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winning the championship, but
I also had the perfect season
going. So, it wasn't done yet. I
could've just cruised it in and
done whatever, but there are
only so many guys who have
had the opportunity to go per-
fect. I think at that point, I'd get
looked down on if I didn't try and
go for it.
Q: After the nationals, you get
fourth at the first SMX. Did that
fourth take some of the pressure
off you?
I think it definitely did. It hum-
bled me back down because I
had a dream 450 outdoor sea-
son. I think I kind of needed that
because it switched for me, like,
"Okay, what was that? We need
to get back to work here." Then,
going back to Chicago, I had that
fire again and wanted to win.
Q: At the LA round of SMX,
you're behind Chase, and you see
him on the ground over the big
sand roller. What's playing in your
head, knowing that now is your
chance to win?
It was really, "All right, don't
mess up now, don't mess up."
Even when I was in second, too,
because if I dropped back to
third, then Chase would've gone
3-1, and he ends up winning. It
was a big math thing the whole
time. I just wanted to make sure
and win the thing, win the night,
that was the biggest thing. I
guess I got lucky with him push
-
ing and crashing. It was a bit of
a relief with him crashing, but
I knew I still couldn't relax yet,
especially with Kenny right there.
I had to keep my head down and
focus.
Q: Obviously you win the SMX
title, and then you go to Moto
-
cross of Nations in France. Not
a win there but still a great ride
(Team Australia's highest finish).
What was it like being back in
Europe?
It was good to be back in
Europe. I forgot how crazy the
French fans are. It was wild with
that. And yeah, it was cool to
come back through [the field]. I
wanted to demolish the GP class.
I wanted to make sure they knew
that right now, besides racing Eli
[Tomac] and Jeffrey [Herlings],
I can almost say I'm the fastest
guy in the world. I think if I start-
ed up there, I would've beat them.
But I backed it up in the second
moto. The only other guy that
was close was Kenny [Roczen],
but he's over here in America. I
Lawrence nearly saw
his perfect season
come to an end
at Unadilla. Dylan
Ferrandis gives Jett
a congratulatory
pat on the back.
