Update on Chase Sexton hand injury
On the opening lap of Moto 1 of the SuperMotocross World Championship in Las Vegas this past weekend, Chase was landed on by Justin Barcia in a racing incident. It looks like for some reason Chase drifted towards the inside or made the decision to without knowing where Barcia was and resulted on him being landed on, taking the impact to his head, shoulder, and hand. He was unable to continue racing and immediately became in doubt about racing at Motocross of Nations also.
The news was reported yesterday that Eli Tomac would be stepping in to race MXoN in Chase’s place, while we waited on the extent of Sexton’s hand damage. This is really the best-case scenario for Chase as he is estimated to need 4-6 weeks to recover and can get to work on prepping himself and the bike for the 2025 Supercross season.
“Obviously it’s really disappointing to have my season end the way it did in Las Vegas. I’m especially disappointed that I am not going to be able to compete at this year’s MXoN. There’s no greater honor than representing your country on the world stage and it’s a role that I take seriously, but unfortunately my body is pretty banged up right now and I have a bone contusion in my right hand that is going to limit my ability to perform at my best next week. Team USA deserves nothing but the best, healthiest three athletes on the team and unfortunately that’s just not me right now.”
“MXoN is a unique event and being at the end of the long racing calendar year, it’s tough to have riders all fit and healthy after so much racing. We were lucky enough to have both Chase and Aaron Plessinger in the starting line-up for des Nations this year, but unfortunately Chase took a big hit to his body at the final SMX round in Las Vegas and won’t be healed up in time to race next week. However, Aaron is still ready to go and we look forward to supporting him alongside Cooper Webb and Eli Tomac at Matterley Basin”
