03-13-2020, 07:19 PM
I find it fascinating any time that siblings manage to excel in the same sport. But the young Hunter brothers have really caught my eye. Not only because of the level of their talent, but also because of the sport they compete in: motorcycle racing. (In their case dirt bike racing, both motocross and supercross.)
Unlike so many other similar stories where the interest in and skill set for a particular sport were passed along from a parent, the Lawrence brothers grew up in a home that had no connections to motocross at all. Instead, the older brother Hunter began watching the sport when he was seven and took a great interest in it. His family supported him only to learn in fairly short order that he had a surprisingly high level of natural talent for the sport.
The family would go on to sell their home in in order to move to Europe for the competitive opportunities that awaited Hunter there. The family would learn that Hunter's younger brother Jett, after watching and learning from his older brother, was definitely following in his brother's boot steps. (It now appears as if Jett might well become the more successful racer of the two.) The move to Europe was followed by a move to the United States for the same reasons centered around opportunity and competition. Hunter is now 20 years old while Jett is still only 16 — both are licensed pros competing at the highest levels of their sport. The only step left for each of them will be to move from the 250 class up to the 450 class.
Both brothers now find themselves racing for the same factory team: Geico Honda. The other thing that they have in common is not so fortunate. At this time both brothers are dealing with injuries that are serious enough to have kept them out of the racing action recently. That is a real shame because when healthy they are both such a joy to watch. Hunter competed in the outdoor motocross series last year and was to make his supercross debut in 2020 but that hasn't happened yet due to a nasty shoulder injury. Jett on the other hand made his supercross debut earlier this year only to break his collarbone in a crash while battling for the lead late in a main race.
I am hoping that they will both be healthy and racing soon enough. While the future might appear brighter for the younger sibling Jett at this point in time, I personally would not be surprised to see either one of them atop the center of the podium many times well into the future. Good stuff.
Unlike so many other similar stories where the interest in and skill set for a particular sport were passed along from a parent, the Lawrence brothers grew up in a home that had no connections to motocross at all. Instead, the older brother Hunter began watching the sport when he was seven and took a great interest in it. His family supported him only to learn in fairly short order that he had a surprisingly high level of natural talent for the sport.
The family would go on to sell their home in in order to move to Europe for the competitive opportunities that awaited Hunter there. The family would learn that Hunter's younger brother Jett, after watching and learning from his older brother, was definitely following in his brother's boot steps. (It now appears as if Jett might well become the more successful racer of the two.) The move to Europe was followed by a move to the United States for the same reasons centered around opportunity and competition. Hunter is now 20 years old while Jett is still only 16 — both are licensed pros competing at the highest levels of their sport. The only step left for each of them will be to move from the 250 class up to the 450 class.
Both brothers now find themselves racing for the same factory team: Geico Honda. The other thing that they have in common is not so fortunate. At this time both brothers are dealing with injuries that are serious enough to have kept them out of the racing action recently. That is a real shame because when healthy they are both such a joy to watch. Hunter competed in the outdoor motocross series last year and was to make his supercross debut in 2020 but that hasn't happened yet due to a nasty shoulder injury. Jett on the other hand made his supercross debut earlier this year only to break his collarbone in a crash while battling for the lead late in a main race.
I am hoping that they will both be healthy and racing soon enough. While the future might appear brighter for the younger sibling Jett at this point in time, I personally would not be surprised to see either one of them atop the center of the podium many times well into the future. Good stuff.