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Go back and watch last year at Pala, or honestly almost any race. Most of the top 250 guys couldn’t put together two solid motos without crashing, getting bad starts, or fading late. Deegan deserves credit for being the most consistent rider in the class, and his fitness is clearly above the rest of the 250 field, but that’s very different from beating established 450-level talent. A lot of people act like he was dominating with pure speed, but he rarely had the fastest laps in motos. What separated him was consistency, conditioning, and minimizing mistakes while everyone else fell...

Barring some injuries in the next two weeks or so, here's what the lineup for Fox Raceway is looking like in the 250 class. Scoring points will be a mission for many. Factory 250s Jo Shimoda - HRC Chance Hymas - HRC Levi Kitchen - Pro Circuit Cameron McAdoo - Pro Circuit Seth Hammaker - Pro Circuit Nick Romano - Pro Circuit Cole Davies - Star Racing Nate Thrasher - Star Racing Caden Dudney - Star Racing Max Anstie - Star Racing Kayden Minear - Star Racing Landen Gordon - Star Racing Michael Mosiman - Star Racing Ryder DiFrancesco -...

The Suzuki RM-Z450 dominated the first 10 years of four stroke racing. From Carmichael to Reed to Dungey to Roczen, the bike proved that it could win across multiple riders and multiple teams (RCH). The last championship was in 2016, and by most accounts (certainly here on Vital) there has been no development on the bike since then. And, yet, here it is proving to still be championship caliber, despite the kickstarter, and despite being run by a non-factory team. Now, do I think it's the best bike today? No. But, overall, across the 20 years of four stroke racing...

He looks unreal these past two weekends. And with how good he looks now and Hunters crash and Tomacs slump, he might be a contender again. I'm a believer