Cole Davies dominated AMA SX250 East Triple Crown at Indianapolis winning all 3 races in style. The Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing rider produced blistering speed and precise placement of bike on the track to grab an early lead in all 3 races to win by comfortable margins of 2.031 seconds in R1, 2.207 seconds in R2, and 0.864 seconds in R3. Honda HRC Progressive rider – Jo Shimoda – proved his 2025 SMX 250 Championship Title was his to defend – finishing 2nd with Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider – Seth Hammaker – closing the points lead to one point finishing 3rd.
AMA SX250 East Triple Crown at Indianapolis Highlights.
With Davies holding the Red Plate on 64 points followed by Seth Hammaker on 63, Pierce Brown and Jo Shimoda tied on 62, the up-coming 7 Rounds – including 250 E/W showdowns at Birmingham, St Louis, and the Final Round at Salt Lake City – will be unreal to watch and predict the results. Breaking down the stats at Indy, Davies dominated all 3 races with best lap-times of: 44.107 in R1, 45.951 in R2, and 45.818 in R3. The kiwi’s best lap times were made in Lap 3 in all 3 races, making up 2 positions from 3rd at the hole-shot to 1st in R1 and R2, and completing 9 passes in R3 from 10th at the first turn to 1st by Lap 4.
Standing 2nd overall in SX250 East Championship – Seth Hammaker had built plenty of momentum coming into Indy after finishing 4th at Arlington and taking the win at Daytona Beach one week ago. 3 gate-drops resulted in 3 different results with Hammaker making up 4 positions from 7th at the hole-shot to 3rd at the chequered in R1, losing 3 positions from 6th at the first turn to 9th at the finish in R2, and firing up the adrenalin from 11th at the hole-shot to 2nd in R3.
Taking SX250 East Opening Round win at Arlington – Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing rider – Pierce Brown – completed R1 in 10th, R2 in 3rd, and R3 in 4th, to place 3rd overall in the Championship standings. Tied in points with Shimoda overall, Brown leveraged one position in R2 from 4th to 3rd with Shimoda holding 2nd around the first turn to 2nd at the chequered, 14 laps later. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory rider- Daxton Bennick – completed Indy’s Triple Crown in 4th, with a nice hole-shot in R1, setting the fastest times in sectors 1 and 3 in R1 and sectors 4 and 7 in R3.
AMA SX250 E/W Showdown Round 10 Birmingham, March 21.
Header photo: Cole Davies taking AMA SX250 East Triple Crown win at Indianapolis. Image: @align.with.us RacerX.
Words: Sharon Cox.
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