HRC factory rider Jo Shimoda claiming the first 250SX West main event of the season with a wire-to-wire victory. Shimoda delivered an outstanding performance in the 250SX West class, leading from start to finish aboard his CRF250RWE to secure a dominant victory and the red plate heading into round 2. Other than a few small mistakes early on, Shimoda rode smooth, consistent laps until finishing 4.7 seconds ahead of the runner-up rider.

Jo Shimoda: I mean, this is the start I was looking for every single year. To be honest, I was sleeping on the gate, but we came out with a good start and I just put in some consistent laps, you know. I never looked back, but all this happened because of my team, Honda, my trainer, mechanic everyone. Yeah, it's just, my goal is to start the season good, and this is the best way to do it, so no, I feel really, really stoked. It's the whole experience like to have like the packed fans and first like, winning A1 is like everyone's dream, so just the whole experience was really good.