SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
ROUND 15 / APRIL 22, 2017
RICE-ECCLES STADIUM / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
P92
450SX main event in Salt Lake
City. Tied atop the points stand-
ings with Tomac, Red Bull KTM's
Dungey looked as if he had
narrowed the gap to Tomac's
blistering race-pace in recent
weeks, and Dungey held Tomac
off to win the second heat race
of the night.
into the SLC race, Aaron Pless-
inger still had a mathematical
shot at taking the title away from
points leader Justin Hill, but a
crash while leading the main
event ended that, and Hill, on
the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit
Kawasaki, took his first-ever
professional title, ending a long
championship dry spell for his
team.
450SX
Everything seemed to be going
in the right direction for defend-
ing champion Ryan Dungey
leading up to the start of the
It's looking a lot like that again,
except now it's against the best
supercross racers in the world,
in shorter races, on tighter
tracks, which usually make pass-
ing more difficult.
Despite Red Bull KTM team
manager Roger DeCoster stat-
ing that he thought the team
"found something" in terms of
bike setup, and despite Dungey
getting out front early and Tomac
starting around 15th, there was
nothing Dungey could do to stop
him.
In the 250SX West Series, we
have a new champion. Going
Tomac ran Dungey
high up the berm
for the race lead,
win and points lead.
