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fourth for the second week in
a row. A podium in race one
marked his best result, with 3-8-6
scores pushing him just one spot
off the box.
"I was struggling throughout
the day," Plessinger said. "Then
went out in the first one and rode
pretty good in the first part, snuck
by for third. In the second one, I
ing victory at the Daytona round.
He took over the lead on lap two
and led the remaining seven laps
of the feature race. His Kawasaki
teammate Reven Gordon crossed
second, with round-one winner,
Cole Davies, taking third.
ROCZEN'S
ROUGH RIDE
Ken Roczen had a tough night.
He was caught up in a second-
turn pileup in race one. He was
forced off the track but didn't hit
the ground. Unbeknownst to Roc-
zen, hard contact with another
bike in the pileup damaged his
radiator. His Suzuki survived the
race, but overheating caused
some power loss. Due to the
quick turn-around time, the Triple
Crown rules allow each rider a
spare bike. Roczen struggled in
race two, riding his back-up bike.
By race three, he had his back-up
bike dialed in and finished in fifth.
Briefly...
Hunter Lawrence got on the 450SX podium for the first
time in his career. He was pretty happy about it.
bad side of that many times
with the red-cross flag; just had
eyes like a hawk on it tonight
and it worked out."
The podium marks Hunter's
best result of the season and
it is a far cry from the season
opener, at which he missed out
on making it into the main for
his first time ever in the 450SX
class. He's currently 10th in
overall points going into the
series' two-week-long break.
Aaron Plessinger crossed
up front in race one, but later
crashed out of the lead. Hunter's
best result came from race two,
in which he moved up to second
after penalties were dealt. The
technicality didn't seem to faze
the number 96.
"I was kind of thinking I'd be
around four or five [for the race-
three gate pick]," Hunter said.
"Then they called out Mr. Tomac
and then 96, and I was like, 'Yep,
we're not asking questions, just
go ahead.' We've been on the
