Just before the halfway mark,
Martin laid down a blistering
1:59.791 lap time, the fastest of
the day for anyone in either class
except for a 1:59.381 by Tomac
in the second 450cc moto.
Martin literally got right beside
Lawrence a couple of times, but
the Australian held strong, and
then disaster struck for Martin.
He got cross-rutted as he went to
scrub a jump and could not get
the bike straightened out before
he landed. "J-Mart" crashed
hard, coming down on his left
wrist. The early prognosis was
a broken arm and the end of his
injury-plagued 2021 campaign.
"It's just a bummer for sure,"
said Martin after he left the
ners. He did not disappoint them
out on the racetrack, as he was
faster than anyone else from the
moment he first got on the track
for timed qualifying until the drop
of the last checkered flag.
At the start of the first moto the
primary combatants for the title,
Lawrence and Justin Cooper,
started at the front, with Red
Bull KTM rookie Max Vohland
and the veteran Jeremy Martin
giving chase. Martin, who had
won three overalls to date in the
series, but had missed a round
with a broken hand, dispatched
both Vohland and his Star Racing
teammate Cooper to go after
Lawrence, who had taken over
the lead on lap three.
Chase Sexton was fifth overall,
while Coty Schock posted a
career-best sixth-place finish
on the FXR Chaparral Honda.
Schock ran 8-6 in the two motos,
which was much different than
last year's finish here—and on a
much hotter day.
"Ironman was a hot and humid
one," Schock said. "And to think
last year I got 17th is mind bog-
gling."
Jett Lawrence has been mak-
ing a lot of fans here in 2021,
not only with his racing prowess,
but also with some marketing
tricks and personal engagement
with the fans. They were there
in droves for him at Ironman,
several with homemade ban-
ROUND 10 / AUGUST 28, 2021
IRONMAN RACEWAY / CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA
P74
MOTOCROSS I LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Former leader Justin
Cooper (32) now
trails Jett Lawrence
by 11 points with two
rounds to go.
