for jumping while a red cross
flag/wheels-on-the-ground light
was shown. Two, Shimoda still
finished ahead of him and sits
seven points up. Honda and the
Lawrence camp want to finish
the series 1-2 in points, but Shi-
moda definitely won't go down
without a fight.
"It was an okay day, nothing to
jump up and down about," said
Hunter Lawrence.
"I looked and I saw the cross
flag, but I didn't think anything of
it," he said of the penalty. "But I
didn't think anything of it because
we didn't see anything going into
the turn or out of it. It's a bit of
a bummer they docked me two
points, but it is what it is now."
and Hunter at Ironman. He's now
seven points up from third rolling
into the final round.
"I struggled a bit on how to set
up the bike," Shimoda said. "Even
in the first moto, too. But the sec-
ond one was better, we improved
even from qualifying to the second
moto. Another win in the second
moto is always good, too."
Hunter Lawrence rebounded
from a disastrous Budds Creek
weekend and landed back on
the box at Ironman. Consistency
proved to be key for Hunter, as
3-2 scores put him third over-
all. Sounds like all good news,
right? Well, not exactly. And for
two reasons. One, Hunter was
docked two points in moto one
to make my way to the front and
just had a good flow there. Then
the second one, the first few
laps I just struggled to get a flow
and actually went back a few
positions—not ideal but ended
up getting through to third, and
the boys were just too gone, so I
just settled in from there."
Shimoda has been on a roll
lately and even challenged Law-
rence in moto one. However, a
costly fall put him back to fifth,
but he rebounded with another
second moto win. What's even
better for Shimoda is he beat out
points rival Hunter Lawrence.
Shimoda jumped to second in
points last weekend and put
more distance between himself
ROUND 11 / AUGUST 27, 2022
IRONMAN RACEWAY / CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA
P68
MOTOCROSS I LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Jo Shimoda
challenged for the
top spots and won
moto two.
