Deegan found himself with the
better end of the wishbone,
taking the day's overall win with
2-1 finishes. An early tip-over in
race one sucked the air out of
his sails as he rode most of the
race in a no-man's-land second
place. He saved the best for last
and pulled a daring move to take
the top spot away from Tom
Vialle in moto two and rode off
with an impressive win.
Deegan said of his second-
moto performance: "I put the
hammer down and built a big
gap. That was awesome."
It was Deegan's first moto win
since Southwick, seven motos
ago. His points lead has grown
to 54 points, giving him more
than a two-moto cushion.
second moto slotted him back
to seventh at the line.
Dylan Ferrandis and Malcolm
Stewart again duked it out just
outside the top five, going sixth
and seventh, respectively. Fred
-
die Noren, Christian Craig and
Marshal Weltin rounded
out the
top five.
250MX
The 250MX races saw the usual
suspects up front, flip-flopping
results with one another. Haiden
but fell and dropped to fifth. A
fourth in race two didn't do him
any favors either.
"I'm looking forward to re-
evaluating after this weekend,"
said Lawrence.
"I've kind of
been struggling since RedBud—
it just seems like I haven't been
the same since that crash. It's
been two weekends in a row
that I haven't even had one good
moto in me, which is extremely
uncharacteristic."
Lawrence is still second in
points but is now a distant 28
points behind Sexton.
Justin Cooper rounded out
the top five after a podium in
moto one and a holeshot in
race two. Unfortunately for him,
a crash in the early laps of the
ROUND 8 / JULY 20, 2024
WASHOUGAL MOTOCROSS PARK / WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON
MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MONSTER ENERGY SMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P84
Rivals Tom Vialle (16) and Haiden
Deegan (38) went at it in the
250MX class. Vialle won the first
moto, but Deegan out-dueled
Vialle for the second moto win and
overall victory.
PHOTO: ALIGN MEDIA
