CRAWFORDSVILLE, Indiana: Haiden Deegan overcame a seven-second deficit in Moto 1 before tracking Jo Shimoda down to take the win. Moto 2 at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville was never in question as the championship points leader scored a flag-to-flag win.
Deegan would like to wrap up the championship before the final weekend and needs a more than 50-point lead to do so. With his sweep of the motos and second-place finishes in both races for Shimoda, he left Ironman with a 51-point advantage.
Deegan came into the weekend under that mark with his sight set on greatness. Winning both motos, he has at least two motos and perhaps four remaining as the team denied rumors this week that Deegan will race in the division in the season finale.
“I felt like myself again,” Deegan told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “That felt nice. I really haven’t felt like myself for a while. I got out there and started to put the track together and I found some sick lines and I said (Shimoda) is definitely not doing this.”
Shimoda had a great start to Moto 2 and led the majority of that race, but he lost control of the race as the track deteriorated. Shimoda finished second in both motos with wide margins back to third each time.
“I heard he signed with 450, so maybe he had a 450 (today),” Shimoda said. “Just kidding; he was just riding good. I had nothing. I had a good start behind him. I saw his line and started to follow him. I just need to be better.”
In Moto 2, Tom Vialle settled into a comfortable position to finish third. With a third in Moto 1 as well, Vialle finished third overall.
Marchbanks was fourth overall with results of fourth in Moto 1 and sixth in Moto 2.
Levi Kitchen in fourth and Drew Adams in fifth rounded out the top five in Moto 2 as Garrett Marchbanks faded on the final lap.
Adams finished fifth overall with an 8-5.
Marchbanks was fifth.
- Deegan won the first moto over Shimoda.
- Deegan earned the holeshot.
- Michael Mosiman went down just past Turn 1 near the front of the field.
- Shimoda was second and Vialle slotted into third on Lap 1.
- On Lap 4, Marchbanks continued to add to his pass total. He moved into fifth.
- Not much changed at the front of the pack with Deegan leading Shimoda by three seconds at halfway.
- Deegan cruised to victory with Shimoda second.
In Race Notes
Deegan earned the holeshot with Shimoda in tow.
Deegan put a two-second gap on Shimoda on the first lap. Deegan is hard to beat when he leads early.
Vialle had a poor start to Moto 1, but he made up for it in the second race and slotted into third on the opening lap.
Ryder DiFrancesco and Mikkel Haarup rounded out the top five.
DiFrancesco fell back and moved Marchbanks (fourth) and Haarup (fifth) up a position.
The front of the pack stabilized with three seconds between Deegan and Shimoda as the race passed the 15-minute mark.
Levi Kitchen surged in the second half of the race and moved into fifth by Lap 12.
Haarup fell to eighth.
Deegan scored an easy victory over Shimoda. Vialle was a distant third as he battle for fifth featured several riders.
Kitchen ended the day in fourth with Adams fifth.
Marchbanks spent much of the second half of the race inside the top five, but fell to sixth at the end.
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