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Cycle News 2026 Issue 07 February 18

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and apologized, and I have no hard feelings towards it at all; I think it was a little bit of a [brief mental lapse]. It's just unfortu- nate with situations like that. We pulled the shorter end of the stick until I got going again, and then the main was over. We didn't get the best result, but we're only 11 points down." Chase Sexton rounded out the top five. "Today was a bit frustrat - ing for me," Sexton said. "I expect to be at the front right now, but we're not there yet. This week we worked on starts a lot, and it paid off, as we saw today. Right now, I'm headed back to Florida, and the team is going to come out ly. Not how I would have wanted the night to go, but we're fourth and still have the red plate." "I got off to a decent start and honestly was putting on a strong charge in the middle of the race and [among the top three riders] we were all bunched up and riding really well," Roczen said. "But the track did dete - riorate quickly. I had a couple of bad laps there towards the end, and I made a mistake [and I] couldn't double before the whoops section. That just cost me and allowed [Lawrence] to get way too close to me, and he pulled a move [that put us both on the ground]. He came over [Lawrence and Roczen]. Some - times you've got to stay in it, and that's what we did tonight. Really pumped to get back on the box." Lawrence still held on for fourth place despite a big crash with Roczen. The points leader was coming through the field and looking to pass for third when his race took a turn for the worse in the sand section. He still leads the championship by one point over Tomac. "I was coming through and had a good pace," Lawrence said. "I feel like an idiot. I jumped on the inside and was already going down and got Kenny in - volved. That just sucked, honest- ROUND 6 | FEBRUARY 14, 2026 LUMEN FIELD | SEATTLE, WASHINGTON SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P64 Haiden Deegan (1) and Levi Kitchen exchanged the lead multiple times with a series of block passes. Deegan ended up as the 250SX West victor for the fifth time in a row.

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