Webb to lock in third place and
salvage a podium finish.
"It was a really good day for me,
riding wise," Sexton said. "I felt
really good with the track and ob-
viously felt good here last year and
coming back here I was excited.
The rain made the track pretty
technical. It was pretty fast still,
but I think it slowed it down a tad
bit. I put myself in a really good
position in the main event to win,
heat race. Despite the oversized
obstacles on the Atlanta infield, it
was a slick turn where he made
his mistake. A simple tuck of the
front wheel put Sexton on the
ground under his bike, losing his
visor—and the win—in the pro-
cess. It wasn't all over for Sexton
though, as he remounted and
sent it for the remaining laps.
He set the fastest lap time of
the race and later launched past
and I knew Jason was going to be
good, and Eli, obviously. I wanted
to sprint away, and I just came into
that corner and there was no way
I could save it, it was just gone.
I had to just gather my thoughts
and push forward; I knew I could
make it back to the podium if I
rode like I knew how and that was
my goal after my fall. Thankful to
be up here, but I want to be sitting
where Jason's sitting."
VOLUME 59 ISSUE 16 APRIL 19, 2022 P57
FUTURES
The Supercross Futures program
returned in Atlanta to give fans and
racers alike a look at the future of
the sport. Honda's amateur hopeful
Chance Hymas came away with the
victory, 46 seconds ahead of Luke
Kalaitzian and Rush Chapman.
VOHLAND STRUGGLING
For the second week in a row KTM's
Max Vohland failed to qualify for the
250SX main event. Not just for the
main event, but for the whole show.
The number-36 machine was clocked
the 21st fastest time in qualifying, only
0.2 seconds from making the cut. This
comes after he missed the early por-
tion of the season due to injury.
MCADOO OUT
FORKNER IN
Title hopes went out the window for
Cameron McAdoo as his crash in St.
Louis press day resulted in a grade
three AC joint separation. On the
other hand, Austin Forkner returned
to action this weekend for the Pro
Circuit Kawasaki team. He earned an
impressive heat race win followed by a
seventh in the main event.
Briefly...
Atlanta Supercross 450SX Highlights
Last week's winner
Marvin Musquin
had a big crash on
lap one. He went on
to finish 10th.
