HIGH POINT, Pennsylvania — The season opening western swing of the Pro Motocross Championship has title fights taking shape in both the 450SMX and 250SMX classes. Now, the summer campaign heads east for the first time for the annual Father’s Day tradition from Pennsylvania’s High Point Raceway. This year’s 49th running will take place Saturday and is Round 4 of the 11-round series.
“You couldn’t ask for a better and more compelling start to the summer season,” said Tim Cotter, Director, MX Sports Pro Racing. “This weekend we’ll see the third and fourth different athletes to carry the red plate as points leaders, and we’re not even a quarter of the way through the championship. Father’s Day weekend at High Point is one of the most beloved traditions we have in American motocross.”
High Point Raceway has served as one of the pillars of the Pro Motocross Championship across six different decades. The venue hugs the Mason-Dixon Line, sitting on the border of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, with a track composed of rolling terrain surrounded by a natural amphitheater, providing some of the best spectator sight lines in the entire series. The abundance of green surrounding the track, along with meticulous landscaping, has bestowed High Point with the tag of “Country Club of Motocross.”
On the racetrack, the uncertainty surrounding Jett Lawrence coming into the summer has seemingly been erased on the heels of back-to-back 1-1 performances and his newfound position as the 450SMX Class points leader entering High Point. While his foot and ankle injury is still in the midst of a long recovery, it appears to do little to slow Lawrence down thus far. A big victory this past weekend at Thunder Valley resulted in a 14-point swing with older brother and Honda HRC Progressive teammate Hunter Lawrence, with eight points now separating them.
Over in the 250SMX Class, an exciting start to the season has produced three different winners in three races and has been defined by division-wide struggle to find consistency. The parity has made each gate drop even more unpredictable and has fostered a tight three-rider battle atop the standings. The Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki duo of Seth Hammaker and Levi Kitchen, the first two overall winners of the summer, are in a share of the points lead heading into High Point, which will provide the rare opportunity to see two bikes with red plates next to one another in the same pit.
Comprehensive live streaming coverage from High Point will air exclusively on Peacock, beginning with Race Day Live at 10 a.m. before coverage of the motos gets underway at 1 p.m.
The Ironman National is scheduled for Aug. 29 at Ironman Raceway. Once again, the race is the grand finale of the MX National Series. Tickets are on sale now for the local race at https://promotocross.com/schedule.
