The greatest season in Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, history will come to a dramatic conclusion on Saturday with the highly-anticipated season finale from Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium.

A packed house will welcome the world’s best riders as Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto looks to secure his first-career Supercross class title.

On the heels of capturing his championship-leading sixth win of the season in Salt Lake City, Villopoto now holds a nine-point lead over TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray Racing’s Chad Reed while reigning Monster Energy Supercross Champion Ryan Dungey sits 12 points behind for the Rockstar/Makita Suzuki squad.

Last Saturday, Villopoto entered the penultimate round of the championship with just a nine-point advantage over his three closest challengers, Reed, Dungey, and San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart.

Coming off back-to-back wins at the previous two rounds, Stewart crashed out of the lead and eventually finished 10th, while Villopoto was victorious over Reed and Dungey.

“We have all done our work this year, and it is paying off,” said Villopoto. “It is a lot easier going into Vegas with a nine-point lead. Hopefully, I will be standing on top of the box next weekend.”

Never before in the 38-year history of Monster Energy Supercross have four riders entered the final race of the championship with a shot at the coveted title.

The 2011 championship has been witness to arguably the most competitive action the sport has ever seen, boasting five different winners.

Additionally, past champions Reed, Dungey and Stewart have been challenged by a pair of former Supercross Lites champions in Villopoto and Supercross class rookie Trey Canard, who won three races for American Honda before suffering a season-ending injury a few weeks ago.

Over the course of the previous 16 weeks of racing, the points lead has changed hands on five different occasions among three riders.

Through it all, the championship has culminated in the most captivating title fight of all time and in just a few days, a record number of riders will engage in battle to determine who will walk away from Las Vegas as champion.