Haiden Deegan is no longer comparing himself to the 250 competition and after Jett Lawrence earned a holeshot in the 450 Moto 1 at The Wick 338 in Southwick, Massachusetts, the 250s championship leader upped the ante.
“I was just cruising,” Deegan told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “I like sprinted the first few laps, and then was flowing to [a 25-second win]. It is what it is, and yeah, it was a good ride.”
Kitchen was involved in an intense battle with Michael Mosiman, who held onto the second position for almost the entire race. Kitchen took the position on the final lap.
“It’s tough here,” Kitchen said. “If you’re behind someone, you’re eating roost. That was poor race craft on me and I feel like that’s still the kind of stuff I’m trying to get back a little bit. Where I knew I was good, I should have gotten closer and [made the pass] back there. I kept forcing the issue — and it wears you out too.”
Incredibly, Tom Vialle overcame an early crash as he battled for second. He took the third position from Mosiman as the checkers waved.
“I made it tough for myself,” Vialle said. “Crashing on the first lap is always a bad choice. I came back from 12th to third, so I had a great moto and hopefully in the second moto we can start in front and fight Haiden.”
Mosiman ran perhaps his best race of the season despite losing two positions on the final lap, (for what would later be revealed as Mosiman’s bike overheating). He circled the track in second for the first 15 laps and held off a determined charge by Kitchen until his mechanical incident.
Mikkel Haarup rounded out the top five.
Jo Shimoda’s early problems at Southwick continued. He won the second race at The Wick in each of the past two seasons after struggling in Moto 1. In 2025, he crashed on the first lap, took half of the event to get into a points’ paying position, and ultimately finished a distant 10th.
In-Race Notes
It took eight motos, but Deegan finally earned his first holeshot of the year.
Deegan has his eye set on the 450 division — perhaps as soon as 2026 — and he matched Jett Lawrence’s early race performance with a five-second lead over Mosiman at the end of Lap 1.
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Vialle crashed while following Mosiman in the battle for second. Vialle fell to 10th, which moved Haarup up to third.
One lap later, Kitchen overtook Haarup for the final podium position.
Vialle worked his way to eight on Lap 4 as Deegan stretched his advantage to 13 seconds over Mosiman.
Haarup remained fourth with Jalek Swoll up to fifth.
Kitchen caught Mosiman on Lap 5 but he was getting roosted heavily.
Garrett Marchbanks was just outside the top five on Lap 6.
Shimoda crashed with Ryder DiFrancesco in Turn 1 and it took seven laps to finally get into a points’ paying position. He was 17th at the end of that lap. Julien Beaumer (20th) and DiFrancesco (19th) were back there as well.
On Lap 9, Vialle was in a scrum for fifth with Swoll.
Vialle took the fifth position with a long jump on Lap 10.
Kitchen and Mosiman continued to have the best battle on the track on Lap 12 as Kitchen almost spun out in a tight turn. This pair holds a 10-second advantage over another intense battle for fourth between Haarup and Vialle.
Vialle got the spot one lap later.
Marchbanks passed Swoll for sixth.
Deegan didn’t get much camera time with a 23-second lead as time ran off the clock.
Deegan’s victory was his seventh moto win of 2025.
Kitchen finished second with Vialle securing the final podium position.
Fourth-place Mosiman and Haarup rounded out the top five.
Deeper in the field, Swoll finished seventh in his second race back from injury.
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