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around Adam Cianciarulo and
Eli Tomac. He went on to survive
a couple bouts with Justin Bar-
cia before taking sole control of
second place and ultimately his
second win of the season, the
last coming at Anaheim 2.
"I just kept pushing because
I've been in that situation so
many times," Sexton said. "Any
-
thing can happen, especially in
lapped traffic, it's not easy. With
how gnarly the whoops were; it's
easy to make mistakes. I wasn't
going to give up and that's the
key."
Unfortunately for Sexton,
the excitement of winning was
suddenly slapped down when
he got word that he had been
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Justin Barcia found himself up in the
mix again and ultimately finished
fourth. "In the main event I got off to
about a fourth- or fifth-place start.
I was charging hard and made a
couple mistakes, then rode a little bit
tight after that. I was in fourth getting
close to third but ran out of time and
the race was over."
MYOWNRACE
(Left) Chase Sexton finally got
another win, though it didn't come
with the benefit of full championship
points. One of Sexton's first victims
was Ken Roczen (94). (Below) Cooper
Webb debuted the red plate and will
now hold it for another week.
