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settembre 27, 2022 - Honda Racing

Team Honda HRC Riders Shine at Motocross of Nations

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Chase Sexton helps Team USA to win with 2-3 #moto scores
Jett Lawrence wins Open class to help Team Australia secure a podium finish

Team Honda HRC riders #chasesexton, #jettlawrence and #hunterlawrence all enjoyed solid showings during the Motocross of Nations at Michigan’s RedBud MX, helping their respective national teams to strong results. Just three weeks after finishing a close second in the AMA Pro Motocross 450 Championship, #chasesexton turned in steady 2-3 finishes in challenging conditions during his debut entry in the international #event. Those results by the CRF450R rider, combined with strong showings from fellow countrymen Eli Tomac and Justin Cooper, were enough to give Team USA its first MXoN victory in over a decade.

While they typically race as Sexton’s teammates in AMA competition, Hunter and #jettlawrence were riding for Team Australia at the Motocross of Nations, and the brothers contributed to the all-Honda entry’s respectable third-place finish, just three points behind France. Making his debut appearance in the #event and aboard a 450, Jett—recently recrowned as the AMA Pro Motocross 250 Champion—notched a victory in Race 2 and finished second in Race 3, while Hunter rode his CRF250R to 8-10 results (racing against both 250cc and 450cc machinery).

Race 1 saw MX2 and MXGP riders compete, and while Team USA’s Tomac rode to a convincing start-to-finish win, Team Australia’s #hunterlawrence spent the entire race in eighth place—second among the 250 riders, behind Team USA’s Justin Cooper. Race 2 was for MX2 and Open riders, and Team Australia’s #jettlawrence showed that he is ready for 450 machinery, advancing from third place to the front by the midway point and staying there to the end, while Team USA’s #chasesexton had a steady ride to finish second. #hunterlawrence was 10^th, second-best MX2 rider behind Cooper and Team France’s Marvin Musquin. In the dramatic final race, for MXGP and Open riders, #jettlawrence overcame vision troubles to finish second to Team France’s Maxime Renaux, one spot ahead of Sexton.

NOTES

While results are based on nationality in the Motocross of Nations, technical and logistical support is largely supplied by a rider’s normal race team—or by a manufacturer’s operation within the host country. That being the case, Team Honda HRC helped not just Team USA’s #chasesexton, but also Team Australia’s Hunter and #jettlawrence, and to a lesser extent Red Riders #racing for other countries.
Honda racers rode well in Saturday qualifying, with Team USA’s #chasesexton, Team Australia’s #jettlawrence and Team Spain’s Ruben Fernandez finishing second, third and fourth, respectively, in the Open race; Team Australia’s #hunterlawrence finishing second in the MX2 race; and Team Australia’s Mitch Evans finishing fourth in the MXGP race. Also of note were top-10 rides by Team Canada’s Dylan Wright (MXGP) and Team Great Britain’s Tommy Searle (Open).
As has been the case for most recent editions of the Motocross of Nations, the #event was marked by inclement weather, with race day hit by intermittent hard rain. The conditions introduced a bit of an unknown, although most of the expected top teams still performed well.
On Friday at RedBud, Sexton celebrated his 23^rd birthday, matching his AMA race number. The Illinois native’s birthplace is just three hours west of the RedBud track, and he enjoyed enthusiastic fan support all weekend.
Twenty-three is also the new Motocross of Nations win total for Team USA, which is a record, although the previous victory had come back in 2011.
Team Australia’s all-Honda third-place result was the country’s second podium ever at the Motocross of Nations, the last having come over a decade earlier.
While Team Honda HRC members were the star Red Riders at the Motocross of Nations, a number of other CRF racers also performed well. Team Australia’s Mitch Evans posted a solid fifth place in Race 1, Team Spain’s Ruben Fernandez did likewise in Race 2 and Team Canada’s Dylan Wright was 10^th in Race 3. Strong Red Rider performances in the B final included Team New Zealand’s Josiah Natzke, Team Venezuela’s Anthony Rodriguez and Team Japan’s Yuki Okura, finishing in seventh-through-ninth places, respectively.
With the 2022 season now in the books, Team Honda HRC turns its attention to next year, with testing for AMA Supercross being the top priority. The 2023 schedule has yet to be announced, but the season is expected to start in Anaheim in early January.

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