2025 Washougal Motocross 450 Qualification: Jett Lawrence sweeps sessions

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Dan Beaver,

By
Dan Beaver

Published July 19, 2025 11:42 AM

Chase Sexton found additional pace in Qualification 2 for the Washougal (Washington) National to post a time of 2:11.880 early in the session, compared to the 2:13.029 from Q1, but Jett Lawrence (2:11.079) denied him the opportunity for the fastest lap as time ran off the clock.

Jett’s time from the first session held up to be the fastest of the day and will give him the best gate pick for Moto 1.

Sexton maintained the second-fastest time of the session and the day. Equally important, Sexton narrowed the gap to Jett from more than 1.5 seconds, which he held over Hunter Lawrence, to a little more than one second.

RJ Hampshire (2:12.073) also increased his speed to land third overall. He was sixth in the first session.

Eli Tomac (2:12.801) was fourth fastest in Qualification 2, but Hunter’s Q1 speed edged him on the overall chart.

Group A Qualification 2
Combined Qualification Results

Qualification 1

With today’s first motos televised live on NBC, the 450 division was first on track, and Jett (2:10.869) posted the fastest time at Washougal MX Park.

Jett’s time beat his brother, Hunter (2:12.516), by more than 1.5 seconds, as the siblings each picked up the pace on the seventh and final trip around the track. Until Jett’s blisteringly fast lap at the end of the session, the top three riders were close in speed.

After two disappointing weeks, Tomac (2:12.622) demonstrated speed in the first qualification session, posting a time that keeps him competitive with Hunter.

Fourth-place Justin Cooper (2:12.948) and Sexton (2:13.029) rounded out the top five.

All top-five fast times were set on the final lap except Tomac’s.

Group A Qualification 1