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Supercross 450SX Highlights | Indianapolis, IN

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Supercross 450SX Highlights | Indianapolis, IN

Supercross 450SX Highlights | Indianapolis, IN: Round 5 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship thrilled the limited fans inside Lucas Oil Stadium where Team Honda HRC’s Ken Roczen backed up his 450SX Class win at Round 4 with a dominating victory at the second Indianapolis round. Opening round winner Troy Lee Designs / Red Bull / GASGAS Factory Racing’s Justin Barcia held off defending champion Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac to fill out a podium of 2021 race winners. Action in the Eastern Regional 250SX Class presented plenty of drama, but when the dust settled it was Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha’s Colt Nichols grabbing his third straight win to extend his points lead. 

Team Honda HRC’s Ken Roczen was picture perfect, making his second win of the season look nearly effortless. Photo Credit: Feld Entertainment, Inc.   

After four rounds with four different winners, the first repeat victor emerged when Ken Roczen jumped into the lead shortly past the holeshot stripe and gapped the field on the rutted, technical track. Holeshot winner Justin Barcia was comfortably in second until the race clock ticked down to the eight-minute mark in the 20-minute plus one lap race when Eli Tomac reached his rear wheel. Barcia managed to fend off Tomac’s repeated attacks without losing much time on the leader, who’d stretched the lead to nearly ten seconds. 

Tomac spent a night fighting forward, seeming to get caught up in other riders’ paces as he’d reach them. He still managed third place points for the night, keeping him squarely in the title hunt. 2019 champion and Round 3 winner, Red Bull KTM’s Cooper Webb rounded the first lap mid pack; he climbed up through the field a notch slower than Tomac, reaching fourth before the checkers flew on the second of three Indianapolis races.

450SX Class podium (riders left to right) Justin Barcia, Ken Roczen, and Eli Tomac. Photo Credit: Feld Entertainment, Inc.

450SX Class Results

  1. Ken Roczen, Clermont, Fla., Honda
  2. Justin Barcia, Greenville, Fla., GASGAS
  3. Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Kawasaki
  4. Cooper Webb, Newport N.C., KTM
  5. Aaron Plessinger, Hamilton, Ohio, Yamaha
  6. Adam Cianciarulo, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., Kawasaki
  7. Zach Osborne, Clermont, Fla., Husqvarna
  8. Joey Savatgy, Clermont, Fla., KTM
  9. Dylan Ferrandis, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Yamaha
  10. Malcolm Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha

450SX Class Championship Standings

  1. Ken Roczen, Clermont, Fla., Honda (112)
  2. Cooper Webb, Newport N.C., KTM (99)
  3. Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Kawasaki (98)
  4. Justin Barcia, Greenville, Fla., GASGAS (92)
  5. Adam Cianciarulo, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., Kawasaki (87)
  6. Dylan Ferrandis, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Yamaha (81)
  7. Malcolm Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha (76)
  8. Zach Osborne, Clermont, Fla., Husqvarna (74)
  9. Marvin Musquin, Corona, Calif., KTM (73)
  10. Aaron Plessinger, Hamilton, Ohio, Yamaha (70)