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Arlington, Texas (February 24, 2024): Monster Energy Star Racing’s Danger Boy Deegan has done it! He has won his first career 250 Supercross and, as expected, celebrated it with a ghost ride after crossing the finish line! Deegan was in second place most of the race behind Kawasaki’s Austin Forkner until the latter made a mistake and had a massive crash that left him unable to rejoin the race.

“I am so amped right now. My first career win in Supercross, this is unreal…. Obviously, man, that’s terrible to see Austin, [he was] ripping, and to see that happen is sad, man. I wanted to fight for this with him, man. I wanted to go back and forth and bang bars this season. But it’s racing, and the pressure, you know, it gets to you… This is a very, very technical track. And I watched the heat race back and I saw Austin making several mistakes, and I was like, I mean, I made mistakes myself, but I was like, ‘If I clean up my riding and [can put on the] pressure, it’s any man’s race…’ I just had good flow around the whole track, and yeah, all I can say is: Welcome to the danger zone, baby!” – Haiden Deegan  

Photo credit: Feld Entertainment

The 18-year-old son of former pro racer turned FMX legend, Brian Deegan, honored his dad when he ghost-rode his bike after crossing the finish line. Although Brian Deegan did it as a celebration for the win years ago at the LA Coliseum, the AMA made a rule against it. True enough, there was indeed a ruling against it when Danger Boy received a written warning for violating the rider’s code of conduct.