Meanwhile, Jett Lawrence had
his Honda on cruise control with
his four-second lead over Webb.
Then Jett surprised everyone
and brought the crowd to their
feet when he crashed.
"The bike was feeling great, I
was feeling good, and yeah, just got
caught off guard," he said. "Some
-
times you're the hammer, some-
times you're the nail, and I ended
up nailing that Tuff Block. Just a
little mistake, almost saved it, but
got back up, bars were bent, but we
still had some fuel in the tank, and I
tried going after Cooper."
Jett scrambled to remount
quickly, but Webb was right there
and rapidly took over the front
with just a minute and a half left
on the clock.
Jett did his best to retake first
but ran into the back of a lapper,
race, Tomac was still hungry for
more and was able to get around
Hunter for fourth, and then he
set his sights on Plessinger.
After following Plessinger for
about two laps, he pulled the
trigger and made the pass stick
for third place.
"Hunter was riding an awe
-
some race, and then out of
nowhere, I see the number three
come through," Plessinger said.
"I'm like, 'Dang, I got to latch
on or something because this
dude's going fast.' And I knew
Hunter was right behind me. I
just kept it on two [wheels] and
it was just a really, really good
race. My heart rate was through
the roof, and I was trying with
everything I had to get back by
Eli, but he was in 'beast mode' as
they call it."
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BREECE MAKING
WAVES
Ryan Breece, who has been rid-
ing a wave of momentum lately
and is now within single digits of
Kyle Peters in the AMA Arena-
cross Championship, competed
in the 450SX class at the Ar-
lington Supercross. His speed
carried over into Texas, where
he qualified for the main event on
an Invictus Speed Crew Yamaha
YZ450F. He placed 18th out of
the 22 starters.
ANOTHER SETBACK
FOR CRAIG
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Fac-
tory Racing rider Christian Craig,
currently 15th in Championship
points standings, opted to skip
Arlington SX due to re-aggravat-
ing an ongoing elbow injury and
is seeking further medical advice.
NOT SO TRIUMPHANT
Triumph had a night to forget,
with Evan Ferry ruled out of the
Arlington Supercross following a
fall during the event's press day
on Friday that injured his shoul-
der and Jalek Swoll suffering a
heavy crash in the main.
LOOK WHO'S IN THIRD!
With such a deep field in the
250SX East division, it's excit-
ing to see a rider in the top three
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