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young Australian for the overall since Hangtown 2024. "It was nice to get a win today," Sexton said. "It's been a while since I've won a race— since the Salt Lake City Super - cross—so it's good to get that monkey off my back and go into the break with momentum. My speed was better today, and I'm stoked to click off a win. I was pretty far off last weekend, so I went to work this week to improve. I knew I was good at this track and had the ability to win here. I got great starts, rode well, and made it happen." Despite having his win streak snapped, Lawrence finished out the day on a positive note, winning the second moto, but 450MX Sexton reminded everyone why he is the defending 450MX Champion. After a turbulent start to the 2025 season, the Red Bull KTM rider came out strong in his third race back from injury. An excellent start in moto one allowed him to keep Lawrence at bay until the Honda rider slid out, virtually securing Sexton's first race win since the 2024 season finale. He then fol - lowed up by chasing Lawrence throughout all of moto two and secured the overall victory with a second-place finish. With the win, Sexton ends Lawrence's streak of overall victories and re - mains the only rider to beat the ROUND 8 / JULY 19, 2025 WASHOUGAL MX PARK | WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P66 25 RYDER DIFRANCESCO 10TH (11-8) 250MX Ryder DiFrancesco logged another top 10 after a scary incident in the first moto. "I had a mishap in moto one, getting landed on while leading, which wasn't ideal, but we did what we could to recover. The second moto was better. I got a good start and had some pace early, but I felt like I could've done some things dif- ferently with line choice and racecraft to keep up there and flow the track a little better." MYOWNRACE 47 LEVI KITCHEN 11TH (9-10) 250MX Washougal native Levi Kitchen missed the top 10 overall despite his 9-10 finishes. "Qualifying was decent, but in moto one I got a bad start, probably around 25th or 20th, and worked my way up to about ninth. In moto two, I had another tough start, but I made it up to maybe sixth or seventh before I ended up crashing. I got back up and worked my way to around 10th. It was a tough day, but I'm going to keep my head up and focus on the things I can improve, mainly getting off the line better." Chase Sexton (1) ended Jett Lawrence's overall win streak after two strong rides, which included a first-moto win.