Jett Lawrence jumped the gate and got stuck behind the bar in the second qualification session, but since this was not during the race, there was no harm or foul. Jumping the gate at Ironman in Moto 1 dropped Jett from third to 17th in that round and cost him the overall victory.
Hunter Lawrence (1:10.353) moved up the chart from his fifth-place ranking in the first session to close within 0.650 seconds of his younger brother, Jett.
Sexton (1:10.558) also picked up speed in the second session and landed third overall.
RJ Hampshire (1:11.021) moved into the top five, bettering his seventh-best lap from Qualification 1.
Eli Tomac (1:11.301) rounded out the top five.
After posting the 13th-fastest lap in Qualification 1, Malcolm Stewart (1:15.258 in Q1) and the team decided to withdraw from the evening program.
Stewart’s withdrawal opens a slot for a seventh rider to advance from the Wild Card race.
Qualification 2 Results
Combined Qualification
Qualification 1
Jett is not prone to trash-talking, preferring to let his riding speak for itself. He posted the fastest lap in the first session with a time of 1:11.829, but was quick to point out the closeness of the competition.
“Realistically, it was a clean lap with no mistakes when it’s really close,” Jett told Peacock’s Haley Shanley. “I mean, Chase (Sexton) was only one-tenth off, so with that much of a second, he could be the same or faster. It’s really going to be on mistakes – the least mistakes you have, the better chance of getting a good lap.”
Sexton (1:11.969) is making his case to be the rider who challenges Jett the most. His fastest lap in the first session was 0.140 seconds behind the leader.
Eli Tomac (1:12.386) has been great at St. Louis in recent years. On Saturday morning, he confirmed how well he likes this dirt with the third fastest time.
Fourth-place Justin Cooper (1:12.536) and Hunter Lawrence (1:12.560) rounded out the top five.
Ken Roczen (1:12.697) posted a fast lap early, but slowly slipped down the rankings to land sixth on the chart.
Wild Card Race
Seven riders advanced out of the Wild Card (Last Chance Qualifier), with Mitchell Oldenburg standing on top of the box.
Oldenburg beat Dean Wilson to the checkers by 1.880 seconds, with Marshall Weltin taking the final podium position.
Benny Bloss, Jeremy Hand, Coty Schock, and Kyle Chisholm also advanced.
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