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450MX It's been a long time coming for Hunter Lawrence. On his 20th attempt, the older Lawrence brother finally earned his first 450MX overall win. Now in his second full-time season aboard the larger 450 machine, Hunter has been a consistent front-run - ner all season long, and Ironman proved no different. In fact, he has never finished outside the top five overall in his 450 career. The number-96 machine started up front in both motos and led a majority of the opening race. He eventually lost the spot to Chase Sexton late in the moto but still secured a strong second place to start the day. His first-moto finish held up even with the penalties that were later im - posed. Lawrence returned in moto two, with more fight still left in the tank. After leading the opening lap, he tipped over and slipped back to fourth. The older Lawrence brother managed to claw his way up to second in the ROUND 9 / AUGUST 9, 2025 IRONMAN RACEWAY | CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P60 107 MIKKEL HAARUP 6TH (5-9) 250MX Mikkel Haarup continues to improve and just narrowly missed out on a top-five overall. "I thought it was a strong showing overall," he said. "I did not have the best start in moto one, but I fought hard to get fifth. I was proud of that effort; I gave every- thing that I had! I improved my start in moto two and was chasing a podium position, but my body was done. I had to cruise it over the finish line." 98 DREW ADAMS 5TH (8-5) 250MX Rookie Drew Adams posted a career- best fifth overall. "It was my best day so far," said Adams. "Coming back from the injury after High Point, I've been struggling the last couple of weeks. I started to put it together a bit at Washougal, and this week I feel like I executed. In the first moto, I think I was somewhere in the high 30s off the start, which is never good, but I charged all the way back to eighth. In the second moto, I started around the top 10, dropped a few spots early, but then slowly worked my way forward. I felt like I had a little more in the tank than a lot of the guys today; the heat and pace were getting to people, but I kept pushing. I made a late pass on Garrett [Marchbanks] MYOWNRACE (Above) Hunter Lawrence used two consistent 2-2 results to earn his first career 450MX overall win. RJ Hampshire claimed his first 450MX overall podium in second place.