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The wild turn of events in 450SX over the last few weeks as the 2023 Monster Energy Supercross season marched toward its Salt Lake City finale came to a close at Rice-Eccles Stadium with Chase Sexton winning his sixth race of the year and securing his first premier-class title.

As the third consecutive main event win for the Team Honda HRC rider, Sexton held a comfortable margin of 18.266s over his closest competition when the season’s final checkered flag appeared.

With Ken Roczen (Progressive Insurance Ecstar Suzuki) out midway through the opening lap after dabbing his left leg and growing worrisome of a knee injury, Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM), Adam Cianciarulo (Monster Energy Kawasaki), and Justin Hill (Team Tedder Monster Energy Mountain Motorsports) were next in line to challenge early leader Sexton for the win.

That trio was left to duel for second as Sexton broke away, leading the final 450SX main event of the 2023 Supercross season from start to finish and beating Plessinger to the checkers.

Hill moved past Cianciarulo for the final step of the podium, delivering the first-ever podium result for the Team Tedder organization. Cianciarulo ended his best 450SX season yet with a fourth-place finish inside Rice-Eccles Stadium, while Dean Wilson completed the top five aboard his Fire Power Honda.

Josh Hill (Team Tedder Monster Energy Mountain Motorsports), Shane McElrath (Twisted Tea Suzuki Progressive Insurance), Justin Starling, Devin Simonson (Partzilla PRMX Racing), and Grant Harlan (Rock River Yamaha) rounded out the top 10.

After enjoying a week off, the 450 category will return to competition with the KTM Fox Raceway National on Saturday, May 27. The season-opening round in Pala, California will mark the start of the Pro Motocross season, the continuation of the inaugural SuperMotocross World Championship, and Jett Lawrence’s debut in the top class.

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