Young Australian doing well.

[xelasnave]

Jet Lawrence before his 20 th birthday won the USA 450 cc Moto Cross Championship.

It was his rookie year on a 450cc.

This is really unbelievable and such a decent young man.

alex

[Startrek (Martin)]

Alex,
That’s certainly a big achievement, especially in the big Apple.
It’s a shame Motocross doesn’t get the media exposure in Australia like it does in the US , all motor sport is huge in the US
Great christian name too !!
I hope he has a big future in the sport as a young Australian
My only connection with motor bikes was when I started my first job at 17 as an apprentice electrician with a large contractor , I couldn’t afford to buy a car , so my older brother who rode a Honda 250 4 stroke trail bike had a mate who was selling his motorbike. It was a Yamaha DT250 trail bike ( silver tank ) and I decided to buy it for $80 ( I think ) this was in 1977. It served me well for 2 years until I bought a car
I haven’t sat on or ridden a motorbike since. Too bloody dangerous in a big City like Sydney.
Martin

[xelasnave]

I rarely ever rode on the road ... riding the track was tame compared to riding on the road.

Jet has a brother " Hunter" who is doing quiet well in the 250cc class. His family took the boys to Europe and then USA for experience and they went thru tuff times but fortunately all their efforts are being rewarded.

Moto Cross is extremely physically demanding ( and mentally) with heart rate running at up to 200 bmp at the start ( be in a start and you can understand why) and during the race around 180 bmp... similar to downhill ski racing.

I recall a moto I was in...35 starters in each race...in each race I was lapped twice by riders 1 to 4 and came fifth and last in each race..yes..last in each race because 30 riders dropped out due to physical exhaustion. Although I placed fifth and last I was very pleased as the 4 riders in front were perhaps the best in the state at the time.

But every day I would work out by running and weight lifting ... just like these days well I do move my legs for 15 minutes to be able to sortta walk

But I still do exercise most every day by way of stretching and movement also light weights cause I think it really helps your attitude.

alex

[xelasnave]

Hunter won the 250 class so that is two Australian champions.
alex

[glend (Glen)]

Alex, you are the Stephen Bradbury of Moto Cross. Bradbury won Olympic Gold in short track speed skating when the four skaters in front of him crashed into one another.

Stamina, and staying power, a good description of you.

[croweater (Richard)]

Originally Posted by glend

Alex, you are the Stephen Bradbury of Moto Cross. Bradbury won Olympic Gold in short track speed skating when the four skaters in front of him crashed into one another.

Stamina, and staying power, a good description of you.

From memory amazingly he qualified for the final by winning the same way in the semi final

Cheers, Richard

[xelasnave]

I was a late starter into motocross..I had read about moto cross in the magazines and liked the idea as I had a little dirt bike experience and raced with mates on our trail bikes...so I ordered my race bike on theTuesday, picked it up on Thursday, ran it in on Saturday came second in a hill climb club event on the Sunday.... and the first actual motocross race I had ever seen I was in it one week later on the Sunday..just a club event and I came sixth....looking back I think I was somewhat full on back then....and although I always placed well I only had two wins (at club level) in my time in the sport but went out with a good last day placing 3rd in the 250 cc (two motos) and 2nd in the 400 cc (two motos).... ( both on my 250 cc) but only at a club event...and won every start ( even beating 400cc machines to the first corner) on that day so a great way to retire as it was the best day racing I ever had I did race all the "open" events which saw riders state wide compete but never placed better than tenth...

In those days there was $100 prize money for the Australian title, and being sponsored meant the factory lent you a motor for your bike to be returned at the end of the season ...these days in USA there are events where there is one million dollars to the rider who wins all motos on the night (2)...makes me think of getting back into it...

alex