small mistake and [stuff] hap-
pens in racing."
Sexton, who started the main
event in third, hunted down and
passed Tomac near the halfway
point. Sexton went on to take
the checkers a whopping 14.513
seconds ahead of Tomac.
"A lot of things can still hap
-
pen," Sexton said. "He [Tomac]
appears Webb will recover.
"I suffered a concussion," he
said the next day. "I am thank-
ful that everything else has
checked out okay. This will
unfortunately put an end to my
SX season. It hurts to have it
end like this, but I can hold my
head high knowing I gave it my
all. Nobody is at fault. I made a
still has a big points gap and
now that Cooper [Webb] didn't
race tonight, that moved me up
to second. I still just want to put
my best foot forward and try to
win these last two races."
After watching his main title
rival, Webb, crash out in the
heat race, it looked like smooth
sailing for Tomac. He rocketed
off to the holeshot in the main
event and led the first half of
the race. The track continued
to dry out and deteriorate in
the 450SX main and Tomac
seemed to back it down as the
race wore on. A scary moment
in the whoops allowed Sexton
to close in and Tomac gave up
the spot without a fight. The
number-one Monster Energy
Star Racing Yamaha Team rider
seemed to be on championship
management mode, knowing a
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46 JUSTIN HILL
5TH 450SX
Justin Hill ran third for most of the 450
main event, but he eventually finished
fifth on the night, his best result this
year. "Top five!" he said. "I ran in po-
dium position for quite a while. With a
clean race, I really feel like that spot
[on the podium] is in my near future."
MYOWNRACE
Chase Sexton took a dominant win.
