Honda HRC Progressive’s Hunter Lawrence secured his fourth straight second-place finish at the Glendale Supercross, and his consistency has paid off during the early stages of the season, as the Honda rider now holds the series points lead and red plate heading into Seattle this weekend. Yet to win a main event, or complete a full 17-round Supercross season, we all know the ability Lawrence possesses, and his title fights in Pro Motocross and the playoffs make his strong position in the 450SX standings easy to understand.

Depending on how you look at it will determine your opinion, does Hunter need to grab a win soon? I’d say it’s fair to have that view. Winning a premier class Supercross title without victories has to be near impossible, right? But I don’t think the #96 needs to stack up a huge number of wins. His consistency is his biggest asset, and the positions he continues to put himself in suggest that maiden premier class Supercross victory isn’t far away.

Words: Honda HRC Press Release

Hunter Lawrence: “Second again—we just focus on the positive. I just felt a little flat; usually, around the 10-minute mark, I feel like, ‘Alright, we’re on,’ but I couldn’t quite get into that tonight. I tried to make a push at the end with Kenny [Roczen] and closed a little bit on him, but a little too late. The first thing I focus on is the start, and I saw Eli [Tomac] down when I came back on the start straight; that was obviously in my favor, but I just focused ahead. Kenny had the sand line really good. The majority of the day, the outside was a better run into that double-triple; I hadn’t gone inside yet in the race, and I didn’t realize how good it actually was. Sure enough, after I got passed [by Roczen], I went inside for the rest of the race, so that’s on me. Before the beginning of the season, I had supercross circled on my calendar for this year. I’m happy to have the red plate—it’s cool in the 450 Supercross Championship. I want to keep it, but I just want the red plate at the last round, plain and simple. From 2020, the amount of work to be here, it’s kind of tough to put into words how much goes into getting to this point, but it is pretty damn cool.”