Published On: 19 april 2025
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NAfter the 250SX finale it was time for the absolute highlight of the evening: the 450SX main race. During the sighting lap Justin Barcia and Cooper Webb already gave a foretaste of their intentions by blasting through the first whoops section at full speed.

At the start, however, it was Chase Sexton who took the lead. Behind him, chaos started early: Benny Bloss crashed in the whoops and dropped back to 22nd place. Teammate Mitchell Oldenburg also had a hard time, had to go to the pit lane with technical problems and only returned to the race in 21st place. A dramatic evening for the Beta factory team.

Up front, Cooper Webb wasted no time in moving up to second place, with Barcia close behind in P3. Although Webb stayed within seconds of Sexton at the start, the former champion opened up a massive 14,5 second gap midway through the race. Webb tried everything, even jumping over the tabletop every lap in an attempt to close the gap, but Sexton was driving at a murderous pace and seemed to only get faster with each lap.

Barcia meanwhile had a visit from Aaron Plessinger, but he was stuck behind his training partner for a long time. A crash by Grant Harlan in the whoops led to his retirement; he drove into the tunnel with his mechanic and was done for the evening.

Plessinger couldn't keep up the pressure on Barcia and even lost time when he failed to jump the finish line double. But then it happened: Barcia crashed heavily in the second whoops section. He had to go to the pits, clearly damaged, and his race was over. Plessinger took advantage and moved up to third place, which he would also hold until the finish.

Up front, however, it was one man's show: Chase Sexton took his second straight win – following his victory last week in Philadelphia – and took a big bite out of Webb's points lead, which is now down to nine points with three rounds to go. The title fight is wide open again!

450 Supercross series – Main Event East Rutherford

  1. Chase Sexton (Holeshot) – KTM Winner
  2. Cooper Webb – Yamaha – 14.645
  3. Aaron Plessinger – KTM – 29.143
  4. Justin Cooper – Yamaha – 31.635
  5. Dylan Ferrandis – Honda – 37.765
  6. Malcolm Stewart – Husqvarna – 42.620
  7. Ken Roczen – Suzuki – 58.874
  8. Shane McElrath – Honda – 1 Lap
  9. Dean Wilson – Honda – 1 Lap
  10. Justin Hill – KTM – 1 Lap
  11. Joey Savatgy – Honda – 1 Lap
  12. Christian Craig – Yamaha – 1 Lap
  13. Colt Nichols – Suzuki – 1 Lap
  14. Mitchell Harrison – Kawasaki – 1 Lap
  15. Mitchell Oldenburg – Beta – 2 Laps
  16. Kyle Chisholm – Suzuki – 2 Children
  17. Freddie Noren – Kawasaki – 2 Children
  18. Justin Barcia – GasGas – 2 Laps
  19. Benny Bloss – Beta – 2 Laps
  20. Tristan Lane – KTM – 2 Laps
  21. Jeremy Hand – Honda – 3 Laps
  22. Grant Harlan – Yamaha – 13 Laps

450 Supercross series – Top 15 in de stand

  1. Cooper Webb – 300 points
  2. Chase Sexton – 291 ptn (+9 ptn achterstand)
  3. Ken Roczen – 255 points (+45 points behind)
  4. Justin Cooper – 221 ptn (+79 ptn achterstand)
  5. Malcolm Stewart – 220 pts (+80 pts behind)
  6. Aaron Plessinger – 204 points (+96 points behind)
  7. Justin Barcia – 185 pts (+115 pts behind)
  8. Justin Hill – 161 ptn (+139 ptn achterstand)
  9. Dylan Ferrandis – 152 points (+148 points behind)
  10. Jason Anderson – 151 ptn (+149 ptn achterstand)
  11. Shane McElrath – 150 ptn (+150 ptn achterstand)
  12. Mitchell Oldenburg – 110 ptn (+190 ptn achterstand)
  13. Joey Savatgy – 108 ptn (+192 ptn achterstand)
  14. Benny Bloss – 104 pts (+196 pts behind)
  15. Colt Nichols – 102 ptn (+198 ptn achterstand)

Text: Matthias Van Eeckhoven – Photo: KTM Images