Supercross Salt Lake City 450 points, results: Chase Sexton, Justin Cooper save best for last

 

Chase Sexton performed at his peak for what he believed was the first time in 2024 to win his second race of the season by 3.3 seconds over Justin Cooper in the finale at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. His previous win this year came in an extremely muddy event in San Francisco.

 

 

Sexton will carry that momentum forward into the Pro Motocross season, which begins two weeks from now at Fox Raceway in Pala, California. Last year, he was one of the few riders to pressure Jett Lawrence as that rider began a perfect season of moto wins.

 

 

Justin Cooper also saved his best for last. After scoring his first 450 class top-five at Birmingham in Round 9, Cooper was consistent with top-10s in his next seven attempts, but his best finish in that span was sixth. In the finale, Cooper briefly led after challenging Sexton at the start and he kept the leader in sight on his way to the runner-up finish.

 

Cooper Webb entered the season finale with a mathematical shot at the championship, but hindered by a thumb injury for which he will undergo surgery in the next few weeks, he was unable to close the gap on Lawrence. His third-place finish is his ninth podium of the year but his first in the last three rounds.