2020 AMA Supercross Championship

The 2020 AMA Supercross Championship is an American motorcycle racing championship that started January 4, 2020, and ended June 21, 2020. Ten of the 17 rounds had been completed when the season was suspended on March 12, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 14, 2020, promoter Feld Entertainment announced the season would conclude with races on Wednesdays and Sundays at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1][2][3]

2020 AMA Supercross Championship
OrganizerAmerican Motorcyclist Association, Feld Entertainment (except Daytona), NASCAR Holdings, Inc. (Daytona)
DisciplineSupercross
DurationJanuary - June 2020
Number of races17
TV partner(s)NBC Sports
Champions
450cc Eli Tomac

Results

Race Winners[4] [N 1] [N 2]
Round Date Location Stadium 450SX Winner 250SX Winner
1 (W) 4 January Anaheim Angel Stadium Justin Barcia Justin Cooper
2 (W) 11 January St. Louis The Dome at America's Center Ken Roczen Austin Forkner
3 (W) 18 January Anaheim Angel Stadium Eli Tomac Dylan Ferrandis
4 (W) (TC) 25 January Glendale State Farm Stadium Ken Roczen Austin Forkner
5 (W) 1 February Oakland RingCentral Coliseum Eli Tomac Dylan Ferrandis
6 (W) 8 February San Diego PETCO Park Cooper Webb Dylan Ferrandis
7 (E) 15 February Tampa Raymond James Stadium Eli Tomac Shane McElrath
8 (E) (TC) 22 February Arlington AT&T Stadium Eli Tomac Chase Sexton
9 (E) 29 February Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Ken Roczen Chase Sexton
10 (E) 7 March Daytona Beach Daytona International Speedway Eli Tomac Garrett Marchbanks
11 (E) 31 May Salt Lake City Rice-Eccles Stadium Eli Tomac Shane McElrath
12 (E) 3 June Cooper Webb Shane McElrath
13 (E) 7 June Eli Tomac Chase Sexton
14 (W) 10 June Cooper Webb Austin Forkner
15 (W) 14 June Ken Roczen Austin Forkner
16 (E) 17 June Cooper Webb Chase Sexton
17 (E/W) 21 June Zach Osborne Chase Sexton

Events Rescheduled / Relocated

Races at rounds 11-17 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 25, 2020, Feld Motor Sports announced their intention to complete the season later in the year. On May 14, 2020, the Feld Motor Sports announced the season would finish with seven races over May and June behind closed doors. These races were held at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, which was to have hosted just Round 17 on May 2. Six venues lost their events.[5]

Cancelled Dates
Round Region Date Location Venue
11 E 14 Mar Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium
12 E 21 March Detroit Ford Field
13 E/W 28 March Seattle CenturyLink Field
14 W 4 April Denver Empower Field
15 E 18 April Foxborough Gillette Stadium
16 W 25 April Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium

Notes

  1. ^ A (W) next to the event indicates it is part of the 250 SX West Championship, while an (E) indicates it is part of the 250 SX East Championship. (E/W) indicates a 250 SX East/250 SX West combination event.
  2. ^ B (TC) indicates a Triple Crown event.

Season Recap

Justin Barcia opened the season with his second consecutive win at Anaheim 1.[6] One week later, Ken Roczen took his first win three years after suffering a hard crash that had left him with a badly injured arm.[7][8] At Round 3, Eli Tomac became the third different winner in as many races to open the 2020 season.[9] Roczen and Tomac would proceed to dominate the middle portion of the season, with the exception of the San Diego Supercross where defending champion Cooper Webb took the victory.[10] After the season was suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic, Feld Motor Sports announced the season would finish in four weeks with seven rounds in Salt Lake City, with Sunday and Wednesday rounds only.[2] Webb and Tomac would win most of the races while Roczen and Zach Osborne would each win 1. Tomac would win the title.

450SX

Riders Championship

Pos No. Rider Bike AN1
STL
AN2
GLE
OAK
SND
TAM
ARL
ATL
DAY
SL1
SL2
SL3
SL4
SL5
SL6
SL7
Points
1 3 Eli Tomac Kawasaki 7 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 5 384
2 1 Cooper Webb KTM 3 12 3 4 2 1 2 12 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 8 359
3 94 Ken Roczen Honda 6 1 2 1 3 6 3 2 1 2 3 5 10 5 1 4 7 354
4 21 Jason Anderson Husqvarna 5 3 5 3 5 14 10 3 11 4 4 4 3 7 22 5 2 287
5 51 Justin Barcia Yamaha 1 2 9 5 6 5 4 4 2 5 8 8 9 21 9 9 20 272
6 16 Zach Osborne Husqvarna 14 5 4 18 11 11 11 5 5 3 4 2 4 3 1 252
7 27 Malcolm Stewart Honda 9 6 8 7 10 8 7 7 8 8 11 7 5 22 5 7 4 252
8 15 Dean Wilson Husqvarna 13 13 10 13 7 13 6 9 10 7 10 6 6 8 6 13 3 239
9 10 Justin Brayton Honda 8 8 7 6 13 7 9 21 12 10 9 9 7 12 8 6 12 227
10 46 Justin Hill Honda 11 11 12 12 8 9 5 6 6 9 16 10 15 13 14 12 9 213
11 7 Aaron Plessinger Yamaha 12 10 15 9 12 10 16 8 7 6 12 12 11 9 10 14 11 207
12 4 Blake Baggett KTM 4 9 14 10 9 3 22 10 19 22 7 14 12 4 7 10 16 200
13 37 Martin Davalos KTM 15 22 13 11 15 12 14 17 5 14 6 11 8 6 19 8 17 178
14 64 Vince Friese Honda 10 14 11 14 14 15 13 11 9 11 18 16 16 15 17 17 15 155
15 9 Adam Cianciarulo Kawasaki 2 7 6 8 4 2 8 DNS 22 DNQ 129
16 22 Chad Reed KTM 18 21 18 20 21 19 13 15 13 19 17 14 11 11 15 10 113
17 50 Benny Bloss KTM DNQ 17 22 DNQ 17 DNQ 13 12 13 13 13 10 13 11 14 108
18 34 Tyler Bowers Kawasaki 17 17 15 16 16 15 16 14 21 20 21 20 14 15 21 13 97
19 11 Kyle Chisholm Kawasaki 19 DNQ 17 18 17 15 16 15 15 18 18 16 16 19 18 85
20 20 Broc Tickle Suzuki 12 22 DNQ 17 17 12 16 6 59
21 44 Kyle Cunningham Suzuki DNQ 16 DNQ DNQ 19 DNQ 18 18 21 14 15 19 19 DNQ 18 DNQ 53
22 71 Ryan Breece Suzuki DNQ 20 16 21 22 20 14 22 18 DNQ 22 21 DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 37
23 61 Alex Ray Kawasaki DNQ 19 21 19 18 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ 22 21 33
24 19 Justin Bogle KTM 16 15 16 21 24
25 722 Adam Enticknap Suzuki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 21 DNQ 17 19 DNQ 19 DNQ DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 21
26 49 Chris Blose Honda 20 18 19 17 18
27 31 Fredrik Noren Suzuki 21 DNQ 21 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 19 11
28 393 Daniel Herrlein KTM DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 20 8
29 91 Ryan Sipes KTM 16 7
30 65 James Weeks Yamaha DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 19 20 DNQ 7
31 69 Carlen Gardner Honda DNQ 20 DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 22 7
32 48 Henry Miller KTM DNQ DNQ 17 6
33 53 James Decotis Suzuki 22 20 DNQ 4
34 606 Ronnie Stewart Husqvarna DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 3
35 817 Jason Clermont Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 3
36 82 Cade Autenrieth Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 3
37 597 Mason Kerr Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 21 DNQ DNQ 2
38 67 Jerry Robin Honda DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ 1
39 86 Joshua Cartwright Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1
40 88 Logan Karnow Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 22 DNQ 1
280 Cade Clason Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
282 Theodore Pauli Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
976 Josh Greco KTM DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
509 Alexander Nagy KTM DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
501 Scotty Wennerstrom Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
114 Nick Schmidt Husqvarna DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
447 Deven Raper Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
211 Tevin Tapia Yamaha DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
848 Joan Cros Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
330 AJ Catanzaro Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
651 Jake Hogan Yamaha DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
981 Curren Thurman KTM DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
824 Carter Stephenson Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
996 Preston Taylor Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
230 Joel Wightman Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
135 Robert Fitch Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
92 Austin Politelli Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
70 Dylan Merriam Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
412 Jared Lesher KTM DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
526 Colton Aeck Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
56 Justin Starling Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
43 John Short Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
304 Hector Assunção Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
145 Travis Smith KTM DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
256 James Milson Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
421 Vann Martin KTM DNQ DNQ 0
138 David Pulley Honda DNQ DNQ 0
675 Kyle Dillin KTM DNQ DNQ 0
542 Johnnie Buller Suzuki DNQ DNQ 0
118 Cheyenne Harmon Honda DNQ DNQ 0
221 Mathias Jørgensen Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0
831 Ryan Smith Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0
795 Aaron Leininger Honda DNQ DNQ 0
360 Aaron Siminoe Kawasaki DNQ 0
424 Tyler Custer Honda DNQ 0
332 Dustin Winter Kawasaki DNQ 0
570 Cody Vanbuskirk KTM DNQ 0
240 Bryce Stewart Yamaha DNQ 0
98 Bradley Lionnet Yamaha DNQ 0
42 Ben Lamay Honda DNQ 0
224 Charles Lefrançois Suzuki DNQ 0
171 Davey Fraser Husqvarna DNQ 0
72 Robbie Wageman Yamaha DNQ 0
185 Wilson Fleming Honda DNQ 0
837 Bryson Gardner Honda DNQ 0
Pos No. Rider Bike AN1
STL
AN2
GLE
OAK
SND
TAM
ARL
ATL
DAY
SL1
SL2
SL3
SL4
SL5
SL6
SL7
Points

References

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  2. ^ a b "Supercross Special Announcement". Supercross Live. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Resuming Racing in Salt Lake City on May 31". Supercross Live. Feld Entertainment. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "Results". Supercross Live. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Moore, Donny (March 25, 2020). "Supercross Special Announcement". Supercross Live. Feld Entertainment. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Weaver, Matt (January 5, 2020). "Justin Barcia Outlasts Rookie Prodigy, Defending Champ in Supercross Opener". Autoweek. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  7. ^ Beaver, Dan (January 12, 2020). "Ken Roczen wins St. Louis after three-year wait". MotorSportsTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Ken Roczen Injury Update(s) | WARNING! Graphic Photos". Dirt Rider. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  9. ^ "Eli Tomac roars back from 10th place to win Anaheim Supercross". The Journal. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  10. ^ Beaver, Dan (February 9, 2020). "Cooper Webb is back with first 2020 win at San Diego". MotorSportsTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved March 9, 2020.