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5 days ago
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Motocross 2025 250 results, highlights, finish at Spring Creek: Haiden Deegan, Jeremy Martin split motos
Haiden Deegan fought through the effects of a deeply bruised leg suffered at RedBud to hold off Jo Shimoda for the Moto 1 victory, and Jeremy Martin ended his career on a high note by winning Moto 2 of the Spring Creek National in Millville, Minnesota. In Moto 1, Deegan led early before he lost some pace in the middle stage of the race. Shimoda pounced, but he did not create enough separation from the 250 Motocross leader and held the top spot for only one lap. Deegan's determination in that moto made the difference in the overall finish as well, because of the three-point separation between first and second. Deegan was awarded the overall victory by two points over Martin. Click here for a recap of Spring Creek There were no complaints from Martin, however, who was making the final start of his career. He knew he would end on a high note the moment he earned the holeshot in Moto 1; the roar of the hometown crowd told him as much. Martin gave up the lead to Shimoda on the first lap and second to Deegan on Lap 7, but he determined to hang onto his podium position and finished third in the first race. After earning the holeshot again in Moto 2, he lost the top spot to Shimoda before battling back to score an easy victory over Deegan. Any one of these accomplishments would have made Martin ecstatic, as he added a moto win and overall podium finish to his holeshots. Shimoda failed to back up last week's dominant performance in Buchanan, Michigan, with a third-place overall finish in Millville. He admitted to having a little help with his pass on Deegan in Moto 1, suggesting a lapped rider kept Deegan from taking the preferred groove. Shimoda battled Deegan in the closing laps of Moto 1, but did not have the pace to regain the lead once he lost. Fading to fourth in the second race, he vowed to keep working to close the distance. Relive Moto 1 It is only a matter of time before Mikkel Haarup earns his first overall podium. He finished fourth in the past two motos, but needed a little help at RedBud. His eighth- and fifth-place finishes were respectable, but his elevation to fourth overall was as much a factor of Deegan's and Levi Kitchen's misfortune. That was not true at Spring Creek, where Haarup swept the top five, finishing fourth in Moto 1 and third in Moto 2. This is only a preview of things to come, Haarup said after the race. Garrett Marchbanks rounded out the top five with seventh-place results in both motos. This was Marchbank's fourth top-five of 2025, but he came close on two other occasions with results of sixth in the season opener at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, and seventh at The Wick 338 in Southwick, Massachusetts. Triumph Factory Racing is beginning to make a lot of noise by placing all four of their riders in the top 10. In addition to the fourth-place finish for Haarup, Austin Forkner (9-11) finished eighth overall, Jalek Swoll (16-5) was ninth, and Jordon Smith (15-8) was 10th. Here are the 250 Motocross results, lap times, and points standings after Round 7 at Spring Creek MX Park in Millville, Minnesota: Overall Results Moto 1 Results Fastest Sector Times Individual Lap Times Detailed Lap Times Moto 2 Results Fastest Sector Times Individual Lap Times Detailed Lap Times 250 MX Rider Points 250 SuperMotocross Points Manufacturer Points Here is the finishing order of Round 7 in Spring Creek (points earners): 1. Haiden Deegan, Yamaha [1-2] 2. Jeremy Martin, Yamaha [3-1] 3. Jo Shimoda, Honda [2-4] 4. Mikkel Haarup, Triumph [4-3] 5. Garrett Marchbanks, Kawasaki [7-7] 6. Levi Kitchen, Kawasaki [13-6] 7. Dilan Schwartz, Yamaha [11-9] 8. Austin Forkner, Triumph [9-11] 9. Jalek Swoll, Triumph [16-5] 10. Jordon Smith, Triumph [15-8] 11. Michael Mosiman, Yamaha [5-18] 12. Avery Long, KTM [14-12] 13. Maximus Vohland, Yamaha [10-17] 14. Tom Vialle, KTM [6-40] 15. Parker Ross, Yamaha [19-10] 16. Drew Adams, Kawasaki [8-21] 17. Lux Turner, KTM [18-13] 18. Ryder DiFrancesco, GasGas [17-15] 19. Nate Thrasher, Yamaha [12-20] 20. Mark Fineis, Honda [33-14] 21. Cole Timboe, Yamaha [21-16] 22. CJ Benard, KTM [24-19] 23. Jack Chambers, Kawasaki [20-23] Motocross Results Pala 450 Results | 250 Results Hangtown 450 Results | 250 Results Thunder Valley 450 Results | 250 Results High Point 450 Results | 250 Results Southwick 450 Results | 250 Results RedBud 450 Results | 250 Results Supercross Results Anaheim 1 450 Results | 250W Results San Diego 450 Results | 250W Results Anaheim 2 450 Results | 250W Results Glendale 450 Results | 250W Results Tampa 450 Results | 250E Results Detroit 450 Results | 250E Results Arlington 450 Results | 250W Results Daytona 450 Results | 250E Results Indianapolis 450 Results | 250 E/W Results Birmingham 450 Results | 250E Results Seattle 450 Results | 250W Results Foxborough 450 Results | 250E Results Philadelphia 450 Results | 250 E/W Results New Jersey 450 Results | 250E Results Pittsburgh 450 Results | 250E Results Denver 450 Results | 250W Results Salt Lake City 450 Results | 250 E/W Results More SuperMotocross News Jett Lawrence again overcomes Moto 1, scores Spring Creek victory Jeremy Martin wins final career moto at Spring Creek Hunter wins Spring Creek Moto 1 after Jett crashed on Lap 1 Haiden Deegan wins intense Spring Creek Moto 1 battle over Jo Shimoda Spring Creek 450 Qualification | 250 Qualification Cooper Webb injures knee at RedBud, out until playoffs Julien Beaumer to sit out two rounds to heal from High Point crash Cole Davies cleared to ride following Denver crash Spring Creek Preview | Betting Guide
NBC Sports
06-07-2025
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Motocross 2025 250 results, highlights, finish at RedBud: Jo Shimoda earns fourth career win
Jo Shimoda won his fourth 250 class Pro Motocross race after sweeping both motos of the RedBud Nationals in Buchanan, Michigan. He became the third 250 winner along with Chance Hymas, who won in Lakewood, Colorado, and Haiden Deegan with four victories. Shimoda's first two Motocross victories came in 2022 at Unadilla and RedBud. In both of those Nationals, he won the first race and swept the podium with third-place finishes in the second. Shimoda improved his performance with his third win, which came in the 2023 season finale at Ironman. He swept the motos that weekend. Shimoda was off to a strong start this season with second-place finishes in his first four motos as well as in the overall results, but his next two 2025 rounds ended outside the top five. Last week, he struggled in Moto 1 at Southwick to finish 10th. He rebounded in the second moto and finished second, giving him fifth overall. As moral support, the president of Honda HRC made a rare appearance at a US Motocross race, and that was the added incentive Shimoda needed. He won Moto 1 by seven seconds and Moto 2 by nearly 18 seconds. Click here for a recap of RedBud Overall positions for the remainder of the field were hard fought, with nearly everyone experiencing problems in at least one of their motos — and the podium was filled with heartwarming stories. In just his third round back after suffering an Achilles tendon injury, Jalek Swoll barely missed the top five in Moto 1 with a sixth-place result. He wanted to make the most of his second race and grabbed the holeshot in Moto 2. Swoll led the first four laps before dropping to third. He regained second on Lap 12 only to lose it to Haiden Deegan with two remaining. His third-place finish in that race was enough to secure second overall. Michael Mosiman barely missed out on a podium last week in Southwick with a fourth-place result overall. That was a remarkable result, considering he suffered a severe neck injury prior to the 2024 Pro Motocross season. Mosiman showed consistency and speed at RedBud. He scored fourth-place results in both motos, tied Swoll in the number of points earned, and finished third due to the tiebreaker. Relive Moto 1 Mikkel Haarup joined his Triumph Factory teammate Swoll in the top five after finishing eighth in Moto 1 and fifth in Moto 2. Haarup had not initially planned to ride in the United States, but the contract to race in MXGP did not have him lining up overseas. Deegan got off to a poor start in Moto 1, but that rarely makes a difference for 'Danger Boy.' He completed Lap 1 outside the top 10, worked his way up to seventh on Lap 3, and then crashed. He fell to ninth, worked his way back to fifth on Lap 10, and then crashed again. The second incident was difficult to overcome, and he finished 14th with the banged-up bike. Deegan finished second in Moto 2 and secured the final top-five position overall. Ryder DiFrancesco showed speed in qualification by sweeping both sessions. A poor start in Moto 1 dropped him outside a points-paying finish in 25th, but he climbed to 12th at the checkers. DiFrancesco was better in Moto 2 and finished sixth after completing Lap 1 in 11th. He was scored sixth overall. Here are the 250 Motocross results, lap times, and points standings after Round 6 at RedBud MX Park in Buchanan, Michigan: Overall Results Moto 1 Results Fastest Sector Times Individual Lap Times Detailed Lap Times Moto 2 Results Fastest Sector Times Individual Lap Times Detailed Lap Times 250 MX Rider Points 250 SuperMotocross Points Manufacturer Points Here is the finishing order of Round 6 in RedBud (points earners): 1. Jo Shimoda, Honda [1-1] 2. Jalek Swoll, Triumph [6-3] 3. Michael Mosiman, Yamaha [4-4] 4. Mikkel Haarup, Triumph [8-5] 5. Haiden Deegan, Yamaha [14-2] 6. Ryder DiFrancesco, GasGas [12-6] 7. Levi Kitchen, Kawasaki [2-19] 8. Parker Ross, Yamaha [11-10] 9. Seth Hammaker, Kawasaki [5-16] 10. Garrett Marchbanks, Kawasaki [10-12] 11. Nate Thrasher, Yamaha [7-15] 12. Maximus Vohland, Yamaha [15-8] 13. Tom Vialle, KTM [3-21] 14. Lux Turner, KTM [13-11] 15. Dilan Schwartz, Yamaha [38-7] 16. Julien Beaumer, KTM [16-13] 17. Avery Long, KTM [22-9] 18. Jordon Smith, Triumph [9-22] 19. Drew Adams, Kawasaki [17-17] 20. Austin Forkner, Triumph [33-14] 21. Alexander Fedortsov, Yamaha [21-18] 22. Mark Fineis, Honda [18-36] 23. Gage Linville, KTM [19-26] 24. CJ Benard, KTM [24-20] 25. Jack Chambers, Kawasaki [20-38] Motocross Results Pala 450 Results | 250 Results Hangtown 450 Results | 250 Results Thunder Valley 450 Results | 250 Results High Point 450 Results | 250 Results Southwick 450 Results | 250 Results Supercross Results Anaheim 1 450 Results | 250W Results San Diego 450 Results | 250W Results Anaheim 2 450 Results | 250W Results Glendale 450 Results | 250W Results Tampa 450 Results | 250E Results Detroit 450 Results | 250E Results Arlington 450 Results | 250W Results Daytona 450 Results | 250E Results Indianapolis 450 Results | 250 E/W Results Birmingham 450 Results | 250E Results Seattle 450 Results | 250W Results Foxborough 450 Results | 250E Results Philadelphia 450 Results | 250 E/W Results New Jersey 450 Results | 250E Results Pittsburgh 450 Results | 250E Results Denver 450 Results | 250W Results Salt Lake City 450 Results | 250 E/W Results More SuperMotocross News Jo Shimoda earns RedBud sweep, becomes third 250 winner Jett Lawrence crashes in Moto 2 before sweeping RedBud Jo Shimoda wins RedBud Moto 1, Haiden Deegan crashes Jett Lawrence wins RedBud Moto 1, Eli Tomac retires RedBud 450 Qualification | 250 Qualification RedBud Preview | Betting Guide Chase Sexton set to return at RedBud Southwick 450 results | 250 results Motocross community mourns the death of Aidan Zingg Jett Lawrence sweeps Southwick for fifth win of 2025
NBC Sports
24-06-2025
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Jo Shimoda named to 2025 Motocross of Nations (MXoN) Japanese team
Jo Shimoda will lead the Japanese team in the 2025 Motocross of Nations (MXoN), which will be held in the United States at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana, October 3 - 5. This is the first MXoN team to be announced for 2025. Shimoda will compete in the premier MXGP class. Shimoda's previous MXoN start was in the MX2 division in 2022 when Japan finished 24th. Joining Shimoda this year will be his teammate from 2022, Yuki Okura, who will compete in the Open division. Soya Nakajima in MX2 rounds out the roster. Shimoda got off to a strong start in Pro Motocross this season, finishing second overall in the first two rounds on the strength of second-place finishes in all four motos. He has not stood on the podium since with a best moto finish of fourth at Thunder Valley MX Park in Lakewood, Colorado. His last two Nationals results were sixth overall. His strong start contributed to Shimoda sitting second in the 250 championship, with 42 points separating him from the leader, Haiden Deegan. More SuperMotocross News Southwick Preview | Betting odds Chad Reed among 2025 AMA HoF inductees Chance Hymas out for remainder of 2025 High Point 450 Results | 250 Results Jett Lawrence wins High Point overall; Eli Tomac takes Moto 2 Haiden Deegan shrugs off last week, sweeps High Point Jett Lawrence stalls in High Point Moto 1, recovers, wins Haiden Deegan wins High Point 250 Moto 1, restarts streak High Point 450 Qualification | 250 Qualification Cameron McAdoo update
Japan Times
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Times
Celebrating Japan's defeat at Shimoda's Black Ships Festival
The crowd assembled in the parking lot of Shimoda Community Hall is a motley crew of spectators from far and near, Edo Period (1603-1868) samurai and geisha, and a small band of Star Wars stormtroopers led by series' villain Kylo Ren. When the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet Band takes the stage with a raucous jazz performance, the crowd of locals, foreign residents and overseas visitors breaks into enthusiastic applause. It's a festive atmosphere for an undeniably odd cause: The Black Ship Festival celebrates Japan's near-complete military and political capitulation to the United States. In 1853, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay with four coal-fired, black smoke-belching warships, a show of gunboat diplomacy meant to threaten the Tokugawa shogunate with mass destruction if it did not open trade relations with the U.S. and change its policy of self-imposed national isolation known as 'sakoku' that had been in effect for 220 years. After giving the shogunate until the following year to make a decision, Perry returned with 10 ships and 1,600 soldiers, landing at Yokohama, where the Convention of Kanagawa was signed. This opened Shimoda, today about 3½ hours south of central Tokyo, and Hakodate in Hokkaido as ports that would receive American vessels, just as later unequal treaties between Japan and the U.S. would grant extraterritoriality and other special rights to any American citizen who visited Japan's shores. The Black Ship Festival sees the biggest crowds of the year descend upon Shimoda, a sleepy coastal community at the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula. | TODD FONG The Black Ship would largely be seen as a national humiliation for Japan and a major factor in the 1868 Meiji Restoration that overthrew the shogunate and kickstarted Japan's breakneck pace of modernization throughout the late-19th and early-20th centuries. However, at the Black Ship Festival, held this year from May 16 to 18, the mood isn't one of national disgrace but of intercultural glee. On the Saturday of the festival, a reenactment of the signing of the 1858 Treaty of Amity and Commerce that formalized Perry's demands is held at Ryosen Temple, the same location American diplomat Townsend Harris negotiated the treaty with his Japanese counterparts. Amid the lovely aroma of hundreds of blooming jasmine bushes, a small crowd watches intently as costumed actors portray the official opening of Japan to the West. Tatsumi Onose played the role of Commodore Perry for the 2023 and 2024 festivals and will be returning to play that part this year. Onose hails from Osaka but makes the long journey to Shimoda each year because he says he enjoys the Sunday parade and marching bands. When asked if it feels strange to hold such a celebration in honor of Japan's military failure, Onose shrugs, saying if it wasn't America forcing Japan to end its seclusion, it would have been another country soon thereafter. A kimono fashion show forms a part of the Black Ship Festival, making it a worthwhile destination for more than just fans of Japanese history. | TODD FONG 'Japan learned a lot through its relationship with the U.S.,' says Onose, 37, adding that Perry's arrival spurred Japan to catch up with the rest of the world during the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Also located on the grounds of Ryosen Temple is the compact Museum of Black Ship, which holds a collection of relics and photographs related to the events that took place there and some Black Ship-related omiyage (souvenirs) for naval history buffs. After the reenactment, diplomatic representations take a backseat to plain, old good times. A small group of kimono aficionados, a mix of Japanese and foreign-born members of which I am a part, put on a fashion show at the temple combining kimono and Western-style fashion in a fusion of cultures, a fitting theme for the festivities. For much of the daylight hours of the weekend, most of the streets of downtown Shimoda are closed to motorized traffic. Instead, they're flooded with revelers watching free street performances of local musicians playing everything from bluegrass to traditional folk songs, snapping selfies with Edo Period costumed actors and local mascots, or enjoying food and beverages from the dozens of stalls set up in empty lots and along the sides of buildings. The Black Ship Festival is an eclectic mix of Japanese period reenactors, active service U.S. Navy sailors and pop culture fans. | TODD FONG Among them are members of the U.S. Navy, taking leave from the naval base in Yokosuka to the north to enjoy the unusual atmosphere of the Black Ship Festival. Last year, sailors Eric Barnes and Aubrey Smith were among the enlisted personnel visiting Shimoda. Despite serving at Yokosuka for several years, the pair enjoy the opportunity to attend the festival whenever they can. "You can't find festivals like this in America," says Smith. "Everyone is kind and polite,' Barnes agrees. 'Especially the kids." As if on cue, a young Japanese boy approaches, motioning to his camera and asking for a photo with the sailors. They oblige him with big grins, and the boy skips happily away before returning to hand them each a piece of Hi-Chew candy. On Sunday morning around 9 a.m., it's time for the highlight of the Black Ship Festival: the parade. The 7th Fleet Band takes its place at the head of the column, energizing the participants and crowd alike with infectious jazz performances. They are followed by costumed groups of Edo Period actors, schoolchildren on unicycles, marching bands from local schools and kimono models. Along the 1-kilometer route, residents and visitors alike line Shimoda's narrow streets, waving to and high-fiving participants. The aroma of grilled yakisoba noodles and taiyaki (fish-shaped cakes with sweet fillings) floats in the air, and the crowd claps along to the music of the bands. Musical performances, street food and more turn Shimoda's streets into a bustling affair during the Black Ship Festival. | TODD FONG Regardless of the historical context, it's this atmosphere that attracts many of the Japanese visitors to the Black Ship Festival. "It's a magical place where tourists, U.S. Navy personnel and locals can enjoy being together," says Yasuyuki Kurushima, 46, a Tokyo resident who participates in the kimono fashion show at Ryosen Temple. Kimono show emcee Mika Endou agrees. "The shop staff and visitors are all so kind, and there are smiling faces everywhere,' says Endou, who travels to Shimoda from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. 'The festival creates a sense of unity that makes me want to participate year after year." The festival is a boon for the businesses of Shimoda, who see their largest crowds of the year throughout the event. Although Shimoda is known as a summer destination with pristine, white sand beaches and turquoise waters reminiscent of Hawaii, the offseason is particularly brutal on the city's small businesses. Many remain shuttered on weekdays until the weather warms up and summer vacationers start to arrive in larger numbers. Come mid-May, though, the Black Ship Festival gives Shimoda reason to open up — not unlike how Japan was so unceremoniously forced to way back in 1853. "I'm already excited to ride the express train (from Tokyo) to the festival because it feels like a school trip,' says Nodoka Nakamoto, who participates in the kimono fashion show. 'And when we arrive, the people of Shimoda greet us with smiles, which makes me smile, too."
