Story and photos from promotocross.com

The final round of the 2021 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship featured all the emotional highs and lows of a down-to-the-wire title fight, which provided a memorable conclusion to the season at the Carson City Motorsports Hangtown Motocross Classic. The series’ anticipated return to one of American motocross’ most storied venues for the first time in more than two years was headlined by the culmination of summer-long clash for the 250 Class championship between Team Honda HRC’s Jett Lawrence and Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Justin Cooper, and it didn’t disappoint.

During the final two motos of the season the title combatants experienced dramatically different fortunes, as Lawrence endured through an adversity smattered afternoon to prevail with the Gary Jones Cup by a mere six points to become the class’ first Australian champion. Conversely, Cooper enjoyed the most dominant performance of his career with a clutch 1-1 outing, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the 23-point deficit he faced entering Hangtown.

In the 450 Class, Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Ferrandis showed why he’s been the rider to beat all summer with a display of both dominance and resilience en route to victory. After an impressive and emphatic win in Moto 1, the Frenchman found himself at the tail end of the field to start the final moto. Even with the odds stacked against him, Ferrandis refused to let up and made a stellar charge through the field that allowed him to ascend to the top of the overall classification for the sixth time this season.

Hangtown Motocross Classic – 250 Class

Prairie City SVRA – Rancho Cordova, CA

September 11, 2021

	Rider	Hometown	Motos	Machine
1	Justin Cooper	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	1 – 1	Yamaha YZ250F
2	Jo Shimoda	Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan	4 – 2	Kawasaki KX250F
3	R.J. Hampshire	Hudson, FL	2 – 6	Husqvarna FC 250
4	Max Vohland	Sacramento, CA	5 – 4	KTM 250 SX-F
5	Jett Lawrence	Landsborough, Queensland, Australia	8 – 3	Honda CRF250R
6	Hunter Lawrence	Landsborough, Queensland, Australia	3 – 9	Honda CRF250R
7	Dilan Schwartz	Alpine, CA	10 – 7	Suzuki Rm-z250
8	Joshua Varize	Rialto, CA	7 – 11	Husqvarna FC 250
9	Levi Kitchen	Washougal, WA	6 – 12	Yamaha YZ250F
10	Michael Mosiman	Sebastopol, CA	11 – 8	GasGas MC 250F

Full Results

250 Class Standings – 2021

	Rider	Hometown	Points
1	Jett Lawrence	Landsborough, Queensland, Australia	497
2	Justin Cooper	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	491
3	Hunter Lawrence	Landsborough, Queensland, Australia	381
4	R.J. Hampshire	Hudson, FL	364
5	Jo Shimoda	Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan	340
6	Jeremy Martin	Millville, MN	307
7	Austin Forkner	Richards, MO	256
8	Michael Mosiman	Sebastopol, CA	252
9	Max Vohland	Sacramento, CA	236
10	Dilan Schwartz	Alpine, CA	209

Full Standings

Hangtown Motocross Classic – 450 Class

Prairie City SVRA – Rancho Cordova, CA

September 11, 2021

	Rider	Hometown	Motos	Machine
1	Dylan Ferrandis	Avignon, France	1 – 3	Yamaha YZ450F
2	Eli Tomac	Cortez, CO	4 – 1	Kawasaki KX450
3	Cooper Webb	Newport, NC	3 – 2	KTM 450 SX-F
4	Christian Craig	El Cajon, CA	5 – 4	Yamaha YZ450F
5	Brandon Hartranft	Brick, NJ	7 – 6	Suzuki RM-Z450
6	Max Anstie	Newbury, England, United Kingdom	9 – 5	Suzuki RM-Z450
7	Ryan Surratt	Corona, CA	8 – 8	Husqvarna FC 450
8	Justin Bogle	Cushing, OK	10 – 7	KTM 450 SX-F
9	Ken Roczen	Mattstedt, Germany	2 – DNS	Honda CRF450R
10	Robbie Wageman	Newhall, CA	12 – 9	Yamaha YZ450F

Full Results

450 Class Standings – 2021

	Rider	Hometown	Points
1	Dylan Ferrandis	Avignon, France	531
2	Eli Tomac	Cortez, CO	458
3	Ken Roczen	Mattstedt, Germany	446
4	Cooper Webb	Newport, NC	358
5	Chase Sexton	La Moille, IL	342
6	Christian Craig	El Cajon, CA	292
7	Marvin Musquin	La Reole, France	240
8	Joey Savatgy	Thomasville, GA	240
9	Justin Barcia	Monroe, NY	239
10	Aaron Plessinger	Hamilton, OH	232