CRAWFORDSVILLE, Indiana: Jo Shimoda took early control of the race at Ironman Raceway in Round of of the Pro Motocross season, but after gaining an advantage of seven seconds, he watched Haiden Deegan pass him on Lap 13 and stretch his advantage to nearly eight seconds as the points leader won Moto 1.
“I had to find a few lines at the end,” Deegan told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “Jo had some really good lines. In these last few races, you know Jo’s going to be strong. He is every year.”
Shimoda held on to second as these two gapped the field by nearly 40 seconds.
“A good start again; it’s nice,” Shimoda said. “After the halfway point, for some reason Deegan caught me really fast, so I tried to pick up the pace again and made a few mistakes in the whoops in the GNCC section (the forest).”
All eyes were on the front of the pack, but Tom Vialle put in a solid run to finish third, 56 seconds behind the leader.
Fourth-place Garrett Marchbanks and Denmark’s Mikkel Haarup rounded out the top five.
- Hammaker was fastest in morning qualification.
- Deegan will be part of Team USA for the 2025 Motocross of Nations.
- Jalek Swoll and Jo Shimoda battle into Turn 1 with Shimoda emerging victorious.
- Lap 1 shows Shimoda, Swoll, and Deegan 1-2-3.
- Vialle moved into third on Lap 4.
- At the halfway mark, Shimoda extended the lead over Deegan to 7.3 seconds.
- Vialle was another six seconds back in third.
- Deegan began to close the gap at the halfway mark. It was four seconds on Lap 10.
- Deegan took the lead on Lap 13.
- Deegan stretched the lead to five seconds as the white flag waved.
In Race Notes
Deegan finished fourth overall last year at Ironman and nothing motivates him more than the perception that he can be beaten.
Shimoda and Swoll battled for the holeshot with Shimoda emerging with the lead on Lap 1.
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Deegan got a solid start in fourth.
Deegan was up to third by the end of Lap 1, pushing Daxton Bennick back to fourth.
Levi Kitchen rounded out the top five at the completion of the first circuit.
Deegan passed Swoll for third on Lap 2 and had five seconds to make up on Shimoda.
Vialle took the final podium spot from Swoll on Lap 4.
Deegan closed the distance to Deegan slightly and was a little under five seconds as Lap 5 began.
Marchbanks completed the top five on Lap 5. He has passed 140 riders so far this season.
Marchbanks added another notch on his pistol after getting around Swoll on Lap 7.
Jordon Smith and Mikkel Haarup are sixth and seventh, keeping Triumph’s recent surge intact.
Triumph’s top three are competing for the top five with a lot of black and yellow showing. Austin Forkner was in 15th on Lap 9.
Pierce Brown, in his first race back from injury, crashed and will not finish. He was slow to rise, but walked off on his own power.
Deegan picked up the pace and closed the gap to under two seconds on Lap 12.
One lap later, Deegan took the lead with a nice crossover move on Shimoda. Vialle rounded out the podium.
The Alpinestars Medical Trailer is next to the Medical haudler. Brown’s injury seems to be to his shoulder as he consults with the medical team.
Deegan beat Shimoda by seven seconds with the rest of the field almost one minute off the pace.
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