James Stewart and Villopoto won their heats in the drizzle which made the track slippery, but the Main was all about Reed; the Australian lost the lead temporarily to Trey Canard on lap three, but a mistake by the Houston winner three laps later let "Skippy" back in and no-one saw him again.

With Villopoto's exhaust almost hanging off after first lap carnage, it was Stewart's chance to regain the points lead but "Bubba" never looked like winning, eventually coming home half a minute down in third after a mid-race mistake dropped him out of a tight battle for second with Canard and Ryan Dungey. Villopoto gobbled up the field to snatch 7th on the final lap and retain a three points lead over Stewart in the series, but both Reedm Canard and Dungey are closing back in.

Roczen and Broc Tickle had taken the Lites heats, but with the German at the back of the train in 16th on lap one and the LA winner taking his inevitable mid-pack start, Tomac was left to sprint clear at two and a half seconds a lap as series leader Josh Hansen, riding with a broken hand, held up the pack.

Tomac was never challenged as Tyla Rattray needed half the race to get to second on his comeback from a back injury. Tickle completed the podium to close the gap at the head of the table to three points, but Hansen noe has two months before the next round of the West Lites in Seattle.


AMA SX Round 7 - San Diego

SX class

1 Chad Reed (Two Two Honda)
2 Ryan Dungey (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
3 James Stewart (San Manuel Yamaha)
4 Trey Canard (American Honda)
5 Davy Millsaps (JGR Yamaha)
6 Andrew Short (Red Bull KTM)
7 Ryan Villopoto (Monster Kawasaki)
8 Brett Metcalfe (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
9 Mike Alessi (Red Bull KTM)
10 Justin Brayton (JGR Yamaha)
11 Nick Wey (Valli Yamaha)
12 Kyle Regal (San Manuel Yamaha)
13 Fabien Izoird (Monster Kawasaki)
14 Chris Blose (H&H Kawasaki)
15 Ivan Tedesco (H&H Kawasaki)
16 Michael Brne (BTO Suzuki)
17 Maxime Lesage (Kawasaki)
18 Austin Stroupe (Valli Yamaha)
19 Weston Pieck (Rock River Yamaha)
20 Kevin Windham (Geico Honda)

Standings after 7 of 17 rounds: 1Villopoto 146 pts, 2 Stewart 143, 3 Canard & Reed each130, 5 Dungey 123, 6 Short 95, Metcalfe 93, 8 Millsaps 78, 9 Brayton 76, 10 Tedesco 66, 11 Windham 62, 12 Wey 54, 13 Regal 52, 14 Kyle Chisholm (MotoConcepts Yamaha) 46, 15 Alessi 43, 16 Blose 41, 17 Peick 24, 18 Matt Boni (TiLube Kawasaki) 20, 19 Tommy Hahn (MotoConcepts Yamaha) 17, 20 Stroupe & Jason Thomas (BTO Suzuki) each 15


LITES WEST

1 Eli Tomac (Geico Honda)
2 Tyla Rattray (Monster Pro Circuit Kawasaki)
3 Broc Tickle (Monster Pro Circuit Kawasaki)
4 Cole Seely (Troy Lee Honda)
5 James Decotis (Geico Honda)
6 Josh Hansen (Monster Pro Circuit Kawasaki)
7 Ken Roczen (Red Bull Teka KTM)
8 Ben Evans (Truth Kawasaki)
9 Ryan Morais (Rockstar Suzuki)
10 Kyle Cunningham (DNA Shred Stix Yamaha)
11 Antonio Balbi (Duracell Kawasaki)
12 Martin Davalos (Rockstar Suzuki)
13 Ryan Smith (Suzuki)
14 Tommy Weeck (Honda)
15 Nick Paluzzi (DNA Shred Stix Yamaha)
16 Casey Hinson (Violation KTM)
17 Scott Champion (Revolution Kawasaki)
18 Travis Bright (Fox Honda)
19 Dakota Tedder (Monster Kawasaki)
20 Kyle Beaton (Leading Edge Kawasaki)

Standings after 6 of 9 rounds: 1 Hansen 128 pts, 2 Tickle 125, 3 Tomac 116, 4 Morais 96, 5 Seely 88, 6 Roczen 83, 7 Rattray 80, 8 Cunningham 71, 9 Davalos 69, 10 Decostis 67, 11 Balbi 50, 12 Ryan Marmont (JDR KTM) 48, 13 Evans 47, 14 Paluzzi 45, 15 Bruce Rutherford (Pala Kawasaki) 38, 16 Travis Baker (Troy Lee Honda) 37, 17 Jake Canada (Slaton Kawasaki) 29, 18 Hinson 21, 19 Champion 19, 20 Bright 12