tually went on to finish just off
the box in fourth. Then in race
two, Plessinger started outside
the top five but passed his way
into second. A second-place fin
-
ish secured his best finish of the
2023 campaign, as 4-2 scores
gave him second overall.
"I just took a line that led into
Dylan's line," Plessinger said about
the moto-one crash. "I didn't see
him coming and he shot out
of there, slammed me, and we
both hit the ground. His bike got
stuck on top of me, and he had
to lift it off of me. Lucky enough
I salvaged fourth. Overall [it was
a] good day; on the podium even
with hitting the ground."
"I made contact with Pless
-
inger," Ferrandis said. "We ended
up in the same rut and crashed
together. My bike was on him,
and I had to help him, and I
ended up losing a lot of time, but
that's racing."
with his best result of the sea
-
son. The number-seven certainly
had his work cut out for him all
day as he found himself bat-
tling for spots in both motos.
He collided with Dylan Ferrandis
(Monster Energy Star Racing
Yamaha) early in moto one and
was forced to work through the
field. He duked it out with pri
-
vateer standout Ty Masterpool
(Sport Clips/Beachview Treat-
ment/Airline Vacuum) and even-
"I'm just glad I didn't get
roosted, that was my main
motivation today," Lawrence
said. "I'm just getting more and
more comfortable with the bike.
We keep making small changes
during the week trying to get it
better and better, so if I do need
to go hard, it can handle it, or if
I'm just trying to maintain my
pace at a slower track like here."
Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull
KTM) put himself on the box
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Haiden Deegan was up front early in
the day but finished eighth overall.
"The first moto, I pulled the holeshot,
and l was like, 'shoot, we can maybe
get another moto win,' and then
ended up falling in the third turn," he
said. "I'm still learning."
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