In total, 44 points separate the 10 riders in the Race to the Championship, with Ankle Savers Kawasaki’s Gared Steinke holding on to the 10th spot.

In Saturday night’s Head-to-Head Bracket Racing, Bowers completed a perfect evening by also beating out the field and securing the championship bonus point, which could prove to be invaluable heading into the final round.

The highly competitive Western Regional Arenacross Lites Class Championship welcomed its fifth different winner in six races this season, tightening the championship battle in the process.

Moore was the first rider out of the gate in the 18-lap Main Event and pushed a fast pace early to open a gap over the field. Moore was followed out of the first turn by BWRengines.com Honda’s Kyle White and TZR Woodstock KTM’s Scott Zont, but never let either rider close in to challenge him for the lead.

The impressive wire-to-wire effort was the first win of the season for Moore and was made even more special racing in front of the hometown crowd. Moore was joined on the podium by both White and Zont, as both riders held on to their position for entire Main Event.

The victory also helped Moore’s championship hopes in the Western Regional standings as points leader Michael Lang experienced some misfortune aboard his Ticketwow Honda en route to a 14th place finish, as did BWRengines.com Honda’s Maxx Malatia, who finished seventh.

Malatia will be the new points leader heading into the final round, holding a one-point advantage over Lang. White sits in third and moved to within three points of the lead, while Moore sits in a tie with Babbitt’s Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki’s Tyler Villopoto in fourth, 18 points behind.

The KTM Junior Supercross Challenge was also in action in Kansas City for its second and final time this season in AMSOIL Arenacross. Drake Cole, of Holt, Mo., claimed the win in front of the supportive crowd inside the Sprint Center.

The 2013 AMSOIL Arenacross season and the Race to the Championship will take its lone break from competition next weekend before traveling to Denver for the 10th and final round from the Denver Coliseum. Two nights of action will bring this dramatic season to a close on Friday, March 15, and Saturday, March 16, beginning at 9 p.m. ET each night. Broadcast coverage of the final round can be seen exclusively on SPEED, beginning Sunday, March 17, at 12:30 p.m. ET.