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Loving the trophies this year in Pro Motocross.
And so is Hunter Lawrence, as he's been stacking them on his mantle.
Hmm, we spy an old Transworld logo.
New England's finest, The Rippa, not racing but supporting his friend.
Well, hello there. We haven't seen a pressurized radiator system in probably around a decade or so. The last time we saw something along these lines was in the hands of Geico Hond and JGR Yamaha. By modifying the pressure in the system, the team can change when the system allows coolant to be relieved from the system and adding pressure can change the boiling point of the coolant.
The team just started messing around with the system on Davies' machine, plus introduced it to a few more bikes for Southwick. However, we noticed not everyone on the team had one.
Seen on the line and on the bike, here.
Star Racing wasn't the only 250 team with something a bit different going on.
At first glance, you might wonder why the radiator cap has been moved to the left side of the bike?
Well, this is because the right side radiator is now cooling both coolant and oil, as the right few cores have been dedicated to a built-in oil cooler...instead of using a separate unit mounted behind the radiator itself. Which we've seen HRC do in the past few seasons.
HRC's side case with built-in oil cooler lines is sick.
Hymas has gone the Lawrence route with running a production linkage and rocker.
While Shimoda now sits as the lone ranger on a full works linkage under the HRC tent.
Speaking of Shimoda's machine, the red plate looked damn good, but sadly didn't last long. Hopefully, we get Shimoda back soon.
When we wandered by the Honda truck early Saturday morning, the staff was very focused around Jett's machine.
Well, that's because there was a last-minute install taking place.
The team whipped up an extended titanium HRC footpeg for the right side of Jett's machine.
Not like an ankle saver, as the platform was flush with the rest of the peg, just allowing Jett to rest his foot and support himself on the bike better.
Questionable umbrella behavior.
And now we're going to set distance records...
Works Connection holeshot device, keeping the #1 locked down and ready to go.
Love the HRC titanium shift lever.
While HRC's larger capacity titanium tank is in use for Pro Motocross, the team only brings out this carbon version for Southwick, for just a little extra capacity.
Hutch is probably the most excited about the addition of Wym to the team, as he's no longer the sole mapping guy on the team.
Chancy Hymas has himself a new logo and merch; check out his website. ChanceHymas.com
While it's not a new thing, ETS has been the fuel supplier for the HRC team for over a year now.
These two have done a lot together.
Just take a minute to drool over Yoshimura's short spec titanium header for the HRC squad...
Hunter has a unique set of Alpinestars goggles over the weekend, representing Astars' RSRV line of clothing.
417 is not a number we really ever expected to see a Monster Energy Kawasaki, but here we are.
After years of avoiding fill-in riders, Factory Kawasaki has one in the name of Cornelius Tøndel! Having some solid results on a support team's bike, Cornelius seemed to be thrilled with the factory bike. He will be with them for the remainder of the Summer.
Tøndel's machine appeared to be a similar spec to Marchbanks to start his venture.
Also, Steg Pegz have made their way over with the rider...
This was also Skillz' first crack at having a factory rider.
The Monster branding on a 6D ATR-3 is a good look.
Parked adjacent to the PRMX team was a pop-up for the BUD Racing team, who brought their two EMX250 riders stateside for a round.
One of whom, Francesco Garcia, is the current points leader in EMX250 and is moving to the KRT MX2 team in 2027 (Kawasaki's factory 250 effort in MXGP).
While the other, Jake Cannon, is an Australian racing aboard and the brother of WMX racer Charlie Cannon. Per usual, BUD Racing's bikes were adorned with their in-house products. Such as their suspension services on KYB kit suspension, and in-house triple clamps.
The engines are done in-house as well.
Interesting to see a Michelin tire back at a high-level motocross race in the states.
Just the bare necessities.
Gotta keep that FMF power looking clean.
Dumb and Dumber 3?
Deegan made quite a few changes to his machine coming into Southwick. After a bunch of back-and-forth bike testing with Webb, he settled on a few things from his teammate's machine. Funny enough, though, we heard that Webb wanted to run stock triple clamps like Deegan but was told they couldn't until J-Coop came back...as someone on the 450 team needed to be running X-Trig.
What Deegan got from his time on Webb's machine were his forks, which we believe are LSF hybrid forks (although they might just be PSF1 air), instead of the spring forks he started the season on.
Duffe, locked in and ready.
Justin Barcia's machine had a larger capacity CRM carbon fiber fuel tank for the sand race. Ferrnadis machine, however, didn't, as we heard he didn't like the larger tank's feel. So he opted to race with the stock unit.
We still dig the unique look of Cairoli's machine.
Ferrandis must have gone digging in his closet to find this Metal Mulisha shirt. This had to be from his early Star racing days?
Jorge Prado opted for an over-the-jersey chest protector for Southwick. Not a common choice for a sand race...
Gus Riordan, the current GNCC XC2 championship leader (aboard a 250), showed up for his first-ever Pro Motocross race. Aboard his Phoenix Honda CRF450R, Gus scored points with an 18th in moto two. Impressive for a "woods guy". He will also lineup at Millville as the GNCC series takes a nearly two-month summer break.
Gus' custom 6D lid.
Ex-racer TJ Albright joined Phoenix Racing as a fill-in rider last year, before becoming a test rider and crew chief in 2026. Maybe we shouldn't say ex-racer, as we're sure TJ will lineup again when needed.
FMF...drool.
The Coenens have a strong fan base, who were willing to fly some extra miles to see them race.
Lucas' Airoh lid.
Sacha's Airoh lid.
The 104 and 109 had rough but impressive days at Southwick. Have we mentioned how excited we are to see them here in 2027?
Pirellis for both the bothers, as even though the US KTM team supported them at this round, they still utilized their MXGP counterparts' sponsors (which do differ slightly).
Deacon Denno has had a somewhat quiet but solid rookie season. Sadly, though, a collarbone injury in Southwick will likely put him out until Unadilla.
SOS pad on the handlebar pad? Great place to scrub some sand off your gloves if you fall down.
Michael "Anton" Antonovich has been a regular face at the races for well over a decade now. From Transworld Motocross to Swap Moto Live, photography, gear and helmet guy, working for NBC, and more.
Little afternoon glare.
See you all at Millville.
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