ROUND 14 / APRIL 22, 2023
METLIFE STADIUM / EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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East points leader Hunter
Lawrence also finished on the
podium to make it a Honda
sweep. The older Lawrence
brother actually had a math-
ematical chance to wrap up the
title in New Jersey, but a third-
place finish sees the season
extend another week. The num-
ber-96 nailed a key move in the
final turn where he got a two-
for-one special, passing both
Max Vohland and the downed
Hampshire. With that, Lawrence
jumped from fifth to third.
"I saw RJ and Jett getting a
little loose, so I thought, 'Okay,
we don't need to get into that
and hit the ground,'" Hunter said.
a good line. As soon as I cut
underneath, I lost the front, and I
was just along for the ride there,
just hydroplaning across the wa
-
ter and took us both down. It's a
bummer to end it like that where
I couldn't even finish the race."
"It changed pretty quickly,"
Jett Lawrence said. "I was right
behind Max and thought I'd have
a good chance to cut down, but
the rear wheel just kept coming
around. Then I saw a bow wave
come spraying me [from Hamp
-
shire]. I had no time to react but
luckily, I went down on top of
him, so I just rode my bike over
his and somehow finished on
the podium."
lap, Lawrence went down, as
Hampshire, the only Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna Team rider in
the race, dive-bombed the inside
with a spectacular Hail-Mary
pass attempt. They both went
down but Lawrence remounted
to retain his second-place finish
and was the highest finishing
West rider. Hampshire was un
-
able to get his Husqvarna to fire,
ultimately credited with 13th
place.
"I saw an opening there at
the end in the last corner and
went for it," Hampshire said
of the pass attempt that went
wrong. "There was nothing else
to it. I thought I would have had
Max Anstie, the
30-year-old vet
from Great Britain,
captured his first
career 250cc
Supercross win.
