Press Release
The reigning King of Paris and brand new 2024 US SX champion, Jett Lawrence, will be in Paris on November 16 and 17 to defend his crown (and his reputation as the new world cross prodigy)! He will of course be accompanied by his brother Hunter, double US champion last year and runner-up to Jett in Paris. The factory Hondas will obviously be there. A party not to be missed!
Jett Lawrence’s statistics are simply dizzying. Already in 2023, having barely arrived in the premier category after his multi-titles acquired in 25O, he is having a fantastic perfect outdoor season (22 victorious rounds out of 22!)… A short detour to Paris to win his first crown at the end of 2023 and here he is, starting in SX 450 2024, barely destabilized by a few muddy SX, who finishes champion, with eight victories, twice as many as his immediate follower (Cooper Webb, who has also already announced his presence in Paris!). Only Jeremy McGrath (holder of all records in SX) and Ryan Dungey had managed before him to establish themselves as “rookies” in the most difficult discipline to master: Supercross! But “Jettson” is already in the lead in terms of the ratio of victories compared to the number of SX races run, so if someone is out to beat the records – deemed unbeatable – for the Mac, it’s good him…
If the “big brother” Hunter (also a rookie) has had a less successful year in 2024 so far – notably due to an injury which has weakened him for a long time – he gained momentum at the end of the season, finishing twice on the podium, notably in Denver, at the penultimate event, in the wheel of his winning brother, a performance which leaves no doubt about Hunter’s true potential in SX 450!
The Lawrences, trained in the hard but incomparable GP school, lived in France at that time and even remained somewhat French-speaking, in any case capable of doing a bit of interview in the language of Voltaire which, clearly , no American is capable of doing! Between their incomparable talent as stylists – capable of satisfying the most demanding purists – and their incredibly simple and endearing personality, the Lawrence brothers have everything to put the public in their pocket and become the new Parisian darlings.
To come and admire them – and see them compete against a fine selection of other big names from the American championship – only one thing to do, get your ticket(s) for the weekend of November 16 and 17 at the Paris La Défense Arena ! Don’t forget last year’s sold out, you’ve been warned…
