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250 west season stats 

Race wins 

3 = Haiden Deegan 
2 = Cole Davies 
1 = Jo Shimoda 
1 = Julien Beaumer 
1 = Jordon Smith 

Race podiums

8 = Haiden Deegan 
4 = Cole Davies 
4 = Julien Beaumer 
3 = Jordon Smith
2 = Garrett Marchbanks 
1 = Jo Shimoda 
1 = Coty Schock 
1 = Michael Mosiman 

Laps lead 

90 = Cole Davies 
22 = Haiden Deegan 
19 = Jo Shimoda 
15 = Michael Mosiman 
13 = Jordon Smith 
11 = Julien Beaumer
6 = Coty Schock 

Fastest lap of the race 

7 = Haiden Deegan 
3 = Cole Davies
2 = Jo Shimoda 
1 = Julien Beaumer 

Heat race wins 

5 = Haiden Deegan 
3 = Cole Davies 
2 = Coty Schock 
1 = Julien Beaumer
1 = Garrett Marchbanks 

Pole in practice 

5 = Julien Beaumer
3 = Haiden Deegan
1 = Cole Davies

Coop:  CHASE CAN SUCK IT!!!

(just kidding)

I’ve said the same thing multiple times tonight.

signed stuff for a kid

Like I've said, I'm sure it all hinges on the financial situation at PMG. It ain't looking good at all. 

Yeah

He was gassed, mentioned being under the weather.     You could tell he was struggling the last few laps.      Heart of a champion.

Today, there are like 18 threads whinging about Deegan and nobody has mentioned Webb being ill.

What a f**kin joke Vital is. 

And yet here you are .

Key Highlights:

Whoops Define Races: In the 450s, Chase Sexton averaged 0.25 seconds per lap faster through the whoops than Cooper Webb, and 0.33 seconds faster than Justin Cooper. The trend held in the 250s, where Cole Davies was 0.16 seconds per lap quicker than Deegan, who was second-fastest in the class. Bottom line? Whoops make a difference nearly every week.

The Key to Winning Races: Sexton may have topped just two sectors, but he backed it up with four 2nd-place sector ranks. Sexton's average sector rank was 2.0 compared to Webb’s 3.1 and Cooper’s 3.3. Sexton isn’t winning everywhere on the track, he's just putting together "complete" laps with no clear weaknesses.

450 Analysis:

We all saw it. Chase Sexton grabbed the holeshot, laid down ten straight fastest laps, and disappeared into the distance. But as much as his sheer speed stood out (again), there’s a lot more going on beneath the surface of this race. Focusing only on Sexton's dominance, especially just two weeks after his performance in East Rutherford, risks missing the real story: how he’s did it, and what everyone else is missing.

Let’s dig into the data, and uncover the action we didn’t quite catch on camera.

Track Breakdown:

Check out the track map above. It highlights which rider had the fastest average sector time over the course of the race — and two big things jump out:

1. Only three riders appear on the map (hint: it's the podium).

2. Sexton was fastest in just two sectors, but arguably, the two most important ones.

Why? Because without a sand section, the whoops and long rhythm lanes became the largest separators. These are the sections where the fast get faster, and the sloppy get passed. Blitzing the whoops cleanly lap after lap typically is a huge advantage over jumping. And the long rhythm? Brutal to nail for 20+ laps without a bobble. Thus, this is where we see some separation. 

Coincidentally enough, this is exactly where and how Sexton beat the next best riders on the tack. 

-In the whoops (S5), Sexton averaged 0.25 seconds/lap faster than Webb, and 0.33 faster than J. Cooper.

-In the long rhythm (S3), he had 0.17 seconds/lap on Webb, and even squeaked 0.02 seconds/lap ahead of J. Cooper.

So yeah, Sexton was only fastest in two sectors, but it was the two sectors that count the most towards a lap time. And he was just as good everywhere else. Looking at sector ranks:

-Sexton only clocked the best time in two sectors, but he was 2nd fastest in four additional, and never ranked lower than 4th in any section — with an average sector rank of 2.0.

-Webb dipped to 7th in S3 and averaged 3.1 across all sectors.

-Cooper struggles in the whoops, ranking 8th there, and averaged 3.3 across all sectors.

Sexton isn’t winning everywhere on the track, he's just putting together "complete" laps with no clear weaknesses.  

Lap Time Breakdown:

Glancing at the lap time histogram, nothing dramatic jumps out. Once we hit Pro Motocross in a few weeks, we’ll start to see bigger gaps emerge both between riders and across the two motos. But for now, one detail is hard to ignore: that spike just before the 52-second mark? That’s our podium. Sexton, Webb, and J. Cooper were the only riders to average under 52 seconds per lap.

Malcolm Stewart was just behind them, keeping pressure on J. Cooper and Webb all the way to the checkered flag.

Still, no one could touch Sexton. He laid down the fastest lap of the night at 49.97 seconds, nearly a full second quicker than the next-best at 50.93 (J. Cooper). Sexton may have only hit that speed once before setting his cruise control, but the message was clear: he had more in the tank and could’ve stretched the lead even further than his 10-second margin.

Over 25 full laps, here’s how the fastest laps were distributed:

Sexton: 13

Cooper: 8

Webb: 1

Stewart: 1 

Plessinger: 1

McElrath: 1

Denver marked a return to the west coast and with it came hard packed dirt, the kind that rewards rhythm and punishes mistakes. But typically rewards high consistency across the board compared to soft east coast dirt.

Average consistency score: 87.7

Median score: 89.4

450 Main Event:

We’ve kept median lap time in the mix again this week — it’s a great way to cut through the noise. Riders are sorted by fastest median lap time.
 

Top Performances:

Unlike East Rutherford, where Chase Sexton went all out wire to wire, Denver saw a more strategic approach. Sexton opened a gap early, then backed it down and managed the race. Meanwhile, J. Cooper kept the throttle on, pushing hard all 20 minutes. In fact, his median lap time was 0.01 seconds faster than Sexton’s. With a better start the race dynamic would have been different for J. Coop. 

But when everyone keeps their race clean, the average pace still tells the bigger story. Sexton was:

-0.3 seconds/lap faster than J. Cooper

-0.4 seconds/lap faster than Webb

And we already know where he was pulling that time, the whoops and long rhythm section.

LITPro 10-Lap Consistency:

Despite a night that might’ve felt off for Webb, the numbers tell a different story. He finished second and delivered the most consistent performance of anyone on track, with a LITPro 10-lap consistency score of 94.2, the best of the night.

What’s more impressive? Denver featured some of the highest consistency scores all season.

-10 riders scored above 90

-The rest were all above 80, except for one outlier

This track rewarded rhythm and precision, and of course the seasoned 450 field delivered.

Lap 99 Analysis:

*Lap 99 takes each riders' best segment time regardless of lap and combines them as a theoretical best lap time.

Taking a look at theoretical bests, here’s what we found:

-Sexton’s actual fastest lap in the race (49.97) was faster than any other rider’s Lap 99 time.

-And not by a hair, but by nearly 0.2 seconds.

So while Sexton could have gone even faster, he didn’t need to. He built the lead early, then played chess while everyone else was still sprinting.

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Was finally able to watch this one back. Look mama, I made it! 🤣