Justin Cooper's brutal 2021 MX Stats

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As an Aussie I am a massive Lawrence brothers fan and while I was watching the race I was sweating and stressing hoping that Jett could keep calm and clinch it. In the second moto when Jett got to well clear of the 7th he needed I stopped biting my nails (probably because there were none left) a started thinking about Cooper's season. Cooper didn't finish off the overall podium all season which is crazy impressive. Even more so, that means Star had a rider in each class that podiumed every race! Also Ironman was the only race were he didn't get the on the podium for a moto (he went 4-4 for 3rd).

When you add in the fact that he led the most laps, got the most holeshots and was more often then not the fastest qualifier it must be such a hard pill to swallow for him and his team that they didn't get the title.

I can see him having a career similar to Dungey where he ends up with a stack of titles over the years, some from having the least worst races, and some from being the best guy that year.


Justin Cooper overall results

Pala 1 - 3rd
Thunder Valley - 1st
Highpoint - 3rd
Redbud - 2nd
Southwick - 3rd
Millville - 3rd
Washougal - 3rd
Unadilla - 2nd
Budds Creek - 3rd
Ironman - 3rd
Pala 2 - 3rd
Hangtown - 1st


Average qualification: 1.7
Holeshots: 11
Laps led: 146


Jett Lawrence overall results

Pala 1 - 1st
Thunder Valley - 2nd
Highpoint - 2nd
Redbud - 3rd
Southwick - 6th
Millville - 4th
Washougal - 4th
Unadilla - 1st
Budds Creek - 2nd
Ironman - 1st
Pala 2 - 1st
Hangtown - 5th

Average qualification: 3.8
Holeshots: 1
Laps led: 99
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Stoop 9/12/2021 1:25am
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Yep looking at those stats you wonder how Cooper lost
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fullfloater 9/12/2021 2:58am
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That list looks like Cooper should ask for a recount!
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Dude is fast for sure. I will never be a fan though. Ever since he whined about AC in Colorado shows he doesn’t have the mindset of a winner. I think he whined a few more times too. He seems to have the “poor me” attitude.
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Mugeneco 9/12/2021 3:38am
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looks like holeshots dont win titles
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Park Boys 9/12/2021 3:43am
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Justin Cooper is Mr. First Moto. He has been like this his whole career. If he could replicate his first moto success in Moto 2 he would have plenty of wins by now.
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tek14 9/12/2021 3:56am
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Hit one hole at track and handed championship to Jett. Cruel sport.
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It’s because overalls don’t matter. It’s points per moto. I had a thread a year or two back that highlights this very well.

Someone could lose the championship with 11 overalls and a 3rd overall to someone with 11 second overalls and one first overall.

Seems odd I know but that’s what can happen when basically the overall doesn’t matter. All that matters is each moto.
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smoothwakey 9/12/2021 4:37am
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TXDirt wrote:
It’s because overalls don’t matter. It’s points per moto. I had a thread a year or two back that highlights this very well. Someone could lose...
It’s because overalls don’t matter. It’s points per moto. I had a thread a year or two back that highlights this very well.

Someone could lose the championship with 11 overalls and a 3rd overall to someone with 11 second overalls and one first overall.

Seems odd I know but that’s what can happen when basically the overall doesn’t matter. All that matters is each moto.
Yeah for sure. I guess it's a double edged sword because while overalls don't matter for points they do matter for bonuses, for example Justin got some fortunate overall results like washougal where he went like 2-8 for third.
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9/12/2021 4:42am Edited Date/Time 9/12/2021 5:13am
I'm an Aussie and a fan of all things Lawrence. They are the reason I'm getting up in the small hours to watch the races live. To be objective, the brothers were consistently inconsistent. Being brilliant or sucking.

I used their own words there, which brings up something I admire, something we all admire as the brothers call it as it is. No spin from these guys.

The way I see it, Cooper hit one bump, hole, ridge - whatever, broke his thumb and we all know what happened thereafter.

Jmart and Cooper were more consistent in terms of starts and speed. Jett had enough brilliance just enough times to get the gold. Hunter enough brilliance to get third. Brilliance, drive, determination, mindset, dedication, talent etc etc.

BTW, Jett went 1-1 to Hunters 12 - 9 at Ironman, Hunter went 1 -1 to Jett's 9-3 at Southwick. Interesting and huge differences.

This family will be around for another 10 to 15 years making Aussies happy, making fans, headlines and making racing and après racing so interesting.
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SilverSpurs 9/12/2021 4:58am
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Justin's holeshot reactions and powerful bike gave him an advantage that he ultimately failed to capitalise on. He lost the championship on his best day as a outdoors Pro.

Jett's ability to ride through the pack meant he was better when the going was tough. He won his championship on his worst day as a Pro.
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Cooper made a huge strategic error trying to go after JMart for that 2nd moto win at Washougal. Hard to tell a racer to slow down, but he'd be the campion right now if he would have dialed it back in that moment.

And it looks kind of silly on Star, if you think about it. Cooper was chasing his own teammate, who wasn't even in title contention and crashed himself out of the series....twice !
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ArmPumped 9/12/2021 6:49am
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Dutch348 wrote:
Dude is fast for sure. I will never be a fan though. Ever since he whined about AC in Colorado shows he doesn’t have the mindset...
Dude is fast for sure. I will never be a fan though. Ever since he whined about AC in Colorado shows he doesn’t have the mindset of a winner. I think he whined a few more times too. He seems to have the “poor me” attitude.
So you’re forever writing off a guy because of something they said when they were 22? What about wiping the floor in Supercross this year? Did that show a winning mindset? Or no.
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SilverSpurs wrote:
Justin's holeshot reactions and powerful bike gave him an advantage that he ultimately failed to capitalise on. He lost the championship on his best day as...
Justin's holeshot reactions and powerful bike gave him an advantage that he ultimately failed to capitalise on. He lost the championship on his best day as a outdoors Pro.

Jett's ability to ride through the pack meant he was better when the going was tough. He won his championship on his worst day as a Pro.
Yeah, you tell us how the HRC factory bike is SUCH a disadvantage compared to the Star bike ALL the time...

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Coenmx 9/12/2021 6:53am
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Justin is one of the most consistent riders he always has been .It’s hard to believe with how good he has been this is only his first 1,1 of his 3-4 years racing pro with the starts he gets . I feel like he has won more .
On the other hand people need to not say “he gave it to Jett cause if he didn’t crash at washougal get injured and he is sick “ yes he dug deep last few rounds but he also had 3 weeks off to heal after washougal where Jett was all hush hush about his injury coming into south wick which then big crashes at southwick and millville didn’t help his body with all the back to back races which his slump was in .Goes both ways if he didn’t get crash or get hurt or sick cooper never would have got the red plate at round 6 but you can’t logically say that, so can’t woulda shoulda coulda in this sport . So I think it is the worst races and the best that salvage your titles . But consistency like Justin has certainly gives you a way better shot at it . Nearly Every rider races through the season with injuries or sickness , it was just poor Justin got hounded by media ect to give his reason and now they are running with it as the talking point where a lot of riders don’t say much or get grilled so much about it as Justin did . Justin put up a hell of a fight no need to make excuses for why he didn’t win he was beat but he was a very close 2nd !
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UGOTBIT 9/12/2021 6:55am
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FGR01 wrote:
Cooper made a huge strategic error trying to go after JMart for that 2nd moto win at Washougal. Hard to tell a racer to slow down...
Cooper made a huge strategic error trying to go after JMart for that 2nd moto win at Washougal. Hard to tell a racer to slow down, but he'd be the campion right now if he would have dialed it back in that moment.

And it looks kind of silly on Star, if you think about it. Cooper was chasing his own teammate, who wasn't even in title contention and crashed himself out of the series....twice !
That's one way to look at it, another is you have a team of riders that only want to do one thing, win. Give 100% every time they get on the track.
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The kid is really a great rider and focused. As someone said, he lost the championship on what would have been his best day. As the last moto was underway I kept thinking about the positions/points that he lost during the year during some of the late moto fades. He'll figure this out and win again.
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Justin may have lost, but he has shown he has truly elite level speed, amd that he will be a force to deal with going forward....
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tek14 wrote:
Hit one hole at track and handed championship to Jett. Cruel sport.
I've always thought moto is a sport where you can do a thousand things right and one thing wrong and that one thing will wreck your day. Coopers stats seem to bear that out.
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AH387 9/12/2021 7:46am
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The crazy thing is, I still think Jmart was the most impressive 250 rider. But he crashed and you gotta be in it. Regardless, it was great to see the tight title chase. Both Cooper and Jett had some ups and downs and Jett being able to rattle off a string of 1-1s was the turning point (that or maybe Cooper's crash that hurt his thumb.) That was an awesome battle.
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Magoofan 9/12/2021 8:19am
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Bummed for Justin. Was hoping he'd pull it off in the end. He was the better rider, but the thumb/crash did him in.

Jett is getting a little too "Forkner-ish" (back when he was the golden boy).
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Helluva season, for sure!!!
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Dutch348 wrote:
Dude is fast for sure. I will never be a fan though. Ever since he whined about AC in Colorado shows he doesn’t have the mindset...
Dude is fast for sure. I will never be a fan though. Ever since he whined about AC in Colorado shows he doesn’t have the mindset of a winner. I think he whined a few more times too. He seems to have the “poor me” attitude.
ArmPumped wrote:
So you’re forever writing off a guy because of something they said when they were 22? What about wiping the floor in Supercross this year? Did...
So you’re forever writing off a guy because of something they said when they were 22? What about wiping the floor in Supercross this year? Did that show a winning mindset? Or no.
He has "cried" so many more times than just the AC thing. It's like Savatgy all over again. If he is winning, great. If not, it's everything other than himself. Listen to his moto 2 interview at Unadilla. Destroyed the 1st moto and then blamed his bike after he was 4th or 5th in moto 2....and hour after he won on the same track and two weeks after the "thumb" injury we keep hearing about yet a week later he won moto 1 at Budds Creek. How does that make any sense? Thumb doesn't hurt until moto 2 and then you don't tell anyone?

We need different personalities in the sport and that's great. It makes me cheer for anyone racing Cooper and you like him. All good!
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SilverSpurs 9/12/2021 9:09am
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Magoofan wrote:
Bummed for Justin. Was hoping he'd pull it off in the end. He was the better rider, but the thumb/crash did him in. Jett is getting...
Bummed for Justin. Was hoping he'd pull it off in the end. He was the better rider, but the thumb/crash did him in.

Jett is getting a little too "Forkner-ish" (back when he was the golden boy).
Eh?

We just had a 24 race test of who was the better rider and Lawrence won it son.

Coopers' specialty is his starts aided by the most powerful bike- and good on him.

Jett did it the hard way riding through the pack and turned poor starts into good finishes.
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Mossy940 9/12/2021 9:21am
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Can’t remember the year (06,07) but in one of the great outdoors movies the mechanic says to his rider on the gate “you know, last year, 7th or better in every moto would have won the championship last year”…..

Meanwhile cooper never finishes off the podium and looses.

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RMT 9/12/2021 9:45am
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When did riding a factory Honda become a disadvantage? lol






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I'm an Aussie and a fan of all things Lawrence. They are the reason I'm getting up in the small hours to watch the races live...
I'm an Aussie and a fan of all things Lawrence. They are the reason I'm getting up in the small hours to watch the races live. To be objective, the brothers were consistently inconsistent. Being brilliant or sucking.

I used their own words there, which brings up something I admire, something we all admire as the brothers call it as it is. No spin from these guys.

The way I see it, Cooper hit one bump, hole, ridge - whatever, broke his thumb and we all know what happened thereafter.

Jmart and Cooper were more consistent in terms of starts and speed. Jett had enough brilliance just enough times to get the gold. Hunter enough brilliance to get third. Brilliance, drive, determination, mindset, dedication, talent etc etc.

BTW, Jett went 1-1 to Hunters 12 - 9 at Ironman, Hunter went 1 -1 to Jett's 9-3 at Southwick. Interesting and huge differences.

This family will be around for another 10 to 15 years making Aussies happy, making fans, headlines and making racing and après racing so interesting.
Once again the USA wins having guys like the Lawrence brothers come here. I like MX better than SX but without SX America would never be the destination it is for guys like Jett. I was really glad to see Justin have a big day and I thought for a second there that Jett was going to choke it away. It was a great series and both riders had their ups and downs and in the end Jett won it "straight up" by a whisker Smile
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Magoofan wrote:
Bummed for Justin. Was hoping he'd pull it off in the end. He was the better rider, but the thumb/crash did him in. Jett is getting...
Bummed for Justin. Was hoping he'd pull it off in the end. He was the better rider, but the thumb/crash did him in.

Jett is getting a little too "Forkner-ish" (back when he was the golden boy).
Lol what?

How do even begin to make that comparison?
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crowe660 9/12/2021 4:39pm
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Whatever happened the last part of series to get Jett up front off the start the last half of the season, was a game changer. Be it finding more power in the Honda, or Jett fine tuning his starting technique, that was huge. I think Cooper could have managed his points lead if Jett hadn’t done this. JMart gave it away, Cooper gave it away, and Jett did exactly what he needed to do. Brilliant 250 season. Bummed for the injures, but it made this summer sooooo entertaining. Looking forward to next year already.
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SilverSpurs wrote:
Justin's holeshot reactions and powerful bike gave him an advantage that he ultimately failed to capitalise on. He lost the championship on his best day as...
Justin's holeshot reactions and powerful bike gave him an advantage that he ultimately failed to capitalise on. He lost the championship on his best day as a outdoors Pro.

Jett's ability to ride through the pack meant he was better when the going was tough. He won his championship on his worst day as a Pro.
And that is what makes MX so much greater than SX. MX gives the best riders (talent and fitness), whether they get the hole shot or not, a chance to shine. Look at DF14, do you think he gets back to 3rd after falling off the start in SX? Only, rider that I remember doing it was Bubba at the Toronto SX. That was one of the best SX races ever, because he had to slice through the pack and be creative.
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Spat24 9/12/2021 10:17pm
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You all need to get your panties out of your ass crack.

JC32 - had a great year with a Championship in SX and 2nd in MX.
JL18 - had a great year with a 3rd in SX and a Championship in MX.

And guess what - we get to see them do it all over again in 2022.

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