Bench Racing | RedBud National The Motos

How was Friday amateur day & the futures race ?  No results posted yet. 

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Jett joking around in the press conference saying "The bike wasn't handling too bad today, good enough to win thankfully" is savage haha

Weird because Mathes has always been respectful to him. 

Yeah my thought aswell, wasn't Matthes the guy that started the whole thing with "He isn't even at the races so he has no credibility". 😂

What were the hand motions Jett was doing after his second moto win? Looked like a spanking motion.. I can only assume it meant he spanked everyone?

Some sort of tiktok thing.

Here you go

Any more context? Would like to understand what the reference is and Im not getting a tiktok to do so.

Thanks

The strange thing is that short little dance he did after winning will gain wayyyy more traction online than all the impressive riding that took place to get there. Jett knows how to get the eyeballs on him. 

Is this how it is for everyone else? Why is this so big? A lot of the times it was covering the action especially in close up shots. 

Fastest laps of the races 

450 race 1 

2.06.637 = Jett Lawrence 
2.06.958 = Aaron Plessinger 
2.07.650 = Hunter Lawrence 
2.08.094 = Eli Tomac 
2.08.139 = Justin Cooper 
2.08.286 = RJ Hampshire 
2.08.892 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
2.09.168 = Chase Sexton 
2.09.621 = Jason Anderson 
2.10.464 = Justin Barcia 

250 race 1 

2.10.241 = Tom Vialle 
2.11.080 = Jo Shimoda 
2.11.148 = Haiden Deegan 
2.11.417 = Levi Kitchen 
2.11.598 = Seth Hammaker 
2.11.807 = Garrett Marchbanks 
2.12.264 = Jalek Swoll 
2.12.474 = Michael Mosiman 
2.12.799 = Nate Trasher 
2.12.909 = Dilan Schwartz 

450 moto 2 

2.07.263 = Jett Lawrence 
2.07.730 = Chase Sexton 
2.07.908 = Justin Cooper 
2.08.362 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
2.08.934 = Hunter Lawrence 
2.09.693 = RJ Hampshire 
2.10.237 = Cooper Webb
2.10.548 = Jason Anderson 
2.10.922 = Eli Tomac 
2.11.705 = Antonio Cairoli 

250 moto 2 

2.11.829 = Jo Shimoda 
2.12.293 = Michael Mosiman
2.12.448 = Jalek Swoll
2.13.057 = Haiden Deegan 
2.13.259 = Ryder Difrancesco 
2.13.539 = Mikkel Haarup
2.14.701 = Garrett Marchbanks 
2.14.842 = Dilan Schwartz 
2.15.406 = Max Vohland
2.15.603 = Julien Beaumer

250 season stats 

Overall wins 

4 = Haiden Deegan 
1 = Chance Hymas 
1 = Jo Shimoda 

Overall podiums 

5 = Haiden Deegan 
4 = Levi Kitchen 
3 = Tom Vialle
3 = Jo Shimoda 
1 = Chance Hymas 
1 = Jalek Swoll 
1 = Michael Mosiman 

Moto wins 

8 = Haiden Deegan
2 = Chance Hymas 
2 = Jo Shimoda 

Moto top 3 

11 = Haiden Deegan 
7 = Jo Shimoda 
6 = Levi Kitchen 
5 = Tom Vialle
4 = Chance Hymas 
1 = Garrett Marchbanks 
1 = Seth Hammaker 
1 = Jalek Swoll 

Laps lead 

106 = Haiden Deegan 
39 = Chance Hymas 
19 = Jo Shimoda 
9 = Tom Vialle 
7 = Julien Beaumer 
5 = Casey Cochran 
4 = Jalek Swoll
2 = Lance Kobusch 

Fastest lap of the moto 

6 = Haiden Deegan 
2 = Chance Hymas
2 = Jo Shimoda 
1 = Julien Beaumer
1 = Tom Vialle 

Pole in practice 

3 = Haiden Deegan 
2 = Chance Hymas 
1 = Ryder Difrancesco 

Holeshot 

4 = Chance Hymas 
2 = Tom Vialle 
2 = Haiden Deegan 
1 = Casey Cochran 
1 = Nate Trasher 
1 = Jo Shimoda 
1 = Jalek Swoll 
 

Just finished the replay.... my biggest takeaway is will had a bad week even by her standards. Painful........

Jett is ridiculous. Trying my best to just enjoy watching him in real time because not sure how long he's going to stay motivated to do this with it coming so easy. Couple more years of this will seal it as him being greatest ever..... 

Now imagine if Jett didn't exist. We'd be talking about how great hunter is in his second season on 450, heading for a championship. 

No amateur results posted yet on there site slow as d16.  I swear Millville has them posted as riders cross the finish.  

Aura farming. Deegs knows what it means and somehow makes this about himself. lol

Looks like this

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y6vq94Dt4NA

Key Highlights

Defying the Odds: Hard to believe Jett Lawrence stumbled back to 18th in Moto 2. By median lap time, he was nearly a full second faster than the entire field, and 1.5 seconds quicker than race leader Justin Cooper. Charging through the pack, he was fastest in 4 of 6 sectors and clocked 9 of the race’s fastest laps.

What If: Tomac, though, was right there. In Moto 1, he was getting faster as time wound down and was closing in on Jett's pace. A real what-if scenario. Could we have seen beast mode?

450 Analysis

This week, the story on the track and the story in the data tell two very different tales at RedBud. What looked like Jett Lawrence’s toughest race of the year, coming from 18th to 1st in Moto 2, still ended in a win. And the data? It shows he was never really threatened. Somehow, no matter the position, Jett always finds a way to be one of the fastest guys on the track. But the numbers also uncover more: Star Racing Yamaha’s mechanical woes negatively impacting Tomac, Chase Sexton’s return to Pro Motocross, and other unique details that don’t always show up in the highlight reels. So let’s dive in.

Track Breakdown:

The track map above shows who clocked the fastest average sector times in each moto. 

Moto 1 was, unfortunately, a familiar story. Jett and Hunter Lawrence methodically broke down the field. No one got close. Chase Sexton’s first moto back was underwhelming. But Eli Tomac looked fast—really fast—until his bike gave out halfway through. I always wrestle with how to place DNFs on the map. He didn’t complete 10 laps, so no consistency score. And you can argue he never got to fully race the track in all its glory. But for the time he was out there, he clocked the fastest average sector times in S2, S5, and S6. In another world, Tomac was fully dialed in for Moto 1.

Moto 2 gave us much more to chew on. Jett’s charge from the back, Sexton looking sharp late despite limited outdoor prep. It felt like a preview of what’s to come in the second half of the season. Jorge Prado led the first six laps, but faded hard. He didn’t even make the map. Neither did Justin Cooper, despite being up front. The numbers say neither had the pace to hang with Jett or Sexton. And in a classic turn, Sexton drops off the chart after crashing while chasing Jett.

This week, we actually have a clear "hardest" sector. In both 450 motos, S5 gave riders the most trouble. That’s where the legendary Larocco’s Leap lives. The difference in times between clearing it and not? Massive. Since almost no one in the 250 class attempted it, they didn’t deal with that same consistency gap.

450 Moto 1:

450 Moto 2:

Lap Time Breakdown:

RedBud is known for getting rough. The lap times reflect it. The fastest lap dropped by only 0.6 seconds between motos, but the median lap time dropped by 1.8 seconds. That’s a sign the track was harder to piece together in Moto 2. You can see it in the consistency scores, too. Still, Jett stayed dangerous. No matter where he is on the track, if he’s healthy, pencil him in for the most fast laps.

Moto 1 Fast Laps (16 Timed Laps)

J. Lawrence: 10
Hampshire: 3
Cooper, Plessinger, Webb: 1

Class Average Consistency: 70.0
Class Median Consistency: 84.6

Moto 2 Fast Laps (15 Timed Laps)

J. Lawrence: 9
Sexton: 3
Cooper: 2
Hampshire: 1

Class Average Consistency: 65.2
Class Median Consistency: 79.6

450 Moto 1 Analysis

Rider's sorted by median lap time.

Top Performances:

What else can we say? No one was touching Jett in Moto 1. He even made quick work of Hunter. Tomac, though, was right there. Had his bike stayed alive, he was the clear number two. A real what-if scenario. Could we have seen beast mode?

LITPro 10-Lap Consistency:

Several riders broke 90 in Moto 1, but both Lawrence brothers were in that group. Hunter continues to be a consistency menace, and one of only two to break 90 in both motos. The other? Harri Kullas.

Lap 99 Analysis:

Jett and Hunter were nearly identical in theoretical best pace. Their Lap 99 times were separated by just 0.01 seconds. So do we question Hunter’s closing strength or just admire Jett’s relentless pursuit of the lead?

450 Moto 2 Analysis

Rider's sorted by median lap time.

Top Performances:

Hard to believe Jett stumbled back to 18th. By median lap time, he was nearly a full second faster than the field. And 1.5 faster than leader Justin Cooper. But Sexton’s comeback might be just as promising. His pace at times rivaled Jett's. Had he not tucked the front, we could’ve had a serious battle. Fingers crossed we get a clean race between Jett, Sexton, and Tomac sometime soon.

LITPro 10-Lap Consistency:

Hunter again broke 90. The guy just gets it done. But don’t overlook Jett. Coming through the pack and still nearly breaking 90 is no small feat.

Lap 99 Analysis:

Jett was the only rider to dip into the 2:04s again, and his Lap 99 time matched his Moto 1 best. Hunter fell off by nearly three seconds. It just proves Jett’s closing speed is on another level.