Lucas Coenen is UNSTOPPABLE in the Southwick sand! The infamous sands of The Wick 338 for Round 6 of the 2026 AMA Pro Motocross Championship delivered another day of grueling, physically demanding action, especially after a dramatic red flag incident halted the 250MX field early on.
But when the 450MX monsters took to the chewed-up track, it was a battle against the elements and the clock. In a truly flawless performance, Lucas Coenen on the #10 KTM absolute pulverized the lap record with a mind-bending 1:53.904! 🤯 This lap was a masterclass in deep sand riding—perfect lines, relentless momentum, and sheer grit. Coenen’s speed was unmatched, setting the stage for some explosive motos.
Can Lucas Coenen carry this ridiculous pace into the motos and sweep Southwick?
What happened during the intense restart after the red flag chaos?
Check out Lucas Coenen's FULL POLE LAP and the final 450MX Qualifying Overall timesheets right here!
Who can stop the #10 KTM in the Southwick sand today? Drop your predictions below! 👇
Subscribe to Global Racing for full coverage, daily highlights, qualifying updates, and race results throughout the 2026 Pro Motocross season!
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But when the 450MX monsters took to the chewed-up track, it was a battle against the elements and the clock. In a truly flawless performance, Lucas Coenen on the #10 KTM absolute pulverized the lap record with a mind-bending 1:53.904! 🤯 This lap was a masterclass in deep sand riding—perfect lines, relentless momentum, and sheer grit. Coenen’s speed was unmatched, setting the stage for some explosive motos.
Can Lucas Coenen carry this ridiculous pace into the motos and sweep Southwick?
What happened during the intense restart after the red flag chaos?
Check out Lucas Coenen's FULL POLE LAP and the final 450MX Qualifying Overall timesheets right here!
Who can stop the #10 KTM in the Southwick sand today? Drop your predictions below! 👇
Subscribe to Global Racing for full coverage, daily highlights, qualifying updates, and race results throughout the 2026 Pro Motocross season!
#ProMotocross #SouthwickMX #450MX #Motocross2026 #GlobalRacing #LucasCoenen #10 #AMAMotocross #KTM #Supercross #DirtBike #RacingHighlights #TheWick338 #SandTrack
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00:00a little different than the other side. What do you guys do and why is it going to be beneficial?
00:17What do we think? It's going to be helpful if you think? It should be, yeah. Okay. Is he
00:22confident in it? Absolutely. Thanks, Christian. We saw the picture there. It's almost like they
00:27welded a foot peg behind the foot peg. He was obviously not happy. If you watched the show
00:33last week at Redbud, the way he was riding with the foot ankle injury, maybe that'll help.
00:38Crash right there. Yeah, we just lost Hunter Lawrence as we're on the top box. And then,
00:44yeah, this is that foot peg thing. And kind of been talking about this since Paula, you know,
00:48some of those harder landings. And I think what this to do is allow Jet to kind of be more
00:53balanced
00:54on a motorcycle. If he was kind of nursing that injury, kind of staying off that because
00:59he doesn't want to flex, then he'll put all this weight on the other side. So it is to help
01:02him
01:02balance out, just changes to keep him going. JT? Yeah, I agree with that. And I think it's also
01:08just going to take some of the burden off of that foot, right? I think it's probably getting a little
01:14tired. He's having to overcompensate with his left leg to make up for the lack of strength in the
01:19right. So an extra platform there. He's going to be able to rest that foot. And we'll see if that
01:24makes a difference late in the motives. Remember last week at Redbud, he was fine until the last
01:28five, maybe five minutes. You saw Hunter really lay into it. He could not go with it. So we'll see
01:33if there's a difference there.
01:37They're still trying. We saw the frustration last week. And
01:43we're wondering also, is this a track thing? I obviously won the second and third round for the
01:47championship. We thought, well, he's good enough to win for sure. He just proved it.
01:51And then he was really frustrated at Redbud coming down the hills and trying to get the bike in the
01:54ruts. How do you think it'll work today? Yeah, we talked about this on the call
01:59earlier this weekend. And initially, I thought for sure this track could be a lot better,
02:03but that was more with braking. But that's more of a flex thing. And, you know, him trying to be
02:08on
02:08the balls of his feet, trying to keep it, it'll for sure help him. You know, the tracks that you're
02:13going a lot of g-forces downhills like last weekend and some of the other ones for sure help,
02:18maybe a little bit more than this one. But nonetheless, it's more about having that balance,
02:22being more comfortable, and also having that backup plan where you don't have to be so
02:27thinking about it so much because you have that length back there to keep that foot up.
02:31And it's really become the new school style. All the riders trying to be on their toes and the
02:35ball, their foot. But yeah, his ankle with the limited flexibility, that might work against him a bit.
02:39Here is Hunter, who's now picked it back up for the fastest time overall right now as a championship
02:45leader. Hunter is good, yeah. The slower rider, he stayed in that berm. You notice how
02:54he does so well, it's like he'll allow that bike to flow into these corners and get in there,
02:59but not put his weight on it to the point where it's going to slow it down. Like even there,
03:03just being really light on the bike and even just thinking about jet. This is where,
03:08maybe this is where he's missing as we're watching Mitchell getting a little cool down here.
03:14But Hunter's doing really good, JT.
03:16Yeah, just wondering, and this may be a question more for our stats man,
03:20Quentin Fowler, but if it ended like this, when would be the last time that one of the
03:24Lawrence brothers was not in the top two of fastest qualifying in this class? I would venture a
03:29guess. It's been years since that happened. Maybe Chase Sexton would have been our fastest
03:33quarter a few times, but this would be a notable shift as far as qualifying lap times go.
03:39Yeah, thanks JT. And maybe Prado a little bit under talked about coming into this race,
03:44because there's so much talk about the Tunins and the Lawrence's on top. But Prado had his best race,
03:49really, you could argue, of the year last time out at Redbud. I know he got second overall also at
03:53the
03:53opener, but he led a lot at Redbud and we thought, okay, this could be the day where he wins
03:58his first.
03:58He's good on sand too. Now let's see what's happening here. Is JT headed back?
04:02Yeah, he has to be, and the cannon's going back. So yeah, that is curious what's going on there.
04:12Oh man, every time you see a little setback for him, you know it's frustrating for him. You hate
04:17to see it. You want to see all these guys be at their best. But he did mention that they
04:23did make
04:23a change in between that first one, first qualifying section to this one. So maybe that's
04:28it if you don't like it. And what we talked about in that 250 class, your time's locked in. So,
04:34oh, he's practicing starts. Okay, we're okay. He's back in the track.
04:37Any movement, any movement, you see his mechanic going back, we've got to make news of it.
04:42Oh, I'm with you, man. I'm with you.
04:42My bad, Jett. My bad.
04:44Especially after what we just saw happen at Shimoda in the 250 session,
04:48where he crashed early and then just went back to the paddock.
04:51Get you back up to Hunter here. There's Jett. Yeah, he's fine.
04:55I don't need to go fast. Just hold a shot.
04:57I'd love to see it. JT.
04:59Yeah, that's kind of what I was talking about at the top of the RDL show here.
05:02The track is what it's going to be. It's going to be very difficult,
05:05although Cole Davies may have something to say about it. The track's very difficult to
05:08best your time. And for a guy like Jett Lawrence, who hasn't been able to ride as much during the
05:13week as he'd like, there's probably only so many laps he has in himself for today at his fastest pace.
05:18So he's not going to waste them on a racetrack that is not going to change his qualifying game pick.
05:24So if you feel comfortable with the bike, if you feel comfortable with your settings,
05:27this isn't necessarily a bad move. And James Stewart, this is a move I would have seen you do years
05:31ago,
05:32is you're just going to save it and bring it in the first moto.
05:35Yeah, I would just have to out of row back. I would have to ride back. But yeah,
05:38I agree with that JT. And he's at that point, he's the fastest in this qualified session. So
05:44I think he's got that speed locked in pretty well. Deegan's got some speed locked in here. Look at
05:48this. He is ripping right now. But yes, Jett Lawrence, actually the fastest time in this session.
05:53And as you watch Deegan, hey JT, you put the stat man to the task. He does not fail. Clinton
05:59Fowler,
05:59the last time Lawrence's were not first or second. You go back to Thunder Valley last year. Justin
06:06Cooper, Eli Tomac won two. So it's been over a year since they've been worse than first or second
06:13in qualifying. Man, Deegan is hustling here. Yeah, he looks good. I like the line that he had a
06:18couple of corners ago going to that inside. And with this racetrack, it is always changing. And
06:24some of these lines that maybe might not be the fastest right now, but it's going to work out.
06:29Even this inside, that's good when your second moto riding up on those stakes, keeping away from
06:35those berms and saving some energy. So Hayden looks pretty good. And it's a rare weekend that we come
06:40in and he's not the focus of the conversation, you know, with the Kunis and the Lawrence's. But
06:46whatever that is, I'm sure Hayden will turn that into a little motivation.
06:50That's right. Talk about him. That's motivation. Don't talk about him.
06:53He'll use that as motivation too. He admits it and
06:58Hayden and his teammate Cooper Webb, they came to Southwick after High Point to get in some sad
07:03testing. There's Jett still ready for a practice start. You see that modified foot peg on the right
07:08side. See where Deegan went in this session. Third. Okay, so it's Jett, Lawrence, Lucas Kuhn,
07:15and Hayden Deegan now. Third fastest on track. That was a good lap for the 38.
07:21And there's the practice start from Jett.
07:25And I can't remember. You can help me out here. I don't think all the gates have that
07:29concrete patch over here, does it, when you get across the start? You know, it's funny. This was
07:34the track that was known for the concrete start back when tracks could do whatever they wanted.
07:38Some were dirt. Some were concrete. Yeah, you're right. So it might still be a unique piece
07:44of Southwick. So you're saying it's great concrete. Yeah, it looks like it's so great,
07:48then the concrete, then the dirt. JT.
07:51Yeah, I just was looking at Jett's foot peg. And, you know, Weege and I spoke with Lars
07:55Lindstrom via text right before the session. They said they had another modification coming. You could
07:59see, as Christian said, they bent the rear of that down, which would tell me that it was probably
08:05changing too much the position of him sitting on the foot peg. So lowering the rear there would
08:11allow him to move around a little bit more and probably not prop his foot forward as much as he
08:16needed to. So this is all a last minute part. They just got it overnight. This is the first
08:21time he's ever tried it. So you're probably going to see this thing move around a bit during the day
08:24if they continue to use it. Yeah, it's a key thing to point out that he is not tested with
08:29this during the week. They haven't been able to use multiple variations. So I'm sure they're just
08:33trying to get that extension, the height of it, just perfect where it helps him if he gets real deep
08:38on a hard landing, but not too much. And there's that concrete you're talking about there? Yeah,
08:42this part right here. I don't notice that at other tracks. And it's hard because you go off that
08:47really a lot of tracks off that grate and then you spin on that concrete and then you drop into
08:52that
08:52the sand. So a lot of things happening in a short period of time. And I think that's I actually
08:58remember that really challenging here. Back in my day, we're still dirt to that piece and then back to
09:03dirt. So yeah, little nuances here that Southwake, just another challenge they like to throw at us here.
09:09The next challenge is just how much rougher this track is going to get with each passing lap.
09:16Yeah, that piece is interesting when they talk about Jet because I even remember that section
09:20he just went through, how he's really patient. We saw him battling with Chase X and Eli here going
09:26slower, hopping over those those things as we just watch Lucas. Yeah, like this same section,
09:33we saw Jet here as his part gets rougher, he'll slow down and hop over that that bump so he
09:38doesn't
09:38get in that berm too fast. And you know, thinking maybe that foot peg would maybe stop some of that
09:43because you got to use your your legs to be able to hop over those things. So whatever it is,
09:48I mean,
09:49obviously, he's pretty comfortable with it. Little changes that he's going to have to doubt with
09:52downwind here today at Southwake. It'll be foot peg watch for Jet. Wow, that was impressive from the 104.
10:03Wheelie through all those bumps.
10:07Kunins were here for press day yesterday. I feel they were both kind of downplaying the sand thing.
10:11They are from Belgium. That is traditionally sandy terrain. They have since moved to France because
10:16they wanted to become more versatile and ride harder dirt. They just kept saying they're just
10:21here to have fun. Every track's new to them, but the stopwatch shows they still know how to ride this
10:27stuff. Yeah, they do. It's but you watch him ride. That's what I get really impressive. It's just
10:33like jetting that that he's racing against. Watch him just hop over to some of these bumps being very light,
10:39even just jumping farther out on these singles. And here at Southwake, you can turn this racetrack
10:44almost into a supercross track, even stuff like that, jumping out, doubling into some of these
10:49bumps. And it makes it a lot smoother what he's doing right there, keeping that front end up,
10:53keeping it light. And man, it looks good, Katie. Yeah, the team manager here for Red Bull KC of Ian
11:00Harrison. I just asked you how impressed you are with this. And you said very top of the charts here
11:04in this qualifying session. How much does this meet and match the expectations that you had coming into
11:10this event weekend? Well, I've heard all these rumors about how good they are in this
11:13sand, and they definitely are. And I'm just happy overall with the team because Jorge is also up
11:18there. So I think we're in for a good race today. As it relates to the team morale, kind of
11:23having
11:23this European vibe and flair within the paddock, how special is it to see everybody coming together
11:28here? Yeah, I'm just amazed that they can handle all of this, like being in South Africa a week ago
11:33and now being here and what it is to be young, you know? How hard it is to pack those
11:38bags? Yeah, exactly.
11:40But yeah, I think they're looking forward to it. This is what they grew up on. So I think they're
11:45really ready for today. Thank you, Ian, for your time. JT? Yeah, I'm just going to add on the, you
11:50know,
11:50they're downplaying their sand skills. But, you know, they moved to France because they wanted to get
11:55better at hard pack because they already had sand diet. There was a reason that they felt it wasn't
12:00necessary to ride in the sand. And I heard a rumor that if you're born in the Netherlands, you're born
12:04in
12:04Belgium, they're actually given a scoop tire at birth. And in the birthing room, right after
12:09you name the children, you're handed a scoop tire. I think that's why you see those guys so fast here.
12:14But yeah, don't let them downplay the we moved to France to ride hard packets because they were so
12:19good at this already. Yes, and the record will show it, the performance in the sand conditions in
12:25Europe. Been fun to see Lucas and Jett together here. Are they hooking up? Or are they just coincidence?
12:33Yeah, I think, I mean, when you're just fast, you just, you hook up with everybody. But no,
12:37I don't think Jett's putting in a super lap time and maybe Lucas is following them.
12:43Not a bad person to follow. But one thing I will point out is with the Bo brothers,
12:49they are on Pirelli tires. And that is different from everybody else. So we know how good the Pirelli
12:55sand tire is. Dunlocks is great as well. So maybe that's something we have to pay attention to.
13:01That's different from everybody else. These two guys so far, with them being top of both practices,
13:08you never know where that's contributing to. Yeah, that is true. Because in the GPs,
13:13that's the dominant tire over there. So they bring Pirellis and the Pirelli support with them.
13:18Prado, the rest of the KTM team, they're normally a Dunlop squad here in America. So they've had to adapt
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