Hunter Lawrence is without doubt in the form of his life and even a freak mechanical that cost him the moto one victory after he ran down Jett Lawrence couldn’t quell his joy at the end of the day after he caught Jorge Prado late and passed to Spaniard to win the overall and take a three points lead of brother Jett in the championship.
Hunter said: “Gee, how many people have tracked down Jett and made the pass and put a gap on him? That in itself, I was extremely happy with. To have “won” the moto (first moto) and the thing that happened, I thought the bike stopped but a bunch of sand got blocked in the chain guide. On the live broadcast you could hear me get into the corner and get on the gas and then the rear wheel just stopped and cut out. That’s just the conditions were so damn tough. It could have happened to anyone with how deep, how heavy, factory 450 and second gear is lugging in a majority of the corners. Yeah, it was good man, just proud of it and happy.
Hunter goes down on the LAST lap 😳
Jett takes the lead back! #ProMotocross #SMX pic.twitter.com/EHeBQR1ZxD
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“I was super gutted after that first moto, I felt like I did everything right and to not get that win was a bummer. I was like, ‘I got to make it right in the second one and go out and do it.’ I didn’t get the best start but just kind of let it come to me, the track was extremely difficult this weekend. It was like, no flow, I don’t even know how to describe it. It was sandy, sloppy, muddy, hard packed, slippery everything in one. It was tricky.”
Team manager, Lars Lindstrom, was impressed with Hunter’s form while simultanously feeling sorry for Jett: “Hunter was just on another level today, and I can’t even imagine how he feels after having such a dominant day at one of the coolest events of the year on our nation’s 250th birthday. I’m so happy for him, and he deserves a massive amount of credit. I really feel for Jett. To beat Hunter, he needs to be 100%, and he just isn’t at this time, so he’ll have to dig extremely deep, which I know he can and will. It will make it super exciting for the rest of the season.”
