Shane McElrath and current champ Chase Sexon share the points lead after the second of the 250 East clashes in the Salt Lake City Supercross – the first ever AMA SX held on a Wednesday night US time.
It was the early hours of Thursday morning UK time when Colt Nichols grabbed the holeshot from McElrath, Jace Owen, Pierce Brown and Sexton. Then disaster hit the champ as Sexton slid out and Brown ran into him. Both riders went down and Sexton picked himself up in 17th. He was quickly pushing hard through the pack. At the front, Nichols led from Yamaha team-mate McElrath and Owen who quickly lost touch. McElrath eventually took the lead.
At just over half distance, Sexton made his way into the top five with Daytona winner Garrett Marchbanks behind him. Fourth place Jalek Swoll was then ousted by Sexton and Marchbanks, as Kyle Peters also passed Swoll to get into sixth.
Sexton tried hard to catch Jeremy Martin for the final podium place but couldn’t do it. McElrath held on for the win from Nichols and Martin, to make the Yamaha man equal on points at the head of the championship.
| POS. | # | RIDER |
| 1 | 12 | Shane McElrath |
| 2 | 13 | Colt Nichols |
| 3 | 6 | Jeremy Martin |
| 4 | 1E | Chase Sexton |
| 5 | 36 | Garrett Marchbanks |
| 6 | 38 | Kyle Peters |
| 7 | 352 | Jalek Swoll |
| 8 | 84 | Jo Shimoda |
| 9 | 49 | Chris Blose |
| 10 | 163 | Pierce Brown |
| 11 | 159 | Jace Owen |
| 12 | 39 | Jordan Bailey |
| 13 | 43 | John Short |
| 14 | 59 | Joshua Osby |
| 15 | 47 | Lorenzo Locurcio |
| 16 | 981 | Curren Thurman |
| 17 | 56 | Justin Starling |
| 18 | 73 | Chase Marquier |
| 19 | 332 | Dustin Winter |
| 20 | 157 | Darian Sanayei |
| 21 | 185 | Wilson Fleming |
| 22 | 67 | Jerry Robin |
Series standings
| POS. | NAME | POINTS |
| 1 | Shane McElrath | 140 |
| 2 | Chase Sexton | 140 |
| 3 | Garrett Marchbanks | 118 |
| 4 | Jeremy Martin | 105 |
| 5 | Rj Hampshire | 80 |
| 6 | Jo Shimoda | 77 |
| 7 | Jalek Swoll | 74 |
| 8 | Enzo Lopes | 66 |
| 9 | Jordan Bailey | 64 |
| 10 | Pierce Brown | 54 |
| 11 | Jace Owen | 52 |
| 12 | Kyle Peters | 51 |
| 13 | Jordon Smith | 48 |
| 14 | Joshua Hill | 43 |
| 15 | John Short | 42 |
| 16 | Cedric Soubeyras | 35 |
| 17 | Colt Nichols | 31 |
| 18 | Joey Crown | 31 |
| 19 | Nick Gaines | 28 |
| 20 | Lorenzo Locurcio | 28 |
| 21 | Chris Blose | 25 |
| 22 | Curren Thurman | 25 |
| 23 | Justin Starling | 25 |
| 24 | James Decotis | 24 |
| 25 | Grant Harlan | 24 |
| 26 | Dustin Winter | 20 |
| 27 | Joshua Osby | 19 |
| 28 | Kevin Moranz | 19 |
| 29 | Chase Marquier | 18 |
| 30 | Hunter Sayles | 13 |
| 31 | Jerry Robin | 11 |
| 32 | Richard Jackson | 6 |
| 33 | Carter Halpain | 5 |
| 34 | Isaac Teasdale | 5 |
| 35 | Wilson Fleming | 4 |
| 36 | Justin Rodbell | 3 |
| 37 | Darian Sanayei | 3 |
| 38 | Luke Neese | 3 |
| 39 | Lance Kobusch | 1 |