Chase Sexton

Chase Sexton (born September 23, 1999) is an American motorcycle racer who rides for Honda Racing Corporation HRC in the 450cc Championship in AMA Supercross.[1]

Chase Sexton
NationalityAmerican
Born (1999-09-23) September 23, 1999
Mendota, Illinois, US
Motocross career
Years active2017-present
Teams
  • Geico Honda
  • Honda HRC
Championships
  • 2019 Monster Energy SX 250cc East
  • 2020 Monster Energy SX 250cc East
  • 2022 Mx Des nations 1st place

Sexton was a well known rookie, earning the 2016 AMA Nicky Hayden Amateur Horizon Award,[2] and was the 2018 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Rookie of the year.[3]

Career Results

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2019 250 SX-E - - - - - 5 3 3 4 2 4 2 - - 2 1 4 3.00 60% 1st
2020 250 SX-E - - - - - - 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 - - 1 1 1.60 88% 1st
2022 450 MX 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 - - - - - 1.91 91% 2nd
2023 450 SX 3 3 5 1 2 2 2 3 10 1 5

Career

Sexton won back to back AMA Supercross 250cc East Championships for Geico Honda in 2019 and 2020.[4]

In 2022, upon moving up to the 450cc class, Sexton gained his first premier class victory in San Diego in round 3 of the 2022 AMA Supercross Championship.[5] In AMAmotocross, Sexton battled multi-time champion Eli Tomac until the very last round, narrowly missing out on his first premier 450cc class title by 7 points.

He was also a member of the USA MXON team in 2022, where they finished 1st place.

References

  1. "Chase Sexton". Supercrosslive.com. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. "All Nicky Hayden AMA Motocross Horizon Award Winners From 1997 to 2021". Racer X. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. "Benny Bloss, Chase Sexton Named 2018 Supercross Rookies of the Year". Racer X. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  4. "Chase Sexton Information and Statistics". Racerxonline.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. "Race Report from the 2022 San Diego Supercross".
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