AMA Supercross 2025
Race Round 2   San Diego

Jett Lawrence Returns to Podium at San Diego SX

  • Reigning champ regains form, captures his first podium finish of 2025
  • Hunter Lawrence fights through illness for a top-five premier-class result
  • Jo Shimoda finishes seventh in 250SX West after breaking two fingers in qualifying

 The second round of AMA Supercross took place on Saturday in San Diego, where all three participating Honda HRC Progressive riders turned in impressive performances. Hunter Lawrence and Jo Shimoda fought through challenges to demonstrate their grit and determination in posting commendable results in their main events (fifth in 450SX despite a bad illness for the former, seventh in 250SX West despite two broken fingers for the latter), and Jett Lawrence showed considerably more speed than he had at round 1, notching second place in the premier class and reducing his deficit in the title fight.

Jett had a so-so start and sat just inside the top 10 after turn 1. Nonetheless, he pushed his CRF450RWE through the field, climbing to second place by about the midway point. He then pressured the leading Eli Tomac for the last half of what was a thrilling race, ultimately coming up just 1.518 seconds short. Meanwhile, Hunter Lawrence slotted into second early on and rode strong to an eventual top-five result, and Phoenix Racing Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis and Quad Lock Honda’s Joey Savatgy also finished in the top 10.

In the 250SX West division, Shimoda had an excellent jump out of the gate, but he ran wide in the first turn and found himself midpack. He shrugged off the pain in his hand as he battled through the pack to finish in seventh place, securing valuable points.

NOTES

  • Jett and Hunter Lawrence, along with Jo Shimoda, participated in Friday’s Media Day before joining other riders on the track for a practice session.
  • Motoworld of El Cajon, a popular Southern California Powerhouse dealer, set up a pop-up activation booth in the Honda HRC Progressive pits, where they displayed a CRF450R and a CRF110F, and engaged with fans and customers.
  • San Diego marked the first time for Shimoda to hold the red plate in his career.
  • Jett Lawrence secured the second-best time overall in the 450 qualifying sessions, while Hunter Lawrence was 11th. Jo Shimoda was fourth-quickest in 250SX West. Also of note was Phoenix Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis, who was 10th in 450SX.
  • Jett claimed the holeshot in the first 450SX heat race and led from start to finish, while Hunter overcame a midpack start to secure sixth place in the second heat race.
  • Other 450SX Red Riders to qualify through the heats were Phoenix Honda Racing’s Dylan Ferrandis, Quadlock Honda Racing’s Shane McElrath and Joey Savatgy, and SmarTop/Motoconcepts Honda’s Vince Friese. In the last-chance qualifier, Ryan Breece finished third to claim a qualifying position.
  • During his final qualifying session, Jo Shimoda injured his left hand when he made contact with an errant pit board in the mechanics’ area, but the Japanese rider still lined up for the night show, with a Cycra hand guard fitted to his CRF250RWE. Despite fractures in his pinky and ring finger,
  • Riding in pain, Shimoda fought his way through the pack in his 250SX heat race, making key passes to secure a seventh-place result and a direct transfer to the main event. Also advancing through the heats were SLR Honda rider Parker Ross, and Phoenix Racing Honda rider Gavin Towers.
  • Jett Lawrence participated in the post-race press conference.
  • Next up Honda HRC Progressive is a return to Angel Stadium in Anaheim for AMA Supercross round 3 this Saturday.

Media contact:

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450SX Results

  1. Eli Tomac (Yam)
  2. Jett Lawrence (Hon)
  3. Cooper Webb (Yam)
  4. Ken Roczen (Suz)
  5. Hunter Lawrence (Hon)
  6. Chase Sexton (KTM)
  7. Malcon Stewart (Hus)
  8. Justin Barcia (Gas)
  9. Dylan Ferrandis (Hon)
  10. Joey Savatgy (Hon)

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15. Vince Friese (Hon)

17. Shane McElrath (Hon)

450SX Championship Points (after 2 of 17 rounds)

  1. Eli Tomac (42)
  2. Chase Sexton (41)
  3. Ken Roczen (40)
  4. Cooper Webb (38
  5. Jett Lawrence (32)
  6. Justin Barcia (30)
  7. Jason Anderson (29)
  8. Hunter Lawrence (28)
  9. Malcolm Stewart (27)
  10. Justin Cooper (26)

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13. Shane McElrath (14)

14. Vince Friese (14)

15. Dylan Ferrandis (13)

17. Joey Savatgy (13)

24. Ryan Breece (3)

250SX West Region Results

  1. Julien Beaumer (KTM)
  2. Jordon Smith (Tri)
  3. Haiden Deegan (Yam)
  4. Cole Davies (Yam)
  5. Ryder DiFrancesco (Gas)
  6. Coty Schock (Yam)
  7. Jo Shimoda (Hon)
  8. Garret Marchbanks (Kaw)
  9. Michael Mosiman (Yam)
  10. Hunter Yoder (Kaw)

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15. Parker Ross (Hon)

18. Gavin Towers (Hon)

250SX West Region Championship Points (after 2 of 10 rounds)

  1. Julien Beaumer (47)
  2. Jordan Smith (42)
  3. Jo Shimoda (40)
  4. Haiden Deegan (37)
  5. Ryder DiFrancesco (35)
  6. Cole Davies (32)
  7. Coty Schock (32)
  8. Garret Marchbanks (27)
  9. Anthony Bourdon (26)
  10. Cole Thompson (22)

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14. Parker Ross (12)

19. Gavin Towers (7)

22. Noah Viney (4)

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Jett Lawrence 1

“A lot of improvement over last weekend, so I’m super-happy. The bike is getting better and better. I felt good through the night; I just made the one little mistake of going back to the inside in the sand and Tomac getting me, but we're looking forward to the next rounds to come up. I'm feeling more familiar with the bike each weekend. I’m looking forward to it; we’re going to go home, just log some laps in and hopefully get a better result next weekend.”

Hunter Lawrence 96

“I had been struggling with my throat a bit during the week, and I thought it was more from the ashes and stuff from the fires [in Southern California]. I thought I was coming good, and then Friday night, it just got so bad. It was a really tough day. I’m feeling pretty sick and I have no energy, so I’m pretty happy to come out fifth. I did what I needed to do to make my night a little easier. It was a tough day at the office, but I’m just looking to get back to 100% as soon as I can.”

Jo Shimoda 30

“Overall it's good to score a little bit of points. Obviously I ended the night with two broken fingers, but I’m looking to get a little recovery and hopefully be a little better next weekend.”

Lars Lindstrom

Team Manager

“Today was a challenging day for the team, with Hunter being very under the weather, and Jo having his incident in practice that broke two fingers on his left hand. Overall, I’m extremely proud of our athletes, for really gritting their teeth and showing everyone what warriors they are. Obviously, the biggest story from the weekend is our 450 boys really turning things around from last weekend, and I want to thank our crew, who were able to get the bike in a better spot than it was. Maybe that’s why I wasn’t stressing about the bike’s performance like some in the media were, because we have such a great team that works together so well, and I had complete confidence in them. Hopefully we can get Jo to be able to get through the next two rounds, so he can heal up more and continue to be a frontrunner in the class. I’m looking forward to the rest of the series.”

Location Information

Snapdragon Stadium, Stadium Way, San Diego, CA, USA - View in Google Maps

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