second-fastest time of the race en
route to another podium finish.
"That's the gnarliest track I've
raced on since I moved to the big
class," Sexton said. "I was just
searching for lines and wasn't really
flowing there around halfway but
then got a little better. Yesterday I
had a pretty good get off on press
day on the [jump] before the tun-
nel. So, we made a pretty big bike
change from yesterday to today so
it's good to see that I felt more com-
fortable and was trusting the bike
a little more. We've stayed pretty
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ings. The number-one is just 15
points shy of second-place Ander-
son and 33 down from Tomac.
Sexton rode a solid but quiet
race to finish third on the night.
He benefited from the Stewart-
Anderson incident in turn two and
quickly capitalized, as he moved
into second place. Sexton held
down the spot for nearly half of
the main event, but as Tomac
caught fire late in the race it
moved the number-23 Honda
down to third. Sexton had great
pace though, even setting the
Daytona Supercross 450SX Highlights
NO STARS ALIGNED
Star Racing Yamaha riders Jeremy
Martin and Levi Kitchen did not suit
up for the Daytona Supercross.
Kitchen was still feeling the effects
of a crash at Arlington that left him
with a cracked tibia and a broken
knee cap. Martin crashed dur-
ing midweek practice, injuring his
shoulder. They join teammate Justin
Cooper on the injured list. The Mon-
day following the Daytona race, the
team announced that Kyle Chisholm
will fill in for the rest of the series in
the 250SX East Championship.
STEWART, ANDERSON
PENALIZED
After the checkered flag flew, the
AMA later docked both Malcolm
Stewart and Jason Anderson one
position for their "off-track advan-
tage." Both riders accelerated after
they were pushed off the side of the
course. Eighth is Stewart's worst
finish of the year with ninth being
Anderson's second worst (10th at
Anaheim 1).
FORKNER INJURED
Earlier this week Austin Forkner con-
firmed he broke his collarbone from
the crash last weekend with Jett Law-
rence. It is not yet known exactly how
long the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit
Kawasaki rider will be sidelined.
Briefly...
Dylan Ferrandis
had a solid night with
fourth place.
