from the lead. Hunter Lawrence also improved
on his A1 result and rounded out the top five in
San Diego.
A tough night for Chase Sexton saw him fall on
the opening lap, which forced him back to dead
last. Sexton charged for the full 20 minutes and
salvaged sixth at the line. He's now second in
points, one marker back from Tomac.
"On the first lap, I almost got landed on, and
then in [about] the next turn, I fell over," Sexton
said. "It was just me not being ready to go
at the gate drop, honestly. That kind of lit a
fire under me, and after that, I feel like I rode
the best that I've ridden in a long time. Some
night's aren't your night."
Malcolm Stewart, Justin Barcia, Dylan Ferran
-
dis and Joey Savatgy rounded out the top 10.
Red
Bull KTM's Aaron Plessinger, who has
had a tough start to the season, was a non-fin
-
isher. Things started to unravel for Plessinger
early in the race.
"I got wrapped up with Chase,"
he said. "I got up and tried to charge through
ROUND 2 / JANUARY 18, 2025
SNAPDRAGON STADIUM | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P70
Cole Davies (100) and
Beaumer battled this
close for the first half
of the 250SX main.
Julien Beaumer
clinched his first-ever
main-event win.
