Hunter Lawrence Sweeps Fox Raceway Opener — Pro Motocross Results
Hunter Lawrence swept the 2026 pro motocross results opener at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, winning the overall after taking both motos and both qualifying sessions. The day opened the championship with a perfect scorecard for Lawrence and handed him his second Motocross overall victory at Fox Raceway.
Hunter Lawrence Sets The Pace
Lawrence took the lead early from Mikkel Haarup in the first moto and never let the result drift. He finished more than eight seconds ahead of Jorge Prado in that race, then came back in Moto 2 and chased Prado to the final lap before missing the win by.463 seconds.
The overall still belonged to Lawrence because he had already built the cleaner opening race and carried the stronger day from qualifying through the finish. Prado was second in both motos for second overall, while Jett Lawrence had to settle for third overall after a fourth in Moto 1 and a third in Moto 2.
Fox Raceway Changes The Order
This was the first time anyone had beaten Jett Lawrence on this track, which made the opener more than a routine season start. Jett and Haiden Deegan were mired in traffic at the start of Moto 2, and Jett worked back to third in the race after moving into fourth around RJ Hampshire and Aaron Plessinger.
Justin Cooper finished fourth overall with a third and a sixth, while Deegan took fifth overall with a fifth and a fourth. Chase Sexton crashed on Lap 2 of the second race and finished fifth in Moto 2, another piece of a first round that sorted the top of the 450 class fast.
Prado, Sexton, and Deegan
Prado’s pair of runner-up motos kept him in the fight, but he never found a way past Lawrence across the full day. Sexton’s crash and Deegan’s traffic problem left both riders chasing from behind instead of controlling the front, and Fox Raceway rewarded the rider who stayed cleanest across the entire opener.
For Lawrence, the result set the tone for the 2026 championship in the bluntest way possible: fastest in qualifying, best in both motos, and the overall winner. The next challenge now is whether anyone can keep that pattern from following him beyond Pala.
