Chase Sexton Suffers Crash, DNF in Moto Two at Ironman National
Chase Sexton has the overall win in his control briefly in the second 450 moto at Ironman Raceway, until a wild crash and even wilder aftermath, where it appeared his front brake was locked. Even his team is not yet completely sure, but we did get this info from the Red Bull KTM team via a press release after the race:
Ian Harrison, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Manager:
"Chase rode an incredible first moto that was nice to watch as a fan – just amazing – and he managed to ride a very calculated race to take the win. Second race, he lost control over the jump – I did not see it exactly – but afterwards I could see that he couldn't get going as the front brake was jammed on. It was unclear at that time when it'd happened, but judging from when we got to the bike, it looks to be that the brake packed full of mud, and that was the after-effect of the crash. Leading up to the crash, we're still unclear of exactly what happened, but it does look like we could be dealing with debris in the brakes from the track, and if that’s the case, we need to come up with a solution on how to prevent this in the future."
If we learn more about what led to the crash, we'll report it. Sexton left the track quickly and was not available for comment.
