HRC Honda’s Hunter Lawrence grabbed a podium finish at saturday night’s Monster Energy AMA Supercross series, with his team mate and brother sitting out the main event due to injury.
During a busy AMA Supercross series finale in Salt Lake City, CRF450R-mounted Chase Sexton and CRF250R rider Hunter Lawrence both ended the series with strong performances, the Team Honda HRC riders taking second place in their respective main events.
The 250SX East-West Showdown final saw Lawrence take the holeshot from a poor gate position, and he led for two laps before relinquishing the spot to Nate Thrasher. Lawrence took the middle part of the race to regroup but closed back in on the leader as the three-minute mark approached. The two battled hard for the final laps, with the Australian ultimately coming up less than half a second short. Unfortunately, Hunterās brother Jett had to sit out the race after a crash in qualifying.
āOn the first few laps, I was jumping through the whoops, which I lost a lot of time on.” Said Hunter. “I didnāt have that extra bit of energy and strength tonight, so I was watching the clock, trying to time gassing myself out. It was tough, a good race.”
“[Nate Thrasher] was really close in a few spots, and I thought if I went a little more it may have crossed the line and put both of us on the ground. I just kept it clean, and it was a good race. Every year you see whatās kind of trending with the champions that win the class; the first thing that comes to mind is you obviously have to win, but also be on the box every round, so that was one of my big goals this year. I did that at every race I finished, bar A3 where I crashed out. Thatās huge to tick that box in my book, so a lot of positives. We fell short a little bit, but Iām still not mad on the season. I proved a lot to myself and to other people. I left it all out there and tried my best every race.ā
