Chase Sexton says he didn’t even want to make contact with Jason Anderson in the move that left Anderson on the deck in the opening triple crown moto at Birmingham. Anderson went for revenge early in the second moto but Sexton stayed up, however, it is a move, accidental or not, that may come back to haunt Sexton with a title battle on the line, Jason Anderson doesn’t forget.
Sexton explained the move and why that section was the best place to pace in the press conference: “It was just hard to pass in general everywhere else, I think with all the 90 degree turns like on the edges of the stadium. And then also the rhythm sections you couldn’t really push through to gain a lot of time to get next to into the turns. So, I was really, I mean, I think the best part for me on the track was after the triple, I would jump that single and hit miss the wall, at least for the first two mains, and then I would just open up that turn and I carry a lot of momentum. And then get to the left of the guy in front of me. And the first pass on Jason, I didn’t really want to make contact, but I showed a wheel the lap before kind of knowing like, ‘I’m gonna try and pass you here.’ And then the next lap I went for the pass and he obviously, I don’t know if he knew I was coming but cut down and came together with him. So then, made the same pass on Aaron, but yeah, it was just kind of my only passing spot on the track.“
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Sexton also admitted he learned from the last triple crown in Dallas when he crashed trying to pass Webb for the final moto win, and lost the overall, this time he played it smart. “Well, it really just came down to the three-in after the start rhythm,” explained Chase. “I just wasn’t doing it in the third main. I’m like, it ain’t worth it. It was a big three-in and you make one little mistake, you get off the track pretty easily. So, I just stuck to the easy line and just hit that. I felt like I was actually riding pretty well, just how I was losing a lot of time in that section, so I let him go and then I started to reel him back in. Malcolm was closing, so I was just riding good laps and trying to stay in my lane. But it was good and like I said, I just try and learn from what I did in Dallas and, yeah, we’re always learning, so it was a good night.
Sexton is now eight points back with seven rounds to go and it is game on for the title between the KTM rider and the former KTM rider, turn Star Yamaha man, Cooper Webb!
