Jett Lawrence - Nashville SX Gallery
Posted on April 23, 2024
In an eventful night of racing, Team Honda HRC’s Jett Lawrence notched an inspired victory in Nashville for round 14 of the AMA Supercross series, building a five-point buffer over series rival Cooper Webb.
When the gate dropped for the 450SX main event, Lawrence rocketed his CRF450RWE into the first turn just behind Eli Tomac, but then slipped back to third on the first lap before settling into his pace and closing on the riders in front. The 20-year-old Australian made the pass on race-leader Eli Tomac just before the halfway point, and from there, he built a sizable gap on his competitors before winning by nearly 10 seconds—his sixth victory of the season.
For the second time this season, the Lawrence Brothers both won their 450SX heat races, with Hunter topping the first one and Jett best in the second outing. Jett’s win gives him a five-point edge over premier-class title rival Cooper Webb (286-281), with three rounds remaining. Hunter Lawrence is 10th, while Jo Shimoda and Chance Hymas are fourth and ninth in the West and East points standings, respectively.
Jett Lawrence: “The bike’s been handling great, and I’ve been feeling good the last few weeks; I just couldn’t put myself in good positions. From the first session today, I felt like I had a good flow with the track. I had a great start, which was exactly what I wanted against these guys. I was able to capitalize on some of the mistakes of the guys in front and get into my flow. It was good to get those solid laps in the main.”
Hunter Lawrence: “It was a good day of riding. My heat race was really good and our bike was really good, so there were a lot of positives. We really focused on starts this past week to give ourselves a better shot in the main, and it paid off with a pretty sweet start in the top five in the main. Unfortunately, I got together with another rider early on and had to claw my way back from what felt like dead-last and then some. We’ll take a seventh on the night from that.
