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Jett Lawrence snaps two-moto losing streak at RedBud in first 450 race
Jett Lawrence passed Hunter Lawrence on the last lap of the Red Bud National at Buchanan, Michigan, to end a two-race losing streak.
Hunter tracked his brother down late in Moto 1 of the RedBud National in Buchanan, Michigan, easily took the lead, and built a six-second gap before he crashed halfway through the final lap.
Jett came to RedBud MX in Buchanan, Michigan, with a chip on his shoulder after losing both motos at High Point. He posted the fastest lap in the first qualification session, crashed in Qualification 2, and took the lead from Jorge Prado on Lap 3 of the first moto.
According to WeWentFast.com, Jett has only lost 3 motos in a row one in his 450 career, early in the season in 2024 and he was determined that would not happen again.
- Dan Beaver,
Jorge Prado earned the holeshot with Jett and Hunter settling in right behind him in second and third respectively.
Hunter took a while longer to get around the Spanish MXGP champion. He made the pass on Prado on Lap 7 and he set his sights on Jett, who seemed to lose pace in the closing laps.
Prado finished third.
Halfway through the race, the top three riders had a gap of 20 seconds over fourth place.
Returning from injury, Justin Barcia was fourth at the end of Lap 1 with RJ Hampshire rounding out the top five.
Barcia crashed on Lap 3, however, and gave up his chance to finish in the top five in his first race back.
Hampshire held onto fourth at the checkers.
Haiden Deegan crashed early on Lap 1 and had difficulty remounting. He completed Lap 1 in 36th. He was in a position to earn points by Lap 5. He worked his way up to 10th.
Aaron Plessinger was also involved and required assistance to limp off the track.
