2012 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series Preview: Lake Elsinore MX

It's all down to the finale for the 250 AMA National Motocross Championship. Blake Baggett, who has held the points lead all season long, leads Eli Tomac by 14 points, and Justin Barcia by 18 points.

Thursday was media day at the track - the first time the facility has been used for a Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross event. The track is long ... very long. It's also mostly flat, and the dirt is very soft and spongy.

Let's start with what happened last weekend at the Steel City event - you can see the results, photos, and point standings coming into Lake Elsinore.

And, coverage of the Lake Elsinore race on Supercross.com will be here - http://www.supercross.com/ama-motocross-race-results

And the Women's class has quite a battle as well - three riders are all in contention for the championship at this finale round - Jessica Patterson, Ashley Fiolek, and Tarah Geiger. Women's results will be here - http://www.supercross.com/ama-womens-motocross-race-results

What do we want to see at Elsinore? A knockdown-drag-out-brawl that comes down to the final last of the last moto for the 250's! Then again, that would be pretty close to what's happened each time the gate has dropped for the 250 class all season long.

Ryan Dungey roosting around the Lake Elsinore MX track

Source: http://www.supercross.com/news/2012-lucas-oil-pro-motocross-series-preview-lake-elsinore-mx

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