race. A last-lap mistake ended his
run for another moto win, but 5-2
scores still put him on the box for
the second week in a row.
"I got taken out on the first
corner, and I was riding the
walls; it was a hectic first moto,"
Shimoda said. "I had a good
start, and Chance and I were up
front. The last couple laps, you're
tired but you try to push through
it. I tried, but it didn't work out.
I'm very proud of my teammate
to get his first win."
Tom Vialle started out the
day in the lead, but 3-4 finishes
pushed him off the podium to
fourth overall.
"We were pretty much side by
side the whole moto and I knew
he was going to do a hard charge
there at the end. The biggest thing
is just me versus me; the plan
doesn't change. I think [Hymas]
passed me in the second corner,
and he put in some good laps to
get a gap on us. But yeah, that first
moto was gnarly; we were charg
-
ing the whole race."
As he has done in recent races,
Shimoda again came to life in
the second moto. The Southwick
moto-two winner turned up the
heat with a good start and even
challenged his Honda teammate,
Hymas, for the lead late in the
a "fill-in" but is quickly establish
-
ing himself as the top dog in the
PC truck. He ran up front early
and took over the lead just after
the halfway point. Masterpool
then battled to the wire with
points leader Deegan in the clos-
ing laps, narrowly taking the win
by just 0.360 of a second.
In race two, the number 29
started up front again but slowly
faded off the podium, admitting
fatigue. He salvaged a fifth in
the race, good enough to take
second on the day.
"He [Deegan] was behind me
the whole moto; we were battling
at the beginning," Masterpool said.
ROUND 6 / JULY 6, 2024
REDBUD TRACK N' TRAIL / BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN
MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MONSTER ENERGY SMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P78
Ty Masterpool held off Haiden
Deegan in 250MX moto one.
