First turn drama livens up Philadelphia Supercross
By Team TMX on 14th Apr 25
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Chase Sexton recovered from a first turn tangle and then put on an impressive charge to win Round 13 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship. The Philadelphia Supercross victory tightened up the points as the final four rounds of the season promise to be thrilling.
Rains leading up to the event held off, and the Philadelphia Supercross delivered excellent weather and track conditions inside Lincoln Financial Field. Chase Sexton earned his fourth win of the season and tightened up the championship standings with four rounds remaining.
Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing's Cooper Webb also recovered from the multi-rider first turn incident and matched Sexton pass for pass through the pack. Webb earned second place inside Lincoln Financial Field and retains the championship points lead by 12 points.
Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki's Ken Roczen grabbed the Holeshot then led for the majority of the race despite nursing a bad ankle injury.
“It’s time to make or break,” said Sexton after. “I felt great all day, and that’s how you do it - one, one, one, one [fastest qualifier in both sessions, heat race win, Main Event win]. I’m looking forward to the next race, but today was awesome. Good, dry track, not like last weekend, and I’m feeling good on the bike. It’s been fun and today was a good step in the right direction.”
Despite being beat, Webb was also happy. “We both got caught up in the first turn. He got going in front of me and we were coming through the pack together. He was able to charge through, I was coming with and just hoping I could pass guys just as fast as he did. And I did until we got to Kenny. He got around Kenny and put in two or three sprint laps and kinda dictated the race. I had a bad line in one corner and it was killing me. I should have caught up on that first, should’ve started jumping that quad sooner; woulda-shoulda-coulda on a lot of things. But he rode great. We’ll come back next weekend and kick his ass, though.”
MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey will host Round 14 of the 2025 Supercross season on Saturday, April 19.
