2025 Budds Creek 450 Qualification: Champion, Jett Lawrence posts fastest time overall

By
Dan Beaver,

By
Dan Beaver

Published August 23, 2025 08:42 AM

MECHANICSVILLE, Maryland: Times picked up during the second session as the 450 riders had to adjust their speed to being first on the track in each session. The track was a little wet and unevenly rutted in Qualification 1.

Jett Lawrence and Justin Cooper swapped the top spot multiple times in the second qualification session with Jett (1:51.860) taking the top position on his final lap.

Cooper (1:52.500) wound up second.

Hunter Lawrence had a little tip over during the second session and was run into by Malcolm Stewart. Neither rider was injured, but Hunter’s bike sustained a little damage.

Hunter (1:53.251) was third in Q2 and overall.

Eli Tomac’s Q1 time stood up for fourth overall.

Hampshire (1:55.020) and Dylan Ferrandis (1:55.364) rounded out the top five in this session and slotted into fifth and sixth overall.

Jorge Prado has struggled all season. He was 43rd in the combined sessions, but will get a spot on the grid since he is in the top 10 in points. He will be awarded a 41st gate pick as a provisional.

Qualification 2 Results
Combined Qualification

Qualification 1

Tomac was anxious to get the final round underway. He was the first rider to complete a lap in Qualification 1 , but the next lap around, the brothers who have given him so much trouble this year, Hunter Lawrence and Jett Lawrence jumped to the top of the board.

Those three riders, who have been the class of the field for most of the 2025 season, jockeyed for position with Jett (1:53.733) landing on top.

Tomac (1:54.910) finished second in the session with Hunter (1:55.701) finishing third. The gap between first and third was less than two seconds.

Justin Cooper was fourth (1:57.563).

On the final lap of the session, RJ Hampshire (1:57.660) secured fifth.

Qualification 1 Results