KIWI RIDER JUNE 2020 VOL2 | Page 19

DIRT NEWS AMA SX’S RETURN PACKS IT IN W ith a lot of racing to catch up on, the AMA SX Championship returned with a bang on May 31st in the first of seven rounds to take place at Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. At the long-awaited return of the AMA SX championship, one man reigned supreme over the rest of the pack in the flurry of races taking place at Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium – with Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac taking victory in both Round 11 and Round 13 in the 450 class. However, after a sleepy start to his SX return, KTM’s Cooper Webb fought back to steal the top step of the podium at round 11 the following Wednesday. In the championship standings, it is still Tomac’s show with the Cortez rider leading the championship by a comfortable 26 points going into round 14. The 250SX class has been a much harder fought battle in the opening rounds of the season restart. KIWI RIDER 19