2020 San Diego Supercross Results

Steve Cox | February 8, 2020

After the 450SX main event last weekend in Oakland, California, Red Bull KTM’s Cooper Webb was feeling confident. He said he had figured out some things not just with his bike, but with how he was racing. He was riding defensive instead of racing forward. In Oakland, he flipped a switch and started racing forward, and the end result was his strongest finish of the year, in second place. Tonight in San Diego, round six of the 2020 Monster Energy/AMA Supercross Series, Webb stepped up one more spot, winning his first race of 2020.

2020 San Diego Supercross Results — **Cooper Webb (1) made the pass for the lead here and went on to take his first win of 2020.** PHOTO: STEVE COX

Webb had a good day in San Diego from the start. Normally not a fantastic qualifier, Webb qualified fourth within fractions of a second of Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Adam Cianciarulo, who (for the sixth week in a row) qualified on top. In his heat race, he locked handlebars off the line with Cianciarulo’s teammate Eli Tomac and started way back, then fell on the opening lap, but caught up to sixth.

In the main event, Webb started just behind Cianciarulo and briefly passed the Kawasaki rider on the opening lap, only for Cianciarulo to take it right back. The pair led Monster Energy Yamaha’s Aaron Plessinger for the first six laps, only for Plessinger to go down and hand the third spot to Rocky Mountain ATV/MC KTM’s Blake Baggett. But with Plessinger going down, the gap back to Baggett in third was sizeable, and Webb had about 15 minutes left in the race to try and figure out where to make up time on Cianciarulo, and then where to make the pass.

Around halfway through the race, Webb began to reel Cianciarulo in, having found a solid line jumping through the two consecutive sets of whoops, and then he made a couple pass attempts, with Cianciarulo thwarting his efforts. But with about three minutes left to go, Webb went by Cianciarulo as the pair headed across the start straight toward the finish-line jump, and that was that. Webb took the win by close to 3 seconds over Cianciarulo, with Baggett hanging on to third—his best finish of the year so far.

Cianciarulo’s teammate Eli Tomac came in fourth from way behind after a knock-down, drag-out battle with Monster Energy Yamaha’s Justin Barcia, who finished fifth, and current points leader Ken Roczen came in a frustrated sixth, also from way behind.

Roczen still leads the points standings by 1, over Tomac, as the series heads east to Tampa, Florida, this coming Saturday night. Webb’s successful night not only vaulted him up to third in the points standings, but cut the gap between he and Roczen in half, from 18 points last week to now just 9 points.

In the 250SX West main event, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Michael Mosiman grabbed the holeshot and led early in front of Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Austin Forkner and Monster Energy/Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Dylan Ferrandis. Forkner fought his way by Mosiman on lap five, and Mosiman got a bit too aggressive and tried to get Forkner right back, only to miss his pivot in a the turn before the finish-line jump, which made him unable to jump the obstacle and let Ferrandis by as well.

Then the points leader, Ferrandis, went to work on Forkner, trying at least three times to force his way by only for Forkner to rebuff him. But then, with about three minutes to go on the clock, Ferrandis shoved his way by Forkner (who briefly went off the track) and took the lead, eventually winning the race by about 6 seconds over Forkner. Then came Ferrandis’s teammate Justin Cooper in third, and Mosiman in fourth.

Once again, Ferrandis was booed for his success, despite the fact that the replay indicated Ferrandis didn’t even touch Forkner on his way by. At least now Ferrandis seems to expect the boos and seems to use the hatred from the fans as fuel. Ferrandis has now won three of the last four rounds and leads the championship by 7 points with four rounds left to run.

The 250SX West will go on hiatus now for a few weeks while the 250SX East gets under way in Tampa, Florida, this coming Saturday night.

450SX Main Event:

1.	Cooper Webb	KTM
2.	Adam Cianciarulo	Kaw
3.	Blake Baggett	KTM
4.	Eli Tomac	Kaw
5.	Justin Barcia	Yam
6.	Ken Roczen	Hon
7.	Justin Brayton	Hon
8.	Malcolm Stewart	Hon
9.	Justin Hill	Hon
10.	Aaron Plessinger	Yam
11.	Zach Osborne	Hus
12.	Martin Davalos	KTM
13.	Dean Wilson	Hus
14.	Jason Anderson	Hus
15.	Vince Friese	Hon
16.	Tyler Bowers	Kaw
17.	Benny Bloss	Yam
18.	Kyle Chisholm	Yam
19.	Alex Ray	Kaw
20.	Jason Clermont	Kaw
21.	Chad Reed	Hon
22.	Ryan Breece	Suz

250SX West Main Event:

1.	Dylan Ferrandis	Yam
2.	Austin Forkner	Kaw
3.	Justin Cooper	Yam
4.	Michael Mosiman	Hus
5.	Brandon Hartranft	KTM
6.	Luke Clout	Hon
7.	Jacob Hayes	Hus
8.	Carson Brown	Hus
9.	Derek Drake	KTM
10.	Alex Martin	Suz
11.	Jay Wilson	Yam
12.	Martin Castelo	Hus
13.	Killian Auberson	Hus
14.	Aaron Tanti	Yam
15.	Logan Karnow	Kaw
16.	Cheyenne Harmon	Hon
17.	Mitchell Falk	Hon
18.	Ludovic Macler	Kaw
19.	Bryson Gardner	Hon
20.	Chris Howell	Hus
21.	Lorenzo Camporese	Kaw
22.	Cameron Mcadoo	Kaw

450SX Points Standings:

1.	Ken Roczen	130/2 wins
2.	Eli Tomac	129/2 wins
3.	Cooper Webb	121/1 win
4.	Justin Barcia	116/1 win
5.	Adam Cianciarulo	113
6.	Jason Anderson	105
7.	Blake Baggett	90
8.	Malcolm Stewart	90
9.	Justin Brayton	89
10.	Zach Osborne	75
11.	Justin Hill	75
12.	Aaron Plessinger	70
13.	Dean Wilson	69
14.	Vince Friese	60
15.	Martin Davalos	50
16.	Tyler Bowers	34
17.	Justin Bogle	24
18.	Alex Ray	19
19.	Chris Blose	18
20.	Chad Reed	17

250SX West Points Standings:

1.	Dylan Ferrandis	135/3 wins
2.	Justin Cooper	128/1 win
3.	Austin Forkner	122/2 wins
4.	Brandon Hartranft	110
5.	Alex Martin	98
6.	Jacob Hayes	89
7.	Luke Clout	83
8.	Michael Mosiman	82
9.	Derek Drake	78
10.	Mitch Oldenburg	72
11.	Carson Brown	72
12.	Martin Castelo	53
13.	Killian Auberson	51
14.	Aaron Tanti	50
15.	Jett Lawrence	46
16.	Jay Wilson	45
17.	Robbie Wageman	43
18.	Michael Leib	32
19.	Christian Craig	29
20.	Cameron Mcadoo	27

San Diego SX Qualifying

It’s difficult to track the history, and record, of the most consecutive races for the same racers to qualify first, but it would be quite a surprise if we aren’t seeing at least one record right now, six rounds into the 2020 Monster Energy/AMA Supercross Series. All six weeks so far in 2020, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Adam Cianciarulo and his teammate Eli Tomac have gone 1-2 in timed qualifying, in that order, and Monster Energy/Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Dylan Ferrandis has done likewise in the 250SX class.

In the 450SX class, Cianciarulo put in a blistering time of 49.024, nearly a half-second in front of his teammate Tomac (unlike the last few weeks, during which Tomac has stayed very close to Cianciarulo on the time sheet). Tomac wasn’t even in the top five until the very last lap of timed practice, which is the lap that bumped him up to second. That lap, he had Cianciarulo on his tail, only for Cianciarulo to wash out his front end in the final turn of that final lap and crash. He seemed okay as he got up to go to the podium for qualifying on top yet again.

Until the last lap of qualifying, Red Bull KTM’s Cooper Webb was second on the board, but Tomac surpassed his time on the last lap, as did Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Jason Anderson, who came in with a 49.551, 5/1000ths of a second faster than Webb’s 49.556.

Then came Rocky Mountain ATV/MC KTM’s Blake Baggett, Honda’s Ken Roczen, his teammate Justin Brayton, and Smartop/Bullfrog Spas/Motoconcepts Honda’s Justin Hill, all in the 49s; less than a second behind Cianciarulo, and less than a half-second behind Tomac.

Mountain Motorsports/cbdMD Honda’s Chad Reed is back from his rib injury that kept him out of the racing at Oakland last weekend and qualified for the night show in 26th with a 53.455.

In 250SX West qualifying, Dylan Ferrandis actually topped Cianciarulo’s 450SX time, with the Monster Energy/Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha pilot recording a 48.991. He also did it on the last lap of qualifying. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Ausitn Forkner was the only 250SX racer in the 49s with a 49.228, and then over a second back came Ferrandis’s teammate Justin Cooper, with a 50.331.

No matter what, Ferrandis will not top the 250SX qualifying charts next week, though, as the series will head to Tampa, Florida, for round one of the 250SX East series. It’s possible Ferrandis may race a few 450SX rounds during the 250SX West hiatus, since he’ll be forced to move up to the 450SX class in 2021.

The racing starts tonight at 7 p.m. Pacific Time.

450SX Qualifying:

1.	Adam Cianciarulo	Kaw	49.024
2.	Eli Tomac	Kaw	49.494
3.	Jason Anderson	Hus	49.551
4.	Cooper Webb	KTM	49.556
5.	Blake Baggett	KTM	49.577
6.	Ken Roczen	Hon	49.648
7.	Justin Brayton	Hon	49.724
8.	Justin Hill	Hon	49.953
9.	Malcolm Stewart	Hon	50.072
10.	Martin Davalos	KTM	50.188
11.	Dean Wilson	Hus	50.544
12.	Zach Osborne	Hus	50.613
13.	Justin Barcia	Yam	50.879
14.	Aaron Plessinger	Yam	51.063
15.	Benny Bloss	Yam	51.219
16.	Vince Friese	Hon	51.271
17.	Tyler Bowers	Kaw	51.374
18.	Kyle Chisholm	Yam	51.674
19.	Ryan Breece	Suz	51.165
20.	Alex Ray	Kaw	52.230

250SX West Qualifying:

1.	Dylan Ferrandis	Yam	48.991
2.	Austin Forkner	Kaw	49.228
3.	Justin Cooper	Yam	50.331
4.	Brandon Hartranft	KTM	50.738
5.	Michael Mosiman	Hus	50.799
6.	Cameron Mcadoo	Kaw	50.964
7.	Luke Clout	Hon	51.140
8.	Derek Drake	KTM	51.427
9.	Jacob Hayes	Hus	51.497
10.	Alex Martin	Suz	51.867
11.	Jay Wilson	Yam	52.530
12.	Aaron Tanti	Yam	52.810
13.	Martin Castelo	Hus	53.007
14.	Mitchell Falk	Hon	53.029
15.	Robbie Wageman	Yam	53.310
16.	Carson Brown	Hus	53.499
17.	Chris Howell	Hus	53.611
18.	Killian Auberson	Hus	53.630
19.	Mathias Jorgensen	Kaw	53.727
20.	Ludovic Macler	Kaw	54.216

2020 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Schedule

Round 1	January 4	Anaheim, California
Round 2	January 11	St. Louis, Missouri
Round 3	January 18	Anaheim, California
Round 4	January 25	Glendale, Arizona
Round 5	February 1	Oakland, California
Round 6	February 8	San Diego, California
Round 7	February 15	Tampa, Florida
Round 8	February 22	Arlington (Dallas), Texas
Round 9	February 29	Atlanta, Georgia
Round 10	March 7	Daytona, Florida
Round 11	March 14	Indianapolis, Indiana
Round 12	March 21	Detroit, Michigan
Round 13	March 28	Seattle, Washington
Round 14	April 4	Denver, Colorado
Round 15	April 18	Foxborough, Massachusetts
Round 16	April 25	Las Vegas, Nevada
Round 17	May 2	Salt Lake City, Utah

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