Chase Sexton: wanted to win RedBud, finally, but there’s that other little thing called the….

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To be honest, I had a lot of pressure, I feel like, coming into this weekend for some reason,” said Chase Sexton. “I don’t know, just because I had never won here. And I had a really good week of riding, felt really good and I feel like I made a step forward I was confident coming in, but you never know when you go racing and these guys are really good.”

 

 

Yes, Sexton wanted to win RedBud, finally, but there’s that other little thing called the AMA Pro Motocross Championship. The dynamic of the series changed, well, dramatically, since Jett Lawrence dropped from the series with a thumb injury. What was once a three-man

 

 

points fight, which included last year’s champion and the winner of all but once race overall this year, is now really down to two. Could either of the other two contenders begin to seize control for the second half of the championship?

 

 

At first, it looked like Hunter Lawrence might be the one to do it, as he led early in moto one thanks to another awesome start, and while Sexton did catch him, he also knew it was proving very hard to find places to pass on this track. Hunter might have held on but might haves don’t count. He crashed hard on a

 

 

 

downhill, sending his weekend the wrong direction, while Sexton’s path now pointed firmly upwards. The Red Bull KTM man followed that first moto win with a dominant moto two, and with that, his 1-1 gave him possession of the points lead.

 

 

Oh yeah, he has also finally won RedBud.

“Really special. I had chills in the podium,” said Sexton. “That’s the best RedBud crowd I’ve seen, and I’ve been coming here since I was probably six years old. I don’t really have any words honestly on the podium, I felt like a bit of an idiot. I was up there just looking at the crowd and not saying anything., Like I said, a lot of pressure to win today. I feel like the crowd was obviously on my side, but I wanted to perform for them