Chase Sexton wins Atlanta Supercross as Eli Tomac, Cooper Webb miss the podium

Just as Chase Sexton was being written out of the 2023 Monster Energy Supercross championship, he rode to a dominant win in Atlanta and trimmed his points’ deficit to 17 as the leaders Eli Tomac and Cooper Webb finished off the podium.

Sexton entered Atlanta with three podium finishes in four starts on this track. The one thing missing was a win. Finishing seven seconds ahead of Justin Barcia, this was Sexton’s third win and 10th podium of the season, giving him the most top-three finishes in the series. Tomac and Webb are one back with nine each.

“To lead one start to finish feels really good,” told NBC Sports’ Will Christien. “I haven’t done that since San Diego last year. The track was really gnarly, so I had to be on my toes and that was a good test of the progress we’ve made mentally and with the bike. It was just a fun race.”

Career win number 4️⃣ for @_ChaseSexton