Congrats Joe Shimoda SMX 250 Champ!

Easily the biggest balls out there. Jo took every cheap shot Haiden threw at him and responded by beating him straight up. 

Respect for Jo ! Kept his cool and as a result got the title 

Dude is an absolute class act! Focused on racing and is as nice as they come!! Well deserved 

Has never been anything other than total class. Well deserved!

Jason couldn't quit talking about how Joe didn't have the mental experience. Boy was he wrong!

Jo did it the right way, been awesome to watch his growth as a rider. 

Super impressed, he took everything and kept putting in fast laps. Congrats Joe! 

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Just because Deegan can’t keep the bike upright doesn’t mean Jo gets an asterisk. 

The Jo Show won it straight up! A lil wasabi for his rival and he cleans up with samuri honor.

He will be great on the 450. 

Most impressive thing is that he had literally no comment on the haiden thing on the broadcast. Jo cool for sure.

Wasabi Jo handing all of the spice tonight!

Congrats to JO for all the hard work and it pays off. Watching him Seth Hammaker both humble quite and hard working. I will take that class everytime

“I don’t speak English”

I hope they play that clip forever. 

Jo talking about Deegan’s shit talking on the line during the press conference was awesome. 

Deegan: You have no idea what’s about to happen to you.

Jo: I don’t speak English. 

Bahahaha!!! Jo owned Deegan tonight in so many ways. 
Deegan channeled his inner crazy Allessi, what an epic meltdown. Sheesh. I guess Kitchen was the beginning of his unwinding  🤷‍♂️

Bizarre. 

Congratulations Jo ! 

Can we get a public apology from Paul P now?! 😂

I'm stoked for Joe and his team. Well deserved.

Congrats Jo!

Just watched the press conference and he was as cool as you like.  Who can’t like Jo???

If he could only find the aggression at the start of the season who knows what he could achieve

Love his riding but his personality and class are tops. His pass on TV - lol - just picking up a little extra spending money on my way lol. 

I feel like Jo made a lot of fans last night. I always liked him, but he is definitely my favorite in the 250s now. The way he handled every single thing that was thrown at him last night was spot on. If only he wouldn’t have got hurt at the beginning of supercross.

All it took was a collaboration between HRC and MEK riders the AMA taking away Deegs lines and hamstringing him with a BS probation. 
Even with all that turns out Joe couldn’t beat Deegs straight up. Turns out the only racer who can beat Deegs is Deegs. 

* = Dumb-ass!

Honda not only walked away with Both championships but they also walked away with the Class Act award.

You think Joe is a dumbass? 

There’s absolutely no asterisk on Shimodas championship. Deegan rides like a punk when he’s against the ropes. And the way he runs his mouth I’m surprised it’s taken this long for someone to retaliate with some authority. 

No I think Deegan is!