In a performance reminiscent of his impressive 450SX debut at Anaheim 1, Jett Lawrence dominated AMA Supercross round 5 in Detroit, where the Team Honda HRC rider led every lap of the main event in the 2024 series’ first race outside of California and in an enclosed stadium. The success followed three atypical events-two affected by weather, the other featuring a Triple Crown format-and it moved the 20-year-old Australian up to second place in the title chase-just one point behind the leader.
The story of the 450SX main event was simple: Jett throttled his CRF450RWE to the holeshot and checked out-a couple of close calls being the only small flaws in an otherwise perfect performance. Jett’s eventual winning margin was 4.740 seconds. Meanwhile, Hunter Lawrence had a steady race, riding most of the laps in seventh or eighth place before turning in an eighth-place result-one behind Phoenix Racing Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis.
Detroit marked the start of the 250SX East Region series, and the 2024 racing debut of Team Honda HRC rider Chance Hymas. The Idaho native suffered a midweek practice crash before the race, reinjuring the knee that he had hurt last year. He still showed up to compete in Detroit and looked strong in his heat race but aggravated the injury. Following treatment, Hymas took his CRF250R to the main-event holeshot and settled into an early second position, setting the fastest lap of the race. Fire Power Honda’s Max Anstie overtook Hymas on lap 13 of 21, and Hymas slipped to fourth a couple laps later. Unfortunately, a late crash dropped him to 10th at the finish. Anstie posted an impressive second-place result, and TiLube Honda’s Henry Miller was seventh.
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8 фев 2024
