In the SX class, a great battle seemed set up when Ryan Villopoto and Chad Reed went bumping and banging through the first few turns. Reed grabbed the lead, but Villopoto came back to pass him midway through the first lap. James Stewart was on the move from behind, as he had crashed hard in his heat race and had to qualify with a win in the LCQ. He suffered a bad start with his bad gate pick, but managed to climb to third and then pass Reed. At about the halfway mark, it seemed like Stewart was going to try to challenge Villopoto, but the defending SX Champion was having none of that as he logged unmatchable 55 second laps and pulled away. Later, Reed mounted one last charge on Stewart, but came up short, making the top three Villopoto, Stewart and Reed.
Ryan Dungey suffered a bad start and took fourth, ahead of Justin Brayton, who tussled for the holeshot and ended up fifth.
Look for a full race report later tonight.
