2023 SuperMotocross Power Rankings after High Point: the Lawrence brothers remain perfect in overall finishes
The competition narrowed the gap to Jett Lawrence on the track in Round 21 at High Point Raceway in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania but the points’ leader ultimately remained undefeated through another two motos and continues to head the NBC SuperMotocross Power Rankings.
Lawrence showed the first sign of humanity last week on Lap 5 of the first moto. He had an awkward landing off one of the jumps, buried his front wheel and crashed. Handing the lead over to Ken Roczen for next six trips around the track, this was the first time in 2023 that he failed to lead flag-to-flag. Lawrence continued to be less than perfect in Moto 2. After getting hung up behind another rider in the early laps, it took 10 of 16 laps to track down and pass Roczen.
With Roczen out of the lineup for the RedBud Nationals and Chase Sexton’s status still uncertain following his early-season crash, Lawrence is not going to be challenged for supremacy in the Power Rankings anytime soon, but there is potential for someone in the field to win a moto in the coming weeks.
It wasn’t the smoothest of weekends, but in the final rundown Dylan Ferrandis scored his fourth consecutive top-five at High Point. He crashed early in the first moto and failed to crack the top five in that race, only to salvage significant points in Moto 2 by standing on the bottom rung of the podium in third,
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Cooper Webb’s results at High Point were the opposite of Ferrandis. He stood on the podium in Moto 1, but was unable to back that up with a sixth-place finish in the second race. That performance was enough to give him sole possession of the No. 1 seed in the SuperMotocross World Championship standings and Webb is a rider