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00:00watch for who gets a really good jump it's vial the co-points leader but sneaking through on the
00:07inside is the man who he's tied with in the point set hammocker sat hammocker got an awesome first
00:14corner he's able to hug those inside tough blocks he's able to get by tom vial squeeze him out use
00:20up the track to his advantage that was a fantastic start by the number 56 of set hammocker and rc
00:27when you look at the top four those are your one through four through our point so in in the correct
00:32order so when we wanted to see what's going to happen i know it's the heat race but this is what
00:36we wanted to see well that's right and remember this is like a main event it's all the top guys
00:42from the 250 east division going for this championship a lot on the line even in this heat
00:47race set hammocker is so proud to be displaying that red plate which designates championship
00:57leader in this case co-championship leader because this is home family friends people who have
01:04known him since he grew up here they are here cheering him on this is a massive afternoon well
01:08and he had a great light uh oh down goes vial i think he get he got cross-rutted up maybe jumping
01:16that triple in yeah he james you better pick it up because i think this is where you forget as a rider
01:21that this is an east-west shootout so not only it's right at that lcq you're going to have guys
01:26that you haven't raced all year long or at least only once all year and yeah he doesn't look like
01:31he's in a rush and he's on that plywood that plywood is very slippery let's take a look at the
01:37insta 360 replay to see what happened to the champion yeah you can see him here and he starts to
01:43fade back over to the left a little bit you can see that wiggle and he got in there and he just
01:48jumped on that tough block actually got off pretty lucky but right here you can see that bike shoot
01:52over to the left and he's on for the ride at this point you can see him he's frozen he's just waiting
01:57for whatever happens oh he did he hit that right side that right shoulder pretty hard he ain't hustling
02:03like you said james probably not anticipating how hard that last chance is going to be
02:09man that was a tough blow to the title contender tom vial tied in points with this guy right here
02:15he rode straight off the track and straight up the tunnel he will see him in the lcq that's very
02:20clear last week he finished last in the mud in massachusetts and this week here in philly he's
02:27headed to the lcq yeah the lcq and this is a trickle effect because even if he comes out and wins that lcq
02:32what is that going to do for the starting position but back on the track as you can see rj hampshire
02:38number 24 on the husqvarna and last week's winner chance hymas they're going at it but
02:43they're about three seconds behind the leader will that's right chance hymas putting himself in another
02:49good position this weekend james and ricky you talked about it at the top there before the gate
02:55drop happened and the fact that chance hymas is now back in the hunt for this championship
03:00now he had to kind of refocus a little bit or that was his thoughts at least he spoke to you on title
03:0524 on your podcast there about that when i checked in with him today he said that was short lived he
03:10said he realized that he had to get back to what actually got him there for that win and that was
03:15making sure he didn't look too big picture wasn't focused on the championship but just was focused
03:19on the small gains and just making improvements and getting those results it ended up in the winds
03:25he's like well why am i going to change that when that has clearly worked so we kind of have a bit of
03:30a mental reset for him and here he is with another strong performance so far yeah that's right and
03:35and james i think sometimes for some riders thinking less than just going out and not
03:40worrying about the championship you're able to put in better rides maybe takes the pressure off a bit
03:46some people like that pressure uh to each his own in that in that regard but this guy is uh is riding
03:54really well here tonight let's have a look at the bright yellow outfit of austin faulkner the factory
04:00triumph rider that was a massive save that could have been very ugly james i don't know if if you're
04:08seeing what i'm seeing but the whoops they look very very slick at the beginning saw melzeman do the
04:13same thing that's how he went down in the first heat race yeah those guys what's happening is they're
04:19coming out of that corner and we're trying to build as much speed as they can get going into those
04:22wolves while also shifting and if they don't get that ship right then the rpms rev up on the motorcycle
04:28and it's like driving your car in second gear the thing starts spinning the rear end goes side and
04:32side and then you're on for the ride that's what we saw happen with austin back and forth is nate
04:39thrasher the birmingham winner and then his teammate from monster energy star yamaha daxton bennick then
04:46max voland and then cullen park fresh from his podium in foxborough a week ago just over a minute plus a
04:52lap left and seth hammocker boasts a four and a half second lead seth hammocker story is just
04:59absolutely incredible when you think about where he was and where he is now basically restarting his
05:05career over doubling down going to the dog pound which is where the lawrence brothers ride and working with
05:13michael byrne off and on the track as a riding coach and just being around those vibes of the lawrence
05:20brothers learning from them he has made huge improvements all season long he's a completely
05:26different guy and it's so comforting to see and what that journey has been like very tough to do
05:32well he's been looking forward to this afternoon and this whole weekend
05:36for quite some time here he is in his own words
05:43one for sure that's the one on the schedule that i can't wait to get to and for it to be east-west
05:47showdown again and after coming off the win in india at east-west so a lot of family friends will be
05:52supporting me there and looking forward to trying to get another one
05:57well starting in this way he's well on track to getting another one that's for sure
06:02and with his title rival and co-points leader on the ground and out the back tom vial the day could
06:08not have started better for seth hammocker chance hymas who has spent the week ricky you speak about
06:14uh practicing and honing his skills at the dog pound right the lawrence brothers in florida he
06:19spent the weekend practicing and training for motocross for the upcoming pro motocross season
06:24chance hymas so no resting after his first career main event victory he's had a good week
06:30these guys rarely have opportunities to rest especially during the season or if you have an injury
06:35right james hey like rest rest what are you talking about resting is on the plane flight home
06:44got a shot here at rj hampshire yeah it almost seems like you got to be really aggressive once
06:50you get close as chances you got to just make that pass because if you just funnel back in the track
06:56these guys are doing the same thing unless you kind of make a mistake the guy in front of you it's
06:59gonna be hard to pass it's like driving down the freeway and you're waiting to get into the fast lane
07:04if you wait it's over so there's seth hammocker crossing the line well out in front more than six
07:12seconds that's his first heat win of the year over hampshire and hymas continuing his momentum
07:19meanwhile a little further back henry miller you knows his number 87 on that blue hot uh blue yamaha
07:27excuse me he's trying to get it he's lost too much ground now and miller is in that all-important
07:35ninth and final transfer position to go straight to the east-west showdown main event and he does it well
07:43it's all done