2025 Supercross Salt Lake City 450 heat results for Round 17: Chase Sexton, Aaron Plessinger sweep

Published May 10, 2025 07:35 PM

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: Red Bull KTM riders Chase Sexton and Aaron Plessinger won their heats in route to the feature.

Sexton needs help to win the championship and could get it from the Cowboy.

Heat 1

Chase Sexton and Cooper Webb will race head-to-head in Heat 2.

There was a big pileup in Turn 1. Webb and Sexton survive but Dean Wilson wedged himself between the contenders.

Sexton moved into second on Lap 2.

Halfway through the heat, Sexton pressured and passed Webb. With too much to lose, Webb did not make him work for it.

Wilson remained third with Shane McElrath and Joey Savatgy rounding out the top five.

Sexton won by nearly seven seconds over Webb.

Wilson held on to third.

McElrath and Savatgy held onto fourth and fifth.

Benny Bloss (sixth), Jeremy Hand (seventh), Anthony Rodriguez (eight) and Justin Starling (ninth) also advanced directly into the Main.

The top nine riders in each heat advance directly into the Feature.

In Heat 1, Fan favorites Aaron Plessinger and Malcolm Stewart battled early at the front in Heat 1.

Justin Cooper entered the finale with momentum and back-to-back podiums. He was third in the middle stages.

Dylan Ferrandis and Christian Craig were also fast through this heat.

Plessinger won by less than a bike length over Stewart.

Cooper and Ferrandis hold onto their positions as well, but Justin Hill got around Craig late in the race for fifth.

Kyle Chisholm in eighth will advance to his last feature as a fulltime rider.

Colt Nichols (seventh) and Cade Clason (ninth) will also advance directly into the Main.

The top three riders remained in contact for most of the Last Chance Qualifier.

At the close of the race, Kevin Moranz stretches the advantage to two seconds over Mitchell Harrison.

Fredrik Noren and Grant Harlan also advance to the Main.

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