2019 brings Bikeandrace some important changes. Starting from this year, we’ll provide you news and stories from AMA Supercross FIM World Championship, one of the most spectacular series all over the world. Every SX race will be followed by our new entry Andrea Ettori, the one who will also tell you about MXGP World Championship.
AMA Supercross is divided into 250SX and 450SX classes and both will provide you great action in each of the 17 race weekends we’ll see in 2019 season. Both classes will follow the usual format of AMA Supercross, that you can read here below:
– Free Practice
– Qualifying Practice
– 250 HEAT #1 – 20 riders (the first 9 riders go to Main Event, the rest will take part in Last Chance Qualifier, later known as LCQ) – 6 minutes + one lap
– 250 HEAT #2 – 20 riders (the first 9 riders go to Main Event, the rest will take part in LCQ) – 6 minutes + one lap
– 450 HEAT #1 – 20 riders (the first 9 riders go to Main Event, the rest will take part in LCQ) – 6 minutes + one lap
– 450 HEAT #2 – 20 riders (the first 9 riders go to Main Event, those from 10th to 20th place will go to LCQ) – 6 minutes + one lap
– 250 LCQ – 22 riders (the best 4 riders go to Main Event) – 4 minutes + one lap
– 450 LCQ – 22 riders (the best 4 riders go to Main Event) – 6 minutes + one lap
– 250 MAIN EVENT – 22 riders – 15 minutes + one lap
– 450 MAIN EVENT – 22 riders – 20 minutes + one lap
Main Event is the only race giving the riders championship points: the race winner scores 26 points, while second and third place give respectively 23 and 21 points. The riders from 4th to 22nd position get from 19 points to one.
Here’s the whole 2019 season calendar:
Round 1 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Anaheim, California
5th January 2019
Round 2 at State Farm Stadium. Glendale, Arizona
12th January 2019
Round 3 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Anaheim, California
19th January 2019
Round 4 at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum. Oakland, California
26th January 2019
Round 5 at Petco Park. San Diego, California
2nd February 2019
Round 6 at US Bank Stadium. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
9th February 2019
Round 7 at AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas
16th February 2019
Round 8 at Ford Field. Detroit, Michigan
23th February 2019
Round 9 at Mercedes Benz Stadium. Atlanta, Georgia
2nd March 2019
Round 11 at Lucas Oil Stadium. Indianapolis, Indiana
16th March 2019
Round 12 at CenturyLink Field. Seattle, Washington.
23rd March 2019
Round 13 at NRG Stadium. Houston, Texas
30th March 2019
Round 14 at Nissan Stadium. Nashville, Tennessee
6th April 2019
Round 15 at Bronco Stadium at Mile High. Denver, Colorado
13th April 2019
Round 16 at Metlife Stadium. East Rutherford, New Jersey
27th April 2019
Round 17 at Sam Boyd Stadium. Las Vegas, Nevada.
4th May 2019
Round 3 (Anaheim), 8 (Detroit) and 13 (Houston) are also part of the “Triple Crown”, a series of three rounds where both Lites and 450 classes will have not one, but three Main Event races. In this case, the point system changes to a different one, according which the winner gets one point, the rider in second place 2 and so on. The rider who has the lowest score after the last of these three rounds will win the “Triple Crown”.
For what concerns the riders, 450SX class includes some well-known names like German star Ken Roczen, Jason Anderson, Eli Tomac, Justin Barcia, Ryan Dungey, Marvin Musquin and evergreen Chad Reed. In 250SX, keep an eye on people like Kyle Chisholm and French rising talent Dylan Ferrandis.
In conclusion, we leave you the timetable to follow the very first round of the series, taking place today 5th January 2019 at Anaheim (local time, GMT-8):
18:30 – Opening Ceremonies
19:05 – Supercross 250 Heat #1 – 6 min + 1 lap, 20 riders
19:19 – Supercross 250Heat #2 – 6 min + 1 lap, 20 riders
19:33 – Supercross 450 Heat #1 – 6 min + 1 lap, 20 riders
19:47 – Supercross 450 Heat #2 – 6 min + 1 lap, 20 riders
19:56 – Track maintenance
20:10 – Supercross 250 Last Chance Qualifier – 4 min + 1 lap
20:22 – Supercross 450 Last Chance Qualifier – 6 min + 1 lap
20:54 – Supercross Lites Main Event – 15 min + 1 lap, 22 riders
21:30 – Supercross 450 Main Event – 20 min + 1 lap, 22 riders
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Photo Credit: supercrosslive.com