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ROUND 10 / MARCH 18, 2023 FORD FIELD / DETROIT, MICHIGAN SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P60 Plessinger. "I was riding so good and, man, I didn't stand up in that rut the whole moto—I sat down and put my foot out. The one time I think it's all right to stand up, it catches my foot and rips me right off the bike. I couldn't believe it, flying through the air like that, and I just tried to tuck, because it was a hard hit. I tried to get back up—I probably could have finished—but man, that hurts." Sexton inherited the lead and eventual win, though he didn't merely luck into it. The Honda rider pushed hard to get into the runner-up position after starting the race in seventh. He first got around Indy winner Ken Roczen, and then he worked his way After an outstanding start, Plessinger pulled away to the lead in the main event and never looked back. He appeared to have the victory in hand before the rug in Ford Field was sud - denly yanked out from under him. He suffered a spectacular solo fall when his foot was yanked off the footpeg in a rut, sending his body left while his KTM went right. Instead of cel - ebrating what would have been his first career victory, he was left on the side of the track, his steaming KTM too damaged to run the final stretch. Instead of a win, Plessinger left Detroit an unlucky 13th. "That one hurts, that one hurts a lot," said a visibly upset 63 MAX ANSTIE 22ND 250SX EAST Fire Power Honda rider Max Anstie came into Detroit with his 250SX East championship hopes alive, but a disaster on the opening lap might have sealed his fate for the season. After getting a decent jump in the main event, Anstie got crossed up on the first lap and went down in a rhythm section. He remounted his CRF250R but was clearly having me- chanical issues as he rolled his way around the course. He pulled into the mechanics area, but the team was unable to remedy the issue, leaving Anstie to retire from the race, collect- ing a single championship point for the night. 58 JORDON SMITH DNQ 250SX EAST Jordon Smith found himself in the LCQ after a run-in with teammate Haiden Deegan and two other crashes in his heat race. Another two crashes in the LCQ put him out for the night. "That was definitely not how we wanted the night to go," Smith said. "I'm sorry to my whole team and sponsors. Everyone works too hard for stuff like this to happen." MYOWNRACE