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yo-yo lap after lap from the deep
sand section to the treacher-
ous whoops. One final mistake
seemed to break Sexton's
chance at a win and he cruised
it in, ultimately crossing the line
three seconds back.
"Eli really figured out the sand
and that's where I lost a lot of
time every lap," Sexton said.
"Every time I'd get through the
sand, I'd try to make up time
throughout the rest of the track.
It just wasn't really working.
Other than that, I rode pretty
well. I wasn't making a lot of
mistakes, just struggling in the
sand section."
Jason Anderson backed up
his A2 performance with an
-
other podium in Houston. The
Kawasaki rider started within
podium reach early on but
battled with Aaron Plessinger
to hold onto the final spot on
the box. After getting by Pless-
inger, Anderson managed to put
five seconds on the KTM rider
and rode the rest of the race in
a relatively lonely third place.
This is the kind of consistency
we expected from Anderson
this season and back-to-back
podiums put him fourth in the
championship.
"I think any time you can be
up on the podium is something
to be excited about," Anderson
RED FLAG
The 450SX main event was subject
to a restart after Dylan Ferrandis
hit the deck and was unconscious
for nearly three minutes. Luckily,
Ferrandis says he's doing okay.
"I'm okay after my crash in [the]
main event," he said the next day
on social media. "I hit my head and
got knocked out for some minutes.
Everything else is fine and I am
okay now. Will follow the concus-
sion protocol and will see when I
can ride again."
ROOKIES
Several racers made their Super-
cross rookie debuts at Houston.
Haiden Deegan, Chance Hymas,
Talon Hawkins, Tom Vialle, Caden
Braswell, Gage Linville and Larry
Reyes all got their first real taste of
Supercross racing. Deegan, Hymas
and Vialle all finished in the top 10
with Hawkins in 11th.
Briefly...
(Left) Winner Tomac, Sexton and
Anderson celebrate on the 450SX
podium. (Below) Hunter Lawrence
picked up where his brother,
Jett, left off—on the top step of
the podium. Hunter topped the
opening round of the 250SX East
Championship.
