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Chatter Box: Joey Savatgy

Joey Savatgy speaks openly in San Diego.

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Joey Savatgy has had a turbulent start to the 2019 Monster Energy Supercross series. There have been crashes, injuries, wins and some flashes of brilliance. There have been more latter recently, which is good news, but is he satisfied? Not necessarily. Based on this exclusive MX Vice interview from San Diego, he wants so much more in the coming weeks.

MX Vice: Kind of similar to the recent rounds. Little flashes of speed and brilliance. A couple of mistakes, but things are definitely trending in the right direction…

Joey Savatgy: Yeah. Nights like tonight it’s tough. I don’t have the longest legs, by any means, so I’m a little bit at a disadvantage. I think lap times-wise we were good and really set out to do what we wanted to do – that’s to show up and make the main event or make the full distance main event. Get experience and learn for the following weekend. That’s my personal best this year. Definitely going in the right direction.

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A seventh in San Diego was a season-best finish for Joey Savatgy.

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Did you come into this event with a little more confidence or a little something about you after last week? That kind of confirmed that you can do this, you can run podium speed. Did you kind of believe a little more this week? 

I’d be lying if I said no. I think, once you do it, it definitely helps. It’s one thing to think and to tell yourself you can do it, but when you actually go out and you are up front and you are doing it, definitely it’s different. I’ve had goals set since A1. We kind of got off to a rocky start, but I’ve been working hard and trying to turn it around. These last two weekends have definitely gone in the right direction, steady. Trying to make progress every weekend and put ourselves up there and in a good spot to learn and to experience what it’s like.

I guess at the same time, after last weekend, you kind of have to remind yourself to stick to the goals that you set out before A1. Remember that you are a rookie and try to not run before you can walk, kind of thing.

Yeah, which is tough. Coming from the 250SX class for the last three years where we have basically been in a title fight and been expected to win all the time, it’s different. It’s tough from the mental side of it, because I always expect to win. It might not be achievable right now, but at the same time you don’t want to settle and you don’t want to tell yourself, “All right, we got seventh. I’m happy with that.” That’s not the case.

Obviously I’m happy that it was our personal best and we’re making strides in the right direction, but I’m hungry for more and I’m not okay with seventh. But, again, it’s that fine line where I get to remind myself that it’s my first year and for the most part no one comes in and just crushes it their first year. It’s tough to keep that balance, but I have got a good group of people around me to remind me. We’ll just keep moving forward. 

Speaking of coming from the 250SX class, this was your first mud race on a 450. Did that extra power come in handy at times?

Yeah, it’s nice. It’s both, because you don’t have to work as hard to get some of the jumps, what few jumps we could do, but at the same time it’s that extra weight that you have to manage for fifteen minutes plus one lap. It’s a double-edged sword. It’s like that I think even in the dry. It’s nice to have that extra power, but it’s a little bit more to hold onto and the weight’s a little bit different. I think every condition has its advantages and its disadvantages. We have just got to keep learning.

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Joey Savatgy now sits fifteenth in the 450SX championship standings.

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What did you think of the track conditions? Was it one of those things where once it stopped raining it was the worst thing, because it started getting all claggy? Obviously if it would have kept raining you would have been able to plow through puddles the whole night.

That was the worry from the beginning was that, once it stopped raining, it was going to get heavy. That’s when it’s the worst, when it gets heavy like that. It’s tough because it sticks to the bike. The ruts get deep and everything just gets so sticky and heavy. When it’s raining like it was during practice, it’s so easy to kind of just keep the mile an hour up a lot easier. Once we looked at the radar, and we knew the rain was gone, it was kind of one of those deals where we were trying to kind of prepare for an absolute disaster, because that’s what it ends up being. Bottom line is when it gets like that, we are still racing but basically trying to survive and maximise points which is unfortunate. It’s a gate drop and a checkered flag and someone’s got to win. It is what it is.

Finally, what’s the plan from here in the next few weeks? Have you got things that you know you need to work on? Something that you want to try and fix?  

Honestly just gate drops. I’m still bummed about the night because of the two tip-overs that I had, but all in all it’s another gate drop and another full main event. Moving forward, all I want to do is keep improving and gaining seat time. I think in the long run that’s going to be key.

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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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