Hunter Lawrence has a granite mentality. After the heartbreak if losing a Supercross title at the final round, Hunter has already turned the page and came out swining at Pala with a dominant 1-1 victory to show everyone there is no Supercross hangover.
Hunter’s mental strength is as impressive as his riding and he showed at Pala he is launching another title charge with a day of perfect riding and the perfect result.
Hunter said of his day: “Yeah, I feel really good. I’m happy with that obviously. Keep the Lawrence streak with a win at Pala alive! It was good. I’m really happy with where the bikes at. I felt like on Supercross I really put a lot of emphasis on getting the bike where I really wanted it and felt like it didn’t hold me back and same kind of thing on Outdoors. Just kind of picking up where we left, you know, the end of the season last year in Nations.
It’s just good, you don’t have to figure out a whole new bike ride. It’s always tricky when you go to do that and we’ve done it before and been able to put out good results. It just makes everyone’s life a little more difficult. So it’s nice to come in on common ground and familiar with it.
On his first 1-1 in the 450 class, Hunter said: “To be able to do that and just have like a perfect day, you know, I’ve seen Jett do many of those. So, it’s cool to have my first one, obviously. And it’s cool like the fact that it was round one.
We don’t really love this track, but we always do well here, which is pretty ironic. And then obviously, Jett, being on the podium as well for what he had to come back from is, I mean, the guy like, struggling when walking, you know, you see him walk and you’re like, you know, he’s not riding. And then you go, oh, okay, it’s better, when he’s on the bike.
So yeah, just happy. For the team, days like this, it just feels good. You make everyone on the team happy. Everyone’s hard work, dedication, as all the teams in the paddock, you know, everyone works harder and gives it their all. So it’s cool.”