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Chase Sexton Goes Back-to-Back with East Rutherford SX Win

Chase Sexton Goes Back-to-Back with East Rutherford SX Win

April 21, 2025, 3:20pm
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“I knew in the main event if I could get through the whoops good, and skim them, that I was going to have a good shot at winning,” said Chase Sexton. “Just because they were really gnarly. And there was a lot of time to be made up.”

That, folks, sums up the entire race at the East Rutherford SX round of Monster Energy AMA Supercross in New Jersey. Back-to-back gnarly whoop sections separated Chase Sexton from everyone else, and the Red Bull KTM man dominated. His title rival Cooper Webb promised to “kick his ass” this week but could only tip his visor.

“I was trying everything, jumping, blitzing, left, right, and nothing was going to the same level as him,” said Webb. “I feel like I might have been the second-best guy [in the whoops] but that doesn’t matter now. You run through all your own creative ideas and you’re still getting pulled away there. It’s just like, [he’s] too good.”

“I felt like the faster I hit them, the better it was,” said Sexton. “Which is it's hard to get yourself to do it, but it's really hard to hit whoops when you're not fully committed.”

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The whoops in New Jersey separated the two title rivals in a way that hasn’t been seen in a while, as they’ve been reasonably close on pace for the majority of this season, often creating close racing to the end. This time Sexton opened a huge gap. With two-straight victories now, the mind starts to wonder. Is it possible Sexton could “win out” and end the season on a five-race streak, which would give him the championship no matter what Webb does?

“I think since the break, I've been really building and building every weekend,” said Sexton. “Obviously the mud race wasn't great. But even Seattle, when Coop and I battled, I feel like I was riding in the right direction. And last weekend helped a lot mentally. During the week I've been riding really well. I'm feeling really connected with the bike, and I go off more of feeling than anything, than lap time. So just trying to keep getting better. Work on technique stuff, trying overall to just get a better feeling and yeah, it's been really, really, good. Three races left, so you know what we have to do and that’s just try and go out there and execute.”

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That’s what he did in New Jersey.

“I knew it was going to be a long main event just with how gnarly the track was,” Sexton said. “So, the first few laps, I really just kind of let myself get into a flow. And then once I got there, I just I tried to click off fast lap after fast lap. And yeah, like I just had a really good feeling in the whoops. I mean, I've hit whoops like that a lot in practice, but at the races they get really gnarly, and I just felt really comfortable all day. Never really had any moments, which is good for the confidence. I feel like one mistake can really throw you off, they're gnarly and they there's really no room for error when they're like that. So yeah, it was solid all day and I was just able to lean on my technique and my talents that I have in the whoops.”

No late-race challenge from Webb this time, as Sexton had a gap built to nearly 20 seconds. That’s when he backed it way down.

“I was going about turtle pace, so it was easier when I was going faster, to be honest,” said Sexton. “When I slowed down, the track actually became harder. I rode pretty hard until about 4 or 5 minutes to go. And then when I got into lappers, I think Grant Harlan crashed in front of me in the whoops and cartwheeled, and I didn't know where his bike was going to go, and I was on top of him at one point. I kind of split in lappers through the whoops and I was changing lines. So, I was like, yeah, I'm not going to I'm not going to risk anything stupid trying to get on top of them. So yeah, the last ten laps I was just pretty much just riding. In the whoops, I think KJSC could have went through there faster!”

That was the cruise pace for Sexton. His race pace was unmatchable this time. Can he keep it going even if the track doesn’t offer two big sets of whoops? If so, this title run is completely in play.

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East Rutherford - 450SX

April 19, 2025
Metlife Stadium
East Rutherford, NJ United States
Rider Time Interval Best Lap Hometown Bike
1 Chase Sexton Chase Sexton 21:16.560 51.254 La Moille, IL United States KTM
2 Cooper Webb Cooper Webb 21:31.204 14.645 52.003 Newport, NC United States Yamaha
3 Aaron Plessinger Aaron Plessinger 21:45.702 14.498 53.055 Hamilton, OH United States KTM
4 Justin Cooper Justin Cooper 21:48.194 2.492 53.397 Cold Spring Harbor, NY United States Yamaha
5 Dylan Ferrandis Dylan Ferrandis 21:54.325 6.131 53.656 Avignon, France France Honda
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