450SX Class: Atlanta Stats

The first 450SX Class race held in Atlanta was on March 5, 1977. Bob Hannah won the race on a Yamaha.

 

This will be the 38^th time the gate will drop for a 450SX Class race in Atlanta.

 

For the first time in 450SX Class history, Atlanta will host two separate 450SX Class races.

 

Atlanta will become the ninth city to host multiple 450SX Class races in one season. Anaheim, California and Pontiac, Michigan are tied for the lead as hosts to multiple races in one season with 17 seasons apiece.

 

With Atlanta hosting two 450SX Class races this year, the city will join Anaheim as the only two markets to host multiple 450SX Class races since 2001.

 

Atlanta Supercross was held in the old Fulton County Stadium from ’77-’92.

 

In 1992, Yamaha’s Damon Bradshaw won the last-ever 450SX Class race held at Fulton County Stadium.

 

In 1993, Bradshaw won the first-ever 450SX Class race held at the Georgia Dome.

 

Winning the Atlanta Supercross from ’91-’93, Bradshaw became the first rider to win Atlanta in three consecutive seasons. Jeremy McGrath would follow with a three-race win streak of his own in Atlanta from ’98-’00. Ricky Carmichael was the third and most current rider to complete this feat, doing it from ’01-’03.

 

Nobody has won back-to-back 450SX Class races in Atlanta since Carmichael in ’05-’06. Chad Reed could do so with a victory in the second Atlanta race this year.

 

In 2012, Ryan Dungey gave KTM their first 450SX Class victory in Atlanta. It was only KTM’s second 450SX Class win at the time.

 

Mark Barnett and Bradshaw won their last 450SX Class races in Atlanta.

 

Five riders have won the Atlanta Supercross in both the 450SX and 250SX Classes: Bradshaw, Carmichael, Reed, James Stewart, and Dungey. Trey Canard, Justin Barcia, and Josh Grant are former 250SX Class Atlanta winners who could join this group with a 450SX Class victory in Atlanta.

 

Honda has not won Atlanta since Davi Millsaps in 2008. That race was Millsaps’ first career 450SX win.

 

A brand has not won back-to-back in the 450SX Class race in Atlanta since Suzuki won in ’05-’06 with Carmichael.

 

McGrath and Carmichael are tied for the most 450SX Class wins in Atlanta with five apiece. Stewart, Bradshaw, Hannah, and Barnett all have three. Dungey and Reed are the only active 450SX Class riders with multiple Atlanta 450SX Class wins. Ken Roczen and Millsaps both have a single Atlanta victory.

 

There have been five 450SX Class riders to earn their first 450SX Class wins in Atlanta. They are: Hannah, Chuck Sun, Jeff Stanton, Damon Huffman, and Millsaps. Millsaps is the last rider to do this in 2008.

 

From ’98-’07 and then again from ’09-’11, the winner of the 450SX Class race in Atlanta ended up winning the 450SX Class Championship that season. The past three seasons the winner of the 450SX Class race in Atlanta has not won the 450SX Class Championship. In 37 overall Atlanta 450SX Class races, 21 of the winners went on to win the championship that season.

450SX Class: Wins by Brand in Atlanta (Last win)

Yamaha: 11(2009)
Honda: 10 (2008)
Kawasaki: 8 (2015)
Suzuki: 6 (2013)

KTM: 2 (2014)

 

450SX Class: Atlanta Recap

Reed earned his 44^th career 450SX Class win with his victory in Atlanta. It was his 11^th season with a 450SX Class win making him the all-time first place winner in that category.

 

Reed is now tied with Mike LaRocco for first on the all-time 450SX Class top-five list with 146 450SX Class top-five finishes.

 

Reed now has 178 career 450SX Class starts but hadn’t won Atlanta since 2004.

 

With his Atlanta victory, Reed gave Kawasaki their first win of the season and 135^th overall 450SX Class win.

 

Can Reed sweep Atlanta and earn back-to-back wins for the first time since 2009 in Indy and Daytona? He could also become the first rider to win back-to-back races in the 450SX Class this season.

 

Not including the two seasons that there wasn’t a back-to-back winner, this year is the  longest drought in back-to-back wins in 450SX Class history.

 

Dungey earned a runner-up finish in Atlanta. He now has a seven race podium-streak, which is a 450SX Class career best for him. He is also the only rider to have a top-five finish in each 450SX Class race.

 

Dungey now has 64 career 450SX Class podiums in 91 career 450SX Class starts.

 

Can Dungey become the first rider to win three races this season and pull away in the points standings?

 

Canard earned his fifth podium of the season with a third place finish in Atlanta. It was his 18^th career 450SX Class podium in 51 career 450SX Class starts.

 

Can Canard earn his fourth straight podium? His career long podium streak in the 450SX Class is five straight in 2010.

 

Cole Seely earned his fifth career 450SX Class top-five finish in his 19^th career 450SX Class start with a fourth place finish.

 

Weston Peick rode to his fourth career 450SX Class top-five finish with a fifth place in Atlanta.

 

Broc Tickle finished in sixth place for his fifth top-ten finish of the season. It was his 30^th career 450SX Class top-ten finish.

 

Jason Anderson placed seventh in Atlanta and is just one of two riders to have a top-10 finish in every race this season. Dungey is the other rider to be included in this field.

 

Blake Baggett finished eighth in Atlanta and now has a six race top-ten streak.

 

What rookie can earn their first 450SX Class win first? Baggett, Anderson, or Seely?

 

Andrew Short finished ninth in Atlanta for his sixth top-ten finish of the season. The race was his 115^th career 450SX Class start, tying him with Carmichael and Emig on the all-time 450SX Class starts list.

 

Grant rode his way to his second straight top-ten finish. After six races outside of the top-10 to start the season, he has finished eighth and tenth in the last two races.

 

Roczen finished 18^th in Atlanta. In 29 career 450SX Class starts, this was only the fourth time Roczen has finished outside of the top-ten.

 

250SX Class: Atlanta Stats

The first 250SX Class race held in Atlanta was on February 23, 1985. Eddie Warren won on a Kawasaki.

                                             

This will be the 30 ^th time the gate will drop for a 250SX Class race in Atlanta.

 

Brian Swink won the last 250SX Class race at the old Fulton County Stadium in ’92.

Doug Henry won the first 250SX Class race at the brand new Georgia Dome in ’93.

 

Yamaha had gone 11 straight seasons without winning a 250SX Class race in Atlanta before Jeremy Martin’s victory in the first Atlanta.

 

Suzuki has not won in the 250SX Class in Atlanta since 2007, when Dungey crossed the finish line first. Suzuki has only won two races in the 250SX Class in Atlanta since the championship moved from the old Fulton County Stadium to the Georgia Dome.

 

There have only been three riders to win back-to-back 250SX Class races in Atlanta. The last time it happened was Christophe Pourcel from ’09-’10. Carmichael accomplished this in 1997 and 1998, and Swink did so in 1991 and 1992. Can Martin join them this weekend?

 

There have been three first-time winners in the past five 250SX Class races in Atlanta. Martin Davalos became the 12^th rider to earn his first 250SX Class win in Atlanta in 2014, Wil Hahn rode to his first career 250SX Class win in 2013 in Atlanta, and Dean Wilson won his first 250SX Class race in 2011 in Atlanta. There were three other first-time winners in Atlanta: Grant (2006); Dungey (2007) and Canard (2008).

 

Carmichael also earned his first career 250SX Class victory in Atlanta in 1997. Other riders to win their first 250SX Class race in Atlanta include: Warren in 1985, Turpin in 1986, Denny Stephenson in 1990, Henry in 1993, and John Dowd in 1996.

 

KTM has never won a 250SX Class race in Atlanta.

 

250SX Class: Wins by Brand in Atlanta (Last Win)
Kawasaki: 9 (2014)

Honda: 8 (2013)

Yamaha: 8 (2015)
Suzuki: 4 (2007)

 

250SX Class: Atlanta Recap

Martin earned his second career 250SX Class victory in Atlanta. He now has nine career 250SX Class top-five finishes in his 14 career 250SX Class starts.

 

The victory was Yamaha’s first 250SX Class win in Atlanta since 2003.

 

Can Yamaha win back-to-back 250SX Class races for the first time since 2008?

 

Can Martin close in on his four-point deficit to Marvin Musquin in the points standings?

 

Musquin earned his 13^th career 250SX Class podium in his 21^st career 250SX Class start with his runner-up finish in Atlanta.

 

Musquin still leads the Eastern Regional 250SX Class points by four points over Martin and only five points over Justin Bogle. Can he keep Martin’s Atlanta pace and win the second Atlanta?

 

Bogle rode to his 11^th career 250SX Class podium with a third place finish in Atlanta. He now has an impressive 16 career 250SX Class top-five finishes in just 19 250SX Class starts.

 

The defending champion Bogle has looked fast in the first two races, but no wins to show for it just yet. Can he breakthrough for a victory and further cement his standing in the points race?

 

Musquin and Bogle are the only riders to be on the podium for the first two races of the Eastern Regional 250SX Class.

 

Davalos earned a fourth place finish in the first Atlanta. He now has 25 top-five finishes in his 66 career 250SX Class starts.

 

Davalos rebounded wonderfully from a tenth place finish in Arlington to a fourth place finish in Atlanta. After leading for much of the Atlanta opener he is looking to gain some points back with a victory this time around.

 

Joey Savatgy scored his second career 250SX Class top-five finish with a fifth place finish in Atlanta. He now has eight career top-ten finishes in his ten career 250SX Class starts.

 

Vince Friese earned his 24^th career 250SX Class top-ten finish in his 42^nd career 250SX Class start with a sixth place finish in Atlanta.

 

Matt Lemoine picked up a seventh place finish in Atlanta. He now has 34 career 250SX Class top-ten finishes in his 54 career 250SX Class starts.

 

Anthony Rodriguez earned his first career 250SX Class top-ten finish with an eighth place finish in Atlanta. It was just his fourth career 250SX Class start.

 

After a seventh place finish in his first career 250SX Class start in Arlington, RJ Hampshire rode his way to another top-ten finish with a ninth place finish in Atlanta.

 

Arnaud Tonus has also earned top-ten finishes in his first two career 250SX Class starts after his tenth place finish in Atlanta.

 

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki is still winless on the 2015 season. Can Savatgy or Tonus get the juggernaut team their first victory of the season?