SOUTHWICK, Mass. — Following its first break in action of the 2025 season, the Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, returned to the track for Race 5 of the summer campaign and Round 22 of the SMX World Championship regular season.
A morning of cloud cover and mist gave way to sunny skies for the motos at the Crestview Construction Southwick National, where the sand track of The Wick 338 is legendary for challenging racers both physically and mentally. While the track pushed many riders to the limit, the series points leaders enjoyed their most dominant performances thus far as Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett Lawrence cruised to his fifth straight victory and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Haiden Deegan rode to an emphatic fourth win in five races.
The first moto of the afternoon kicked off with Lawrence leading the field to the Pro Motocross Holeshot, followed by his brother and teammate Hunter Lawrence and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Aaron Plessinger. The lead trio soon settled into their respective positions, with Jett Lawrence establishing a multi-second lead mere minutes into the moto.
As the race surpassed its halfway point the duo of Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jorge Prado, a back-to-back FIM Motocross World Champion, and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac made their push to the front, with both riders making the pass on Plessinger to move into third and fourth, respectively. Prado and Tomac’s battle continued for third, until Prado pushed too hard in a corner and went down. That allowed Tomac to assume third while Prado remounted behind Plessinger in fifth.
Out front, Jett Lawrence enjoyed a quiet moto and completed a wire-to-wire performance with his largest winning margin of the season to that point at 13.7 seconds over Hunter Lawrence, with Tomac an additional five seconds behind in third. Plessinger held on for fourth, just ahead of Prado, who equaled his best moto result in fifth.
The deciding moto started the same way as Moto 1, with Jett Lawrence leading the way to sweep the Pro Motocross Holeshots ahead of Prado and Hunter Lawrence, who was quickly passed by Tomac. The clear track allowed Jett Lawrence to pull away and establish a three-second lead over Prado and Tomac, who settled into second and third, respectively.
As the moto neared its halfway point, Lawrence’s lead had grown to 8.5 seconds over Prado, who maintained a firm hold of second as Tomac started to lose ground and fall into the clutches of Hunter Lawrence from fourth. Lawrence appeared to be the faster rider and was easily able to slip past Tomac for third. The Australian’s momentum continued forward and carried him onto the rear fender of Prado. As he navigated lapped riders, Prado went down and lost multiple positions, reentering in sixth place. That allowed Hunter Lawrence to move into second and Tomac into third.
Leading the way, Jett Lawrence was in a class of his own and significantly bettered his winning margin from the opening moto to take the checkered flag 20.1 seconds ahead of his brother. Tomac followed in third, more than a half-minute behind Jett.
The most dominant performance of the season so far brought Jett Lawrence his landmark 20th career 450 Class victory, which ties him with former Pro Motocross Champion and AMA Hall of Famer James Stewart for seventh all time. It also marked the young Australian’s 15th career 1-1 result in 21 starts and was his third consecutive Southwick victory. Hunter Lawrence completed the Honda and sibling 1-2 for the second straight race (2-2), while Tomac captured his fourth podium in five races in third (3-3).
Jett Lawrence’s lead in the championship standings now sits at 38 points over Tomac with the halfway point of the season looming. With his second straight runner-up finish, Hunter Lawrence moved into third, 43 points behind his brother and just three points behind Tomac.
