2020 AMA Supercross Championship explained

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
Organizer:American Motorcyclist Association, Feld Entertainment (except Daytona), NASCAR Holdings, Inc. (Daytona)
Discipline:Supercross
Duration:January - June 2020
No Of Races:17
Tv:NBC Sports
Champions Title:Champions
Prevseason Year:2019
Prevseason Link:2019 AMA Supercross Championship
Nextseason Year:2021
Nextseason Link:2021 AMA Supercross Championship
Pixels:100
Award1 Title:450cc
Award1 Champ: Eli Tomac
Award2 Title:250cc West
Award3 Title:250cc East
Seasonslistnames:AMA Supercross Championship

Results

Race Winners[4]
RoundDateLocationStadium450SX Winner250SX Winner
1 (W)4 January AnaheimAngel Stadium Justin Barcia Justin Cooper
2 (W)11 January St. LouisThe Dome at America's Center Ken Roczen Austin Forkner
3 (W)18 January AnaheimAngel Stadium Eli Tomac Dylan Ferrandis
4 (W) (TC)25 January GlendaleState Farm Stadium Ken Roczen Austin Forkner
5 (W)1 February OaklandRingCentral Coliseum Eli Tomac Dylan Ferrandis
6 (W)8 February San DiegoPETCO Park Cooper Webb Dylan Ferrandis
7 (E)15 February TampaRaymond James Stadium Eli Tomac Shane McElrath
8 (E) (TC)22 February ArlingtonAT&T Stadium Eli Tomac Chase Sexton
9 (E)29 February AtlantaMercedes-Benz Stadium Ken Roczen Chase Sexton
10 (E)7 March Daytona BeachDaytona International Speedway Eli Tomac Garrett Marchbanks
11 (E)31 May Salt Lake CityRice-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
RoundRegionDateLocationVenue
11E14 Mar IndianapolisLucas Oil Stadium
12E21 March DetroitFord Field
13E/W28 March SeattleCenturyLink Field
14W4 April DenverEmpower Field
15E18 April FoxboroughGillette Stadium
16W25 April Las VegasSam Boyd Stadium

Notes

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. 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

PosNo.RiderBikeAN1
STL
AN2
GLE
OAK
SND
TAM
ARL
ATL
DAY
SL1
SL2
SL3
SL4
SL5
SL6
SL7
Points
13 Eli TomacKawasaki74121411411213325384
21 Cooper WebbKTM3123421212332121218359
394 Ken RoczenHonda612136321235105147354
421 Jason AndersonHusqvarna535351410311444372252287
551 Justin BarciaYamaha1295654425889219920272
616 Zach OsborneHusqvarna14541811111155342431252
727 Malcom StewartHonda96871087788117522574252
815 Dean WilsonHusqvarna1313101371369107106686133239
910 Justin BraytonHonda88761379211210997128612227
1046 Justin HillHonda111112128956691610151314129213
117 Aaron PlessingerYamaha12101591210168761212119101411207
124 Blake BaggettKTM491410932210192271412471016200
1337 Martin DavalosKTM15221311151214175146118619817178
1464 Vince FrieseHonda101411141415131191118161615171715155
159 Adam CianciaruloKawasaki2768428DNS22DNQ129
1622 Chad ReedKTM18211820211913151319171411111510113
1750 Benny BlossKTMDNQ1722DNQ17DNQ131213131310131114108
1834 Tyler BowersKawasaki1717151616151614212021201415211397
1911 Kyle ChisholmKawasaki19DNQ1718171516151518181616191885
2020 Broc TickleSuzuki1222DNQ17171216659
2144 Kyle CunninghamSuzukiDNQ16DNQDNQ19DNQ18182114151919DNQ18DNQ53
2271 Ryan BreeceSuzukiDNQ2016212220142218DNQ2221DNQ20DNQDNQ37
2361 Alex RayKawasakiDNQ1921191819DNQDNQDNQDNQ17DNQDNQ18DNQ222133
2419 Justin BogleKTM1615162124
25722 Adam EnticknapSuzukiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ21DNQ1719DNQ19DNQDNQ18DNQDNQ21
2649 Chris BloseHonda2018191718
2731 Fredrik NorenSuzuki21DNQ21DNQDNQDNQDNQ201911
28393 Daniel HerrleinKTMDNQDNQDNQ18208
2991 Ryan SipesKTM167
3065 James WeeksYamahaDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ1920DNQ7
3169 Carlen GardnerHondaDNQ20DNQ20DNQDNQ227
3248 Henry MillerKTMDNQDNQ176
3353 James DecotisSuzuki2220DNQ4
34606 Ronnie StewartHusqvarnaDNQ20DNQDNQ3
35817 Jason ClermontKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQ203
3682 Cade AutenriethHondaDNQDNQDNQ20DNQDNQ3
37597 Mason KerrKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ21DNQDNQ2
3867 Jerry RobinHondaDNQDNQ22DNQDNQ1
3986 Joshua CartwrightKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQ22DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ1
4088 Logan KarnowKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ22DNQ1
280 Cade ClasonKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
282 Theodore PauliKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
976 Josh GrecoKTMDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
509 Alexander NagyKTMDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
501 Scotty WennerstromKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
114 Nick SchmidtHusqvarnaDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
447 Deven RaperKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
211 Tevin TapiaYamahaDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
848 Joan CrosKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
330 AJ CatanzaroKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
651 Jake HoganYamahaDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
981 Curren ThurmanKTMDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
824 Carter StephensonKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
996 Preston TaylorKawasakiDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
230 Joel WightmanHondaDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
135 Robert FitchHondaDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
92 Austin PolitelliHondaDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
70 Dylan MerriamHondaDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
412 Jared LesherKTMDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
526 Colton AeckHondaDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
56 Justin StarlingHondaDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
43 John ShortHondaDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
304 Hector AssunçãoHondaDNQDNQDNQ0
145 Travis SmithKTMDNQDNQDNQ0
256 James MilsonKawasakiDNQDNQDNQ0
421 Vann MartinKTMDNQDNQ0
138 David PulleyHondaDNQDNQ0
675 Kyle DillinKTMDNQDNQ0
542 Johnnie BullerSuzukiDNQDNQ0
118 Cheyenne HarmonHondaDNQDNQ0
221 Mathias JørgensenKawasakiDNQDNQ0
831 Ryan SmithYamahaDNQDNQ0
795 Aaron LeiningerHondaDNQDNQ0
360 Aaron SiminoeKawasakiDNQ0
424 Tyler CusterHondaDNQ0
332 Dustin WinterKawasakiDNQ0
570 Cody VanbuskirkKTMDNQ0
240 Bryce StewartYamahaDNQ0
98 Bradley LionnetYamahaDNQ0
42 Ben LamayHondaDNQ0
224 Charles LefrançoisSuzukiDNQ0
171 Davey FraserHusqvarnaDNQ0
72 Robbie WagemanYamahaDNQ0
185 Wilson FlemingHondaDNQ0
837 Bryson GardnerHondaDNQ0
PosNo.RiderBikeAN1
STL
AN2
GLE
OAK
SND
TAM
ARL
ATL
DAY
SL1
SL2
SL3
SL4
SL5
SL6
SL7
Points

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Supercross Live : The Official Site of Monster Energy Supercross. www.supercrosslive.com. 2020-01-10.
  2. Web site: Supercross Special Announcement. 2020-03-13. Supercross Live. 2020-03-16.
  3. Web site: Resuming Racing in Salt Lake City on May 31 . Supercross Live . Feld Entertainment . 2020-05-14 . Feld14May.
  4. Web site: Results. Supercross Live. 2020-01-10.
  5. Web site: Moore . Donny . Supercross Special Announcement . Supercross Live . 25 March 2020 . Feld Entertainment . 2020-03-26.
  6. Web site: Justin Barcia Outlasts Rookie Prodigy, Defending Champ in Supercross Opener. Weaver. Matt. 2020-01-05. Autoweek. en-US. 2020-03-09.
  7. Web site: Ken Roczen wins St. Louis after three-year wait. Beaver. Dan. 2020-01-12. MotorSportsTalk NBC Sports. en-US. 2020-03-09.
  8. Web site: Ken Roczen Injury Update(s) WARNING! Graphic Photos. Dirt Rider. en. 2020-03-09.
  9. Web site: Eli Tomac roars back from 10th place to win Anaheim Supercross. The Journal. en. 2020-03-09. 2020-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20200121175232/https://the-journal.com/articles/165446. dead.
  10. Web site: Cooper Webb is back with first 2020 win at San Diego. Beaver. Dan. 2020-02-09. MotorSportsTalk NBC Sports. en-US. 2020-03-09.

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