2026 Thunder Valley National winner Jett Lawrence.
Jett Lawrence continued his winning ways in dominating fashion at the Thunder Valley National. Jett nabbed two holeshots and led the entire way in both motos in Lakewood, Colorado.
Hunter Lawrence was the series leader coming into the Thunder Valley National. While his 4-4 day was good enough for a spot on the overall podium, Hunter surrendered 14 points to Jett in the 2026 AMA Pro Motocross National Championship Series. Jett now leads Hunter by 8 points. Hunter was penalized one position for a cutting-the-course infringement in the first moto.
Haiden Deegan retains P3 in the standings, despite an 11-3 result. In the first moto, Deegan was penalized six positions for six cutting-the-course infractions, and another position for accelerating while off-track. Deegan rebounded for P3 in Moto 2, though it was only enough for him to finish P6 for the day. Deegan trails Jett by 32 points in the standing.
MXGP World Championship points leader Lucas Coenen flew from Europe for the Thunder Valley National. Despite lackluster starts, he finished first runner-up to Jett in both motos in his Pro Motocross debut. That was good enough for P2 overall.
Jorge Prado took P5 overall, despite a two-position penalty in Moto 1 for cutting the course in the same spot as Hunter and Deegan. Prado’s 7-5 day left him behind Garrett Marchbanks, who went 3-6. Marchbanks now has two top-five overall finishes in a row.
The series resumes on Saturday, June 20, at High Point Raceway in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania, with the High Point National.
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In our first segment, Don Williams and Nic de Sena chat about the latest Yamaha MT-07. The amazing motor in the Yamaha is mostly unchanged, however just about everything else with this bike has changed. Don and Nic have extensive experience riding this beast and you’ll hear both their likes and a couple of dislikes too.
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Our guest for this episode is Nikolas Lazos, a 15-year old young man from Melbourne, Australia who starting racing in the Supersport 300 category in Australian Superbike last year. Nikolas had an awful crash at the tail end of last year that put him out of contention for the Championship. Teejay chats with Nikolas about his journey so far, and the physical and mental challenges he’s facing coming back from injury.
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