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MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 9 / OCTOBER 10, 2020 FOX RACEWAY / PAL A, CALIFORNIA P86 most dominant efforts to date, completing his comeback from a back injury that sidelined him for nearly two seasons. Lawrence held second and Jo Shimoda a surprising third throughout nearly the entire race. "I've worked my butt off to get here where I am today," said Law- rence. "I'm just excited to finally be up here and do it with a classic Geico Honda sweep. Congrats to Jo for his first third in outdoors. Congrats to J-Mart for second in the championship. Congrats to Dylan, he did awesome… I'm just really happy to be up here. I can finish it out with a bang." Meanwhile, Ferrandis was riding with more caution than he had in the first moto after watch- to which Cooper responded with cracks about Lawrence's pen- chant for donuts. Seriously.) Just Lawrence, who has been frus- tratingly close to his first podium overall for several rounds, started using a spectacular launch into a rhythm section just past the finish line that the others quickly picked up on, but the kid rode a flawless race, taking the lead from Cooper for good just before the halfway mark. Afterwards, in a nice show of sportsmanship, both Ferrandis and Cooper stopped to congratu- late Lawrence on his first-ever moto win. The second moto saw Jer- emy Martin simply disappear from everyone. The veteran from Minnesota put in one of his 250MX In the 250cc class, much of this 2020 sprint through last sum- mer has been led by Star Racing Yamahas and Geico Hondas, and the first moto at Fox Raceway was no different, as Lawrence and Martin dueled with Ferrandis and teammate Justin Cooper for the entire moto. Cooper led Lawrence early, and the two rode with such intensity that it seemed as if they were the ones dueling for the title, and not Ferrandis and Martin. (A weeklong back- and-forth between them on social media may have added to their competitiveness, as Jett criticized Justin for bringing his dog, Thor, onto the podium after winning the previous round in Colorado, There have been many fast Frenchman before him, but Dylan Ferrandis is the first to capture an AMA National Championship in the 250MX class. He was truly thrilled and gave props to his Star Racing Yamaha team afterward. PHOTO: BROWNDOG WILSON