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Runaway 450MX points-leader Jett Lawrence kept his unbeaten season in tact with another double victory at Washougal this afternoon, the Team Honda HRC standing atop the podium in all eight rounds so far.

The opening 450MX moto saw Dylan Ferrandis (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) power to the holeshot and he led the first lap until red plate-holder Lawrence took control.

Former champion Ferrandis put up a fight of sorts before Lawrence went by and by lap six he was bumped back to third by Chase Sexton (Team Honda HRC), which is how they would finish. Lawrence’s winning margin was 7.992s, with the rookie’s streak building to 15 motos in succession.

Chasing the leading trio, Jason Anderson (Monster Energy Kawasaki) took the checkered flag directly behind Ferrandis, as teammate Adam Cianciarulo took P5.

Positions six through 10 included Ty Masterpool (Kawasaki), Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM), Garrett Marchbanks (Muc-Off FXR ClubMX Yamaha), Fredrik Noren (Twisted Tea Suzuki) and Colt Nichols (Kawasaki) in his return to the outdoors.

The restarted second premier class moto saw Plessinger repeat his front-running start for the hole shot, with Lawrence quickly looming from the outset. Plessinger managed to bounce back from the opening moto though and led for near 10 minutes, until Lawrence went by and Sexton followed suit.

The race was on at that point and Sexton managed to track down his title-leading teammate, until he crashed in the latter stages. That was all she wrote, as Lawrence went on to win by 3.053s, still over Sexton, with Plessinger fending off a late charge from Anderson to maintain third.

In fifth came Ferrandis, followed by Marchbanks, Cianciarulo, Masterpool, Nicoletti and Nichols, marking his second top 10 in as many races. Australian Jed Beaton (Boost Mobile Honda Racing), after finishing 13th in the opening moto, was out early with a throttle issue on the second lap.

The overall belonged to Lawrence as he maintained his unbeaten run this season, joined by Sexton and Anderson on the podium. In terms of the points, Lawrence now has a 95-point advantage over Ferrandis coming into two weekends off prior to Unadilla on 12 August.

Detailed results