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>> POINTS LEADER JAMES
STEWART COMES IN TO ANAHEIM
CARRYING A TWO-WEEK WIN
STREAK.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR HIM STEP
OUT OF THE SHADOW CAS BY A
GRT CAM ON, BEGIN TO RIDE
HIS OWN SUPERCROSS DREAM.
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♪ CAN YOU TAKE ME HIGHER
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>> SUPERCROSS FROM ANAHEIM
IS NEXT ON CBS SPORTS
SPECTACULAR.
■■
>> SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE
FIRST PLACE FOR HIGH-FLYING
SPORT KNOWN AS SUPERCROSS.
ANGEL STADIUM, ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA, SITE OF THE
CROWD OF THE AMP'D MOBILE
SUPERCROSS.
HI, I'M RALPH SHEHEEN ALONG
TIME 15-TIME CHAMPION RICKY
CARMICHAEL, SUPERCROSS
CHAMPION JEFF EMIG.
WE'RE GETTING SET FOR A GOOD
ROUND OF COMPETITION HERE AT
ANGEL STADIUM.
LET'S SHOW YOU OUR
SUPERCROSS 411, WHAT YOU CAN
EXPECT TO SEE ON THE SHOW
TODAY.
>> JAMES STEWART COMES IN
HERE HAVING WON THE LAST TWO
ROUNDS OF RACING.
LET'S HEAD DOWN TO THE FLOOR
AND MEET ERIN BATES,
PROGRESSIVE FREE RACE
REPORT.
>> IF YOU REMEMBER THE SCARY
CRASH LAST WEEKEND IN
PHOENIX WITH THE NUMBER 12
OF DAVID, VUILLEMIN, HE'S
BACK.
HE WENT AND GOT CHECKED OUT
AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL IN
PHOENIX, NOTHING IS TORN,
NOTHING IS RUPTURED,
EXTREMELY BRUISED BUT READY
TO BATTLE HERE TONIGHT.
THE BLACK CLOUD CONTINUES TO
LINGER OVER HONDA AS TRAVIS,
SECOND PRACTICE THIS
AFTERNOON, CRASHED IN A
RHYTHM SECTION.
STAYED DOWN FOR QUITE SOME
BIT.
HE COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS KNEE,
COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS CHEST.
HE'S BEEN SENT TO A LOCAL
HOSPITAL TO GET FURTHER
EVALUATED AND WE'RE YET TO
FIND OUT WHETHER HE WILL BE
BACK TONIGHT TO RACE.
>> HERE'S OUR AIR FORCE
AMP'D MOBILE SUPERCROSS
STARTING GRID.
HERE'S OUR UPCLOSE, EIGHT
LAPS, 20 RIDERS.
TOP NINE ADVANCING TO THE
MAIN EVENT.
EVERYBODY ELSE TO THE LAST-
CHANCE QUALIFIER.
THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY
THINKS THEY WILL BE CHASING
ALL NIGHT LONG, YOUR NEMESIS,
NUMBER 7, RICKY.
>> HE'S DEFINITELY ON FIRE
THESE LAST TWO EVENTS.
I GAVE HIM MY BEST SHOT.
BUT WE WERE CLOSE, BUT NOT
GOOD ENOUGH.
THERE HE GOES.
LOOKS LIKE HE HAS THE HOLE
SHOT.
>> HE DOES, JAMES STEWART
FIRST TO THE CORNER, TAKING
THE HOLE SHOT.
>> LOOK HOW HE RAILS THROUGH
THE CORNER, IN TO THE WOOD
SECTION.
SO INCREDIBLY FAST IS THIS
YOUNG FIDER.
>> CARRIES A LOT OF MOMENTUM,
YOU CAN SEE THE STYLES THAT
HAVE CHANGED FROM WHEN I WAS
RACING AND JEREMY AND
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S A LOT MORE MOMENTUM,
NOT SO MUCH SLIDING THE REAR
TIRE LIKE WE USED TO.
>> RICKY, THIS IS THE FIRST
SUPERCROSS THAT YOU SAT OUT
IN A WHILE BECAUSE YOU'RE
RIDING A LIMITED SCHEDULE
THIS SEASON.
GETTING A CHANCE TO WATCH
STEWART FROM A DIFFERENT
VIEW, MAYBE THE RECORDING
BACK AT THE SUZUKI TRUCK,
ARE YOU TRYING TO LEARN
SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT TIME
YOU GUYS MEET NEXT WEEKEND
IN SAN FRANCISCO?
>> YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY.
I MEAN THERE'S NOT MUCH
THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE FROM
WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK,
WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK.
NEXT WEEK, WHEN I'M RACING,
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I TRUE
TOY PICK UP SOMETHING.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO BE
ANY MAGICAL ANSWER.
>> HE'S FAST, YOU HAVE TO BE
FASTER, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> KEVIN ON THE NUMBER 14,
HE RIDES IN SECOND PLACE.
STEWART PULLING A 5.3-SECOND
LEAD ON THE VERY FIRST LAP.
AND I THINK THE THING THAT
IS SO SCARY, LOOK AT MARSACK
ON THE 79, JACOB MARSACK
HOLDING DOWN THIRD PLACE
RIGHT NOW.
HERE COMES NICK WEY ON THE
27.
ONE OF THE PRIVATEEER
RIDEORS A HONDA, VERY
COMPETITIVE.
AND THE 23 KYLE LEWIS AS
WELL.
STEWART, A 45 WHY -- 45.9
SECOND LAP.
>> THAT'S TERRIFIC.
>> THAT'S PRETTY FAST.
YOU GUYS KNOW NICK WEY.
HE INJURYED A MUSCLE IN HIS
FOREARM.
HE HASN'T BEEN PRACTICING.
THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK THAT
HE ACTUALLY PRACTICED, YOU
KNOW, OUTSIDE OF RACING.
>> HE PICKED UP A CONDITION
RIGHT THERE AS HE GETS
AROUND MARSACK, MOVE HIM UP
TO THIRD.
>> NICK IS A GOOD RIDER.
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE GUYS OUT
HERE ARE REALLY GOOD AND I
MEAN TO QUALIFY FOR A
SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT, I
MEAN YOU'RE GOOD.
>> YOU'RE IN THE TOP
PERCENTILE.
>> HE'S RIGHT OUT THERE WITH
JAMES BATTLING IT OUT.
THE GUY HAS GOT SOME TALENT.
>> YOU SCENIC WEY, THOSE IN
RED DO NOT HOLD TRANSFER
SPOTS.
THOSE IN GREEN ARE THE TOP
FIVE, TRANSFER SPOTS THAT GO
RIGHT TO THE MAIN.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PRIVATEEER AND FACTORY
RIDER.
JAMES STEWART, FACTORY
RIDER.
NICK WEY A PRIVATEEER RIDER.
HOW DIFFERENT IS THE
EQUIPMENT BETWEEN WHAT NICK
IS RIDING IN THIRD AND JAMES
IN THE LEAD?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU
KNOW, THE BIKES NOWADAYS ARE
SO GOOD.
YOU KNOW, I'M SURE NICK'S
BIKE APPEARS TO BEG LOOKS
LIKE IT WORKS GOOD FOR HIM.
>> HERE'■ A LOOK AT THE
NUMBER 40 MACHINE, JEFF
GIBSON.
GIBSON RUNS IN 6th, TRANSFER
SPOT RIGHT NOW.
ERIC SORBY HOLDS THE FINAL
TRANSFER AT THIS POSITION.
HALFWAY COMPLETED.
>> THERE'S A HUGE GROUP
RIGHT NOW BETWEEN FIFTH AND
10th THAT ARE ALL PRETTY
TIGHT.
YOU HAVE KIM FERRY SITTING
IN 10th, HE'S GOING TO BE
MOVING UP TH■OUGH THERE.
HE HAS TO BE BATTLING FOR
THE FINAL TRANSFER POSITION.
>> SORBY IS BATTLING WITH
TIM FERRY, SORBY IN THE
GREEN 9 17th, GREEN 15 IS
FERRY, IN THE MIDDLE ON THE
RED BIKE IS JASON THOMAS.
HE'S ALSO TRYING TO HANG ON
TO A TRANSFER SPOT.
IN FRONTS OF THEM, 37, PAUL
CARPENTER.
FERRY OF COURSE ON THAT 15,
HE MAKES THE JAMES STEWART
AND THE FACTORY KAWASAKI
TEAM, YOU SHOULDN'T BE THAT
FAR.
>> I DIDN'T SEE THE START,
I'M SURE TIMMY WILL GET OUT
IN TRANSFER POSITION AND SET
HIMSELF UP TO HAVE A GOOD
MAIN EVENT.
PRACTICE PARTNER THERE,
JASON THOMAS, HE'S BEEN,
SENT ERIC SORBY UP HERE,
COME DOWN THE INSIDE AND GET
HIM IN THE LEFT HAND TURN IF
I HAD TO GUESS.
AND THERE IT GOES.
YOU KNOW, ON THE 90-DEGREE
TURNS, IF YOU CAN REALLY
STICK THOSE INSIDES LIKE
THAT, YOU KNOW, CATCH UP A
LOT OF TIME.
>> YOU STICK THE INSIDE, BUT
LIKE FERRY DID, CAME UP THE
INSIDE, SORBY OFFICE THE
OUTSIDE, DIDN'T HAVE A
CHANCE TO CUT IN.
IT'S A BASIC BLOCK OUT,
TAKING THE POSITION.
BEING GOOD ON THE 90-DEGREE
CORNER IS SO IMPORTANT THESE
DAYS IN SUPERCROSS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM
BIKE SETUP.
IT'S A TRADE-OFF.
YOU KNOW, MOTORCYCLE RACING
IS A TRADE-OFF.
YOU GET ONE THING WORKING
GOOD, YOU LOSE SOMETHING
ELSE.
>> TALKING TO A LOT OF THE
RIDERS, RICKY, THE AVERAGE
PERSON TUNING IN MAY BE
WATCHING SUPERCROSS FOR THE
FIRST TIME, THINK THE RACE
IS WON OR LOSS IN THE
OBSTACLES, WE WATCH SORBY
GETTING IN SIDE OF FERRY,
PICKING UP POSITION.
>> THESE GUYS ARE BATTLING.
THIS FOR A QUALIFYING
POSITION, YOU THINK THIS IS
FOR ALL THE MARBLES.
>> FERRY COMES BACK, TAKES
THE SPOT AWAY ON THE
KAWASAKI 15, RED AND WHITE
RIDING GEAR.
>> SORBY TRYING TO SET HIM
UP THERE GOING OUTSIDE TO
INSIDE.
BUT I THINK TIMMY WILL MAKE
IT STICK THIS TIME.
>> TIM FERRY, FACTORY RIDER,
BEEN A PRIVATEEER, BACK TO
THE FACTORY, BOUNCED BACK
AND FORTH.
BACK TO THE BIG RIGS MAKING
IT UP ON TO THE FACTORY TEAM
CONSEQUENCE, MAKING IT ALL
STICK.
>> LOOK WHO IS BACK, SORBY
LOOKING TO GET BACK BY FERRY
AGAIN.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST
HEAT RACES THAT WE HAVEH
THESE GUYS, YOU KNOW, YOU
COULD THROW A BLANKET OVER
THEM.
SOME OF THE BEST ACTION WE
HAVE SEEN ALL YEAR.
HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN JAMES
STEWART?
HAS HE COMPLETELY CHECKED
OUT?
>> IN THE FINAL LAP IS WHAT
WE'RE, ON WHITE FLAG IS OUT.
THESE RIDERS HAVE JUST A
HANDFUL OF CORNERS LEFT TO
BATTLE.
HERE'S STEWART, CASUALLY
MAKING HIS WAY AROUND, LAST
TIME, LAP TIME OF 49.9.
BACK TO THE TRANSFER BATTLE
ONCE STEWART CROSSES THE
FINISH LINE.
CORNER TO GO, JAMES STEWART
WINS THE HEAT.
THAT WAS A FANTASTIC RIDE.
HE GOT THE HOLE SHOT
COMPLETELY CHECKED OUT.
>> THE BACK OF FIVE, SIX
RIDERS.
>> THROWS IT IN THERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A
GREAT BATTLE TO THE FINISH
LINE.
>> IF YOU CHECK OUT 79, JAKE
MARSACK, JUST CAUGHT HIS,
THE EXHAUST MUFFLE LETTER ON
HIS BIKE HAS COME LOSE, IT'S
HANGING.
>> WHAT KIND 56 OF A PROBLEM
WILL THAT CAUSE HIM?
>> RIGHT NOW, HE'S ONLY GOT
A COUPLE CORNERS TO FINISH
IT OFF.
IF IT WENT IN TO THE REAR
WHEEL, COULD CAUSE SERIOUS
PROBLEMS.
>> STURBT HEADED BACK TO THE
HIT AREA WITH MECHANIC.
THESE -- BACK TO THE HIT
AREA.
>> MARSACK OFF THE TRACK.
>> BUT HE GETS BACK ON.
WILL HE GET A TRANSFER SPOT
OUT OF IT?
SORBY GOING ON AND MARSACK
JUST MAKES IT IN FRONT OF
JASON THOMAS.
WOW, WHAT A FINISH.
WE STILL ARE HAVE THE MAIN
TO GO.
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>> WELCOME BACK TO ANAHEIM,
BIG CROWD ON HAND HERE IN
ANGEL STADIUM FOR AMP'D
MOBILE SUPERCROSS ACTION.
JAMES STEWART TAKING THE WIN
IN HIS HEAT RACE.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TOP
FINE RIDERS THAT WILL
TRANSFER STRAIGHT ON TO THE
MAIN EVENT.
JAMES STEWART IS STANDING BY
WITH ERIN.
>> A LITTLE SPECULATION AND
RUMORS AS WOULD JAMES
STEWART BE AS MOTIVATED
COMING IN TO ANAHEIM TWO
WITH RICKY CARMICHAEL
SITTING OUT.
OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CASE.
YOU'RE JUST AS MOTIVATED.
DO YOU PLAN ON PUSHING IT AS
HARD AS NORMAL?
>> I RIDE THE SAME, YOU KNOW,
JUST A RUMOR, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT YOU HEAR.
EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
AND I FEEL GOOD.
YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT TO PICK
UP THE PACE A LITTLE BIT.
I FEEL LIKE I'M STRUGGLING A
LITTLE BIT, LIKE LAST
WEEKEND.
WOF TO GO BACK AND REGROUP.
I'LL BE READY FOR THE MAIN.
>> DEFINITELY READY HERE
TONIGHT AT ANAHEIM.
>> ERIN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
A LOOK AT THE STATISTICS OF
THE MAN THEY CALL THE GOAT,
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
HERE'S THE MAN HIMSELF, THE
GOAT.
RALPH SHEHEEN ALONGSIDE
RICKY CARMICHAEL, JEFF EMIG,
SUPERCROSS CHAMPION IN HIS
OWN RIGHT.
RICKY, YOU RACED A LOT WITH
JAMES.
ALL THESE RUMORS ABOUT IF
HE'S RACING DIFFERENT WITH
YOU NOT OUT.
IS IT TRUE?
DOES HE LOOK LIKE THE SAME
OLD JAMES TO YOU IN.
>> HE LOOKS LIKE THE SAME
OLD JAMES TO ME.
I THINK HE'S RIDING VERY
GOOD.
HE HAS TO KEEP THE FOCUS IF
HE'S BY HIMSELF AS IF I WAS
RIGHT THERE RACING WITH HIM.
AND YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD DO
VERY GOOD.
HE'S BEEN RIDING VERY GOOD
THIS YEAR, GROWING UP,
MATURING, THIS IS HIS THIRD
YEAR IN THE SUPERCROSS
CLASS.
IT'S TIME.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING SOME GOOD STUFF OUT
OF HIM.
>> JEFF, IF HE DOESN'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT RICKY
CARMICHAEL.
STILL A BUNCH OF OTHER
RIDERS STILL STRONG, IVAN
IVAN TEDESCO, CHAD REED.
>> THEY HAVE A LOT TO PROVE.
CHAD REED PUT IN A GREAT
HEAT RACE.
I THINK IT WILL TAKE A
PERFECT RACE TO HOLD SHOT,
GETTING AWAY.
MAYBE STEWART MAKING A
MISTAKE OFF THE START FOR
ONE OF THESE GUYS TO WIN.
>> STEWART IS THE REIGNING
CHAMPION.
HE HAS A GOOD SHOT AT'
FENDING THAT.
RICKY ONLY WILL RUN A
PARTIAL SEASON, HAS TO WORRY
ABOUT CHAD REED, TIM FERRY
AND THE REST.
HE HAS 7-POINT LEAD OVER
CHAD REED.
IN THE AMA STANDINGS, RICKY
IS DEFENDING CHAMPION OF
THAT TITLE.
BUT HE■ SITS SIX MARKERS
BEHIND JAMES.
RICKY NOT DOING THE FULL
SEASON.
NOW IF THE COMPETITION CAN'T
BEAT JAMES, MIGHT BE THE
RACETRACK.
BOTH RICKY AND JEFF TOOK A
LOOK AT THE TRACK EARLIER
TODAY.
>> WE'LL LOOK AT THE TRACK
HERE AT ANAHEIM 2.
GREAT SUPER LONG START.
ONE OF THE SPOT THAT WILL BE
REALLY TRICKY, BET SET OF
HOOPS HERE.
SET AFTER THIS, A COUPLE
TRIPLE DOUBLES.
DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT.
SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN
THE MAIN EVENT.
FINAL THING, THREE TABLETOPS
IN A ROW, LEADING TO THE
FINISH LINE CORNER SHOULD
GIVE RIDERS TROUBLE TONIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO, WE'RE COMING
DOWN THE START STRAIGHT,
TURNING LEFT HERE, 90-DEGREE
TURN, THREE HOOPS.
IF YOU DON'T TIME THAT GOOD,
THAT TRIPLE THAT YOU JUST
SEE CAN BECOME VERY, VERY
TOUGH.
COMING IN TO THESE HOOPS
RIGHT HERE, THESE AREN'T TOO
BAD.
SHOULD BE GOOD RACING HOOPS.
THIS SECTION COMING UP RIGHT
HERE, YOU WILL SEE MICHAEL
GO THREE RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S VERY, VERY TOUGH AS
THE NIGHT WEARS ON, THE
HOOPDIDOOS WILL GET HARDER.
GREAT SECTION RIGHT HERE.
A COUPLE VARIATIONS ON HOW
TO DO THAT.
MICHAEL BYRNE WENT
TRIPLE TRIPLE, OR TRIPLE
TWO.
IMPORTANT TO TIME THIS
PERFECT.
YOU HAVE TO PUT THE FRONT-REAR
REAL IN THE CREVICE.
ON AND OFF, THESE ARE VERY
TOUGH.
LOOKS ARE DECEIVING, LET ME
TELL YOU.
TURN LEFT RIGHT HERE, OVER
THE FINISH LINE, THREE
LITTLE ROLLERS IN TO THE
TURN, THAT'S A LAP OF
ANAHEIM 2.
>> THAT'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S
RACETRACK.
HERE'S OUR QUESTION OF THE
WEEK: WE'LL HAVE THE ANSWER
FOR YOU WHEN WE COME BACK TO
ANAHEIM AFTER THIS.
IT'S THE RIDER THEY CALL
WARDY, JEFF WARD BACK IN
1987 TOOK THE TWO OPENING
ROUNDS OF THE SEASON.
GETTING READY FOR OUR HEAT
NUMBER 2 ACTION.
HERE'S OUR THOR UPCLOSE.
A 8-LAP RACE, 20 RIDERS.
TOP NINE GOING STRAIGHT TO
THE MAIN EVENT.
HERE'S HIGHLIGHTS FROM HEAT
NUMBER 2 IN ANAHEIM.
>> THERE THEY GO!
.
>> LOOKS LIKE CHAD REED WILL
GET THE HOLE SHOT, RIDERS
WILL GO DOWN IN THE FIRST
CORNER.
MICHAEL BYRNE IT WAS FIRST
ONE DOWN.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
HAVE THE HOLE SHOT.
HE CLIPPED CHAD REED'S REAR
WHEEL AND TOOK THE WHOLE
FIELD WITH HIM.
LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAPPENED
AT THAT FIRST CORNER, JEFF.
>> MICHAEL BYRNE WAS PRETTY
FIRED UP ABOUT GETTING THIS
HOLE SHOT, ALMOST HAD IT.
CHAD REED COMES ACROSS,
MICHAEL CLIPPED IT, TOOK
ABOUT FIVE, SIX GUYS WITH
HIM.
TYLER EVANS WAS INVOLVED IN
THAT AS WELL.
THEY WERE ON BOARD WITH
MICHAEL.
YOU CAN SEE THEY GOT IN
THERE TIGHT.
>> HE JUST GETS, HITS CHAD
REED'S BACK WHEEL, KIND OF
HIGH-SIDES HIM.
THE REST IS HISTORY.
>> FOR A RIDER WHO HAS A
SHOULDER THAT IS PRETTY
SERIOUSLY DINGED UP, HE IS
RIDING VERY COMFORTABLY,
CONSISTENTLY.
PUTTING IN SOME GOOD LAP
TIMES HERE.
HERE HE COMES TO THE
CHECKERED FLAG.
AUSTRALIAN CHAD REED WITH
ANOTHER PRETTY PERFORMANCE.
INJURED OR NOT, HERE'S A
LOOK AT THE RESULTS OUT OF
HEAT 2.
>> GETTING THE START HE'S
BEEN WORKING, ON CHAD, LEAPS
AND BOUNDS IN YOUR PHYSICAL
CONDITION COMPARED TO WHERE
YOU WERE LAST WEEKEND.
WHERE WOULD YOU SAY ARE YOU?
>> I FEEL A LOT BETTER.
I RODE ONCE THIS WEEK.
I WOULD SAY I'M NOT 100%,
BUT I FEEL GOOD.
I FEEL LIKE I CAN CHALLENGE
THEM.
I'M STILL HAVING A LITTLE
TROUBLE BREATHING, BUT GOOD
START LIKE, THAT JUST TRY TO
GET A GOOD FLOW AND PUT THIS
BIKE UP ON TOP OF THE PODIUM
AND JUST SO HAPPY TO BE
FEELING GOOD ON THE BIKE
AGAIN.
THAT'S A LOT OF FUN TO FEEL
THAT.
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>> IT'S A CHILLY NIGHT HERE
IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.
GETTING READY FOR THE AMP'D
MOBILE SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT
KNOWN AS ANAHEIM 2.
RALPH SHEHEEN ALONGSIDE
RICKY CARMICHAEL AND JEFF
EMIG, ERIN WORKING THE FLOOR
FOR US TODAY.
THERE IS KEVIN WINDHAM TWO,-TIME
WINNER AT ANAHEIM.
KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST
TALENTED RIDERS IN THE GATE.
KEVIN HAS NOT WON A
CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE TRACK,
AT HOME HE'S NOT JUST DADDY,
HE'S A CHAMPION WITH HIS
FAMILY.
>> THE 30-SECOND COURSE,
HISTORY IN THE MAKING,
GREATEST 250 OF ALL-TIME
♪ DON'T HOLD BACK
♪
♪
♪ DON'T HOLD BACK
♪
>> HERE'S KEVIN WINDHAM,
FIRST 250 SUPERCROSS
VICTORY!
>> CARRYING THE TAG AROUND
LIKE THE MOST TALENTED,
NATIONALLY TALENTED,
AUTOMATICALLY MEANS I SHOULD
BE WINNING.
A LOT OF TIMES I GO ON THE
TRACK AND I FOCUS ON THINGS
THAT MAYBE I SHOULDN'T FOCUS
ABOUT.
>> LOOK AT THIS, CHAD REED,
HERE HE COMES.
>> WINDHAM MISS IT IS
TRIPLE.
>> CHAD HAS THE DRIVE ON THE
TSIDE, CHAD REED.
>> SEE GUYS LIKE RICKY,
JAMES, WINNING MANY RACES,
THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO DO.
I NEED TO BE IF GUY THAT CAN
HANG IT OUT WHEN I NEED TO
HANG IT OUT
♪
♪
♪♪ THE TIME HAS COME TO
♪ MY FINGER IS ON THE
BUTTON.
>> WINDHAM TO THE INSIDE.
KEVIN WINDHAM WITH RICKY
CARMICHAEL RIGHT ON HIS
TAIL.
>> I FEEL LIKE I HAD A
TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL
CAREER, I'M ABLE TO INSPIRE
PEOPLE ON WHATEVER LEVEL,
HAS BEEN A WON FOR FOR ME
AND I ENJOYED IT THUS FAR.
>> CHECKERS FOR KEVIN
WINDHAM.
THE NATIVE SON OF LOUISIANA.
>> ALL RIGHT!
♪ WE ARE FAMILY
♪ GET UP, EVERYBODY
♪ SING.
>> THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MY
WIFE, THE BIRTH OF MY CHILD,
WHICH IT WAS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT STORY FOR ME, THE
PREMATUREITY OF MY DAUGHTER,
HER FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE,
FOR HER LIFE, MY WIFE
GETTING SICK, BIG TURNING
POINT FOR ME.
TO SEE THE THINGS THAT
REALLY MATTER IN LIFE TO,
GIVE ME A TRUE UNDERSTANDING,
A TRUE REALITY OF WHAT THIS
IS.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN SHALL IT'S
A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S WELL
WORTH ALL THE PAIN, YOU KNOW,
IT'S WELL WORTH ALL I DO.
I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN RACING
AND BEING A FAMILY FAN.
♪ WE ARE FAMILY
♪
♪
>> LIFE HAS COME FULL CIRCLE
FOR ME.
I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM
RIGHT NOW WITHOUT MY FAMILY
BACKING, MY KIDS.
>> KEVIN WINDHAM WILL TRY TO
GET HIMSELF BACK UP ON THE
PODIUM HERE IN A LITTLE
WHILE.
HERE'S RESULTS FROM THE LAST-
CHANCE QUALIFIER.
MICHAEL BYRNE, JASON THOMAS
COMING ON TO THE MAIN EVENTS,
COMING UP NEXT HERE ON CBS
WHEN WE COME BACK TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
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>> ANGEL STADIUM, ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA, HOME TO MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL'S ANGELS OF
ANAHEIM.
TODAY IT'S SUPERCROSS,
ANAHEIM 2.
HI, I'M RALPH HE SHEEN
ALONGSIDE RICKY CARMICHAEL
AND JEFF EMIG GETTING READY
FOR THE MAIN EVENT IN
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.
IS JAMES RIDING AS GOOD AS
WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST OR
A LITTLE DIFFERENT?
>> NO, HE'S RIDING
FANTASTIC.
HE'S GOT TWO WINS AND IN A
ROW THERE.
WE HAD A GREAT BATTLE LAST
WEEKEND AND HE'S ON FORM.
HE JUST NEEDS TO KEEP HIS
FOCUS AND WHICH I THINK HE
WILL DO.
WE WILL FIND OUT SHORTLY.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
>> JEFF, SO MUCH
CONVERSATION ABOUT JAMES
BEING THE ONE THAT TAKES IT
FROM RICKY, TO CLAIM THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HOW MUCH PRESSURE ON HIM TO
PROVE THAT BY GETTING HIS
THIRD WIN IN A ROW?
>> I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON JAMES, BUT YOU
KNOW, HE PUTS SO MUCH
PRESSURE ON HIMSELF TO
PERFORM AND ALWAYS BE THE
VERY FASTEST GUY, YOU KNOW,
HOPEFULLY THIS SEASON HE
WILL KEEP IT ON TWO WHEELS
THE WHOLE TIME AND WIN A
BUNCH OF RACES.
OFFICIALLY GRAB THAT TORCH
FOR YOU, RICKY.
>> GETTING READY TO DROP THE
GATE, LET'S CHECK IN WITH
ERIN BATES FOR PREROGATIVE
DIRECT PRE-RACE REPORT.
>> NOTICE BIG CHANGES HAVE
BEEN MADE AT ANAHEIM 2.
IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO
ANAHEIM 1, FIRST OFF, TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS SECTION RIGHT
HERE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
WE HAVE SEEN STRICTLY A SAND
BERM.
THE GUYS STATED IT'S GOING
TO BE A ONE-LINE SECTION,
EXTREMELY HARD TO PASS.
ALSO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
HERE, THEY HAVE ADDED A 7th
LANE INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL
SIX LANES YOU NORMALLY SEE,
WHICH MEANS WE WILL SEE MORE
WIDE-OPEN RACING.
THEY HAVE LESSENED THE
TECHNICALITY OF THIS TRACK,
IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH, IT'S
GOING TO BE CHALLENGING, BUT
ONE THING FOR SURE, MOISTURE
FROM UNDERNEATH WILL RISE TO
THE TOP, WILL MAKE FOR
EXTREMELY SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS FOR THESE GUYS.
>> DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A
CHALLENGE.
LET'S SHOW YOU OUR STARTING
LINEUP.
WE HAVE AN ON-BOARD CAMERA.
MICHAEL BYRNE HAD A LONG
ROAD TO GET TO THE MAIN
EVENT, LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER,
RIDER OF THE ROCK STAR
SUZUKI, CAMERA IN THE MAIN
EVENT FOR US TONIGHT.
>> OUR SUPERCROSS UP CLOSE
AS WE GET SET FOR THE GATE
TO DROP AT ANAHEIM 2.
20 RIDERS FOR 20 LAPS, 25
POINTS TOWARDS THE AMA
CHAMPIONSHIP UP FOR GRABS,
FIRST POINTS AS WELL FOR THE
WORLD TITLE.
AND THE HOLE SHOT COMES FROM
THE OUTSIDE.
NICK WEY ON THE HONDA.
>> WILL HE HOLD IT FOR LONG?
WEY TRYING TO GET AWAY.
STEWART SPLITTING THROUGH
THE PACK.
>> DID YOU GUYS --
>> JAMES STEWART RIGHT
BEHIND HIM WITH IVAN TEDESCO
RUNNING IN THIRD.
CHAD REED IN FOURTH.
>> DID YOU SEE WHAT JAMES
STEWART DID THROUGH THE
HOOPS?
HE WHEELIED ALL THE WAY
THROUGH.
THAT WAS AMAZING.
>> MAY USE THAT IN THE NEXT
LAP TO MAKE THE PASS.
GETS HIM IN THE CORNER,
JAMES STEWART IN TO THE LEAD
HERE AT ANAHEIM.
>> REED BETTER GET UP THERE.
THIS IS NOT WHERE HE WANTS
JAMES TO BE RIGHT NOW.
>> WE WILL SEE JAMES STEWART
LAY DOWN SOME REALLY HOT
LAPS HERE AND LET'S
ESPECIALLY FOCUS ON HIM AS
HE GOES THROUGH THE HOOP
SECTION BECAUSE THIS IS
WHERE HE REALLY EXCELS.
>> HERE WE GO, THAT TIME
RICKY, HE DIDN'T WHEELY ALL
THE WAYHROUGH.
YOUR TEAM MEET GETS AROUND
IVAN TED TEDESCO.
>> IVAN TRYING TO GET HIM
BACK RIGHT HERE.
>> NICE MOVE.
>> GOOD CHANCE FOR IVAN TO
BE ON THE BOX TONIGHT.
>> THIS IS THE TYPE OF
RIDING THEY HAVE BEEN
EXPECTING OUT OF IVAN
TEDESCO ALL YEAR, BUT WITH
THAT HAND INJURY, HE HASN'T
BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE,
DESERVES TO BE HERE.
HE NEEDS TO CAPITALIZE.
>> REED ANSWERS BACK, TAKING
THIRD PLACE BACK AWAY FROM
THE SUZUKI RIDER.
>> REED ON THE BLUE YAMAHA
WEARING THE WHITE AND BLUE
RIDING GEAR.
FOR FOR CHAD REED TO HAVE A
GOOD NIGHT IF HE WANTS THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> DEFINITELY.
TELL YOU NICK WEY, I SAW
RYAN VILLOPOTO GO UP TO THE
START LINE, TALKING BACK AND
FORTH.
HE WAS GIVING HIM A LITTLE
ADVICE THAT THERE'S TWO
CORNERS HE NEEDS TO LOOK OUT
FOR.
ONE BEFORE THE FINISH LINE
AND RIGHT AFTER THE RIBBON
SECTION, THE TWO TOUGH ONES.
GET THEM DIALED, YOU SHOULD
BE GOLDEN.
>> WE HAVE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT CHAD REED AND IVAN
TEDESCO.
GIVE NICK WEY SOME CREDIT.
HE'S IN SECOND, DOING A VERY
GOOD JOB.
>> INTERESTING THING ABOUT
NICK WEY IN SECOND, CHAD
REED AND IVAN TEDESCO, ALL
THREE OF THESE GUYS HAVE
BEEN NURSING INJURIES AND
HAVING TO GET BACK IN TO
SHAPE AND GET HEALTHY AS
THEY RACE.
NONE OF THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN
PRACTICING DURING THE WEEK
UNTIL JUST THIS LAST WEEK.
NOW IT'S PAYING OFF.
>> AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT■ A
PRIVATEER RIDER IN THE
MIDDLE OF THREE FACTORY
RIDERS.
NICK WEY, STEWART, HIS BEST
LAP, A 47-1.
REST OF THE FIELD, ABOUT A
SECOND SLOWER.
>> YEP, HE'S PUTTING DOWN
THE FAST LAPS.
CHAD WILL TRY TO SET UP NICK
WEY FOR THE PASS.
AS YOU'LL SEE, HERE WITHIN
THE NEXT LAP, I WOULD SAY.
ROLL THROUGH THE CENTER,
GOING TO BE ON THE INSIDE,
THE TRIPLE.
HERE GOS.
THERE HE GOS, RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT'S AMAZING CHAD REED
EVEN GOT CLOSE THERE.
>> A BIT OF A BOBBLE THROUGH
THE TABLETOPS WILL COST HIM.
>> WHAT HE DID ON THE INSIDE
THERE, HE TRIED TO GET ON
THE INSIDE OF NICK WEY, WAS
TOO INSIDE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW GOOD
JAMES STEWART GOT THROUGH
THAT HOOP SECTION.
LET'S GO BACK AND SHOW YOU
WHAT HE DID AS HE RODE THAT
REAR WHEEL.
>> HE'S FOURTH RIGHT NOW.
COMES THROUGH, THEN CUTS TO
THE INSIDE HERE.
>> WATCH THIS, GUYS, THAT IS
JUST, I MEAN IF HIS REAR
WHEEL DIDN'T HIT THE ONE
HOOP, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, IT
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PRETTY.
BUT COULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE,
SHOULD HAVE.
>> WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
WHAT HE DID AND WHAT WOULD
YOU NORMALLY DO?
>> NORMALLY YOU WANT YOUR
FRONT WHEEL TO HIT EVERY
SINGLE HOOPDIDOO BECAUSE IF
IT DOESN'T, YOU HAVE THE
CHANCE OF IT GOING
IN-BETWEEN THE CREVICE OF
ANOTHER ONE AND THAT'S A BAD
FORMULA.
YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF
SURPRISED IN CHAD REED RIGHT
NOW.
I THOUGHT HE LOOKED A LITTLE
BETTER IN HIS HEAT RACE.
I REALLY DID.
OH, HE TRIES TO PUNT NICK
WEY ON THE INSIDE.
>> ALSO MAYBE AN INDICATION
OF HOW GOOD NICK WEY IS
RIDING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MEANWHILE, JAMES STEWART IS
OPENING UP A GAP OF JUST
OVER 6 SECONDS IN FRONT OF
THESE TWO.
SO HE'S GOING TO GO BY THE
OTHER DIRECTION AS THESE TWO
COME TO THE CORNER.
THERE GOES STEWART AT THE
FAR END GOING THE OTHER
DIRECTION.
THIS IS JUST WHAT HE WANTS,
REED BEING BOGGED DOWN.
>> WE HAVE A TIGHT RACE
BETWEEN SECOND AND 6th,
THESE GUYS ARE ALL PRETTY
CLOSE, ON ONE STRAIGHT AWAY.
>> LET TAKE YOU BACK AND
SHOW YOU OUR PROGRESSIVE
DIRECT HOLE SHOT.
LOOK AT OUR SPOT HERE.
>> NICK WEY COMES FROM WAY
OUTSIDE HERE, TICKING IT IN,
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, HE WAS
THE FIRST GUY, THERE HE GOT
AN AWESOME DRIVE.
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT WITH THIS TEAM, HIM
AND DAVID REALLY PUTTING
TOGETHER SOME ENGINE
PACKAGES THESE LAST COUPLE
WEEKS WORKING FOR HIM AND IT
SHOWS RIGHT THERE OFF THE
HOLE SHOT.
>> THEY WORKED VERY ***
THE MID-RANGE AND TOP END
POWER WITH THIS MOTORCYCLE.
WE HAVE A VERY LONG START
AREA HERE THIS WEEKEND.
THAT MADE A BIGIFFERENCE
FOR HIM TO GET THAT POWER.
>> YEAH, I CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT CHAD HASN'T PASSED NICK
YET.
NICK IS REALLY ON IT.
HERE'S MICHAEL BYRNE ON THE
ROCK STAR SUZUKI AND ERIN,
RUNNING IN 6th AFTER A LONG
NIGHT COMING UP TO THE LAST
DAY'S QUALIFYING QUALIFIER
-- QUALIFIER.
>> WHEN I CAUGHT UP WITH
HIM.
GOING ON TO THE LCQ, ALL THE
BLOOD ON THE SIDE OF HIS
FACE.
HE HAD TO GO UP AND GET SIX
STITCHES IN THE SIDE OF HIS
TEMPLE, NOT A GOOD PLACE TO
GET STITCHES IN.
I BELIEVE HE'S OUT THERE
FIRED UP AND ANGRY RIDING
RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, RICKY IS RIDING
ANGRY, DO A LOT TO GIVE YOU
INSPIRATION?
>> IT CAN, YOU KNOW, BUT AT
THE SAME TIME IT CAN WORK
AGAINST YOU.
>> IT'S WORKING FOR BYRNE.
HE'S HAVING A PRETTY GOOD
NIGHT, UP TO 6, TRYING TO
BATTLE HIS WAY TO THE TOP 5.
HERE'S THE FIGHT WITH CHAD
REED HAVING GOTTEN AROUND
NICK WEY FINALLY.
NOW TO PUT HIM UP IN TO
SECOND PLACE, AND WE'RE JUST
ABOUT TO THE HALFWAY POINT.
HE'S 7 1/2 SECONDS BEHIND
JAMES STEWART.
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT MAYBE
IT WOULD BE EVEN BIGGER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT GOES BACK TO WHERE I
TOLD YOU GUYS EARLIER.
ONLY DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
TO WIN THE RACE.
AND OBVIOUSLY JAMES IS DOING
THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> SHOW YOU HOW REED GOT
AROUND NICK WEY.
>> CHAD KEPT A LITTLE MORE
MOMENTUM, ABLE TO STAY LOWER
OUT OF THE TRIPLE, GIVES HIM
THE DRIVE TO TAKE THE INSIDE
AWAY FROM NICK.
>> NICK WEY KNEW HE WAS
THERE.
YOU CAN FEEL IT, HEAR IT, HE
WAS RIGHT THERE WITH HIM,
KNEW CHAD HAD THE LINE, JUST
PULLED UP AND LET HIM BY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
EXACTLY WHAT JEFF SAID.
IT'S AMAZING, BUT YOU CAN
REALLY FEEL IT.
>> STEWART, REED, WEY,
TEDESCO AND TIM FERRY, TOP
FIVE HERE IS IVAN TEDESCO
BATTLING WITH JAMES
STEWART'S TEAM MEET, TIM
FERRY.
THIS IS A FIGHT FOR FOURTH
POSITION.
>> WHAT DO YOU YOU GUYS TALK,
ABOUT I KNOW YOU WERE BACK
IN THE SUZUKI TRUCK BEFORE
THIS, WHAT SORT OF ADVICE
ARE YOU GUYS WORKING ON?
WHAT IT WAS GAME PLAN FOR
THE MAIN EVENT TONIGHT?
>> WELL, I JUST TOLD HIM,
YOU KNOW, ON THE 90-DEGREE
TURNS, NEEDS TO TAKE IT EASY,
LET IT COME TO HIM.
WHEN YOU LOSE THE REAR END
ON LITTLE STUFF LIKE WHERE
HE WAS NOW, THAT'S LOSING
TIME.
>> MEANWHILE, JAMES STEWART
OUT FRONT, HIS BEST LAP OF
47.1.
GUESS WHAT, ON THE LAST LAP,
CHAD REED RAN A 47.8.
CAN HE CATCH JAMES STEWART?
@
.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA.
THE ACHLD MOBILE SUPERCROSS
SERIES IN ACTION IN ANAHEIM
2, SECOND VISIT OF THE
SERIES TO ANGEL STADIUM.
EVERYBODY IS CHANGING JAMES
STEWART.
IVAN TEDESCO HAS FALLEN,
RESTARTED HIS MOTORCYCLE AND
GETS BACK IN TO THE BATTLE.
THAT'S A SHAME■h BECAUSE HE
WAS RIGHT UP IN THE FIGHT
FOR A SPOT ON THE PODIUM.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NUMBER
9?
>> HE JUST, HE MISS-TIMED
THE TABLETOP BEFORE THE
FINISH, CAME UP SHORT.
CASED THE BIKE OUT,
COMPLETELY WENT OVER THE
BARS GOING IN TO THE FINAL
TURN.
>> TEDESCO UP AND ON HIS
WAY.
BUT HE HAS FALLEN ALL THE
WAY BACK TO 10th.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED THERE.
JUST LOOKED LIKE HE MADE A
LITTLE MISTAKE.
THERE'S JAMES ON THE RAILS
NOW, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT
THE LAP TIMES EARLIER, I'M
NOT TOO CONCERNED ON THE LAP
TIMES.
HE'S GOT A COMFORTABLE LEAD,
YOU KNOW, THE REST, HE'S
MAINTAINING IT, DOING WHAT
HE HAS TO DO, HE'S TAKING
HIS TIME, IF HE NEEDS TO
WICK IT UP, HE WILL.
>> HOW MUCH IS A PART OF THE
MATURING PROCESS OF JAMES
STEWART?
HE DIDN'T USED TO BE THAT
WAY WITH HIM.
>> IT IS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT
TAKES TIME AND YEARS.
I MEAN IT TOOK ME THREE
YEARS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW,
JEFF HELPED ME OUT A LOT IT
WITH.
YOU YOU HAVE TO LET IT COME
TO YOU.
HE'S DOING WHAT HE'S GOT TO
DO, HE'S RIDING GOOD.
>> THERE WERE TIMES WHEN
RICKY WAS ON A LIGHT BIKE, I
WOULD BE ON THE BIG BIKE.
I WOULD BE THE WINNER AND
RICKY WOULD HAVE LAP TIMES
ALMOST AS FAST AS MINE.
EVERYBODY WAS LIKE HEY,
CARMICHAEL, ALMOST AS FAST
AS YOU TODAY.
I SAID I DON'T CARE, HE'S
NOT IN MY CLASS.
I'M DOING WHAT I HAVE TO DO
TO WIN MY CLASS.
WHAT RICKY IS GETTING AT,
JAMES IS DOING WHAT HE HAS
TO DO TO WIN.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PROVE TO
ANYBODY HOW FAST HE IS.
HE JUST HAS TO BEHIND THE
RACE.
>> CHAD REED WITH A SEVERELY
INJURED RIGHT SHOULDER,
STILL RUNNING IN SECOND AND
CHAD REED DOING WHAT HE
NEEDS TO DO TO MAYBE WIN
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP AND TAKE
IT AWAY FROM JAMES STEWART.
IF HE KEEPS STICKING IN
THERE, GETTING GOOD POINTS,
EACH AND EVERY WEEK, HE'S
GOING TO CHIP AWAY AT IT AND
NOT LET STEWART RUN AWAY
WITH THE TITLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, HE'S THERE, YOU
HAVE TO POUNCE ON WHEN
THERE'S, YOU HAVE TO POUNCE
IF THERE'S A MISTAKE.
>> BEHIND THEM COMES NICK
WEY.
RUNNING IN THIRD.
THE PRIVATEER RIDER HAVING A
GOOD RUN HERE THIS WEEKEND.
>> THIS IS A GREAT RIDE BY
NICK WEY.
ONLY PRACTICED ONE TIME THIS
WEEK.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE'S
PRACTICED DURING THE WEEK
ALL SEASON.
REALLY PUTTING IT TOGETHER,
I SPOKE WITH HIM EARLIER,
AFTER PRACTICE, BEFORE THE
HEAT RACES, WAS IN A GREAT
MOOD, JUST REALLY CONFIDENT
ABOUT HAVING A GOOD RIDE
TONIGHT.
>> SHOULD BE IN A EVEN
BETTER MO■D AFTER THE RACE
IF HE CAN HANG ON AND MAKE
IT UP ON TO THE PODIUM.
HERE COMES TIM FERRY, ON THE
RIGHT, RED AND WHITE RIDING
GEAR, FACTORY KAWASAKI,
FOURTH.
>> TIM TURNED IT AROUND
SINCE THAT HEAT RACE.
HE'S RIDING PRETTY G HE'S A
SOLID FOURTH.
>> BATTLE BEHIND THEM IS
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE BETWEEN
THESE TWO RIDERS, IT'S A
FIGHT FOR 7th.
THE 36 IS JOSH SUMMEY, HE'S
FIGHTING WITH THE 37, PAUL
CARPENTER.
>> PAUL STEPPING IT UP THIS
YEAR TO THE 250 CLASS, SUPER
CLASS.
RIDING PRETTY GOOD.
>> HAVING A PRETTY GOOD RIDE,
GETTING HIS KAWASAKI 450
DIALED IN.
>> HAVING A GOOD NIGHT
TONIGHT.
>> TOP TEN, NOT TOO BAD.
>> SIX LAPS LEFT TO GO AT
ANGEL STADIUM.
>> YOU KNOW, AT A TIME LIKE
THIS WHEN YOU'VE GOT JAMES A
LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF CHAD,
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KIND OF
MARK LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ON ONE
SIDE OF THE TRA AND CHAD
IS ON THE OTHER, YOU LOOK
OVER AND YOU CAN KIND OF
GAUGE YOURSELF.
>> THIS IS MICHAEL BYRNE,
THE ON BOARD CAMERA, ROCK-STAR
SUZUKI RIDER.
>> THIS IS NICE RECOVERY FOR
MICHAEL BYRNE AFTER HAVING A
DISASTROUS HEAT RACE GOING
DOWN TWICE.
EVEN GOING TO THE MOBILE
UNIT.
BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S KIND OF
OUT HERE ALL BY HIMSELF
HIMSELF.
NOBODY CLOSE BEHIND HIM AND
THE NEXT POSITION IN FRONT
OF HIM IS PRETTY FAR IN
FRONT.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO FINISH
OFF LAPS, GET A GOOD MAIN
EVENT IN THE BOOKS.
>> IS THAT A GREAT RECOVERY.
>> HE'S RIDING IN FIFTH.
IN 6th PLACE IS THIS MAN,
THE NUMBER 14, KEVIN WINDHAM,
MET HIM IN OUR FEATURE A
LITTLE WHILE AGO.
>> YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF
BECOMED OUT FOR KEVIN.
I KNOW HE'S MUCH BETTER THAN
THE WAY HE'S RIDING.
RACE A, RAISED THE GUY
FOREVER.
I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING JUST
ISN'T CLICKING.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM GET
UP THERE.
OH, MY GOSH, HE COMES UP
SHORT ON THE TRIPLE.
>> THAT WAS CLOSE.
>> THAT WAS CLOSE.
>> WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYBODY CRASH THERE TONIGHT
EVEN THOUGH WE ALL THINK
THAT WAS A PRETTY DIFFICULT
PART OF THE SECTION.
IF YOU NOTICE, HE CAME
THROUGH THE HOOPS, JUMPED
ALL THE WAYp FROM MAYBE THE
LEFT MIDDLE TO THE RIGHT,
CAME UP EXTREMELY SHORT,
WENT FOR A BIT OF A WILD
RIDE, FORTUNATELY KEPT ON IT
TWO WHEELS.
>> THAT'S WHEN YOU WANT LONG
LEGS, HANG THERE FOR A
LITTLE GUY LIKE ME.
>> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
DISASTROUS.
>> I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE
TOP BLOCKS EATING A HOT DOG.
>> HE CRASHED, JUST DIDN'T
COME OFF THE BIKE.
HE DID EVERYTHING BUT FALL
OFF.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I DON'T KNOW, MAN, KEVIN
JUST NEEDS TO PULL HIMSELF
OUT.
HE'S MUCH BETTER THAN THIS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM
GET UP THERE.
>> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY
PHYSICAL GAME.
MECHANICAL COMPONENTS COME
IN TO PLAY.
HOW MUCH OF THIS IS JUST THE
MENTAL ISSUE TOO AS WE GO
BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED TO WINDHAM.
>> IF YOU NOTICE HERE, GOING
DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
HOOPS, CUTS ACROSS, JUST GOT
KICKED, CAME UP WAY SHORT.
>> WHAT HAPPENED, GUYS, IS
YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WENT SIDE
WAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU ACTUALLY
MAKE THE JUMP THE DISTANCE
LONGER AND THAT'S HOW HE
CAME UP SHORT.
IF HE WOULDT HAVE WENT
SIDEWAYS, HE PROBABLY WOULD
HAVE HAD THE RIGHT
TRAJECTORY AND WENT RIGHT ON
OVER.
>> RIGHT ON HIS TAIL NOW.
>> HE'S UP@ TO 7th.
>> LOOKING FOR A MOVE.
>> WITH TWO TO GO, JAMES
STEWART, TALKED SO MUCH
ABOUT THE ■ASSING THE TORCH
FROM YOU TO JAMES STEWART.
WE'RE SEEING I THINK A STEP
IN JAMES STEWART'S CAREER
HERE TONIGHT, THAT'S A VERY
BIG ONE.
HE IS REALLY DOING IT.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN
OVERSTATE THIS ENOUGH, JEFF.
DOING WHAT HE HAD TO DO
TONIGHT IS REALLY ALL IT
TOOK.
BUT THAT'S A VERY HARD
LESSON TO LEARN.
BUT JAMES IS SHOWING TONIGHT
HE'S GETTING AN A IN HIS
STUDIES WHEN IT COMES TO
THAT.
>> THE MATURING PROCESS,
SHOWN US WHETHER IT WAS ON
THE LITHES CLASS OR IN --
LITES CLASS OR SUPER CLASS,
HE CAN TURN LAP TIME WITH
JUST ABOUT ANYBODY.
BUT TO WIN THE SUPERCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR, HE'S
REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW
SOME PATIENCE, BUT HE HAS
THE COMBINATION TONIGHT OF
NOT ONLY BEING THE FASTEST
GUY, BUT HAVING THE MATURITY
AND PATIENCE TO TAKE IT EASY
WHEN HE HAS TO.
>> HE'S RIDING GOOD, THOUGH.
HE'S BEEN MISTAKE-FREE.
I THOUGHT CHAD WOULD HAVE
MORE, THEY GOT OUT RIGHT
TOGETHER.
AND MAN, JAMES JUST GOT OUT
THERE, CAPITALIZED ON
GETTING OUT IN THE LEAD, GOT,
YOU KNOW, GOT SOME CUSHION
THERE AND NOW HE'S BRINGING
IT HOME.
HE'S ON THE LAST LAP.
WILL MAYBE IT THREE IN A
ROW.
>> HE'S CELEBRATING ALREADY
AS HE SKIES OVER THE BIG
TRIPLE JUMP.
JAMES STEWART, THE COMPLETE
PACKAGE.
>> THAT'S A CLASSIC AT THE
TRIPLE, FANS I■■N ANAHEIM
LOVE, THAT ONE-HANDED WITH
THE BIG 450 KAWASAKI
SIDEWAYS, AHEAD TO THE
FINISH.
>> UNBELIEVABLE SPEED, A
MILLION DOLLAR SMILE.
JAMES STEWART HAS WON THREE
RACES IN A ROW.
WE WILL COME RIGHT BACK TO
ANAHEIM TO MEET OUR WINNER.