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MOTOCROSS I LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12 / SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
PRAIRIE CITY SVRA / RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA
sixth and seventh in front of Law-
rence, the points leader.
"After the first moto I was pissed
and not happy at all," admitted
Lawrence. "Going into the second
one the mood was, go and do my
job. I did a lot of work and I felt I
deserved what I had done so far.
I went out and was like, go out
there and do your job."
The fast-starting Cooper,
once again, started up near the
front, behind only the fast factory
newcomer Varize. Lawrence was
again outside the top five, but he
also knew that a fifth-place finish
would be enough to clinch the
title. When he suffered another
early spill, a collective groan went
I could and put on a charge. I
made sure I didn't override the
track, because the track was
pretty rough. I had to make sure I
didn't overdo the track and make
any other stupid mistakes."
Cooper would win comfort-
ably over Rockstar Husqvarna's
RJ Hampshire and Hunter
Lawrence, Jett's older brother
and teammate.
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit
Kawasaki's Jo Shimoda was
fourth ahead of Red Bull KTM's
fast rookie Max Vohland. A
couple of other rookies, Star
Racing's Levi Kitchen and Josh
Varize, who was riding as a fill-in
for Rockstar Husqvarna, were
costing him a dozen spots and
knocking his visor off. And then
he crashed again on the sec-
ond lap by running into another
downed rider, falling completely
out of the points to 23rd position.
Had the race ended then and
there, Cooper would have won
the title by two points!
Fortunately for Lawrence and
the Honda factory team, the kid
was able to settle down and work
his way back up through the
pack to eighth by the moto's end.
"My mindset was when I
crashed was, I am really sucking
today on dirt bikes," said Law-
rence afterwards. "I knew, and I
just had to get up as quickly as
Cooper Webb came on strong late in
the 450MX Championship. He made
another podium and finished out the
season fourth in the championship.
