Turner Clinches Second WMX Championship
T
he final round of the WMX
Championship concluded
with a three-moto finale at the
Budds Creek Pro Motocross
in Mechanicsville, Maryland,
August 22-23. Points leader and
defending champion Lachlan "La
La" Turner aimed to secure her
second title over the weekend,
while Australian Charli Cannon
did her best to dethrone the
current WMX queen. In the end,
Turner won two of the three mo
-
tos and took the overall crown.
Friday hosted the first two
motos of the weekend and had
arguably the most drama. Team
Green Kawasaki's Kyleigh Stall
-
ings grabbed the holeshot in
moto one, with Cannon and Turn-
er closely behind. Turner, while
running third, navigated a tricky
step-up and crashed hard in the
early laps. This crash aggravated
a recent back injury, but Turner
quickly remounted and refocused
to re-enter the fight for the lead.
With Turner out of the picture up
front, Cannon passed Stallings
for the lead and pulled away to
take the moto win. The Australian
champ scored maximum points
in race one, while Turner charged
back to second. Jordan Jarvis
finished third.
Stallings again, holeshot moto
two, with the rest of the cham
-
pionship contenders hot on her
heels. Carrying her momentum
from her win in moto one, Can
-
non quickly took over the lead
early, passing Stallings and look-
ing comfortable out front. Turner
started back in fifth but moved
into second halfway through,
trailing Cannon. Troubles for
the Aussie rider arose when she
overjumped the triple step-up and
went off the track. This crucial
mistake allowed Turner to slip
past for the lead just after the
race's halfway point. Cannon
stayed close, but another mistake
late in the race made the gap too
big to close. Despite her crash
in race one, Turner fought her
way to victory in moto two, with
Cannon finishing second. Jarvis
again finished third in a photo fin
-
ish with Mikayla Nielsen.
WIND
IN THE
P48
Lachlan Turner won the final two motos of the
WMX season and clinched her second straight
championship.
PHOTOS: ALIGN MEDIA
