Rookie Jett Lawrence sweeps Unadilla and clinches 450 title, Hunter Lawrence wins in 250s

Jett Lawrence clinched the 450 title and now it’s time for Hunter Lawrence to show his domination after ending the 250 Moto 1 with a 25-point advantage over Haiden Deegan.

Lightning delays the start of 250 Moto 2.

Stilez Robertson gets the jump on the initial start, but the field is quickly slowed again with a medical red flag for RJ Hampshire. He was able to get up and walk to the medical cart with a neck brace secured.

There will be a complete restart.

The second time around, Ryder Difrancesco got the holeshot with Justin Cooper, Jo Shimoda and Levi Kitchen battling for second.

Lawrence slots into sixth and the end of Lap 1 with Haiden Deegan, burdened by a poor starting position after his Moto 1 mechanical difficulties, is in 16th.

A mistake by Kitchen at the six-minute mark allowed Lawrence to move into fourth.

Four minutes later, Lawrence passes Shimoda for second and as they run, Lawrence would have the overall win. Lawrence is six seconds behind Cooper.

As the field nears the halfway point, Cooper leads Lawrence and Shimoda.

Kitchen in fourth and Seth Hammaker round out the top five.

Deegan has moved up to 12th and then tips over in front of the mechanic’s stands while his father Bryan Deegan is being interviewed on television.

As time winds down, Cooper stretches his advantage over Lawrence. It sits at 10.3 seconds right now. Shimoda, Kitchen and Austin Forkner round out the top five.

Deegan finally cracks the top 10 as time runs off the clock.

Cooper overcame a disappointing fifth-place finish to win the second race, but it was not enough to win the overall.

Lawrence picks up the pace in the final two laps and scores the overall win.

Shimoda closed the distance even more and challenges Lawrence before settling for third.

Kitchen in fourth and Forkner round out the top five.

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Jett Lawrence staked his claim to one piece of history with his 17th consecutive win in Moto 1. Now he will attempt to clinch the 450 Pro Motocross titles with two rounds remaining.

Once more, Jett Lawrence grabs the early lead. Dylan Ferrandis is the only rider who could possibly overtake Lawrence for the championship, but he gets a terrible start and is eighth at the end of Lap 1.

Adam Cianciarulo, Jason Anderson and Harri Kullas round out the top five in the opening laps.

Moto 2 is not going much better for Justin Barcia in his return from injury. At the seven-minute mark, he is outside the top 15 in 16th.

Ferrandis regroups and climbs to the top five. He needs to win this moto, however, and gain seven points on Lawrence to push the title fight to next week.

As we near the halfway point, Honda continues to dominate 2023 after sweeping the Supercross championships. Sexton runs second with a 12-second gap over third-place Anderson.

Ferrandis passes Anderson for second with 15 minutes remaining on the clock.

Apparently Lawrence is aware of how close he is to clinching. With 13 minutes remaining, he stretches his advantage to seven seconds over Sexton.

With four minutes remaining, Sexton loses another couple of seconds and now trails by nine.

It was never close: Rookie Jett Lawrence extends his lead to more than 10 seconds to win his 18th consecutive moto and clinch the 450 title with two rounds remaining.

Sexton finished second for the 10th time this season to keep his streak of podium finishes alive.

Ferrandis rounded out the podium with fourth-place Anderson and Aaron Plessinger rounding out the top five.

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Hunter Lawrence was fastest in qualification and looks to retake control of the 250 Pro Motocross championship.

Levi Kitchen gets the early lead as Lawrence is slow out of the gates and back to ninth at the start.

Haiden Deegan entered the round second in the points, only three back from Lawrence. At the three-minute mark, he and Lawrence battle for sixth.

It took less than a lap to dispose of Deegan. Lawrence sets his sights on Jo Shimoda.

With 23 minutes remaining, Lawrence moves into fifth ahead of Shimoda and Deegan.

Justin Cooper is still part of the championship battle, but he must make up ground on Lawrence. He’s passed by Lawrence with 20 minutes remaining and then quickly loses two more sports to Deegan and Shimoda.

At the halfway mark, Levi Kitchen leads Seth Hammaker and Maximus Vohland.

Lawrence rides in fourth with Deggan rounding out the top five.

With 10 minutes remaining, none of the top spots have exchanged hands but the margins between each rider are shrinking.

Moments later, the battle for second intensifies with Vohland, Lawrence, Hammaker and Deegan under a blanket.

Lawrence takes second with eight minutes remaining. Deegan is following him through and not allowing Lawrence to pull away.

Kitchen has a 3.5-second lead with six minutes remaining.

Hammaker crashes while running fifth.

With a relatively clear track, Lawrence closes to within 1.6 of Kitchen. Deegan is about that much further back in third.

Lawrence catches Kitchen with three minutes left on the clock.

As time winds off the clock, Deegan drops out of the top 10. Father Bryan Deegan reports to NBC Sports’ Will Christien that the bike just quit. Deegan credited with 38th.

Lawrence closed briefly, but Kitchen pulls away and wins by two seconds. Shimoda takes the final spot on the podium.

“I got off to a good start, which helps a lot,” Kitchen said from the top of the podium, “I thought the whole time we were pretty close. I just tried to stay there as Hunter got there pretty quick.”

Vohland finishes fourth with Cooper in fifth.

Lawrence commented on his gift of 22 points: “It sucks; I was looking forward to it. Everyone was talking about the pressure this; they pressure that. There’s no pressure. I chose to do this. Pressure is when my family couldn’t eat.”

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Can Jett Lawrence get his 17th consecutive moto win and break out of a tie with Ryan Villopoto for sole possession of fourth on that chart? The 450 class is up first today.

Lawrence gets a strong start and leads the field on the first lap. If the past is an indication, that will make a long race for everyone else.

Justin Barcia crashes in Turn 1 and remounts. Unfortunately, his damaged clutch fails and he will not finish.

Lawrence scoots out to a two-second lead at the eight-minute mark, but Chase Sexton is closing in after getting a slow start.

Sexton closes in at the 13-minute mark and takes a shot at Lawrence on the inside of a turn. Sexton runs out of room and momentarily stalls. He’ll restart his charge.

Meanwhile, Ty Masterpool has been one of the strongest riders all season but he struggled on the start and sits 24th as the field closes in on the halfway mark. If he can’t move up, he won’t score any points.

At the halfway point, Lawrence leads Sexton with Dylan Ferrandis third, Adam Cianciarulo fourth and Aaron Plessinger rounding out the top five.

Plessinger is celebrating the news of his contract renewal in style.

Masterpool moves up to a points’ paying position in 17th.

With nine minutes remaining, Jason Anderson crashes while riding ninth.

Sexton hasn’t exactly allowed Lawrence to pull away but has not been able to apply much pressure. With seven minutes remaining, Lawrence has a near-three-second lead.

Lawrence has a minor issue with his handlebar as time runs off the clock. In heavy traffic with three laps remaining, Sexton closes in. As has become the norm, moments later Sexton crashes. While Sexton tries to remount, Ferrandis passes for second.

On the final lap, Ferrandis closes as Lawrence has difficulty getting around Jose Butron, who is in a points’ paying position of 17th.

The answer is ‘yes’.

Lawrence wins his 17th moto and takes sole possession of the fourth on the consecutive wins list.

“I still feel good,” Lawrence said. “We changed a few things on the bike that didn’t allow me to go as fast as I wanted to, but those boys were on it that one. They definitely kept me honest. The lappers were terrible; those flaggy guys standing there like it was a Sunday cruise. It was a bit of a joke. Hopefully the next one, they get better.”

Ferrandis finishes second, Sexton third, Cianciarulo fourth and Plessinger rounds out the top five.

Masterpool was able to make his way up to ninth.

Estonian Harri Kullas scores an impressive seventh-place finish in his first Pro Motocross ride.

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It didn’t take long for Jett Lawrence to let the field know that a two-week hiatus has not slowed him any. With a time of 02:09.109 set in the first qualification session, he outpaced teammate Chase Sexton (02:10.222) to be the fastest qualifier.

Jason Anderson (02:10.410) rounded out the top three. He has made steady progress since returning from an injury suffered at Nashville.

Another rider injured in that same Supercross round, Justin Barcia (02:11.431) showed immediate speed and slots into fourth on the chart.

Derek Drake (02:12.126) rounds out the top five.

In the 250 class Hunter Lawrence (02:13.018) prepares for the final three-round surge to the finish by setting the fastest time in the combined sessions.

He beat Seth Hammaker (02:13.446), Austin Forkner (2:13.475), Justin Cooper (02:13.552) and Jo Shimoda (2:13.698).

Last week’s winner Haiden Deegan (2:15.464) was a distant 10th.

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