"I'm so grateful," Deegan
said. "This 250 career has been
insane. As a kid, I wanted to win
one championship; that's every
kid's dream. This is number six.
We're going to keep digging.
I ain't done yet. I'm not done
ticking [championships] off, and
we're coming to the 450 class
swinging."
St. Louis marks Deegan's
13th career 250SX victory and
ties him with a slew of athletes
for second on the all-time 250
class wins list, including Nathan
Ramsey, Austin Forkner, Jeremy
McGrath and Jett Lawrence.
Davies finished second at the
line, making him the best East
-
ern Divisional rider on the night.
The 250SX
East points leader
led early on and looked to be
making a run at another Show
-
down victory. Unfortunately for
Davies,
Deegan continuously cut
into his lead and made the pass
after just six minutes. Davies
didn't put up much of a fight,
knowing his teammate is in a
separate championship fight. A
second-place finish still meant
beating his title rivals, and Da
-
vies pulled his margin to double
digits over
Seth Hammaker.
"I'm happy with tonight,"
Davies said. "That track was
gnarly. I just rode it home. I'm
happy I gained points [in the
Eastern Divisional Champion-
ship], because there was no
need to
push it in those condi-
tions."
Hammaker took
a quiet third
place, his fifth consecutive
podium finish. The Monster
Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
rider was never much of a threat
to his Star Racing Yamaha
teammate Davies and made a
surprisingly easy pass for the
lead with nine minutes left on
the race clock. Deegan gapped
Davies by more than 15 seconds
as Anstie finished a distant 15th,
making it a successful champi-
onship defense.
mind. Should
his closest rival,
Max Anstie, finish fifth or worse,
Deegan would clinch the title
with two rounds to go.
Deegan, the defending West-
ern Division Champion, started
back in sixth but
wasted no
time moving through the pack.
He found himself giving chase
ROUND 12 | APRIL 4, 2026
THE DOME AT AMERICA'S CENTER | ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P60
Haiden Deegan
clinched the 250SX
West Championship
with two rounds
still to go.
