Every year there is always a lot of excitement surrounding the Atlanta Supercross, as it’s date on the schedule always represents the official beginning to the Eastern swing of the series. With it’s patented red Georgia clay, and technical track design, the riders always seem to get tested to the max everytime they visit Peach State. This past weekend was no different as Martin Davalos took the opening round of the 250SX East Series and Ryan Dungey continued his winning ways in the 450Sx class. As he’s been all season long, Frank Hoppen was there and sent us these awesome photos.
Eli Tomac no doubt came into Atlanta with high hopes as the conditions should’ve suited his hard charging style. However, a few mistakes in the main event pushed him back to 11th place.
A few years ago no one ever thought that Malcolm Stewart would have a better shot at winning a title than his big brother James. However, that appears to be the case in 2016.
The sand section in Atlanta was deep and treacherous and it claimed more than one rider throughout the night. Here Cole Seely battles through it on his way to a dismal 10th.
Ken Roczen shows his fellow European rider Marvin Musquin exactly how you ‘turn down’ over the finish line jump.
When the main line through the whoops gets chewed up and nasty, the smart riders look all over the track for a smooth line. Here Chad Reed uses the very right hand side to get through the whoops.
With a few of the Nascar drivers on hand to compete in the Holeshot challenge, Danica Patrick also showed up to lend some support.
For 19 laps Marvin Musquin had clear sailing in the 450SX main event. Unfortunately, in Supercross the main is 20 laps.
While Davi Millsaps rode to a very impressive 4th in Atlanta, Trey Canard struggle with the technical track and finish in 16th.
Although James Stewart look about as uncomfortable as we’ve ever seen him in Atlanta, it was great too see him finish his first SX main event in two years.
