Round 27 of the SuperMotocross World Championship, Round 10 of Pro Motocross, at Budds Creek MX Park in Mechanicsville, Maryland, gained importance last week after Hunter Lawrence’s dramatic Moto 2 crash in New Berlin turned the season upside down.
Sports has a lot of rollercoaster rides and last week’s Unadilla National was one of them. Hunter won the first moto and added three points to his advantage over Jett Lawrence. In Moto 2, he was riding third, at risk of losing two points on the weekend, when the crashed occurred.
If he had stayed there, he would have had a +10 points lead. Instead he enters 10 points down to Jett after failing to finish the second race. It is a fair assumption that Hunter and Jett will both sweep the final four podiums and probably finish first and second, so the difference is going to come down to who has the best starts.
Hunter has beaten Jett in 10 of 18 motos this season. That’s about as even as it gets.
The crash ended a long streak of top-five moto finishes for Hunter. The last, and only, time Hunter finished outside that mark was in the 2024 Ironman National when he crossed under the checkers sixth.
Jett Lawrence scored his 28th overall victory last week in his 36th start. That was one round longer than it took Ricky Carmichael to achieve the same number. Carmichael would go on to win 48 more times before he called it a career.
Jorge Prado was a serious contender for the lead last week when he passed Hunter and challenged Jett for the Moto 2 victory. He struggles in lapped traffic, something he says has been the case since his MXGP days, and if he improves that skill, he is going to win.
Prado could very well play the role of spoiler in the final two rounds, but the question is to which rider?
This week’s Grand Marshall, Travis Pastrana, has some experience at Budds Creek, highlighted by a 2-2 finish in the 2000 125s for second overall behind Stephane Roncada.
The contest for the final guaranteed starting position in the three SMX Playoff races is coming down to Mitchell Harrison, (ranked 21st with 166 points) and Justin Hill (188 points). Harrison needs 22 points to keep from racing in the Last Chance Qualifiers.
Harrison finished 18th overall last week with moto results of 17th and 19th.
250 Notes
Levi Kitchen found the flow last week. He dominated the first moto and expected to run well in Moto 2 when the field was pushed off course by an overly enthusiastic rookie. While charging from the back, Kitchen passed more than 30 riders and left with a total of 148 riders passed in 2026.
According to WeWentFast.com, Kitchen is only 49 passes away from Garrett Marchbanks’ 2025 mark of 197. Rest assured, Kitchen does not want to match that record.
Kitchen’s misfortune brought Cole Davies to within one point of the championship lead. In this division, the difference will come down to who makes the fewest mistakes. If that happens, Davies is the rider with the most momentum after winning three of the last four motos and finishing second in the other.
WMX Notes
Lachlan Turner and Charli Cannon continue to be the class of the WMX field after finishing first and second last week in Unadilla. They are the only two ladies to sweep the podium in the first four rounds.
Third-place has been more difficult to predict. Mikayla Nielsen, Taylah McCutcheon, Lotte van Drunen, and Mayla Herrick have each finished third in 2026. Herrick’s podium came last week in only her second WMX start.
Jordan Jarvis finished fourth in three of the four rounds. Last week, she missed the overall podium because of a tiebreaker.
The WMX raced here in 2000 through 2002 and again in 2007. Jessica Patterson swept those motos ahead of Tarah Geiger, who finished 2-2 for second overall.
Tune in to watch Friday’s race live on the SuperMotocross YouTube channel! Moto 2 will air live during the halftime break of the men’s program on Saturday.
2026 SuperMotocross Top-10 finishers
450s
Hunter Lawrence (10 wins, 20 podiums, 22 top-fives, 25 top-10s) [13 Moto wins]
Ken Roczen (5 wins, 11 podiums, 15 top-fives, 17 top-10s) [3 Moto wins] *
Eli Tomac (4 wins, 9 podiums, 11 top-fives, 12 top-10s) [1 Moto win]
Jett Lawrence (4 wins, 9 podiums, 9 top-fives, 9 top-10s) [8 Moto wins]
Chase Sexton (2 wins, 3 podiums, 9 top-fives, 15 top-10s)
Cooper Webb (1 win, 8 podiums, 12 top-fives, 20 top-10s)
Haiden Deegan (6 podiums, 7 top-fives, 9 top-10s)
Jorge Prado (5 podiums, 11 top-fives, 17 top-10s)
Justin Cooper (4 podiums, 10 top-fives, 16 top-10s) [2 Moto wins]
Malcolm Stewart (1 podium, 3 top-fives, 12 top-10s)
Lucas Coenen (1 podium, 1 top-five, 1 top-10)
Garrett Marchbanks (5 top-fives, 14 top-10s)
Joey Savatgy (4 top-fives, 11 top-10s)
RJ Hampshire (3 top-fives, 10 top-10s)
Dylan Ferrandis (2 top-fives, 19 top-10s)
Justin Hill (2 top-fives, 7 top-10s)
Jason Anderson (2 top-fives, 3 top-10s)
Aaron Plessinger (1 top-five, 9 top-10s)
Justin Barcia (1 top-five, 5 top-10s)
Jordon Smith (6 top-10s)
Shane McElrath (5 top-10s)
Christian Craig (4 top-10s)
Mikkel Haarup (4 top-10s)
Dean Wilson (3 top-10s)
Colt Nichols (2 top-10s)
Benny Bloss (2 top-10s)
Valentin Guillod (1 top-10)
Jed Beaton (1 top-10)
*Supercross Champion
250s
Cole Davies (10 wins, 14 podiums, 15 top-fives, 16 top-10s) [11 Moto wins] +
Haiden Deegan (7 wins, 8 podiums, 10 top-fives, 10 top-10s) [3 Moto wins] **
Seth Hammaker (2 wins, 8 podiums, 11 top-fives, 12 top-10s) [3 Moto wins]
Levi Kitchen (1 win, 10 podiums, 17 top-fives, 18 top-10s) [3 Moto wins]
Jo Shimoda (1 win, 6 podiums, 9 top-fives, 10 top-10s) [1 Moto win]
Julien Beaumer (1 win, 3 podiums, 5 top-fives, 11 top-10s) [1 Moto win]
Max Anstie (1 win, 3 podiums, 5 top-fives, 9 top-10s)
Nate Thrasher (1 win, 2 podiums, 4 top-fives, 11 top-10s) [1 Moto win]
Pierce Brown (1 win, 2 podiums, 3 top-fives, 3 top-10s)
Sacha Coenen (1 win, 1 podium, 2 top-fives, 2 top-10s) [3 Moto wins]
Ryder DiFrancesco (5 podiums, 12 top-fives, 16 top-10s)
Cameron McAdoo (3 podiums, 5 top-fives, 5 top-10s)
Chance Hymas (4 podiums, 4 top-fives, 10 top-10s) [1 Moto win]
Daxton Bennick (2 podiums, 6 top-fives, 10 top-10s)
Michael Mosiman (2 podiums, 4 top-fives, 9 top-10s)
Devin Simonson (1 podium, 1 top-five, 7 top-10s)
Nick Romano (1 podium, 1 top-five, 6 top-10s)
Landen Gordon (1 podium, 1 top-five, 2 top-10s)
Caden Dudney (1 podium, 1 top-five, 3 top-10s)
Kayden Minear (4 top-fives, 8 top-10s)
Maximus Vohland (2 top-fives, 9 top-10s)
Coty Schock (2 top-fives, 8 top-10s)
Carson Mumford (3 top-fives, 9 top-10s)
Henry Miller (1 top-five, 5 top-10s)
Casey Cochran (1 top-five, 3 top-10s)
Hunter Yoder (7 top-10s)
Dilan Schwartz (5 top-10s)
Parker Ross (4 top-10s)
Derek Kelley (4 top-10s)
Cullin Park (3 top-10s)
Drew Adams (4 top-10s)
Lux Turner (3 top-10s)
Avery Long (2 top-10s)
Jalek Swoll (2 top-10s)
Maximus Vohland (2 top-10s)
Kyle Peters (2 top-10s)
Marshal Weltin (2 top-10s)
Josh Varize (2 top-10s)
Anthony Bourdon (1 top-10)
Luke Neese (1 top-10)
Izaih Clark (1 top-10)
Gavin Towers (1 top-10)
Robbie Wageman (1 top-10)
Francisco Garcia (1 top-10)
Brodie Connolly (1 top-10)
** Supercross East Champion
+ Supercross West Champion
[Moto wins include Feature wins from the Supercross series.]
Recent Budds Creek races
450s
2025: Jett Lawrence (followed by Hunter Lawrence, Justin Cooper)
2024: Chase Sexton (Hunter Lawrence, Aaron Plessinger)
2023: Jett Lawrence (Aaron Plessinger, Jason Anderson)
2022: Jason Anderson (Eli Tomac, Ken Roczen)
2021: Dylan Ferrandis (Ken Roczen, Eli Tomac)
250s
2025: Haiden Deegan (Jo Shimoda, Levi Kitchen)
2024: Levi Kitchen (Tom Vialle, Haiden Deegan)
2023: Hunter Lawrence (Justin Cooper, Jo Shimoda)
2022: RJ Hampshire (Jo Shimoda, Jett Lawrence)
2021: Jeremy Martin (Jett Lawrence, Justin Cooper)
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