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I was running fifth and two guys went down so I got third. It's been a little crazy to be honest, but the speed's been there." It was a heartbreaker of a night for Sexton, who looked to be running down his second win of the year. After finish- ing first in his heat, the San Diego winner stalked Webb in the early laps of the main and made the pass before the halfway mark. He went on to lead 17 of the 26 laps but threw it away just before time ran out. He tucked the front wheel up the face of an on-off jump and was catapulted off the bike as the suspension compressed under load. Sexton did get up but did not finish the race with a badly bent front wheel and was credited with 16th place. The team later said Sexton will "undergo concussion protocol" before the next race. Unfortunately for him, he drops to sixth in the championship standings. ROUND 7 / FEBRUARY 19, 2022 U.S. BANK STADIUM / MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA P56 SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES MYOWNRACE and jumped a li le bit too far to the le a er the triple. There was some loose dirt there, and as soon as I landed, I washed the front end pre y bad and went down. My bars were tweaked quite a bit and we only had a few minutes to go, so there wasn't much we could do from there." 18 JETT LAWRENCE 1ST 250SX EAST "Today was a great day of racing," said the 250SX East winner. "I had so much fun being out here and riding; the bike was awesome, and the track was actually a lot of fun. In prac ce, I just took my me and tried to not do anything crazy. I got a decent start in the heat race but got caught up a bit in the first turn, so I had to make some good passes to get second in that. For the main event, I just put myself in a really good spot to get the win, and it all came together." 33 AUSTIN FORKNER 2ND 250SX EAST "A podium finish is always a nice way to start the season," said Aus n Forkner. "I was the fastest qualifier in the med sessions and had a decent heat race. I grabbed the holeshot in the main event, I've been focused on making sure my starts are on point this year, so I was happy with that, and I just tried to focus on pu ng together clean laps. There weren't many obstacles to separate the front guys Chase Sexton had the 450 main in the bag until the tricky Minneapolis track bit him late in the race. A bent front wheel and a smack to the head prevented him from finishing the race. A bad start and an incident with his out-of- shape teammate, Dylan Ferrandis, kept Eli Tomac off the podium. He still has the points lead but it's down to single digits.