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Reed Races to SuperX Win at Dodger Stadium

TwoTwo Motorsports' Chad Reed won the Supercross Class main event at Sunday's Monster Energy AMA Supercross at Dodger Stadium before 35,741 fans, marking his first win of the season.

GEICO Honda's Eli Tomac also captured his first Western Regional Supercross Lites Class main event win of the season.

After winning the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot, Monster Energy Kawasaki's Jake Weimer held the lead position until being passed by Reed on Lap 6. Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX's James Stewart made a pass on Weimer for second place, and during the pass, Weimer crashed, falling to 14th place.

Red Bull KTM's Ryan Dungey, who won last weekend's race in Phoenix, settled into fourth place behind Stewart. Dungey was able to capitalise on a crash by Stewart on Lap 12 as he took over the number three position.

Reed earned his 41st Supercross Class main event and third consecutive podium finish of the season. Dungey, who finished second, has also been on the podium at every race this season and now sits in the points lead. Stewart finished a season-best third place.

"It was awesome to bounce back after last weekends result," Reed said. "Week after week we are learning from our mistakes and we are doing all we can to makes sure the momentum keeps moving forward.

"That first lap was scary stuff, it all happened right in front of me. You never like to see your fellow riders go down like that.

"Throughout practice and my heat race I wasn't really feeling it with the bike," Reed explained.

"I just couldn't get into a good rhythm so for the main we actually took it a step backwards and used the same compound Dunlops we used last year, which in conjunction with the chassis changes gave me a good feel.

"The bike felt much better after the start of the main so we made a couple of small changes before the restart which made it even better," Reed added.

The Suprecross class had a red flag to the start of the main moto when Trey Canard and Ryan Morais crashd heavily over the triple jump on lap 1. Both where taken away by medical crews for further treatment.

Australian Cody Mackie missed out on main after finihsing 13th in his heat race and 9th in the LCQ

In the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class main event, Tomac quickly passed Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot winner Martin Davalos, of the Rockstar Suzuki team, shortly after turn one and rode flawlessly for the next 15 laps. On lap 6, Monster Energy Yamaha's Zach Osborne passed Davalos, for the number two position. While riding in third place, Davalos crashed and lost several positions before reentering the race.

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Dean Wilson, who won last weekend's main event in Phoenix, passed Osborne on lap 12, where he would finish. Wilson currently sits in second place. Osborne earned a career-best third-place finish.

Tomac's win marked the third of his career, and he is now the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class points leader, one point ahead of Wilson.

"I was able to sneak into the lead and ride 15 solid laps," said Tomac. "It's a night and day difference when you get a good start. I should have been getting starts like this all season."

Australian Matt Moss finished 8th in the Lites main after crashing in the first turn and clawing his way back through the field.