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00:00:36Seen to simmer back in January

00:00:38in Seattle, it boiled over.

00:00:40You see more contact. You see

00:00:41the altercation. You see a

00:00:42little slap from Hayden

00:00:44Deegan there. Now both sides

00:00:45have said that core heads have

00:00:46prevailed. They won't carry

00:00:48that into Philadelphia, but

00:00:49I'll leave you with this. A

00:00:51truce only holds until the

00:00:53first punch is thrown, and if

00:00:54both of those two take each

00:00:55other out tonight, the rider

00:00:56sitting in third place, Cole

00:00:57Davies, your Seattle winner

00:00:59and his governing body, the

00:01:01AMA, penalized both of those

00:01:02riders, Hayden Deegan and

00:01:03Julian Beaumere, financial

00:01:04fine, and just a few words to

00:01:06say, guys, we love your

00:01:07competitive spirit, but just

00:01:08calm it down a little bit. We

00:01:09don't want any silliness in

00:01:10Philly. No, we don't, but I

00:01:11think those guys are going to

00:01:12race pretty clean, but we're

00:01:13going to get the first

00:01:14opportunity because this race,

00:01:15you know, even though it's

00:01:16short, it's kind of like a

00:01:17main event. All the best of

00:01:18the West is here, and that's

00:01:19ready to watch. And James, if

00:01:20you go back to this race last

00:01:21year when Hayden Deegan had

00:01:22an opportunity to get to

00:01:23rough up Tom Biao, he

00:01:24didn't. He raced him clean.

00:01:25Best of the West division

00:01:26are on the line. They'll

00:01:27race first, then the East

00:01:28races, then we will go to

00:01:29the main event. These East

00:01:30West showdowns are fantastic.

00:01:32Let's do it Philadelphia

00:01:33style. It's a tricky track.

00:01:34There's been a lot of rain,

00:01:35muddy conditions.

00:01:37And a terrific stuff from

00:01:39Julian Bommere on the inside,

00:01:40on the KTM. Cole Davies as

00:01:41well. Fresh from his first

00:01:43career win, the teenager from

00:01:44New Zealand is doing a nice

00:01:46job. Track's going to be

00:01:48night and day difference from

00:01:49what it was earlier today. So

00:01:50these guys get an opportunity

00:01:51to kind of fill this out all

00:01:52the way to go to the main

00:01:53event. The East West showdowns

00:01:54are fantastic. Let's do it

00:01:55Philadelphia style. It's a

00:01:56tricky track. There's been a

00:01:57lot of rain, muddy

00:01:58conditions. And a terrific

00:02:00start from Julian Bommere on

00:02:01the inside on the KTM. Cole

00:02:02Davies as well. Fresh from

00:02:03his first career win. The

00:02:04teenager from New Zealand is

00:02:05doing a nice job. Track's

00:02:06track. You can't really get

00:02:07out of the track. You can't

00:02:08get out of the track. You

00:02:09can't really get out of the

00:02:10track. You can't really get

00:02:11out of the track. You can't

00:02:12fill this out. Although you

00:02:13want to race. Got to let this

00:02:15day play out, Lee. With as

00:02:17much rain as they've gotten in

00:02:18the last day and a half here

00:02:19in Philly, the SMX track crew

00:02:20have done a fabulous job. This

00:02:21is going to be like James said,

00:02:23a great race track. You'll

00:02:24leave America. It's a good

00:02:25run makes a small mistake at

00:02:27the end of the whoops. Yeah,

00:02:28and it's a lot different from

00:02:29earlier earlier was a lot

00:02:31wetter. They only had two

00:02:32opportunities to get on their

00:02:33track, so you might see

00:02:34some mistakes from these guys

00:02:35brought out a lot. Our SMX

00:02:37track crew had his chance to

00:02:38work on it, and now you can

00:02:39see a few little mistakes,

00:02:40but these guys have figured

00:02:41out really quick. Two-time

00:02:43SMX 250 world champion and

00:02:45current points leader. There

00:02:46he is there, Hayden Deegan on

00:02:47the 38. Check out what

00:02:49happened to Hayden earlier

00:02:50today. This was in time

00:02:52qualifying practice and face

00:02:54plants into the mud. Yeah,

00:02:56you look and watch his rear

00:02:57wheel just locks up. Not sure

00:02:59if he hit the rear brake and

00:03:00it caused the bike to stall

00:03:01right there. He was going

00:03:02sideways, most likely going to

00:03:03crash anyways, but I give him a

00:03:0710 on dismount. He had some

00:03:08fun with it. He was laughing.

00:03:09He acknowledged the fans and

00:03:10said, Oh, well, it was

00:03:11towards the end of the

00:03:12session anyway, and it

00:03:13hasn't harmed his race pace.

00:03:14He's right in the mix. It

00:03:15definitely hasn't as you've

00:03:16watched it. He's in a good

00:03:17spot right now. He's got his

00:03:18main competition and Julian

00:03:19on the KTM right in front of

00:03:20him. As you can see, he

00:03:21kind of makes a small

00:03:22mistake, but this race is

00:03:23still early in these tracks

00:03:24is still in the breaking in.

00:03:25He's in a good spot RC. Well,

00:03:26he is. And this is where it's

00:03:27going to be a lot of fun to

00:03:29watch these two great

00:03:31athletes and the battles that

00:03:32they've had all season long

00:03:33and see how they approach

00:03:35this heat race. I know this

00:03:36isn't where they're paying the

00:03:37main events, but do they

00:03:39start any funny business or

00:03:41retaliation from Seattle?

00:03:43We'll see. Well, well to

00:03:44give you a little insight on

00:03:45that Ricky. I got to have a

00:03:47good conversation with Julia

00:03:48Bowman about that subject

00:03:50early on today. And he said

00:03:51look about three days after

00:03:52the race there. I was done

00:03:53with it. He's like, I've

00:03:54realized this is being a

00:03:56distraction. I'm now more

00:03:57focused on that than I am on

00:03:58the racing. So complete

00:04:00focus shift. They also did

00:04:01some work on the bike. So

00:04:02he felt good on the bike too.

00:04:03He said he was trying to get

00:04:04better balance out of it. So

00:04:05all positives for Juju. He's

00:04:07telling himself, no, that's

00:04:08gone. We're moving on. We're

00:04:10moving on. We're going to

00:04:11get better balance out of

00:04:12the bike. So he felt good on

00:04:13the bike too. He said he

00:04:14was trying to get better

00:04:15balance out of it. So all

00:04:16was trying to get better.

00:04:18He was trying to get better

00:04:19than he was trying to get

00:04:20better balance out of it.

00:04:21So we're moving on. We're

00:04:22moving on. Focus inwards.

00:04:24Mike's doing great right now.

00:04:25He's in a good position. So

00:04:26can he hold up? I like that

00:04:28approach, James. I mean, you

00:04:29think about a guy like Kate

00:04:31Deegan who's been in the

00:04:32spotlight ever since he was a

00:04:34very young kid, and I think

00:04:36he feeds off of situations

00:04:37like that where maybe

00:04:38someone like Julian Blair

00:04:40doesn't and it could be a

00:04:42distraction for him like he

00:04:44told Will and I agree with

00:04:45that he's going to say that.

00:04:46I think that's more

00:04:48planning to hate his

00:04:50attitude how he is more than

00:04:51Julian. So right now, Julian

00:04:52is a threat. That's why these

00:04:54guys are having this problem.

00:04:55So right now, he's got to

00:04:56maybe close that inside his

00:04:57hands trying to get up the

00:04:58inside of them. And oh, oh,

00:04:59and my man just has a little

00:05:00hiccup and opens the door.

00:05:01The deacon who gets

00:05:02sideways and he's able to

00:05:03push his way into second

00:05:04place. Now, RC, I don't

00:05:05know. I know they both kind

00:05:06of made a mistake, but you've

00:05:07got to wonder is that part of

00:05:09the history and how things

00:05:10have been going on is Julian

00:05:11goes in and just shows up a

00:05:12little will. He knows he

00:05:13wasn't going to get to him.

00:05:14But that mistake probably

00:05:15came from the past history of

00:05:16maybe going back and forth

00:05:17with Hayden. But nonetheless,

00:05:18Hayden was able to get around

00:05:19him. Now he's going out to

00:05:20his teammate. Yeah, it could

00:05:23have been for sure. But this

00:05:24track is very difficult. A

00:05:25bunch of different technical

00:05:27sections of this track. It's

00:05:29dry in areas, soft in areas,

00:05:31ruddy in areas as well. Hey,

00:05:32we're going a couple of

00:05:33Yamaha's up front and you can

00:05:35take an inside look at Yamaha

00:05:37racing's factory support of

00:05:38teams after every race on

00:05:40Yamaha Motor USA's YouTube

00:05:42channel. And they're a little

00:05:43little bit more than you can

00:05:45get a little bit more than

00:05:46you can get a little bit more

00:05:49channel. And they're a little

00:05:50bubble for Cole Davies. Here

00:05:51comes his teammate. Looks like

00:05:53Cole Davies did the same

00:05:54thing, James. It seems like as

00:05:56they land off that single

00:05:57jump, they missed the run and

00:05:59go to the outside. But huge

00:06:02shout out to the 100 of Cole

00:06:04Davies. This kid in his rookie

00:06:06year has been nothing short of

00:06:08amazing running with the top

00:06:10runners. This guy has a ton of

00:06:12potential. And if you can just

00:06:14imagine watching from the SMX

00:06:16next races last year into how he

00:06:18has progressed, it's unreal. Yeah,

00:06:20it's been unreal. And I believe

00:06:21one of the reasons these guys

00:06:22are struggling in that section

00:06:23is because that's one of the

00:06:25flat areas of the track. So

00:06:26there's no none of the water

00:06:27can run off. So those guys are

00:06:28pushing it back on there. And

00:06:29Hayden's got a good run through

00:06:30the whoops. And now we're

00:06:31coming back on that same

00:06:32position. I like how Hayden's

00:06:33able to turn down a little bit

00:06:35early in that corner. Yeah,

00:06:36quick bobble for them. But

00:06:37Hayden's able to get a little

00:06:38more to the right hand side of

00:06:40that rhythm lane and that sets

00:06:41him up perfectly to make a

00:06:42possible pass at the end of

00:06:43that rhythm lane. Some

00:06:44massive teenage talent up

00:06:45front. The 17 year old Davies

00:06:47leads 19 year old Deegan.

00:06:49Bomaire is third. March

00:06:50Banks, Mosman, Shimoda. They're

00:06:51having a good scrap. Look at

00:06:52that bottom box. Then Jordan

00:06:53Smith that loves and shock are

00:06:55in the top nine. Looks like

00:06:57Joe was able to make the pass

00:06:59up the inside. Yeah, really

00:07:04good. Really good pass right

00:07:05there. And James, as you know,

00:07:06Michael Moseman. You can see

00:07:08that coming. I was going to

00:07:09say a lot of those passes that

00:07:10we're seeing already tonight

00:07:11are set up from the corner

00:07:13before the rhythm lanes like

00:07:14Ryder that is on the inside

00:07:16has the advantage coming into

00:07:18the corner is able to make a

00:07:20good competitive pass. Last

00:07:21time out in Seattle for the

00:07:22one of those passes that we

00:07:23are seeing already tonight are

00:07:24set up from the corner before

00:07:25the rhythm lanes like Ryder

00:07:26that is on the inside has the

00:07:28out in Seattle for the West

00:07:29division on the opening lap.

00:07:31The youngster on the 100 went

00:07:33flying by digging and down goes

00:07:35Mosman. And look at this

00:07:37inside move. Diggins got him

00:07:38and got the lead. Yeah, man,

00:07:40as you were talking, RC, that

00:07:41was all set up from a corner

00:07:43ahead. Hayden was able to

00:07:44jump in over all that mess that

00:07:45those guys can make mistakes

00:07:47which allowed him to get back

00:07:48on the inside. And now he's

00:07:49got a clear track as Cole

00:07:51makes a couple of mistakes. But

00:07:52as I said earlier, Hayden was

00:07:54in a good spot. Everything was

00:07:55right in front of him and now

00:07:57he's up front leading this.

00:08:00Let's check out what happened

00:08:01to Michael Mosman left hand

00:08:02side of your screen. He's

00:08:04going to come out of the

00:08:05corner, get a good drive into

00:08:06the whoops. It looks like his

00:08:07rear end steps a little bit to

00:08:08the right and then goes left.

00:08:10And he's along for the ride

00:08:11there, James. He looks slick

00:08:12to me. Yeah, you go back to

00:08:14what Joe he's probably happy

00:08:15missed that double because he

00:08:16would have been a lot closer.

00:08:17And I think if he was he

00:08:18would have been up in that mess.

00:08:19But hey, Deegan demand an hour

00:08:21right now. Comfortably in front

00:08:23on this final lap to get this

00:08:25East West showdown here in

00:08:27Philadelphia started with the

00:08:28right note. One thing I like

00:08:29about these showdown skies is

00:08:30how these these heat races are

00:08:32basically condensed form of a

00:08:33main event of what we would

00:08:35normally see in the divisional

00:08:37races. So it's a prelude if

00:08:39you will. 250 East Division race

00:08:50coming up at the conclusion of

00:08:51this Hayden Deegan wins over his

00:08:53teammate Cole Davies and Julian

00:08:55Beaumare in the top three.

00:08:59Garrett Marchbanks and his Joe

00:09:01Shimoda as he finishes off his

00:09:03race in the top five. So it's

00:09:05all setting up nicely as we

00:09:08begin this weekend second year in

00:09:10a row here in Philly by the way

00:09:12building more Supercross history.

00:09:14Hunter Yoder. Yeah, Yoder's

00:09:16going to get the job done man.

00:09:18Huge opportunity for Hunter

00:09:20and he's had a really good season

00:09:22thus far. And that looked

00:09:27pretty straightforward for that

00:09:29fluid stylish ride from Hayden

00:09:32Deegan. We'll hear from him

00:09:33when we come back.

00:09:38Deegan.

00:09:42Awesome for the crowd to greet the

00:09:44riders in these difficult

00:09:45conditions.

00:09:48A little earlier this afternoon

00:09:49here inside Lincoln Financial

00:09:50Field. Well, Hayden Deegan may

00:09:51have started the day face first

00:09:52in the mud, but he's having the

00:09:53last laugh now. He's on the

00:09:55podium with Jason Thomas JT.

00:09:56Thank you, Lee. Well, Hayden

00:09:58Deegan got off to a heat race

00:09:59win there and you look back the

00:10:00showdown races. Some of the

00:10:02250 West races reform has been

00:10:03fantastic, but the starts have

00:10:04really held you back. What are

00:10:05you going to do differently

00:10:06tonight to make sure you get

00:10:07out front on that first lap.

00:10:08Locking, you know? Um yeah, I

00:10:09just got to rip a good start.

00:10:10Like I did that here. It wasn't

00:10:11bad right there with Cole. And

00:10:14yeah, made some passes got to

00:10:16the lead. And I was happy to

00:10:18pass this guy. So it's just a

00:10:19good statement for myself. But

00:10:20yeah, good ride. And yeah, we

00:10:21have some fun tonight. Rocking

00:10:22the main. A great way to start.

00:10:25And obviously the road to the

00:10:26SMX Playoffs is well underway after

00:10:2928 regular season Supercross and

00:10:31Motocross events. The SMX Playoffs

00:10:33get underway in September where

00:10:35the best riders in the world

00:10:37compete. The most daring form of

00:10:39motorsport and the sports

00:10:40ultimate prize. Playoff one is

00:10:42at Z-Max Dragway in Charlotte

00:10:44on September 6th. The following

00:10:46weekend is a great way to start.

00:10:48And obviously the road to the

00:10:49SMX Playoffs is well underway.

00:10:50After 28 regular season Supercross

00:10:52and Motocross events, the SMX

00:10:53Playoffs get underway in September

00:10:54where the best riders in the

00:10:55the following weekend is round

00:10:57two in St. Louis at the Dome at

00:11:01America's Center. It's seen so

00:11:03much two-wheel history and the

00:11:04SMX World Championship final is

00:11:06returning to Las Vegas September

00:11:0920. Be there when history

00:11:11happens. The SMX Playoffs coming

00:11:13this fall. It's the third year.

00:11:18Time flies. And the SMX Playoffs

00:11:21and finales these previous two

00:11:22years have been sensational.

00:11:24I mean the format is absolutely

00:11:27incredible coming down to the wire

00:11:29each world championship and a lot

00:11:31of fun. So we've had the 250 West

00:11:34Division race. Now we switch to the

00:11:36East and this is one of seven

00:11:39Pennsylvania riders on display

00:11:41here tonight. Seth Hamaker who has

00:11:45won this year in Indianapolis in the

00:11:47most recent East West showdown and he's

00:11:49in really good form at the moment.

00:11:50He is. And this is the first time

00:11:52he's had the red plate. So coming

00:11:54in here a really strong broad even

00:11:56the last time we went out in that

00:11:57mud. So it should see what he's

00:11:58able to do. And the next guy was

00:12:00able to win last weekend and chance

00:12:02Hymes. See how he's coming off that

00:12:05mud race. We don't got the same

00:12:06conditions but I believe this kid's

00:12:07going to be here to fight today.

00:12:09How big does that win affect his

00:12:10confidence Ricky? Well I think

00:12:11it's massive. Anytime you do

00:12:12anything for the first time and

00:12:13you consider where he was mentally

00:12:14he had basically foregone the

00:12:17the rest of the Supercross season. He

00:12:19comes out wins last weekend in

00:12:20Foxborough. Now he's shed some new

00:12:22light on his championship hopes. All

00:12:27right. You don't want to go to the

00:12:28last chance qualifier. You want to

00:12:30be in the top nine and if you are

00:12:32you'll go straight through to the

00:12:34East West showdown final. This is

00:12:35the East division race. Let's go

00:12:38here in Philly. Watch for who gets

00:12:40a really good jump. It's Vial the

00:12:42co-points leader but sneaking through

00:12:43the inside is the man who is tied

00:12:45with in the points. Seth Hamaker.

00:12:49Seth Hamaker got an awesome first

00:12:51corner. He's able to hug those

00:12:53inside tough blocks. He's able to

00:12:55get by Tom Vial, squeeze him out,

00:12:57use up the track to his advantage.

00:12:59That was a fantastic start by the

00:13:01number 50. He's able to hug those

00:13:03inside tough blocks. He's able to

00:13:05get by Tom Vial, squeeze him out,

00:13:07use up the track to his advantage.

00:13:09He's able to get by the number

00:13:1156 of Seth Hamaker in RC. When you

00:13:14look at the top four, those are

00:13:16your one through four through our

00:13:17point. So in the correct order.

00:13:19So when we wanted to see what's

00:13:20going to happen, I know it's the

00:13:21heat race, but this is what we

00:13:22wanted to see. Well, that's

00:13:23right. And remember, this is

00:13:25like a main event. It's all the

00:13:27top guys from the two 50 East

00:13:29division going for this

00:13:30championship a lot on the line,

00:13:32even in this heat race.

00:13:34Seth Hamaker is so proud to be

00:13:38displaying that red plate, which

00:13:41designates championship leader in

00:13:42this case, co championship

00:13:44leader, because this is home,

00:13:46family, friends, people who have

00:13:48known him since he grew up here.

00:13:50They are here cheering him on.

00:13:52This is a massive afternoon.

00:13:53Well, and he had a great light.

00:13:55Oh, down goes Vial.

00:13:57I think you get he got cross

00:14:00running up maybe jumping that

00:14:01triple in. Yeah, he James.

00:14:03You better pick it up because I

00:14:04think this is where you forget

00:14:05as a rider that this is an

00:14:06East West shootout. So not only

00:14:07it's right at that LCQ, you're

00:14:08going to have guys that you

00:14:09haven't raced all year long or

00:14:10at least only once all year.

00:14:12And yeah, he doesn't look like

00:14:13he's in a rush and he's on that

00:14:14plywood that plywood is very

00:14:16slippery. Let's take a look at

00:14:18the instant 360 replay to see

00:14:21what happened to the champion.

00:14:23Yeah, you can see him here and

00:14:24he starts to fade back over to

00:14:25the left a little bit and you

00:14:26can see that wiggle and he got

00:14:27in there and he just jumped on

00:14:29that tough block actually got

00:14:30off pretty lucky. But right

00:14:31here you can see that bike

00:14:33shoot over to the left and

00:14:34he's on for the ride at this

00:14:35point. You can see him. He's

00:14:36frozen. It's just waiting for

00:14:37whatever happens. Oh, he did.

00:14:39He hit that right side, right

00:14:41shoulder. Pretty hard. He

00:14:43hustling. Like you said, James,

00:14:46probably not anticipating how

00:14:47hard that last chance is going

00:14:48to be. And that was a tough

00:14:50blow to the title contender

00:14:52Tom Vial tied at points with

00:14:53this guy right here. He rode

00:14:54straight off the track and

00:14:55straight up the tunnel. He

00:14:56will see him in the LCQ. That's

00:14:58very clear. Last week, he

00:15:00finished last in the mud in

00:15:02Massachusetts. And this week

00:15:04here in Philly, he's headed to

00:15:05the LCQ. And he's headed to

00:15:07the LCQ. He's headed to the

00:15:08LCQ. That's very clear. Last

00:15:09week, he finished last in the

00:15:10mud in Massachusetts. And this

00:15:11week here in Philly, he's

00:15:12headed to the LCQ. Yeah, the

00:15:14LCQ. And this is a trickle

00:15:15effect because even if he comes

00:15:16out with that LCQ, what is

00:15:17that going to do for the start

00:15:18position? But back on the

00:15:19track, as you can see, R.J.

00:15:22Hampshire number 24 in the

00:15:23Husqvarna and last week's

00:15:24winner, Chance Hymes. They're

00:15:25going at it, but they're about

00:15:28three seconds behind the

00:15:29leader will. That's right.

00:15:30Chance Hymes putting himself

00:15:31in another good position this

00:15:32weekend, James. And Ricky, you

00:15:33talked about it at the top

00:15:34there before the gate drop

00:15:35happened. And the fact that

00:15:36Chance Hymes put himself in

00:15:37another good position this

00:15:38weekend, James. And Ricky, you

00:15:39talked about it at the top

00:15:40drop happened. And the fact

00:15:42that Chance Hymes is now back

00:15:43in the hunt for this

00:15:44championship. Now he had to

00:15:45kind of refocus a little bit

00:15:47or that was his thoughts at

00:15:48least. He spoke to you on

00:15:49title 24 and your podcast

00:15:50there about that. But when I

00:15:51checked in with him today, he

00:15:52said that was short lived. He

00:15:53said he realized that he had

00:15:54to get back to what actually

00:15:55got him there for that win. And

00:15:57that was making sure he didn't

00:15:58look too big picture wasn't

00:15:59focused on the championship.

00:16:01Just focus on the small

00:16:02games and just making

00:16:03improvements and getting those

00:16:04results. It ended up in the

00:16:05winds. It's like why am I

00:16:07going to change that when that

00:16:08has clearly worked. So we

00:16:09kind of a bit of a mental

00:16:11reset for him and here he is

00:16:12with another strong

00:16:13performance. Yeah, that's

00:16:14right. And James, I think

00:16:15sometimes for some riders

00:16:17thinking less and just going

00:16:19out and not worrying about the

00:16:21championship, you're able to

00:16:22put in better rides. Maybe

00:16:24takes the pressure off a bit.

00:16:26Some people like that pressure

00:16:27to each his own in that in

00:16:29that regard. But this guy is

00:16:32is riding really well here

00:16:33tonight. Let's have a look at

00:16:34the bright yellow outfit of

00:16:36Austin Faulkner, the factory

00:16:38triumph rider. That was a

00:16:40good one. It was a good

00:16:41one. It was a good one. It

00:16:42was a good one. It was a good

00:16:43one. It was a good one. It

00:16:44was a good one. It was a good

00:16:48one. It was a good one. It's

00:16:49a good one. It's a good one.

00:16:50Now the factory triumph

00:16:52ride up. That was a massive

00:16:53save that could have been very

00:16:56ugly, James. I don't know if

00:16:57if you're seeing what I'm

00:16:58seeing, but the whoops, they

00:16:59look very, very slick at the

00:17:01beginning. So Moseum and do

00:17:02the same thing. That's how he

00:17:04went down. At the first heat

00:17:05race. Yeah, and those guys

00:17:06what's happening is they're

00:17:07coming out of that corner,

00:17:08trying to build as much speed

00:17:09as they can get going into

00:17:10those words while also

00:17:11shifting and if they don't

00:17:13It's like driving your car in second gear

00:17:15The thing starts spinning

00:17:16The rear end goes side to side

00:17:17And then you're on for the ride

00:17:19That's what we saw happen with Austin

00:17:20Back and forth is Nate Thrasher

00:17:24The Birmingham winner

00:17:25And then his teammate from Monster Energy

00:17:28Star Yamaha, Daxton Benick

00:17:30Then Max Voland

00:17:31And then Cullen Park, fresh from his podium

00:17:34In Foxborough a week ago

00:17:36Just over a minute plus a lap left

00:17:38And Seth Hamaker boasts a 4.5 second lead

00:17:41Seth Hamaker story is just absolutely incredible

00:17:45When you think about where he was

00:17:47And then where he is now

00:17:48Basically restarting his career over

00:17:51Doubling down, going to the dog pound

00:17:55Which is where the Lawrence brothers ride

00:17:56And working with Michael Byrne

00:17:59Off and on the track as a riding coach

00:18:01And just being around

00:18:03Those vibes of the Lawrence brothers

00:18:06Learning from them

00:18:07He has made huge improvements

00:18:09All season long

00:18:09He's a completely different guy

00:18:11And it's so comforting to see

00:18:13And what that journey has been like

00:18:15Very tough to do

00:18:16Well, he's been looking forward

00:18:18For this afternoon

00:18:20And this whole weekend

00:18:21For quite some time

00:18:22Here he is in his own words

00:18:24One for sure

00:18:28That's the one on the schedule

00:18:29That I can't wait to get to

00:18:30And for it to be East-West showdown again

00:18:32And after coming off the win in India

00:18:34At East-West

00:18:34So a lot of family and friends

00:18:36Will be supporting me there

00:18:37And looking forward to

00:18:38Trying to get another one

00:18:39Well, starting in this way

00:18:43He's well on track

00:18:44To getting another one

00:18:45That's for sure

00:18:46And with his title rival

00:18:48And co-points leader

00:18:49On the ground

00:18:50And out the back

00:18:51Tom Vial

00:18:52That they could not have started better

00:18:54For Seth Hamaker

00:18:55Chance Hymas

00:18:56Who has spent the week

00:18:57Ricky, you spoke about

00:18:58Practicing and honing his skills

00:19:02At the Dog Pound

00:19:02With the Lawrence Brothers

00:19:03In Florida

00:19:04He spent the weekend

00:19:05Practicing and training

00:19:06For motocross

00:19:06For the upcoming

00:19:07From motocross season

00:19:08Chance Hymas

00:19:09So no resting

00:19:10After his first career

00:19:12Main event victory

00:19:13He's had a good week

00:19:14These guys rarely have

00:19:16Opportunities to rest

00:19:17Especially during the season

00:19:18Or if you have an injury

00:19:19Right, James?

00:19:20Hey, like, rest?

00:19:21Rest?

00:19:22What are you talking about?

00:19:23Rest in his own

00:19:23The plane flight home

00:19:24He's got a shot here

00:19:30At R.J. Hampshire

00:19:31It almost seems like

00:19:34You've got to be

00:19:34Really aggressive

00:19:35Once you get close

00:19:36As chances

00:19:36You've got to just

00:19:38Make that pass

00:19:39Because if you just

00:19:39Funnel back in

00:19:40The track

00:19:40These guys are doing

00:19:41The same thing

00:19:42Unless you've got to

00:19:42Make a mistake

00:19:43The guy in front of you

00:19:44It's going to be hard

00:19:44To pass

00:19:45It's like driving down

00:19:46The freeway

00:19:47And you're waiting

00:19:47To get into the fast lane

00:19:49If you wait

00:19:49It's over

00:19:50So there's Seth Hamaker

00:19:53Crossing the line

00:19:54Well out in front

00:19:56More than six seconds

00:19:57That's his first heat win

00:19:59Of the year

00:19:59Over Hampshire

00:20:00And Hymas

00:20:01Continuing his momentum

00:20:03Meanwhile

00:20:04A little further back

00:20:05Henry Miller

00:20:07He knows his

00:20:08Number 87

00:20:09On that blue

00:20:11Blue Yamaha

00:20:12Excuse me

00:20:12He's trying to get it

00:20:14And he's lost

00:20:14Too much ground now

00:20:16And Miller is in that

00:20:19All-important

00:20:20Ninth and final

00:20:21Transfer position

00:20:22To go straight

00:20:24To the east-west showdown

00:20:26Main event

00:20:27And he does it

00:20:27Well done

00:20:28There's going to be

00:20:29Some good guys

00:20:30In that LCQ

00:20:31Yes

00:20:31Momentum and confidence

00:20:33Is so important

00:20:34And this guy here

00:20:35Seth Hamaker

00:20:36Has it in abundance

00:20:37At the moment

00:20:38He's winning at home

00:20:40In Pennsylvania

00:20:41We'll see him

00:20:42In the main event

00:20:43Look at that

00:20:44Fist pump

00:20:44It's all headed

00:20:46The right direction

00:20:47You like the sound

00:20:50Of this track

00:20:51It's called

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00:20:52By Ghost Towns

00:20:53And if you scan

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00:20:55You can check out

00:20:56The new album

00:20:57It's called

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00:21:00We'll hear from Seth

00:21:01When we come back

00:21:02Fans enjoying

00:21:10Supercross back

00:21:12In Philly

00:21:12On a cool afternoon

00:21:16Oh it's not cool

00:21:16It's cold

00:21:17Let's be honest

00:21:18But thankfully

00:21:19It's not raining

00:21:20Knock on wood

00:21:21As we speak right now

00:21:23We can handle the cold

00:21:24If it's not raining

00:21:25And handling it the best

00:21:27Is Seth Hamaker

00:21:27Here he is

00:21:28With JT

00:21:29Well Seth Hamaker

00:21:30Let's go back to Detroit

00:21:32And you can 17th

00:21:33They're dealing with food

00:21:34Poising

00:21:35It really felt like

00:21:35This championship

00:21:36May be over

00:21:36And you contrast that

00:21:38To now

00:21:38You're tied for the points

00:21:39Lead

00:21:40You're at your home race

00:21:41What's your mindset now?

00:21:42Because this feels very

00:21:43Different than it did back then

00:21:44Yeah, definitely different

00:21:46Than Detroit

00:21:46That night

00:21:47It was just

00:21:47Bumming pretty hard

00:21:49And you know

00:21:50You never want to

00:21:51Count yourself out of it

00:21:52But it kind of feels like

00:21:53Sometimes

00:21:53That's the way it is

00:21:54But hey

00:21:55We keep on pushing

00:21:55Got myself back in this

00:21:57Thing

00:21:57We're tied with Tom

00:21:58And back in Philly

00:21:59With my home crowd

00:22:00So super excited

00:22:01I'm ready

00:22:02That was a good heat race

00:22:03For us

00:22:04Good gate pick going in the main

00:22:05And yeah, just ready to

00:22:07Keep doing what we're doing

00:22:08It's working

00:22:08So just put in the consistent

00:22:10Laps and see where we end up

00:22:11At the rest

00:22:12At the night

00:22:12And we're going to be

00:22:14We're going to be

00:22:15We're going to be

00:22:16We're going to be

00:22:17We're going to be

00:22:18We're going to be

00:22:19We're going to be

00:22:20We're going to be

00:22:20Great job

00:22:21We'll see you in the main

00:22:21event

00:22:22Now as we look towards the

00:22:23450 class

00:22:23So take a look at the Rocky

00:22:25Mountain Fantasy SX dot com

00:22:26Picks and what you the players

00:22:27have decided the top five will be

00:22:28In first place.

00:22:29Everybody has chase sex and look

00:22:29Charged from behind

00:22:30Ryder Cooper Webb in second

00:22:32Third place

00:22:33Your winner from Foxborough

00:22:34Is Aaron Plessinger

00:22:35Fourth place

00:22:36Ken Rockson

00:22:37Fifth place

00:22:38Justin Cooper

00:22:39In that wild card spot

00:22:40In 14th

00:22:42Is Kyle Chisholm

00:22:42Thanks for the heads up

00:22:46Jason and we'll keep an eye

00:22:48On that time

00:22:48For a Rocky Mountain

00:22:49ATV team update

00:22:50And the 30 year old

00:22:52From Oakland, Florida

00:22:53Shane McElrath

00:22:54It took him 59 tries

00:22:56But he finally got

00:22:58On a 450 main event

00:23:00Podium last weekend

00:23:01That was one of the

00:23:03Talking points

00:23:03And the high points

00:23:04Of the Foxborough

00:23:05Massachusetts round

00:23:06Congrats again

00:23:08There were so many people

00:23:09Happy for you Shane

00:23:10Aboard your quad lock

00:23:12Honda

00:23:12Awesome effort

00:23:13And making his return

00:23:15To Monster Energy

00:23:17AMA Supercross

00:23:18Is Dean Wilson

00:23:19Aboard

00:23:19The factory

00:23:20Honda HRC machine

00:23:22Really cool

00:23:23A lot of people

00:23:23Happy to see him back

00:23:24And here he is

00:23:25The two time champion

00:23:27And points leader

00:23:28Cooper Webb

00:23:29At times we thought

00:23:34It was improbable

00:23:35To get third last weekend

00:23:38But he showed us

00:23:38It wasn't impossible

00:23:39An incredible final lap

00:23:41How does he go

00:23:42Here in Philly

00:23:43Webb centre of your screen

00:23:45Really good start

00:23:47On the inside

00:23:48But he doesn't get

00:23:49The whole shot

00:23:50Was that McElrath

00:23:53Who switched it up

00:23:54Really quickly

00:23:55And switched back

00:23:56But it doesn't matter

00:23:57Webb's in the lead

00:23:58Yeah nice move by Cooper

00:23:59He ran in that corner

00:24:00A little bit deep

00:24:01He wanted to be there first

00:24:02And then Shane was able

00:24:03To get around him

00:24:04But lost the rear end

00:24:05And allowed that number two

00:24:06Star racing Yamaha out front

00:24:08Exactly where he wants to be

00:24:09At this heat race

00:24:10This is where I feel like Cooper

00:24:11Webb's worked on RC the last couple

00:24:12Of years

00:24:13Especially this year

00:24:13His opening lap speed

00:24:15It's been a lot better

00:24:15As we're watching Aaron

00:24:17Pleasant your last week's

00:24:18Winter and get around Shane

00:24:19McElrath

00:24:20But I feel like Cooper has been

00:24:21A lot better at this

00:24:21Being able to get a lead

00:24:23In the beginning part

00:24:23Be able to get away and

00:24:24stress it out and I think

00:24:25The last couple of years

00:24:27That hasn't been as strong as

00:24:28Point

00:24:29It hasn't been as strong as

00:24:30Point

00:24:30It hasn't been as strong as

00:24:31Point

00:24:31It hasn't but certainly yes

00:24:32He has worked on that

00:24:33Early race intensity

00:24:34You knew that's where he

00:24:35Needed to be better and work

00:24:36On that having that raw speed

00:24:38That was one of the focus

00:24:39Points and then the whoops

00:24:40Also being fast in the whoops

00:24:41He had said he knew if he

00:24:43Wanted to win this

00:24:43Championship

00:24:44He can't always rely on

00:24:45Jumping up

00:24:46Jumping up

00:24:47Jumping up

00:24:48And he had to be better at

00:24:49Blitzing

00:24:50He made the commitment to do

00:24:51That

00:24:52And the improvements have shown

00:24:53Because of it

00:24:54And as James mentioned

00:24:55Aaron Plessinger

00:24:56Aboard the Red Bull

00:24:57Kawasaki

00:24:58Got his second career main

00:24:59Event victory last weekend

00:25:00In the mud

00:25:01It's like he did in San Diego

00:25:02Just to the thrill of the

00:25:03Crowd

00:25:04Big thing

00:25:05Big thing

00:25:06Big thing

00:25:07Big thing

00:25:08Big thing

00:25:09Big thing

00:25:10Big thing

00:25:11Big thing

00:25:12Big thing

00:25:13Big thing

00:25:14Big thing

00:25:15Big thing

00:25:16Big thing

00:25:17Big thing

00:25:18Big thing

00:25:19Big thing

00:25:20Big thing

00:25:21Big thing

00:25:22Big thing

00:25:23When you work on that

00:25:24Early race intensity

00:25:25James as you know

00:25:26If you can get through

00:25:27The first ten laps

00:25:28It certainly helps

00:25:29Because then the race

00:25:30Kind of levels out

00:25:31And you get a pace

00:25:32That you can maintain

00:25:33For the rest of the race

00:25:34Plessinger

00:25:35Look at this

00:25:36Taking the fight

00:25:37To Cooper Webb

00:25:38On the inside

00:25:39This guy's confidence

00:25:40Is sky high

00:25:41At the moment

00:25:42It doesn't matter

00:25:43That Webb is the

00:25:44Championship leader

00:25:45Plessinger's got the taste

00:25:46Of victory

00:25:47And wants more

00:25:48That was a nice move

00:25:49That started by

00:25:50Him getting a good run

00:25:51Through that whoop section

00:25:52Got through that next rhythm section

00:25:53And Cooper made a small mistake

00:25:54But Aaron Plesser

00:25:56On that KTM

00:25:57The Red Bull KTM

00:25:58Was right there

00:25:59The confidence

00:26:01And self belief

00:26:02Is so important

00:26:03Is so important

00:26:04In this sport

00:26:05And to that point

00:26:06Have a look at this

00:26:07For Aaron Plessinger

00:26:08His first three races

00:26:09Of the season

00:26:10Resulted in ninth

00:26:11And a pair of 22nds

00:26:13His most recent three races

00:26:15Third, third and victory

00:26:17This guy is on a run

00:26:19Will

00:26:21Lee, it's unbelievable

00:26:22Right?

00:26:23You guys talked about the confidence

00:26:24That I asked him earlier tonight

00:26:25I said

00:26:26What did that do for you?

00:26:27He said

00:26:28Well the lead up to it

00:26:29He got four podiums

00:26:30In the last five races

00:26:31That had a lot to do with it

00:26:32But that win

00:26:34The one that he wanted

00:26:35He said

00:26:36It gave him like

00:26:37A sense of calmness

00:26:38Afterwards

00:26:39Like that box was checked

00:26:40Now

00:26:41He was kind of free to go

00:26:42And do his thing

00:26:43So to see the positive attitude

00:26:44That he always had

00:26:45And then add that on top

00:26:46I mean

00:26:47This

00:26:48We shouldn't be surprised

00:26:49Yeah

00:26:50That was

00:26:51Confidence breeds confidence

00:26:52But watching what

00:26:53Aaron Plesser

00:26:54Was able to do

00:26:55Through the whoops

00:26:56He was blitzing

00:26:57Blitz and fixing

00:26:58Then he times it perfectly

00:26:59And triples out

00:27:00And then triples into the

00:27:01Corner

00:27:02You want to talk about

00:27:03Timing and precision

00:27:04In a very difficult spot

00:27:06That was a perfect example

00:27:08Of what to do

00:27:09Yeah absolutely

00:27:10And

00:27:11Although we're

00:27:12We're kind of surprised

00:27:13But I'm actually not

00:27:14Because I would say

00:27:15This

00:27:16This year

00:27:17It's been somewhat

00:27:18Of a disappointment

00:27:19If you're thinking about

00:27:20Aaron Plesser

00:27:21And the way he rides

00:27:22But

00:27:23The last race

00:27:24And the last few races

00:27:25This is what we expect JT

00:27:26Yeah

00:27:27Watch AP

00:27:28Ricky touched on this

00:27:29You're going to see AP

00:27:30Instead of blitzing out of the

00:27:31Loops

00:27:32He's going to set himself up

00:27:33To triple out of the

00:27:34Loops

00:27:35Right here

00:27:36Then he gets the drive to

00:27:37Trip one of the corner

00:27:38That's really important

00:27:39Because if you blitz out

00:27:40You're going to land right in

00:27:41The face and not be able to

00:27:42Drive through that next trip

00:27:43Wall

00:27:44So it seems very subtle

00:27:45But that is a lot of time

00:27:46He's saving there guys

00:27:47Yeah absolutely

00:27:48A lot of time and energy as

00:27:49Well and one benefactor of that

00:27:52Is Cooper Webb

00:27:53Been able to stay close enough

00:27:54And you know he's sitting there

00:27:55Paying attention

00:27:56I wouldn't be surprised if he

00:27:57Gave

00:27:58Able to pick that up RC

00:27:59For feet

00:28:00Yeah well this is what the

00:28:01Benefit of being behind

00:28:02Someone you can see where

00:28:03They're making the moves and

00:28:04What they're doing different

00:28:05That helps you because you're

00:28:06Able to make that mid race

00:28:07Adjustment blitzing the whoops

00:28:08For those of you who don't

00:28:09Watch a lot of monster and

00:28:10G supercrosses when they're

00:28:11Able to ride on top of them

00:28:12Like skipping across the top

00:28:13Yeah they ever so slightly

00:28:14Hit the front wheel

00:28:15In the back wheel

00:28:16Front wheel

00:28:17And then back wheel

00:28:18And then back wheel

00:28:19And then some guys

00:28:20Elect to jump through them

00:28:21Like Cooper Webb is doing

00:28:22Right now a lot of times

00:28:23It's faster to blitz

00:28:24So there you go

00:28:25Third place

00:28:26Is Malcolm Stewart

00:28:28Had a really good heat

00:28:29So there you go

00:28:30Third place

00:28:31Is Malcolm Stewart

00:28:33Had a really good heat

00:28:35Had a really good heat run

00:28:38Last weekend in the mud

00:28:39In Foxborough

00:28:40And then didn't quite have

00:28:42The same fortune

00:28:43In the main event

00:28:44Where is the rockstar

00:28:45Energy factory

00:28:46Husqvarna rider

00:28:47There he is

00:28:48He's a

00:28:49Quite a handful of seconds

00:28:50Behind Cooper Webb

00:28:51But running in a solid

00:28:52Third

00:28:53James earlier today

00:28:55You said

00:28:56I think I like the look

00:28:57Of this track

00:28:58For my little brother

00:28:59How so?

00:29:00Yeah I think just the way

00:29:01He rods him

00:29:02The way his bike set up

00:29:03If we go back a few weeks

00:29:04In Tampa

00:29:05On the track

00:29:06Kind of broke down

00:29:07It got really slippery

00:29:08And I think the way

00:29:09Malcolm rides

00:29:10He's very heavy

00:29:11On the motorcycle

00:29:12And what I mean by that

00:29:13One he's a big boy

00:29:14But he puts a lot of weight

00:29:15Which pushes the bike

00:29:16Down in the ground

00:29:17And so as the track

00:29:18Gets slippery

00:29:19And you start seeing

00:29:20Some of those shiny parts

00:29:21I think him being bigger

00:29:22And the way he rides a

00:29:23Motorcycle is going to

00:29:24Benefit him

00:29:25And the track's going to

00:29:26Continue to get

00:29:27Slipperier and rougher

00:29:28Which is going to bring

00:29:29Down the pace

00:29:30And I think that 27 on

00:29:31Husqvarna is going to be

00:29:32The very popular Scottish rider

00:29:34Dean Wilson is back

00:29:35As we said before

00:29:36The gate dropped

00:29:37He's riding aboard the factory

00:29:38Honda spoke to Lars Lindstrom

00:29:39The team manager earlier

00:29:41And he said look

00:29:42We wanted somebody out there

00:29:43On the bike

00:29:44With Jet and Hunter Lawrence

00:29:45Out injured

00:29:46But we're hearing great things

00:29:47About their recovery

00:29:48And return to racing

00:29:49As Dylan Ferrandes

00:29:50Is working on Wilson

00:29:51And we'll get Wilson

00:29:53Tucks up the inside there

00:29:55He said look

00:29:56We're not putting any pressure

00:29:57On Dino

00:29:58We want him out there

00:29:59To help ride the bike

00:30:00Represent the brand

00:30:01But also to test things

00:30:03In race mode

00:30:04And he said

00:30:05So long as he's in that

00:30:06Top 10 range

00:30:07Top 15

00:30:08Anywhere around there

00:30:09We'll be pleased

00:30:10And he said by the way

00:30:11For Dean having such a good

00:30:13Sense of humour

00:30:14He said he is taking this

00:30:16Extremely seriously

00:30:17It means a great

00:30:18Opportunity

00:30:19If not

00:30:20Grandpa Earl's

00:30:21Going to get that ride

00:30:22Nonetheless

00:30:23But you know

00:30:24It's really hard

00:30:25For any rider

00:30:26Especially

00:30:27You think about Dean

00:30:28Wilson coming in

00:30:29And filling the shoes

00:30:30Of Jet Lawrence

00:30:31And Hunter Lawrence

00:30:32On that factory HRC

00:30:33Honda

00:30:34To come back into the

00:30:35Middle of the season

00:30:36It's very hard

00:30:37And for him

00:30:38He's doing a great job

00:30:39Running sixth place

00:30:40In his heat race

00:30:41Man at hours right here

00:30:42There we go

00:30:43Heat

00:30:44Victory

00:30:45For Aaron Plessinger

00:30:47Ahead of Cooper Webb

00:30:48These Honda guys

00:30:49Are fighting it out

00:30:50Right to the very end

00:30:51They're ahead of

00:30:53Mitchell Harrison

00:30:54And Christian Craig

00:30:55Christian is in that

00:30:56Ninth and final

00:30:57Transfer position

00:30:58Malcolm Stewart

00:30:59And Shane McElrath

00:31:00Have already crossed the line

00:31:06Well done

00:31:07Welcome back

00:31:08Dean Wilson

00:31:09Good first ride

00:31:10Massively impressive

00:31:11To go straight

00:31:12To the main event

00:31:13Incredible ride

00:31:14Like James was talking

00:31:15About hard to do

00:31:16Another guy

00:31:17That's been out

00:31:18With an injury

00:31:19Christian Craig

00:31:2028 transferring

00:31:21Directly

00:31:24He can breathe a sigh

00:31:25Of relief

00:31:26As he's looking around

00:31:27He knows that

00:31:28A winner last week

00:31:30And a winner

00:31:31This week

00:31:32Aaron Plessinger

00:31:33Well done

00:31:34And that move

00:31:35On Cooper Webb

00:31:36Was with authority

00:31:37He held on to the lead

00:31:38We'll hear from him

00:31:39When we come back

00:31:46Supercross

00:31:47In Philadelphia

00:31:48We're having a fun

00:31:49Afternoon

00:31:50Even if it's chilly

00:31:51And this writer's state

00:31:53Is brought to you by

00:31:54Monster Energy Supercross

00:31:5525

00:31:56The official

00:31:57Video game

00:31:58And Aaron Plessinger

00:32:00Well the numbers

00:32:01Don't lie

00:32:02He is on

00:32:03A roll

00:32:04And he's standing by

00:32:05With Will Christian

00:32:06Will?

00:32:07Thank you Lee

00:32:08He is indeed

00:32:09You are on a roll there

00:32:10We were talking to you

00:32:11Just a week ago

00:32:12And you got that

00:32:13First season win here

00:32:14And now we're back

00:32:15What is this Aaron?

00:32:16Is this momentum?

00:32:17Is this the track

00:32:19Shaping up for you?

00:32:20What's the key

00:32:21For getting that heat win here?

00:32:22Yeah I mean

00:32:23I think it's a little bit

00:32:24Of momentum

00:32:25I've been

00:32:26You know

00:32:27Stacking these podiums up

00:32:28Week after week

00:32:29And I

00:32:30Just missed the one

00:32:31In Indy

00:32:32And yeah I've just been

00:32:34Riding really really

00:32:35Really awesome

00:32:36And I

00:32:37I really don't know what

00:32:38Switched

00:32:39I've been doing the same

00:32:40Thing over and over and

00:32:41Week after week with the

00:32:42Alden and it's just been

00:32:43Going really good

00:32:44These past few weeks

00:32:45I've just had fun and

00:32:46Just kind of float around

00:32:47And uh

00:32:48You know appreciate what I

00:32:49Have so um yeah just

00:32:50Give it up to the whole

00:32:52Team KTM factory racing

00:32:53Red Bull

00:32:55Um

00:32:56My wife back home

00:32:57I'm here alone this

00:32:58Weekend so uh

00:32:59Doing it solo this

00:33:00Weekend but uh

00:33:02Yeah it's uh

00:33:03It's cool to be up here

00:33:04Uh

00:33:05Made the pass on coupe

00:33:06That was cool

00:33:07And uh

00:33:08I'm here to show them

00:33:09I'm a force to be reckoned with

00:33:10I ain't going anywhere

00:33:11No you're not

00:33:12Having fun out there

00:33:13And we're having fun watching

00:33:14Congratulations Aaron

00:33:15Aaron mentions Alden

00:33:16That's Alden Baker

00:33:17His trainer

00:33:18Along with many other riders

00:33:19But

00:33:20He asked the team for patience

00:33:21At the beginning of the season

00:33:22The team were patient

00:33:23And he's rewarding them

00:33:24With really great results

00:33:25A quick reminder that as you know

00:33:30Ken Roxton's one of the most popular

00:33:32Racers on the planet

00:33:33And you can win his dirt bike

00:33:35That's right

00:33:36For the second year in a row

00:33:37Suzuki has supported the kids and families

00:33:39At St Jude by raffling off

00:33:41Ken's Supercross race bike

00:33:43Scan that QR code you see on the right hand side

00:33:45Of your screen right now

00:33:47Or text Suzuki to 99126

00:33:51To enter

00:33:52Raising valuable funds

00:33:54For St Jude Children's Research Hospital

00:33:56Helping kids with cancer

00:33:58And that would be an awesome prize to win

00:34:02So

00:34:03Heat one done

00:34:04Heat two on the line

00:34:06And here he is

00:34:08Here is

00:34:09Ken Roxton's third place in the championship

00:34:12Daytona winner this season

00:34:14There's lots of highs

00:34:16He's been riding up against some injury woes

00:34:19But this guy is determined

00:34:21If nothing else

00:34:22Determine all the injuries as you mentioned

00:34:24And another guy

00:34:25That's looking for another determination

00:34:27Hopefully get another win

00:34:28Is this Chase Sexton

00:34:29I think it's

00:34:30Say it's a must

00:34:31But it's pretty close to

00:34:33Must as you need to

00:34:34And we just saw what happened

00:34:35With his teammate

00:34:36In that first heat race

00:34:37Aaron Buster

00:34:38But Chase Sexton needs to bounce back

00:34:39And it starts right now

00:34:41He's got that 32 of Chad

00:34:43That 32 of Justin Cooper to his left

00:34:46It's going to be tough

00:34:47He's going to have to really focus on that jump

00:34:49Out of the gate

00:34:50It's going to be crucial

00:34:52He had really good qualifying speed

00:34:54He was the fastest

00:34:56Cooper was pretty good at qualifying as well

00:34:58Here we go

00:34:59Heat two of the 450s here in Philly

00:35:00Sexton and Cooper

00:35:07Chase got to the corner first

00:35:09Cooper exits first

00:35:11It was a game of chicken James going into that first corner

00:35:15Between Sexton and Justin Cooper

00:35:17Yeah, just like we saw it in that first heat race

00:35:19Cooper got there first

00:35:20Chase got there first

00:35:21But ran a little wide

00:35:22Justin Cooper snuck on the inside

00:35:23And there you go

00:35:24This is where Justin Cooper has been

00:35:25Very good all year long

00:35:26Once you allow him out front

00:35:27His kids

00:35:28No time around a motorcycle

00:35:29And on the track

00:35:30That's so tricky like here

00:35:31Able to jump through the whoops

00:35:32Already and see if you can get this

00:35:34Triple able to get up a chase

00:35:35What's able to did it?

00:35:36Yeah, Chase was able to do that

00:35:37Justin just mistimed the triple out of the whoops

00:35:40Those last three got off sequence

00:35:41And he wasn't able to triple

00:35:42But look at

00:35:44Close out another few bike lengths

00:35:46Through that rhythm lane

00:35:47Well, a really nice start from the 51

00:35:48The Rockstar Energy Gas Gas

00:35:50Of Justin Barsha

00:35:51Justin's coming off

00:35:52One of his best results

00:35:53Of the season last weekend

00:35:54In Massachusetts

00:35:55With a fifth place

00:35:56In the moment

00:35:57He was able to jump through the whoops

00:35:58Already and see if he can get this triple

00:35:59Able to get it

00:36:00But Chase was able to did it

00:36:01Yeah, Chase was able to do that

00:36:02Justin just missed time

00:36:03The triple out of the whoops

00:36:04Those last three got off sequence

00:36:05He wasn't able to triple

00:36:06He was able to do it

00:36:07He was able to do it

00:36:08He was able to do it

00:36:09He was able to do it

00:36:10He was able to do it

00:36:11He was able to do it

00:36:12He was able to do it

00:36:13He was able to do it

00:36:14Fifth place in the mud

00:36:15In Foxborough

00:36:16So he's got some mojo going

00:36:17He's got some confidence here

00:36:19Yeah, Justin's been rod good

00:36:20The last few weekends

00:36:21And these guys trained together

00:36:22They rod down at the Baker's

00:36:23Factory

00:36:24Every day alongside Aaron

00:36:25Pleasantry

00:36:26Who won that first he racing

00:36:27My brother

00:36:28So they're pretty comfortable

00:36:29With each other

00:36:30But at the same time

00:36:31You never know

00:36:32With Justin Barsha

00:36:33He's here to win the race

00:36:34Nice run

00:36:35It was with Kenny

00:36:39Qualifying

00:36:40Was not fantastic

00:36:42For Ken Robson today

00:36:43He was 15th

00:36:46And that's the worst

00:36:47He has ever qualified

00:36:48In his career

00:36:49I mean he is

00:36:50He's banged up

00:36:51The shoulder is hanging on

00:36:52By a thread

00:36:53His ankle is injured as well

00:36:55He injured it

00:36:56Pretty much around the same time

00:36:58He aggravated it in the mud

00:37:00Last weekend

00:37:01In Foxborough

00:37:02But he is not going to give up

00:37:04Yeah, you can see him, Ken

00:37:05And especially these kind of

00:37:06Conditions

00:37:07Where you really got to be

00:37:08Holding on to the motorcycle

00:37:09With, you know, your arms

00:37:10And even with the legs

00:37:11So if you kind of enter

00:37:12I could see how this race

00:37:13Just like the last few of

00:37:14Would be hard for Kenny

00:37:15But I do believe with him a start

00:37:17Kind of helps him out a lot

00:37:18If he's able to get that clean

00:37:19Air

00:37:20Nice run

00:37:21Nice run

00:37:22Nice run

00:37:23On the inside of Mitchell Oldenburg

00:37:24Made a mistake

00:37:25That was pass

00:37:26And just rebound

00:37:27Be able to get him

00:37:28That was nice

00:37:29Yeah, Oldenburg

00:37:30Just got hung up

00:37:31A little bit

00:37:32Kenny was able to continue

00:37:33That momentum

00:37:34Got a really good run

00:37:35Into the woods

00:37:36Make the pass

00:37:37And again triple into that corner

00:37:38That is going to be very, very

00:37:39Crucial

00:37:40And important

00:37:41To be able to do that

00:37:42Gain a lot of time

00:37:43By doing so

00:37:44Yeah

00:37:45Rockson is now chasing after Benny Bloss

00:37:47And you may have seen the news

00:37:48In recent days

00:37:49That Benny has had his contract

00:37:51With the Liqui Moly beta team

00:37:52Extended

00:37:53I was talking with

00:37:54Carlin Gardner

00:37:55The team manager

00:37:56Earlier today

00:37:57Just said

00:37:58Look

00:37:59Everybody

00:38:00I'd ask everybody

00:38:01To remember that

00:38:02This brand is new

00:38:03We're still young

00:38:04In the sport of supercross

00:38:05And he said

00:38:06We're still young

00:38:07In the sport of supercross

00:38:08And he said

00:38:09We're still young

00:38:10We're still young

00:38:11In the sport of supercross

00:38:12And he said

00:38:13We're still young

00:38:14And he said

00:38:15We're making good strides

00:38:16All the time

00:38:17And he said

00:38:18Best thing about our team

00:38:19Is the positivity

00:38:20And we got a really good vibe

00:38:21Going on

00:38:22Between Benny Bloss

00:38:23And Mitchell Oldenburg

00:38:24And everybody on the squad

00:38:26And the results are coming

00:38:27They both qualified really well

00:38:28And here's Benny

00:38:29Running in fourth place

00:38:30Yeah, no

00:38:31I bet he's been right good

00:38:32And I love

00:38:33I love that for him

00:38:34Because it just shows

00:38:35The team's invested in him

00:38:36You know

00:38:37Not listening to the outside noise

00:38:38Of course

00:38:39Every team that wants

00:38:40To come in here

00:38:41They want to win

00:38:42And people put that pressure on them

00:38:43But just shows that the team

00:38:44Really has a belief in Benny

00:38:46And their progress

00:38:47That's making

00:38:48So great job by the team

00:38:50And extending him for another year

00:38:52I'm sure to be around for a while

00:38:54Yeah, some would call it a chance

00:38:55Going over there

00:38:56But like you and Lee

00:38:57Have talked about

00:38:58This team race team

00:38:59Has done a fabulous job

00:39:00And I love the loyalty

00:39:01By resigning Benny Bloss

00:39:02And giving him another opportunity to extend

00:39:06Is so comforting

00:39:07And it's definitely got to make Benny feel

00:39:11Feel good inside

00:39:12His race leader Justin Cooper

00:39:13Aboard the Monster Energy Star Yamaha

00:39:15Comfortably ahead of Chase Sexton

00:39:17Boy, this track James is just

00:39:19Really chewed up

00:39:20A lot of ruts coming out of the corners

00:39:22And then 180 bull turns

00:39:23It is going to be very challenging

00:39:24Like it is

00:39:25Every single weekend

00:39:26But because of how these conditions are

00:39:28I think it's going to be

00:39:29A bit more challenging

00:39:30Maybe than normal JT

00:39:31Yeah, Ricky and you guys were talking about Benny

00:39:34Blossary signing

00:39:35I have a feeling that

00:39:36Justin Cooper is going to end up

00:39:37Resigning at Star

00:39:38That's the word on the street

00:39:40Anyway

00:39:41And you think about the improvements

00:39:42That Justin Cooper has made this season

00:39:45You know, he ran up front of day 2

00:39:46It's fixed fixed mistakes here

00:39:48But the strides he has made throughout

00:39:49This season

00:39:50He looks so much more comfortable

00:39:51And he looks so much more

00:39:52Comfortable

00:39:53And he looks so much more

00:39:54Comfortable

00:39:55And he looks so much more

00:39:56Comfortable

00:39:57And he did earlier this season

00:39:58And that is what you want to see

00:40:01The growth

00:40:02The improvement in the maturity

00:40:03Is all shining through

00:40:04For the 32 James

00:40:05Sometimes I feel like

00:40:06This 450 machine and how

00:40:08Powerful it is

00:40:09And you know how you have to ride

00:40:11The bike with respect

00:40:12And sometimes they can be too fast

00:40:14I feel like Justin Cooper

00:40:15And how he is very patient

00:40:17With the throttle

00:40:18And kind of just takes what

00:40:19The bikes give him

00:40:21Helps him in situations

00:40:22So you know

00:40:23You know how you have to ride

00:40:24And I think it really comes down to

00:40:26Because they know how to ride

00:40:27And ride a motorcycle

00:40:28Especially Justin Cooper

00:40:29But as JT was mentioned

00:40:30And just improvement all year

00:40:31Right

00:40:32I think right now

00:40:33It's just a belief

00:40:34He belongs up purely

00:40:35Hey Ricky

00:40:36You mentioned at the top of the

00:40:37Show

00:40:38That the last five races

00:40:39Oh no

00:40:40Look at that

00:40:41Justin Cooper

00:40:42Gets jammed

00:40:44Behind Hunter Schlosser

00:40:46And Chase

00:40:47Sexton was in the right place

00:40:48At the right time

00:40:49Just to say thank you

00:40:50And go right around the outside

00:40:52Into the lead

00:40:53Yeah that was a nice move

00:40:54And Chase just doesn't follow

00:40:55I don't know if he went

00:40:57To this outside

00:40:58At any point of his race

00:40:59But he decided to go here

00:41:00And yeah

00:41:01Nothing Justin could do

00:41:02Yeah

00:41:03Lapper in front of him

00:41:04When made a mistake

00:41:05And then he was stuck behind

00:41:06And then he was stuck behind

00:41:07So here's the lead

00:41:08Cooper gets jammed

00:41:09And then Cooper gets jammed

00:41:10And then Cooper gets jammed

00:41:11selamat menikmati.

00:41:41I like what I've seen. I was watching him closely earlier today in time qualifying practice. He looked comfortable on his motorcycle, and he knows five races to go. Statistic-wise, this is when he does his best work. He's had some of his most wins come in the last five races, and it's go time.

00:42:01Got to eat into that 15-point advantage, and a heat win puts Chase Sexton in the right mindset, and the Red Bull KTM teammates win both heats.

00:42:12That's the right way to start the night. So Tom Vial, their 250 teammate might not have had the best afternoon, crashing out and being forced to go to the last chance qualifier.

00:42:24But for Aaron Plessinger, Chase Sexton, great work. Cooper comes in second. Barsha across the line in third. And we will hear what Chase Sexton thinks of that heat victory when we come back.

00:42:39Guess who's here watching Supercross? Ron Breaker, WWE star.

00:42:45Yep, you can play the official game at home and come and see it in the flesh like these wonderful fans here inside Lincoln Financial Field here on a very cold afternoon in Philadelphia.

00:43:05But running well up front, Chase Sexton. Let's hear from him.

00:43:09Thank you, Liam. He's been running well up front all day. Fastest qualifier early on, Chase. You backed that up with a heat win.

00:43:16We didn't really know what we were going to get coming into this weekend, especially after last weekend's weather.

00:43:21How's the track shaping up? How well is it suiting you? Are we going to see a change here leading into the main?

00:43:26The track's really good, especially for how much rain we got. The track crew did a great job.

00:43:30Great job, and even after practice, we got more rain, and the track is coming around really well.

00:43:35So, there's ruts, it's dry in some places, so it's a tricky track, and the whoops are pretty technical.

00:43:41So, it's going to be a good racetrack tonight, a lot of laps, and yeah, ready for the main event.

00:43:46We got more in the tank and just enjoying it.

00:43:48Seeming a good place. We'll see you in just a little bit. Thanks so much, Chase Sexton. Full of confidence tonight.

00:43:53Hey, that's good to hear. I've got more in the tank. I'm ready to go.

00:43:56You know which athletes always have ready and are ready to go?

00:44:01Well, something monumental that could only happen in Vegas.

00:44:03Let's watch John Cena, Cody Rhodes, and more of WWE's biggest superstars at WrestleMania live April 19th and 20th at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. Pacific, only on Peacock.

00:44:14How would you two go in a wrestling ring?

00:44:16I got it.

00:44:19I got it.

00:44:20Come on, Arce, you've got to respond.

00:44:23It would be fun, I guess.

00:44:25There's food for thought.

00:44:30All right, Jason Thomas.

00:44:32Thank you, Lee and Bron Breaker.

00:44:35Your first Supercross.

00:44:36Next weekend, your first WrestleMania.

00:44:38Now, those guys up in the booth were talking about how they would go up against you in the ring.

00:44:42I don't think it would go very well for anybody here this weekend, but what are your thoughts?

00:44:46You got to see some heat races.

00:44:47What do you think about Supercross so far?

00:44:48I did.

00:44:48This is just an incredible event.

00:44:50I mean, this is my first Supercross event.

00:44:52Watching those first couple of heats was crazy, man.

00:44:55The amount of just physicality that goes into what these guys do on the track is incredible.

00:45:02My hat's off to them, these incredible athletes.

00:45:04It's what a great show.

00:45:06Well, there's so many parallels between Monster to Supercross and WWE.

00:45:11Now, we have a lot of second-generation racers.

00:45:13You yourself are a second-generation wrestler.

00:45:15I think that's a big part of this.

00:45:18It's such a family-oriented sport, and I think both of those share that.

00:45:21What do you think?

00:45:21Yeah, absolutely.

00:45:23It comes down to legacy and carrying on what our fathers and uncles or our family members have done before us in the game.

00:45:31And that's all I'm trying to do.

00:45:33I'm sure these guys can attest to the same thing.

00:45:36So just trying to do the best we can.

00:45:38Thanks for being here.

00:45:39I'm going to try to get out of here without catching a spear.

00:45:45When the Supermotocross World Championship returns to Philadelphia,

00:45:53Jason Thomas will be on the track to show you the treacherous conditions these athletes are facing tonight.

00:46:00And still to come, the all-out battle for the final four spots in tonight's main event.

00:46:05The last-chance qualifiers will take place when we return.

00:46:19Two 250 heats down, two 450 heats down, but still so much more to come here in the SMX Halftime Report

00:46:28on a pretty cold afternoon in Philadelphia.

00:46:34Seven-time Supercross champion Jeremy McGrath breaks down how riders choose their lines in a challenging sand section

00:46:42in this week's Science of Supermotocross, engineered by Kawasaki.

00:46:47The routes and the lanes the riders use around the track, we call them lines.

00:46:51Look at this place.

00:46:52It's destroyed.

00:46:52If you can pick a fast line in an ever-changing environment, you can get to the front.

00:46:58The sand section is such a tricky section.

00:47:00Look at this rut.

00:47:01It's knee-deep.

00:47:03I mean, look at this sand.

00:47:04It wants to reach out and grab you.

00:47:06It wants to slow the bike down.

00:47:07When you hit it, it's like, whoa, just slows the bike way down.

00:47:10Crazy.

00:47:11The sand section is a deciding point on the track.

00:47:14It forces you inside or outside.

00:47:15There's no middle option here.

00:47:17You have to decide before you get to this section which one you're going to take.

00:47:21The inside is where you go to protect.

00:47:23The outside line is where you go to make speed.

00:47:25If you have a guy right on your tail, you're probably going to duck inside

00:47:28because you want to protect the pass.

00:47:31You come into the sand with a bunch of mile per hour, but you've got to hit the brakes.

00:47:34You've got to get the bike slowed way down to get this line right here.

00:47:37The outside line is a little more free-flown.

00:47:39You can come in with a little more mile per hour, hit the berm.

00:47:42It's not as tight, so sometimes the outside, even though it's the longer way around, could be faster.

00:47:47I'll tell you guys why you don't see anything in the middle.

00:47:51If you go in the middle, you're not going to be able to turn and make the jump out of the corner.

00:47:56You need the mile per hour out of the berm, so you need the gravity feed right out of the berm

00:48:00to be able to make the section.

00:48:02If you go in the middle, you're kind of caught.

00:48:04You stop, you turn, can't make the double, so you might as well be on the inside.

00:48:08If you hit the inside, I would say you can probably make more mistakes

00:48:11because you're just going really slow.

00:48:13If you choose the outside, you better hit it with speed or it's not going to happen.

00:48:17The tricky thing is to not get cross-rutted, not slide, not pop out of the rut,

00:48:21let the front get twisted in the sand.

00:48:22We saw a lot of crashes tonight.

00:48:24You just have to be super precise.

00:48:26The difference maker is at the end of the section,

00:48:29so what the riders are doing, they're setting up the end of the section.

00:48:32They're going to go in faster.

00:48:34They're going to jump longer at the end,

00:48:35and the guy on the inside is making a little less mile per hour.

00:48:38He's a little bit slower.

00:48:39Possible passes made at the end of the section.

00:48:43Each week, Kawasaki highlights the science behind the sport of super motocross,

00:48:47and we give you an inside look at how champions are engineered.

00:48:50You can check it out at kawasaki.com to let the good times roll.

00:48:55Well, not many good times in his heat race for the 2024 East Division champion

00:49:01and the co-points leader at the moment, Tom Vial, aboard his Red Bull KTM.

00:49:06He went down hard while running second, rode off the track,

00:49:09and is forced to do this last-chance qualifier coming up,

00:49:13and that will take part on this as we take a closer look at the Yamaha track maps.

00:49:19Stu, why don't you kick us off?

00:49:21Yeah, I want to break down this section.

00:49:22This is a long rhythm section going down the top of our screen,

00:49:25and there's two 90s in this I want to break out at the end of this section.

00:49:28So the guy's going to have to make a decision this first night,

00:49:31to either go inside or outside, and then they hit this double.

00:49:35But what you don't see is the way the momentum,

00:49:37just the force is wanting to push these guys off the racetrack.

00:49:41So you're going down that long rhythm section,

00:49:44and this is that first 90 I'm talking about.

00:49:46Once you get in here, now you've got to decide

00:49:47whether you're going to go inside or outside.

00:49:49Depending on which line you go,

00:49:51this next jump is going to throw you on the inside or outside.

00:49:53So I think that's going to be a lot of opportunity for passing

00:49:56or at least try to stay close and maybe get around somebody

00:49:59in this next corner, which is where our own JT's at right now.

00:50:04Well, James, I'm standing in the whoops,

00:50:06and there's two really important aspects to this,

00:50:09and it's the corner before and the corner after.

00:50:11Now the corner before, you're going to see riders like Justin Cooper.

00:50:13They're going to stick that inside in the main event

00:50:16and find a rhythm. 3-3-3 riders like Chase section.

00:50:19They're going to rail that berm, carry all the momentum in

00:50:21and try to blitz across the top.

00:50:23But everybody is going to try to catch the downside

00:50:26of this last whoop so they can triple into that corner.

00:50:29And you saw Aaron Plessinger and Cooper Webb pick on it,

00:50:32pick up on it early in 450 Heat 1.

00:50:35That's going to be key for the main event.

00:50:37Ricky, what section caught your eye going into the main event?

00:50:39Well, right after the section that you were just talking about

00:50:42in the whoops, coming out of that corner right here,

00:50:44it's going to be key to make sure you grease the backside

00:50:47of that tabletop so you can go triple right here and then again triple

00:50:51and then single into that corner, especially for the 250 class

00:50:55because it's so much time to be made and lost.

00:50:58I think precision, though, for the 450 guys

00:51:00in that particular rhythm section will be ideal.

00:51:04Precision and timing and rhythm, all those key words

00:51:08and all those key ingredients that guys like Hayden Deegan have.

00:51:12He won. Seth Hammock, a co-points leader in the 250 East Division.

00:51:18He won. And then the teammates at KTM, Aaron Plessinger, Chase Sexton,

00:51:22all winning and starting today the perfect way.

00:51:26It's been a fun afternoon and there's so much more to come

00:51:30here inside Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia

00:51:33for the Monster Energy AMA Supercross.

00:51:36Yep, lots happened already in both categories, in both classes.

00:51:41Let's get you up to speed with this East-West Showdown Division

00:51:45in the 250 class.

00:51:48And straightaway, Hayden Deegan started making moves.

00:51:51That was one Julian Beaumare.

00:51:53Yeah, that was for second place and this was for his teammate

00:51:55to get in front.

00:51:57He did a great job.

00:51:57He followed those guys for a few laps and was able to get around.

00:52:00We're waiting for the fireworks, but it didn't happen.

00:52:02Number 38 got the W.

00:52:03He just got it done to the 250 East Division

00:52:07and right from the drop of the gate, Ricky Seth Amaka made his intentions very clear.

00:52:11Since that showdown, he has been unbelievable.

00:52:14But check out the defending champion, Tom Vial.

00:52:17That was a gnarly crash.

00:52:18He goes off.

00:52:19He's going to be in the last chance qualifier.

00:52:22He's got some work to do.

00:52:23A native of Pennsylvania, Amaka wins at home.

00:52:26That's 250s done.

00:52:28He's one of the 450s.

00:52:30Cooper Webb got a great start, but that wasn't the story.

00:52:33Look at the challenge coming from Eric Plessinger.

00:52:35Yeah, last week's winner.

00:52:37And when you're talking about confidence, this is what that breathes.

00:52:40The number seven was able to get around the defending points leader at this point

00:52:44and pull away.

00:52:44Looked good doing it.

00:52:47Nicely done.

00:52:48On to heat two of the 450s.

00:52:51And while Chase Sexton got to turn one first, it was Justin Cooper

00:52:55who snuck up the inside, Ricky, and took off.

00:52:57Yeah, he's got a lot of momentum going right now, riding extremely well.

00:53:01But then he gets caught up behind the lapper.

00:53:03That's going to happen.

00:53:04That's been a very difficult corner right there.

00:53:06It's very wet.

00:53:08Check this out.

00:53:09The number four of Chase Sexton.

00:53:11He looks really strong.

00:53:13So there you have it.

00:53:14Deegan, Amaka, Plessinger, Sexton.

00:53:16All winners here in Philadelphia to get the afternoon off to the best possible start.

00:53:22If you're just joining us, welcome, folks.

00:53:24Lee Diffie along with James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael.

00:53:26Stu, you first up.

00:53:27Let's talk 450s.

00:53:29So Plessinger's coming off a big win.

00:53:31Massachusetts in the mud.

00:53:32It was only his second career 450 victory.

00:53:34Can he carry what he learned last week?

00:53:36And he's full of confidence.

00:53:37He told Will Christian that.

00:53:39And go on and get it done again here tonight.

00:53:40Well, absolutely he can.

00:53:41And we just proved that he has the speed.

00:53:43He was able to get around Cooper Webb.

00:53:44And the reason, the story's really about Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton when you come to the points.

00:53:49But the reason I want to talk about Aaron Plessinger, not because he has the speed to win,

00:53:53but because Chase Sexton needs some help.

00:53:55If he goes out there and just wins every race and Cooper Webb gets second,

00:53:58Cooper Webb's still going to win your title.

00:54:00So having another rider like Aaron Plessinger, which, oh, by the way,

00:54:03just has to be your teammate, is Chase Sexton's biggest friend if he's able to win this championship.

00:54:08So that's what I'm looking forward to see if the number seven can back it up again tonight.

00:54:12Just that sense of belief is extraordinary.

00:54:14He's really on a roll.

00:54:15Let's turn the page.

00:54:16Let's talk 250s.

00:54:17East-West showdown.

00:54:18We love this.

00:54:19What are you looking for?

00:54:19Well, I like the intense rivalry between Hayden Deegan and Julian Boomer.

00:54:24I think there's going to be a lot to watch here.

00:54:25We go back to JT's report earlier.

00:54:28This was at Anaheim, too.

00:54:29They have a little run in.

00:54:30And then this was back in Seattle.

00:54:32Intense battle.

00:54:33They're going to have words shaking each other, slapping helmets, grabbing helmets.

00:54:37They're going to get fines, whatever.

00:54:38They're not supposed to take any action, but it's for the championship.

00:54:41I'm going to keep my eye on there and then have close that intense points battle in the

00:54:45250 East Division.

00:54:47Last time there was an East-West showdown, it was an East Division rider in Seth Hamaker,

00:54:51who happens to hail from Pennsylvania, who was victorious.

00:54:54We'll see if he can do it again.

00:54:56Hey, let's check out the upcoming schedule brought to you by Supercross the Game 25 and

00:55:02off to New Jersey next weekend, part of this big and unprecedented North East swing.

00:55:07And then Pittsburgh before we head a little further west to Denver and then the championship

00:55:12finale in Salt Lake City.

00:55:13And then it's all about the outdoors.

00:55:16Looking forward to lots of fun coming up.

00:55:20And now for our U.S. Bank real good moment.

00:55:23Delta, Utah's Carol Brinkman has found a unique way to making learning more fun for her fifth

00:55:31grade students.

00:55:32Three, two, Saturdays are race days.

00:55:38Using dirt bike racing as a real world backdrop, Carol's Motovated program teaches youngsters

00:55:44about geography, math and climate across the cities and states where the Supermotocross

00:55:50league races.

00:55:50So you're looking for the weather in Foxborough for 5 p.m.

00:55:56What's the percentage of rain?

00:55:58Philadelphia is home to slices of Einstein's brain.

00:56:03The Zoom calls with the riders where they can actually connect are fantastic.

00:56:08Learning the lessons, never give up.

00:56:10You know, even if you crash early, that's really the way I want to be remembered is that

00:56:14I created this program that has really made a difference in these kids' lives.

00:56:19And that was our U.S. Bank real good moment.

00:56:23And it really was a feel-good moment involving Moto in school.

00:56:30Couldn't ask for any more.

00:56:31Last chance qualifier coming up.

00:56:33We welcome you back to Philadelphia just in time for the 250 last chance qualifier.

00:56:41Only four will make it.

00:56:43And there are some big-name riders like Tom Vial to the far left of your screen.

00:56:47He does not get a great start.

00:56:49He's out a little bit wide.

00:56:51But he's done enough to put himself at least in the top view.

00:56:55Well, that was full commitment from the outside.

00:56:58A clutch performance when you need it.

00:57:00So important.

00:57:02He was able to break late getting into that first corner.

00:57:06That's what helped him get by so many guys.

00:57:08Oh!

00:57:08I think that was Isaiah Clark.

00:57:11It went down.

00:57:12Yeah.

00:57:13It is.

00:57:14Yeah, that was really clutched by Tom Vial because he didn't get a good jump.

00:57:18And if for somehow he goes on to win this championship, we're going to go back to this race.

00:57:22If he can get out of this and be like, that was your championship saber right there.

00:57:26That was brave.

00:57:27And he did a great job at doing it.

00:57:28Making it happen in important moments just like this where you know you have to get a good start.

00:57:36You're on the very outside gate.

00:57:39He's short-shifted, got his weight to the back of the bike.

00:57:41Check it out right here.

00:57:42It's at the bottom of your screen there.

00:57:45And there he goes, leaning back.

00:57:48And see how he gets into the first corner.

00:57:50Slides the back end, but was able to make a lot of moves by a lot of guys

00:57:55just because it jams up so much on that inside.

00:57:59Yeah, when you're on the inside, you're not really paying attention to the outside guy.

00:58:02And that guy was able to outbreak you.

00:58:04And again, Tom did a great job because, I mean, he had no choice, really.

00:58:08Right?

00:58:08So that was nice.

00:58:11JT, what you got?

00:58:12Well, thinking about that outside that he used there, even if he goes on to win this LCQ,

00:58:16he's still going to be, you know, that 18th, 19th gate pick.

00:58:19So he's going to have to remember how well that worked and to fully commit in that main event.

00:58:24Otherwise, he's going to get buried on the outside there.

00:58:26So that's a really good lesson he's going to have to carry with him.

00:58:29Another guy here in this last chance qualifier, Michael Moseman.

00:58:34I mean, he's won races.

00:58:36So I'm very surprised to see him in there, Will.

00:58:40Yeah, just heading back there, guys, to Tom B. Allen, how he ended up in this LCQ here.

00:58:46I checked him with the team.

00:58:47Physically, they said he was absolutely fine.

00:58:49That wasn't the reason that he headed off track there.

00:58:52They just said he admitted he made a silly mistake.

00:58:55Too far left, he said.

00:58:56That's on me.

00:58:57I shouldn't have done that.

00:58:57But I guess there was a lot of mud.

00:58:59Got on his grips.

00:59:00Got on his gloves.

00:59:02Packed in the bike.

00:59:03And he just decided, I can't get back to 9th, which is where he would have had to get back to,

00:59:07to transfer straight through.

00:59:09So they left.

00:59:10And the team told me it was quite a lot of work to get all the mud, actually,

00:59:13from that fall off the bike and get him ready here.

00:59:15How about a little bit of local flavor as well?

00:59:17Another Pennsylvania rider from Pittsburgh.

00:59:20Gavin Towers leads the way.

00:59:21Gavin got a super start and has been out in front ever since aboard his Phoenix Racing Honda.

00:59:29And then we go back to behind Tom Villar, Lutonese, Michael Moseman, Hardy Munoz.

00:59:34They're all in the mix.

00:59:35Everybody wants to go to the main event in this East-West Divisional Showdown.

00:59:39And again, as I mentioned earlier, you got the best of the East and West.

00:59:45So you have all these guys.

00:59:47Some of these guys having raced against each other, even though he had a showdown a couple

00:59:51of weeks ago.

00:59:52A lot of these guys haven't raced, so you're getting familiar with it.

00:59:54But I think so far, these four, if they can just keep that gap between fifth place,

00:59:59Harden Munoz, I think they'll be fine.

01:00:00And nobody's going to do anything crazy unless the bat comes up.

01:00:04As Michael Moseman making that good move on the inside, set that up beautifully and just

01:00:10gives himself a little more breathing room, Ricky.

01:00:12Yeah, there's Hardy right there.

01:00:16Lutonese blocks the inside, anticipating Hardy to go up to make the move.

01:00:23And that's not the case.

01:00:24Closes the door.

01:00:25Oh!

01:00:27Munoz looks on the inside.

01:00:28That was an aggressive angle.

01:00:30Just a little bit too far back to make that happen.

01:00:33That would have been some heavy contact.

01:00:35There's the move.

01:00:36Jumps his way into that fourth spot.

01:00:38Lutonese responds.

01:00:42Good battle now.

01:00:43Hardy's got to play that defense because here it comes again.

01:00:48Fantastic changing of positions into the whoops.

01:00:50Here comes Munoz on the outside.

01:00:55Really leaned in on him.

01:00:56That's impressive.

01:00:57That's a very brave move.

01:01:00And he makes it work already on the outside, maybe anticipating for Luke to make a move,

01:01:08put him off the track.

01:01:09Remember, this is the last chance.

01:01:10Anything goes.

01:01:11And that was a great pass.

01:01:13You got to wonder, did, uh,

01:01:14did, uh, Munoz knew he needed to get that position, but didn't need to know the same thing

01:01:20because you would have think he would have put a little bit of fault to a little fight.

01:01:23So, now he's coming back up.

01:01:25He's got to stay close.

01:01:27Otherwise, he's going home early today.

01:01:29Quick reminder that all season long, you can tune in to the Spanish broadcast on the

01:01:33Telemundo page of the NBC app and on the Telemundo YouTube channel.

01:01:37And you can join Edgar and Tommy all the way through to the Super Motocross World Championship

01:01:42Finals.

01:01:43Back up front.

01:01:45Great job, Gavin Towers, the youngster from Pittsburgh.

01:01:49And he's got the champ chasing him down.

01:01:51And Vial just had a little error there.

01:01:53Got out of that rut, ran wide.

01:01:56But there's no immediate pressure.

01:01:57He's going through to the main event.

01:01:58That's the objective achieved if he stays where he is over these closing two laps.

01:02:02See quite a few guys going into that corner have difficulty with it, that right-hander.

01:02:08It's almost like they're not leaned over enough, and they're not centered enough up in the

01:02:12rut, and it grabs you and pulls you to the opposite side.

01:02:16Yeah, no, and then the rut just forms really big.

01:02:18And I think, as you were just saying, they land.

01:02:20That's probably the softest part of the racetrack, the most stinkiest part.

01:02:23So those guys landed and the bike grabs them, and they're going one way or another.

01:02:27But I think Tom is probably going to struggle a little bit because you think he only wrote

01:02:32one lap at night.

01:02:32He raced, and before that, it's been a few hours since he's been on a racetrack, so

01:02:36probably hasn't ridden on this racetrack besides one lap over the last five hours, so

01:02:41it's cold out here, so the mistakes are probably going to happen.

01:02:44He'll figure it out.

01:02:45He has no choice.

01:02:46The main event's coming up next.

01:02:47Well, it's never fun to be in a last chance qualifier, but if you're going to win one

01:02:52and it's a showdown, like James talked about earlier in this race, a little more heat

01:02:58in this last chance qualifier than normal because you got the best for both coasts.

01:03:05Here you go.

01:03:08Best result of the season at the last race out, and then winning the last chance qualifier.

01:03:14Well done.

01:03:15Gavin Towers over the champ.

01:03:17Vial, Michael Moseman, and Hardy Munoz confirms the four riders going through to the East-West

01:03:24showdown main event.

01:03:27Boy, that is going to be fantastic.

01:03:29Well done, Gavin Towers.

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01:04:12250 last chance qualifier done.

01:04:14450s are on the line.

01:04:16Same rules apply.

01:04:17The top four will advance to the 450 main event here in Philly.

01:04:24It's been some great racing today, fellas.

01:04:27You ain't lying.

01:04:29We were talking about it off air, just how this racetrack has developed.

01:04:37You've got Kyle Chisholm on the 11th.

01:04:40Last chance qualifier.

01:04:42Supremo, as far as wins, he doesn't want to be here,

01:04:49but he finds himself in another LCQ, fighting it out.

01:04:54I feel like Kyle Chisholm becomes a different racer in these things,

01:04:57like just really smart, kind of like a Cooper Webb effect,

01:05:00just very patient, allows this race to come,

01:05:03but something to hear about Philly.

01:05:06Fireworks are already getting started.

01:05:08Out in front, Grant Harlan feeling good.

01:05:11Had a birthday yesterday.

01:05:14See if he can celebrate, continue the celebrations

01:05:16with a last chance qualifier win.

01:05:18Great move aboard that twisted THEP Suzuki by Kyle Chisholm.

01:05:22Look at Rod Bell, 148.

01:05:26That red Honda third.

01:05:28He got a personal best last week

01:05:30in Foxborough in the main event,

01:05:33the 250 division.

01:05:35Now he's in the 450.

01:05:38Putting on a good ride here to last chance.

01:05:40Man, these first couple laps in last chance.

01:05:42Races are so intense.

01:05:44Guys going everywhere,

01:05:45trying to make moves up the inside, outside.

01:05:48Yeah, these guys are going back and forth,

01:05:53and the track kind of sets it up that way,

01:05:55because one guy gets bunched up,

01:05:57and if the third place guy gets bunched up,

01:05:58he brings the whole pack into it,

01:06:00so these guys aren't going to be playing nice for much longer.

01:06:08I just can't help but think about how lucky we've been,

01:06:12and the fans and the riders,

01:06:13that we've dodged the rain, or more severe rain,

01:06:17considering what the weather was like yesterday,

01:06:19and even a little earlier today,

01:06:21so it's worked out so far so good.

01:06:28See those shiny parts are coming up on the track,

01:06:30and that's going to make it really difficult for these guys,

01:06:32because they're going to worry about being it really sticky,

01:06:35and once they let off the brakes,

01:06:36the bike wants to grab them,

01:06:37but then you have these shiny parts on it.

01:06:39You see some dust coming up,

01:06:41as you see the guys lives in the rear end.

01:06:43That's all because the track's starting to get a lot slipperier

01:06:45as it gets down to that plywood,

01:06:46it makes it even more difficult and tricky for these guys

01:06:49as the day goes on.

01:06:53Yeah, as they, as this track starts to get down to the plywood,

01:06:58these guys start to get towards the back of the bike,

01:07:00like James talked about in the woods,

01:07:02is to get that traction,

01:07:04like when he's talking about his brother Malcolm

01:07:05and how he rides heavy on the bike,

01:07:07you want to get as much force down on that rear wheel

01:07:09as possible to go forward.

01:07:12You do not want your wheel,

01:07:13your rear wheel to spin.

01:07:16Coming out of this corner right here

01:07:18is a perfect example

01:07:19of what James is talking about.

01:07:25Justin Rodbell runs third at the moment.

01:07:28You may remember last weekend,

01:07:29he got fourth in the 250 class.

01:07:33Well, he hasn't made a 450 main

01:07:35since Seattle last year.

01:07:39So let's see if he can do it right here, right now.

01:07:42Kevin Moran's doing the chasing.

01:07:47Man, this is a battle.

01:07:48I'm just like,

01:07:49I got one foot in and one foot out.

01:07:52These guys are riding really well

01:07:54and that's why.

01:07:56Pretty precise going through these rhythm sections.

01:07:58Remember on that track report

01:08:00that James JT and I did.

01:08:04Do it really well.

01:08:05Yeah, and I feel like Jerry hands

01:08:07probably in the catbird seat

01:08:08because even though he's out of the

01:08:09transfer position,

01:08:10this battle that's going on in front of him,

01:08:12one of these guys

01:08:13who end up making a mistake

01:08:14and he's going to be your beneficiary

01:08:16right there so he could just stay close to him,

01:08:18not make a mistake himself.

01:08:19They're going to be worried about battling each other.

01:08:21You might go sneak up the inside and get one of them.

01:08:24Yeah, you can sit back.

01:08:25He's got a front row seat to the show.

01:08:27That's for sure.

01:08:29Still some time left here at the minute.

01:08:31Plus a lot. Nice move.

01:08:32There we go.

01:08:35And it's returned. No, not quite.

01:08:40So hand into that fourth spot.

01:08:43Now the pressure is on Justin Rodbell.

01:08:47I just can't help but think back to last week

01:08:49at Rodbell's expression

01:08:50when we interviewed him up on the podium

01:08:53for that fourth place.

01:08:54He's like, man, this was unbelievable.

01:08:56This was unreal.

01:09:02That's actually gets really hard for those guys

01:09:04when they land off that wheel.

01:09:08Just picking up on what you said there about Justin.

01:09:11It was just, it was contagious,

01:09:13his excitement of how that went down.

01:09:15And what fascinated me is then he talked about

01:09:17going straight back to work on Monday.

01:09:18This guy, you know, works Monday to Friday,

01:09:21and he just, I think that disbelief

01:09:22that he was in that situation

01:09:24fourth in a main event,

01:09:26and then straight back to it on Monday

01:09:27with his regular job.

01:09:29Think about that,

01:09:31and then he's out here battling

01:09:32with the best SMX riders in the world.

01:09:35That's incredible.

01:09:36I can tell you, it's hard enough to do

01:09:38when you do it full-time training and riding,

01:09:42but then you have a full-time regular job.

01:09:44Massive kudos.

01:09:45If he doesn't hurry up,

01:09:47he's going to be getting to work early

01:09:48because he needs a position.

01:09:49Have you ever wanted to walk the track

01:09:57before the big race,

01:09:58or be next to the world's best races

01:10:00at an SMX World Championship event

01:10:02before the 450 gate drop,

01:10:04or maybe dodge the champagne shower at the podium,

01:10:06where you can do all that and more.

01:10:08Go to smsexperiences.com for full details

01:10:11on how to become a VIP member

01:10:13at an upcoming race.

01:10:15Don't just watch Supercross, live it.

01:10:19And you can see it.

01:10:20What we're enjoying right here, right now in Philly.

01:10:23And I can tell you, it's a different perspective

01:10:25when you get behind the scenes like that,

01:10:27really see what these riders face on these racetracks.

01:10:31It is absolutely impressive.

01:10:35Ron was talking about it,

01:10:36and I had a chance to meet him earlier today.

01:10:39Oh, you did?

01:10:39Yeah, it's like, he was blown away.

01:10:41It was cool to see his reaction.

01:10:42I love people that have come to an SMX race

01:10:44for the first time and just hear what they had to say.

01:10:49So 1.2, almost 1.3 seconds for Grant Harlan

01:10:53over Kyle Chisholm.

01:10:55Got a really good start and hasn't looked back.

01:11:00Maybe it was at dinner last night that we saw him at.

01:11:03Celebrating his birthday.

01:11:07And the weekend just continues with positivity.

01:11:09Well done.

01:11:10LCQ victory.

01:11:13He won in Detroit, wins here.

01:11:15Kyle Chisholm, Kevin Morans with a fist pump.

01:11:18And Jeremy Hand gets that all-important fourth and final spot

01:11:22to go to the 450 main event.

01:11:25Yeah!

01:11:26He's just looked up at confirmation of that.

01:11:32250 East-West Showdown is coming up.

01:11:36And Hayden Deegan is ready to go.

01:11:39He's ready to win.

01:11:40Down in the dark.

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01:11:53All the qualifying events are done.

01:12:02as just the two big ones to come.

01:12:04The 250 and 450 main events.

01:12:07And in the 250, Seth Hamaker returns to his home state

01:12:12as the co-leader in the 250 East Division Championship.

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