250 RACE RESULTS // 2023 LOS ANGELES SMX PLAYOFF #3

The Supermotocross final is here; Hunter Lawrence, unfortunately, had an injury from the free practice yesterday that he agitated in qualifying today and will sit out this evening. The battle is on between Jo Shimoda and Haiden Deegan, as the winner of the two will take the overall. The track is very technical, and lap times are very close, a perfect recipe for a good race. For all the results and updates, check out below.

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250 OVERALL RESULTS 

Up front early in the second moto, Levi Kitchen was the one to lead them around. Title contender Jordon Smith unfortunately found himself on the ground and out of contention. As for Jo Shimoda, he had three Star Racing Yamaha’s between him and the win. Kitchen, Deegan, and Cooper would settle one, two, and three, headed past the halfway point. Haiden Deegan kept pace and seemed to be riding within his zone and not over-riding. Through the moto, the Star Racing Yamaha riders were able to maintain about a six-second lead over Jo Shimoda. Jo would make a charge through the closing laps, but it would not be enough. Deegan would end up second in the moto and take the overall for the 2023 Supermotocross series.

POS	#	NAME	M1	M2
1	238	Haiden Deegan	5	2
2	30	Jo Shimoda	4	4
3	24	RJ Hampshire	2	6
4	32	Justin Cooper	7	3
5	43	Levi Kitchen	10	1
6	58	Jordon Smith	1	10
7	33	Pierce Brown	8	5
8	38	Jalek Swoll	6	8
9	34	Maximus Vohland	9	6
10	128	Tom Vialle	3	13
11	339	Talon Hawkins	11	9
12	85	Dilan Schwartz	12	11
13	49	Mitchell Oldenburg	13	14
14	67	Cullin Park	14	15
15	285	Coty Schock	15	16
16	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	21	12
17	71	Preston Kilroy	16	17
18	243	Caden Braswell	17	19
19	41	Derek Kelley	19	18
20	57	Chris Blose	18	22
21	125	Luke Neese	18	22
22	508	Hunter Yoder	22	21

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250 MOTO ONE RESULTS 

In the first moto, Haiden Deegan was aggressive from the gate drop, but the Factory KTM rider of Tom Vialle led them around the first laps of the race. Jo Shimoda started around the eighth position and had to start picking his way through the pack, where he had to pass the likes of Justin Cooper and Jalek Swoll, who did not make it easy on him. Around mid-way, Haiden Deegan started his attack on leader Tom Vialle when Haiden’s teammate Jordon Smith slid inside him and made the pass, moving Haiden back to third. Smith then went on to pass for the lead, making the move uphill out of the Coliseum. Through the change in positioning, Haiden Deegan ended up just one place in front of Jo Shimoda going into the race’s final laps. Jo did not seem to be making up much ground, but he turned on the aggression and made a costly block pass and took the position away from Deegan. Jo would desperately search for a way around Vialle to put some distance between Shimoda and Haiden Deegan. Jo would not get Vialle by the end but would hold off Deegan.  Jordon Smith would win the moto, his first win in five years.

Pos	#	Name
1	58	Jordon Smith
2	24	RJ Hampshire
3	128	Tom Vialle
4	30	Jo Shimoda
5	238	Haiden Deegan
6	38	Jalek Swoll
7	32	Justin Cooper
8	33	Pierce Brown
9	34	Maximus Vohland
10	43	Levi Kitchen
11	339	Talon Hawkins
12	85	Dilan Schwartz
13	49	Mitchell Oldenburg
14	67	Cullin Park
15	285	Coty Schock
16	71	Preston Kilroy
17	243	Caden Braswell
18	125	Luke Neese
19	41	Derek Kelley
20	75	Ryder DiFrancesco
21	57	Chris Blose
22	508	Hunter Yoder

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