Jett Lawrence runs away from the competition in Southwick Moto 1

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Dan Beaver,

By
Dan Beaver

Published June 28, 2025 01:15 PM

Jett Lawrence earned the holeshot and sprinted to an overwhelming lead during the first two laps at The Wick in Southwick, Massachusetts. After establishing a gap of 10 seconds, Jett settled into a comfortable pace ahead of Hunter Lawrence and ultimately stretched that advantage to more than 16 seconds.

“It must be this Jeffrey Herlings gear,” Jett told Peacock’s Will Christien. “I always see him wearing this [blue and red] gear and I guess it gave me sand legs today. I was just trying to find the flow those first few laps and got a gap. I had a really good rhythm and felt good, even though I’m sick.”

Hunter was in a class of his own as his second-place finish was nearly 20 seconds ahead of third-place Eli Tomac.

“The first few laps, I was a little slow to get going,” Hunter said. “In those first few laps, Jett established the gap and I lost the tow and just [lost] touch with him there.”

Tomac got another modest start and was as far back as seventh in the opening lap. He took his time getting around Jorge Prado and Aaron Plessinger and never challenged for the runner-up position.

“I was a little disappointed in that moto for continuing my charge,” Tomac said. “Ill go back; try to improve myself — my lines and come out in Moto 2 to try and race with those guys.”

Fourth-place Plessinger and Prado rounded out the top five.

Prado’s result matched his season best, but he showed greater strength this weekend than in Hangtown’s second moto. Prado was fast in qualification and practice, climbed as high as third in the middle of Moto 1, but tucked his wheel in deep sand and lost two positions.

In his return to racing, Justin Barcia finished a solid 10th.

Moto 1 Results

In-Race Notes

Jett grabbed the holeshot over Aaron Plessinger and it has been difficult for the field to catch the championship leader when he is up front early.

Hunter took the second position on Lap 1, but at the end of that circuit, Jett held almost a four-second lead.

Tomac got a slow start and ended Lap 1 in seventh.

Tomac began to move forward on Lap 2. He took fifth from Cooper Webb that time around the track.

Prado was quick in qualification and proved that was not a fluke by settling into fourth in the first half of the race. He held off the challenge by Tomac for several laps.

On Lap 6, the most intense battle was for third between Plessinger, Prado, and Tomac.

Cornelius Tondel was also quick in qualification and practice. He settled into seventh on Lap 7.

Prado moved into the final podium position on Lap 8. He brought Tomac with him to fourth.

Up front, Jett developed a comfortable lead of nearly 10 seconds over Hunter. He’s content to manage that gap.

The Prado and Tomac battle was an additional 13 seconds behind on Lap 10.

Prado tucked a wheel during that lap and dropped his bike into the sand. Tomac inherited the final podium position, which will give him hope for the overall if Jett stumbles.

Prado fell to fifth with Plessinger taking over fourth.

Justin Cooper has swept the overall top-five in the first four rounds, but he was more than a minute behind late in Southwick’s Moto 1 in seventh.

RJ Hampshire overcame a crash in the first turn to climb to eighth on the white flag lap.