Eleven points separated Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Blake Baggett and GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia as the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship embarked on Southwick. But another title contender, Barica’s GEICO Honda teammate Eli Tomac, has yet to relinquish his championship hopes.

Just one week after winning the prestigious AMA Horizon Award, GEICO Honda rookie Zach Bell shook the 250 landscape by grabbing the early lead over Tomac and Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin. But the shocking run from Bell ended prematurely as he suffered a big crash and had to pull off. Meanwhile, Barcia was buried mid-pack after getting swallowed in a first turn pileup.

Facing a thirty-two point deficit entering Southwick, Tomac is essentially in a must-win situation as the series enters the home stretch. And it showed at Moto-X 338, as Tomac crushed the field en route to the moto one win. Marvin Musquin would take home second with points leader Blake Baggett rounding out the podium. Barcia charged back to finish 7th, salvaging valuable championship points.

250 Moto 1 Overall

1. Eli Tomac
2. Marvin Musquin
3. Blake Baggett
4. Ken Roczen
5. Jessy Nelson
6. Malcolm Stewart
7. Justin Barcia
8. Alex Martin
9. Blake Wharton
10. Travis Baker
11. Justin Bogle
12. Ryan Sipes
13. Cole Thompson
14. Shawn Rife
15. Tony Lorusso
16. Jacob Hayes
17. Tevin Tapia
18. Joey Peters
19. Chris Canning
20. Ryan Zimmer
21. Wil Hahn
22. Sean Hackley Jr.
23. AJ Catanzaro
24. Vann Martin
25. Mike McDade
26. Demetri Angelo
27. Gannon Audette
28. Ozzy Barbaree
29. Austin Phelps
30. Dylan Schmoke
31. Daniel Herrlein
32. Ben Robinson
33. Zack Freeberg
34. Dakota Tedder
35. Martin Davalos
36. Jackson Richardson
37. Jason Anderson
38. Zach Bell
39. Justin Starling
40. Jake Canada