Chase Sexton Out for Birmingham

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3/20/2026 1:19am Edited Date/Time 3/20/2026 1:20am
ando wrote:

Seriously though I’m still going with repeated concussions.  It makes as much sense as any other theory right now and more sense than most.

Press516 wrote:
This makes the most sense...  And the secretiveness of it seems to support this as well.  We've all seen him get slammed and are amazed at...

This makes the most sense...  And the secretiveness of it seems to support this as well.  We've all seen him get slammed and are amazed at how quickly he gets back up like it was nothing.  Those add up and if it's a brain rattle, eventually you don't recover as quickly.

I'm sorry but even if that would be true, the hush hush is total BS and i don't think Sexton & Kawasaki deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Take 5 minutes of your day and put out a IG post where you say what is wrong with you. Very, very easy. Especially when you have nothing to lose, all preset goals for the season went out of the window well over a month ago.

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Man you guys have a level of hate that is relentless. I didn’t have it on my bingo card that so many people would so quickly...

Man you guys have a level of hate that is relentless. I didn’t have it on my bingo card that so many people would so quickly move all their hate from Prado to Sexton this season. 

Don't see where the hate is. 

Just a few people having fun with an incredible and poorly managed situation... The Kawasaga is this season's best soap.

Was Jorge right? Is Dan a liar? Is Broc worthless? Did Chase's shrink put him on the right pills? Is Ryan secretly not working for PR but undercover for the test department? Is Chase's ass still blue or is he just a slacker who wants to play golf instead of working? Did his Alp's visor stay in place during his crash? Will he accept Lovely Lew's wedding proposal?

I love it.

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Would be really cool to see a US rider go to the gps again like RV did.

It'd be even cooler if he did it not like RV did.

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3/20/2026 2:33am
vdrsnk04 wrote:
Man you guys have a level of hate that is relentless. I didn’t have it on my bingo card that so many people would so quickly...

Man you guys have a level of hate that is relentless. I didn’t have it on my bingo card that so many people would so quickly move all their hate from Prado to Sexton this season. 

RACING wrote:
Don't see where the hate is. Just a few people having fun with an incredible and poorly managed situation... The Kawasaga is this season's best soap.Was Jorge...

Don't see where the hate is. 

Just a few people having fun with an incredible and poorly managed situation... The Kawasaga is this season's best soap.

Was Jorge right? Is Dan a liar? Is Broc worthless? Did Chase's shrink put him on the right pills? Is Ryan secretly not working for PR but undercover for the test department? Is Chase's ass still blue or is he just a slacker who wants to play golf instead of working? Did his Alp's visor stay in place during his crash? Will he accept Lovely Lew's wedding proposal?

I love it.

I agree, I think at this point the most loyal of Chase fans even have to be honest with themselves he hasn’t handled his last few years very well. Really looks bad too when you leave a team and one of your biggest rivals comes in, has immediate success, and everyone there is now happy. Chase is a bad dude on a bike but it sure seems there is something way off about his attitude when things don’t go well or he has some adversity 

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ando wrote:

Seriously though I’m still going with repeated concussions.  It makes as much sense as any other theory right now and more sense than most.

Press516 wrote:
This makes the most sense...  And the secretiveness of it seems to support this as well.  We've all seen him get slammed and are amazed at...

This makes the most sense...  And the secretiveness of it seems to support this as well.  We've all seen him get slammed and are amazed at how quickly he gets back up like it was nothing.  Those add up and if it's a brain rattle, eventually you don't recover as quickly.

Motofinne wrote:
I'm sorry but even if that would be true, the hush hush is total BS and i don't think Sexton & Kawasaki deserves the benefit of...

I'm sorry but even if that would be true, the hush hush is total BS and i don't think Sexton & Kawasaki deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Take 5 minutes of your day and put out a IG post where you say what is wrong with you. Very, very easy. Especially when you have nothing to lose, all preset goals for the season went out of the window well over a month ago.

I’m always an advocate for providing regular and relevant updates but I can see where repeat concussions and ongoing symptoms could cause someone to be less open and uncertain about how to proceed.

Unlike most other injuries concussion effects are cumulative and pretty permanent.  Chase will be 27 this year; if we assume he’s got 3-4 years left he won’t want them compromised by concerns of a concussion problem.

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When’s the new bike come out? Could he be waiting to race that 

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He'll have to find the right settings.

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3/20/2026 4:39am

This will give kawa time to finish up the 2 stroke development….

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jazza167 wrote:
Not a good look for Chase or kawi given all the speculation with the bike over the past year or two, Kawi obviously know this &...

Not a good look for Chase or kawi given all the speculation with the bike over the past year or two, Kawi obviously know this & I feel like they would say the issue if they knew. Hope I’m wrong but it’s looking eerily similar to JP’s experience under the kawi tent. Ground up rebuild, let Mitch handle the 450 team and have RV take over pro circuit 250 team.

Mitch is hardly setting the world on fire with the 250 team atm.. why would he be THE guy to turn the 450 team around? 

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The guy just got on the bike on Tuesday after injury and you people think he should race this weekend after being off the bike for a month?….Unfuckingbelievable….

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3/20/2026 8:30am

Sexton 2026 = Windham in 02? 

I agree, I don't think people remember what a head case Windham was in his early factory days. Thinking he could just walk away from his Yamaha commitment because he didn't like McCarty keeping his girlfriend out of the team rig (and got his ass handed to him in court by Yamaha) to his days at Honda when he was on thin ice there also. MXA has lots of articles on Windham and his antics. Cool to see that he was able to become one of the most popular riders in the long run. 

 https://motocrossactionmag.com/yamaha-motor-corporation-usa-versus-kevi…

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RACING wrote:
Don't see where the hate is. Just a few people having fun with an incredible and poorly managed situation... The Kawasaga is this season's best soap.Was Jorge...

Don't see where the hate is. 

Just a few people having fun with an incredible and poorly managed situation... The Kawasaga is this season's best soap.

Was Jorge right? Is Dan a liar? Is Broc worthless? Did Chase's shrink put him on the right pills? Is Ryan secretly not working for PR but undercover for the test department? Is Chase's ass still blue or is he just a slacker who wants to play golf instead of working? Did his Alp's visor stay in place during his crash? Will he accept Lovely Lew's wedding proposal?

I love it.

Post of the year 

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@Jkawi 

Just to be clear sexton is officially a quitter now in your book right?

Are you still seriously following me around on this? Yes. If he isn't a quitter, he should release what his injury is that is preventing him from riding because it isn't a good look.

Plus I already answered this same question from you in a thread 2 weeks ago. the answer with the info I have, is YES. Do you need to ask me again?

See, your first issue is that you first thought that I am Sexton fan so you try and make a double standard situation so that I let Prado off the hook (in my insignificant fan-or-not brain), but I am not. So yes, I believe both are weak mentally and prone to giving up. Get over it. It's my opinion. That said, they can both change my mind in time. Mental funks aren't forever all the time. I am starting to like Prado more and more this year. When things are working, he has a good attitude and he is likeable. Same with Chase. But the fact we are here talking about it in 400 separate threads means that it isn't so cut and dry, doesn't it?

Your second issue is that you think you are going to change my mind with these stupid comments trying to justify their actions.

Your third issue is that you think I give a fuck. I would really like to have some normal good conversation with you on this board, as I enjoy a lot of your takes, but the fact you won't accept my opinion as mine (not asking you to change yours) and continue to act like a 5 yr old makes me want to tell you to piss off.

Do you make these types of bullshit moves in your professional life and you are just trying to justify or lash out at me because of the way you are? are you mad by default because you see a lot of yourself in Prado or Chase? WTF man.

I'm willing to drop it and move on. Are you?   

 

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My bike twitched once over there on the dirt, I need the perfect comfortable feeling at all times or I am not comfortable. My Dad says I am not being not being Unrealistic.  

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DonM wrote:
The guy just got on the bike on Tuesday after injury and you people think he should race this weekend after being off the bike for...

The guy just got on the bike on Tuesday after injury and you people think he should race this weekend after being off the bike for a month?….Unfuckingbelievable….

Would be useful if there was at least some knowledge of his injury.  I mean if we are assessing the situation based solely on what’s been made public it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think there wasn’t any actual injury.

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DonM wrote:
The guy just got on the bike on Tuesday after injury and you people think he should race this weekend after being off the bike for...

The guy just got on the bike on Tuesday after injury and you people think he should race this weekend after being off the bike for a month?….Unfuckingbelievable….

ando wrote:
Would be useful if there was at least some knowledge of his injury.  I mean if we are assessing the situation based solely on what’s been...

Would be useful if there was at least some knowledge of his injury.  I mean if we are assessing the situation based solely on what’s been made public it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think there wasn’t any actual injury.

There is some knowledge, they said he hurt his back and hip initially….Although they haven’t said anything since I can see where it is a little frustrating for some people but to say there wasn’t an actual injury is a bit over the top and heading into conspiracy lala land….

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DonM wrote:
The guy just got on the bike on Tuesday after injury and you people think he should race this weekend after being off the bike for...

The guy just got on the bike on Tuesday after injury and you people think he should race this weekend after being off the bike for a month?….Unfuckingbelievable….

ando wrote:
Would be useful if there was at least some knowledge of his injury.  I mean if we are assessing the situation based solely on what’s been...

Would be useful if there was at least some knowledge of his injury.  I mean if we are assessing the situation based solely on what’s been made public it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think there wasn’t any actual injury.

DonM wrote:
There is some knowledge, they said he hurt his back and hip initially….Although they haven’t said anything since I can see where it is a little...

There is some knowledge, they said he hurt his back and hip initially….Although they haven’t said anything since I can see where it is a little frustrating for some people but to say there wasn’t an actual injury is a bit over the top and heading into conspiracy lala land….

Well if someone isn’t forthcoming about a situation that has developed then others will start filling in the blanks.

What I’ve gathered from various podcasts in the last few days is that he had huge crash in practice (mind you all references I’ve heard were at least second hand information themselves).  Why not be open and honest about it?  What’s the downside?

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Sexton 2026 = Windham in 02? 

lostboy819 wrote:
I agree, I don't think people remember what a head case Windham was in his early factory days. Thinking he could just walk away from his...

I agree, I don't think people remember what a head case Windham was in his early factory days. Thinking he could just walk away from his Yamaha commitment because he didn't like McCarty keeping his girlfriend out of the team rig (and got his ass handed to him in court by Yamaha) to his days at Honda when he was on thin ice there also. MXA has lots of articles on Windham and his antics. Cool to see that he was able to become one of the most popular riders in the long run. 

 https://motocrossactionmag.com/yamaha-motor-corporation-usa-versus-kevi…

Yes and no.  Honda wanted to keep him for 01-02 but the 900k salary match was a hard no.

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ando wrote:
Would be useful if there was at least some knowledge of his injury.  I mean if we are assessing the situation based solely on what’s been...

Would be useful if there was at least some knowledge of his injury.  I mean if we are assessing the situation based solely on what’s been made public it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think there wasn’t any actual injury.

DonM wrote:
There is some knowledge, they said he hurt his back and hip initially….Although they haven’t said anything since I can see where it is a little...

There is some knowledge, they said he hurt his back and hip initially….Although they haven’t said anything since I can see where it is a little frustrating for some people but to say there wasn’t an actual injury is a bit over the top and heading into conspiracy lala land….

ando wrote:
Well if someone isn’t forthcoming about a situation that has developed then others will start filling in the blanks.What I’ve gathered from various podcasts in the...

Well if someone isn’t forthcoming about a situation that has developed then others will start filling in the blanks.

What I’ve gathered from various podcasts in the last few days is that he had huge crash in practice (mind you all references I’ve heard were at least second hand information themselves).  Why not be open and honest about it?  What’s the downside?

When has he ever been forthcoming regarding injury? Filling in the blanks = making shit up and creating conspiracy BS…Kaw did a press release when he got injured saying he hurt his hip and lower back…people seem to forget about that….

 

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Not speaking to his injury, but Chase is in an unfortunate spot where he no longer gets the benefit out the doubt with the bike.   Three bikes in five years and he's always had issues.

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cwel11 wrote:
I agree, I think at this point the most loyal of Chase fans even have to be honest with themselves he hasn’t handled his last few...

I agree, I think at this point the most loyal of Chase fans even have to be honest with themselves he hasn’t handled his last few years very well. Really looks bad too when you leave a team and one of your biggest rivals comes in, has immediate success, and everyone there is now happy. Chase is a bad dude on a bike but it sure seems there is something way off about his attitude when things don’t go well or he has some adversity 

What is so frustrating is that he has gotten faster - last to first performance at Hangtown, one of the few guys that can pass Jett straight up - but also more erratic. Maybe it is the nature of pushing the limit as your competitors do over time but yeah the highs are higher and the lows are lower.

On the Honda when he crashed and tucked the front - always got back up and ultimately won the SX championship after Tomac's freak achilles injury. Last year on the KTM, despite a bunch of bonehead moves he was in it till then end in SX. Now...... What the Actual F.....

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What if,,, after George bad mouthed the Kawi at every opportunity, and having witnessed Chase's little tantrums with other makes, Kawasaki management put clear and decisive lawyer language in the contract specifying that if Chase couldn't say something good about the bike / team, he better not say anything? Suddenly, the silence makes sense. Quite loudly. Flame away all you slurpers!

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3/20/2026 11:45am Edited Date/Time 3/20/2026 11:45am
OwenJakes wrote:

@Jkawi 

Just to be clear sexton is officially a quitter now in your book right?

Jkawi wrote:
Are you still seriously following me around on this? Yes. If he isn't a quitter, he should release what his injury is that is preventing him...

Are you still seriously following me around on this? Yes. If he isn't a quitter, he should release what his injury is that is preventing him from riding because it isn't a good look.

Plus I already answered this same question from you in a thread 2 weeks ago. the answer with the info I have, is YES. Do you need to ask me again?

See, your first issue is that you first thought that I am Sexton fan so you try and make a double standard situation so that I let Prado off the hook (in my insignificant fan-or-not brain), but I am not. So yes, I believe both are weak mentally and prone to giving up. Get over it. It's my opinion. That said, they can both change my mind in time. Mental funks aren't forever all the time. I am starting to like Prado more and more this year. When things are working, he has a good attitude and he is likeable. Same with Chase. But the fact we are here talking about it in 400 separate threads means that it isn't so cut and dry, doesn't it?

Your second issue is that you think you are going to change my mind with these stupid comments trying to justify their actions.

Your third issue is that you think I give a fuck. I would really like to have some normal good conversation with you on this board, as I enjoy a lot of your takes, but the fact you won't accept my opinion as mine (not asking you to change yours) and continue to act like a 5 yr old makes me want to tell you to piss off.

Do you make these types of bullshit moves in your professional life and you are just trying to justify or lash out at me because of the way you are? are you mad by default because you see a lot of yourself in Prado or Chase? WTF man.

I'm willing to drop it and move on. Are you?   

 

IMG 0173 3He’s cracking

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4 weeks off the bike. Plays golf, just gets back on the bike yet still no word on what his injury actually is. 

He and Prado are quiet quitters and the manufacturers allowed it!

More quitters and contact violaters coming after this garbage

f/ing head cases, just ride the fucking thing, have some heart

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Still cashing checks.

Yes, another problem. Thats why they have to play injusred mostly.

Hell maybe he is, still has no guts.

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vdrsnk04 wrote:
Man you guys have a level of hate that is relentless. I didn’t have it on my bingo card that so many people would so quickly...

Man you guys have a level of hate that is relentless. I didn’t have it on my bingo card that so many people would so quickly move all their hate from Prado to Sexton this season. 

I dislike Millionaire pussies who blame things on a bike

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vdrsnk04 wrote:
Man you guys have a level of hate that is relentless. I didn’t have it on my bingo card that so many people would so quickly...

Man you guys have a level of hate that is relentless. I didn’t have it on my bingo card that so many people would so quickly move all their hate from Prado to Sexton this season. 

DaveNoones wrote:

I dislike Millionaire pussies who blame things on a bike

What should be their punishment?  Death penalty or Life?

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3/20/2026 12:12pm
What if,,, after George bad mouthed the Kawi at every opportunity, and having witnessed Chase's little tantrums with other makes, Kawasaki management put clear and decisive...

What if,,, after George bad mouthed the Kawi at every opportunity, and having witnessed Chase's little tantrums with other makes, Kawasaki management put clear and decisive lawyer language in the contract specifying that if Chase couldn't say something good about the bike / team, he better not say anything? Suddenly, the silence makes sense. Quite loudly. Flame away all you slurpers!

I am sure Prado had the same language in his contract just like most factory riders or professional athletes, you cant bad mouth and bite the hand that feeds you. Some can get away with it but unless you are the second coming of Jesus then don't bad mouth your employer.    😁

3/20/2026 12:14pm

Sad to say but I,ll be missing the 1st 5 rounds.  I think I ovr trained , so I need to rest & recover.  And my new hat , I believe I suffered a concussion from it.  So no Prow races until further notice. Lol 

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