Jett Lawrence took the round and the title with brother Hunter taking second at both as well. Adding to Honda’ s happiness was Jo Shimoda taking the 250cc honours, the first time a Japanese rider had won a Pro AMA title. The men in red dominated with the Lawrence brothers going 3-1( Hunter) and 1-2( Jett) and sealing the three round series. Jo Shimoda was impressive in his calm demeanour as he battled title rival Haiden Deegan. Shimoda needed a top three finish in the final moto but got edged back as far as eighth in the early stages. The biggest controversy of the entire series came as Shimoda worked his way back up to fourth by lap four. He then passed Deegan when Deegan seemed to slow down. From there on things got messy with plenty of contact and plenty for the officials to ponder in the washup … Both Shimoda and Deegan came down in one of these‘ contacts’ but Shimoda remounted in second, slipping to third late in the race but Deegan’ s day was done. The DNF through injury left his title lead overturned by Shimoda’ s strong finish and the Japanese Honda rider not only won the round but also the title. There may be more to come from the action in the final race as Honda are not happy with the level of contact that they say was deliberate and while the protests are still ongoing, Jo Shimoda remains calm and not saying anything to taint or provoke, happy that his riding speaks for itself. Plenty of passion as the riders look towards their break and hatch plans for next year.