the front of the pack for the next
four laps. Eventually, Lawrence
overtook him, but Cooper stayed
fairly close and managed to
secure second place at the line.
His 4-2 scores gave him third
overall, earning him the final
podium spot.
"I was battling with Jorge
[Prado] there, and I just wanted
consistently remains a front-
runner. In moto two, the number
32 showcased his best per
-
formance as he tracked Jorge
Prado
early in the race before
taking the lead on lap seven.
He then laid down a series of
hot laps to build a gap and ap
-
peared to be a strong contender
for
the win as Cooper stayed at
to get to the front so I could
start leading and get away while
I could," Cooper said. "I put in
a few good laps, but my bike
started making a big noise in
the braking bumps, so I slowed
down because I didn't know what
it was. After a few laps, it ended
up being that my front brake disc
guard was loose, and it eventu
-
ally fell off. Everything went back
to
normal, but it was scary there
for a [moment]. The pace was
hot for me to get to the lead and
then sprint away, so I got a little
tired there at the end."
RJ Hampshire finished fourth
overall but scored an emotional
first 450MX podium with a third
in race one.
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prospects were invited to the
Scouting Moto Combine. Monster
Energy Kawasaki Team Green's
Landen Gordon came away with
the overall victory after taking
fourth in race one and winning
the final moto of the day. KTM's
Luke Fauser took second on the
day with 7-2 scores, while Jes-
son Turner rounded out the box
with 9-3 finishes. Husqvarna's
Landon Gibson won the opening
moto of the day and looked to be
running away with race two before
a mechanical issue dropped him
out of the race. "I struggled a lot
in the first moto and made a few
bike changes," said Gordon. "I'm
going to be honest; I did not know
Gibson's bike blew up. I thought I
finished in third place, so now that
I know I won, it's unreal. Last year
was very unfortunate here, so to
come back and get sort of lucky is
really awesome."
Briefly...
Justin Cooper led
laps in moto two
and finished third
overall in 450MX
on the day.
