Chase Sexton is striking
while the iron is hot. His win in
Glendale came without winning
any of his three main events.
Instead, his 3-3-2 scores were
good enough for the overall win
in the 450SX division and made
him the first repeat winner of
the 2025 season. Sexton came
alive in the latter half of the first
main during an intense battle
with Ken Roczen, and then he
carried that same added ag
-
gression into the second gate
drop.
He turned up the heat
again in race two and held off a
hard-charging Eli Tomac while
simultaneously trying to catch
Jett Lawrence and Roczen up
ahead. Sexton looked in conten
-
tion for a top spot in race three,
but
a small mistake allowed
Tomac to get by for the even
-
tual win. Still, two third-place
results set him up
nicely for the
night's overall win. Sexton now
retakes the points lead from
Roczen and leads by two.
"The first two races were
chaos," Sexton said. "I had to
fight hard to get to a good posi
-
tion and be on the podium. In
the last
race, I made a dumb
mistake and let Eli get by me.
Honestly, I'm a little bummed I
didn't win that last race; I want-
ed that one. But I got the overall
win,
and that's what we're here
to do. We're here to win and get
the red plate back, and consis-
tency paid off tonight."
Cooper Webb grabbed
a
podium for the second time this
season. The Monster Energy
Star Racing Yamaha rider came
out swinging in race one and
dominated the field from start
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SMX NEXT
SMX Next, formerly known as
Supercross Futures, returned to
Glendale for its first round of the
2025 season. Team Green Kawa-
saki's Landen Gordon dominated
the race of hopeful amateurs and
took the win over fellow Kawasaki
rider Enzo Temmerman and EBR
Yamaha's Landon Hartz. "I rode
really consistently," Gordon said.
"I'm proud of myself for that, and
I'm proud of how far I've come."
OLD GUYS RULE
SLR Honda's Billy Laninovich,
who turns 42 on February 26, set
a new record as the oldest rider
ever to qualify for a 250SX main
event, besting his previous record
from one year ago. "Lano" quali-
fied out of the 250 LCQ in second
and logged 21st overall on the
night with 20-21-29 scores.
PRO CIRCUIT
HEARTBREAK
More hardships for the Pro Circuit
Kawasaki team as Supercross
rookie Drew Adams suffered a
broken collarbone during the first
250SX qualifying session. Adams
was called up to the pro ranks to
fill in for the injured Ty Masterpool
but will now be sidelined with
surgery already scheduled.
ARIZONA NOTES:
The Rockstar Energy GasGas
Factory Racing Team updated
the condition of one of its 250SX
West riders, Ryder DiFrancesco,
who was injured while practic-
ing before the A2 Supercross.
DiFrancesco suffered a fractured
arm and broken lower left rib and
sustained internal abdominal
damage. He underwent surgery in
Briefly...
(Above) Chase
Sexton ran up
front all night and
used consistent
scores to take
the overall 450SX
win. (Left) Cooper
Webb set the tone
early with the
opening win in
450SX and later
finished second
overall.
