Round 5 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross thrilled the limited fans inside Lucas Oil Stadium where Ken Roczen backed up his 450SX Class win at Round 4 with a dominating victory at the second Indianapolis round.
Opening round winner
Justin Barcia held off defending champion
Eli Tomac to fill out a podium of 2021 race winners. Action in the Eastern Regional 250SX Class presented plenty of drama, but when the dust settled it was
Colt Nichols grabbing his third straight win to extend his points lead.
After four rounds with four different winners, the first repeat victor emerged when Ken Roczen, who easily won his heat race, jumped into the lead shortly past the holeshot stripe and gapped the field on the rutted, technical track. Holeshot winner
Justin Barcia was comfortably in second until the race clock ticked down to the eight-minute mark in the 20-minute plus one lap race when
Eli Tomac reached his rear wheel. Barcia managed to fend off Tomac's repeated attacks without losing much time on the leader, who'd stretched the lead to nearly ten seconds.
Tomac spent a night fighting forward, seeming to get caught up in other riders' paces as he'd reach them. He still managed third place points for the night, keeping him squarely in the title hunt. 2019 champion and Round 3 winner,
Cooper Webb rounded the first lap mid pack; he climbed up through the field a notch slower than Tomac, reaching fourth before the checkers flew on the second of three Indianapolis races.
"I don't know what to say," Roczen said from the podium. "I haven't gone back-to-back in a really long time. I had a blast out there, luckily i just rode my own race and that was really key with this kind of track. I had some really creative lines and just made it happen."
