Monster Energy Supercross Finale Set for Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium - Speedway Digest

The 2015 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, will conclude this weekend at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium, with two exciting Main Events taking place before the season makes its way into the history books. With the 450SX Class Championship clinched, Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey will make his 100^th start in hopes of winning his eighth Main Event of the season. Dungey’s teammate, Marvin Musquin, claimed his first-ever Eastern Regional 250SX Class Championship with his sixth win of the season last Saturday afternoon at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Musquin will square off against Western Regional 250SX Class Champion Cooper Webb, who rides for the Yamalube/Star Racing/Yamaha team, in the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout.

Saturday night’s race will air live on FOX Sports 1 at 10:00 p.m. EST/ 7:00 p.m. PST.

Live coverage from Las Vegas will also be available on the authenticated FOX Sports Go app.

Some key insights to watch heading into this Saturday night’s race include:

Can Dungey give KTM their first Las Vegas win since ’12?
Can Dungey earn his eighth win of the season on his 100^th career 450SX Class start?
Can Dungey and Musquin combine to break James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto’s 2007 record of five race sweeps by the same riders?
Who will break the East/West shootout tie? Both divisions have nine wins apiece.
The 250SX Champions have only gone on to win the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout in eight of the 24 races, can Musquin or Webb make it nine?
Only three riders have won their first-ever 450SX Class Main Event in Las Vegas, can one of the rookies, #WhosNext?
Musquin and Webb each have six wins this season, can one of them set the record for most 250SX Class wins this year?

GEICO Honda’s Tomac used a pass on Team Honda HRC’s Seely on Lap 13 to take the lead during the 450SX Class Main at MetLife Stadium. From there, Tomac took advantage of the clear track in front him and rode to his third win of the season. Tomac is second overall in season standings.

“The track really broke down out there. I just tried to be as consistent as I could and keep it on two wheels, and I started to close in on Cole [Seely],” explained Tomac following the Main Event last weekend. “He made a couple mistakes that allowed me to get on his rear fender and I just pulled the trigger in the whoops. Once I got out front I was able to just get through lappers and bring it home.”

Dungey finished second at MetLife Stadium, marking his 15^th consecutive podium finish of the season. Dungey, a two-time winner in Las Vegas, could bring his 2015 win percentage to 47% with a victory Saturday night. He is the only rider competing in this weekend’s race that has won both classes in Las Vegas.

Seely brought home the number-three position in East Rutherford, which gives him seven top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes of his rookie season.

Musquin has been on the podium at every race of the Eastern Regional 250SX Class season; in addition to his six wins, he has two runner-up finishes. Webb has been on the podium at every race except at the season opener in Anaheim where he finished in seventh place.

Other 250SX Class winners this year include: Justin Bogle, Jeremy Martin, Jessy Nelson, and Malcolm Stewart. Historically, KTM has only won in Las Vegas twice to Yamaha’s five. With the Eastern and Western Regional division tied at nine races apiece, this weekend’s race is up for grabs.

During last year’s 450SX Class Main Event in Las Vegas, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Villopoto won his seventh race of the year. Rockstar Energy Racing’s Jason Anderson, who had four wins on the season, won the Western Regional 250SX Class Championship, and Dean Wilson finished the season with the race win.

Bogle won the Eastern Regional 250SX Class Championship as Star Racing Yamaha’s Martin captured the first race win of his career. Justin Hill led wire-to-wire to win the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout.

Tickets are available at the Thomas & Mack Center Box Office, charge by phone (702) 739-FANS, or online at www.SupercrossLive.com or www.UNLVtickets.com. Tickets available at the Sam Boyd Stadium Box Office on the day of event only. Practice and qualifying begin at 6:30 p.m. and the Main Event starts at 6:00 p.m. Extreme Seats are $81 Adult/Child; VIP Seats $96 Adult/Child; South Endzone Seats $71 Adult/Child; 300 Level & North Endzone Seats $61 Adult/Child.

Headlining the 2015 Monster Energy Supercross television package will be was the first-ever live FOX network broadcast from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Saturday, April 25 at 3pm E.T. FOX Sports 1 will broadcast 12 races live and FOX Sports 2 will broadcast 3 races live. Each race will include a next-day re-air on FOX Sports 1. In addition, the authenticated FOX Sports Go app will live stream each race.

As a precursor to the live television, don’t forget to catch all of the pre-race coverage with Supercross Race Day Live presented by AMSOIL, which will stream on www.SupercrossLive.com from 12:50 – 4:30 p.m. local race time each Saturday during the season. Practice, qualifying, behind the scenes features, and key rider interviews will all be highlighted on the Supercross Race Day Live webcast.

For more information on the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, please log on to www.SupercrossLive.com, the official website of Monster Energy Supercross. To follow Monster Energy Supercross on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, log on to www.facebook.com/supercrossLive www.Twitter.com/supercrossliveand www.instagram.com/supercrosslive.

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