and ran away with another clean
sweep of the weekend. This time
the heat was much more of a
factor for Lawrence, and he didn't
decimate the field like he did at
round one. Instead, he kept the
gap around four to five seconds
for the duration of each moto.
"It's all about finding a com
-
fortable pace for me to go at,"
Lawrence said. "And then obvi-
450MX
In the absence of his teammate,
and main (only) competition
from the previous round at Fox
Raceway, 450MX rookie Jett
Lawrence came out swinging
at Hangtown and set the fast
-
est qualifying lap (again) by two
seconds. He proceeded to lead
every lap of both motos on the
rough and hilly Hangtown track,
ROUND 2 / JUNE 3, 2023
PRAIRIE CITY SVRA / RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA
MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P78
24 RJ HAMPSHIRE
5TH (5-5) 250MX
RJ Hampshire won a moto last
weekend but rode to two quiet fifths
at Hangtown. "I just had two terrible
starts that kept us off the box," the
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider
said. "My riding was really good all
day; from qualifying through both
motos I felt awesome. But you can't
do much when you start outside the
top 15. It was probably the hardest
5-5 I've ever had in my life."
30 JO SHIMODA
6TH (4-10) 250MX
Monster Energy/ Pro Circuit / Ka-
wasaki's Jo Shimoda had the pace
to run up front in moto two but a
collision with a lapper dropped him to
10th in the race. "I felt great, men-
tally and physically. My stamina and
energy is there, I just need to start
limiting my mistakes. Although there
were some issues out of my control,
I feel good knowing that we have the
pace to be up front."
MYOWNRACE
(Above) Jett
Lawrence was
in a league of
his own. Again.
(Right) Ferrandis
battled with
KTM's Cooper
Webb and Aaron
Plessinger
all day.
