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Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac and reigning champion Cooper Webb fought it out in Utah at round 13 of Monster Energy Supercross, with Tomac scoring a spectacular victory at SLC3.

Tomac scored his seventh win of the 2020 season to match four-time champion Ryan Dungey on the all-time win list at 34, extending his points-lead to 26 in the process.

It’s still Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC) who sits second in the standings, but after going two laps down today with a 10th-place finish it appears his title challenge is all but over with four races to run. Webb is now 32 points in arrears.

It was Zach Osborne (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) who led the opening lap before Webb made his way past, immediately followed by Tomac. On lap nine, Tomac took his turn at the front and from there the pair went back and forth, fighting for the win.

While Tomac didn’t have to overcome Webb in terms of the title-race, he stood up to the challenge and made his way back ahead in the final laps, holding him at bay to the finish and scoring another instrumental victory by only 1.281s.

In third was Jason Anderson (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna), a full 43.995s behind and the final rider in the field not to go a lap down. He was followed by teammate Osborne and Malcolm Stewart (Smartop Bullfrog Spas Honda) inside the top five.

Sixth was Dean Wilson (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) a few seconds up on Justin Brayton (Team Honda HRC) in seventh, who in turn was closely followed by Martin Davalos (Monster Energy Team Tedder KTM).

Next was Justin Barcia (Monster Energy Yamaha) in P9, as Roczen faded to 10th by race’s end, while Australia’s Chad Reed (Mountain Motorsports CR22 Racing KTM) finished in 14th position.

Monster Energy Supercross will continue this Wednesday, 10 June, with the wet conditions of today expected to clear for the final stretch in the 2020 championship. It will also mark the first 250SX West round in Salt Lake City for this season.

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Defending champion Chase Sexton has won the 250SX East main event at Salt Lake City 3, reclaiming the sole points-lead in 2020 Monster Energy Supercross.

It was initially Shane McElrath (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha) who led part one before a red flag, providing Sexton with a second chance.

That initial start saw Sexton lead before being put off-track by McElrath in a pass for the lead and then he went down directly afterwards. An incident from Garrett Marchbanks (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) then saw the race stopped.

Upon the restart and with rain falling, it was McElrath who hole-shotted with Sexton in tow. This time around it was McElrath who made an error, clashing in lapped traffic and going down, allowing Sexton to go on to a 8.023s victory.

McElrath managed to remain in second position, joined on the podium by teammate Colt Nichols, as Pierce Brown (TLD Red Bull KTM) and Kyle Peters (Phoenix Racing Honda) filled the top five.

Sixth place was Jalek Swoll (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna), followed by Chris Blose (Chaparral FXR Racing Honda), Enzo Lopes (ClubMX Yamaha), Jace Owen (Phoenix Racing Honda) and John Short (Manluk Racing Honda).

Now entering a 10-day break for the eastern regional series, it is Sexton who has a three-point advantage atop the championship standings. 250SX East will next be at Rice-Eccles Stadium on 17 June.

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