Jo Shimoda took the lead on Lap 1 of the 250 Washougal (Washington) National and rode away from the field to score his second overall win of the 2025 Pro Motocross season by nearly 20 seconds over Haiden Deegan.
After Moto 1, Shimoda said he needed to be more aggressive without crashing. With that key to success firmly in mind, Shimoda took the lead on Lap 1 from holeshot winner Seth Hammaker and sprinted through the first several laps to secure a massive advantage.
“The track’s so tight, we get so many lappers and I swear every time I passed (them), they tried to race and I swore there was no one behind,” Shimoda told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “This one means a lot to me. As a team, we work so hard. Points’ wise we’re far (off), but let’s do these a couple more times.”
Shimoda scored his first victory of the season at RedBud MX Park two weeks earlier.
Deegan overcame a poor start that put him outside the top five for the first four laps before meticulously picking off riders on his way to second. Deegan is arguably the best rider in traffic, and he sliced through the field. He lost the overall due to the tiebreaker.
“We fought to second,” Deegan told Will Christien. “We didn’t lose any points. Now we have a break and we’ll go back to work.”
Garrett Marchbanks finished fourth in Moto 2, which combined with his third-place finish in Moto 1, placed him third overall. This is his first 250 Motocross podium.
“I feel like once I got alongside (Deegan), I made a couple of pushes to get around him, but the track was pretty tough then,” Marchbanks said. “I just made too many mistakes. Wasted some energy I shouldn’t have wasted in those areas. I just kind of lost the pace, the last little bit, so that kind of sucked.”
Seth Hammaker finished third in Moto 2 after earning the holeshot and spending most of the race in the second position.
Austin Forkner rounded out the top five in both the moto and overall results.
- Deegan won Moto 1 over Shimoda.
- Hammaker won the holeshot
- In sixth, Deegan has a difficult time getting around Drew Adams.
- Deegan moved into the top five on Lap 3.
- Deegan passed Ryder DiFrancesco for fourth on Lap 5.
- Mikkel Haarup crashed from third on Lap 8.
- Deegan moved into a podium position.
- Shimoda won by 19.265 seconds over Deegan.
In Race Notes
Jalek Swoll did not line up for Moto 2 after crashing out of the lead on Lap 1 of Moto 1.
Hammaker earned the holeshot, but Shimoda took the lead on Lap 1. If he wins this moto, he wins the overall regardless of Deegan’s performance.
Deegan got a poor start and ended Lap 1 outside the top five.
The battle for the top five is not an easy one for Deegan as hungry Adams held him off for the first three laps.
Shimoda led Deegan by 11 seconds with eight minutes off the clock.
Deegan rode off course on Lap 3, but recovered and took fifth from Adams.
The top five on Lap 4 were Shimoda, Hammaker (second), Haarup (third), DiFrancesco (fourth), and Deegan (fifth).
Marchbanks battled with Deegan for fifth on Lap 5, but Deegan found more speed.
That pushed Deegan forward to DiFrancesco in a contest for fourth.
Deegan took fourth from DiFrancesco on Lap 7, bringing Marchbanks with him to fifth.
Haarup crashed on Lap 8, dropping from third to seventh.
That moved Deegan into third.
Haarup’s crash also moved Marchbanks into a podium spot overall. This would be his first in the 250 class.
On Lap 12, Deegan closed to within one second of Hammaker. Shimoda is 21 seconds ahead in the lead.
Shimoda won the second moto by a wide margin and scored the overall win with a 2-1.
Deegan finished second and lost his third overall of 2025 on the tiebreaker.
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