News 15 Jul 2023

Lawrence brothers claim Millville qualifying honors

Team Honda HRC duo top both the 450MX and 250MX timesheets at Spring Creek.

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Team Honda HRC’s Jett Lawrence and Hunter Lawrence have again topped the qualifying charts, as the seventh round of the Pro Motocross Championship gets under way at Millville.

Championship leader Jett Lawrence set the quickest pace in both premier class qualifying sessions to take pole position in the 450MX class.

The dominant 450MX rookie set the fastest time of both qualifying outings, with his quickest lap of 1m59.716s seeing him become the only racer to drop beneath the two-minute mark.

Team Honda HRC’s Chase Sexton slashed four seconds off his lap-time between the two sessions to clock the second-quickest time of 2m0.938s, with Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Adam Cianciarulo and Jason Anderson claiming third and fourth respectively.

2021 champion Dylan Ferrandis (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha) finished third, ahead of Kawasaki privateer Ty Masterpool, Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM), Jerry Robin (Yamaha), Derek Drake (Toyota of Redlands BarX Suzuki) and Garrett Marchbanks (Muc-Off FXR ClubMX Yamaha).

Team Honda HRC’s Hunter Lawrence hit the top of the 250MX qualifying charts, with both of his quickest laps clear of the rest of the field.

The Australian’s fastest lap of 2m2.392s saw him finish well clear of Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha’s Justin Cooper, who registered a 2m4.076s in the first qualifying session.

Cooper also had a big crash in the second session, but was able to remount and continue riding.

Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Seth Hammaker put down a lap that will see him take third gate pick for the two moto, ahead of Red Bull KTM-mounted duo Tom Vialle and Maximus Vohland.

Jo Shimoda (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki), RJ Hampshire (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna), red-plate holder Haiden Deegan (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha), Pierce Brown (TLD Red Bull KTM), and Ryder DiFrancesco (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) finished in the top 10 positions.

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