PALA, California: Jett Lawrence answered any lingering question about his health in the first Fox Raceway Nationals moto and set his sight on remaining perfect.
The second moto was not nearly as easy.
Eli Tomac and Jett have never raced one another in Pro Motocross so they were unfamiliar with the other’s tendency.
Tomac is one of the riders best capable of closing a race and would not allow Jett to get a massive lead. In the final three laps, Jett extended his lead to 12 seconds, but for most of the race the two riders circled the track within two seconds.
“That [emotion starts] all the way back to my ACL ,” Jett told Peacocks’ Shannon Haley. “The mental breakdowns, obviously on the pain killers with the knee and stuff like that. Then the highs and lows and all the distractions we’ve been having. That one there was to silence all the negative stuff that’s been thrown at us.”
Those emotions were enhanced by the competition: Jett now knows what Tomac’s ‘Beast Mode’ has been like for the field during the veteran’s storied career.
“I had a few good Beast Mode attacks from [Tomac] and I was doing everything I could just to get that section good and I tried to recover for the next one,” Jett continued. “I found some good lines with five laps to go and had to give everything.”
With a fourth-place finish in Moto 1 and second in Moto 2, Tomac was composed after his second-place overall finish.
“I was trying my heart out,” Tomac told Jason Thomas. “It was close; it was close for about 25 minutes worth of that moto. We both had our spots on the track where we would make time on the on each other and vice versa. It’s definitely a joy to race Jett. I did what I could do. Much happier with how I rode in Moto 2 versus Moto 1.”
Amazingly, both riders — as well as overall third place finisher Hunter Lawrence — returned from injury for this race. Jett tore his ACL early in the Supercross season, Tomac broke a bone in his leg, and Hunter had a shoulder injury.
Ultimately, Jett remained perfect in regard to 450 moto wins with a sweep of the 2025 Fox Nationals. He’s never lost an overall in either class.
The last rider other than Jett to lead at Fox Raceway was Tomac in 2020.
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Aaron Plessinger grabbed third from Hunter on the final lap in Moto 2, but Hunter was scored third overall by one point over Plessinger in fourth.
“Pretty average day,” Hunter said. “I’ll take it. There’s a lot to build on. That was a tough moto.”
“We battled the whole moto and that little mistake on the last lap and he was right there to capitalize on it. That was like a punch in the gut,” Hunter said, describing the battle with Plessinger.
Justin Cooper finished fifth overall with a second in Moto 1 and eighth in Moto 2.
Jason Anderson, another rider returning from illness, finished fifth in Moto 2.
In-Race Notes
Hunter Lawrence earned the holeshot with Jett on his back wheel.
Jett did not allow Hunter to lead the lad; he took the top spot and brought Aaron Plessinger with him.
Plessinger slipped with Hunter going back around for second and Eli Tomac taking third.
The top three riders failed to finish the the 2025 Supercross season with injury.
Tomac took second from Hunter on the second lap and set his sight on Jett.
No one other than Jett has led a lap since 2022. The last rider to do so was Tomac.
Jett and Tomac had an almost seven-second lead on Hunter on Lap 3, but Jett was slowly pulling away.
Aaron Plessinger was fourth with Jason Anderson rounding out the top five.
Tomac moved back to within a second on Lap 4.
Midway through the race Jett had a two-second lead over Tomac.
Hunter was 8.4 seconds back in third with Plessinger and a surging Jorge Prado fifth.
Jett extended the lead on Lap 7 to 2.7 seconds. Tomac needed a second wind.
In his 450 Motocross debut, Coty Schock crashed and retired on Lap 7.
Cooper Webb got his bike repaired after a Moto 1 engine failure. He rode sixth on Lap 8.
Tomac closed to under one second on Lap 8 but Jett could feel the pressure and picked up his pace.
With time off the clock and two laps remaining, it was Jett, Tomac, Hunter, Plessinger, and Prado in the top five.
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