PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Ken Roczen beat Cooper Webb and Hunter Lawrence in the first heat at Lincoln Financial Field, setting the tone for the night’s action and the pending championship.
Joey Savatgy, Justin Barcia, and Justin Cooper banged bar-to-bar in a hotly contested Heat 2 with Savatgy emerging victorious.
Heat 1
Roczen took the early lead over Lawrence.
Webb wasted no time getting around Lawrence for second.
With a minute on the clock, Malcolm Stewart slotted into fourth with Garrett Marchbanks rounding out the top five. Marchbanks had a minor crash in qualification.
Roczen held on for the victory by 6.5 seconds over Webb.
Lawrence salvaged a solid gate pick with his third-place finish.
Fourth-place Stewart and Marchbanks remained in top five.
Dean Wilson (sixth), Christian Craig (seventh), Vince Friese (eighth), and Jordon Smith also advanced directly into the feature.
Heat 2
Savatgy got the jump out of the gate.
In his first race back since a massive opening round injury, Justin Barcia settled into second.
Cooper was scored third at the end of Lap 1.
Barcia took the lead from Savatgy on Lap 3.
Jorge Prado took third away from Cooper one lap later. And Cooper retook the position one lap later.
After banging bars on the final lap, Savatgy and Barcia swapped the position.
Savatgy survived with the victory over Barcia. Cooper took the final podium position.
Fourth-place Shane McElrath and Jorge Prado rounded out the top five.
In ninth place, Kyle Chisholm made his 184 Supercross feature start.
Justin Hill (sixth), Chase Sexton (seventh), and Cade Clason (eighth) also advanced directly into the main.
Mitchell Harrison won the LCQ by 1.3 seconds over Grant Harlan.
Scott Meshey earned the final podium position.
Dylan Ferrandis struggled in his heat and was forced into the LCQ. He started slowly, but regained his momentum and charged through the field.
Ferrandis took the fourth and final transfer spot on the final lap. He was as far back as 10th earlier in the LCQ.
