Jett Lawrence Inches Closer to 250 Class Title Defense with Eighth Victory
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN – August 28 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, traveled to the motorsports hotbed of the greater Indianapolis area for the 11th and penultimate round of the 50th anniversary season at Crawfordsville’s Ironman Raceway. Abundant sunshine and temperatures in the mid-80’s set the tone for the Tucker Freight Lines Ironman National, where the two title combatants in the 450 Class, Team Honda HRC’s Chase Sexton and Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Eli Tomac, traded moto wins, from which Sexton prevailed triumphant via tiebreaker in what has been a historic battle for the Edison Dye Cup. In the 250 Class, reigning champion Jett Lawrence captured his eighth victory for Team Honda HRC and moved one step closer towards a successful title defense of the Gary Jones Cup.
Moto 1
The opening premier class moto started with Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Christian Craig leading the field through the first turn for the MotoSport.com Holeshot. However, he was soon passed by Team Honda HRC’s Ken Roczen as Muc-Off/FXR/ClubMX Yamaha’s Shan McElrath slotted into third. Tomac and Sexton started outside the top five and top 10, respectively.
As Roczen sprinted out to an early lead of more than two seconds, Tomac made an impressive charge up to second where he passed McElrath, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey, and Craig to put Roczen in his crosshairs. As Tomac made his move toward the lead Sexton responded with a charge into the top five, where he settled in behind Dungey.
As Sexton looked to break his way into the top three, Tomac pressured Roczen for the lead 10 minutes into the moto. Sexton made the pass on Craig for third as Tomac began looking for alternate lines to get around Roczen. Tomac was persistent and made the pass stick with nearly 18 minutes left. The Yamaha rider quickly opened a lead as Roczen and Sexton began a battle for second, from which Sexton made an easy pass on his teammate and looked to chip away at a 2.5 second deficit to Tomac as the moto reached its halfway point.
As they entered the final 10 minutes of the moto, mere bike lengths sat between Tomac and Sexton. Lapped riders factored into the fight for the lead as the momentum between both riders ebbed and flowed. Sexton was patient and pulled the trigger on an impressive outside-to-inside move…
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