Hunter Lawrence Speaks Truth on Deegan/Smith Incident in Detroit Supercross 2023

[shnormo]

People can't pay their phone bills on time... That got me because it's so true

[jakepiemme]

Props to Hunter for sticking up for a young rider, everything he said was true. Gained my respect

[ropedb]

I just gained a ton of respect for Hunter! You can tell he is a big brother

[Jeff-cvjq]

Much respect for Hunter !! Stood up for Deegan .. Rubbin is racing..

[micahmcgonigal]

Last week Deegan was the one 3rd in points above his teammates and they pushed they’re way around him. So this week rolls were reversed and everyone is down on Deegan. Smith is a veteran he should’ve acted like it. He took himself out of the heat race.

[Maicoczpenton]

Props to Hunter for being such a class act on the track, and especially here, in this situation...much needed! Props to Haiden for standing strong at his age. But, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FUK that Gossip Queen for trying to bring the TMZ style questions to OUR sport. We don't need ANYONE trying to start drama, EXPECIALLY with the kid who has brought so many new eyes to our sport!!! The kid reminds me of The King, Jeremy McGrath for the number of new fans he has turned onto Supercross and Motocross...thats a very rare and a much need trait to bring in the dollars to these riders. OH! and PS, Props to the entire Deegan family for everything they have done for motorsports in general. People need to quit bitching and take note at their program of putting together a family that lives THE AMERICAN DREAM EVERYDAY!!! Peace.

[YFZriderdude]

"We're under a microscope out there.. it's real easy to point the finger when someone makes a mistake."
Damn straight. Props to Hunter for voicing how he felt.

[OTCRockone]

Love the way that Thrasher looks and Haiden and smiles! love it. I respect Hunter for stepping up and saying what he did.

[jasong]

Just became a Hunter Lawrence fan. That and I gotta pay my phone bill tomorrow.

[ELECTRICMOTOCROSSMACHINE]

Not only is Hunter top dog in points, he is also the most articulate.

[kurtg]

For me the mistake was simply all by Smith for worrying about trying to risk a crash in a heat race over his teammate when it was meaningless if your focus is on the overall Championship.... if the main concern is to win a Championship then the priority is make it safely into the main event... Haidan made it into the main and did well there too but Smith never even made the main event after failing as well in the LCQ.

[allmtbnzscottbrownhill]

Deegan raced him hard but Smith took him self out in the end. Smith tried the inside and Deegan closed the door which created the crash. Smith could have been the more mature rider and decided it was just a heat race and settled for second but he went for it and paid the price. He then botched the LCQ by stalling then botched the last corner going for the transfer. I really thought he would have checked up sooner in the last corner and cut under to push the other rider wide not try go around the outside that was asking to be put into the tuff blocks. Was a good night of racing tho that's what we pay to see.

[jefflowery]

Mad respect for Hunter stepping up and speaking on the subject 👊 Truth!

[kevinwasilewski]

Australians always say it how it is well done Hunter 👏

[PJM]

Lmao he killed it with the phone bill comment 😂

[Alexwinter]

When Haiden said “He’s alittle out of it”, You can see Nate on the left saying “ Oh my gawd🫣😬💀💀”

[ironmaiden]

I really tried hard to NOT like the Deegans a few years back. Now, I can't help but love that family. Hayden handled these questions like a veteran! And kudos to Hunter for backing him up!

[TotallyWayno]

Great job Hunter! All these reporters want to get the drama to sell their story. Good on you for sticking up for the kid.👍

[traveler]

takes two to tango... Smith was faster, he could have passed Deegan clean if he wanted to, he chose to dance and got his foot stepped on.

[BrandonWatkins]

Big ups to Hunter for speaking up about that, spoke a lot of facts to a triggered soy boy that someone let into the press room. Seriously though, if you can't keep your personal bias out of your reporting, stay out of the press room. Anyways, lots of newfound respect for hunter after that one.