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Fresh off claiming his fourth 450SX main event victory of the season in Nashville, Chase Sexton has indicated ‘I’m offensive on the mentality side right now’ as he looks ahead to a final push in a bid to reduce the points deficit to red plate-holder Eli Tomac.

Sexton qualified fastest once again at Nissan Stadium and finished second in heat two behind TLD Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing rider Justin Barcia.

In the main event, Sexton swiped the lead from title-rival Tomac and charged to a 14.513s victory ahead of the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing rider, reducing the deficit he faces to the red plate to 18 points. With Cooper Webb’s heat race incident in Nashville ultimately ruling the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider out of the 2023 Monster Energy Supercross remainder, the premier class title fight is now down to two riders as two rounds remain.

“I don’t want to ride over my head by any means, but if I have an opportunity go out there and have a win in front of me, that’s what I’m going to do,” Sexton explained. “With Eli, with the way the track, with how sketchy it was, I knew he wasn’t going to push, to where if I pushed him he wasn’t going to fight back. I started just clicking off my laps and I had a good flow.

“I didn’t feel sketchy at all, I was able to push and be comfortable with a gnarly track. I think for me, I’m offensive on the mentality side right now. “That’s the position I am in, where he has 18 points to play with, I kind of have to go out there and give it all I have.”

Monster Energy Supercross resumes this Saturday with the penultimate round of the 2023 championship to take place at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver.