Jett Wraps Up the Title!

  

Jett Lawrence has done it, delivering the AMA 450 Motocross Championship in his rookie season following back-to-back 250 National Motocross Titles. Rookie titles are rare, but they happen, even as recently as Dylan Ferrandis in 2021. This one feels exceptional, though, because Jett has remained perfect in the 450 class so far, winning every race he’s entered, and he just turned 20 years old. This could be just the beginning of a huge run.

With all that positivity, it becomes easy to forget that this wasn’t a foregone conclusion. It wasn’t easy. In fact, Jett’s road was not only hard, but harder than most. He talked about all of it in the post-race press conference.

Jett, amazing season so far. Championship. So, what’s it feel like to continue with the streak and the championship as a rookie?
Jett Lawrence: Unreal day. I’ve always liked coming to this track. I feel like when they rip it like how they do normally, it’s an unreal track. It kind of brings back almost European vibes with all the ruts and that stuff. It’s pretty cool to see what I’ve done so far. It’s cool. Coming in [to the season], mentally I was like, I know I can do those guys’ pace, it’s whether I can beat them or not or if I have the knowledge. After the first few rounds I kind of—it wasn’t confidence, but I just started to know, I just need to get my starts and kind of just think it through more. It’s good because a lot of the media guys on the podcasts and that stuff doubted me, saying I'm going to have one of those rookie seasons where I may crash and that stuff. I mean, the last person I remember getting a championship in their rookie season dominating was the guy next to me [Dylan Ferrandis]. So I had that as my goal. It was hard with him in there, and Chase. Definitely tough competitors. They have that never-die in them. So, it was a fun season so far. I’m still excited for the last two rounds.

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