Having come tantalizingly close on a number of occasions this year, Team Honda HRC finally completed an AMA Supercross win sweep at Round 10 in Detroit, with Chase Sexton topping the premier division and Hunter Lawrence ruling the 250SX East Region category.
To earn his premier-class main-event win, Sexton had to pass some of the class’s top riders. Following an eighth-place start, he quickly moved up a spot, then passed Ken Roczen for sixth on Lap 2. He displaced Adam Cianciarulo for fifth two laps later, moved around Eli Tomac on Lap 8 and got Cooper Webb for third on Lap 10. One lap later, he came out on top of a scrap with Justin Barcia to assume second place, and he set out after Aaron Plessinger, who had a lead of over eight seconds. Sexton shrunk the gap to as low as 3.5 seconds before Plessinger crashed two laps from the end, helping the CRF450R to take the win.
Meanwhile, the 250SX East main event saw Lawrence snare the holeshot and check out. Five minutes in, he had an advantage of more than three seconds over second place, and he added another second by the 10-minute mark. At the finish, the Australian was 7.6 seconds ahead for his fifth win in six rounds.
450SX Results
- Chase Sexton (Hon)
- Cooper Webb (KTM)
- Eli Tomac (Yam)
- Justin Barcia (Gas)
- Ken Roczen (Suz)
- Christian Craig (Hus)
- Justin Hill (KTM)
- Adam Cianciarulo (Kaw)
- Jason Anderson (Kaw)
- Justin Hill (KTM)
450SX Championship Points (After 10 of 17 Rounds)
- Cooper Webb: 225
- Eli Tomac: 222
- Chase Sexton: 208
- Ken Roczen: 182
- Jason Anderson: 180
- Justin Barcia: 174
- Aaron Plessinger: 164
- Christian Craig: 136
- Adam Cianciarulo: 107
- Justin Hill: 103
250SX East Overall Results
- Hunter Lawrence (Hon)
- Nate Thrasher (Yam)
- Haiden Deegan (Yam)
- Jeremy Martin (Yam)
- Chris Blose (Kaw)
- Tom Vialle (KTM)
- Cullin Park (Hon)
- Coty Schock (Hon)
- Henry Miller (Hon)
- Michael Hicks (Hon)
250SX East Region Championship Points (After 6 of 10 Rounds)
- Hunter Lawrence: 151
- Nate Thrasher: 116
- Haiden Deegan: 111
- Jeremy Martin: 109
- Max Anstie: 104
- Jordon Smith: 92
- Chris Blose: 88
- Tom Vialle: 85
- Coty Schock: 72
- Cullin Park: 67