I can honestly say this was the most entertaining race of the Supercross season. Both 250 main events came down to the final lap to determine the winner of the east and west coast. Even though Ryan Villopoto has already wrapped up the title, there was still an important battle for 2nd in the points between Ryan Dungey and Davi Millsaps.
Pre Race Vibe
Coming into the 2013 Monster Energy Supercross Finale, all the pressure was on 4 riders - Ken Roczen, Wil Hahn, Marvin Musquin and Eli Tomac. Here’s how it breaks down: In the 250 West SX series Roczen leads Tomac by 5 points and in the 250 East SX series Wil Hahn leads Musquin by 5 points. The night will start with the lites 15 lap main events.
Just like you would expect it’s hot and sunny in Las Vegas on race day. The track is the most unique of all the Supercross tracks because it goes outside of the stadium for a long fast sweeper and hit 5th gear wide open coming back into the stadium. Track conditions are unique as well because the dirt is always so dry they are constantly having to water it making the track slippery.
Marvin Musquin Las Vegas Supercross 2013
No 250 main event qualifiers here, it goes right to the 250 East 15 lap Main Event. The start is outside the stadium making the first time really exciting. Gavin Faith grabs the early lead with Wil Hahn and Marvin Musquin 6th.
Tyler Bowers jumps into the lead on lap 3 with Hahn moving up to 3rd. Musquin has moved right behind Hahn in 4th.
Hahn makes the pass on Faith on lap 6 with Musquin right behind him.
After 10 laps Bowers is leading by quite a bit and the 3 time arena cross champion is headed toward his first every AMA 250 Supercross main event win. Hahn is still running 2nd with Musquin 1.5 seconds behind him.
Lap 12 – Musquin catches and moves passed Wil Hahn. Bowers is still leading by 5 seconds over Musquin and Hahn. If Musquin passes Bowers and Hahn finishes 3rd Musquin will win the championship, if it stays the way they are, Hahn will win.
As the checkered flag flies Tyler Bowers win his first 250 SX Main! Wil Hahn wins the 250 East SX Series Championship by tie breaker over Marvin Musquin who will settle for 2nd on his Red bull KTM.
Will Hahn Las Vegas Supercross 2013
Now its time for the 250 West SX 15 Lap Main Event. As the gate drops Martin Davalos is your early race leader. After 2 laps Davalos continues to lead with Roczen in third and Tomac back in seventh.
Eli Tomac Las Vegas Supercross 2013
5 Lap mark – Martin Davalos leading while Roczen moves into second and Cunningham in 3rd. Tomac has moved up a couple of spots to 5th, but he will need to start making moves soon.
8 Lap mark – Tomac worked his way by Ryan Sipes in 4th and now makes a pass on Kyle Cunningham to move into 3rd. Davalos, Roczen and Tomac are running 1,2,3.
Lap 10 – Tomac closes in and makes the pass on Rozcen for 2nd place. For Tomac to win he needs to finish 2 spots ahead of Roczen.
Tomac is starting to to pull away from Roczen and catching Davalos quickly. On Lap 12 Tomac makes the pass on Martin Davalos for the lead. If the race ends this way Tomac would win the championship.
With 1 lap left Ken Roczen makes the pass as Davalos makes a mistake in the rhythm section. As the checkered flag flies Eli Tomac dominates the Las Vegas Supercross Main Event, but he is trumped by Ken Roczen wins 250 West Coast Supercross Championship.
Ken Roczen Las Vegas Supercross 2013
Now that the lites are done it’s time to move to the 450′s. They will race a normal routine with 2 qualifying heats.
450 Heat 1 – 8 lap event. Jake Weimer takes the early lead followed by Ryan Dungey and Justin Brayton.
7 laps in Dungey passes Weimer, but Weimer passes him right back. Dungey eventually makes it stick.
Ryan Dungey win heat 1, followed by Weimer, Brayton and Barcia.
450 Heat 2 - 2013 Supercross Champ Ryan Villopoto takes the holeshot followed by Davi Millsaps and Trey Canard.
Halfway through and Villopoto is leading Millsaps by 2 seconds followed by Canard and Chad Reed.
Ryan Villopoto wins heat 2. He is followed by Millsaps, Canard and Weston Peick with a good ride.
Now it’s time for the 250 East / West Coast Shoot-out. Finally we get to see east and west coast riders duke it out. Wil Hahn broke his hand in practice and is sitting this one out to heal and get ready for Hangtown.
Ken Roczen flies out of the gate and into the lead followed by his teammate Marvin Musquin.
After 5 laps – Roczen still leading and Cunningham riding his greatest race of the season makes the pass for 2nd over Musquin. Davalos, Blake Wharton, Cole Seely, Ryan Sipes, Malcolm Stewart, Jason Anderson, Tyla Rattray and Tomac running in 13th.
As the checkered flag waves Ken Roczen wins the 250 East / West Coast Shoot out. He certainly has set the tone for the night.
Now its time for the 450 SX Main Event. They will go 20 laps. Jake Weimer grabs the holeshot with Chad Reed, Andrew Short, Ryan Villopoto and Ryan Dungey following.
Lap 5 – Villopoto is leading Dungey followed by Jake Weimer, Millsaps and Reed. RV and Dungey are starting to pull away from pack.
Millsaps is charging hard trying to wrap up second place in the points over Dungey as he moves into 3rd.
Lap 10 – Villopoto and Dungey has pulled 15 seconds from the rest of the pack. Millsaps is running a solid third followed by Weimer and Barcia. Its a shame we won’t get to see Davi Millsaps in the outdoor as he is scheduled to get surgery on his leg to fix a poorly healed femur.
Ryan Villopoto Las Vegas Supercross 2013
As the checkered flag waves Ryan Villopoto win the Las Vegas Supercross Main Event. It’s also his 10th win of the season. This guy is unstoppable. Dungey finishes 2nd and Millsaps 3rd, which will give him number 2 overall for the season, 30 points behind RV.
250 East Main Event Results:
- Tyler Bowers – KAW
- Wil Hahn – HON
- Marvin Musquin – KTM
- Blake Wharton – SUZ
- Gavin Faith – HON
- Vince Friese – HON
- L Vincent – KTM
- Cole Thompson – HON
- D Herriein – HON
- A Catanzaro – KAW
- B Kiesel – YAM
- L Kilbarger – HON
- PJ Larsen – YAM
- R Zimmer – HON
- J Starling – HON
250 West Main Event Results:
- Eli Tomac – HON
- Ken Roczen – KTM
- Martin Davalos – KAW
- Kyle Cunningham – YAM
- Ryan Sipes – SUZ
- Jason Anderson – SUZ
- Malcolm Stewart – KTM
- Cole Seely – HON
- Tyla Rattray – KAW
- Joey Savatgy – KTM
- Travis Baker – YAM
- Topher Ingalls – HON
250 East / West Shoot-out Results:
- Ken Roczen – KTM
- Kyle Cunningham – YAM
- Marvin Musquin – KTM
- Martin Davalos – KAW
- Blake Wharton – SUZ
- Jason Anderson – SUZ
- Ryan Sipes – SUZ
- Cole Seely – HON
- Malcolm Stewart – KTM
- Tyla Rattray – KAW
- Zach Osborne – HON
- Joey Savatgy – KTM
- Eli Tomac – HON
- Tyler Bowers – KAW
- Vince Friese
250 West Point standings:
- Ken Roczen – 185
- Eli Tomac – 183
- Cole Seely – 148
- Jason Anderson – 139
- Martin Davalos – 134
- Kyle Cunningham – 114
- Zach Osborne – 112
- Tyla Rattray – 99
- Joey Savatgy – 98
- Malcolm Stewart – 88
- Christian Craig – 87
- Travis Baker – 80
- Austin Politelli – 76
- Ryan Sipes – 75
- Jessy Nelson – 60
250 East Point standings:
- Wil Hahn – 198
- Marvin Musquin – 195
- Blake Wharton – 171
Vince Friese – 118- Gavin Faith – 118
- Cole Thompson – 96
- Dean Wilson – 87
- Lance Vincent – 80
- Kyle Peters – 78
- AJ Catanzaro – 73
- Jeremy Martin – 71
- Justin Hill – 68
- James Decotis – 66
- Mitchell Oldenburg – 66
- Peter Larsen – 62
450 Main Event Results:
- Ryan Villopoto – KAW
- Ryan Dungey – KTM
- Davi Millsaps – SUZ
- Jake Weimer – KAW
- Justin Barcia – HON
- Chad Reed – HON
- Weston Peick
- Justin Brayton – YAM
- Andrew Short – KTM
- Broc Tickle – SUZ
- Phil Nicoletti
- Rob Kiniry
- Kyle Regal
- Josh Hill – SUZ
- Chris Blose
450 Point standings (after 16 rounds):
- Ryan Villopoto – 346
- Davi Millsaps – 318
- Ryan Dungey – 315
- Justin Barcia – 261
- Chad Reed – 224
- Trey Canard – 220
- Andrew Short – 202
- Justin Brayton – 177
- James Stewart – 174
- Broc Tickle – 165
- Jake Weimer – 139
- Matt Goerke – 139
- Mike Alessi – 107
- Weston Peick – 91
- Josh Hill – 86
- Robert Kiniry – 57
- Eli Tomac – 52
- Phil Nicoletti – 48
- Vince Friese – 45
- Chris Blose – 44
Round 17 – Monster Energy – Las Vegas Supercross 2013
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