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to the front early on. His fitness however is of no question and a late-race charge allowed him to pass Ken Roczen and so- lidify another podium finish. 1-3 scores ultimately earned him the overall, the first of his career. Sexton has quickly estab- lished himself as a force to be reckoned with this year. Now another season wiser, the number-23 came to Hangtown with the red plate after going 1-1 at Fox Raceway. He certainly picked up where he left off, starting the first moto with a huge lead over the rest of the field. Eventually, Anderson ran him down, but young Sexton stayed close to the end. The second moto looked like a carbon copy of the first as the Honda rider again found him- self up front leading. This time, though, it was Eli Tomac who came alive and gave Sexton a run for the moto win. Sexton again stayed close but never got within striking distance of Tomac. He finished the day with solid 2-2 scores and still carries the points lead to round three. How about Eli Tomac with an overall podium!? The number- three is also in his first season with a new team and did not exactly put on the performance many expected at round one. He is still riding with an injury after tweaking his MCL at the Atlanta Supercross, but you wouldn't know it with his result from Sat- urday. During the second moto, he looked like the Tomac of old, VOLUME 59 ISSUE 23 JUNE 7, 2022 P71 FOR TWO MORE Antonio Cairoli was originally slated to only run the first two rounds of the Pro Motocross Championship but earlier this week the team announced he will now also line up for rounds three and four. The nine-time MXGP World Champion grabbed a holeshot at Hangtown and was the highest finish- ing KTM rider in the 450 field. Will two more rounds lead to the full series? SAVATGY'S BACK After announcing his fill-in ride and re- union with the Monster Energy Kawa- saki team, Joey Savatgy missed round one of the series at Fox Raceway. He made his return at Hangtown where 11-9 finishes landed him ninth overall. HANGTOWN NOTES RJ Hampshire crashed out of the first moto and did not return for the sec- ond. In Hampshire's crash, his bike hit Austin Forkner's mechanic Tony Archer, who suffered a leg injury... Speaking of Forkner, the Kawasaki rider did not race due to a shoulder injury. Forkner's teammate Cameron McAdoo broke his sternum the week before at Pala and did not race. Briefly... (Above) Only 0.39 seconds separated these two at the finish of moto one. (Left) Eli Tomac looked back to normal as he took the win in 450MX moto two.