Debrief: 2025 AMA Pro Motocross Unadilla
The penultimate race of the 2025 Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, visited the hallowed grounds of Central New York’s iconic Unadilla MX as the oldest venue in American motocross hosted race 10 of the summer campaign and Round 27 of the SMX World Championship regular season. The ELF Lubricants Unadilla National Presented by Clinton Contractor, Anderson Equipment Company, and New York LECET began under cloudy skies but gave way to abundant sunshine with temperatures in the mid-80s as Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett Lawrence, one week removed from his 22nd birthday, clinched his second 450 Class title and once again hoisted the Edison Dye Cup after a dominant 1-1 performance. In the 250 Class, Honda HRC Progressive’s Jo Shimoda kept his championship hopes alive with an impressively dominant 1-1 performance of his own, which prevented the championship coronation for Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Haiden Deegan and gave Honda HRC Progressive a clean sweep of the afternoon with a pair of moto sweeps and overall victories. Words: Press Release
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Jett Lawrence ended the longest winless streak of his career, two races, with an emphatic 1-1 performance for his 23rd career victory, 17 of which have come via moto sweeps. His championship triumph comes a little more than six months removed from surgery to repair a torn ACL suffered at the Glendale Supercross in February. Hunter Lawrence captured his fifth runner-up finish of the season (2-2), while Tomac earned the 79th podium result of his career (3-3).
While Jett Lawrence’s 53-point lead is insurmountable, Hunter Lawrence’s 45-point margin over third place, Tomac, in the standings has the elder Lawrence poised to complete the first 1-2 championship finish for siblings in series history.
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The second 1-1 effort of the season netted Shimoda his third win of the summer, a new single-season record for the Honda rider, and the sixth win of his career. Deegan earned a runner-up finish (2-3) for his ninth podium result of the summer, while Vialle rounded out the top three (4-2) for the fifth time this season.
Deegan entered Unadilla one point clear of the 50-point advantage needed to clinch the title on Saturday, but in losing eight points to Shimoda, the remaining title contenders will head to the finale separated by 43 points. Marchbanks, who finished sixth, remains third.
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