450 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS // 2023 HOUSTON SUPERCROSS

The 450 class has made the trek to NRG Stadium for the fifth round of the 2023 Monster Energy Supercross championship. After Eli Tomac’s disastrous mistake, and impressive recovery, the points hunt has closed significantly which makes it a whole lot more interesting for the fans. But before the gate drops for the premier class, we have to find out who’s fastest amongst the 450 class. The track is fast and short, so look forward to high pace action. Scroll down below to find out who’s setting the fastest lap times in NRG Stadium.

The qualifying results for the 450 class are presented to you by FXR.

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Photos by Brian Converse

450 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS

Will this be the night we see the 23 plate go red?

POS.	#	NAME			BEST TIME
1	23	Chase Sexton			50.320
2	14	Dylan Ferrandis			51.415
3	1	Eli Tomac			51.431
4	21	Jason Anderson			51.476
5	9	Adam Cianciarulo			51.569
6	17	Joey Savatgy			52.016
7	28	Christian Craig			52.036
8	2	Cooper Webb			52.122
9	51	Justin Barcia			52.225
10	94	Ken Roczen			52.319
11	15	Dean Wilson			52.391
12	7	Aaron Plessinger			52.688
13	46	Justin Hill			52.694
14	32	Justin Cooper			53.118
15	45	Colt Nichols			53.399
16	44	Benny Bloss			53.616
17	12	Shane McElrath			53.758
18	140	Alex Ray			54.110
19	60	Justin Starling			54.117
20	83	Cole Thompson			54.354
21	78	Grant Harlan			54.511
22	751	Josh Hill			54.710
23	519	Joshua Cartwright			54.723
24	47	Fredrik Noren			54.812
25	11	Kyle Chisholm			54.843
26	68	Cade Clason			55.232
27	74	Logan Karnow			55.553
28	73	John Short			55.834
29	129	Lane Shaw			55.945
30	219	Chase Marquier			56.012
31	80	Kevin Moranz			56.172
32	604	Max Miller			56.457
33	90	Tristan Lane			56.661
34	597	Mason Kerr			56.694
35	173	Hunter Schlosser			56.792
36	848	Joan Cros			56.936
37	501	Scotty Wennerstrom			57.055
38	412	Jared Lesher			57.495
39	551	Guillaume St-Cyr			57.675
40	282	Theodore Pauli			58.031

TOP 40 GO ON TO THE NIGHT SHOW

41	637	Bobby Piazza			58.129
42	976	Joshua Greco			58.451
43	447	Deven Raper			58.600
44	996	Preston Taylor			58.843
45	512	Austin Cozadd			59.896
46	120	Todd Bannister			1:03.624
47	146	Brandon Marley			1:04.826

Justin Cooper’s first overall 450 qualifying results would land him in 14th, but there is still plenty of racing to be done tonight.

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450 GROUP A QUALIFYING RESULTS (SESSION 2 OF 2)

Eli thankfully looks healthy after his intense crash from last weekend.

It’s looking like it might be Chase’s weekend as he grabbed the holeshot in the second qualifying session. But as we typed that, he nearly wadded in the sand and oj’d the over under, so maybe we should watch what we say. But nonetheless, Chase still set a 51.67 lap time, and a ridiculously fast 50.32 one lap later. Adam Cianciarulo showed up looking really good making his way up to second with a 51.56. The top 5, excluding Chase, were fractions of a second off from each other as Dylan Ferrandis, Eli Tomac, Adam Cianciarulo, and Jason Anderson were all in the 51 second margin. Chase would be the fastest rider of the day, riding more than a whole second faster than second place’s Dylan Ferrandis.

Chase was the fastest rider of the day by a pretty wide margin. Chase would finish qualifying with one whole second to spare on second place.

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450 GROUP A QUALIFYING RESULTS (SESSION 1 OF 2)

Chase was insanely fast in the first qualifying session.

As qualifying begun, Chase was quick to set a blistering fast lap time nearly breaking into the 51 second threshold. It took five minutes before anyone was remotely close to his lap time. But as Dylan Ferrandis was .2 of second away from Chase, Chase dropped all the way down to 50.79, a second and a half faster than second place. However, this wasn’t just a lucky lap for Chase, as Chase continued to drop his lap time down to 50.48. Jason Anderson would bump up to second, but still more than half a second slower than the leader.

POS.		#	RIDER	BEST TIME
1		23	Chase Sexton	50.481
2		21	Jason Anderson	51.828
3		1	Eli Tomac	51.895
4		14	Dylan Ferrandis	52.151
5		17	Joey Savatgy	52.226
6		94	Ken Roczen	52.319
7		9	Adam Cianciarulo	52.429
8		28	Christian Craig	52.453
9		51	Justin Barcia	52.670
10		2	Cooper Webb	52.718
11		7	Aaron Plessinger	53.218
12		32	Justin Cooper	53.374
13		15	Dean Wilson	53.399
14		45	Colt Nichols	53.864
15		44	Benny Bloss	54.133
16		46	Justin Hill	54.348
17		60	Justin Starling	54.565
18		47	Fredrik Noren	54.812
19		12	Shane McElrath	54.969
20		519	Joshua Cartwright	55.166
21		78	Grant Harlan	55.271
22		11	Kyle Chisholm	56.835
23		751	Josh Hill	56.862

Jason Anderson would finish second in the first qualifying session.

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