Jo Shimoda Secures Top-Five 250SX West Result in Seattle

With his hand injury now healed, the Japanese rider sits fourth in series points
Phoenix Racing Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis finishes fifth in 450SX

Honda HRC Progressive continued its 2025 AMA Supercross campaign this weekend in Seattle, where Jo Shimoda represented the team in the 250SX West division. Despite some tough competition, Shimoda had a steady night, finishing fifth in the main event. With Honda’s satellite teams continuing to lead the brand’s efforts in the premier class, Phoenix Racing Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis rode to a solid fifth-place result.

Shimoda positioned himself within the top 10 early in the 250SX main event, then set about finding a rhythm on the deteriorating, rutted track. The Japanese rider quickly moved his CRF250RWE into the top five but lost a spot just before the midway point. He regained the position five laps later and maintained it through the rest of the race. Phoenix Racing Honda’s Gavin Towers rode consistently to finish 10^th, while SLR Honda’s Parker Ross crossed the line in 14^th.

In the 450SX main event, Phoenix Racing Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis put in a decent ride to finish fifth. Quad Lock Honda Racing’s Shane McElrath had a more challenging race but climbed through the pack, ultimately crossing the line in 14^th.

NOTES

Although the weather held off on race day, Friday’s rain led to the cancellation of press riding and Saturday-morning free practice. As a result, riders went directly into qualifying.
South Bound Motorsports, a popular Washington Powerhouse dealer with locations in Lakewood and Bremerton, staffed a pop-up activation booth in the Honda HRC Progressive pits, where they displayed a CRF125F Big Wheel and a CRF450RWE, and engaged with fans and customers.
Local enthusiast Chris Taylor brought a beautiful replica of Jeremy McGrath’s 1992 Peak Honda Pro Circuit CR125R, along with a 1996 CR250R and other classic bikes, displaying them in the Honda HRC Progressive pit area.
Jett and Hunter Lawrence missed the Supercross race to support the Honda HRC Castrol riders at the Austin MotoGP round.
Honda HRC Progressive’s Jo Shimoda placed sixth overall in 250SX West combined qualifying. Other Red Riders to advance into the heat races included Phoenix Racing Honda’s Gavin Towers, Raylentless Racing’s Brandon Ray and SLR Honda’s Parker Ross.
In 450SX combined qualifying, Phoenix Racing Honda’s Dylan Ferrandis was seventh overall, with Quad Lock Honda Racing’s Shane McElrath qualifying in 13^th. Other Red Riders to make it into the night program included Next Level racers Hunter Schlosser and Justin Rodbell, as well as RSR’s Zack Williams.
Shimoda got a strong jump off the gate in 250SX West heat 1 and stayed in the top three throughout the heat, finishing in third. Towers finished fifth, Ross was eighth, and Ray was ninth. All four riders secured spots in the main event.
McElrath finished fifth in 450SX heat 2, with Ferrandis following in sixth, both earning spots in the main event. Schlosser secured his main event spot with a fourth-place result in the LCQ.
Next up, the series heads back east to Foxborough, Massachusetts, for round 12, where Honda HRC Progressive’s Chance Hymas will resume racing in 250SX East.

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450SX Results

Cooper Webb (Yam)
Chase Sexton (KTM)
Aaron Plessinger (KTM)
Ken Roczen (Suz)
Dylan Ferrandis (Hon)
Justin Cooper (Yam)
Malcolm Stewart (Hus)
Justin Barcia (Gas)
Benny Bloss (Bet)
Justin Hill (KTM)

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14. Shane McElrath (Hon)

22. Hunter Schlosser (Hon)

450SX Championship Points (after 11 of 17 rounds)

Cooper Webb (236)
Chase Sexton (225)
Ken Roczen (202)
Malcolm Stewart (177)
Justin Cooper (176)
Justin Barcia (156)
Jason Anderson (151)
Aaron Plessinger (145)
Justin Hill (137)
Dylan Ferrandis (108)

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11. Shane McElrath (104)

14. Joey Savatgy (80)

16. Jett Lawrence (71)

18. Hunter Lawrence (62)

26. Vince Friese (14)

250SX West Results

Cole Davies (Yam)
Garrett Marchbanks (Kaw)
Haiden Deegan (Yam)
Julien Beaumer (KTM)
Jo Shimoda (Hon)
Michael Mosiman (Yam)
Enzo Lopes (Yam)
Coty Schock (Yam)
Cole Thompson (Yam)
Gavin Towers (Hon)

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14. Parker Ross (Hon)

22. Brandon Ray (Hon)

250SX West Region Championship Points (after 7 of 10 rounds)

Haiden Deegan (149)
Julien Beaumer (135)
Cole Davies (129)
Jo Shimoda (119)
Coty Schock (104)
Jordon Smith (95)
Garrett Marchbanks (95)
Michael Mosiman (95)
Hunter Yoder (65)
Lux Turner (63)

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12. Parker Ross (51)

18. Gavin Towers (33)

31. Noah Viney (4)

35. Billy Laninovich (1)

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Jo Shimoda ³⁰

“I know I have a lot of work to do, but my fingers are good and my body feels fine. No excuses–the team and I are going to keep working hard to get everything dialed in. We’ve got three more rounds, and I definitely want to be on the podium—honestly, I just want to win. But for now, we’ll keep pushing, and hopefully we can show the fans a better result in the next race.”

Lars Lindstrom

Team Manager

“It was nice to dodge the weather and have a real racetrack this weekend. With an open stadium in Seattle, you never know what you’ll get—but most of the time you’ll get rain! I think we managed the day well with Jo, but in the end, we just weren’t consistent enough with jumping the rhythms, with the difficult, rutty track. We have to figure out how to get better in those situations.”