Chase Sexton | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Mendota, Illinois, US | September 23, 1999
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Years active | 2017–present |
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Chase Sexton (born September 23, 1999) is an American professional Supercross and Motocross racer competing in the AMA Supercross and Motocross championships; a one-time 450cc AMA Supercross & 450cc AMA Motocross Champion [1] & a two-time 250cc East AMA Supercross Champion. [2] He was a member of the winning USA team at the 2022 Motocross Des Nations.
Sexton was a well-known rookie, earning the 2016 AMA Nicky Hayden Amateur Horizon Award, [3] and was the 2018 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Rookie of the year. [4]
Sexton won back-to-back AMA Supercross 250cc East Championships for Geico Honda in 2019 and 2020. [5]
2021 was Chase's full debut season in the 450cc class as he competed in 450cc motocross in 2020.
In supercross he suffered an injury at round 2 which put him out until the 9th round where he finished 8th. [6] In the final 5 rounds of the season, he managed 3 podiums, and his highest finish was 2nd place. He placed 12th overall for the season.
In motocross, chase won 1 overall at Washougal but missed the last 2 rounds which placed him 5th in the final standings.
In 2022, Sexton gained his first premier class victory in San Diego in round 3 of the 2022 AMA Supercross Championship. [7] In AMA Motocross, 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 alongside Eli Tomac & Justin Cooper in 2022, where they finished 1st place.
For the 2023 Supercross season, Sexton won Honda's first 450cc title since 2003, with 6 wins and 13 podium finishes. Going into round 16 he was 18 points behind points leader Eli Tomac. Sexton ultimately won the event with an 8-point lead. [8]
Sexton placed 2nd at the opening AMA Motocross round. He was then sidelined due to illness until round 5 at Red Bud.
Sexton won the inaugural 450cc round of SMX with a 1–1 score.
On Monday October 9, it was announced that Sexton would leave Honda HRC, the team he's raced his full professional career with, and join the Red Bull KTM factory racing team on a two-year deal. He also changed his AMA number from 23, to the number 4.
Year | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Rnd 6 | Rnd 7 | Rnd 8 | Rnd 9 | Rnd 10 | Rnd 11 | Rnd 12 | Rnd 13 | Rnd 14 | Rnd 15 | Rnd 16 | Rnd 17 | Average Finish | Podium Percent | Place |
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~2018 250 SX-W | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | DNF | 2 | - | - | 5 | 6 | 5.11 | 33% | 5th |
2018 250 MX | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 6.67 | 25% | 6th |
2019 250 SX-E | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.00 | 60% | 1st |
2019 250 MX | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | OUT | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 6.81 | 18% | 5th |
2020 250 SX-E | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1.60 | 89% | 1st |
2020 450 MX | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5.88 | 22% | 5th |
2021 450 SX | 14 | DNF | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | 8 | 4 | 5 | DNF | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5.89 | 33% | 12th |
2021 450 MX | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | OUT | OUT | – | – | – | – | – | 4.80 | 10% | 5th |
2022 450 SX | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 4 | OUT | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5.62 | 50% | 6th |
2022 450 MX | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.92 | 92% | 2nd |
2023 450 SX | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.76 | 76% | 1st |
2023 450 MX | 2 | OUT | OUT | OUT | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.40 | 88% | 4th |
2024 450 SX | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | DNF | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 | 53% | 3rd |
2024 450 MX | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.73 | 91% | 1st |
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