2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross
Round Two – RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Report by Trevor Hedge – Images by Jeff Kardas

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450 Heat One

Chase Sexton set the fastest lap and won the opening 450 Heat race ahead of Jason Anderson and Aaron Plessinger, as the second round of the 2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season got underway in California.

450 Heat One Results

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450 Heat Two

Red plate holder Ken Roczen went down hard in a qualifying session that saw Eli Tomac on top from fellow Yamaha rider Dylan Ferrandis.

Roczen bounced back from that heavy hit though, to finish second in his Heat race, crossing the line three-seconds behind winner Eli Tomac, and four-seconds ahead of Justin Barcia. 

450 Heat Two Results

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450 Main

Adam Cianciarulo scored the holeshot ahead of Shane McElrath and Ken Roczen when the gates dropped for the 450 Main.  Roczen lost positions to Jason Anderson and Justin Barcia early on the opening lap. 

Jason Anderson moved up to second place to make it a Kawasaki 1-2 as he chased Cianicarulo.  Aaron Plessinger moved past fellow KTM rider McElrath to take third place with 18-minutes still left on the shot clock. Barcia split the KTM men to move up to fourth place, while Roczen was sixth ahead of team-mate Sexton and new Yamaha signing Tomac.

With just under 17-minutes remaining Roczen ended up in the tough blocks and his CRF450R on the deck. By the time he was back up and running he was outside the top ten, all the way down in 14th place. The German only managed to improve on that by one place at the flag, a disappointing 13th place finish for the Factory Honda rider. 

Meanwhile Jason Anderson had moved past Cianciarulo to take the race lead. Two laps later Plessinger pushed Cianciarulo further back to third place.  Two more laps and Cianciarulo was down to fourth after being passed by Barcia, a lap later Tomac also went through to push Cianciarulo further back to sixth. The Kawasaki man clearly struggling as the race progressed with his recovering shoulder and continued to lose places before eventually finishing 12th.

With seven-minutes left on the shot clock Plessinger was chasing Anderson hard, the gap was 1.8-seconds.  Barcia was a further four-seconds back in third, and Tomac equidistant in fourth. 

Anderson responded to the challenge though and with three-minutes left his lead was back out to over four-seconds while Barcia was closing on Plessinger to try and challenge the KTM man for second place. Tomac was fourth, Malcolm Stewart fifth and Ferrandis sixth. 

At the last lap flag Anderson was maintaining his four-second buffer over Plessinger, who in turn now had more breathing room over Barcia. And that was how they finished, Anderson a clear winner over Plessinger and Barcia.

Eli Tomac set the fastest lap of the race on his way to fourth ahead of Malcolm Stewart, Dylan Ferrandis, Cooper Webb and Marvin Musquin. 

Chase Sexton was the first Honda home in ninth ahead of Dean Wilson and Joey Savatgy. 

Justin Barcia will take a three-point lead over Jason Anderson and Cooper Webb to San Diego next weekend. 

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450 Video Highlights

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450 Main Results

450 Post Race Press Conference

450 Championship Standings (Round 2 of 17)

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250 Heat One

Michael Mosiman won the opening 250 Heat from Jo Shimoda, but it was third placed Seth Hammaker that set the fastest lap of the Heat. 

250 Heat One Results

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250 Heat Two

Christian Craig was the only 250 rider to put in a sub-minute lap in qualifying to top the combined sessions and the Yamaha rider carried that form into his Heat race, where he lapped faster again to take a clear victory over Hunter Lawrence. 

250 Heat Two Results

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250 Main

Jo Shimoda scored the holeshot in the 250 Main on the Pro Circuit Kawasaki to take the early lead from Christian Craig, Vince Friese, Seth Hammaker and Michael Mosiman.  Hunter Lawrence was sixth at the end of lap one but already had his work cut out for him in his quest for a podium.

Shimoda stalled the KX250F late on the second lap, which allowed Craig to sweep through to the lead and push the Japanese rider back to second place. Shimoda recovered to fend off Friese who then made a mistake and fell back to sixth place as Hammaker moved up to take third, Mosiman fourth and Lawrence fifth. 

Shimoda then made a mistake in the whoops two laps later and went down. By the time he got going again he had been relegated all the way down to ninth. 

Michael Mosiman also made a mistake and lost a number of positions, allowing Hunter Lawrence to capitalise and move up to third place. 

Meanwhile Christian Craig was unflustered up front and led by six-seconds with nine-minutes remaining.  Hammaker was second, and Lawrence a further three-seconds behind in third place but with four-seconds over fourth place Nate Thrasher. 

Lawrence chased Hammaker hard and was in position to capitalise when the Kawasaki man made a small mistake in the whoops with just over two-minutes left on the shot clock.  Once past, Hunter pulled away to take a strong second place. 

Christian Craig the dominant victor, the Yamaha man backed things off in the final laps but his winning margin was still more than five-seconds to make it two-from-two so far in AMA Supercross 2022. 

Michael Mosiman was fourth ahead of Nate Thrasher and Vince Friese, while Jo Shimoda recovered from his early mistakes to claim seventh place. 

AMA Supercross will reconvene next weekend in San Diego. 

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250 Main Video Highlights

250 Main Results

250 Post Race Press Conference

250 West Championship Standings (Round 2 of 10)

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Source: MCNews.com.au