SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: Chase Sexton dominated and won his seventh victory of the season, but Cooper Webb entered the round with a nine-point advantage and finished well enough to claim his third championship.
“A little bit too late obviously,” Sexton said from the top of the box. “Cooper had an awesome season obviously. You can’t take anything away from him, he’s such an awesome competitor. I knew tonight was going to be a longshot. Nine points, especially against a guy like him, it was nearly impossible.”
Seeming to ride tight at times, Webb’s fourth-place finish was enough to score a two-point win on Sexton despite winning two fewer races during the season. He allowed Sexton to pass him uncontested early in the race and then battled Malcolm Stewart more aggressively for second-place. When he got pushed wide on the entrance to a triple jump and almost rode off course, he realized how much was at stake.
Last week in Denver, this same three-way battle for second with Justin Cooper waiting patiently behind Webb as Stewart pressured both showed a different side to Webb. He clung tenaciously to the position. The two points he may have lost to Cooper last and an additional point to Stewart would have cost him the 2025 championship with his fourth-place finish in Salt Lake City.
"[This championship] means everything,” Webb said as he fought back tears. “You don’t know how many nights I.ve woken up wanting this again and I never thought I would get this again. Never give up on yourself, Never cut yourself short. I’m not, maybe, the best, but if you put your mind to something [you can accomplish it].”
Webb is the seventh rider to win at least three championships.
Stewart’s pass on Webb was part of his battle with Cooper for third in the championship standings.
With a third-place finish, Cooper secured that position by four points over Stewart, equally important, he scored his third consecutive podium finish and fourth of the season.
Joey Savatgy rounded out the top five.
Holeshot winner Aaron Plessinger faded to sixth at the checkers.
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Plessinger earned the holeshot with Webb and Sexton chasing. But Plessinger stumbled on Lap 1 and Webb took the lead.
Sexton grabbed second on the following lap with Shane McElrath, Justin Cooper and others got around. Plessinger fell to seventh.
Webb and Sexton battled for the lead on Lap 3. Sexton pressed hard but clean, so Webb let him go. Webb needed to finish only fifth or better and could not afford to crash.
McElrath and Cooper were not very far behind.
Cooper made the pass for third on Lap 6. He entered the round with a pair of consecutive podiums.
On Lap 11, Cooper pressured Webb. He could afford to let his teammate pass, but Webb is not very far ahead of McElrath and Malcolm Stewart for fifth, so Webb needed to fight for now.
Only six seconds separated second from sixth.
Stewart passed McElrath for fourth on Lap 14 after McElrath crashed.
Now, second to sixth is 10 seconds.
Stewart moved into third on Lap 17. He would not be as patient if he catches Webb.
One lap later, Stewart makes a tight pass on Webb.
Webb slowed to keep from riding off course and Cooper moved into third. In fourth, Webb still had the points advantage.
Fourth to sixth was now 10 seconds.
Webb stayed close to Cooper. He could not afford to allow the gap to fifth to shrink.
Sexton won with a margin of nearly 10 seconds.
Cooper and Stewart took the next two podium positions.
Twenty-one seconds behind Sexton, but four ahead of Savatgy, a happy Webb scored his third podium — becoming the seventh rider in history to do so.
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