MECHANICSVILLE, Maryland: Lachlan Turner overcame a poor start and charged forward to win her seventh moto of the 2026 season at Budds Creek MX Park in Round 5 of the WMX season.
Turner was well outside the top 10 on the opening lap, but as has been true to form this season, she overcame the disappointing start quickly. She moved into fifth on Lap 1, was third on Lap 2, and took the lead from her principle rival, Charli Cannon, during Lap 4.
From that point on, Turner’s victory was uncontested as Turner lengthened the gap in each of the final four laps.
Cannon finished second to keep her perfect streak of top-fives alive and her near perfect record of podium finishes. The winner of Moto 2 in High Point, a victory that also contributed to her overall victory, Cannon has only one result worse than third in nine motos.
In a throwback to the 2025 season when these three riders consistently paced the field, Mikayla Nielsen finished third. She opened the season with a sweep of the podium in the Hangtown Motocross Classic and then had a fuel pump problem in Round 2 at Thunder Valley. Nielsen rebounded to score another podium in Moto 2 that weekend, but struggled since and earned only one more podium in the last four motos.
Taylah McCutcheon earned the holeshot and led the first lap before fading to fourth in heavy traffic.
Piper Bell finished fifth and earned her second top-five of the season. She was fifth last week at Unadilla in Moto 1 and backed that up with an eighth-place result in the second race.
Mayla Herrick had a disappointing outing one week after earning her first career podium. She crashed early in the moto in heavy traffic while running third and then developed mechanical problems a couple of laps later that forced her to retire. Herrick was credited with 31st.
