Does Hunter Lawrence win the Lucas Oil Pro Motorcross Championship next year?

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Does Hunter Lawrence win the Lucas Oil Pro Motorcross Championship next year?

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UpTiTe 10/8/2018 6:52am
10/8/2018 6:52am
Maybe, but I doubt it. He's never had to deal with the humidity before, that will be his downfall his first year.
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KX500 10/8/2018 6:54am
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Didn't Covington do better than Lawrence?
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GoggleFiend904 10/8/2018 6:58am
10/8/2018 6:58am
No, possibly 2020 though. I expect him and cooper to have some great battles
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Motofinne 10/8/2018 6:59am
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KX500 wrote:
Didn't Covington do better than Lawrence?
Yes but he was also on a way, way better bike. And Covington is like 3 or 4 years older.

Lawrence brothers are both the real deal. But he has to survive SX first and we saw that it took a guy like Roczen one year to adapt. So no, i don't think Lawrence will win a title in 2019. 2020 is a different story.
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DeStouwer 10/8/2018 6:59am
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No. Lawrence is good, but I still want to see a consistent season of him where he's constantly in the top 3 in standings. He rode two excellent MXoNs, and got some podiums in his first full season at Suzuki, and some podiums on the Honda this season. He never gave me the impression of being a title contender this year. Prado, Jonass, TKO and Covington were obviously faster at 70 or 80% of the races.

Big loss for the GP's, nonetheless. Wish him all the luck!
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FerCzD 10/8/2018 7:03am
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He Is fast for sure, but gives me the feeling that only delivers when he feels like he has to.. for example on MXoN this weekend in front of his new employees
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Prntscrn 10/8/2018 7:05am
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UpTiTe wrote:
Maybe, but I doubt it. He's never had to deal with the humidity before, that will be his downfall his first year.
Aren't Australia generally hot and humid since most cities are located along the coast?
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Crush 10/8/2018 7:13am
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UpTiTe wrote:
Maybe, but I doubt it. He's never had to deal with the humidity before, that will be his downfall his first year.
Prntscrn wrote:
Aren't Australia generally hot and humid since most cities are located along the coast?
Mostly hot and dry really... Queensland is considered humid but compared to East Coast USA it's nun-nasty dry.
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Thisusernameisavailable 10/8/2018 7:13am
10/8/2018 7:13am
I thought his Honda looked slow, anyone else? Maybe it was line choice, I dunno, but on Saturday Pless's YZF looked to be way faster pulling out of the turns.
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olds cool 10/8/2018 7:19am
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Sure, we just just skip the nationals next year and go ahead and award the outdoor championships based on yesterday. Whistling
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karsmakers 10/8/2018 7:26am
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He's a great rider but don't assume he is going to win because he's done well at two sloppy sandy NXON. He is a top 7 guy with great potential. It'amazing the conclusions we come to after one race. Is Glen Coldenhoff the fastest rider in the world?
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Jamie_Munro 10/8/2018 7:27am
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Bit early I think lol.

He will put up some bloody good fights in SX and MX and I expect he will collect podiums outdoors but give the lad a year to adjust to the weather before talking titles eh
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captmoto 10/8/2018 7:43am
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If he can stay healthy I think he will be a top 5 guy and have some real surprises in store for us. I'm looking forward to seeing him here. I think he will be an east coast rider to get the extra time in to train for SX.
shaffstall721 10/8/2018 8:16am
10/8/2018 8:16am
3rd to 5th the first year.

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seth505 10/8/2018 8:20am
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He’ll be an interesting addition!
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olds cool wrote:
Sure, we just just skip the nationals next year and go ahead and award the outdoor championships based on yesterday. Whistling
2019 is the future

Justin Cooper is the future

This has already been settled

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scott_nz 10/8/2018 8:33am
10/8/2018 8:33am
I think it may take a year , the USA system of little practice and one day races will take some time to get used to , red budd was more a gp track than a us national on the weekend
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mattyhamz2 10/8/2018 8:36am
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olds cool wrote:
Sure, we just just skip the nationals next year and go ahead and award the outdoor championships based on yesterday. Whistling
early wrote:
2019 is the future

Justin Cooper is the future

This has already been settled

Tongue
This bros!

He already has the title on a shelf. Everyone else is fighting for 2nd
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Paul333 10/8/2018 9:33am
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Based on how fast the GP riders are Covington, Ferrandis, and Lawrence will be front runners for sure.
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F150Motocrosser 10/8/2018 9:36am
10/8/2018 9:36am Edited Date/Time 10/8/2018 9:39am
Lol... Easy now, Straya... Kids got talent and will be a contender, but AMA Nationals are NOT the GPs (as Team USA learned yesterday, on a very very GP like track, which is very not normal for here). Now, 2020 could be a different story once he's had a chance to settle in...
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crusty_xx 10/8/2018 11:11am
10/8/2018 11:11am
I think he will win it, but not yet next year
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BR8ES 10/8/2018 11:14am
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My vote is for Covington
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brapgod69 10/8/2018 11:35am
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Lawrence? I don’t think so for 2019. If Covington stays healthy through Sx then he will definitely be a contender outdoors.
devindavisphoto 10/8/2018 11:43am
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These damn guys who make threads on Vital based off 1 GP-style race a year.

Do you think Lawrence will be consistent enough to win the title? Granted he was on a team that isn't championship proven and GEICO is, but cmon guys... will he win some races? I'd lean towards hell yeah. Championship? Good luck.... I'd put my money more on Covington than Lawrence. If I had to bet the house on it I'd probably bet on Justin Cooper or Jeremy Martin if he races 250 again.
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c0ncEpT 10/8/2018 12:34pm
10/8/2018 12:34pm Edited Date/Time 10/9/2018 5:38am
AC, Cooper, Forkner, Covington, Ferrandis, J-Mart, A-Mart, Sexton, Ect. are all guys who can win races and are coming back to the 250 class in 2019.

The AMA 250 class is very deep and no one is a shoe in to win a title.
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agn5009 10/8/2018 12:42pm
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Hunter will do great. Probably get a few Moto wins too. However I think Ferrandis and Cooper will be the guys to beat both indoors and out.
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decano51 10/8/2018 1:32pm
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Lawrence and Sexton i think will be the two who shine the most over the next few years.
Both really young compared to the rest of the field and both extremely talented.

I really do hope we see the new version of the RC4 vs CR22 come again. Its going to take a season or so for Lawrence to find his groove within the US. But I honestly see Hunter sitting within top 10 for Supercross with a few heat race wins and main podiums.. And then being a contender for the outdoor season.

I think the extra season in the US for the younger brother Jett Lawrence will be the biggest threat for future of the 250 class. having both aussies on the 250 Honda team for 2020 is going to be a crazy year.



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Ray_MXS 10/8/2018 1:35pm
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He hasn't shown any kind of enough consistency to challenge for a title... Yet.
He'll be a great addition to a already stacked class though.
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MXerDW 10/8/2018 4:16pm
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Hunter has to get past the SX series uninjured first. New riders and SX = injury most times.
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Kyle_McNab 10/8/2018 4:18pm
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If jmart is racing no

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