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Holy, Monday Morning Quarterback. Lots of opinions flying around the interweb after Arlington Supercross, mainly centered on Red Bull KTM’s Chase Sexton who decided to go for the win in the third and final main event of round 7’s Triple Crown, when second would have given him the overall.
As surely you are aware by now, Sexton was leading the final race when he stalled coming out of a corner, giving the race lead to Cooper Webb. For Sexton, it didn’t matter, as second would have still given him the overall on the night.
On the final lap, he was still charging after Webb when he slammed into Webb’s rear wheel as Webb was exiting a corner. He lost two positions and then Justin Barcia blocked him in the final turn to push him back to fifth. In a matter of seconds, Sexton went from the overall to third.
In the post-race press conference, Sexton was asked why he made the decision to go for the win, when second would have been enough.
“I mean, I race to win,” he said. “I knew I had the overall if I stayed where I was but I don’t really care, I wanted to win the race.”
While the last three weeks have seen a series of mistakes from Sexton, swinging the points chase in the direction of Webb, who now holds a five point lead in the championship, when asked what positives could be taken away from Arlington, Sexton said there’s still 10 races to go and that he’s set on Daytona next Saturday.
“There’s always a lot of noise, a lot of people talking but at the end of the day, I really only judge myself on how I feel and who I am as a person. It is definitely tough for me mentally to do that, obviously, it’s not ideal, especially when I felt really good. It’s just unfortunate. But it is only round 7, there’s 10 races to go. I’m set on Daytona next week.
Ten rounds and five points between the two title contenders with Ken Roczen right in their rear-view. This should be exciting.
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