Hunter Lawrence and Supercross

One mistake by Jett and Hunter could win it all. 

Right now I feel like Jett’s skill level extremely high and his drive to win is pretty high, but what’s the dangling carrot?  Hunters skill level is just a touch off of Jett but he has more fire in him to win.  That may not mean he’s able to seal the deal consistently enough, but he wants it more than Jett IMO.

I feel like Hunter needs to get that consistency he has outdoors. Consistent top 5’s and making podiums would be a great step from the past couple of years. Race wins would be sweet but I don’t know if he’s there in SX yet.

Based on what? He hasn't taken to sx nearly as well as he has to mx. I dont see him beating Eli or Chase. And I think Webb is crafty enough to beat him another year

I think we’ll see some great racing between him and Sexton. 

First few races of next season will be real interesting. Hunter has a chance to step up with riders on new bikes and coming back from "sickness" or injury. If not next year when?

Went 11-5-5-5 on the bucking bronco to start 2025 with a full field. Looked way better at Tampa following some set up improvements before crashing out. 

I've stated before, he's 1% off being a winning contender every week in SX. Just needs that little extra "send", that I do believe we have started to see at the back end of 2025.

Chase new bike and team, Tomac new bike and team, Webb isn't really a contender In a full field. Roczen doesn't normally go the distance, and RJ will RJ at some point(s).

Jett winning Hunter second first rounds.

Risk is that this championship is over after round 4 or 5 with Jett in a 15-20 point lead due to the shuffling of points behind them. Just as Deegan outdoor, no one will be consistent 2-3 but they will be 2-6 or even 7 dropping 4-5 points per round. 

Usually riders really make the big leap in 450 SX in year three. As an example Anderson won his title in his third year.

With that said, anything can happen with injuries etc. But i fully expect him to take a major step forward and actually contend for wins week in and week out.

I expect solid competition between 3, 18, and 96.  I think Sexton will have dates with terra firma and Webb isn’t a threat with a full field.

Hunter’s a builder and seems to need solid progression before he reaches his full potential. That’s likely because he doesn’t take big risks.
I expect him to be a podium contender each weekend, but it’ll take quite a few rounds before he gets his first win. I’ll be very happy if he proves me wrong and challenges for wins straight up.

With a lot of riders changing teams and Hunter staying with the same bike, he should be in for a strong season and I can see him finishing on the podium more often than not.

A lot of people already counting Webb out, you'd think we would all have learned by now. He just always finds a way to make it happen indoors. 

We always point to he doesnt usually have the blazing 1 lap speed as Jett, Sexton, and Eli, but tracks WILL get torn up and gnarly, and he's shown countless times he's just better in those conditions. He stepped up his 1 lap heater game last year too. My picks for the title in order of likelihood go Jett, Webb, Hunter, Sexton, Eli. Besides Jett, he's the only one with proven success indoors that isn't changing his program completely (updated bike but same team)

In 2 450 SX seasons he has 2 podiums. He'll be good but I'm not ready to say he's a top 3 guy in SX yet.

Everything is really looking positive for 2026 SX 
He is trending in the right direction , Starts are on point ect 
but your right its been somewhat lackluster so far 
SX is a whole different animal 

Cooper Webb may be the all time best SX rider in the last 10 min of the main events when the track is destroyed 

He will definitely be there. He will likely finish back early on and everyone will be like, “oh he’s done, there’s too many fast guys now.” Then before you know it, he’ll win a race and be up there in the points. Happens every year. 

Seems a lot of people overlooking AP, you know the only guy besides the big 3 to win a SX the last couple years

I honestly believe we see Hunter cement himself this year. He wasn’t just 2nd place to Jett. Yes Chase came in and split them,  Hunter got better, and he was consistently bridging the gap to his brother. 

I think we see consistency top 3 starts and that dude will be 2-4 every weekend with a possible W thrown in. Going to fun to watch next year with all the musical chairs. 

I see him as the 2nd best guy. But 2nd best could be a tie between ET3 and CS4. 

It's an exaggeration to say he's had two 450 SX seasons. He's only had 1.25 450 SX seasons.

In Cooper Webb's first 1.25 450SX seasons, he had 1 podium.

It's the only data we have... I guess you could also say he's had 2 podiums in his first 21 SX races if you prefer to put it like that.
Doesn't have to mean much anyway. See Webb.