Racers share their thoughts entering the weekend's closing round of 2023.
The final round of the 2023 Pro Motocross Championship fast approaches at Ironman Raceway, as the 250MX title is still up for grabs and 450MX champion Jett Lawrence has the opportunity to complete a perfect rookie season in the class. Ahead of final motos outdoors this year, a selection of contenders provide their Input.
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Jett Lawrence (Team Honda HRC):
Obviously, the perfect season is there, but it doesn’t change. Even during this week, I’m almost more motivated than I was before the championship. So, we’re feeling good, we’re going to try our best. If we get a perfect season that’s great. If not, it’s cool we came close. We have a lot more years to do it, I’m only 20. I’m going to be looking forward to them. Just stick to that same program that’s been working. We might even make more tweaks on the bike. We’re always trying to be better on the bike and off the bike myself. Always trying to improve.
Hunter Lawrence (Team Honda HRC):
Yeah, Ironman is sick. It should be a good weekend, one more down, really looking forward to it. Finish off this Pro Motocross championship strong, and then onto SMX.
Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing):
It’s a good way to end the season and my favorite track is coming up, so hopefully I can do something there and keep it on the box. Ironman you know, it’s got a lot of big hills, got a lot of ruts. Personally, I like the 2015 version of Ironman but it’s still good, it’s really deep. I think they brought a lot of sand and mulch and mixed it in with the dirt, so it’s got a real loamy dirt and yeah. It’s just a good track. Got good airtime, gets rough, good places to watch, good ruts, deep ruts, and, yeah, last year I got a podium there so hopefully again.
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Justin Cooper (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing):
I feel the best I ever have, like I said, so I’m doing everything I can to win. Came up short today [Budds Creek] but we’ve got another chance next weekend. Full gas into the three SMX playoffs, it’s going to be a good time. We don’t really know what to expect, but we’re going to give it our all on that, of course. We’ll take it from there.
Dylan Ferrandis (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing):
I’m still not fully 100 peercent from being sick, so I only rode once this week. I’m still going to give it my best this weekend for the last round of the season.
Haiden Deegan (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing):
We got one more round left, we are safe, healthy but got to keep grinding though. I’m looking to bounce back this weekend, losing is far from fun.
Jay Wilson (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing):
This week, I tried to focus more on recovery. We haven’t stopped since we arrived in the US, so looking to head into the weekend refreshed and show what we can do.
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