Hunter In It to Win It!!

Hunter Lawrence stays positive after Philadelphia Supercross

Despite a crash that cost him the points lead, Hunter Lawrence is staying positive heading into the final two rounds of the Supercross season just four points behind Ken Roczen.

Lawrence said: ““We invested a lot more time into the starts in wet conditions, and that was a big positive this weekend; I had good starts in the heat race and the main event, so it’s good to see the work pay off. I felt really good with how I was riding, and just the smallest little mistake in the wrong part of the track bit me. Then your gloves are all muddy, so it’s just kind of trying to get back into a rhythm and not have the train completely come off the tracks. They say mud is the great equalizer, but it’s more like a minefield. We didn’t quite get the end result we wanted, but that’s racing. I’m excited to leave here having learned more, so we’re ready for whatever the last two rounds bring—it’s going to be good!”

Lawrence also enjoyed the fact it was the first three in the championship who managed to come out of turns one 1-2-3 and admitted he wasn’t afraid to show Roczen a wheel as he was feeling so good until the crash: “Yeah, just showing the wheel. I mean, I was there. I feel like I had a really comfortable rhythm and stuff. It was coming easy to me and I felt like we were in a good spot, I think, for how chaotic the start gate area is and how much of a swamp the start straight looks like. I think it’s pretty it’s cool the top three in the championship find themselves at the front. Of all the possible outcomes that can happen out of the first turn.”

Team manager, Lars Lindstrom, is also looking at the positive believing the points deficit helps simplify things: “Not the results we were aiming for, but as everyone knows, in these conditions, anything can happen, good or bad; to only lose five points is something we’ll look at positively. I’m really happy with Hunter and the team for understanding what we needed to improve to make sure that we get good starts in any condition, to give us the best chance at a win. It’s a bummer that Hunter had that tip-over, because he had a good flow going; I think he had a great chance at winning that race. Another positive is that this simplifies things; we have to go out and win the last two races if we want to win this championship.”