"I haven't seen him since" - Lars Lindstrom on the sad end to Chase Sextons HRC career...

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6 ай бұрын

Team Honda HRC Motocross and Supercross Manager Lars Lindstrom explains the challenging end to Chase Sexton's time at Honda.
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Lars Lindstrom just had the perfect season as a team manager in Supercross and Motocross for HRC - with a 22-0 perfect season from Jett Lawrence to boot. Lars started at the team in 2004 building bikes for Ricky Carmichael and has worked his way up to the top spot and if 2023 is anything to go buy he is going to be around for years to come.
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@ratherberiding5964 6 ай бұрын

Refreshing to hear people speak openly about the nuances within the back end of the sport, bring some honest insight to the sometimes inevitable awkward scenarios and still be humble about the whole thing. Some people seem quick to burn bridges when interest’s don’t perfectly align but that’s obviously not the case here. Well played gents.

@fugginrambo 6 ай бұрын

Pick up your phone and call the dude. Its a business but u can still be friends.

@Familytube90 6 ай бұрын

Phone works 2 ways. Lars has lines he can’t cross as a team manager. Chase can call anyone as a rider.

@tannerlibert7024 6 ай бұрын

What? There are no rules on team managers speaking with other riders. Im a former privateer from way back, Now run latemodels and modifieds and its the same. It's normal and acceptable

@bwagss5579 6 ай бұрын

Would you want to be friends with a guy you gave a factory ride out of amateurs that decides after your team helps him win a championship decides to get up and leave for another top team??? I wouldn’t.

@sunrealclothing 6 ай бұрын

I agree 100~

@mickchip9978 6 ай бұрын

That's childish AF. Can never fault a guy for looking out for his future@bwagss5579

@sunrealclothing 6 ай бұрын

Lars and Chase need to have dinner. Both put in so much work 2023. Both are great guys! And this podcast is unique to all other action sports podcasts. Keep on gettin it 2024 Jase~ 🤘🤠🏁

@formatr6 6 ай бұрын

Its starting off to be a solid year! Gypsy always bringing the fire questions and topics. Thanks broski

@michaelfisher5795 6 ай бұрын

Chase and HRC have been some of the most professional I have ever seen. HRC in giving chase the full support down to the very last moto, even when knowing he was leaving. And Chase has not once bad mouthed his old team or bike, even though the media has softballl lobbed questions to get him to bad mouth HRC or the bike.

@jth_printed_designs 6 ай бұрын

Crazy that anyone would question the team or bike when Jett just went 24 for 24 on HRC

@ybj___ 6 ай бұрын

@@jth_printed_designschase and jett both basically 1&2 all season

@mikess308 6 ай бұрын

This sport really comes into focus after listening to Eli’s Dad explain what its like working with a factory team, especially the Japanese teams.

@pattymillz7580 6 ай бұрын

Where was that interview at

@mikess308 6 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5yqoraGmNutqXU.htmlsi=DUJAlm_fFhciHxIM I believe this was it.

@fox13z400 6 ай бұрын

Pulpmx did an interview with John Tomac back in 2022. Episode 496@@pattymillz7580

@lloydwilson3415 6 ай бұрын

@@pattymillz7580 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5yqoraGmNutqXU.htmlsi=YUZKTNeti-G7KelP

@christopherwilliams3790 6 ай бұрын

Great interview honest and respectful 👍🏽

@LarryLinton 6 ай бұрын

There was only one reason Chase left Honda and that's because of the Lawrence's . Might sound cynical but there was no way he could of stayed there with Hunter and Jett as team mates.

@sled9263 6 ай бұрын

You’re a class act Lars. Well done sir.

@pokepark4610 6 ай бұрын

I eat, sleep, & breathe motocross so interviews like this are legit af

@allisonbrautigam1444 6 ай бұрын

Chase needed to switch it's better this way. Glad ya'll kept it professional and did your jobs though. Congrats to HRC for an incredible year.

@chrisreetz4117 6 ай бұрын

It's crazy. The lack of communication amongst professionals.. Just straight up asked the guy are you going to another team or not

@garymallard4699 6 ай бұрын

It's a Job...if you are looking to find another company to work for..you stay silent....The Rider has an option to move out...the Team needs to be Professional too..which it sounds like Honda was.... there also are Legal issues to worry about from both sides..

@phild9813 6 ай бұрын

Most of those contracts say that the rider can’t say anything until a certain date. Lars knows this, he knows Chase can’t say, so he’s actually a professional and doesn’t ask.

@garymallard4699 6 ай бұрын

@@phild9813 yep

@jeremychobrda4283 6 ай бұрын

That’s a sweet lid! I’m surprised to see Lars wearing it. Gopher Dunes Army 🤘

@CR250rSMITH 6 ай бұрын

I believe chase got the sense that everything was going to about Jett and chase doesn't want to be second fiddle. So he switched teams and wants to beat him to shut up honda

@Familytube90 6 ай бұрын

Still gonna be number 2 to the entire field. Dude only ever won titles because of others short comings. He went head to head with Eli outdoors in 22….look what happened. He choked

@rickrey2816 6 ай бұрын

It didn’t turn out so good at A1

@trickynic3866 6 ай бұрын

@FlapJackKila have to be in it to win it but your 100% right. He hasn't ever won a title due to skill or speed

@scottgee148 6 ай бұрын

@@Familytube90yeah man totally agree. I think his 250 title was the same. I also think it speaks to the quality of his character that he didn’t hang around and say thanks to Lars for all he’s done for him. Yes you are parting ways but you have to be a grown up. Pretty poor.

@poorman9259 6 ай бұрын

@@trickynic3866 lol no skill or speed you guys are hilarious

@michaelanderson2689 6 ай бұрын

Wonder if Honda had the opportunity to match the KTM deal, with the right the complete in the contract? Be interested to hear about Enzo Lopes situation with Star and Club! From the rider himself!

@crawlz6226 6 ай бұрын

I would be shocked if hrc couldn’t have matched the deal. And I would be suprised if they didn’t offer it, I think chase needed off the team. No way he could have stayed with Jett and Hunter on the same team.

@slayer6936 6 ай бұрын

What I see is that it's difficult to deal with the riders then you have the dads hovering over the whole operation. And the team has to deal with a dad going against the team if the dad doesn't like the way the team wants to do. I guess from what I've heard that Chase and his dad are hard to deal with. And I guess that Ty Masterpools dad is hard to work with. That is why factory teams will not touch him.

@andrewreebel6418 6 ай бұрын

Maybe factory teams are too demanding and Chase and Ty just have standards

@JordanTucker-yz5cd 6 ай бұрын

@@andrewreebel6418maybe Chase and Ty need to realize they’re adults, hire a manager and ditch the helicopter parents.

@CustomPowerwash 6 ай бұрын

Trading teams in mainstream sports or changing teams in moto must be so awkward. Probably not terrible for the team owners and management but probably more so for the athlete. You don’t want to burn a bridge with a company that has worked hard for you and paid you a lot of money but then you also don’t want to settle. Then you have to ride another season with that looming and everyone knows about it. Pretty interesting and really does speak volumes to both Chase and Honda.

@sunrealclothing 6 ай бұрын

Especially action sports athletes and Sx/Mx for sure... the consequences are much higher than a lot of sports when you get it wrong.

@CustomPowerwash 6 ай бұрын

No doubt! You definitely want everyone to put their best foot forward.

@mikecarswell7170 6 ай бұрын

Do many riders ever go from 450 back down to the 250 class? We need the AMA to bring back 125s pro class!

@plebtile3347 6 ай бұрын

Only the scrubs, so probably just Vince Friese.

@Mike_HuntizWet 6 ай бұрын

I don’t believe they can, can they? Aren’t they in the 450 class due to pointing out in the 250 class?

@googsy5773 6 ай бұрын

one question at a time J !!!!!!

@ChrisC-yv8bz 6 ай бұрын

Id like to hear the other side of the story. HRC are kinda assholes. Im thinking about roczen, valentino rossi, marc marquez. They all got strong armed by hrc after complaining about the bike. I think the japanese hrc guys dont like outspoken riders.

@ChrisC-yv8bz 6 ай бұрын

Rossi is still owed his chanpionship bike from hrc 20 years on and they refuse to give it to him despite him winning 3 championships on it

@timmwhite9218 6 ай бұрын

Well thought out and definitely have noticed this too...get on the fighting side of HRC (or Soichiro's inner circle 😮) and suddenly life sucks 😮‍💨

@Hackers50Maker 6 ай бұрын

That must be the hardest part as a manager

@markogorman5210 6 ай бұрын

Yeah well you guys went with JL and HL… no matter how good a dude you were to him over all that time… Chase is still going to feel pushed out as he was the dude that worked to get Honda back on top… Lawrence boys have jumped in there recently on the 450…. I mean I see how Chase has just said… I’ve got to look forward and just move onto a fresh environment ✊🇦🇺

@onthethrottle7104 6 ай бұрын

Chase does not have a championship mindset, but he has championship speed...the problem is, you need both to be great.

@bartdebuono 6 ай бұрын

Kinda wild how KTM treated Webb at the end vs Honda HRC treated Sexton. Added, the KTM doesn’t look good so far in the whoops. The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

@smalltownlifestyle 6 ай бұрын

Love the gopher dunes hat

@MaddyMalan57 6 ай бұрын

Congrats on 150k subs bro!

@GYPSYTALES 6 ай бұрын

🎉❤️

@sbedwell23 6 ай бұрын

I believe everything Lars is saying, but I do believe the Honda was the problem at least for Chase. Chase's riding style was not meant for the Honda. Nothing against the bike and nothing against Chase, they just didn't fit each other. Watching Chase throw away the SMX Title with his crash at LA was easily one of the most heartbreaking things I have ever seen in the sport. He should have won that title by a mile.

@Upthebroncos310 6 ай бұрын

He did t throw it away, Kenny had to beat jet for him to win. He would have got second overall.

@sbedwell23 6 ай бұрын

Yes and no. Chase came into the SMX Playoffs with the red plate. Chase won SMX Round 1 and got third at SMX Round 2. So if he had won the SMX Round 3, even if Jett got second. You can't not crown a guy who came in with the red plate and proceeded to win 2/3 rounds. There was talk about Jett having to place 3rd in order for Chase to win but that was BS. Had Chase won, he would been 1-3-1 in SMX's. Explain how Jett could've won that with a 4-1-2 lol. Jett ended up going 4-1-1 in SMX for the title win.@@Upthebroncos310

@sbedwell23 6 ай бұрын

The media tried saying Ken needed to beat Jett but that's not true. The points would have favored Chase regardless. He would have won 2/3 rounds. Not a chance Jett would've won the SMX with a 2nd place finish. @@Upthebroncos310

@PeTroL420 6 ай бұрын

Chase is a very good rider but he just doesn't have the mental fortitude to be a champ and consistently win races. If you've ever raced anything, chasing the leader is the easy part but being in the lead is a challenge in itself and it takes a lot of mental strength not to mess up but whenever I saw Chase in the lead, he'd always mess up and lose the lead and the race. The only reason he won the Supercross title last year was because Eli Tomac blew out his Achilles heel.

@garymallard4699 6 ай бұрын

@@PeTroL420 yeah..he never won a Championship...oh yeah he has... he rides on the edge which also means crashes are expected...Top Champions. all do it...

@S0RELOSER 6 ай бұрын

The decision to leave / contract was signed in late 2022.

@Veritch-Electric 6 ай бұрын

Pick up the phone. Don't let the "Click" pressure you.

@adrianstarr 6 ай бұрын

he said I haven't seen him since NOT SPOKEN, a bit misleading

@motokid413 6 ай бұрын

Seems to be a fact that Honda put a different bike on the track for Chase. I wouldn't want to talk to them either after that.

@XskinkX 6 ай бұрын

I'm curious, how did you come to that conclusion from everything Lars just said? Even if it was a different bike, it's only down to the fact that Chase has a different riding style and wants a different setup.

@RESURRECTED176 6 ай бұрын

That is actually wild to just outright lie and even go as far to call it a “fact” LMAO. Please tell us what evidence you factored into this equation to come to this said “fact”? Ive certainly never heard chase make any such claim…. And his riding sure looked the same as it did for YEARS on the bike, fast as shit until he would crash…. But hey youve clearly got some inside knowledge that we dont so look forward to the informative response as im sure your not just pulling FAKE NEWS out of your ass due to lack of brain cells or fanboy syndrome

@bartdebuono 6 ай бұрын

Moto kid you’re a 🤡

@sauce1232 6 ай бұрын

Chase problem is his position on the bike. Will be the same front wheel slip crashes in 2024

@Sloth6930 6 ай бұрын

It seems to me no ones allowed to like anyone anymore, everyome was the same when it was with the king, the goat, james or chad. Social media wasn't massive back then so people actually talked about it face to face now you hear everyone opinions because of social media. It is what it is and you can't deny jett is special he's doing things no one had done in 50 years of tge sports so hate on him all you want but you cant not deny he is the guy to beat it's just that simple

@kendallpalladino9982 6 ай бұрын

What about the behind-the-scenes of when HRC put Chase on concussion protocol without going to a doctor at all at PALA (where HE SAID THEY FOUND OUT HE WAS LEAVING)at the beginning of the season which resulted in chase not winning the title…. If you do the math, Chase and Tomac would have been tied at the final round (not saying he 100% would have beat ET) but the possibilities, Or what about if you paid attention to the pit it was always the Lawrence brother show (and he says there’s no favoritism) wake up yall, when people point out specific points to JUSTIFY, they are always aware of the outcome of the opposite they are opposing. and then Chase was over in the corner by himself…. Hrc knew what they were losing waaaaay before it happened. And they are very quietly changing these riders results.

@MANBEARPIG111 6 ай бұрын

From the outside it looked like Honda was more in on the Lawerence brothers. Prob not true, but just how it seemed.

@allmtbnzscottbrownhill2896 6 ай бұрын

I really throught Chase would have made some time to stop buy and thank Lars and the team after the final race. Makes things a little more awkward in the future.

@MrJerrylboyd 6 ай бұрын

Can you possibly say "like" more? It really makes you sound smart.

@garymallard4699 6 ай бұрын

I'm glad Lars didn't fall into your Childish version of 1 against 2.... he had class and explained the story without made up drama... try to be more professional in asking guests questions...not everyone wants to make up fantasies about teams... they are teammates becoming competitors....at that Level..they all want to be #1 or the Future Goat....

@Nickoisasicko1105 6 ай бұрын

Think it comes down to chase can’t set up a bike the way he needs to because his ktm looks terrible too. Lars one of the best dudes in supercross and motocross, there’s a reason he was with reed

@stevenkilleen8149 6 ай бұрын

I feel like chase need to stop blaming the bike always and adapt and overcome

@Epicsendz 6 ай бұрын

Gopher Dunes babbyyy😎🤙

@warewolven 6 ай бұрын

I asked a TOP team manager, what would be your ideal rider? He replied "A gay orphan" 😂😂😂😂

@1176hambone 6 ай бұрын

That's frickin hilarious!

@KingArthurreturns 6 ай бұрын

Booted out for the brothers, I wouldn’t call him either.

@mikeharmon3272 6 ай бұрын

Honda gave all best equipment to Jett they didn't care about chase after Jett came aboard

@scottgremko4426 6 ай бұрын

Some one should teach Lars how to give an interview without saying (ya know ) in every other sentence ya know?

@Rockhead75 6 ай бұрын

Not as bad as Ryan Hughes!

@60yroldRockstar-kl7mt 6 ай бұрын

Gopher Dunes Hat

@xxxxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 6 ай бұрын

I keep hearing people say what a great guy Chase is and how well he handles things, but I just don't see it.

@noahjason4939 6 ай бұрын

Pretty crazy that Lars wouldn't' make sure he says bye to Chase. Especially after Chase won Honda their first 450 championship in 20 years. JUST SEEMS WERID!

@GYPSYTALES 6 ай бұрын

Did you miss the bit where he said Chase was gone before he got back to the truck?

@RESURRECTED176 6 ай бұрын

⁠@@GYPSYTALESright lol i swear half these comments im just wondering what video did you watch 😂 in my opinion chase was the one feeling a type of way toward the team and clearly avoiding them/keeping to himself as much as possible…

@noahjason4939 6 ай бұрын

@@GYPSYTALES I only said 'say bye' to Chase, man. Not right then. Seems like a professional thing to do?

@senditsillly1423 6 ай бұрын

asdf

@Familytube90 6 ай бұрын

I love Lars and team Honda but having to pull chase aside to reassure him almost feels like you did it cause you had to

@patrickpellegrino 6 ай бұрын

Chase got a win first race one ktm too 😂

@crstewart90 6 ай бұрын

...No he didn't.

@impactjim 6 ай бұрын

Disappointed that Chase, didn’t take the time.

@garymallard4699 6 ай бұрын

Something else is missing...Ken left..Chase Left...🤔 more to this story.. not trying to make up anything...just seems that there is a missing part to why 2 Top riders ( who were great friends too ) left Honda

@danepjevac8832 6 ай бұрын

Roczen left cause he wants to do what he wants and Chase left cause he didn't wanna be 2nd to Jett on the team

@garymallard4699 6 ай бұрын

@@danepjevac8832 guess we will see if the Lawrence's stay there long ? i seen a lot of this over the 50 years I have been into this Sport ( 15 yrs racing too )

@danepjevac8832 6 ай бұрын

@@garymallard4699 Jett's dominating and Hunter came off his best season ever and they're both vocally happy as Larry. In the 50hrs you've been fooqing the sport people have left Honda for their own reasons like everybody else has with other teams. For your specific comment, Roczen left to have absolute freedom over himself, Sexton saw the writing on the wall with Jett coming up. There's nothing much more to it. There's no Honda conspiracy. When/if the Lawrence brothers ever decided to leave they'll also have their own reasons. You can see how sooky Chase is being by not even wanting to catch up with Lars for dinner

@garymallard4699 6 ай бұрын

@@danepjevac8832 50 years bruh....and i understand that...duhhh....what you don't know is obvious.....there is always a reason..Honda has in the past had this problem...when a rider isn't winning every race they get treated differently... same old problem from management in Japan probably...if you know so much inside info ...get quotes from the racers..

@garymallard4699 6 ай бұрын

@@danepjevac8832 when someone doesn't want to see another person there can be hundreds of reasons..most you can't know as you aren't there seeing the problem.... how long you been into the Sport??? lol 😂

@LilSebastian_ 6 ай бұрын

Lol @ him pretending he didn’t know. The moment Jett moved to the 450 Sexton was demoted to #2 rider. Jett’s dad got in everyone’s ear… just stop pretending that’s not what happened.

@MyName-yl2nc 6 ай бұрын

Chase left because he knew the the brothers are the future of honda and he dont want to be in the shadow of them and he made the right choice because that Lawrence bandwagon is a joke

@camclaasen8285 6 ай бұрын

And he wanted a bike to ride this year lol