dominique Thury 7
29 Kaeden Amerine 7
30 Wilson Todd 6
31 Geran Stapleton 5
32 Hunter Cross 4
33 Julien Benek 4
34 Matt Moss 4
35 Dylan Woodcock 3
36 Luke Kalaitzian 1
37 Brandon Ray 1
38 Austin Forkner 1

450 Main One

Christian Craig was missing from the gates after crashing during practice. Chase Sexton had been quickest during qualifying but it was Eli Tomac that scored the holeshot ahead of Colt Nichols, Cooper Webb and Ken Roczen.

450 Main One

Webb and Roczen made short work of Nichols to move up to second and third place respectively, striving hard to prevent Tomac from running away with this one.

450 Main One

Justin Barcia then threw his hat in the ring, moving past Cianciarulo, Anderson and Nichols to move up to fourth before then also picking off Roczen to move up to third place with nine-minutes left on the shot clock in this 12-minutes plus one-lap contest. Chase Sexton suffered a poor start but had moved up to sixth place by this juncture.

Cooper Webb

With two-minutes remaining Sexton was in fifth place and challenging Roczen for fourth. Up front at this point it was still Tomac from Webb, and Barcia in third.

Sexton got Roczen at the final turn to steal that fourth place from the German at the flag. Tomac the winner, Webb second and Barcia third.

450 Main One Results

Pos Rider Bike Laps/Interval
1 Eli Tomac Yamaha YZ450F 13 Laps
2 Cooper Webb KTM 450 SX-F FE +01.589
3 Justin Barcia GASGAS MC 450F +04.666
4 Chase Sexton Honda CRF450R +06.433
5 Ken Roczen Suzuki RM-Z450 +06.558
6 Jason Anderson Kawasaki KX450SR +19.990
7 Adam Cianciarulo Kawasaki KX450SR +21.903
8 Colt Nichols Honda CRF450R +28.617
9 Aaron Plessinger KTM 450 SX-F FE +32.550
10 Dean Wilson Honda CRF450R +39.220
11 Benny Bloss Yamaha YZ450F +41.405
12 Grant Harlan Yamaha YZ450F +44.562
13 Justin Hill KTM 450 SX-F +47.557
14 Kyle Chisholm Suzuki RM-Z450 +50.155
15 Shane McElrath Suzuki RM-Z450 +51.788
16 Cole Seely Honda CRF450R +54.722
17 Fredrik Noren Kawasaki KX450SR +57.648
18 Josh Hill KTM 450 SX-F +1m06.561
19 Kevin Moranz KTM 450 SX-F 12 Laps
20 Joshua Cartwright Kawasaki KX450 +04.263
21 Anthony Rodriguez  Honda CRF450R +12.028
22 Justin Starling GASGAS MC 450F 8 Laps

450 Main Two

Chase Sexton scored the holeshot ahead of Eli Tomac, Ken Roczen and Jason Anderson. Cooper Webb and Aaron Plessinger were fifth and sixth on the opening lap while Justin Barcia was again recovering from a poor start by scything his way through the field.

450 Main Two

Sexton stalled in mid-air and briefly lost the lead to Tomac a couple of minutes into the race but recovered quickly to take lead right back from the Yamaha man.

450 Main Two

Riders looked to be struggling with front end slides on the hard but slippery surface and it was a game of controlled aggression while trying to not make mistakes. The conditions were keeping the leading pack fairly close. At half race distance five-seconds covered the top six, Sexton leading Tomac, Roczen third ahead of Anderson, Webb fifth and Barcia up to sixth. Plessinger had lost touch with that leading pack.

Jason Anderson and Cooper Webb traded blows with four-minutes left on the shot clock. Webb touched Anderson and the Kawasaki man retaliated, Webb came off worse from the clash with his flow stunted, not only losing that fourth place once again but also then getting gazumped by Barcia, who pushed Webb further back to sixth.

With two-minutes left on the clock Sexton enjoyed a four-second lead over Tomac but the defending champion had Roczen, Anderson, Barcia and Webb all close enough to be able to potentially challenge for that second place over the final couple of laps.

Webb got Barcia on the final lap for fifth place. Jason Anderson and Ken Roczen traded places a couple of times late on the final lap but Roczen got that third place. Chase Sexton the clear winner, taking the chequered flag four-seconds ahead of Tomac.

450 Main Two Results

Pos Rider Bike Laps/Interval
1 Chase Sexton Honda CRF450R 13 Laps
2 Eli Tomac Yamaha YZ450F +03.742
3 Ken Roczen Suzuki RM-Z450 +05.160
4 Jason Anderson Kawasaki KX450SR +05.575
5 Cooper Webb KTM 450 SX-F FE +06.697
6 Justin Barcia GASGAS MC 450F +07.278
7 Adam Cianciarulo  Kawasaki KX450SR +20.547
8 Colt Nichols Honda CRF450R +25.014
9 Aaron Plessinger KTM 450 SX-F FE +31.187
10 Dean Wilson Honda CRF450R +33.609
11 Shane McElrath Suzuki RM-Z450 +39.788
12 Kyle Chisholm Suzuki RM-Z450 +42.238
13 Justin Hill KTM 450 SX-F +46.989
14 Josh Hill KTM 450 SX-F +51.680
15 Fredrik Noren Kawasaki KX450SR +55.048
16 Anthony Rodriguez Honda CRF450R +1m02.738
17 Cole Seely Honda CRF450R 12 Laps
18 Kevin Moranz KTM 450 SX-F +04.348
19 Joshua Cartwright Kawasaki KX450 +15.989
20 Grant Harlan Yamaha YZ450F +29.517
21 Justin Starling GASGAS MC 450F 5 Laps
22 Benny Bloss Yamaha YZ450F 2 Laps

450 Main Three

Colt Nichols scored the holeshot ahead of Eli Tomac, Justin Barcia, Aaron Plessinger and Chase Sexton.  Cooper Webb seventh on lap one, Ken Roczen down in ninth.

450 Main Three

Eli Tomac wasted no time taking the lead from Nichols and in no time the early race leader had been shuffled down to eighth place.

Ken Roczen and Aaron Plessinger

As they started lap three it was Tomac from Barcia, Sexton third, Plessinger fourth, Anderson fifth, Webb sixth and Roczen seventh.

450 Main Three

Jason Anderson went down hard in the whoops halfway through the race from fourth place and limped from the track. His demise promoted Cooper Webb up to fourth and Roczen up to fifth. At this halfway point Tomac led Barcia by just over a second, Sexton was third around 1.5-seconds further back.

450 Main Three

That order didn’t change all the way to the flag. Tomac the victor by 2.3-seconds over Barcia, Sexton third a further three-seconds back. Cooper Webb fourth ahead of Ken Roczen and Aaron Plessinger.

Eli Tomac the overall round winner ahead of Chase Sexton and Justin Barcia rounding out the podium ahead of Cooper Webb.

Eli Tomac

Eli Tomac and Cooper Webb had gone into this round equal on 248-points apiece, 22-points ahead of third placed Chase Sexton. Tomac will now take a seven-point lead over Webb to Atlanta Motor Speedway next weekend for the 13th round of the 17-round championship.

450 Main Three Results

Pos Rider Bike Laps/Interval
1 Eli Tomac Yamaha YZ450F 13 Laps
2 Justin Barcia GASGAS MC 450F +02.307
3 Chase Sexton Honda CRF450R +05.824
4 Cooper Webb KTM 450 SX-F FE +09.208
5 Ken Roczen Suzuki RM-Z450 +09.645
6 Aaron Plessinger KTM 450 SX-F FE +22.697
7 Adam Cianciarulo Kawasaki KX450SR +26.610
8 Colt Nichols Honda CRF450R +33.959
9 Dean Wilson Honda CRF450R +40.341
10 Kyle Chisholm Suzuki RM-Z450 +42.383
11 Benny Bloss Yamaha YZ450F +43.908
12 Justin Hill KTM 450 SX-F +44.993
13 Josh Hill KTM 450 SX-F +52.324
14 Fredrik Noren Kawasaki KX450SR +56.200
15 Grant Harlan Yamaha YZ450F +1m02.783
16 Shane McElrath Suzuki RM-Z450 12 Laps
17 Kevin Moranz KTM 450 SX-F +11.700
18 Anthony Rodriguez Honda CRF450R +19.096
19 Joshua Cartwright Kawasaki KX450 +29.793
20 Cole Seely Honda CRF450R 7 Laps
21 Jason Anderson Kawasaki KX450SR 4 Laps
22 Justin Starling GASGAS MC 450F DNS

Eli Tomac the round winner ahead of Chase Sexton and Justin Barcia
Eli Tomac the round winner ahead of Chase Sexton and Justin Barcia

450 Round Points

Pos Rider Bike M1 M2 M3 Points
1 Eli Tomac Yamaha YZ450F 1 2 1 26
2 Chase Sexton Honda CRF450R 4 1 3 23
3 Justin Barcia GASGAS MC 450F 3 6 2 21
4 Cooper Webb KTM 450 SX-F FE 2 5 4 19
5 Ken Roczen Suzuki RM-Z450 5 3 5 18
6 Adam Cianciarulo Kawasaki KX450SR 7 7 7 17
7 Aaron Plessinger KTM 450 SX-F FE 9 9 6 16
8 Colt Nichols Honda CRF450R 8 8 8 15
9 Dean Wilson Honda CRF450R 10 10 9 14
10 Jason Anderson Kawasaki KX450SR 6 4 21 13
11 Kyle Chisholm Suzuki RM-Z450 14 12 10 12
12 Justin Hill KTM 450 SX-F 13 13 12 11
13 Shane McElrath Suzuki RM-Z450 15 11 16 10
14 Benny Bloss Yamaha YZ450F 11 22 11 9
15 Josh Hill KTM 450 SX-F 18 14 13 8
16 Fredrik Noren Kawasaki KX450SR 17 15 14 7
17 Grant Harlan Yamaha YZ450F 12 20 15 6
18 Cole Seely Honda CRF450R 16 17 20 5
19 Kevin Moranz KTM 450 SX-F 19 18 17 4
20 Anthony Rodriguez Honda CRF450R 21 16 18 3
21 Joshua Cartwright Kawasaki KX450 20 19 19 2
22 Justin Starling GASGAS MC 450F 22 21 22 1

450 Championship Points

Pos Rider Points
1 Eli Tomac 274
2 Cooper Webb 267
3 Chase Sexton 249
4 Ken Roczen 217
5 Justin Barcia 216
6 Jason Anderson 212
7 Aaron Plessinger 196
8 Christian Craig 150
9 Adam Cianciarulo 139
10 Justin Hill 127
11 Dean Wilson 121
12 Colt Nichols 99
13 Josh Hill 86
14 Shane McElrath 86
15 Joey Savatgy 85
16 Justin Cooper 76
17 Benny Bloss 66
18 Dylan Ferrandis 56
19 Kyle Chisholm 55
20 Grant Harlan 52
21 Kevin Moranz 47
22 Joshua Cartwright 44
23 Fredrik Noren 43
24 Justin Starling 41
25 Cade Clason 34
26 Rj Hampshire 15
27 Malcolm Stewart 15
28 John Short 12
29 Marvin Musquin 11
30 Cole Seely 7
31 Chase Marquier 5
32 Anthony Rodriguez 3
33 Logan Karnow 3
34 Joan Cros 2
35 Alex Ray 2

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