Sexton and the last lap

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So in the last 3 out of 4 races chase has been passed on the last lap by two other riders. Tampa, Arlington race 3 and tonight in Daytona. I dont get it. it looks like he just gives up after a mistake or a fall. Hes definitely a basket case but man watching him just quit like that is frustrating. 

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3/1/2025 8:52pm

He said his throttle was messed up after his fall at Tampa. 

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3/1/2025 8:53pm

He crashed his brains out in his heat. Lucky he was even out there

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3/1/2025 8:55pm

He crashed his brains out in his heat. Lucky he was even out there

At the rate he caught the leaders i find it hard to believe he was hurt. He was faster than everyone for 17 minutes. 

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3/1/2025 9:05pm

Wouldn't be surprised to hear it was shock fade. 

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3/1/2025 9:10pm

He crashed his brains out in his heat. Lucky he was even out there

bc775 wrote:

At the rate he caught the leaders i find it hard to believe he was hurt. He was faster than everyone for 17 minutes. 

He poured it on as long as he could and faded. He can't beat Plessinger now? 

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3/1/2025 9:10pm

He said it was hard to breath due to him choking..........

Must’ve been from Webbs stoogie 😂😂😂

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He poured it on as long as he could and faded. He can't beat Plessinger now? 

Since when has chase sexton faded. The guy went from 40th to 1st at hangtown and came off the track looking like he could do it again. It makes no sense for him to be getting passed by the guys that are beating him. He should be able to ride at 90 percent and still stay in front these guys

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3/1/2025 10:19pm Edited Date/Time 3/1/2025 10:20pm

theres a reason why ppl say the fastest rider doesn’t always win the title cause look at the shit hes doing and while all of this is transpiring, coop just slowly but surely putting pts on the board separating himself to where at the rate the momentum is going , he can potentially have a good pts cushion to relax with going into SLC 

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3/1/2025 10:23pm Edited Date/Time 3/1/2025 10:24pm
stewie94 wrote:
theres a reason why ppl say the fastest rider doesn’t always win the title cause look at the shit hes doing and while all of this...

theres a reason why ppl say the fastest rider doesn’t always win the title cause look at the shit hes doing and while all of this is transpiring, coop just slowly but surely putting pts on the board separating himself to where at the rate the momentum is going , he can potentially have a good pts cushion to relax with going into SLC 

Didn't Coop stall his bike, and have at least one oops moment in the main? 

Which year was it he crashed out in Arlington while in a championship points battle?

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1911 wrote:

He said his throttle was messed up after his fall at Tampa. 

I know but before the whoop crash he was way off pace compared to mookie. And im not taking nothing away from mookie but he is barely top 5 now. You would think sexton should of been able to manage that gap better to keep from being pressured and crashing in the whoops. 

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3/1/2025 10:28pm Edited Date/Time 3/1/2025 10:29pm
stewie94 wrote:
theres a reason why ppl say the fastest rider doesn’t always win the title cause look at the shit hes doing and while all of this...

theres a reason why ppl say the fastest rider doesn’t always win the title cause look at the shit hes doing and while all of this is transpiring, coop just slowly but surely putting pts on the board separating himself to where at the rate the momentum is going , he can potentially have a good pts cushion to relax with going into SLC 

Didn't Coop stall his bike, and have at least one oops moment in the main? Which year was it he crashed out in Arlington while in a...

Didn't Coop stall his bike, and have at least one oops moment in the main? 

Which year was it he crashed out in Arlington while in a championship points battle?

2020 is when coop wrecked. Yes Coop made mistakes tonight but look at how he rebounded from them. He took a second. We just saw sexton make similar mistakes last week and throw away a overall win and the points lead. Those two arent comparable when it comes to the mental game. 

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3/1/2025 10:32pm Edited Date/Time 3/1/2025 10:37pm
stewie94 wrote:
theres a reason why ppl say the fastest rider doesn’t always win the title cause look at the shit hes doing and while all of this...

theres a reason why ppl say the fastest rider doesn’t always win the title cause look at the shit hes doing and while all of this is transpiring, coop just slowly but surely putting pts on the board separating himself to where at the rate the momentum is going , he can potentially have a good pts cushion to relax with going into SLC 

Didn't Coop stall his bike, and have at least one oops moment in the main? Which year was it he crashed out in Arlington while in a...

Didn't Coop stall his bike, and have at least one oops moment in the main? 

Which year was it he crashed out in Arlington while in a championship points battle?

if u wana compare coop’s mistakes to chases mistakes , coop’s mistake tht yr in Arlington cost him tht 1 title & then obviously the tip over in the corner in 23 so thts 2 in total , compared to wht chase in 22 SX , 22 Mx , 23 Mx & 24 SX & this yr while chase is the fastest with Jett & Eli out & imo he still is the fastest with Jett & Eli in depending on tht week , chase single handily got him in a situation where in a span of wht 3 to 4 races , coop went from being down more than 10 pts , to being up by 10 pts 

edit: & by costing titles i mean in series there were picked as potential title winners 

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3/1/2025 10:34pm

He looked like he gave up the last two races after realizing he had blown it. I'd be bummed to be his team and see that. 

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Something happened tonight. It wasn't a gradual fade. He quickly went from fighting for second to looking like bike would barely go around corners. Arm pump, flat tire, shock gave up..... something changed late in the race tonight. 

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From KTM.

Chase Sexton: “Daytona was up and down. I qualified fastest, but crashed in my Heat, forcing me to qualify through to the Main via the LCQ, so it definitely was not my best night. In the end, I did what I could tonight, but just didn’t have enough in the tank.”

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3/2/2025 5:36am Edited Date/Time 3/2/2025 5:36am

He may not have even known what day it was🤔

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truck wrote:
Something happened tonight. It wasn't a gradual fade. He quickly went from fighting for second to looking like bike would barely go around corners. Arm pump...

Something happened tonight. It wasn't a gradual fade. He quickly went from fighting for second to looking like bike would barely go around corners. Arm pump, flat tire, shock gave up..... something changed late in the race tonight. 

This^^^

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3/2/2025 5:46am

His left arm/wrist looked limp in the few shots I saw where they were focusing on it. Who knows. 

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3/2/2025 5:46am

He poured it on as long as he could and faded. He can't beat Plessinger now? 

bc775 wrote:
Since when has chase sexton faded. The guy went from 40th to 1st at hangtown and came off the track looking like he could do it...

Since when has chase sexton faded. The guy went from 40th to 1st at hangtown and came off the track looking like he could do it again. It makes no sense for him to be getting passed by the guys that are beating him. He should be able to ride at 90 percent and still stay in front these guys

"Since when has Chase faded." When he wrecks his brains out in a heat and he's running on pure adrenaline to start the long, grueling Daytona main? Dude probably rang his bell in that crash. What makes more sense, the fittest rider wasn't hurt after a crash and just faded? Or he wasn't right physically after that get off, blow his load early in the main, and coasted it in? 

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3/2/2025 6:11am

So he got tired?  It was weird watching  it happen.   Even RC and James couldn't  guess.

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3/2/2025 6:21am

His mental strength is less and less each week. Even with a 10-second lead in the LCQ he's making mistakes. 

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3/2/2025 6:31am

If you guys want to know what concussion symptoms look like, Chase put on a pretty good display of trying to ride through the pain.  At the end of the day he was probably seeing triple and trying to figure out if the left, right, or center, was the correct one.  With that being said, he is his own enemy at this point.  He's fast as hell, but makes small errors in judgement that cost him big.

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3/2/2025 6:32am

His mental strength is less and less each week. Even with a 10-second lead in the LCQ he's making mistakes. 

Yeah, almost like he wasn't right physically. Hmm

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3/2/2025 6:40am

His mental strength is less and less each week. Even with a 10-second lead in the LCQ he's making mistakes. 

Yeah, almost like he wasn't right physically. Hmm

Jade said he hurt his wrist a few weeks ago. Last night he just looked tired at the end imo. 

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3/2/2025 6:41am

His mental strength is less and less each week. Even with a 10-second lead in the LCQ he's making mistakes. 

Yeah, almost like he wasn't right physically. Hmm

He had no problem working his way into the top 5 within 5 minutes and being 3rd fastest on track with no mistakes in the main event. 

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3/2/2025 6:51am

I thought I saw him come up short behind Webb? Maybe torqued his hurt wrist?

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I don’t know what happened, but he reeled in Webb and looked like he was still moving forward, then suddenly he was 3 down, then 5 down and AP on him, etc.  

That's the first time I can recall him fade with what appeared to be a tired rider…. I’d say it had to do with the heat race crash and he wasn’t 100%.

Still not 1/2 way through the season and Chase and Kenny are definitely still in it, but Webb is in the drivers seat and with his consistency, they are going to need some help.

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3/2/2025 7:35am

Its not the 1st time Daytonas brutality tough and long track wore someone out.

 

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I don’t know what happened, but he reeled in Webb and looked like he was still moving forward, then suddenly he was 3 down, then 5...

I don’t know what happened, but he reeled in Webb and looked like he was still moving forward, then suddenly he was 3 down, then 5 down and AP on him, etc.  

That's the first time I can recall him fade with what appeared to be a tired rider…. I’d say it had to do with the heat race crash and he wasn’t 100%.

Still not 1/2 way through the season and Chase and Kenny are definitely still in it, but Webb is in the drivers seat and with his consistency, they are going to need some help.

Perfect example of Webb's approach to winning a title was last night. He made that mistake when he was on Kenny's rear wheel. Instead of absolutely sending it to maybe get the win, he just settled into 2nd and brought it home. 

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