At High Point Raceway in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania, Jett Lawrence made Moto 1 interesting by stalling his bike before the halfway point, but then recovered and retook the lead three laps later.
“I was jumping into that [turn] and I landed too heavy,” Jett said from the top of the podium. “I got high gear and the bike just stalled on me. Slight mistake, but we were able to capitalize, thankfully. We had some good lines. I feel good; I feel strong. Just a silly mistake on my behalf.”
Anyone who imagined Jett was not holding back during most of his moto wins was proven wrong during the next few laps. After remounting, Jett posted his two fastest laps immediately after picking up his bike. Jett chased Aaron Plessinger down and passed him with ease.
“It’s not as fun being in front,” Jett continued. “You can just kind of cruise and relax, but [when you’re behind] you’ve got to push. It was good. Just have to quickly throw it away and focus on the next thing.”
Plessinger faded in the last few laps and handed the second position to Hunter Lawrence by more than seven seconds.
“We’ve worked really hard [on the motorcycle],” Hunter said. “We have a great racetrack today. It’s pretty gnarly.”
Justin Cooper caught Plessinger at the end of the race and momentarily moved into a podium position before Plessinger regained the spot and raced to the checkers with a 0.582-second advantage over High Point’s fastest qualifier.
“That one stung a little bit,” Plessinger said. “I can’t be too mad, though, because these guys were 30 or 40 seconds out front last year. For me to close it in just a hair, it’s good. I got pretty tight halfway and Jett got me; Hunter got me.”
Eli Tomac made a determined charge after bobbling on Lap 1 to round out the top five. One second separated third through fifth.
In-Race Notes
Jett and Jorge Prado battled for the holeshot of Moto 1 in the High Point Nationals in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania, with Jett taking the top spot early.
Cooper made a brief charge on Lap 1, but he fell into the clutches of Plessinger quickly.
On Lap 2, Plessinger was in second with Cooper in third.
Hunter grabbed the final podium position on Lap 3.
Cooper in fourth and Cooper Webb rounded out the top five.
Tomac got a good jump, but lost six positions on Lap 1 and ended the circuit in ninth. He gained only one position by Lap 4.
Jett stalled on Lap 5, handing the lead to Plessinger and second to Hunter.
AP had a 4.2-second lead over the Lawrences. Plessinger also passed Jett (at full speed) at Hangtown.
Jett regained second on Lap 6.
Cooper was fourth at the halfway mark as Tomac moved to fifth.
Proving how much he was saving in the opening laps, Jett posted his fastest time so far on Lap 9 as he closed the gap to Plessinger to 2.4.
Jett caught Plessinger on Lap 7, but the Cowboy picked up the pace and extended the gap to three seconds. Jett nearly crashed on that lap.
Jett took the lead back on Lap 9.
Despite his stall, Jett won by 1.852 seconds.
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