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It is rare we get two first-time winners on the same night in Monster Energy AMA Supercross. How rare? Prior to Arlington on Saturday when Honda HRC Progressive’s Hunter Lawrence (450SX) and Monster Energy/Yamaha Star Racing’s Pierce Brown (250SX) captured their first career wins, it had only happened 10 times in history!

With Hunter’s win, the Lawrence brothers (Jett and Hunter) became just the second set of brothers (joining James and Malcolm Stewart) to capture 450SX wins.

Let’s dig deeper into some stats from Arlington…

*All stats below are provided by SMX Media

450SX Class

Hunter Lawrence’s Win

• Was the 1st of his 450SX career. He is the 70th different 450SX class winner in history
• His win came in his 26th career 450SX start
• It was his 31st career SMX League win. He’s the 31st rider in history with 31 or more wins
• Pierce Brown (more on him below) claimed his 1st career SX win as well. It’s the 11th time in Supercross history both classes had a 1st time winner
• The Lawrence brothers (Jett & Hunter) are now the 2nd set of brothers to score 450SX Class victories. James and Malcolm Stewart were the first to achieve this

Eli Tomac’s Second

• Was his 107th 450SX Class podium (3rd all-time)
• And his 236th SMX League podium (1st all-time)
• It was also his his 137th 450SX Class top-5 finish (4th all-time) and 290th SMX League top-5 finish (1st all-time)
• Arlington served as his 191st career start, moving him past Larry Ward and Justin Brayton for 5th all-time (376th SMX League start, 1st all-time)

Cooper Webb’s Third 

• Was his 80th career 450SX podium, tying him with Ken Roczen for 7th all-time
• It was his 105th 450SX Class top-5 finish (8th all-time)
• Milestone: 175th career SMX League top-5 finish, becoming only the 11th rider in history to hit that mark

250SX Class

Pierce Brown’s Win

• Was the 1st of his career
• It came in his 37th career start
• He is the 127th different winning in 250SX history
• It was his 5th career 250SX podium and 6th career SMX League podium

Jo Shimoda’s Second

• Was his 12th career podium
• It came in his 52nd career 250SX start
• It was his 46th career SMX League podium
• He is now 9th all-time with 33 career top-5 finishes

Daxton Bennick’s Third

• Was his 3rd straight podium in East Division openers
• He is only the 5th rider in history to score 3 straight podiums at the openers
• Ezra Lusk (’92-’94), Tim Ferry (’94-’97, 4 in-a-row), Justin Barcia (’10-’12), and most recently Max Anstie (’23-’26, 4 in-a-row) are the others
• His opener podiums are the only podiums in his 250SX and SMX League career 
• He has 16 career 250SX starts and 38 SMX League starts

*SMX League Statistics = 450 and 250 Class Supercross, Pro Motocross, and Playoffs

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