Following a challenging Daytona round that saw Hunter Lawrence lose a bit of ground in the title fight for the 450SX AMA Supercross Championships, he performed well under pressure at the exciting second Triple Crown event of the season, which eclipsed the midway point of the season in Indianapolis.

“We keep the red plate—that’s what I wanted to do this weekend! Last weekend, I was frustrated with my result and what I felt could’ve been. The team knuckled down this week and got a lot of work in, so it’s cool to see that pay off. Any win is difficult, but this was a Triple Crown—there’s three times the risk. I had my own scenario in the second race, where Cole Thompson and Vince Friese were racing each other and I was in the middle—I ended up sending Cole off the back of the berm; I don’t know how I stayed on my bike, honestly, I just got lucky because there was some carnage out there! Me and the team, we work hard! I’m blessed to have amazing people around me, and I can’t ask for much more.”

Lawrence scored the second premier-class win of his career (his first overall victory with the unique three-race format). Lawrence was fourth out of turn 1 for the first 450SX race, and he dropped to sixth in the opening laps. Forced to push hard to come out on top of a tight battle with Jorge Prado, Eli Tomac and Justin Cooper, he crossed the finish line in second, positioning him well for the overall podium. The Australian was in third for the majority of the second race, before getting caught up with lappers and narrowly avoiding a crash with five laps to go.

He managed to stay on his bike and only lost one position, to Cooper Webb, eventually finishing fourth. Lawrence put everything together in the third and final premier-class race, grabbing the holeshot and leading from start to finish aboard his CRF450RWE. His 2-4-1 finishes netted him his first 450SX Triple Crown win. Quad Lock Honda’s Joey Savatgy was in the fight for another great result before he crashed in the third race and left the track before the checkered flag came out. His teammates Shane McElrath and Christian Craig finished eighth and 10th overall, respectively, while Savatgy was credited with ninth.

Lawrence’s success this weekend extended Honda’s Indianapolis Supercross premier-class win record to 13—five more than the closest manufacturer. Lawrence joins a list of venerable Red Riders to win in the city, including Jeff Stanton, Jeremy McGrath (four times), Ezra Lusk, Ricky Carmichael, Mike LaRocco, Ken Roczen (three times) and Jett Lawrence.