PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: On Friday, Chase Sexton told NBC Sports: “If I win out, I’ll be the champion.” With a 15-point gap to points leader Cooper Webb, it was really all he could say. On Saturday he did all he could do. Sexton swept both qualification sessions, won his heat, and won his fourth round of the season at Lincoln Financial Field. Sexton cut Webb’s advantage to 12 points. If he wins the next four races, it will not matter what Webb does; Sexton will take the title.
“Five rounds to go; it’s time to make a break,” Sexton told NBC’s Will Christien. “I felt great all day.”
Twenty-five percent of Sexton’s wins have come in the final five races of a season.
But Webb did all he could to minimize Sexton’s advantage. He followed Sexton through the field and ended up second. Both riders got hung up behind a Turn 1 snarl and were forced to come through the field. Sexton held the advantage throughout and Webb pressured him until the closing laps after Sexton took the lead.
“It was a barn burner,” Webb told Jason Thomas. “We battled from the back the whole time. We both got caught up in the first turn thing. He got going in front of me and we were coming through the pack together. He was able to charge through. I was coming with and hoping I could pass guys and we did until we got to Kenny and he put in two or three sprint laps.”
Ken Roczen led early before taking the final spot on the podium. For Roczen, it was a bit of a moral victory — but moral victories are not desirable at this stage of Roczen’s career and he was visibly frustrated in the post-race press conference.
Malcolm Stewart took the fourth position and earned his fourth top-five of the season. With the exception of last week’s 13th-place finish in the muddy Foxborough race.
In only his second race back from injury, Joey Savatgy rounded out the top-five.
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In the 250 division, Cole Davies took the lead from RJ Hampshire after a red flag restart to win back-to-back 250 races. His first victory came in the most recent 250 West race in Seattle.
“I literally grew up watching all the guys I’m racing right now,” Davies said. “It’s a big stage out here. A lot of people are watching but I’m just trying to focus on myself. Two in a row? I’m stoked.”
Davies is now 17 points behind Deegan in the Western points chase.
Davies needed to hold off his teammate and West Coast points’ leader Haiden Deegan, who was riding sixth before the red flag waved. The complete restart for an incident involving his teammate Daxton Bennick allowed him to mentally reset and get his flow.
RJ Hampshire was the biggest beneficiary of the red flag, which flew on Lap 3.
Seth Hammaker entered the round with a share of the points lead in the 250 East division. He finished fourth and left as the co-owner of the red plate. Instead of being tied with Tom Vialle, he is now tied with Hampshire.
On the final lap, Jo Shimoda slotted into fifth, denying Tom Vialle the position.
But for Vialle, this was a victory of sorts. He crashed in his heat and had to come through the LCQ. He got pinched in the first turn but was given a second chance with the red flag restart. Vialle is now third in the standings, two points behind Hampshire and Hammaker.
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Rain virtually stopped in Philadelphia but there is still standing water around the track. Most riders spoken to this week, think this track will behave like Seattle with loose dirt and deep ruts, but certainly less mud than they faced in Foxborough last week.
Precipitation continued intermittently throughout the day.
Free Practice was canceled and qualification pushed back slightly to allow the track to dry but the afternoon program began at its regular time of 3:00 p.m.
Chase Sexton had the edge in prelims.
Justin Barcia got the early lead but jumped off course and handed the lead to Ken Roczen over Joey Savatgy.
Sexton in fifth and Webb in seventh had some ground to make up after they got stuck behind a Turn 1 snarl.
Sexton moved to fourth; Webb to fifth. The points’ battle continued.
Malcolm Stewart was third on Lap 2.
Stewart and Sexton got around Savatgy on Lap 4. Webb followed later that same circuit.
Sexton and Webb were glued together through this stage of the race and they both got around Stewart on Lap 5.
Roczen had a five-second lead, but he was riding hurt.
Sexton was catching Roczen on Lap 9 with Webb holding his gap to Sexton steady.
Sexton landed badly on a couple of jumps and allowed Webb to close the distance.
Sexton recovered and took the lead from Roczen on Lap 13; Webb was one second behind Roczen and two behind Sexton.
Webb got to second on Lap 15 but he lost another 1.6 seconds to Sexton.
Twenty-five percent of Sexton’s wins have come in the last five races of the season.
Sexton held a comfortable lead with two minutes remaining on the clock.
Sexton managed the gap over the past couple of laps as the white flag waves.
Chase Sexton won and shaved three points off Webb’s lead. Both riders have four wins now.
Roczen took the final podium position.
Fourth-place Stewart and Savatgy rounded out the top five.
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Haiden Deegan looks to remain the only multiple class winner in 2025.
Vialle got the jump but was pinched into a Tuff Blox while Hammaker got the holeshot.
RJ Hampshire dropped to the ground early.
The red flag waved for an incident involving Daxton Bennick.
Hammaker, Cole Davies, and Julien Beaumer were in the top three at the time.
Deegan ended Lap 1 in sixth.
This was a complete restart, which gave Deegan, Vialle, and Hampshire a second chance.
Hampshire took advantage of his second chance to take the lead.
Deegan also benefitted: He fell into third with Hammaker in between him and Hampshire.
Deegan ran wide on Lap 4 and allowed Davies to get around him.
Davies got into second around Hammaker; Deegan took a shot at Hammaker but came up short.
Davies grabbed the lead on Lap 6.
Deegan rooted Hammaker out of third on Lap 7.
Vialle was up to fifth only one position behind Hammaker.
Deegan got second away from Hampshire on Lap 10.
Deegan was catching Davies as time ran off the clock.
Davies won his second 250 race in consecutive weeks over Deegan.
Hampshire stood on the bottom step of the podium and shares the points lead with Hammaker, who finished fourth.
Jo Shimoda rounded out the top five.
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Grant Harlan grabbed the early lead.
Harlan led Kyle Chisholm to the finish line and advanced to the feature.
Kevin Moranz and Jeremy Hand also made the show.
Tom Vialle crashed in his heat and was forced into the LCQ.
Vialle got a poor start but managed to slip into second on Lap 1 behind Gavin Towers.
Towers won the LCQ as Vialle settled into second.
Michael Mosiman in third and Hardy Munoz also advanced into the main.
Vialle will have a poor gate pick compared to his co-points-leader Seth Hammaker, who won his heat.
Aaron Plessinger won heat 1. His teammate Chase Sexton is in this race.
Justin Cooper got the early lead with Sexton in pursuit.
Justin Barcia was third at the end of Lap 1.
On Lap 5, Sexton increased the pressure on Cooper.
Sexton took the lead from Cooper after the No. 32 got hung up behind a lapped rider.
Barcia took the final podium position.
Fourth-place Benny Bloss and Ken Roczen rounded out the top five.
Colts Nichols (sixth), Mitchell Oldenburg (seventh), Joey Savatgy (eighth), and Fredrik Noren (ninth) also advanced directly to the feature.
Cooper Webb got a strong start and passed holeshot winner Shane McElrath.
Aaron Plessinger slipped past McElrath into second. He’s not letting Webb get away.
After half a lap side-by-side, Plessinger passed Webb on Lap 2. Plessinger was flying.
Malcolm Stewart secured third from McElrath on Lap 3.
Webb conserved his energy for a few laps and then mounted another charge.
Last week’s feature winner Plessinger took the heat win over Webb.
Stewart earned the last spot on the podium.
Fourth-place McElrath and Justin Hill rounded out the top five.
Dean Wilson (sixth in his Honda HRC debut), Dylan Ferrandis (seventh), Mitchell Harrison (eighth), and Christian Craig (ninth) also advanced directly into the feature.
Co-points leader Seth Hammaker got the holeshot.
The other red plate holder, Tom Vialle crashed and was slow to rise. He jumped wide and clipped a Tuff Blox. Vialle rode back to the paddock and will have to go to the LCQ for the second time in his career.
Meanwhile up front, Hammaker led RJ Hampshire and Chance Hymas.
Hammaker won by a massive margin over of six seconds Hampshire and Hymas.
Fourth-place Nate Thrasher, and Daxton Bennick rounded out the top five
Maximus Vohland (sixth), Austin Forkner (seventh), Cullin Park (eighth), and Henry Miller (ninth) also moved directly to the Main.
Cole Davies got the early lead with Julien Beaumer giving chase.
Beaumer cross-rutted and Haiden Deegan took over second.
Deegan took the inside line at the end of the start straight and grabbed the lead on Lap 7.
Michael Mosiman went down in the whoops on that lap and fell back to 11th.
Deegan held on for the win by 2.3 seconds over his teammate Davies. Beaumer finished third and will also have a good gate pick.
Fourth-place Garrett Marchbanks and Jo Shimoda rounded out the top five.
Jordon Smith (sixth), Enzo Lopes (seventh), Coty Schock (eighth), and Hunter Yoder (ninth) also advanced directly into the main.
Aaron Plessinger washed the front wheel early in the session and hit the ground.
Cooper Webb (48.660) and Chase Sexton (48.491) swapped the fastest lap at the end of the session with Sexton ending on top. Webb was 0.169 seconds back.
This is the 28th time Sexton has topped qualification.
Justin Cooper (49.024) landed third.
Fourth-place Malcolm Stewart (49.459) and Joey Savatgy (49.868) rounded out the top five.
Christian Craig started to find his flow with the 10th-best time of 51.004.
The track was holding up well as the round headed into the second qualification session.
The West riders took the track first in Qualification 2, reversing the lineup from Q1.
Haiden Deegan earned the mock holeshot.
Garrett Marchbanks clipped the Tuff Blox and crashed hear the end of the session. Deegan also went down at the end. Deegan found the biggest puddle on the track and landed in it.
Points challenger Julien Beaumer (49.205) posted the fastest time in this session. He made up all that time on the final lap. He was 21st before then.
Marchbanks (49.866) early speed held up for second with Cole Davies (50.193) landing third.
Fourth-place Deegan (50.382) and Michael Mosiman (50.439) rounded out the top five.
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Qualification 2 for the East riders was red flagged for an incident involving Gage Linville that required him to be carted off the track. He was on the podium last week in the mud.
Tom Vialle was leading at the time of the stoppage.
Local rider Seth Hammaker (50.367) ended the 250 East session on top.
Vialle (50.390) wound up second with Maximus Vohland (51.120) third.
Fourth-place Chance Hymas (51.140) and RJ Hampshire (51.444) rounded out the top five.
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Beaumer was as the fastest 250 riders in the combined sessions. This was his fourth career qualification win.
Chase Sexton (51.228) got a slow start but he ended the session on top of the board. Sexton still controls his fate if he wins the final five rounds or makes up an average of three points per round on Cooper Webb.
Justin Cooper (51.538) was .131 seconds behind in second with Dylan Ferrandis (51.904) rounding out the top three.
Fourth-place Mitchell Oldenburg (51.917) and Malcolm Stewart (52.022) completed the top five.
Webb (52.531) will need to find more speed in the second session. He was 10th in this one.
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Dean Wilson (54.579) topped Group B as the fill-in rider for Honda HRC.
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Qualification in the 250 division this week was broken in to East, West, and overflow, which includes riders further down the order in both divisions.
The first riders on the track helped eliminate the puddles.
The 250 East division was first on the track.
RJ Hampshire jumped to the top of the board on the final lap of the 250 East session with a lap of 52.736. Hampshire said the track was tricky but raceable.
Points leader Seth Hammaker (53.095) had the second-best time with Chance Hymas (53.556) third.
Fourth-place Tom Vialle (54.158) shared the lead with Hammaker.
Daxton Bennick (55.538) rounded out the top five.
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It took a couple of laps to find his flow, but Haiden Deegan (51.976) ended the session on top of the board.
Garrett Marchbanks (52.045) had the best lap for most of the session but fell to second. Cole Davies (52.515) took the final podium spot.
Fourth-place Michael Mosiman (54.0741) and Jo Shimoda (54.134) rounded out the top five.
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