Two crashes in the first two turns of the Spring Creek National in Millville, Minnesota, did what 11 rounds of clean racing could not — they blew open the 250-class championship. Points leader Cole Davies went down, damaged his bike, and after clawing back into the top 15, a mechanical failure left him with zero points. Second-place Levi Kitchen hit the dirt in the same melee and salvaged eighth. Third-place Julien Beaumer, who began the moto staring at a substantial deficit, skated through the carnage to finish Lap 1 in eighth and then went to work.
Beaumer passed Parker Ross for fifth when Ross crashed mid-race, took fourth from Daxton Bennick on Lap 7, and dispatched Nate Thrasher on Lap 8. On Lap 11 he got by Kayden Minear for second, then ran down Michael Mosiman in the closing laps. The two raced side by side for most of a trip around the Millville circuit before Beaumer secured the lead and his first career moto win. Mosiman settled for second, Minear third. Every rider in the top five posted a career-best finish.
The championship math shifted hard. Beaumer cut his deficit to Kitchen to 20 points. Davies, who had led the standings, walked away with nothing.
Moto 2 told a different story. Chance Hymas, who struggled to ninth in the opener, started outside the top five and carved through the field — cracking the top five on Lap 3, passing Beaumer for second on Lap 6, and taking the lead from Minear that same lap. He won his first moto of 2026. Mosiman led most of Moto 2 until Beaumer nipped him on the final lap for second, locking up the overall victory with 1-2 finishes. Hymas (9-1) took second overall; Kitchen (8-2) claimed third. Davies crashed multiple times in the second moto and limped home 13th, relieved just to see the checkered flag.
The 450 class produced its own dramatic swing. Hunter Lawrence earned the holeshot in Moto 1 and rode away from the field, winning by nearly 17 seconds over his brother Jett, who survived a first-turn incident — Haiden Deegan was pinched by Jorge Prado in a three-wide battle and went down — and then rode conservatively after crashing twice in qualification. RJ Hampshire passed Justin Barcia for third on Lap 5. Deegan charged from outside the top 20 to fourth, surviving a final-lap shove from Barcia that pushed him off the track before he completed the pass anyway.
Moto 2 was where the points picture flipped. Hunter grabbed the holeshot again. Jett attacked early, and Laps 4 and 5 produced some of the best racing of the season before Jett took the lead and stretched it to seven seconds. On Lap 12, he crashed heavily. His bike landed on him and pinned his boot to the ground. Jett remounted in fifth and handed the overall victory, the podium, and the points lead to Hunter.
Hunter Lawrence swept both motos and reclaimed the red plate. Deegan (4-2) took second overall. Jett (2-5) finished third. Hampshire placed fourth.
Eli Tomac, in his first race back from injury, battled Deegan for eighth on Lap 13 of Moto 1. Barcia rounded out the top five, with Ducati teammates Tony Cairoli and Dylan Ferrandis sixth and seventh.
Spring Creek was Round 24 of the SuperMotocross World Championship. The 250 title race, once a Davies runaway, is now a three-rider conversation. The 450 red plate changed hands on a crash that had nothing to do with pace and everything to do with luck.
Sources:
- Julien Beaumer wins Spring Creek 250 Moto 1 for first moto win
- Hunter Lawrence dominates, wins Spring Creek 450 Moto 1
- Chance Hymas victorious in Spring Creek Moto 2, Julien Beaumer scored overall winner
- Hunter Lawrence wins Spring Creek 450 Moto 2 and overall after Jett Lawrence crash