Cooper Webb and the rest of the 250 West championship spent 63 days watching the East regional class race before their return to the track Saturday night in Houston. Ryan Dungey and the rest of the 450 Supercross class took a break of two-weeks for the Easter holiday before the 14th round in Houston. Here's how all the action went down inside NRG Stadium, beginning with the 250 West class.
Shane McElrath jumped to the early lead with Bisceglia, Bowers, and Cooper Webb behind him. Although in a position to win the championship, Webb was comfortable all night and when lined up at the gates. Webb got by Bowers on the second lap, followed by Plessinger on the following lap; Bowers was not riding with the intensity that he had at the beginning of the year as he has been a bit under the weather as of late. Cooper Webb got by Bisceglia for second on the fifth lap of 15, looking to put the icing on the cake by winning the race and the championship together. McElrath continued to put in an outstanding ride at the front, but Webb continued to close in - the gap with six laps to go was just 0.5 seconds. Cooper Webb took the lead on that very lap - and that was that; McElrath had nothing for the blistering fast Cooper Webb who ran away with the race much like he did the championship. After the 15 lap main event, Webb wrapped up his 6th race win of the year and the 2015 250 West regional championship. Finishing behind him on the podium were Shane McElrath and Malcolm Stewart - who was 11th on the first lap.
Cooper Webb celebrated the fantastic championship on the podium before it was time for Ryan Dungey and the 450 Supercross main event. Dungey of KTM also was in a great position to clinch his championship as the gates dropped inside the NRG Stadium.
Grabbing the holeshot for the final race of the night was Andrew Short - but his lead of the race did not last, as Cole Seely quickly jumped into the lead of the race. Dungey was tenth on the first lap. By lap eight, Seely's lead was already up to over seven seconds. He continued to pull away at the front as the race turned a bit wild; Chad Reed and Jason Anderson went down together on lap nine, moving Ryan Dungey up into fourth position. Dungey was able to get by Josh Grant for third position soon after, putting himself into the position to wrap up the championship. Cole Seely's lead grew to about ten seconds by the checkered flag, and he won a dominant race, having led every lap, over Ryan Dungey and Eli Tomac on the podium.
Cooper Webb was able to wrap up his first professional championship, and Ryan Dungey was able to follow it up with his second title in the premier class of Monster Energy Supercross racing. The fans inside NRG Stadium saw both championships clinched Saturday night, but three more rounds of racing are ahead.
Next weekend, Supercross heads to Santa Clara for the first race ever inside Levi's Stadium.