Eli Tomac Races to Third Win of the Season in Minneapolis

Tomac's ability to efficiently get through the tail end of the field allowed him to extend his lead over Dungey, who started to lose ground to a his hard-charging KTM teammate Marvin Musquin, who earned his first career win one week prior. After starting sixth, Musquin methodically worked his way forward and moved into podium position past Millsaps on Lap 4.

As the race wore on, the KTM duo inched closer and closer together until a mistake by Dungey forced him off the track briefly and allowed Musquin to mount a challenge. The Frenchman made an aggressive pass on his teammate just prior to completing Lap 18.

Tomac continued to log consistent laps through the remainder of the race and took the checkered flag 6.7 seconds ahead of Musquin for his seventh career win, lapping all the way up to seventh place in the 22-rider field. Dungey rounded out the overall podium in third.

"That was a really tough race tonight. The track had a lot of crazy lines and was really tough. I felt like we did a lot of laps," said Tomac, who has won three of the last four races. "I'm glad to get back on our feet after last week [finishing 15th] and get back to where we were the weeks before that. This was the toughest race of the season so far."

"We were pushing it, Eli [Tomac] was going good," said Dungey. "We were right there, but then I [had a slight miscue] and he took off. I made some [more] mistakes and Marvin [Musquin] was there to capitalize. It was a tough night, but we made the most of it and got on the podium."

Dungey lost ground to Musquin in the 450SX Class standings and now holds a 16-point lead over his teammate. Tomac moved from fourth to third, 24 points behind Dungey.

For Australia's Chad Reed the night proved to be a tough one crashing in his heat race before finding his way into the nights main event via a semi.

After a rough start as the sole Factory Yamaha rider in the main event after his team-mate Cooper Webb crashed out with what looked to be a shoulder injury earlier in his heat race, Reed was working his way through the field and was closing in on a top ten positing when he crashed heavily at the end of the whoop section.

Though able to remount and finish the race, Reed finished down in 16th position and now sits 9th in the championship standings, just two points behind his team-mate Cooper Webb.