CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 56 ISSUE 18 MAY 7, 2019 P63
BY STEVE COX
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BROWNDOG WILSON
N
o matter which way it went in Las Vegas,
all three championships—the 450SX,
250SX East and 250SX West—would
see brand-new champions, as none of the
racers who had a mathematical chance in any
of those championships had ever won one
before in their classes. Eight points separated
the top two in the 250SX West class, and nine
points separated the top two in the 250SX
East title chase. A whopping 23 points sepa-
rated the top two in the 450SX champion-
ship, so it seemed likely for all of the titles to
go to those who led the points chases in all
of their classes.
For two of the three titles, it panned out
exactly as predicted. For the third, however,
it did not. Geico Honda's Chase Sexton was
never seriously challenged by his closest
250SX East title rival Justin Cooper in the
250SX East/West Shootout. With 23 points
to give, Red Bull KTM's Cooper Webb
could've pulled out of his main event with six
laps to go and still won the title, but 250SX
Cooper Webb celebrates his first 450SX
title, while KTM celebrates its fourth.
