Despite crashing midway through Moto 1, Haiden Deegan dominated the race and beat Jo Shimoda to the line by more than five seconds at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
“It was alright, but I blew it in that turn,” Deegan told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “I’m kind of pissed off, but it is what it is. We’ll try to be better in the second race, but it was good.”
Deegan tucked his wheel after amassing a lead of more than eight seconds, and with such a huge advantage, he was uncontested for the lead while he remounted.
Shimoda chose to skip his podium appearance after finishing second and headed back to the hauler. He reported that he was not feeling well.
Seth Hammaker took the final podium position.
“That Main Event felt pretty long,” Hammaker told Will Christien. “Executed a decent start. Jo on the inside had a better jump and was kind of able to keep on the inside, and the start position is super-key on this track.”
Ty Masterpool settled into fourth early in the race and challenged Hammaker in the first half during the first 10 minutes before losing four seconds in the second half.
Levi Kitchen moved up from the high single digits to take fifth away from Tom Vialle in the second half of the race.
Vialle faded to 10th.
- Deegan earned the holeshot.
- Deegan took all the mystery out of the race early, leading by 7.9 seconds on Lap 7.
- And just as quickly, Deegan fell on Lap 8; Shimoda cut the lead to four seconds.
- Deegan won by 6.692 seconds over Shimoda.
- Hammaker took the final podium position.
In Race Notes
Deegan earned the holeshot and wasted no time commanding a lead. He was more than two seconds ahead of Shimoda at the end of Lap 1.
Hammaker surged to third early in a tight battle with Masterpool. But that is a measure of success for Masterpool as well since he qualified through the Wild Card Race.
Vialle rounded out the top five on Lap 4.
Deegan was making a statement early with a 6.1-second lead on Lap 5.
Deegan made a mistake on Lap 9, tucked a wheel, and crashed. Shimoda closed to within four seconds, but Deegan went right back to work and added to his lead on the next lap.
Kitchen took fifth from Vialle on Lap 12.
Vialle fell back quickly after being passed for fifth and was in danger of losing a top-10 position.
As time ran off the clock, Deegan led Shimoda by 5.2 seconds. Seth Hammaker was third.
Fourth-place Masterpool and Kitchen round out the top five.
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