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ROUND 1 / JANUARY 7, 2023 ANGEL STADIUM OF ANAHEIM, ANAHEIM, CA P64 SUPERCROSS I M O N S T E R E N E R GY A M A S U P E R C R O S S S E R I E S / S U P E R M O T O C R O S S W O R L D C H A M P I O N S H I P forced to start his charge all over again. The crowd roared seeing Stewart take over the lead after having passed Roczen just be- fore Tomac's crash. Stewart was looking strong. Would this be his long-awaited first 450SX win? Not according to Chase Sexton. Sexton slowly caught up to Stewart before executing an aggressive block pass that bumped Stewart off the track. "I just wanted to get by Malcolm," said Sexton. "He missed that rhythm section, and I quaded into that corner—didn't mean to hit him, didn't mean to put him off the track—I just wanted to make that pass." Stewart held second but lost big ground to Sexton. Later in the race, Stewart was making another bid at a podium when he suddenly went down, dropping his front wheel in a rhythm sec- tion and cartwheeling his bike, which was significantly dam- At this point, it looked like it would be Tomac's night, until the unexpected happened—he went down as he charged up the face of a steep tabletop jump: His front wheel awkwardly hit a hole that caused him to lose control of his bike and he went down, coming to a stop on the top part of the jump. He admitted it was his fault, saying it was a "dork" move on his part. He quickly remounted but dropped back to sixth and was Progressive Insurance/Ecstar Suzuki RM-Z450 and busy fend- ing of Rockstar Energy Husqvar- na's Malcolm Stewart, inherited second. MYOWNRACE of myself because of how my day was going and me turning it around and going like that, and doing what I'm supposed to do just brings more confidence for me." 34 MAX VOHLAND 5TH 250SX "A1 was a good start to the champi- onship for me," Max Vohland said. "I started off the day with two good quali- fying sessions, then I [was] strong in my heat, racing to a third-place finish. In the main event, I got off to a good start and ba led most of the race in fourth and ended up fi h for the night. I'm really happy, as my goal was a top-five result and I was able to achieve that." 2023 Anaheim 1 450SX Supercross Video Highlights Winner Tomac and runner-up Cooper Webb shake hands after a thrilling 21-lap main event.