Cole Davies clinches 250SMX title on 19th birthday
NXTbets Pro | Published On: August 30, 2026
Hunter Lawrence
Hunter Lawrence won his first 450SMX championship at Ironman Raceway in 2026 and closed out a tight title fight with Jett Lawrence. Hunter finished the season two points ahead, 474 to 472, after Jett could not recover from the damage done in Moto 1. Jett hyperextended his ankle in that opening moto, and the injury left him chasing the standings the rest of the way. Hunter did the rest by staying ahead in the points battle and turning a close championship race into a season-ending victory. The result also marked the first time siblings won premier class championships, a milestone that put both Lawrence brothers into the record book from the same season. The title gave Hunter his first 450SMX crown and added another major result to a year that revolved around the brothers at the top of the class. Jorge Prado also left Ironman Raceway with a major win of his own, sweeping both 450 motos to take the overall event and earn the first career victory in the United States.
Cole Davies
Cole Davies claimed the 250SMX title on his 19th birthday and turned the day into a career milestone. The championship made him the first Kiwi champion in the 250SMX class in 55 years, a gap that gives the result a place in the sport’s history. Davies delivered when the title picture tightened and made the final step count on a day that already carried extra weight because of the date. The win also separated him from the pack in a class that had its share of movement across the event. Davies’ title did not come with the same back-and-forth pressure that defined the 450 fight, but it carried its own significance because of the national first and the length of time since a New Zealander had reached the top of the class. His championship stood out as one of the headline results of the night and gave the 250SMX field a clear title winner while the overall race results played out around him. It was the kind of finish that gives a rider a place in both the season standings and the sport’s broader timeline.
Julien Beaumer
Julien Beaumer won the 250 overall with a 2-1 scorecard and earned the second victory of his career. The result gave the 250 field a separate race winner alongside Davies’ championship, and Beaumer handled the event cleanly enough to come away with the overall. Levi Kitchen’s title bid ended after a crash-filled first moto and a later DNS, a difficult sequence that shut the door on his run at the crown. That left the 250 spotlight split between Beaumer’s overall win and Davies’ championship, with one rider taking the race and another taking the title. The class produced a clean snapshot of how fast one moto can change a season, because Kitchen’s problems in the opening race never let him get back into the fight. Beaumer’s 2-1 finish showed enough consistency to put him on top of the overall event, while the DNS for Kitchen removed any chance of a late rescue. The 250 results also underscored how quickly momentum can swing at this level, with Davies finishing as champion, Beaumer leaving with the overall and Kitchen watching his title chance disappear before the night was over.
