BY RYAN NITZEN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BROWN DOG
WILSON / RED BULL CONTENT POOL
I
t only took two rounds for
fans and riders to see the first
mud race of the 2024 Monster
Energy AMA Supercross Series.
Seasonal rains soaked the San
Francisco area for the cham
-
pionship's second round and
forced an abbreviated schedule
for the day's qualifying and main
event racing. Despite the trying
conditions, KTM's Chase Sexton
and Yamaha's Jordon Smith
sailed through San Francisco
with wins and the points lead
in the 450SX and 250SX West
divisions.
Sexton is ready to show
the field why he's carrying the
number-one plate on his bike.
The defending series cham
-
pion struggled at round one but
turned things around with a big
win in San Francisco. He rocket
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ed off to a near-perfect holeshot
and proceeded to control the
race from the front. Sexton set
the fastest time of the night
and looked to be one of the few
riders actually racing the track,
while others struggled with
simply surviving on the rutted
course. He led every lap of the
shortened main event and kept
a hungry Eli Tomac at bay in the
final stages of the race. Sexton
put his stamp on the win by
lapping round-one winner Jett
Lawrence en route to victory. He
now takes control of the cham
-
pionship lead and sports the red
plate heading into round three.
ROUND 2 / JANUARY 13, 2024
ORACLE PARK / SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P46
It didn't take
long for chaos to
ensue at the start
of the 450SX
main event.
