450 Class
Hunter Lawrence
Hunter Lawrence earned his fourth overall victory in the last five races with his 2-1 moto scores at Washougal. He now has five for the season and six for his career. This was his 25th podium in the 450 class which ties him with Mike Alessi on the class leaderboard. Hunter’s average overall finish in the 450 class is 2.37, third best all time. Only Jett Lawrence (1.71) and Ricky Carmichael (1.72) have a better score.
Not only was this Hunter’s first win at Washougal in the 450 class, it was the first time he finished on the overall and moto podium. His previous best finishes in the motos and overall was fourth. With this being his fifth win, the championship odds are in his favor. Only three times ever has a rider won five or more overalls in the 450 class and not won the championship: Ricky Carmichael in 2007 (retired mid-season), Jeremy McGrath in 1996 (lost by 10 points to Jeff Emig), and Bob Hannah in 1983 (missed one round).
Jett Lawrence
Jett Lawrence was just a few laps away from a 1-1 but a crash and a one position penalty in the second moto set him back to a 1-3 and second overall. Jett’s speed was next level in both motos. He was the only rider to dip into the 2:14s in the motos and even with his crash in moto two, his average lap time was only less than a tenth off of Hunter who had the best average time.
After his crash in moto two, Jett set the fastest lap on five of the remaining six laps in a late charge to run down his brother. His 2:15 on the final lap, lap 16, was his fastest time since lap 9.
Jett’s one lap led in the second moto was enough to eclipse Eli Tomac in the all time laps led ranking. Jett now has 754 laps led on a 450, fourth most since data became available in 2004, Tomac has 753. This was his 33rd podium in the class which ties him with Chase Sexton, Jeff Stanton, and Kent Howerton.
Haiden Deegan
Haiden Deegan would go 4-2 for third overall at Washougal. He ripped his first holeshot of the season in moto one but unfortunately threw it away moments later. The one positive that came from that was another valiant effort through the field. At Spring Creek, it took him until the final lap to get to fourth place, here it took him less than half of the moto. He was in 30th after lap one and was in 4th by lap six!
After alternating on and off the podium through the first five rounds, Deegan has now finished on the podium at three straight races. He’s also finished second place in three straight moto twos dating back to Southwick. In qualifying, he earned his first career pole position in the 450 class. Despite his success at Washougal in the 250 class, this was his first ever pole position at Washougal as his best qualifying effort in the 250 class there was third.
Jorge Prado
Jorge Prado’s consistent 3-4 moto scores earned him fourth overall. An early tip over in moto two resulted in him rounding lap one in thirteenth before he was able to make his way through the pack to fourth. Prado has now finished on the moto podium in at least one moto in six of the eight rounds this season including five in a row.
In his last eight motos, Prado has finished in the top four in seven of them, the one not in the top four was after his first turn incident in moto one at Spring Creek. If you take away the mechanical he had at Hangtown, he has finished outside the top five just once this season and it was last weekend when he finished sixth due to that aforementioned moto one at Spring Creek.
Dylan Ferrandis
Dylan Ferrandis returned to the top five at Washougal with clean 5-5 moto scores for fifth overall. He had just one top five moto finish this season, a fourth in moto one at Hangtown, before earning two here. His starts were a big factor in helping him achieve this result as his first lap positions between both motos averaged 6.00, tied for his best of the season. The race he tied was Hangtown where he had his one other top five overall result.
Ferrandis has helped Ducati put a bike in the top five at back to back rounds for the first time in pro motocross with Justin Barcia finished fifth one week ago at Spring Creek. He and Barcia flipped results this week as Barcia finished seventh at Washougal while Ferrandis finished seventh at Spring Creek.
R.J. Hampshire
R.J. Hampshire earned sixth overall the hard way after a crash in each moto. He had 7-6 moto scores and his seventh in moto one was arguably more impressive than his sixth. He rounded lap one in 40th place in moto one and was able to charge up to seventh. Only the Lawrence brothers were faster than him on laps 13-15 when he made his final passes from ninth to seventh.
After that huge net position gain in moto one, Hampshire has now had a net gain of 70 positions this season, from the end of lap one to the end of the moto. Only Haiden Deegan (107) has had more in the class this season.
250 Class
Cole Davies
Cole Davies instantly erased the memory of Spring Creek by earning a perfect day, 1-1 in the motos and first place in qualifying. It’s the second time he has done so in his career and season. He cut his points deficit from 25 to 7 in just one day’s work. In moto one, he got the holeshot and never looked back. He set the fastest lap in each of the first eleven laps! He didn’t let off the gas until the final laps when his lead was more than established.
In moto two, it was more of the same, he led all but one lap and had the fastest lap time and average lap time. He also had the best average sector time in five of the six sectors. Oddly in sector three he struggled a bit, only having the sixth best average through there in moto two.
Davies is now up to seven moto wins in just his first ten career starts. The last time that has been done by a rider without GP experience was Ryan Villopoto in 2006 who also had seven in his first ten races. The seven moto wins ties him with Jean Michel Bayle on the class leaderboard.
Ryder DiFrancesco
Ryder DiFrancesco had a career day at Washougal that started with a career best second in moto one. He matched it in moto two and it yielded him second overall, a career best overall finish and his second ever overall podium. He had four moto podiums in his career coming in and left with two more in just one day. His speed was great as he had the second best lap time and average lap time in both motos.
DiFrancesco earned Husqvarna just their third ever podium in the 250 class at Washougal. All three have been second place finishes, the last rider to do so before DiFrancesco was R.J. Hampshire in 2021. I mentioned in the pre race notes that Washougal is one of three tracks he has led a lap at and he made it the first track he has led at more than once as he led the opening lap of moto two.
Chance Hymas
Chance Hymas finished third overall with 3-3 moto scores at Washougal. It is just the second time in his career where he has finished on the overall podium at back to back rounds. He last did so at Thunder Valley and High Point in 2024. This was also just the second time in his career where he put his bike on the podium in both motos. The only other time was at Thunder Valley, 2025 when he went 1-1.
In qualifying, Hymas earned his best effort of the season with a fifth. He has improved his qualifying position at three straight rounds going 15-10-5. His starts are a big part of his second half of the season improvement. His average lap one position at the first four rounds was 16.75. At the previous four rounds, it has been 5.88 which is second best in class.
Carson Mumford
Carson Mumford backed up his phenomenal performance at Spring Creek by doing even better at Washougal. He ran inside the top five all day and earned fourth overall with 5-4 moto scores. Fourth overall is a career best, one week after he set his now previous career best of fifth. His fourth in moto two is his second best ever moto finish after his third in moto two at Spring Creek last week.
Mumford started moto one in eleventh and was able to slice his way forward into the top five. In moto two, he started fourth and stayed there the whole moto. He set the third fastest lap time of that moto and had a top three average segment time in four of the six segments.
Levi Kitchen
Levi Kitchen fought through first turn crashes and bad starts to salvage fifth overall via 6-6 moto scores at his home race. Fifth ties his career best at the venue and it keeps his top five perfection alive this season. He is the only rider in the class to have finished in the top five at all eight rounds so far this season. No one else even has seven, Cole Davies has the second most with six.
Kitchen maintained his points lead despite it dropping to a gap of seven. It’s the first time since round two in which the points lead did not change after a race. In moto two, Kitchen had the best consistency rating in the moto despite starting in twelfth and fighting through the pack the whole moto. His fitness showed as well in that moto as he set a top three fastest lap time in each of the last four laps.
Julien Beaumer
Julien Beaumer finished sixth overall with 8-5 moto scores. He has finished sixth or better now at every round this season except for Red Bud. Like Kitchen, Beaumer had to fight through first turn crashes and bad starts in both motos. He was able to minimize the damage and ended up only losing one point in the championship fight as he is now down 25 points. Beaumer’s day started off well as he finished second in qualifying which is a career best. His previous best was third which he set four times. He had the second best consistency rating in moto two while coming up through the pack.
Consistency Maxxing
After such an inconsistent season, at least in the 250 class, Washougal offered the most consistent race of all time among the top ten overall finishers in both classes. The average difference between moto finishes in both top tens combined was 1.05 positions, the smallest ever.
Eight of the twenty riders in the top tens of both classes finished with the same moto scores in both motos. Eight more riders finished with just a one position difference between the motos. That would have been made ten if not for Jett Lawrence’s penalty. So 80% of the top ten riders finished with one position difference or less between both motos.