Jett has only lost two overall
wins in his 450MX career, both
to Sexton. With Sexton missing
the first half of the season, fin-
ishing second on the day does
little to
affect the overall cham-
pionship, as Jett still leads by 61
points
over his brother, Hunter.
"This is my worst track of the
circuit, and I just had to rely on
my starts," Jett said. "I really had
to work hard in the second moto,
and the restart made it even
more difficult to have to stop and
get going again. I've had a good
run, and you can't always win ev
-
erything. Winning always comes
to
an end at some stage, but I'm
the previous lap when the red
flag was shown. Even though
Sexton had just passed Hunter
Lawrence for second, on the
restart, Hunter was positioned
ahead of Sexton. Jett, Sexton,
and Tomac seemed unfazed
by the entire restart procedure
and immediately got back up to
speed, continuing where they
left off, while Hunter seemed to
lose a bit of his mojo. As Hunter
started to drift back, Sexton got
around him quickly, while Jett,
Sexton and Tomac held the top
three positions the rest of the
way. Hunter eventually finished
a distant fourth.
of battle, especially up front,
everyone had to retreat, head
back to the starting line, re
-
group, and try to pick up where
they
left off once the track was
cleared; not an easy thing to
do for the racers. For the first
time in a Pro outdoor race, the
moto implemented a staggered
restart, with 21 minutes left,
and the riders were led off the
gate by an AMA official in the
order they were positioned on
ROUND 8 / JULY 19, 2025
WASHOUGAL MX PARK | WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON
MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Eli Tomac credited his
improvement at Washougal to
a more comfortable bike setup,
which propelled him to an overall
third on the 450MX podium.
