Hunter Lawrence wins Spring Creek Moto 1 after Jett Lawrence crashed on Lap 1

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Dan Beaver,

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Dan Beaver

Published July 12, 2025 03:14 PM

For the second consecutive week, Jett Lawrence crashed on Lap 1 of Moto 1 and fell outside the top 10 in the Spring Creek National on Millville, Minnesota, but this time, he could not make his way to the front. Hunter Lawrence inherited the lead and held the advantage until the checkered flag.

“I felt really comfortable and had a lot of fun,” Hunter replied to the question of what made this moto different. “The bike helped me help it, and it was really nice. I’m happy with that one. It’s not done yet, but we’ll reflect on Moto 1.”

Jett climbed quickly to second and closed the gap to six seconds over Hunter in the middle stage of the moto. At that point, Hunter found another gear and stretched the gap to more than 15 seconds at the end of the race.

This was Hunter’s first moto win of 2025 and the fourth of his career as he became only the third race winner during the season. All four of his outdoor race wins have come in Moto 1. He will most likely need to change that statistic if he wants to win the overall.

Jett finished nearly 10 seconds over Chase Sexton to further establish the domination of the brothers.

“I just couldn’t get any closer,” Jett said. “Hunter was riding really well there. I nailed my start and just (made) a silly mistake. I tried to turn, and the rear wheel went away from me, and then the front washed. Once that happened, I couldn’t save it, sadly.”

Sexton’s podium finish came in only his second week back from an injury that had sidelined him at Fox Raceway in the season opener.

“I still have a bit of a ways to go to get [the Lawrence brothers],” Sexton said. “I felt okay at the beginning, and I lost touch at halfway.”

Fourth-place RJ Hampshire and Justin Cooper rounded out the top five.

Problems continue for Eli Tomac as he finished outside the top five for the third consecutive moto. He was sixth.

450 Moto 1 Results

Jett earned the holeshot with Hunter second.
Jett crashed on Lap 1 and fell to 15th.
Hunter inherited the lead with Jett’s crash.
Jett moved into the top five on Lap 4.
Tomac took second from Aaron Plessinger on Lap 5.
Jett passed two riders on Lap 5 and assumed a podium position.
Jett passed Tomac for second on Lap 6.
At the halfway mark, Hunter led Jett by eight seconds.
Hampshire took fourth from Tomac on Lap 8.
Tomac fell out of the top five on Lap 13; Cooper took the position.
Hunter won by 15.207 seconds over Jett.

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In Race Notes

Jett earned his fifth holeshot of the season but crashed on Lap 1 and fell to 15th. The same thing happened at RedBud last week, but he still won the moto.

Jett climbed to ninth by the end of Lap 1.

Hunter took the lead, and Plessinger assumed second with Jett’s crash.

Tomac started in the top five and moved into third on Lap 2.

Tomac took second away from Plessinger on Lap 4. He was 7.4 seconds behind Hunter.

Jett was flying in the first five laps. After crashing and falling back about 20 seconds, he passed Tomac for second on Lap 5. Jett posted his fastest lap that time around.

One lap later, Sexton pushed Tomac back to fourth.

At the halfway mark, the top five were Hunter, Jett, Sexton, Tomac, and Hampshire.

Cooper (sixth), Jorge Prado (seventh), Malcolm Stewart (eighth), Justin Barcia (ninth), and Coty Schock completed the top 10 on Lap 10.

Hunter stabilized the lead in the second half of the race with a 7.5-second lead on Lap 11.

Plessinger retired on Lap 11 with the same symptoms as he experienced at RedBud.

Cooper passed Tomac for fifth on Lap 12.

Hunter held on for the victory, becoming only the third moto winner of 2025.

Sexton grabbed the last spot on the podium.