He’s back! Chase Sexton is in great shape and showed in San Francisco, in absolutely tricky conditions, that he’s a strong contender for the title this year. With a new team in 2024, Chase moved into the lead early on and has controlled the events ever since.
The main event of the night began with the 2023 champion of the competition, Sexton, getting the holeshot, with the rider ahead of Eli Tomac and Adam Cianciarulo. Malcolm Stewart, Christian Craig and Jason Anderson were part of a group of riders who crashed out early on in the first corner.
Sexton didn’t want to waste any time and tried to get away straight away, with Cianciarulo in second and Shane McElrath in third, under the close scrutiny of Tomac and Ken Roczen, both of whom overtook those in front of them, and soon after took second place and third place in the race.
Tomac was determined not to let Sexton get away and quickly began to make up time, cutting the lead from eight to three seconds, but never close enough to try and overtake.
Jett Lawrence, winner of the first race, crashed shortly afterwards and affected the #1, but Tomac was too far back to take advantage.
In the end, Sexton confirmed his first win of the year, with Tomac in second and Roczen also reaching the podium places, which took last year’s champion up to first place in the overall standings.
San Francisco SX results:
Overall Standings: