Round 6 of the 2026 AMA Pro Motocross Championship delivered a rollercoaster outing for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Coenen brothers at Southwick, with one sibling soaring to a dominant overall win and the other left to pick himself up after a heavy fall.
Current MX2 World Championship leader Sacha Coenen was in imperious form in just his second Pro Motocross appearance of the year, qualifying fastest before claiming a commanding Moto 1 win by 33.411 seconds. The 19-year-old backed it up in Moto 2, overcoming a heavy late-race crash to take the win and complete a perfect 1-1 for the overall, his third race victory from just four starts on American soil so far.
That late crash wasn’t without consequence. As a result of the incident, Sacha is set to undergo further medical evaluation on his shoulder to determine the extent of any injury.
While Sacha was busy putting together a superhero-level day, older brother Lucas Coenen endured a much tougher time of it in the 450MX class. The current MXGP points leader topped 450MX qualifying with a flying 1:53.903, over a second clear of teammate Jorge Prado in second. But his Moto 1 turned into a rollercoaster of its own – a first-turn crash sent him charging from near last back to fourth in a remarkable recovery ride, only for a late-race fall to end his moto in a DNF. Following the heavy hit, Lucas and the team made the tough call to sit him out of Moto 2 altogether.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Manager Ian Harrison summed up the emotional swings of the day for both riders. “We’re super-proud of Sacha; he went 1-1 today – it’s an amazing result. He did end up having a crash and banging up his shoulder, and tomorrow he’s going to get some further evaluation on it, but I’m blown away because it was a superhero effort and a great ride by him. And then Lucas showed tremendous speed through practice, and then had a crash in the first moto and took a really hard hit. We got him and the bike back to the truck, and we’re checking the bike to make sure that there is nothing there, and he decided that he would not race for the rest of the day. I get it, next weekend he has a GP, he’s leading the championship, so I get that part, and I am glad they came over. They definitely tried their best; we can’t say that they held anything back, and it was a great day with them,” Harrison said.
With Sacha’s shoulder set for further scans and Lucas already looking ahead to a home MXGP round next weekend, both Coenen brothers now turn their focus back overseas, having left Southwick with plenty to reflect on from a demanding day at The Wick.
