WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Louis before being held up by
a legendary lapper. Dungey has
found some speed somewhere.
This should be good.
And in the 250cc class, it's
tightening back up yet again, but
instead of it tightening up between
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Zach Osborne and Monster En-
ergy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Joey
Savatgy, it's Savatgy and TLD Red
Bull KTM's Jordon Smith who are
set to duke it out for the title in Ve-
gas. After capturing his first career
victory last week, Smith followed it
up with another win in St. Louis.
A
s amazing as the sport
of Supercross is, it's not
every year that champion-
ship drama lasts to the end of the
series, but that's exactly what we
have this year, as Monster Energy
Kawasaki's Eli Tomac captured his
fifth win in a row and has moved
to within four points of Red Bull
KTM's Ryan Dungey in the cham-
pionship chase with only four
races left to run. And while this
may seem like a foregone conclu-
sion with the dominance of Tomac
lately, Dungey actually caught
Tomac midway through the race in
VOL. 54 ISSUE 13 APRIL 4, 2017 P67
THE FINAL
COUNTDOWN
BY STEVE COX
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HOPPENWORLD.COM
Eli Tomac captured his fifth
straight win and the sixth of
the season at the St. Louis
Supercross. He's now within
four points of championship
leader Ryan Dungey.
Eli Tomac just keeps on rolling, winning
his fifth-straight 450SX main event
