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Australian Jett Lawrence, main event winner at the opening round of the AMA Supercross Championships and now round five in Detroit too.In a performance reminiscent of his impressive 450SX debut at Anaheim 1, Jett Lawrence dominated AMA Supercross round five in Detroit at the weekend.

This put his supercross campaign back on track and it will be interesting to see if he can further strengthen his position when the AMA Supercross heads now to now to round six in Glendale, Arizona, this coming weekend.

The Australian led every lap of the main event in the 2024 series’ first race outside of California and in an enclosed stadium and safe from the weather at Detroit.

The success followed three atypical events – two affected by weather, the other featuring a Triple Crown format – and it moved the 20-year-old Team Honda HRC factory team rider up to second place in the title chase–just one point behind the KTM factory team’s series leader and defending champion Chase Sexton.

The story of the 450SX main event was simple: Jett throttled his bike to the holeshot and checked out – a couple of close calls being the only small flaws in an otherwise perfect performance. Jett’s eventual winning margin was 4.740 seconds.

Meanwhile, his elder brother Hunter Lawrence had a steady race, riding most of the laps in seventh or eighth place before turning in an eighth-place result – one behind Phoenix Racing Honda’s French rider Dylan Ferrandis.

Detroit marked the start of the 250SX East Region series, where Kawasaki rider Austin Forkner won the race ahead of Fire Power Honda’s Max Anstie.

Jett Lawrence’s victory vaulted him from fourth to second in the 450SX points standings, just one behind Sexton.

450SX Results from round five in Detroit:

  1. Jett Lawrence (Hon)
  2. Chase Sexton (KTM)
  3. Ken Roczen (Suz)
  4. Cooper Webb (Yam)
  5. Jason Anderson (Kaw)
  6. Aaron Plessinger (KTM)
  7. Dylan Ferrandis (Hon)
  8. Hunter Lawrence (Hon)
  9. Justin Cooper (Yam)
  10. Eli Tomac (Yam)

 

450SX Championship Points (after 5 of 17 rounds):

  1. Chase Sexton: 98
  2. Jett Lawrence: 97
  3. Aaron Plessinger: 96
  4. Cooper Webb: 92
  5. Jason Anderson: 84
  6. Eli Tomac: 82
  7. Ken Roczen: 77
  8. Dylan Ferrandis: 77
  9. Justin Barcia: 59
  10. Hunter Lawrence: 52

 

250SX East Region Results:

  1. Austin Forkner (Kaw)
  2. Max Anstie (Hon)
  3. Daxton Bennick (Yam)
  4. Coty Schock (Yam)
  5. Pierce Brown (Gas)
  6. Jalek Swoll (Tri)
  7. Henry Miller (Hon)
  8. Guillem Farres (Hus)
  9. Marshal Weltin (Yam)
  10. Chance Hymas (Hon)

 

250SX East Region Championship Points (after 1 of 9 rounds):

  1. Austin Forkner: 25
  2. Max Anstie: 22
  3. Daxton Bennick: 20
  4. Coty Schock: 18
  5. Pierce Brown: 17
  6. Jalek Swoll: 16
  7. Henry Miller: 15
  8. Guillem Farres: 14
  9. Marshal Weltin: 13
  10. Chance Hymas: 12

Photo courtesy HONDA

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