Lachlan Turner Takes Third Overall Win of 2026 WMX Season at Unadilla National

The following press release is from MX Sports Pro Racing:

Defending Champion Lachlan Turner Returns to the Top of the Podium with Dominant WMX Victory at Unadilla
Turner Extends Points as Charli Cannon and Mayla Herrick Round Out Podium

NEW BERLIN, N.Y. – After a midsummer break the Women’s Motocross Championship Powered by Synchrony (WMX) returned to action to begin the second half of its 2026 campaign from the hallowed grounds of Unadilla MX. The ELF Lubricants Unadilla National signified the fourth race of the six-round championship and set the stage for a pivotal run to the end of the season. It proved to be a return to dominance for Altus Motorsports bLUcRU Yamaha’s Lachlan Turner [#1], who captured her third overall win of the season with a 1-1 sweep of the motos, extending her lead in the championship standings.

Qualifying

• Turner made the first statement of the weekend by posting the fastest lap in qualifying, with a time of 2:22.725 to place her more than a second ahead of her championship rival, Quad Lock Honda’s Charli Cannon [#7] and her time of 2:23.855. SLR Honda’s Mayla Herrick [#23] followed well back in third [2:26.021].

Moto 1 [12 Minutes + 1 Lap]

• The first moto was held on Friday, which kicked off the introduction of free live streaming coverage of Moto 1 for the final three rounds on SMX Friday Live Presented by Honda, available on the SuperMotocross YouTube channel.
• As the field emerged from the gate and jockeyed for position through the first couple turns it was Herrick who led a Honda freight train with the holeshot ahead of her teammate Mikayla Nielsen [#51] and Cannon. Turner slotted into seventh but made an impressive climb through the field to bypass Cannon and Nielsen before eventually catching Herrick to seize control of the lead on the opening lap.
• With a clear track ahead of her, Turner quickly opened a multi-second lead over the field that she would ultimately add to as the race wore on.
• With Turner pulling away, the attention shifted to the battle for the remaining spots on the podium. Cannon was able to make the pass on Nielsen for third and methodically tracked down Herrick to take control of second.
• After she moved into the runner-up spot Cannon tipped over, which handed the positions back to both Herrick and Nielsen as Cannon resumed in fourth. A short time later, Herrick went down, which moved Nielsen up to second and Cannon into third. Herrick lost several positions and eventually got back on track in sixth.
• Cannon made a push to track down Nielsen in the late stages of the moto and fought her way back into second less than a minute before time ran out on the race clock. Nielsen then crashed out of third, which ended her race. That moved Dusty Rocks Yamaha’s Jordan Jarvis [#301] into third, just ahead of Herrick.
• Out front, Turner’s lead grew to nearly 20 seconds following all the adversity her rivals encountered. She cruised to a dominant moto win by 15.6 seconds over Cannon. Jarvis fended off heavy pressure from Herrick on the final lap to finish third. It capped off an impressive podium charge for the veteran rider, who started outside the top 10. Built Hard Racing KTM’s Piper Bell [#167] was fifth.