ROUND 2 / SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY, JOLIET, ILLINOIS
MOTOCROSS I SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P72
Ken Roczen. The two yo-yo'd at
the front of the pack, reminis-
cent of their battle at High Point
Raceway earlier this summer.
With neither rider having a clear
advantage, Lawrence shook
things up as he surprisingly
pulled over and waved Roczen
through and into the lead. With
the Olympic scoring system,
Lawrence figured doing so
450SMX
After finishing fourth overall
(7-2 moto finishes) at the SMX
opener, Jett Lawrence returned
to form at Chicagoland Speed-
way. The 450 rookie favored the
motocross
layout and made his
intentions clear with a dominant
win in the first race of the night.
Race two saw a much tighter
battle between Lawrence and
24 RJ HAMPSHIRE
4TH (5-4) 250SMX
RJ Hampshire set the fastest qualify-
ing time and landed just off the podi-
um in the overall rankings. "This was
much improved from last weekend.
Last weekend was such a struggle.
I was just looking for any type of
positive from this weekend, and I
came out and was P1 in practice—I
believe that's one of my first poles of
the season—and then just two solid
motos. I didn't get great starts, but
I didn't get terrible starts, so fourth
overall on the day."
32 JUSTIN COOPER
12TH (17-6) 250SMX
Justin Cooper fell in race one but
rebounded with the holeshot and led
in race two. "In the first moto, I got
caught up in a pileup, and my arm
got pretty banged up. Someone ran
it over, so from there I rode through
the pain in the first moto. In the sec-
ond moto, I somehow got a holeshot,
so that was really nice. I led a few
laps and then dropped back to sixth.
It wasn't the best, but at least we are
out of here in one piece."
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