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Hunter Lawrence (motorcyclist)

Australian motorcrosser

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ44484759 ↗
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Hunter Lawrence (born 1 August 1999) is an Australian professional motocross rider. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2017 to 2018, & the AMA Supercross and Motocross championships since 2019. He is the 2026 AMA Motocross 450cc champion, an AMA Supercross 250cc East & 250cc AMA Motocross Champion. He was a member of the winning Australia team at the 2024 & 2025 Motocross des Nations.

450cc Career

2023

On 30 October, it was announced that Hunter would move up to the 450 class for 2024 & beyond.

2024

Supercross

Lawrence failed to qualify for round 1 of the 2024 AMA Supercross Championship, narrowly missing out after a first turn crash in 450 heat 1, and a poor start in the LCQ.

From this, Lawrence would begin to build momentum, securing multiple top 10 & top 5 finishes, until a crash at round 8, Daytona. Lawrence returned at round 10, & began slowly building momentum. He ended the supercross season with 2 podium finishes & a 9th in the championship for his rookie year.

Motocross

In his 450cc class rookie season, Lawrence battled for the Championship. He scored multiple podium finishes as well as moto wins, but was unable to win an overall.

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