As races begin to age out of the 45-day formula for NBC’s SuperMotocross Power Rankings after Daytona, Chase Sexton unseats Eli Tomac for the top spot with a near-perfect record of three-finishes during that span.
The primary reason for Sexton’s rise is that his disappointing San Diego round is no longer dragging him down with a 20th-place finish in his heat and fifth in the Main.
The following week, Sexton finished fifth in one of the Triple Crown features; every other result in a heat or feature since then has been a podium finish and that level of perfection is unmatched by the field.
A lot has been written about Sexton’s propensity to crash while under pressure, but he rode a clean race last week in Daytona on arguably the toughest track Supercross visits.