better than runner-up Justin
Barcia's. Sexton also had the
quickest lap time of the race,
which came, surprisingly, two
laps from the end.
In the 250SX East Champion
-
ship, Hunter Lawrence chalked
up his sixth (out of
a possible
seven) win on the season.
450SX
Sexton is practically a shoo-in
for third in the championship at
this point. But he's aiming for
more. After crashing out of the
lead more times than he'd like to
admit, the Honda rider has given
up his fair share of points this
year. Coming into Atlanta, his
hopes of being a title contender
were slowly starting to fade, as
Eli Tomac and Cooper Webb
continued to play tug of war
with the red plate. But Sexton
rebounded at round 13 with the
ROUND 13 / APRIL 15, 2023
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY / ATLANTA, GEORGIA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P62
30 JO SHIMODA
4TH 250SX EAST
Jo Shimoda made his 2023 debut, re-
turning to action from injury and placing
a strong fourth. "I was toward the back
off the start and that made my whole
race very difficult," the Monster Energy/
Pro Circuit Kawasaki Team rider said.
"I was able to race well throughout and
almost got up to the podium, but I ran
out of time. This is still a good step in
the right direction as I return to racing
form. It's good for me to be back out
there battling with the top guys and I
would really like to get a win before the
end of the season."
21 JASON ANDERSON
21ST 450SX
After celebrating the birth of his first
child, a baby girl, on Friday, Jason
Anderson had a lot going on dur-
ing race-day, Saturday. Anderson
nabbed the heat-race win only to be
docked for going off-track. In the main
event he ran inside the top-five for
the first few laps, but pulled off the
track and did not finish. "I had a pretty
crazy week coming into this one as
my wife and I welcomed our little girl
to the world on Friday morning," An-
derson said. "I was definitely running
low on sleep and not feeling 100-per-
cent myself coming into the day and,
overall, it all just got the best of me."
MYOWNRACE
Roczen (94), Sexton
and Justin Barcia
(51) celebrate their
1-2-3 finish.
