Jett Lawrence A1 SX Race Update
Jett Lawrence A1 SX Race Update January 12, 2025 Photo Credit: Feld Entertainment Anaheim, CA, (January 11, 2025) A subpar performance for the reigning Monster Energy Supercross 450 champion, Jett Lawrence, during the opening round of the sold-out Angel Stadium in Anaheim. Although he got second in the qualifying, the heat race and main event didn’t go as well, finishing in 12th place. Here is what the Honda HRC Progressive rider has to say from his Instagram after the race. “So that wasn’t ideal, I feel like I had a pretty good jump and this kind of. those tuff blocks kind of come in..the start straight kind of lined up all quickly…but at least now the only way to go is up for me. so lets just go back…we’re gonna go back and do some testing…as soon as we figure out the bike..it’s still making some troubles for us in the whoops and stuff like that. and yeah we tried…skimming is sketchy and we tried jumping and i think…I was sketchy just jumping so we’re gonna go back work hard and we’ll come back and we’ll be better, we always do. Where the people say we left, but we never left in the first place we’re gonna come back and hit them harder. What did Hunter once said? “No more Mr. nice guy.” https://www.instagram.com/p/DEu_jnvyMnC/ Share this post Leave a Reply Cancel reply Logged in as mx_admin. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* MORE ARTICLES
Jo Shimoda and Chase Sexton dominate Supercross Opener in Anaheim
Jo Shimoda and Chase Sexton dominate Supercross Opener in Anaheim January 12, 2025 Photo Credit: Feld Entertainment Anaheim, CA, (January 11, 2025) A sold-out Anaheim 1 Supercross Opener in Angel Stadium lived up to expectation as one of the most exciting season openers in recent years. The thousands in attendance were at the edge of their seats watching the whole main event as title favorites like Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha riders’ Eli Tomac and Haiden Deegan found themselves on the ground during the opening lap of their respective main event races. In the 20-minute plus one-lap 450 class main event, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jorge Prado took the holeshot and the early lead until crowd favorite Eli Tomac did quick work to the front. But not long after, he got run over by Red Bull KTM Racing’s Chase Sexton after his motorcycle’s front end washed out in the corner. But it was Sexton who took his first opening round win in convincing fashion, even with a brief stall near the midpoint where Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki’s Ken Roczen, who battled forward, reaching second place, almost caught him. Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson managed to avoid first-turn chaos and found himself in the lead on the first lap. After intense battles with Sexton and Roczen, he finished the race on the podium in third place. Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac crashed on the opening lap while leading and made an impressive comeback from last place to fifth, while the defending champion, Team Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett Lawrence, had two big mistakes in the opening laps and was only able to climb back to 12th spot. “I kind of knew where I was at coming in here. I knew I had good speed. I feel more like myself in 2023 when I was fast, but I feel like I’m a little more mature now and I can get out front and kind of run my own laps and not make mistakes, so it was a fun race. [I] had Kenny behind me, and also Jason, and it was just a good ride. Honestly, I had so much fun on this track tonight. I can’t give it up to the team enough. They put in so much hard work this off-season to get me comfortable, knowing that I wasn’t comfortable last year; and coming in now we’re back where we need to be. We still have lots to improve; it’s only one race in and there’s 16 left, but we’re off to a good start and first time winning A1 feels pretty good.” – Chase Sexton, after winning the A1 Main Event following his Heat Race victory. “Talk about a high and a low; I mean, oh my gosh, I just couldn’t believe it, you know?… [I] made the pass for the lead over the triple there. I’m like, ‘Okay, you know, here we go! Let’s put this great 20 minutes in…’ And just like that, it ended. I just tucked my front end there in that 90 degree corner. Good Ol’ Anaheim, gets slick in the evening, and didn’t respect it. So all these years I’ve done it and just, you know, barely made that mistake. I had a good come back, getting to that fifth. I’m excited [about] the way I rode the rest of the main there, so thank you… I was feeling just like I should, and what I know I can do, the whole day there. So great qualifying and a good quarter lap, but we’re going to come back. [laughs]” – Eli Tomac, when asked to describe his emotions after crashing out of the lead on the first lap. In the 250SX West class, Honda HRC Progressive’s Joe Shimoda rode a nearly flawless race and led every lap to take the victory. The Japanese rider surprised many, even the all-star broadcast team members James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael, with a great start, while two-time 250 SMX World Champion Haiden Deegan had a bad start, hit the rear tire of the rider in front of him, and hence crashed, getting fifth place in the 15-minute plus one-lap main event. “This is the start I was looking for every single year. And I think I was honestly sleeping on the gate [in previous seasons]. [Laughs] But we came out with a good start and just put in some consistent laps, you know, and never looked back. All this happened because of my team behind it. I’d just like to thank everyone at Honda, my trainer, mechanic and everybody… Thank you so much. Thank you, I love you guys.” – Jo Shimoda, when asked on the podium how it feels to start the season with a strong performance. “Not really happy to get interviewed for fifth, but better than last year. We’ll take the positive. Obviously not a great start. It happens, [I] went down, [then] fought my heart out and made my way back up to fifth and that’s all I could do. But congrats to the boys, obviously the light should be shined on them and all we can do is come out swinging at the next race.” – Haiden Deegan, when asked about his impressive charge to fifth place. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Logged in as mx_admin. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* MORE ARTICLES
Round 3 FIM Asia Motocross Championship
Round 3 FIM Asia Motocross Championship November 21, 2024 Bulacan Philippines (November 9, 2024): Team Good Boy Delvintor Alfarizi dominated Round 3 of the FIM Asia Motocross Championship last November 9, 2024, at Dig Dirt Motocross Park, SM Pulilan, Philippines. It was BM111-Yamaha Philippines’ Bornok Mangosong who got the holeshot and the early lead, while the 22-year-old Indonesian champion rode consistently, made clean passes to the front, and managed the entire twenty-minute plus two-lap race to win his first race of the season. Team Good Boy Phanuphong Somsawat of Thailand finished the race in second after a fierce battle with teammate and fellow Thailander Patsakorn Pariyawongsaton, who crashed during the early part of the race but recovered to finish sixth with a broken front fender. A bad start for Team Good Boy’s Joel Evans from Australia hindered him from fighting for the top spot but made a gritty effort to finish inside the podium for third. It was a Team Good Boy sweep from first place to sixth place, with Jiraj Wannalak and Thanarat Penjan finishing fourth and fifth place, respectively. Philippines’ very own Bornok Mangosong and up-and-comer from Team Kojiesan-Wheeltek Elced Maningo rounded up the seventh and eighth positions, while McLean Aguilar of Motul Ph and Jiheon Song from South Korea rounded up the top ten. The event was made possible by TC22 Sports Promotions, the National Motorcycle Sports and Safety Association of the Philippines (NAMSSA), and Kurt Matthew Teves of Orca Philippines. Share this post Leave a Reply Cancel reply Logged in as mx_admin. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* MORE ARTICLES