450 Storylines: RedBud Recap
JETT LAWRENCE: Captured
his 61st SMX League*
victory, tying him with Chad
Reed and Rick Johnson for
eighth on the all-time list.
Jett’s 21st 450 Class victory
ties him with Ken Roczen for
sixth on the all-time list and
one behind Johnson for fifth
all-time. It was Jett’s 40th
Pro Motocross podium in 58
starts (21 for 22 in 450 Class)
and his 80th SMX League podium
in 116 starts, tying Ron
Lechien for 24th all-time. The
victory was Honda’s 775th
SMX League victory and its
375th Pro Motocross victory
(Jo Shimoda captured win
376 shortly after). Jett holds
a 51-point lead with 5 rounds
remaining.
HUNTER LAWRENCE:
Grabbed a third straight runner-
up finish, which equals a
feat he accomplished during
the first 3 starts of his 450
Class career last season.
He now has 13 career 450
Class podiums and ties Dylan
Ferrandis and Zach Osborne
for 40th on the SMX League*
all-time podiums list with 61.
JUSTIN COOPER: Equaled
his career best 450 Class
result in third place, doing
so for the fourth time, and
now sits third in the point
standings. His 64th SMX
League podium ties him
with David Bailey and Doug
Henry for 36th on the alltime
podiums list. Cooper
also continues to close in
on the #1 seed for the SMX
World Championship, moving
within 14 points of teammate
Cooper Webb with 5 Pro
Motocross rounds remaining.
NOTES:
RJ Hampshire (4th): Earned
his first career 450 Class moto
podium and top-5 finish during
his 190th SMX League start. It
was also his 85th career SMX
League top-5 finish and 150th
SMX League top-10.
Chase Sexton (5th): Made
his first start since the opening
round and finished in the top-5
following 5-4 moto results. Also
strengthened his hold of fourth
in the SMX World Championship
standings.
Justin Barcia (7th): Made his
365th SMX League start and
earned a milestone 300th SMX
League top-10 finish (98 for 111
in 450 Class career).
Malcolm Stewart (8th):
Equaled his best result of the
season while making his 40th
career 450 Class start.
Eli Tomac (13th): Made his
100th career 450 Class start,
but a DNF in Moto 1 ultimately
led to the third-worst finish of
his career and just his third ever
result outside the top 10.
Antonio Cairoli (14th): Made
his sixth career Pro Motocross
start for the U.S. racing debut
of Ducati, scoring 9th in Moto 1
before a DNF in Moto 2.
450 Class: Spring Creek Facts
- History Lesson: The first 450 Class race at Spring Creek was on August 28, 1983, and was the season finale for all three classes (125cc, 250cc, & 500cc). Bob Hannah won the overall, but David Bailey clinched the 450 Class title with a runner-up effort. That season also introduced the AMA Grand National Champion, which combined supercross and motocross points across all classes, and showed Bailey and 125cc counterpart Mark Barnett tied in points going into the final moto of the day. Bailey won his moto by a thin margin over Hannah, while Barnett finished runner-up to Ron Lechien in the 125cc finale. Bailey became the inaugural Grand National Champion by a single point (860-859).
- A unique history of racing: All 3 classes raced at Spring Creek from 1983-1985, until the format was changed in Pro Motocross scheduling. The first half of the season consisted of 125cc/250cc rounds and the second half consisted of 125cc/500cc rounds. During the 1986-1993 seasons, Spring Creek exclusively hosted 125cc/500cc rounds. The 250cc class returned to Spring Creek in 1994 and has remained ever since. The 2025 event will be the 35th 250cc/450cc race at the historic location.
- Sweep Creek: During Ricky Carmichael’s 8 seasons of 450 Class competition (2000-2007) he won 7-straight titles (2000-2006) and multiple motos at 13 different venues. Spring Creek is the only track where Carmichael went undefeated across 8 seasons. He won 16 straight motos at Spring Creek in the 450 Class, and 17 if you also include Moto 2 of the 125cc class during the 1999 season. Moto sweeps are not unusual in Millville, as 25 of 34 overalls in the 450 Class have come from 1-1 efforts, including Tomac, Jett Lawrence, and Sexton each of the past 3 seasons.
- Championship %: The winner of Spring Creek has also won the 450 Class title 20 times in 34 seasons (59%), including the past 3 seasons with the aforementioned riders.
250 Storylines: RedBud Recap
JO SHIMODA:
Swept the motos for his fourth
career win and eighth SMX
League* victory. It was his first
Pro Motocross win for Honda
as he became the 30th athlete
to win a 250 Class race for
the brand. Shimoda gained 20
points in the championship
and enters Race 7 with a
38-point deficit to Haiden
Deegan.
JALEK SWOLL:
Captured his third career
250 Class podium with
unconventional 6-3 finishes for
second overall in just his third
start of the season following
an Achilles injury. It signified
Triumph’s best Pro Motocross
result since its 2024 debut
and second-best SMX League
result behind Jordon Smith’s
Glendale Supercross victory.
MICHAEL MOSIMAN:
Earned his first Pro Motocross
podium since 2021 with a
third-place finish and his first
top 3 result with Monster
Energy Yamaha Star Racing.
He has now captured a
podium result for each brand
he’s raced for (Husqvarna,
GASGAS, Yamaha). It was his
14th SMX League podium in
111 SMX League starts.
NOTES:
Mikkel Haarup (4th):
Helped Triumph place 2 riders
in the top 5 for the first time.
Was also Haarup’s first career
Pro Motocross and SMX
League top 5 result.
Haiden Deegan (5th): Resilient
14-2 effort for the points
leader, who missed a podium
result for the first time this
season. He still captured his
23rd top 5 finish in his 30th
start and also made his 65th
SMX League start.
Carson Mainquist (36th) &
Kason Little (38th):
First career 250 Class and
SMX League starts.
250 Class: Spring Creek Facts
- History Lesson: The first 250 Class race at Spring Creek was on August 28, 1983, when Ron Lechien swept the motos on his Yamaha at the season finale. Johnny O’Mara’s 4-5 effort was enough to secure a 9-point victory in the championship over Kawasaki’s Jeff Ward, who went 6-3. The 3 athletes who won that season’s respective titles each fell short of the win at the Spring Creek finale (250cc David Bailey, 125cc Johnny O’Mara, and 500cc Broc Glover).
- 43 Years of History: The 250 Class has been contested every season at Spring Creek since the inaugural 1983 event. This year’s race will be the 43rd consecutive 250 Class round held in Millville. Between all 3 divisions there have been 87 rounds of Pro Motocross held at Spring Creek.
- Hometown Hero Farewell: This year’s Spring Creek National will be bittersweet for the Martin family, who owns and operates the venue, as Jeremy Martin will return after missing 4 races for the final start of his decorated career at his home track. Martin is a 2-time 250 Class Champion and sits fourth in all-time wins and second in all-time podiums. His 3 Spring Creek victories and 5 moto wins at the track tie him for the most all-time at the venue.
- Championship %: The winner of the 250 Class race at Spring Creek has also won the championship 19 times in 42 seasons (45%) and does not include last season when Levi Kitchen earned his first Pro Motocross victory with a sweep over eventual champion Haiden Deegan.
