Haiden Deegan finished nine seconds ahead of Jo Shimoda to sweep the motos of the Hangtown Motocross Classic in Rancho Cordova, California. This is the first time in his career he swept a track more than once during a season.
“I woke up pretty sick,” Deegan told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “It was pretty bad and my throat is pretty much shot, so I had to race that moto barely swallowing. It felt good [to win]. This sport is all mental. You have to work hard and that’s what I did.”
Deegan left the podium and headed to the Alpinestars Medical hauler to have his throat checked.
After two rounds, Deegan leads Shimoda by 12 points but there is a huge falloff to third-place Julie Beaumer, who is 33 points behind.
Shimoda’s second-place finishes in both motos at Hangtown and last week at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, make him the closest competition Deegan has faced in 2025.
“Honestly, there is a little bit of pace,” Shimoda said. “I think if I would have caught up he would have picked it up too. And fitness. He’s really strong, to be honest. So those two things, we can work on.”
Levi Kitchen completed the podium for the second consecutive race and underscored his improvement from Round 1 when he finished 10th in the first race and retired with engine issues in Moto 2.
“I just had to kick my butt in gear,” Kitchen said. “I fought hard today. I can get a little better.”
Julien Beaumer finished fourth in the second moto, which combined with his eighth-place finish in Moto 1 placed him fourth overall.
Garrett Marchbanks earned a seventh-place finish in the first race and was fifth in Moto 2 for fifth overall.
Five minutes were taken off the clock of the Hangtown Motocross Classic in Rancho Cordova, California, with temperatures of 102 degrees.
Chance Hymas was unable to mount up for Moto 2 after surviving the brutal Moto 1 and food poisoning at the start of the week. He failed to earn points for this race.
In-Race Notes
Lance Kobusch led his first Pro Motocross race after getting a strong start, but it did not take long for Haiden Deegan to get around him. He grabbed the top spot on Lap 2. Kobusch fought the defending Motocross champion, but he crashed early in the race and dropped to the back of the field.
Casey Cochran had a strong start as well and moved into the second position early in the race.
It took several laps before Jo Shimoda moved into a podium position, which he finally secured 10 minutes into the race.
Second-place Levi Kitchen was no easier to pass. Shimoda took the position at the halfway point.
Deegan led Shimoda by 6.8 seconds and Kitchen by 8.3 seconds at that point.
Fourth-place Julien Beaumer and Garrett Marchbanks rounded out the top five.
On Lap 9, with five minutes on the clock, Michael Mosiman was in fourth. Beaumer faded to sixth with Marchbanks wedged between.
With time off the clock, Deegan led Shimoda by 8.2 seconds. Kitchen was 8.5 seconds further back with fourth-place Marchbanks and Beaumer rounding out the top five,
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