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ROUND 6 / JULY 5, 2025 REDBUD MX / BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P70 there, so I thought it would be a little harder than moto one, but I just tried to stick to our lap times and see what we could do." From there, it was game on as the number 18 dropped the hammer en route to the front. These were arguably some of his best laps ever, as he looked to be on a different track than the rest of his competitors. As the race wore on, Lawrence's lap times were nearly a second faster than anyone on track and he found himself in second place at the halfway mark. A daring pass around the out - side of Justin Cooper was the last anyone saw of the young Australian as he took over the lead on lap 11 and never looked 450MX Lawrence had one of the best rides of his career on Sunday. Instead of winning by his usual three-second gap, the current points leader has stepped up in the last two rounds and has been dominating the field by double-digit margins. He easily won the first moto by 16 sec - onds after passing his brother, Hunter, for the lead on lap five. The real highlight for the fans came in the second moto when Jett found himself on the ground early and finished the first lap in 18th place. "My first thought was 'Get the F up and get going,' '" Lawrence said. "I asked too much from the tires in that section. I got up in P18, and I could see them right 25 RYDER DIFRANCESCO 6TH (12-6) 250MX Ryder DiFrancesco looked great in qualifying but narrowly missed a top five overall. "I qualified P1 for the first time ever, which felt good," he said. "I was able to back it up in the second session. Not a great start in moto one, and I had to push my way through, which I think 12th was our best in that one. In moto two, I ended up getting into fourth pretty fast, then I went down, so I had to charge forward again." 2 COOPER WEBB 9TH (15-8) 450MX Cooper Webb salvaged a top 10 overall after a tough first moto. "I felt great in practice, and on the last turn of my good lap, I ripped my left leg off the footpeg and caught my knee pret- ty bad, which wasn't great. Then in the first moto, I ended up crashing in turn two, right off the start. I was dead last with my bars and clutch bent, but I made a hard push to get myself into 10th before my bike ran out of fuel in the last turn. In moto two, it was just a bad start, but I rode well and ran seventh until Eli [Tomac] got me late MYOWNRACE