Despite fending off illness, Jett Lawrence dominated both motos at The Wick 338 in Southwick, Massachusetts to keep his perfect record of overall Nationals victories in 2025 alive. Jett revealed he was fighting an illness from the top of the podium after Moto 1, demoralizing the field after beating them by more than 13 seconds in that race.
Jett returned from the off-week feeling less than optimal, which may have changed the way he approached Round 5. Known as a rider who likes to build a comfortable gap before managing it, Jett attacked both motos and won by sizeable margins. He bested the field by more than 20 seconds in Moto 2.
“I’ve just got to focus on each race,” Jett told Peacock’s Will Christien. “That’s all you can do. You can’t go forwards and start thinking championship and stuff. Take each race as it comes and focus on that. But, good day. [Southwick] is definitely no highway for sure. It keeps your legs moving.”
Hunter Lawrence finished second in both races.
“Just putting in the work, mate, trying to get stronger and keep improving,” Hunter said. “The team’s helped us out on the bike. The bike is in a better spot and I’m getting in a better spot.”
“I’m getting sick of 18 on top. It would be nice to nab that off him one time,” Hunter added with a lilt to his voice.
Eli Tomac seemed to fade in the middle stage of Moto 2 before benefitting from a mistake by Jorge Prado to finish third. He came from the middle of the pack in Moto 1 to finish third in that race as well.
“Jett and Hunter riding better,” is what kept him from taking the top spot, Tomac replied to a question by Will Christien. “They had a pretty amazing flow around that track when I was able to ride behind them — super good lines. I just needed to be a better rider today.”
RJ Hampshire finished fourth in Moto 2 with Justin Cooper overcoming a poor start to finish fifth.
Cooper kept his streak of overall top-fives alive by finish 6-5 to take the tiebreaker over Jorge Prado’s 5-6.
Prado earned his first top-five of the season, but that was only part of the story. The Spanish rider challenged for podiums in both motos and seems to have become more comfortable on the American tracks.
Plessinger entered the race with a perfect record of overall top-fives but finished one point out of that spot to score seventh overall with a 4-8.
Hampshire was sixth on a tiebreaker after finishing 8-4.
Further back in the field, Justin Barcia was ninth overall after finishing Moto 1 10th and Moto 2 in ninth.
In-Race Notes
Jett swept the holeshots in Southwick’s pair of motos. Hunter, Tomac, and the field will have to wait another week for a mistake by Jett.
Prado pressured Jett in the first turn, but emerged second. Prado showed a lot of improvement following the off-week.
Tomac got a much better start in the second race and completed Lap 1 in third with Hunter following in fourth.
Plessinger rounded out the top five on Lap 1 but the performance of the afternoon may belong to Justin Barcia, who rode sixth early after scoring a top-10 in Moto 1.
On Lap 4, Jett started to stretch his advantage and built a 7.5-second lead over Prado. Tomac was 2.4 seconds further back.
Hunter caught up to Tomac on Lap 5. One lap later, Hunter took the position, which denied Tomac a podium position as they ran.
Misfortune happened again for Prado. He ditched his bike just past the halfway point. That elevated Hunter to second and Tomac to third, which also put Tomac back in podium contention.
Prado fell to sixth after Aaron Plessinger and RJ Hampshire also got around the reigning MXGP title-holder.
The battle for second was 14 seconds behind Jett with nine minutes remaining on the clock.
Jason Anderson retired at the 20-minute mark with flu like symptoms. He earned no points in this round.
Plessinger tucked his wheel on Lap 10 and fell to seventh. He was passed by Cooper for sixth and these two riders have swept the top five in overall results during the first four rounds. If he ended with a 4-7, Plessinger would barely hold onto fifth.
Cooper passed Prado for fifth on Lap 13. As they ran, that moved Plessinger out of the top five since Prado has the tiebreaking best Moto 2 result.
It took a while, but Cooper Webb finally made his presence know as he moved around Plessinger for seventh.
Jett beat Hunter to the line by 20.175 seconds.
Tomac was another 12 seconds behind in third.
Fourth-place Hampshire and Cooper rounded out the top five.
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