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Cycle News 2026 Issue 24 June 16

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450MX That's two in a row now for Jett Lawrence. Is it too early to say "win streak?" The Honda HRC rider has now won the last four consecutive motos and taken two of the last three overall wins so far this season. Even with a perfect day on paper, this might've been his hardest fight yet, as Lawrence came under heavy fire in moto one. The defending champ fought off multiple attacks from his brother, Hunter, then from 450 rookie Haiden Deegan, and finally from a late-race charge from MXGP ROUND 3 / JUNE 13, 2026 THUNDER VALLEY MOTOCROSS / LAKEWOOD, COLORADO MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P62 10 SETH HAMMAKER 7TH (2-12) 250MX Seth Hammaker saw his points lead dwindle after a crash in race two left him salvaging a 12th-place result. "In the first moto, I ripped an amazing start and pulled the holeshot. I led all the way up until about a lap and a half to go, and Levi [Kitchen] was charg- ing really hard. He was riding really well and ended up getting around me. I was feeling good heading into moto two, then got into another first-turn pileup. I just picked my bike up and had to dig for another long moto. I got back up to 12th, so 2-12 for seventh overall, and I'm tied for the point lead now with Levi. I at least still have the red plate heading into High Point." 7 AARON PLESSINGER 7TH (6-7) 450MX Aaron Plessinger continued his upward trajectory with his two best re- sults of the year. "I got a pretty good start in moto one and then fell back on the opening laps, but I smoothed it out a little and found a flow from there. A couple of people got penal- ized in race one, which elevated me up the order to sixth, and then in moto MYOWNRACE It might've been a perfect day on paper for Jett, but things were this close for most of the first 450 moto with Haiden Deegan (38) and Hunter Lawrence (96) closely in tow.

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