ROUND 5 / JUNE 30, 2024
THE WICK 338 / SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS
MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MONSTER ENERGY SMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P68
"I was pretty good in the
second moto," Vialle said. "I was
leading almost the whole moto.
I got stuck in the lappers with
three or four laps to go, and Jo
and Haiden caught me quick.
I wanted to pass Jo again and
obviously fight for the win, but
I crashed on the last lap. I gave
it everything, and the last three
laps we were all pushing really
hard."
Shimoda closed out the
day with a big win in the sec
-
ond moto. An ankle injury has
hampered the Honda HRC rider,
affecting his off-bike training
routine. Qualifying 24th didn't
do him any favors going into
the motos, as evidenced by his
leader, and Vialle threw it away
on the final lap. He remounted in
third, where he would finish out
the moto. Vialle is third in the
championship but is 43 points
down from Deegan.
"I had a good first moto, but
I struggled to pass Chance [Hy
-
mas]," Vialle said. "I was behind
him for like
15 minutes. Then,
when I got to second, Haiden
was already up like seven
seconds, and it was a big gap.
I finished second, which was
okay for the first moto.
unbeatable, so I had to put in a
good race."
Tom Vialle, last year's win
-
ner, was second overall. The
KTM
rider ran up front in moto
one, but lost the tow during the
mid-section of the race and
decided to conserve his energy
for the second race of the day.
He stalked Deegan early in race
two and was there to capitalize
once the number 38 hit the deck.
For a while, it seemed like Vialle
would easily win the race as his
lead opened up to more than five
seconds. However, slowly but
surely, the lead dwindled, and Vi
-
alle found himself with his hands
full
and time running out. Jo
Shimoda and Deegan caught the
Tom Vialle, who won Southwick
last year, had to settle for
second this time.
