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The following news release is from Honda:
TORRANCE, Calif.– With the 2025 race season opener simply over a month away, Honda HRC Progressive is all set to go back to action following a brief and hectic off-season. The team wants to continue the momentum that has actually seen its riders take the sport's premier title– the AMA Supercross 450 crown– 2 years in a row, most just recently with Jett Lawrence, who last season was crowned champ in his launching effort aboard a 450.
Lawrence, who likewise made last season's SuperMotocross 450 Championship, is set to return aboard the # 1 2025 CRF450RWE, in addition to colleague and sibling Hunter Lawrence. Now with 8 expert AMA crowns to his name at simply 21 years of age, Jett is perhaps the leading rider in the world. In his 2024 novice season in the premier class, Hunter ended up a really competitive 2nd in both the 450 Pro Motocross and SuperMotocross standings. The bros, who likewise gathered the 2024 Motocross of Nations prize for Team Australia, are amongst the favorites for race wins and titles in 2025.
Honda HRC Progressive's quarter-liter program as soon as again makes up Jo Shimoda and Chance Hymas, both of whom will be aboard the brand new 2025 CRF250RWE. Campaigning the West Region, Shimoda is entering his 2nd year with the team, having actually kipped down a constant 2024 with routine podium looks. Shimoda, whose soft-spoken nature belies his on-track competitiveness, is the very first Japanese rider to win an AMA 250SX centerpiece, and the very first Japanese rider to score general wins in AMA Pro Motocross and SuperMotocross. Hymas, who will race in the East Region, made his very first AMA Pro Motocross general win last season and remains in health following a string of injuries. He still has the speed that brought him to a remarkable amateur profession, and he's starving to reveal his capacity.
In addition to the connection in the rider lineup, a return of essential personnel influences self-confidence heading into the brand-new year. Group Manager Lars Lindstrom is once again at the helm, supported by 450 and 250 team chiefs Grant Hutcheson and Jordan Troxell, respectively. Christien Ducharme and Cameron Camera continue in their functions as 450 mechanics for Jett Lawrence and Hunter Lawrence, while Ben Griffith and Thomas Harris are as soon as again spinning wrenches as 250 mechanics for Jo Shimoda and Chance Hymas.
“The success that Honda HRC Progressive has actually taken pleasure in over the previous number of years has actually been outstanding, however we're constantly making every effort to do even much better,” stated Brandon Wilson, Manager of Racing & & Advertising at American Honda. “Fortunately, we're able to keep together an amazing lineup of riders, and we have 2 extremely capable race bikes, plus a terrific group of sponsors that are constantly behind us. I'm positive that 2025 will simply contribute to Honda's amazing heritage.”
“The 2024 season boggled the mind,
