3 Quick Thoughts From Southwick: New Points Leader; Perfect Season and the Rippah

Here are three instant reactions from Southwick. Don’t be expecting a full fledge feature, its called instant reactions for a reason.

250 Class Wide Open

Oh, boy. The 250 Class is wide the f*** open. Hunter Lawrence, coming off a second moto DNF at RedBud, was riding at less than 100% but was putting in a valiant effort in the first moto and then his bike blew up with just two laps remaining while he was running fourth. 

Tom Vialle won the overall after holding off a rabid RJ Hampshire in the second moto. It’s his first overall  in the U.S. Jo Shimoda won the second moto for his first moto win of the season. 

The 250 Class is anyone’s as Haiden Deegan holds a 5 point lead over Lawrence, but look how close the top five are:

Rider	Points	Difference
1 Haiden Deegan	218	–
2 Hunter Lawrence	213	-5
3 RJ Hampshire	205	-13
4 Jo Shimoda	198	-20
5 Justin Cooper	196	-22

Jett Lawrence Is Really Good

Yeah. Perfect season talk is heating up. Another 1-1 day for Jett and now he’s a perfect 12 for 12 and honestly, it doesn’t even look like he’s trying. Chase Sexton caught up to him in the first moto and Jett was like yeah, not today and cruised to another win. Ditto for moto 2. Chase caught up, Jett turned it up and was gone. Oh, and he led every lap AGAIN today. Insane.

The Rippah

Southwick marked Jimmy Decotis’ first AMA Pro Motocross event since 2018, and first AMA event since 2010. Now, fully healthy, the Rippah was back and qualified FIRST overall. Yeah, it was a clean track but whatever. Jimmy then went out and put together a 12-17 for 15th overall. Amazing story.

Results

450 Class Overall Results (Moto Finish // Points)

1. Jett Lawrence, Landsborough, Qld., Australia, Honda (1-1 // 50)
2. Chase Sexton, La Moille, Ill., Honda (2-2, 44)
3. Dylan Ferrandis, Avignon, France, Yamaha (3-3 // 40)
4. Aaron Plessinger, Hamilton, Ohio, KTM (4-4 // 36)
5. Garrett Marchbanks, Coalville, Utah, Yamaha (10-5 // 27)
6. Jose Butron, Cadiz, Spain, GASGAS (9-6 // 27)
7. Chris Canning, Coventry, Conn., GASGAS (8-7 // 27)
8. Adam Cianciarulo, Port Orange, Fla., Kawasaki (7-8 // 27)
9. Ty Masterpool, Fallon, Nev., Kawasaki (5-10 // 27)
10. Jason Anderson, Edgewood, N.M., Kawasaki (6-14 // 22) 

450 Class Championship Standings (Round 6 of 11)

1. Jett Lawrence, Landsborough, Qld., Australia, Honda – 300
2. Dylan Ferrandis, Avignon, France, Yamaha – 233
3. Aaron Plessinger, Hamilton, Ohio, KTM – 210
4. Adam Cianciarulo, Port Orange, Fla., Kawasaki – 176
5. Cooper Webb, Newport, N.C., KTM – 147
6. Ty Masterpool, Fallon, Nev., Kawasaki – 134
7. Chase Sexton, La Moille, Ill., Honda – 130
8. Fredrik Noren, Lidköping, Sweden, Suzuki – 124
9. Garrett Marchbanks, Coalville, Utah, Yamaha – 118
10. Lorenzo Locurcio, Valencia, Venezuela, GASGAS – 110

250 Class Overall Results (Moto Finishes // Points)

1. Tom Vialle, Avignon, France, KTM (1-3 // 45)
2. Justin Cooper, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Yamaha (2-2 // 44)
3. Jo Shimoda, Suzuka, Japan, Kawasaki (6-1 // 40)
4. RJ Hampshire, Hudson, Fla., Husqvarna (3-4 // 38)
5. Seth Hammaker, Bainbridge, Pa., Kawasaki (7-5 // 30)
6. Haiden Deegan, Temecula, Calif., Yamaha (4-10 // 29)
7. Max Vohland, Sacramento, Calif., KTM (8-6 // 28)
8. Levi Kitchen, Washougal, Wash., Yamaha (5-9 // 28)
9. Jalek Swoll, Belleview, Fla., Husqvarna (11-7 // 24)
10. Caden Braswell, Shalimar, Fla., GASGAS (9-11 // 22) 

250 Class Championship Standings (Round 6 of 11)

1. Haiden Deegan, Temecula, Calif., Yamaha – 218
2. Hunter Lawrence, Landsborough, Qld., Australia, Honda – 213
3. RJ Hampshire, Hudson, Fla., Husqvarna – 205
4. Jo Shimoda, Suzuka, Japan, Kawasaki – 198
5. Justin Cooper, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Yamaha – 196
6. Levi Kitchen, Washougal, Wash., Yamaha – 182
7. Tom Vialle, Avignon, France, KTM – 179
8. Max Vohland, Sacramento, Calif., KTM – 165
9. Ryder DiFrancesco, Bakersfield, Calif., Kawasaki – 122
10. Jalek Swoll, Belleview, Fla., Husqvarna – 110

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