Seth Hammaker put in a heroic ride in front of his home crowd in Philadelphia after crashing out of the lead in spectacular fashion to come back from last to third – but it wasn’t enough to stop Cole Davies from clinching the 250 East Coast Supercross title.
A disappointed Hammaker said: ““I’m definitely a little bummed. I had big title hopes, but I was up against a tough competitor, so credit to Cole [Davies] and his team. I feel like I took a big step forward this year, even if it doesn’t always show in the results. I’ve been riding well and staying consistent, but I just didn’t have everything fall into place the way I wanted. I actually felt pretty comfortable in the conditions tonight. I was trying to be loose with the bike and not try to fight where it wanted to go too much. I got off to a great start in the main event, but went down early and had to fight from way back. I was hurting pretty bad after I went down, but I’m happy to come away with another podium, especially here at home. It means a lot. Big thanks to my whole team, my family, and everyone who supports me. We’ll go into Salt Lake looking to end this thing strong.”
See the big crash while leading here:
Where it all went wrong for Seth Hammaker at his home race… 😢
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Chase Sexton was looking decent in qualifying in third but bad starts ruined his chances in the mud with the former Supercross champ, slithering his way to seventh.
And Sexton commented he has more testing planned this week in Florida as he continues to sesrch for the comfort that will allow him to ride to his full potential: ““I qualified better here in Philadelphia, qualifying third. Then it started raining, so it was a bit chaotic after that. I had a bad start in the heat race and just tried to make it through. In the main event, I had another bad start. I made it up to around seventh, and then I fell, and I went back to around 12th, and then just worked my way back to seventh. I actually rode a decent race, just a bad start and a fall kept me from the podium. We’ll go back to work. The team is coming back to Florida this week, and we plan to make some progress and get ready for Denver.”
