The focus of the Detroit Monster Energy Supercross round was on the mid-pack battle while Aaron Plessinger pulled away from the field, but when he crashed after hooking his foot in the dirt, the results once more looked like we’ve come to expect, with Chase Sexton, Cooper Webb and Eli Tomac sharing the podium for the fifth time in 10 rounds.
For Sexton, Plessinger’s late-race crash was a vindication of sorts. Several times already this season, Sexton has crashed while battling for the lead and the points that has cost him keeps him sporting the red plate.
He lost points in Detroit for a different reason, however. Sexton was allowed to keep the win, but was penalized seven points for jumping in a red cross section of the course.
As a result, he dropped four points to Webb and two to Tomac. Sexton is now 17 points behind Webb in the championship hunt. RESULTS: Click here for full 450 Overall Results; Click here for 250 Overall Results One week after snatching the red plate from Tomac for the first time in 2023, Webb stretched his advantage by two.