It’s a Monster Energy MX sweep @ Hangtown! Anderson (1st), Sexton (2nd) & Tomac (3rd)

Monster Energy/Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson wins his first ever MX National overall, 2^nd place Chase Sexton (Honda) holds onto the 450 class point lead

CORONA, CA – June 6, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  Massive day for Monster Energy pro motocross racers on Saturday at the famed Hangtown MX track in northern California for the Carson City Motorsports Hangtown Classic, Round Two of the 2022 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, presented by Monster Energy. The iconic M-claw logo swiped all three spots on the premier 450cc class podium, with the victory (1^st – 3^rd in the two moto format) going to Monster Energy/Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson – his first-ever MX Nationals overall victory. 2^nd place would be Monster Energy-backed Chase Sexton (Honda), the Round One winner who held onto the overall class point lead with a strong 2-2 finish, and 3^rd went to Eli Tomac (Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha) – his first outdoor podium finish of the season (4-1).

Anderson rode unbelievably fast, much like he did the previous week at Fox Raceway (Pala, Calif.). His opening moto win, the fourth moto win of his career, was fueled by a blazing holeshot on his Kawasaki KX450F. And though he got held up a bit in the first turn of the second moto, he was able to pass some of the world’s top motocross racers, including European MXGP champ Antonio Cairoli (KTM) and three-time U.S. MX Nationals champion Ryan Dungey (KTM) to place 3^rd – while receiving a bit of a boost when Tomac won the second moto ahead of Sexton.

“Damn, that’s 12 years too long,” said an elated Anderson from the podium. “It’s been 12 years since I’ve been giving it a go at this outdoors stuff – I’m damn happy I did it today. And let’s keep this good season going!”

Sexton would be near equal to Anderson, and was poised to win – had it not been for a second moto surge to victory by Tomac. “It was a tough two motos,” said Sexton. “I put in a lot of good laps today,…