Jett Lawrence responds to Hangtown crash with Thunder Valley win in SuperMotocross Round 20

 

The Lawrence brothers finished first and second at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, to start the season, and they did it again at Thunder Valley Motocross Park in Lakewood, Colorado, with Jett Lawrence finishing second in the first moto and winning the second race to earn the tiebreaker over Hunter Lawrence.

 

Jett entered the round with a couple of question marks over his head, and he answered those queries with his second overall victory in the first three rounds of the Pro Motocross season.

 

Going into the straight on that second moto, my legs were shot, so I had no legs at the start,” Jett told NBC Sports’ Will Christien. “I dug deep. In my head, I was ‘stay there, stay there’, and I was able to capitalize on a mistake by Hunter in one of the turns and then [Justin Cooper]. I didn’t expect this, but we’re happy to be up here.”

 

Hunter pressured Jett in the closing laps and earned the same points as Jett, but will not be credited with the victory. Hunter takes the red plate High Point next week to become the third holder this season.

“The little sh!t got me,” Hunter told Jason Thomas. “It was a good run; cool to go down to the wire. We made a change to the bike during the week for both of us, and it paid off pretty good.”