over, we'll have a proper celebra-
tion."
Adam Cianciarulo ran up front
early in both motos and finished
fourth overall ahead of the con-
sistent 5-5 of Aaron Plessinger.
Estonian MXGP transplant Harri
Kullas grabbed sixth, with Gar-
rett Marchbanks, Jason Ander-
son, Ty Masterpool and Frederik
Noren rounding out the top 10.
250MX
It's crunch time in the 250MX
division, as only three points
separated Hunter Lawrence
from rookie rival Haiden Deegan
at the start of moto one. Neither
rider had a great start, but the
two followed in formation as
gone through and the hard work.
That whole [second moto], I
was keeping it together and just
pushing, pushing, pushing. Then
as soon as I went over the finish
line, the emotions came out. I've
got to send a huge thank you to
my mechanic, Christien Ducha
-
rme; we're like family now."
"Winning his first 450MX title
in his first try; he has been on
another planet it seems like,"
said Honda HRC Team Manager
Lars Lindstrom. "It has been
incredible to see someone as
young as he is dominating and
riding like a veteran. He has
made it look so easy that it has
been hard to realize how spe
-
cial it is, and after the season is
part of another battle with his
teammate and sprinted away,
immediately gapping Sexton
by two seconds, and Sexton
did not have an answer. Law-
rence steadily pulled away from
Sexton and could enjoy clinch-
ing the title with a comfortable
nine-second advantage over his
teammate.
"It's an unreal opportunity,"
Lawrence said. "Like Hunter
said when he won his [250SX
East] championship, I haven't
even dreamed of this because
we never thought it was possi
-
ble to be where we are today. To
do it like this, being undefeated
so far, it's very emotional for me,
with all the hard times we've
ROUND 9 / AUGUST 12, 2023
UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CENTER, NEW BERLIN, NEW YORK
MOTOCROSS I PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P72
Levi Kitchen (43)
won the first
250MX moto and
is now fifth overall
in the series.
