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2025 Spring Creek MX Research
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Round 24: Millville, Minnesota’s Spring Creek MX
With steep uphills, sweeping corners, sand whoops and a creek of the same name for fans to cool off in, Spring Creek MX Park is Minnesota’s premier Motocross facility. Millville, the track’s hometown, has strong Swedish heritage and a population of fewer than 200 people.
- First Pro Motocross: 1983 (125, 250 and 500cc classes)
- The Spring Creek National has run uninterrupted since 1983.
- Three Minnesotans have won at Spring Creek: Ryan Dungey (6 times; 4 in 450, 2 in 250), Jeremy Martin (3 times, all 250) and Donny Schmit (2 times, all 125cc)
- All-time Spring Creek wins leader: Ricky Carmichael has 8 450MX wins. Eli Tomac (3 wins) is 3rd all-time behind Ryan Dungey.
More info and details at the Spring Creek Venue History page.
450MX Facts
- Jett Lawrence (21 wins) is now tied with Ken Roczen for 7th most premier class victories.
- One more moto win and Jett Lawrence (38) ties Jeff Emig (39) for 9th most moto wins. Emig started 116 motos, Jett has started 44.
- Hunter Lawrence now has 9 career 450MX runner-up finishes (no wins). Andrew Short had 12 second place finishes (no wins)
- Spring Creek is a good venue for Hunter: since 2019 he’s averaged a 3.5 O/A finish, been on the podium in 6 of 12 motos, has two moto wins and went 2-2 here in 2024.
- Lots of points movement at RedBud: Hunter Lawrence: 3rd to 2nd, Justin Cooper: 5th to 3rd, Eli Tomac: 2nd to 4th. Aaron Plessinger: 4th to 5th.
- Spring Creek 2025 marks 6 years since Cooper Webb’s one and only 450MX overall win. His last podium finish was Thunder Valley 2023.
- Jorge Prado led his first ever Pro Motocross laps. He was the 7th different lap leader this season (just 6 riders led laps in 2024).
- After RedBud, Chase Sexton told Vital MX, “I still have a lot more in the tank, I promise you.”
250MX Facts
- Spring Creek and RedBud are the only MX venues where Haiden Deegan has not won a moto.
- Jeremy Martin is expected to race this weekend. He is a three-time Spring Creek winner: 2021, 2016, 2014.
- Garrett Marchbanks has passed 118 riders this season. He passed 42 riders at RedBud alone.
- 8 different riders have earned moto podiums. 10 reached the podium in all of 2024.
- Michael Mosiman: four straight top 5 motos but hasn’t podiumed a moto since June 4, 2022 (1st at Hangtown, moto 1).
- 7 different riders have earned holeshots this season. The total was 8 for all of 2024.
- Jalek Swoll’s RedBud holeshot was his first since Southwick 2021, moto 1!
- Notable riders yet to holeshot: Levi Kitchen, Michael Mosiman, Ryder Difrancesco, Julien Beaumer, Mikkel Haarup, Garrett Marchbanks
- At RedBud, Triumph had two riders in the top five overall for the first time: Swoll, 2nd and Haarup, 4th.
SMX Points Battle
Huge shakeups in the SMX points and our projections indicate that Justin Cooper will end the season with a +16 lead on his teammate, Cooper Webb.
- J. Cooper made up 19 points on Webb in the combined SMX Championship Standings.
- Webb entered RedBud +33 on Cooper and left with a +14 lead.
- Aaron Plessinger (fever) did not race moto 2. For the first time this season, he does NOT gain points on Cooper Webb.
Top 20: Likely to Drop Outside Top 20
- The inactive Mitchell Oldenburg (currently 19th) has a +3 lead on his inactive teammate Benny Bloss and a +20 lead on 21st place Mitchell Harrison. Both confirmed they are not lining up for any more Pro Motocross races.
- Oldenburg broke his hip at Salt Lake City and said he is expected to get cleared to ride again this week.
- Benny Bloss (currently 20th) has a +17 lead on Mitchell Harrison (21st). He raced just 3 rounds of MX and failed to score points in two of them.
Top 20: On The Move
- 21st: Mitchell Harrison has scored as many as 16 points in a round and as few as zero. Projections have him finishing 21st.
- 22nd: Benoit Paturel is averaging 16.3 points per round. He is -33 from 20th place. He said the plan is to compete in SMX. He said “depending on the team” he will race SMX even if he has to qualify out of LCQs.
- 23rd: Coty Schock. Waiting for response from an inquiry. We’ll update when we learn more.
- 24th Valentin Guillod (-47 from 20th) said if he doesn’t make the top 20, he will NOT race SMX. He will go home to Switzerland. If he is top 20, he’s racing SMX.
450SMX Points PROJECTIONS (After 28 rounds)
There’s still 10 motos and 250 points to earn.
Manufacturer Sweeps
For the 11th time in Pro Motocross history, American Honda swept all four motos run at a 125/250 + 250/450 National.
- It’s the second time this season Honda swept all 4 motos.
- It’s been 14 years since the series had two OEM sweeps in a single season (2011: Kawasaki with Villopoto/Wilson)
- Looking forward: the last time a season saw 3 OEM sweeps was 2008 (all Kawasaki).
- Looking forward: the last time HONDA had 3 sweeps in a season was 1996 (McGrath/Lamson)
Most Recent OEM 4 Moto Sweeps
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Spring Creek Diversity
- Just like at RedBud, six different riders have won the most recent six 450 overalls at Spring Creek.
- Also like RedBud, Chase Sexton, Jett Lawrence and Eli Tomac are the three most recent winners. And they all went 1-1!
- Going further back, 9 different riders have won the last 10 Spring Creek overalls (450).
- Surprisingly, since 2014, all but one winner had 1-1 moto sweeps (see chart below)
- Eli Tomac (2022, 2018, 2014) is the only active rider with multiple wins at Spring Creek
- It’s been 6 years now since Cooper Webb’s one and only 450MX overall win.
- Five previous winners are expected to be on the gate this weekend.
Recent Spring Creek 450MX Winners
- In the 250 class, 8 different riders have won the most recent 8 races.
- Jeremy Martin (expected to return this weekend) is the only rider in the field with more than one win (2021, 2016, 2014)
The Jett and Hunter Lawrence Show
Of the 11 rounds Jett and Hunter Lawrence have competed together in 450MX they’ve gone 1-2 overall five times.
- Three of those five happened in the three most recent rounds: High Point, Southwick, RedBud.
Lawrence Brothers 1-2 OVERALL
Boil it down to Motos and Jett and Hunter have gone 1-2 nine times, including four out of the most recent six motos run.
- Jett has won 8 of those motos
- Hunter won Thunder Valley 2024 with Jett in second.
- 10 different riders have finished second to Jett Lawrence
- Chase Sexton has finished second to Jett most often (15 motos)
Lawrence Brothers 1-2 in Motos
Jett Lawrence Pro Motocross Win Margins
Jett Lawrence has won 38 450MX motos. He’s won by as much as 31 seconds and as little as .724.
- Of the 12 motos he’s raced in 2025, 7 of them have been win margins of +10 or more.
- He charged from 18th to first at RedBud and won by over +8, his 17th biggest win margin, impressive considering he was 14 seconds behind the leader early in the moto.
- Of Jett’s 38 career moto wins, 15 have been over 10 seconds.
- 3 of Jett’s biggest win margins have come within the last two rounds.
Jett Lawrence 10 Largest Moto Win Margins)
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Farewell, Jeremy Martin
Two-time 250MX champion Jeremy Martin is expected to make his final Pro Motocross start this weekend and it’s happening at his family’s track where he’s a 3-time winner.
- All 87 of Martin’s Pro Motocross starts were in the 250 class, where he’s top 10 in four of the five key categories.
- 2014-2015 Champion
- Average career finish position: 3.9
Jeremy Martin 125/250MX Class All-Time
Martin had success in Supercross as well.
- 250SX: 63 starts, 6 wins, 20 podiums. He finished 3rd in the championship points four times.
- 450SX: 4 starts, 2nd at the 2017 Daytona Supercross.
250MX Career Best Club
At RedBud, several 250 riders had career best days in overalls and/or moto finishes.
- Mikkel Haarup: 4th overall. First career top 5. Previous best was 6th, one week earlier, at The Wick 338.
- Parker Ross: 8th overall. First career top 10 came on the unusual strength of 11-10 moto finishes. Previous best was 12th, one week earlier, at The Wick 338.
- Lux Turner: 14th overall. Previous best was 15th at Unadilla 2024. Additionally at RedBud, Turner scored back to back career best motos (13-11). Previous best was a 16th in Moto 2, Unadilla 2024.
- Avery Long: 17th overall. Previous best was 19th at High Point 2025. Additionally, Long scored his first career top 10 moto (9th in moto 2 at RedBud). Prev. best was 17th in a moto (twice).