While the Coenen brothers were grabbing red plates in Germany last weekend, two Aussie brothers were winning and scoring podium results in USA. The sport has NEVER had two pairs of brothers being so dominant in the sports history and this is pretty cool to watch.

Brothers Lawrence, Jett and Hunter scored first and third in the AMA 450 motocross opening in Pala last weekend, with Hunter Lawrence delivering a dominant 1-1 performance to claim the overall victory in the 450MX class.

The Australian’s perfect day extended the Lawrence family’s success at the Pala venue, where brother/teammate Jett had taken all the 450 moto wins for the previous three years. This weekend saw Jett return to competition with a strong third-place overall finish, following an extended absence due to injury.

“It was good,” Hunter said. “I’m really happy with where the bike’s at. Keeping the Lawrence streak of winning at Pala alive was special; I’ve seen Jett do plenty of those, so it was cool to finally get my first one, especially at round 1. We don’t usually love this track, but we always seem to do well here, which is pretty ironic. Having Jett on the podium too, after everything he had to come back from, was awesome. It was just a really happy day, and I’m stoked for the team. Results like this make all the hard work worth it for everyone involved. Every team in the paddock puts in so much effort and dedication, so it’s cool as racers to be able to share days like this with the people behind us.”

Fresh off a standout AMA Supercross campaign, Hunter carried his momentum outdoors and showcased exceptional consistency and pace, quickly seizing control of the opening moto and then pulling away to secure the win by nearly nine seconds. Moto 2 saw him grab the holeshot aboard his CRF450RWE and successfully manage pressure before winning by over six seconds and completing the perfect sweep to leave Pala with the championship points lead.

Making his first race appearance of the year after badly injuring his ankle five months ago, Jett delivered a strong performance, with 4-3 moto finishes for third overall, despite having to work his way forward in both motos. The result secured a double podium for Honda HRC Progressive and reaffirmed Jett’s place among the frontrunners.

“I’m always going to be hard on myself because the goal is to win,” Jett said. “But considering where my foot’s at and how long I’ve been away from riding and racing, it was a solid day. We had a lot of cobwebs to shake off and just needed to get back into race mode, work through a few little hiccups, and build from there. We definitely need to improve the starts because mine weren’t very good today. We’ll go back, regroup, and come into Hangtown hoping to make life a little easier with better starts.

"Physically," Jett continued. "It’s still tough—every jump, I’m landing with most of my weight on my left side. Some of those rough, edgy bumps out of the turns were hard on my foot, but riding the bike is actually easier than walking right now. Today I learned what Pala roost really feels like; most of my previous races here, I’ve grabbed the holeshot, so I never really had to deal with it before—that was something I had to learn today too. But it felt really good to be back: feeling that adrenaline again, lining up on the gate, getting those butterflies before the drop—it was good.”

With Hunter carrying the red plate into round 2 and all four Honda HRC Progressive riders motivated for success, the team leaves Fox Raceway with strong momentum heading into next weekend’s Hangtown Motocross Classic in Rancho Cordova, California.

Lars Lindstrom - Honda HRC Progressive: Hunter took such a big step in Supercross, I was expecting him to be this good. I think the biggest thing today was he nailed both those starts; with him and [Jorge] Prado getting good starts, no one else really had a chance. I’m really proud of Hunter, to see him step up and get that 1-1. He wasn’t really talked about much leading into today, which I thought was kind of funny—I imagine that fueled the fire for him a little bit. For Jett, there were a lot of question marks even on our end. We know how hard he’s been struggling with the injury and how much he limps and all those things—that wasn’t really a secret—but it was kind of difficult to know where he was going to stack up. Watching him walk around, you wouldn’t think he could do much, so for him to do as well as he did is a testament to his skill and talent. I’m hoping that this is going to be an exciting summer, with both of them battling.”