Haiden Deegan had RIP Jett on shirt at the Pala press conference but the Aussie super talent has come back to life pretty fast with a dominant 1-1 at Hangtown with Deegan starting behind Jett in moto one and eventually getting dropped then passed by Hunter and had Prado closing in late until the KTM rider’s engine went bang!
Deegan started tenth in race two and rode himself into third in another good ride, but he is still looking for the pace to win – so we asked him was he surprised at the pace of the Lawrence brothers when he started with them in moto one,
Deegan said: “Just keep building on these weekends. I think that’s the only way I can progress is if I’m up there every weekend, I’m getting some better starts or a little better today. At first, when I was a pretty good start, I was able to run with the boys and just kind of get that feel”.
They’re fast, so find their lines and see how they do it up there. And that’s kind of my thing right now. And just keep doing each weekend and hopefully keep on rolling in.”
We then asked if he is surprised at the level of speed at the front compared to what he was expecting…“No, it’s what I expected. It’s nothing surprising. I know these boys are quick, and I think it kind of goes back to the fact of just each weekend trying to close that gap. I get a whole lot better than Fox and just make baby steps and not ride over my head also, so I got to take that into account, and going back to kind of my 250 rookie season, I just kept building each weekend and was there for every race, and I feel like that’s my goal for this 450 season as well.”
Is the American looking forward to Lucas Coenen lining up this weekend? “I’m down to ride with anyone that’s cool, and those guys come over again and race. I feel like every GP guy is slowly making their way over here. I don’t know why that is. The money is better, but maybe I’ll just start to go over there and race those guys next, but I don’t know. I think the coolest one is if Herlings came over again and race, that would be sick”.