Hunter Lawrence Penalized, But Keeps Win at High Point National

Right at the end of the day at the High Point National, Hunter Lawrence received a penalty from the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). The Honda HRC rider won the second moto en route to 3-1 finishes for his fourth consecutive overall win to start the AMA Pro Motocross Championship, but he was penalized for jumping on a red cross flag in moto two. The penalty takes away seven points from Lawrence, but he does in fact keep both the moto win and the overall win, despite his 37 points are being less than RJ Hampshire’s 38 total points. Lawrence receiving a seven-point penalty but keeping the win does match up with the way the rule is written.

Section 2.10 of the AMA Motocross rulebook states the following:

The championship leader was asked about the penalty in the post-race press conference, to which he had a very short respond. Check it out below.