SAN DIEGO  In a race that took the battle down to the final lap, Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racings Eli Tomac earned his 53^rd career Monster Energy AMA Supercross victory Saturday night at Snapdragon Stadium.

Significantly for the crowd favorite, Tomac takes over the points lead for the first time since suffering what was potentially a career-ending injury in 2023.

It has been a long time since Ive won one of these 20-minute main events, Tomac said. So it feels so good to rebound from last weekend; it was a heartbreak there in Anaheim I had to work for this. I made a lot of passes and was able to keep it on two wheels. This feels so good.

Team Honda HRC Progressives Jett Lawrence was on Tomacs rear fender until the very end but never mounted an attack for the top spot. Lawrences second place finish marked a strong improvement from his 12^th-place finish at the Anaheim opener.

That [race with Eli] was awesome, Lawrence noted. He got me at the start and I was trying so hard just to get close enough to make a pass, but he was ripping Im just happy that Im ten positions better than last weekend, for sure, so Im happy to be on the box We tested hard this week to try and get the bike to a better spot, and it was much better.

Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racings Cooper Webb led early but was overtaken by Tomac and Lawrence nearly simultaneously at the races mid-point.

Webb, under the weather, held off a late race charge from Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzukis Ken Roczen to keep his podium spot.

Last weekends winner, Red Bull KTM Factory Racings Chase Sexton recovered from a first lap crash; he reached sixth place by the time the checkered flag flew.

The Western Regional 250SX Class produced a new first-time winner when Red Bull KTM Factory Racings Julien Beaumer earned his first Supercross win and took over the divisions points lead.

Beaumer, 18, followed up his career-first podium with his first career win. Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racings Cole Davies, in only his second pro race, led early with Beaumer making several moves for the lead before working his way past six and a half minutes into the race.

Triumph Racings Jordon Smith was steady in third until taking over the second-place position at the races midpoint. Defending 250SMX World Champion Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racings Haiden Deegan fought forward from a mid-pack start.

With just under four minutes left on the clock Deegan reached third, capitalizing on a mistake in the rhythm section from Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racings Ryder DiFrancesco.