later penalized for jumping on a
red-cross flag and docked one
position along with five cham-
pionship points. Clearly fired up
from
the penalty, Deegan ended
the day with a dominant win,
even with another restart, and
led all but one lap to end the
day. A 13-second lead and 2-1
finishes gave him the overall win
along with back-to-back 250MX
Championships.
"I wanted to go out there
and make a statement, which
is what I did," Deegan said. "I
wanted to wrap up the title on
top of the box, so I was deter
-
mined to go out there and make
it happen. It feels awesome,
15th
or better in the opening
moto to wrap up the title (his
worst finish of the year was a
14th during the first moto at
RedBud). After a red flag forced
a full restart for the first moto,
Deegan looked comfortable
straight away as he slotted into
second behind his Star Racing
Yamaha teammate, Cole Davies.
Deegan made light work of the
rookie and quickly set sail, lead
-
ing the second half of the race
en route
to the win. He, along
with several other riders, was
The second race, I got off to a
good start and felt comfortable
straight away, so that was a
cool feeling to be up front and
running the pace, knowing I still
have what it takes. A top-five
finish is a solid way to end the
season, and now we'll come out
swinging for SMX."
Malcolm Stewart led Dylan
Ferrandis, Eli Tomac, Valentin
Guillod and Jorge Prado to com
-
plete the top 10 running order.
250MX
The 250MX Championship was
all but wrapped up heading into
the series finale at Budds Creek.
Haiden Deegan needed to finish
ROUND 11 / AUGUST 23, 2025
BUDDS CREEK MOTOCROSS PARK | MECHANICSVILLE, MARYLAND
MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Jo Shimoda was second on the
day and second in the 250MX
Championship.
