Jo Shimoda Two Broken Fingers After Clipping Pit Board, Plans to Race

Zach Newberry

January 18, 2025 at 7:22 p.m.·1 min read

Breaking news coming in from RacerX's Aaron Hansel, who spoke with a Honda HRC Progressive personnel in the pits in San Diego after the big winner from Anaheim 1 in the 250SX West division and the championship points leader, Jo Shimoda, pulled off in 250SX West timed qualifying #2 earlier today.

The damage was two broken fingers from a pit board.

Breaking News 🚨 After Jo Shimoda left the second 250SX Group A qualifying session early, favoring his left wrist, Honda HRC Progressive confirmed an injury to the 250SX West championship leader.Our boots on the ground man Aaron Hansel spoke with Honda HRC personnel in the pits, who confirmed Shimoda leader suffered two broken fingers in his left (clutch) hand after...hitting a pit board!Honda did indicate to Hansel that Jo was going to attempt to race but his status is definitely in question for tonight’s race 🔴🔴 @joshimoda - RacerX via Instagram

Shimoda was holding his clutch (left) hand/wrist during the qualifying session in the mechanics area and never returned to the track, heading to the paddock.

Hansel indicated that Honda did say he would attempt to race tonight.

*Update: Shimoda raced the first 250SX West Heat Race to finish 7th and will advance to the main event later tonight.

Here is the video of the incident from Supercross:

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