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P164 INTERVIEW I 2025 AMA WOMEN'S MOTOCROSS CHAMPION LACHLAN TURNER the Saturday program. I mean, God works in mysterious ways because we got our races on Saturday after that. That shift opened a lot of eyes and opportunities for wom - en's motocross. How has that bigger level of exposure made a difference for you as a racer? Honestly, it's made me want it more because on Saturday, it's live with everyone watching, so I don't want to do bad. It's like, I need to do it because now people are watching! [laughs] Let's talk about your second half of the season. At Ironman in the second moto, you had to climb your way through the field. But it looked like you kept your cool and let the race come to you. Is that where your train - ing comes into play as well? Definitely. I have some sort of beast mode or whatever when I get mad. I was way back there at the start, and I passed for first on the first lap. Somehow, I caught and passed everyone in the back. But it was sick, espe - cially when they got that pass on video. You've had some pretty great battles with Australian Women's Motocross Champion Charli Cannon. She came at you pretty hard this year. Talk about com- peting with her. The first time I competed with her, I had a dislocated shoulder the week before, so it wasn't my full potential when I raced her in Australia [at the FIM Oceania Women's Motocross Cup, where Team USA finished second to Australia: Cannon swept all three motos]. I honestly thought she was going to come here and smoke me because I didn't know where I was with my dis - located shoulder when I raced over there. It surprised me when I came out swinging. When she arrived in the U.S. for WMX a few weeks later, she had her own injury—a broken finger that she was dealing with for the first three rounds. Yeah. Toward the end of the season, it was cool being up there battling with her. The final round at Budds Creek was a big one, with three motos instead of two to make up for the weather-shortened round at Thunder Valley. You Turner pushed through a brutal crash in the title- deciding final round at Budds Creek, and, despite injuries, she finished strong to win the championship.