CRAWFORDSVILLE, Indiana: Riders are challenged this week by some changes to Ironman Raceway. The new forest section and tighter turn at the top of Godzilla will change the rhythm of the course.
Jett Lawrence made a statement in qualification one round after losing his second career Motocross race to Chase Sexton in Washougal. His lap of 2:01.059 was 0.357 seconds faster than the field.
The biggest thing is the traction because it looks pretty good but it’s pretty slick underneath, so you have to be aware of where you can attack and where you can’t,” Jett told Peacock’s Katie Osborne.
RJ Hampshire posted the second fastest time of 2:01.415.
Sexton was not far off the pace, logging a time of 2:01.807 to round out the top three. Sexton showed how much the riders are on the edge when he laid the bike over as the track transitioned from light to shade. He lost some time in the mechanics area checking the bike.
Fourth-place Jorge Prado and Hunter Lawrence completed the top five.
Tomac (2:02.619) was among the top three in Q1, but he had a scary moment in the second session with both feet off the pegs and both legs akimbo. Nevertheless, he was sixth-best in the session. Tomac’s incident came on his final lap, which kept him from improving his early time.
Group A Qualification 2
Combined Qualification
Qualification 1
Jett Lawrence found the optimal lines early in qualification for the Ironman National with a speed of 2:02.657. The Big Three kept Lawrence in sight, however, with only a second separating first through third.
Fresh off his win at Washougal, Chase Sexton hopes to carry him momentum forward and challenge Lawrence’s overall supremacy. He was six-tenths of a second slower at 2:03.257.
Eli Tomac (2:03.676) said the team found some of Yamaha’s problems last round and landed third on the chart.
Fourth-place Justin Cooper (2:04.871) and RJ Hampshire (2:05.229) rounded out the top five and were two seconds off the pace.
Hunter Lawrence was just outside the top five in sixth with a lap of 2:05.266, which was a little more than two and half seconds slower than his brother.
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