now breathe a lot easier with a
20-point cushion going into the
final two rounds of the 250MX
Championship at Budds Creek
(Maryland) and Ironman Race
-
way (Indiana).
450MX
Jett needed to score five points
on Dylan Ferrandis, second in
the 450MX Championship, to
And the celebration didn't stop
with the 450MX Championship
because Lawrence's big brother,
Hunter, also won the 250MX
class at Unadilla and is now
poised to give Honda another
class championship. Hunter got
a big boost toward that goal
when his closest rival, Haiden
Deegan, suffered a mechanical
DNF in moto one. Hunter can
ROUND 9 / AUGUST 12, 2023
UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CENTER, NEW BERLIN, NEW YORK
MOTOCROSS I PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P68
7 AARON PLESSINGER
5TH (5-5) 450MX
A consistent pair of fifths put Aaron
Plessinger fifth overall. "Unadilla
started off rough with 18th in qualify-
ing... I only got better from there and
worked really hard for both of my fifth-
place finishes today with my starts—
especially in the second moto. I was
happy with how I rode, as I almost
chased down fourth in that one."
51 JUSTIN BARCIA
19TH (40-14) 450MX
Justin Barcia returned for his first
round of Pro Motocross this year and
it didn't go well. "I got in a first-turn
pileup and damaged my bike pretty
bad. I tried to do a few laps, but I
ended up crashing again and had to
pull her in and go back to the [pits].
In the second moto, I had the far
outside gate pick. I got off to a good
jump but pretty much had nowhere
to go in the tight Unadilla first corner,
so I was pretty buried. I was charg-
ing through the third corner and got
in another little pileup and ended up
going down."
MYOWNRACE
Lawrence (18) made
use of two great starts
to win both motos.
