SUPERCROSS SEASON BEGINS

Story by: Shaun Ochsner Photos: Courtesy of Feld Entertainment

The 2021 AMA Supercross Season is underway and already off to a wild start. The season opened in January with a tripleheader in Houston, Texas at NRG Stadium. As expected with Supercross, the on-track battles have already been exciting. This is the first time in years, the opening rounds have not been held in Southern California. The event was moved due to California’s COVID restrictions. Feld Entertainment has been selling limited amounts of tickets to their events.

Justin Barcia came out of the gate in Round 1 with a big win. This year marks the first year Gas Gas has built a Motocross bike. Barcia gave the company their first Supercross podium. Barcia is on a mission this season to win the championship, but so is every other rider. Each round has seen a different winner thus far. Defending champion Eli Tomac had the win during the second round at Houston. Cooper Webb won third event.

Justin “Bam Bam” Barcia opened Round 1 of the season with a win on the allnew Gas Gas motocross bike.

Honda rider Ken Roczen has been consistently in the top 5 earning him the points lead. A recent win at the 4th round, held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana helped Roczen stretch out his lead. Roczen was penalized four points during the second round for jumping a red cross flag when Chase Sexton went down with an injury. Sexton so far has not returned to race and could possibly be out for the season. Sexton has only had two races on the Honda 450 for Team Honda HRC.

Ken Roczen has been consistent thus far. Roczen currently leads the points standings and is on a mission to win the season championship. Cooper Webb won the third round of the Supercross Triple Header at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

There is still plenty of racing left this season. Roczen, Webb, Barcia and Tomac are all keeping the battle nice and tight. We will find out in May who takes the season victory. All races this year will be televised on NBC Sports Network.

2021 Supercross Schedule:

Round 1: January 16th, 2021 NRG Stadium (Houston, TX) Round 2: January 19th, 2021 NRG Stadium (Houston, TX) Round 3: January 23rd, 2021 NRG Stadium (Houston, TX) Round 4: January 30th, 2021 Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) Round 5: February 2nd, 2021 Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) Round 6: February 6th, 2021 Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) Round 7: February 13th, 2021 Camping World Stadium (Orlando, FL) Round 8: February 20th, 2021 Camping World Stadium (Orlando, FL) Round 9: March 6th, 2021 Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, FL) Round 10: March 13th, 2021 AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX) Round 11: March 16th, 2021 AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX) Round 12: March 20th, 2021 AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX) Round 13: April 10th, 2021 Atlanta Motor Speedway (Atlanta, GA) Round 14: April 13th, 2021 Atlanta Motor Speedway (Atlanta, GA) Round 15: April 17th, 2021 Atlanta Motor Speedway (Atlanta, GA) Round 16: April 24th, 2021 Rice-Eccles Stadium (Salt Lake City, UT) Round 17: May 1st, 2021 Rice-Eccles Stadium (Salt Lake City, UT)