2023 SuperMotocross Power Rankings after Hangtown: Jett Lawrence pulls away from field

Jett Lawrence seamlessly transitioned into the 450 class and immediately moved to the top of the SuperMotocross Rankings in last week’s debut and his dominance continued after Round 2 of the Pro Motocross season at Hangtown in Rancho Cordova, California.

Dominant can be an overused word, but there is really no other way to describe the first two weeks of Lawrence’s 450 career. He’s won all four motos after leading every lap in each race. While he has not completely ridden away from the field, that is partly attributable to managing his races to keep from flirting with exhaustion as the combined SuperMotocross season heads outdoors into the heat. Lawrence has managed his gap to second in each race and has not been seriously challenged yet.

The closest anyone has come to pressuring Lawrence was in Moto 2 at Fox Raceway by his teammate Chase Sexton.

Finishing second in both motos in the series opener, Sexton rode with injury in that event. He crashed in qualification and struck his head, but was not diagnosed with a concussion until midweek after another crash in practice on that same track. It is not yet known what his status is for this weekend at Thunder Valley in Lakewood, Colorado but if he is heathy, he still has a chance to pressure Lawrence for the Motocross points’ lead.

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Last week Sexton was safe in the SuperMotocross points’ standings with a 78-point advantage over Cooper Webb for the No. 1 seed, but with Webb’s pair of top-five finishes at Hangtown, that has shrunk to 38 and Sexton needs to return to action as quickly as possible.

Dylan Ferrandis is creeping up on a win. He finished third overall two weeks ago at Fox Raceway, (with a pair of