At the age of 18, an Australian phenomenon wins his first national title!

Jett Lawrence of Team Honda HRC won the 2021 AMA Pro Motocross 250MX Championship today at the Hangtown Motocross Classic, scoring 8-3 moto scores for a fifth-place overall finish. The 18-year-old Australian won eight motos and four overall victories across the series’ 12 rounds while riding a CRF250R in only his second full season as a pro. Hunter Lawrence, his older brother and teammate, finished third in the championship race, winning two motos and one overall, making the Lawrences the only brothers to finish in the top three in an AMA Pro Motocross Championship. Jett is also the first Australian to win the AMA Pro Motocross 250MX championship.

Jett won the first round of the series in Pala, California, in May of last year, and then finished on the podium in the next three rounds. He never finished lower than sixth overall in the middle of the season, and he returned to the top of the overall podium in New Berlin, New York, in round eight. With flawless 1-1 overall victory in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and the second Pala round, he continued his late-season run with a second-overall result at round 9. Jett won the Gary Jones Motocross Cup today in Prairie City SVRA, a half-hour east of Sacramento, after overcoming poor starts and inopportune falls.

“Oh my goodness, it’s a good day in the end,” Jett Lawrence said. “I think that’s the worst I’ve ridden in a while, but I still got the title. It feels so great, as we’ve been working quite a while to get this. I’ve got to thank the whole crew for getting me here—my brother, my whole family, my manager and all of Honda and HRC. It’s awesome and we’re going to enjoy it for a little while, but then it will be back to the drawing board for next season to hopefully back it up.”

Jett and Hunter, both from Landsborough, Queensland, Australia, achieved amateur success as adolescents. After dabbling in international racing (Jett won the 2014 65cc World Championship in Belgium at the age of 11), the Lawrence parents moved to Europe full-time to pursue the Lawrence brothers’ motocross dreams, with Jett competing in the 2016 German ADAC series and the 85 European Motocross Championship. At the age of 14, he successfully transitioned to the extremely competitive 250 European Motocross Championship.

The Lawrence family moved to the United States in 2019, where the Lawrence brothers raced for the Honda-backed Factory Connection team (Hunter as a pro and Jett initially as an amateur before turning 16 and making his pro debut midway through the AMA Pro Motocross series). He won his maiden overall victory at the final round last season, earning the Marty Smith Rookie of the Year Award, before advancing to the factory Team Honda HRC program for 2021 with Hunter. Jett has established a large following of devoted fans in his short time as a professional.

“I’m so proud of Jett and the entire Honda team for this accomplishment,” said Brandon Wilson, Manager of Sports & Experiential at American Honda. “Working with Jett and his family has been an absolute pleasure—obviously for his on-the-bike accomplishments, but also because they’re just good people. On behalf of everyone at American Honda and HRC, thank you Jett, for putting Honda back on top in AMA Pro Motocross. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for you.”

Following a little break, Jett and Team Honda HRC will focus on creating the 2022 CRF250R in preparation for the AMA Supercross series, which will begin on January 8 in Anaheim, California.

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