After his huge crash at Colorado, Chase Sexton said it was the bike and not any mistake he made in the air that caused the crash but his team manager isn’t totally on the same page.
Sexton said:“Incident was out of my control and feeling like a passenger was very scary.”
Sexton then added on Twitter: “Check the vid, hand had the clutch pulled in. Am I not allowed to brake tap anymore either??”
Answering Johnny Hopper’s question about rumours of what happened and that Sexton rode the bike back, Dan replied with a contrasting version of what happened: “Honestly, we have to take some accountability for the bike shutting off when he put the brake on and didn’t pull the clutch in. That was a mistake on our part but it’s not just us. The engine is fine.”
See the crash again below…
Implying Sexton was partially to blame in a case of mutual accountability is an interesting way to handle a situation where Sexton was already not trusting the bike.
To have the rider and team manager with such different opinions on the same situation creates an interesting dynamic under the context of a tough season and Sexton ghost riding the bike in frustration at Hangtown the week before, so where do they all go from here?
Watch Dan’s verdict below at 1 minute 40 seconds in:
