Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Haiden Deegan scores first win of 2025 and Cole Davies a career-first podium at Round 3 of the 250SX West Championship
MARIETTA, Ga. – January 27, 2025 – Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Haiden Deegan returned to the top with a dominant performance at Anaheim 2, scoring his first win of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross season and making championship gains in the 250SX West title fight. Joining him on the podium was rookie Cole Davies, who rode to a third-place finish in the tricky conditions from the rain that arrived during the main event at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. Their teammate Michael Mosiman continued his upward momentum at Round 3, also earning his best result of the season thus far in seventh.
Deegan qualified third and was third after the start of his heat race. The back-to-back 250SMX Champion threw down some fast laps and went on to score his second heat race win of the season. In the main event, he grabbed the holeshot, set a fast pace despite the challenging conditions, and built a gap up front to earn his first win of the season by a 4.5-second margin. The 19-year-old also made championship gains with his victory, advancing him to second in the 250SX West point standings and seven points from the top spot.
It was another strong performance from Davies, who qualified fourth and scored a runner-up finish in his heat race. In the main event, he was seventh after the first lap but kept pushing and made his way to fourth on Lap 6. The 17-year-old New Zealander continued to ride a strong race and would advance to third on the final lap after a rider ahead crashed. The rookie’s first career podium has him leaving Southern California fifth in the point standings and trailing the leader by 17 points.
Mosiman continued to make progress at the third round of the championship. He qualified fifth and got a good start to his heat race in second. The Californian battled to maintain the position and would cross the line second for a stellar 1-2 finish for the team. In the main event, he unfortunately got caught up in the chaos after the start and had an early crash. Mosiman rejoined at the back of the field and fought his way through the pack to earn his best result of the season in seventh.
Next weekend, the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing team heads to Glendale, Arizona, for the first Triple Crown event of the season and Round 4 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross 250SX West Championship and the SuperMotocross World Championship Series at the State Farm Stadium on February 1.
Jensen Hendler – Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing 250 Team Manager
“It was a great A2 for the team. All three guys qualified in the top five and had great heat races, with no one finishing worse than second, which was awesome. Haiden really came out swinging tonight. He rode great all day and won his heat race and the main. It’s great to leave here with 25 points and close some of the gap in the championship. It was also a great night for Cole, with his first podium in just his third pro race. It’s been great to see his progress this early. Michael made some more steps in the right direction. He had a good qualifying and heat race and had good speed, but unfortunately went down early in the race and came back to seventh. One more west coast round next week before we start with the east coast. We’ll keep working and look to have another good night in Glendale at the triple crown.”
Haiden Deegan – Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing #38
“Today was solid. We had a pretty good qualifying and I felt really good on the bike. We worked hard this week to have the bike perfect and we got that. I finished first in the heat race and first in the main with a pretty big lead. That was the goal, and it feels good.”
Cole Davies – Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing #100
“I felt good today on the bike. The first qualifying wasn’t the greatest, but I reset and came out for the second qualifying and was fourth. I was second in the heat race and put up a bit of a battle in that one. Then I was seventh after the start of the main event, made a few passes for fourth, and then Smitty (Jordon Smith) went down on the last lap through the whoops. The track was gnarly. It was a good race and I got my first career podium, so I’m stoked about that.”
Michael Mosiman – Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing #93
“Anaheim 2 was another day of progress. I was second in free practice, and was closer to the top all day, and had pretty good speed. I had a good heat race and got a good start, but in the main, it unraveled a bit with chaos in the second turn. Davies was falling and I hit him and propped him back up. Then I started falling myself and a couple of guys ran into me. So I started from last and made it back to seventh. There were a lot of positives to take away. I was able to charge through the whole moto, so that felt good. I’m just happy to be healthy and continue to build. As long as we can stay healthy, I think we can be winning these things in no time.”
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