Cole Davies dominated the Indianapolis Supercross Triple Crown at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. He swept the three features to score his first 250 SX race with a perfect score.
“I guess I was too excited to go (at the start of the season),” Davies told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “I was a bit too antsy, but we settled down a little bit. I let the race come to me, made some passes every main. I’m just stoked.”
Jo Shimoda finished second in the first two features and third in the final race to score a second overall.
“I think I got decent starts today,” Shimoda said. “Not the best ones. I just snuck around inside and got up front. Fought as much as I could, but I just need to ride faster.”
Seth Hammaker (3-9-2) took the final podium position.
Daxton Bennick finished fourth in the first two features before slipping to seventh in Race 3. That placed him fourth overall.
Pierce Brown rounded out the top five with results of 10th, third, and fourth.
Feature 3
Davies won the first two features and can win the overall with a second-place finish.
Jalek Swoll got another strong start with Davies on his back tire.
Devin Simonson slotted into third on Lap 1.
Hammaker struggled out of the gate in back-to-back races. He was seventh at the end of Lap 2.
Fourth-place Shimoda and Brown rounded out the top five.
Davies took the lead on Lap 4.
Shimoda passed Simonson for third on Lap 6.
Hammaker was up to fifth on Lap 7.
Shimoda stalled on Lap 7. He re-fired the bike and did not lose a position.
Hammaker moved up to fourth on Lap 10 and then slipped past Swoll one lap later.
The running order as time ran out was Davies, Hammaker, Shimoda, Brown, and Swoll.
Feature 2
Swoll earned the holeshot. He was ninth in the first feature.
Shimoda fell into second with Davies third.
Brown had a much better start this time.
Hammaker crashed on Lap 2. He dropped all the way to 21st.
Davies and Shimoda battled on Lap 4. They made contact, and Shimoda remained second.
Davies and Shimoda moved around Swoll on Lap 6.
Brown was fourth with Bennick fifth on Lap 6.
Swoll crashed and fell two positions on Lap 7. Hammaker moved up to seventh.
Swoll lost another spot on Lap 8, which moved Coty Schock into the top five.
Hammaker clipped Gavin Towers in the closing laps. Towers crashed hard. Hammaker emerged in 11th.
Davies held on for the victory by 2.2 seconds over Shimoda.
Brown took the final podium position.
Fourth-place Bennick and Schock rounded out the top five.
Hammaker recovered from his crash to finish ninth.
Feature 2 Results
Overall Results after Race 2
Feature 1
Bennick earned the holeshot with Shimoda giving chase.
The top two in points, Brown, fell back to 20th on Lap 2, and Hammaker was barely inside the top five.
Davies passed Shimoda on Lap 2 for second.
Nate Thrasher landed fourth in the early going.
Hammaker moved around Thrasher for fourth on Lap 4.
On the next lap around the track, Davies took the lead from Bennick.
Shimoda fell to 3.3 seconds behind, but remains in third.
Hammaker began to pressure Shimoda on Lap 7.
Bennick fell two positions on Lap 9, moving Shimoda to second and Hammaker to third.
Shimoda stretched his advantage over Hammaker when they worked through traffic.
Fourth-place Bennick and Thrasher rounded out the top five.
Davies beat Shimoda to the finish line by two seconds. Hammaker was four seconds further back in third.
Brown worked his way to 10th at the finish line, which put him behind in points entering the final two races.
“I came out third, made a couple of passes, got to the lead, and just rode my race from there,” Davies told Peacock’s Jason Thomas.
