Following its first break in action of the 2025 season, the Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, returned to the track for Race 5 of the summer campaign and Round 22 of the SMX World Championship regular season. A morning of cloud cover and mist gave way to sunny skies for the motos at the Crestview Construction Southwick National, where the sand track of The Wick 338 is legendary for challenging racers both physically and mentally. While the track pushed many riders to the limit, the series points leaders enjoyed their most dominant performances thus far as Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett Lawrence cruised to his fifth straight victory and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Haiden Deegan rode to an emphatic fourth win in five races.
450: Jett Lawrence perfect 1-1
The most dominant performance of the season so far brought Jett Lawrence his landmark 20th career 450 Class victory, which ties him with former Pro Motocross Champion and AMA Hall of Famer James Stewart for seventh all time. It also marked the young Australian’s 15th career 1-1 result in 21 starts and was his third consecutive Southwick victory. Hunter Lawrence completed the Honda and sibling 1-2 for the second straight race (2-2), while Tomac captured his fourth podium in five races in third (3-3).
Jett Lawrence’s lead in the championship standings now sits at 38 points over Tomac with the halfway point of the season looming. With his second straight runner-up finish, Hunter Lawrence moved into third, 43 points behind his brother and just three points behind Tomac.
HIGHLIGHTS 450
250: Haiden Deegan 1-1
The fourth 1-1 outing of the season secured Deegan’s fourth win in five races and the 11th victory of his career. He became the first back-to-back Southwick winner in the 250 Class since Tyla Rattray during the 2010-2011 seasons. Vialle secured his second straight runner-up finish (3-3), while Kitchen finished third (2-4) for the fourth race in-a-row.
Deegan strengthened his grip on the championship lead even more and now has a 58-point lead over Shimoda, who finished fifth (10-2). Vialle gained two positions and is now third, 79 points out of the lead.
