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X Games Harley-Davidson Flat Track Athlete Spotlight - Doug Lawrence

May 21, 2015

Note: AMA Pro Racing will be highlighting all 24 of the athletes racing in X Games Harley-Davidson Flat Track, which will take place Thursday, June 4 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, and be shown live on ESPN at 8:30 p.m. ET, 5:30 p.m. PT.

Doug Lawrence proudly represents America’s neighbors to the north. When he races with AMA Pro Flat Track, he’s fast. He put his No. 73 machine into the main event eight times in 2014.

Lawrence will be the only Canadian in the field for X Games Flat Track, so his sense of national pride will be high. He’s yet to win at the AMA Pro Flat Track level, but with four top 10s in 2014 alone, he’s proven he can hold his own against the best American riders.

In fact, all four of his top 10s came on Half-Mile circuits, including a seventh place showing at Hagerstown, which also features a surface similar to what riders will see at Circuit of the Americas for the X Games.

Name: Doug Lawrence

Home: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Age: 30

Ride: No. 73 Doug Lawrence Racing/John Briggs Motorsports Harley-Davidson XR-750

In their words: “It would be huge to win a medal. Being the only Canadian carries a bit of weight. When I was younger, I looked up to the past Canadian experts, so there’s a bit of weight on my shoulders to perform well. To bring back a medal would be pretty sick. I’d definitely share it with my fellow Canadians and all my fans.”