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Adam Cianciarulo on an eventful STL race.

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Adam Cianciarulo continues to hog headlines in 2020 Monster Energy Supercross! Cianciarulo went fastest in practice in St. Louis, won his heat race and then showed flashes of brilliance in the main event. There were a couple of hiccups along the way and those are covered in this exclusive MX Vice interview from Missouri. AC always provides an insightful interview and this one is no different.

MX Vice: An eventful and intense night. The result maybe wasn’t what you wanted, but again there are just so many positives that you can take from this. I think you have to at least leave here kind of happy.

Adam Cianciarulo: I rode really well today. Practice again was unreal. I really don’t know how I’m doing that, going fastest every time. That was super cool. It doesn’t pay any points, obviously, but I know that. It’s certainly encouraging that the bike is where it’s at and I’m where I’m at speed-wise. Getting my first heat win, that was really cool too. I have just been really blowing my starts lately. I made it happen though and made an aggressive pass on [Zach] Osborne. 

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He got me back for sure, and that set me back quite a bit. I had to use a lot of energy to get right back on those guys. I was riding really well, and I wanted to get [Jason] Anderson for that podium. I was inching up on him and I felt super good the last six minutes of the race. It was a tough track. I just came into the berm after the whoops on the very last lap and kind of just slid into the rut with my front wheel.

I kind of lost my balance and went down, so I ended up seventh. It sucks, but it’s one of those deals where there are so many races and we have got to go again next weekend. I cannot really get too bummed on myself. It’s a little bit different coming from the 250F class where you get seventh one night but there are really only three or four good guys, so you are kind of screwed for the championship. I’m leaving here encouraged. 

You said you rode terribly after your heat win. Was it another one of those things like practice where you came in and were like, “I cannot believe I did that?”

Yeah. I did not know I was going to do that whole sight lap thing in opening ceremonies – it took a long time. I normally come back and do a warm-up before my heat, but I ended up staying down there and thought I would be fine. I was just super cold and not warmed up. I think I kind of fell into what Osborne was doing and I don’t ride like that. I cannot ride like that or else I’ll look exactly how I did [laughs].  

I just kind of had to take a breath and get back into myself. I put in a really good lap in the end. It was honestly the same thing in the main. Once I cleared those guys – once I got [Justin] Brayton and Osborne back – I really got into a flow. That is why I am kind of bummed that Osborne and I had a little back and forth. I don’t think it was good for either of us.

I was relieved when I finally saw you do the 2-3 after the finish in the heat, because I kind of felt like that was a bit of a mental block for you. Everyone started pulling it in practice and despite that you still went fastest. When you finally did it in that I was like, “Here we go.”

I was just struggling hitting some downsides out there today. My timing was really off. Part of it I think is something we did with the bike, but part of it is just me too. I could have been better there, for sure, so my timing was off. Even in the heat race and the rhythm sections I was hitting my head off the bars and all of that crazy stuff. I certainly adapted and did my best. I felt great the last six minutes of the race, which is a really good sign considering how gnarly the track is and how hard everybody was pushing. I think myself, Osborne and [Eli] Tomac were some of the fastest guys on the track there at the end. I was proud of that. 

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On the plus side, you were one of the first guys to pull the quad over the table. In the main I did not see you pull it too much. Was that one of those things that was like risk versus reward?

Yeah. I just felt uncomfortable in the corner. That’s the corner that I crashed in the last lap. I just felt uncomfortable in the corner and never did it. I kind of decided early that I was not going to try it and just ended up jumping off the table.

You kind of mentioned it before, but you are cool with this seventh. It’s all good, huh? 

No, definitely not. I’m not cool with a seventh. It sucks. With that being said though, you have got to keep everything in perspective. I’m not going to freak out and cry myself to sleep tonight, because in six days I got a chance to go out there and win one. I know what I’m capable of. I think we had a great day, despite the mistake at the end.

Even a fourth would have been fine considering everything that we went through in the main. I think if we can get our starts under control – I assume we will this week – I think I can figure that out. I’m a great starter normally. I always have been. Once I figure that out then I don’t see why I cannot be first, second or third every time. 

What is going on with your starts? You mentioned you were double clutching it up the straight. Where does that come from? How do you fix it?

That’s something we are going to have to figure out! It is just a lot of things with the grate and transitioning from the grate to the plastic to the dirt. There are a lot of moving parts in there, but we’ll figure it out.

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Stat Attack: Indianapolis Supercross Review

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With the tenth round of AMA Supercross in the books, statistics maestro Paul Pearcy has provided MX Vice with some brilliant numbers to tuck into from what was a great night of action. Enjoy

250 Class

Qualifying

  • Top 3
  1. Max Anstie: 49.492
  2. Tom Vialle: 49.492; (Max got top spot because his time came in the first session, while Tom’s time came in the second session)
  3. Pierce Brown: 49.719

LCQ

  • Top 3
  1. Jeremy Martin
  2. Ryder Floyd
  3. Hardy Munoz
  • Laps Led
  1. Jeremy Martin: 5
  2. Hardy Munoz: 2
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Jeremy Martin: 52.413
  2. Preston Boespflug: 53.150
  3. Gage Linville: 53.549
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Jeremy Martin: 53.655
  2. Preston Boespflug: 54.259
  3. Ryder Floyd: 54.373

Race 1

  • Top 3
  1. Cameron Mcadoo
  2. Haiden Deegan
  3. Seth Hammaker
  • Laps Led
  1. Cameron Mcadoo: 12
  2. Daxton Bennick: 1
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Haiden Deegan: 49.561
  2. Tom Vialle: 49.660
  3. Cameron Mcadoo: 49.854
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Cameron Mcadoo: 50.830
  2. Haiden Deegan: 51.086
  3. Seth Hammaker: 51.907
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Preston Boespflug: 2.970
  2. Cameron Mcadoo: 3.184
  3. Jalek Swoll: 3.287

Race 2

  • Top 3
  1. Haiden Deegan
  2. Cameron Mcadoo
  3. Tom Vialle
  • Laps Led
  1. Haiden Deegan: 12
  2. Jalek Swoll: 1
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Haiden Deegan: 49.493
  2. Tom Vialle: 50.690
  3. Pierce Brown: 50.868
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Haiden Deegan: 51.522
  2. Cameron Mcadoo: 52.214
  3. Tom Vialle: 52.580
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Jeremy Hand: 2.040
  2. Coty Schock: 2.315
  3. Max Anstie: 2.634

Race 3

  • Top 3
  1. Tom Vialle
  2. Pierce Brown
  3. Cameron Mcadoo
  • Laps Led
  1. Tom Vialle: 13
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Tom Vialle: 49.844
  2. Chance Hymas: 50.020
  3. Cameron Mcadoo: 50.175
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Tom Vialle: 51.493
  2. Pierce Brown: 51.563
  3. Haiden Deegan: 51.892
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Marshal Weltin: 1.984
  2. Seth Hammaker: 1.997
  3. Nick Romano: 2.233

Overall

  • Top 3
  1. Cameron Mcadoo; (1st win of the season, 80% podium rate this year)
  2. Tom Vialle; (80% podium rate this year)
  3. Haiden Deegan; (40% podium rate this season)
  • Laps Led
  1. Tom Vialle: 13; (Tom is now tied with Austin Forkner for most laps led this season at 37.  34% of total laps raced)
  2. Cameron Mcadoo: 12
  3. Haiden Deegan: 12
  4. Jalek Swoll: 1
  5. Daxton Bennick: 1
  • Best First Lap Position Average
  1. Tom Vialle: 3rd 
  2. Cameron Mcadoo: 3.333
  3. Jalek Swoll: 4th 

Points

  • Top 10
  1. Cameron Mcadoo: 98
  2. Tom Vialle: 96
  3. Pierce Brown: 87
  4. Haiden Deegan: 82
  5. Coty Schock: 79
  6. Seth Hammaker: 72
  7. Daxton Bennick: 71
  8. Max Anstie: 62
  9. Chance Hymas: 60
  10. Jalek Swoll: 58

450 Class

Qualifying

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence: 48.523
  2. Eli Tomac: 48.554
  3. Cooper Webb: 48.568; (The difference between 1st and 3rd was .045 seconds.)

LCQ

  • Top 3
  1. Kyle Chisholm
  2. Justin Starling
  3. Devin Simonson
  • Laps Led
  1. Kyle Chisholm: 7
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Ty Masterpool: 52.415
  2. Kyle Chisholm: 52.810
  3. Freddie Noren: 53.248
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Kyle Chisholm: 54.223
  2. Ryan Breece: 54.271
  3. Freddie Noren: 54.390

Race 1

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence
  2. Ken Roczen
  3. Chase Sexton
  • Laps Led
  1. Jett Lawrence: 10
  2. Ken Roczen: 6
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 48.639
  2. Ken Roczen: 49.225
  3. Cooper Webb: 49.581
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 51.023
  2. Cooper Webb: 51.383
  3. Ken Roczen: 51.402
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Aaron Plessinger: 2.774
  2. Eli Tomac: 3.095
  3. Chase Sexton: 3.785

Race 2

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence
  2. Ken Roczen
  3. Chase Sexton
  • Laps Led
  1. Jett Lawrence: 10
  2. Ken Roczen: 6
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 49.499
  2. Ken Roczen: 49.713
  3. Chase Sexton: 49.849
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 50.735
  2. Chase Sexton: 50.884
  3. Ken Roczen: 50.908 (That’s a difference of .173 in average lap times over 16 laps)
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Ken Roczen: 2.537
  2. Malcolm Stewart: 2.641
  3. Chase Sexton: 2.676

Race 3

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence
  2. Chase Sexton 
  3. Ken Roczen
  • Laps Led
  1. Ken Roczen: 10
  2. Jett Lawrence: 6
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Ken Roczen: 49.131
  2. Chase Sexton: 49.284
  3. Jett Lawrence: 49.314
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 50.477
  2. Chase Sexton: 50.483
  3. Cooper Webb: 50.594; (That’s a difference of .117 in average lap times over 16 laps)
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Chase Sexton: 2.528
  2. Cooper Webb: 2.885
  3. Jason Anderson: 3.079

Overall

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence; (The only other person to have a perfect sweep at a triple crown was Ken Roczen in 2020 also on a Honda.  Jett has now won 50% of the races this season, with a 60% podium rate)
  2. Ken Roczen; (Ken has a 50% podium rate this year)
  3. Chase Sexton; (Chase has a 50% podium rate this year)
  • Laps Led
  1. Jett Lawrence: 26; (Jett now has 130 laps led, 50.7% of total laps)
  2. Ken Roczen: 22; (Ken has the second most laps led at 49, Just 19% of total laps)
  • Best First Lap Position Average
  1. Ken Roczen: 1st 
  2. Jett Lawrence: 2nd 
  3. Jason Anderson: 4th 

Points

  • Top 10
  1. Jett Lawrence: 210
  2. Cooper Webb: 189
  3. Chase Sexton: 185
  4. Ken Roczen: 175
  5. Eli Tomac: 174
  6. Jason Anderson: 165
  7. Aaron Plessinger: 162
  8. Justin Cooper: 120
  9. Justin Barcia: 109
  10. Dylan Ferrandis: 107

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Results: 2024 Indianapolis Supercross

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2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross is back for round 10! The racing in Indianapolis has commenced and the results are flying through at quite a rate. Keep up with everything that is going on in the different sessions in both 450SX and 250SX by checking this page. Lead Image: AMA Supercross

This page will have all of the results. The results are posted in an easy-to-view fashion, with the latest results at the very top of the page. If you do not immediately see the most recent results, hit the refresh button in the top-right corner and then the issue should be rectified.

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