Jett Lawrence finally got a bad start but showed hus true speed to rifle through the pack, going two seconds a laps quicker than leaders, Webb and Sexton, his two closest rivals in the championship! But rookie Lawrence then got a bit impatient and went for the move on Webb when it wasn’t really there, tagging the Yamaha rider and going down.
Lawrence never quite got the same flow but he still got back to third with the leaders only 7 seconds away when a backmarker then got in his way and ended his hopes. Jett still got back into third quickly passing Plessinger and Anderson for third limiting the damage in the title chase, with a 16 point lead.
Jett said: ““I had a good charge at the start [of the race], had a really good flow, and I think I just came in the sand here and was a little bit committed. I knew I was going to hit Cooper, I could have been mean and hit him harder and just committed to it, but I didn’t want to hit him, and then in that sand you don’t want to – it’s very hard to pull up. So yeah, I ended up kind of being nice and checking up, but I [ended up] clipping the back [of Cooper’s bike], got off balance [and crashed]. And then I stalled it here once, and also had a lapper stop on the wall jump in front of me [and hold me up]. So, I’m like, ‘You know, that’s enough signs that tonight’s not the night, so we’ll just try and bring it home in third.’
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