Suzuki’s Davi Millsaps has done it again, winning another round of the United States Supercross Championships, this time claiming victory at round six of the series in front of more than 55,000 spectators inside San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium on Saturday night.

For the second time this season, Millsaps captured the victory with a wire-to-wire performance that extended his lead in the 450SX standings.

Millsaps pulled an advantage out of the gate of the 20-lap Main Event to secure the holeshot, with Suzuki’s Broc Tickle and Honda’s Chad Reed in pursuit.

Championship contenders Ryan Dungey, Ryan Villopoto and Trey Canard, who sit second through fourth in the points, all started outside the top five, with Canard crossing the line outside the top 10 on the opening lap.

As the pace settled in, Millsaps and Reed pulled Honda’s Justin Barcia into a three-rider tandem that opened a gap over the field. Reed pressured Millsaps for several laps and even looked to make a pass, but lost traction on lap nine while in pursuit, dropping to seventh.

Barcia assumed Reed’s spot in second and stayed close to Millsaps as the pair worked through lapped riders, but eventually the championship leader pulled away for his second win inside Qualcomm Stadium.

“What can I say, when you’re able to pull the holeshot and ride 20 clean laps you make life a lot easier on yourself,” commented Millsaps, who has now won multiple races in a season for the second time in his career.

“It’s been a great start to the season and everyone is working hard to make this happen. You have to be there every week in order to have a chance to win this thing (the championship), and we’re doing our best to keep it out front.”

Barcia followed Millsaps across the line in the runner-up position, while Red Bull KTM’s Dungey, last week’s winner, worked his way through the field to finish third.

Reed rebounded from his earlier misfortune to finish fifth, while Villopoto also experienced misfortune aboard his Monster Energy Kawasaki en route to finishing sixth. Canard battled from behind to finish eighth.

Millsaps extended his advantage in the 450SX Class Championship to 19 points over Dungey as the season heads east for the first time.

250SX WEST CLASS

Colorado’s Eli Tomac won his fourth Western Regional 250SX class race of the season, the Honda rider closing his deficit in the championship.

Jason Anderson emerged with the holeshot to start the Western Regional 250SX class main event, with Kawasaki’s Martin Davalos and KTM’s Malcolm Stewart close behind.

As he made a push for the lead on the opening lap, Davalos lost control of his bike and crashed, falling to the tail end of the field. Davalos’ misfortune allowed Tomac to move into second position and set his sights on Anderson in the lead.

On lap four, Tomac made an inside move on Anderson just before the finish and from there opened a comfortable lead. Behind this battle, Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen, of Germany, moved himself into podium position and it wasn’t long before he was on Anderson’s rear fender for second.

Roczen took over the position from Anderson on lap seven and set a pace that helped him close the gap on Tomac’s lead. As the laps wound down, Roczen closed in on Tomac and had a chance to steal the win on the final lap.

A final desperation move in the final turn put Roczen alongside Tomac heading to the finish, but he missed out on a third straight victory by mere bike lengths.

“This was the best way to go into the break,” said Tomac, who has the most wins in the class. “It was an awesome race out there and a good track.

It was a little close in the end, but it was a fun race. This place (Qualcomm Stadium) has been hot and cold for me. I won here in 2011, got a DNF last year, and now won here again. We’ll go into the break with some confidence.”

Roczen holds a 17-point lead over Tomac with three races remaining in the championship.

2013 AMA Supercross Championship Round 6 of 17: San Diego

 

450SX Round 6 Results: San Diego

1. Davi Millsaps

2. Justin Barcia

3. Ryan Dungey

4. James Stewart

5. Chad Reed

6. Ryan Villopoto

7. Justin Brayton

8. Trey Canard

9. Andrew Short

10. Mike Alessi

11. Broc Tickle

12. Matthew Goerke

13. Matt Lemoine

14. Weston Peick

15. PJ Larsen

16. Robert Kiniry

17. Chris Blose

18. Josh Hill

19. Ben Lamay

20. Kyle Partridge

 

450SX Championship Points after round 5 of 17

1. Davi Millsaps 132 Pts

2. Ryan Dungey 113 Pts

3. Ryan Villopoto 105 Pts

4. Trey Canard 97 Pts

5. Chad Reed 97 Pts

6. Justin Barcia 83 Pts

7. Andrew Short 83 Pts

8. James Stewart 74 Pts

9. Justin Brayton 67 Pts

10. Broc Tickle 57 Pts

11. Matt Goerke 56 Pts

12. Jake Weimer 48 Pts

13. Mike Alessi 40 Pts

14. Josh Grant 40 Pts

15. Kyle Chisholm 37 Pts

16. Matt Lemoine 34 Pts

17. Vince Friese 30 Pts

18. Weston Peick 29 Pts

19. Kevin Windham 21 Pts

20. Jimmy Albertson 21 Pts

 

250SX Round 6 Results: San Diego

1. Eli Tomac

2. Ken Roczen

3. Jason Anderson

4. Austin Politelli

5. Kyle Cunningham

6. Travis Baker

7. Zach Osborne

8. Tyla Rattray

9. Martin Davalos

10. Jessy Nelson

11. Joey Savatgy

12. Josh Cachia

13. Christian Craig

14. Jean Ramos

15. Cole Seely

16. Aaron Siminoe

17. Chad Gores

18. Travis Bright

19. Chris Plouffe

20. Malcom Stewart

 

250SX Championship Points after round 6 of 9

1. Ken Roczen 138 Pts

2. Eli Tomac 121 Pts

3. Cole Seely 95 Pts

4. Jason Anderson 88 Pts

5. Kyle Cunningham 83 Pts

6. Martin Davalos 82 Pts

7. Zach Osborne 82 Pts

8. Joey Savatgy 62 Pts

9. Christian Craig 62 Pts

10. Jessy Nelson 60 Pts

11. Tyla Rattray 58 Pts

12. Austin Politelli 57 Pts

13. Travis Baker 53 Pts

14. Malcom Stewart 46 Pts

15. Max Anstie 38 Pts

16. Ryan Sipes 31 Pts

17. Josh Cachia 29 Pts

18. Jake Canada 21 Pts

19. Jean Ramos 21 Pts

20. Michael Leib 16 Pts