CHASE SEXTON - GRIT 243 450SX

GRIT-243 |450 SX

KTM's Chase Sexton wanted to remain within the championship fight. The Illinois native had battled adversity and injury thus far this season, but displayed resilience (and remarkable speed) as he sped across the raceway in Alabama for practice. Constantly striving for the pole position while battling alongside Jett Lawrence and a multitude of others, Sexton was eager fro the gate(s) to fall in heat one. Once there, his start was magnificent and propelled him to a platform in which others would have to pursue him. His ability to sweep both inside and outside lines, while riding superb amongst the mid-line as well would have his gap over Jason Anderson amplifying as the hallway point came to fruition. With effortlessness, he scrubbed the largest doubles on the track while pulling tear-off's - weighting the front-end with confidence as he dug into the Alabama clay, sprinting from the exit of corners with an astounding velocity while others attempted to mirror those respective traits. Three to go, two to go, and so on, until the checkered flag waved in the distance. And through this eight-lap process, Sexton didn't once, seem to override the circuit or be in contention for a serious error. Therefore as he took the win, the number one was ready to do much the same in the main event. Rounding the opening lap in fourth after battling with Adam Cianciarulo and Ken Roczen, he was residing behind Justin Cooper for a significant amount of time while analyzing how the rookie was moving around the track. Sexton's ability to track well down the longest of straightaways, enabled him to stay in touch with the rear wheel of the Yamaha rider, but the New Yorker wasn't going to make the process of advancement easy (for Sexton). All the while, Ken Roczen would approach the situation from out of nowhere and make a blistering pass on the seventh lap...and as Roczen then caught Cooper, Sexton did his best to mirror him. Now into the three-quarter mark of the moto, Sexton and Cooper would go back and forth - attempting countless outside maneuvers before funneling into an adjacent inside angle that followed, with little room for error between an opponents machine and accompanying tuff block. The clock continued to tick, and despite the valiant effort by both the number thirty-two and Sexton, it was Chase who prevailed with three laps remaining. Finalized in fourth, the fight for the overall championship remained well within the grasp of Sexton as he left the city of Birmingham.

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