Hunter Lawrence crashed halfway through the main, hands points lead to Eli Tomac
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DETROIT, Michigan: Chase Sexton in his first race since returning from injury and Hunter Lawrence won their heats.
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In-Race Notes
Jorge Prado has been hot on the gate drop and he earned another holeshot.
Meanwhile, Hunter Lawrence and Eli Tomac both got poor starts and will have to come through the field together.
Ken Roczen stole the lead from Prado on Lap 2, bringing Cooper Webb with him.
Webb crashed with Prado and handed second to Chase Sexton.
Incredibly, Lawrence was up to third on Lap 3; Tomac up to fifth. Tomac cannot afford to lose any more points to Lawrence.
Malcolm Stewart was the man in the middle of the two points challengers.
Webb settled into eighth. Prado fell to 14th.
Tomac was five seconds behind Lawrence at the halfway mark.
Dylan Ferrandis was in seventh on Lap 7. He is also returning from injury along with Sexton.
Lawrence crashed on Lap 10. He's hurt his bike in the crash. Lawrence had a 12-point lead at the time. Lawrence has not finished worse than fourth all year and was second or better in all but two races.
With the incident, Tomac moved up to fourth. Lawrence was 19th at the time. This would give Tomac the points lead.
Lawrence had to pull into the mechanics area to replace his front wheel.
Roczen was in command of the race on Lap 15.