February 2, 2021 Lucas Oil Stadium

Indianapolis, IN

250 Class

Michael Mosiman got the holeshot and led for the first half of the race before a lapped rider crashed in front of him. Mosiman was able to avoid a crash of his own but surrendered the lead to Colt Nichols and then soon after lost second place to Christian Craig.

Nichols was never challenged once he took the lead.

Jo Shimoda got caught in a first turn pileup but recovered for a fourth-place finish.

Jett Lawrence crashed in practice and his heat race, then won the LCQ to qualify for the main event. But he was too injured and withdrew from the race.

Mitchell Oldenburg crashed from a bike malfunction in his heat race. Then race officials wouldn’t let him race the LCQ due to an illegal frame. But the pled their case that the frame was legal, so he was given a 23rd spot on the starting line.

450 Class

Justin Barcia got the holeshot but only held on for a couple turns before Ken Roczen took the lead. Roczen quickly checked out and was never challenged.

Eli Tomac started in 7th place and quickly worked his way to 4th where he battled with Adam Cianciarulo for a few laps before finally making the pass.

Tomac then worked his way onto Barcia’s back wheel, and there he sat for the second half of the race. Getting close to Barcia, but never close enough to make a pass.