Points gap grows after head-to-head battle between title rivals.
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Cooper Webb went toe-to-toe with his title rivals in the third and final round of the Arlington residency, taking the win and making it three Monster Energy Supercross wins in a row in Texas.
After a heat race he’d like to forget that saw him passed by title rival Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC), and later put on the ground by Roczen’s teammate Chase Sexton, Webb dug deep for the main event, catching and passing Roczen to take the win.
In the beginning, Roczen took the holeshot and got out to a comfortable lead, with Webb, Eli Tomac (Monster Energy Kawasaki), and Justin Barcia (TLD Red Bull GasGas) in tow. As the race reached the halfway point, Tomac applied pressure on Webb and the duo caught Roczen out front with six minutes to go.
The title contenders swapped positions for nearly a lap, Webb eventually come out on top and stretched out a lead of over two seconds. As the race dwindled down to two laps, Roczen began to reel in Webb but it was too little too late Webb crossing the finish line just over one second ahead of him.
Tomac finished third but not without issue, a mistake in the finish line section put him in a battle with Barcia who eventually finished fourth on the night. After a solid afternoon qualifying performance, Jason Anderson finished fifth on the night with Malcolm Stewart (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha) putting in a great ride for sixth just behind him.
Stewart’s teammate Dylan Ferrandis returned to the top 10 notching seventh on the night. Ferrandis was followed by Savatgy who continues to have solid pace in the back half of the season.
Continuing their run of top 10 finishes, Aaron Plessinger (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha) and Dean Wilson (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) took ninth and 10th on the night.
It was an unfortunate evening for Marvin Musquin (Red Bull KTM) and Chase Sexton (Team Honda HRC) who both crashed hard ending their races early.
The series now takes a two-week break before returning to action for three rounds inside Atlanta Motor Speedway for the first time ever on 10 April.
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