NEW BERLIN, New York: Jo Shimoda did to the field this week what Haiden Deegan has done so often this season. He took the early lead in Moto 1 and consistently stretched it through 30 minutes. By the time the checkered flag waved, he had an almost 40-second margin over Deegan. It was the second-widest margin of victory in 2025 after Chance Hymas’ performance in Moto 1 at Thunder Valley when he was 45 seconds ahead of the field.
“I think Haiden was being smart,” Shimoda told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “That track was really slippery. I understand the situation. For this week, we did a little change to our suspension, and it felt so much better.”
Shimoda needed the victory to keep Deegan from wrapping up the 250 Motocross championship early.
Deegan can still wrap up the 250 championship by scoring two points more than Shimoda in Moto 2.
“Jo was ripping,” Deegan said. “I’ve got to give it to him. That first lap, I was like ‘damn, bro, you need to chill.’ He was sending it. There in the middle, I tried to put the hammer down. I knew Jo was pretty far [ahead], so it was kind of a stretch to catch him. I might have broke my gears again, but it don’t matter. Jo was ripping.”
Seth Hammaker came out of the gate quickly and battled with Tom Vialle in the opening laps. He was another seven seconds behind Deegan at the checkers.
“I need to execute another good start like that and just to ride patient and smart,” Hammaker said. “Find lines that are smooth and don’t have hooks. The track is getting challenging.”
Vialle settled for fourth with Garrett Marchbanks rounding out the top five.
- Tom Vialle earned the holeshot with Seth Hammaker on his back fender.
- Jo Shimoda moved up to second on Lap 2.
- Shimoda took the lead on Lap 3; Deegan up to third.
- Halfway through, Shimoda amassed more than a 15-second lead.
- Mikkel Haarup crashed out of a top 10 position on Lap 7.
- Shimoda stretched the lead to 35 seconds on Lap 10.
- Before the start of Moto 2, it was announced Haarup broke his collarbone.
In Race Notes
Vialle earned the holeshot with the fastest qualifier in the first session, Hammaker, hot on his heels.
For Deegan to wrap up the championship, he needs to finish ahead of Shimoda in the overall. Shimoda was second on Lap 2 with Deegan fourth.
Shimoda passed Vialle for second on Lap 2. Deegan moved up to third and kept digging to second later that same lap.
Hammaker was in third on Lap 3 with Vialle fourth and Julien Beaumer in fifth.
Sixth through 10th could be covered with a tarp. That train was being led by Caden Dudney.
At the halfway point, the top five were Shimoda, Deegan, Hammaker, Vialle, and Beaumer.
Haarup crashed out of 10th on Lap 7 and was slow to rise.
Shimoda beat Deegan by more than 39 seconds.
Hammaker finished third.
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