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>>> THIS TINY TECH TOWN IS
HALFWAY BETWEEN DALLAS AND
HOUSTON.
THE CENTER OF THE MOTOCROSS
WORLD.
ROUND THREE OF THE MOTOCROSS
FROM THREE STONE RACEWAY FROM
DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS.
>>> RYAN VILLOPOTO MADE A
COURAGEOUS EFFORT.
>> THIS IS IT FOR THE SEASON?
>> THIS IS IT.
>> AS SERIES MOVES TO ROUND
THREE, THE TITLE CONTENDERS ARE
LINING UP FOR THEIR SHOT IN
HISTORY.
>> LUCAS OIL AMA MOTOCROSS
STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> WELCOME TO THE LONE STAR
STATE.
ROUND LEAVE IT THE 2009
MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP.
HELLO.
WELCOME TO THE FLAG STAR BANK.
WE WERE COVERING THE 450 CLASS
AND WITH RYAN VILLOPOTO THE
EARLY SEASON TITLE FAVORITE
ALREADY OUT FOR THE SEASON WITH
INJURY, THIS CLASS IS WIDE
OPEN.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A
FEW CHALLENGERS.
ALICEIOUS ASSUMED THE SPOT.
NOW IT'S HIS TIGHTLE TO LOSE.
HIS TEAMMATE WILL FIND HIS
SPEED SOON.
IT'S TAKEN HIM A FEW ROUNDS TO
GET THAT.
I'M SURE HE WILL GET AT IT.
HE WILL HAVE TO BEAT MIKE.
MIKE WILL CONTINUE TO GET
STARTS.
JOSH GRANT IS IMPRESSIVE.
ANDREW SHORT, THIS IS HIS HOME
RACE AND IT'S TIME TO GET
SOMETHING GOING.
>> ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT
RACING MOTOCROSS WHEN YOU GO
FROM PLACE TO PLACE THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY THE CONDITIONS
CHANGE.
WE RACE ON DIRT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIRT HERE
IN TEXAS.
>> I LOVE THE DIRT IN TEXAS.
I LOVED IT WHEN I RACED IN THE
AFTERDOM.
I WENT AROUND THE TRACK.
FIRST TIME I HAD BEEN HERE.
LOOKS BETTER IN PERSON THAN IT
DID ON TV.
I CAN TELL YOU THE RIDERS ARE
LOVING THE DIRT.
SAND SECTIONS WILL TAKE THEIR
TOLL.
IT'S HOT.
I COULD PROBABLY FRY AN EGG.
IT'S HOT ON THE TRACK AND THOSE
SAND SECTIONS TAKE A LOT OF
ENERGY TO GET THROUGH.
THEY BUILT A WALL SO IT TAKES
MORE ENERGY.
>> IT'S A TRUE TEST OF
ENDURANCE.
BEFORE RACING LET'S LOOK AT OUR
SERIES POINTS STANDINGS.
THERE IS MIKE ALESSI OUT FRONT.
WON THE LAST ROUND OF THE TOUR
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
JOSH GRANT AND CHAT REED ARE IN
CONTENTION.
WE ALREADY GOT ONE SHOWDOWN IN
THE BOOKS FROM TEXAS.
LET'S GO TO HIGHLIGHTS FROM
MOTO NUMBER ONE AT FREE STONE
RACEWAY.
>> BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR RACING
HERE IN TEXAS.
SUN IS SHINING BUT IT'S NOT AS
HOT AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
I MEAN THE LOW 90s.
SO FANS ARE ON HAND AND THEY
ARE GETTING TRADED TO A
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL DAY OF
RACING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTING 800
TO GET OUT EARLY BUT NOT THIS
TIME.
ANDREW SHORT OUT FRONT AND WILL
HAVE COMPANY WITH IVAN.
THE HONDAS WILL GO TO WORK AND
ARE BATTLING.
GET AROUND THEM AND PULL AWAY.
GREAT BATTLE FOR SECOND.
TEDESCO WAS RIDING WITH A LOT
OF CONFIDENCE.
GOING OUTSIDE IN, INSIDE OUT.
APPLYING THE PRESSURE TO HIS
TEAMMATE AND THEN THEY WERE
ABLE TO WITHSTAND A STORM FROM
CHAD REED AND WATCH CHAD HERE.
HIGH OVER THE BERM, RIGHT ON
THE SHOULDER.
I THINK HE IS OKAY FROM THAT.
GOT UP AND RODE PRETTY QUICK.
NO ONE IS MATCHING THE PACE OF
ALESSI.
>> ALESSI KNOWS THIS IS HIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE.
HE HAS WON OUR LAST EVENT IN
CALIFORNIA.
WINS FIRST MOTO HERE.
MEANWHILE BATTLE THROUGH
TRAFFIC.
JOSH GRANT MAKES MOVE ON
TEDESCO.
VERY STRONG AFTER A BAD START.
>> HE GETS UP THERE A LITTLE
QUICKER HE WILL DO SOME DAMAGE
UP FRONT.
MAYBE CAN DO SOMETHING HERE TO
MIKE.
BUT THE BIG IF.
>> LOOK AT THE TROAL AND THE
CONFIDENCE THAT MIKE HAS COMING
INTO THE SECOND MOTO.
GIVE YOU THE RESULTS FROM MOTO
ONE.
ALESSI TAKES THE VICTORY AND
RIGHT IN THERE YOU HAD THE
HONDA GUYS AS WELL.
SHORT SECOND.
GRANT BECAUSES OUT TEDESCO AND
REED IN FIFTH.
LET'S GO TO AARON WHO IS DOWN
TALKING TO OUR FIRST MOTO
WINNER.
>> ALESSI MAY NOT HAVE GOT THE
HOLE SHOT BUT IS LOOKING FOR
REDEMPTION.
YOU WERE SITTING BACK THERE
MENTALLY GATHERING YOURSELF AND
LISTENING TO MUSIC.
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU LISTENING
TO?
>> ROCKY BALBOA.
TRYING TO GET PUMPED UP.
JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
RACE.
GO OUT AND HAVE FUN.
DO THE BEST THAT I CAN.
WORRY ABOUT MYSELF.
LIKE I HAVE THEN AND THEN
TRYING TO WIN THE RACE.
>> BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND
SKIPPING DOWN HERE THE NUMBER
33 OF JOSH GRANT.
JOSH YOU FOUND YOUR WAY UP TO
THE PODIUM AND GOT RESERVE LEFT
IN THE TANK AND REJUVENATED.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT IN THE
SECOND MOTO.
>> HOPEFULLY A GOOD START AND
CONSISTENT LAPS.
WE GET OUR SITE LAP IF A SEC
AND HOPEFULLY CHECK OUT LINES
AND GET READY FOR THE NEXT
MOTO.
I'M EXCITED.
>> HOW IMPORTANT WILL THE START
BE?
>> IT WILL BE IMPORTANT.
MIKE GETS ANOTHER GOOD START
AND WE HAVE TO CATCH HIM AND
PUT THE HURTING DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW.
HAVE TO DO MY BEST.
>> GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
SPEAKING OF PUTTING THE HURT
DOWN, CHAD REED STEPPED AWAY.
MIKE GOESLER, YOU HAVE CHADS
BIKE SET UP THIS AFTERNOON.
DID YOU MAKE ANY CHANGES FOR
THIS TRACK ESPECIALLY?
>> NO, NOT MANY.
>> LITTLE SUSPENSION CHANGE PP
WE ARE TRYING TO DIFFERENT TIRE
>> SEE WHAT POUNDS OUT.
YOUR GUY DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT
START LAST WEEKEND.
THIS IS THE MOMENT HE PLANS ON
TURNING IT AROUND?
>> I SURE HOPE SO.
I'M COUNTING ON HIM.
>> GOOD LUCK TO YOU GUYS.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> GREAT JOB THERE WITH OUR
PROGRESSIVE PRE-RACE REPORT.
YOU CAN SEE MIKE ALESSI TRYING
HIS BEST TO CALM THE NERVES.
GOT THE ROCKY BALBOA AND DOING
HIS BEST TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE
HE IS RELAXED.
HE WILL TAKE ON 39 THE FASTEST
MOTOCROSS RIDERS IN THE WORLD.
ONE HECK OF A ROUGH RACE TRACK
AND HOT TEMPERATURES HERE IN
TEXAS.
WE WILL HAVE MOTO NUMBER TWO
COMING YOUR WAY NEXT.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
MOTE 2 ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY
FROM FREE STONE RACEWAY.
AND WE HAVE ERIN BAITS ON THE
TRACK.
OF COURSE, SETTING UP A BIKE
FOR A TOUGH HOT RACE DAY LIKE
THIS, TIME FOR OUR TECH REPORT.
>> HERE IN TEXAS THE THINGS WE
ARE WORKING ON WITH THE BIKE.
OBVIOUSLY THE TEMPERATURES WILL
BE THE ISSUE.
WE HAVE THIS DIAPER LOOKING
THING AND IT REFLECTS THE HEAT
FROM THE ENGINE.
REQUESTS UP UNDER THE GAS TANK
AND YOU VELCRO IT AND IT KEEPS
THE HEAT WHEN THE ENGINE GETS
HOT IT STARTS GETTING THE
TEMPERATURE IN THE FUEL AND
STARTS VAPOR LOCKING.
AND IN THE PITS WE HAVE THIS
FUEL JUG HERE.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE ICE PACKS IN
IT AND PUT IT IN THE COOLER AND
THEN THIS KEEPS THE FUEL COOL
WHEN YOU POUR IT IN THE BIKE
IT'S AT A COOLER TEMPERATURE.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE FROM TEXAS.
>> GOOD JOB BY THE TEAM MANAGER
FROM JOE GIBBS RACING.
THERE IS HIS RIDER.
THEY ARE HOPING IT DOESN'T
VAPOR LOCK.
GRANT WAS PENALIZED LAST TIME
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
LEFT WITH HIM LEADING THE
SECOND MOTO.
WATCH CLOSELY.
LEADING THE RACE AND NOTICE THE
FLAG ON THE INSIDE.
IT'S RED AND YELLOW WHICH MEANS
YOU CAN'T JUMP BUT GRANT DOES
JOMP AND WAS PENALIZED FOR
THAT.
>> LET'S GO TO ERIN WITH MORE.
>> AMA PRO RACING IS VERY
STRICT BUT THEY ARE WILLING FOR
INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS.
JOSH GRANT WAS PENALIZED ONE
POSITION FOR JUMPING ON A NO
JUMPING FLAG WHICH ACTUALLY WAS
THIS ONE.
WHAT HE SAID HE SAID THAT HE
DID NOT SEE THE FLAG.
DOUG MY WITHIN WILL SHOW US THE
BRAND-NEW FLAG THAT THEY
BROUGHT OUT THIS WEEKEND TO
ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM.
THEY MADE IT BRIGHT WHITE AND
RED FLAG EASILY DETECTABLE.
NO MISTAKES.
WHAT THEY TRIED TO DO IS
ENHANCE THE VISIBILITY OF THIS
FLAG.
YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WHAT IT
WILL AFFECT IS GOING TO MAKE
SURE IT WILL PROMOTE SAFETY ON
THE TRACK FOR ANYBODY THAT IS
RACING OR ANYBODY AROUND THE
TRACK AS WELL AND ALLEVIATE
PROBLEMS OR INCIDENTALS THAT
COULD HAPPEN ON THE TRACK.
>> THANKS.
THAT'S A GREAT REPORT.
AND BASICALLY THAT SUMS IT UP.
ALL IN THE MIND OF SAFETY.
IF THE RIDERS CAN VIEW THE FLAG
MORE EASILY.
IT'S GOOD.
>> I UNDERSTAND JOSH'S DEAL AND
YOU WILL SAY THAT ANYWAY.
WHEN YOU SEE YELLOW FLAG
WAIVING, SEE THE YELLOW FLAG ON
MINI BIKES.
HAVE A LITTLE RED AND SO MUCH
GOING ON.
YOU HAVE THE PRESSURE DOWN THE
END OF THE DAY.
THE GLARE, ALL THAT STUFF.
NOW THERE IS NO MISTAKING IT.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY MADE
THAT CHANGE SO QUICKLY.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
A BUNCH OF PROCESSES.
IT WAS LIKE THAT WAS A PROBLEM
AND THE TEAMS ARE LIKE HEY, YOU
NEED TO WORK WITH US AND WE
NEED TO MAKE THIS FAIR FOR
EVERYONE AND THEY DID.
>> BIG TIME RACES.
STARTING LINE UP AT THE TOP.
LET'S GO RACING HERE IN TEXAS.
MOTOR NUMBER TWO.
>> TEDESCO UP THERE AND IS
STUCK IN THE PILE.
THERE IS THE NUMBER NINE.
SHOTS GETTING GOING.
SO TOUGH BREAK.
HOW ABOUT THE 42 OF JAKE MOSS
AND ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN DAN
REARDON IN THIRD.
STRANGE TWO AND THREE TRAILING
ALESSI AND THEN ANDREW SHORT
COMING THROUGH NEXT AND ANOTHER
DESIGNED HONDA RIDER.
>> CHAD BURY IN THE PACK.
TEDESCO GOES WAY BACK AND HAS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO NEEK AN
OVERALL WIN IN FRONT OF THE
HOMETOWN CROWD.
HAS TO GET AROUND REARDON MOSS
IN THE FIRST LAP.
IF HE CAN'T PUT THESE GUYS AWAY
QUICKLY.
JUST THE WAY ALESSI HAS BEEN
DOING OR PROBABLY WOULD.
THEN IT'S GOING TO MAKE HIS JOB
HARDER.
ALESSI WILL HAVE THE LEAD AND I
DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN EAT INTO
THAT.
>> ALESSI IS NOT JUST GETTING
THE START BUT HOW FAST HE CAN
GO.
AND THEY ARE ALL STILL USING
THAT EXTREME INSIDE LEFT HAND
LIE IN THAT LEFT HAND CORNER.
THERE IS ALESSI GETTING AWAY
FROM DAN REARDON IN THE NUMBER
TWO POSITION.
BEST START WE HAVE SEEN REARDON
GET IN THE 450 CLASS AND DOING
HIS BEST TO KEEP ALESSI IN
SIGHT AS WELL AS JAKE MOSS IN
THIRD AND THEN SHORT TRYING TO
FIND HIS WAY INTO THAT NUMBER
FOUR SPOT.
MIKE RICE ALESSI GOING TO WORK.
THAT'S HIS OFFICE.
>> I GET THE SENSE FROM THE
PEOPLE AROUND REARDON ARE GOING
PROBABLY RIGHT THIS MOMENT,
OKAY, NOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO
SEE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN DOWN IN
AUSTRALIA.
>> THERE IS MIKE'S GIRL FRIEND,
DANIELLE.
PUMPED BUT NERVOUS AT THE SAME
TIME.
LIKE WE SAID IN OUR FIRST MOTO
COVERAGE WE HAD COVERAGE.
WE SEEN HIM WIN A LOT OF RACES
LEADING EARLY ABOUT THERE ARE
OCCASIONS THEY CAUGHT HIM.
LAST WEEK HE CRASHED IN THE
FIRST LAP.
THAT'S WHY DANIELLE IS
CONCERNED ON THE SIDE HOPING
MIKE CAN CARRY THIS ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE END.
30 MINUTES AND TWO LAPS.
PLENTY OF RACING LEFT.
RIGHT NOW YOU SEE HIM GET THE
RED BACKGROUND.
THE POINTS LEADER IN THE
SERIES.
WE HAVE A REPLAY HERE.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE.
IF YOU DON'T GET A GOOD START,
LOOK THAT THE.
THAT'S TYLER IN THE 911 DOWN.
IT'S CRAZY BACK THERE.
>> HE GOT AWAY WITH THAT PRETTY
GOOD PHYSICALLY SPEAKING.
THAT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD HAVE
INTN A SLAP DOWN AND THEN NBT
WAY OF OTHER RIDERS.
>> MIKE CLIFTON, DID HE CLIP
THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
DON'T BE DOING THAT.
LAST WEEK HAVING THE LEAD AND
CRASHING IN THE FIRST LAP, JUST
LIKE WHAT HAPPENED?
LIKE SO WEIRD TO HIM THAT HE
WOULD MAKE A MISTAKE.
WATCH HIS HANDLEBAR THROTTLE
SIDE WITH THE FRONT BREAK,
WHOAS IN NOW YOU KNOW WHY
DANIELLE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE
TRACK LOOKING MORE NERVOUS THAN
HAPPY OVER THERE.
>> THERE IS A THUMBNAIL
MISSING.
>> WHAT'S MISSING IS
COMPETITION FOR ALESSI.
HE HAS PULLED AWAY BIG TIME
FROM THE HUGE PACK OF HONDA
RIDERS.
NOT JUST THE START.
THE ALESSI FEELS HE BELONGS UP
FRONT.
HE WILL DO THIS TYPE OF
BUSINESS AND SHORT TRYING TO
MOVE WITH HIM.
>> SHORT MADE ONE OF THE MOVES.
THE FACT HE HASN'T GOTTEN
AROUND REARDON ISN'T AS BIG A
DEAL.
REARDON IS FLYING.
GOING REALLY FAST.
NOT AS FAST AS ALESSI OUT
FRONT.
AND TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IN
THE DAY, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO
BE CHAD REED AND KNOW IN ORDER
TO WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP YOU
WILL HAVE TO CATCH AND PASS
MIKE ALESSI EVERY SINGLE
MOMENT.
IT WEARS ON YOU AND MAKES YOU
MORE NERVOUS AT THE START AND
SAY I NEED A START AND MAKES
YOU NERVOUS IN THE RACE BECAUSE
IF HE GLANCES OVER ANY OF THESE
JUMPS OR GOING INTO A CORNER
AND SEE A PORTION OF THE TRACK
AHEAD OF HIM HE WILL SEE HOW
FAR AHEAD ALESSI IS ALREADY.
NOT LIKE I'M NOT THAT MUCH
FASTER THAN THE GUY.
HAVE I TO BE AMAZING TO CATCH
HIM.
>> WHAT'S AMAZING IS THE RIDER
IN FRONT OF REED.
THAT'S RICKY DETRICK.
OFF ROAD RACER.
FORMER WORKS CHAMP.
RIDING THE BIKE TODAY.
A GUEST RIDER FOR THE FACTORY
KAWASAKI EFFORT AND WITH A A P
ERFIRMNESS AS A GUEST IN THE
TOP TEN IN MOTO NUMBER ONE.
AND IN THE TOP FIVE OF MOTO
TWO.
THE RIDER ON HIS BIKE AND NOT
TOO BAD.
>> CONSIDERING THE HEALTH HE
HAD.
PROBABLY LOOKING AT THE
PERFORMANCE GOING, THAT'S
BETTER THAN I COULD DO FOR THE
TIME BEING.
SEVENTH IN THE FIRST MOTO.
AND UP HERE RIGHT NOW BEADING
-- BEATING CHAD REED.
HE MUST BE IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW.
IF THAT COULD GET ANY BETTER IT
JUST DID.
>> DETRICK HAS AN OFF ROAD RACE
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT SUNDAY BUT
HE TOLD KAWASAKI HE IS WILLING
TO BE IN PENDZ ON SATURDAY AND
FLY THE RED EYE OUT TO
WASHINGTON STATE TO RACE THE
OFF ROAD RACE ON SUNDAY.
>> LET'S GO DOWN TO ERIN.
>> Reporter: WELL, TIM FERRY IS
SITTING ON THE SIDE LINES
WATCHING HIS REPLACEMENT RIDER
OUT THERE.
HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?
DO YOU KNOW RICKY AND WHAT ARE
YOUR STANDARDS?
>> I DON'T KNOW RICKY THAT
WELL.
OBVIOUSLY-- AND HE IS A
KAWASAKI GUY.
HE DID REALLY GOOD THE FIRST
MOTO.
AND I THINK I LOST HIM -- IN
FIFTH RIGHT NOW.
>> WE SEE YOU SITTING ON THE
SIDE LINE'S WHEN WILL WE SEE
YOU BACK?
>> WEEK TO WEEK.
I DEFINITELY WON'T BE BACK
TOMORROW.
WE WILL DO SOME RIDING NEXT
WEEK AND GET HEALTHY AND GET
BACK UP FRONT AGAIN.
>> GET YOURSELF HEALED UP.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
BACK.
>> THANKS.
THAT'S TOUGH.
A FAN FAVORITE.
HE CARRIED THE FLAG FOR
FAVORITE RIDERS.
30 YEARS OLD.
BAD LUCK WITH INJURIES.
GOOD MOVE FOR KAWASAKI TO PICK
UP DETRICK.
AND JESSEMAN RIDING VILLOPOTO'S
BIKE.
THEY HAVE SPONSORS AND THEY
NEED REPRESENT AND DETRICK
DEFINITELY DOING THAT RIGHT
NOW.
GETTING TV TIME RUNNING IN THE
TOP FIVE AND I DON'T SEE A
CHALLENGE FROM CHAD REED RIGHT
NOW.
>> NO, HE IS PROBABLY -- I'M
WONDERING.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT CHAD IS
PROBABLY SURPRISED RIGHT NOW AT
LIKE, MAN, I THOUGHT I WAS
GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME TO
THIS OUTDOOR WITHOUT PUTTING
MUCH INTO IT AND TESTING.
AND MAYBE NOT BEAT VILLOPOTO,
BUT PRETTY MUCH HANDLE THE REST
AND I KNOW MIKE ALESSI IS FAST
OFF THE GATE BUT I WILL CATCH
HIM.
AND IT'S NOT COMING TOGETHER.
THE FIRST MOTO WAS A FALL.
LOOKING AT THE BACK OF A GUY
GOING, WHO THE HECK THIS IS GUY
AHEAD OF ME.
>> IN DIRT CROSS?
SHOULDN'T HE NBT DESERT RIGHT
NOW?
I DON'T KNOW IF TALKING ABOUT
CHAD FINDING HIS SPEED IS LIKE
-- NOT SURE.
I DON'T TRUST MYSELF.
IS THAT HOPE OR BECAUSE I THINK
HE IS GOING TO.
FOR SURE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
>> YEAH.
EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE REED MIX
IT UP WITH ALESSI.
HE IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW IN
SIXTH.
WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED
FROM
>>> PERHAPS WATCHING SPEED LIVE
LAST NIGHT.
OUR COVERAGE OF THE CATCHING
WORLD TRUCK SERIES.
RICKY CARMICHAEL WAS RUNNING A
PART TIME SEASON IN HIS ROOKIE
YEAR IN THIS TRUCK TOUR.
NOT TOO BAD.
RICKY TAKES 11th LAST NIGHT.
>> LOOKING AT THAT TRUCK AND
THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE.
MORE THAN A THROTTLE, CLUTCH
AND A BRAKE.
>> DID A GOOD JOB.
RICKY HAD TROUBLE COMPLETING
LAPS.
THERE WAS A SOLID CONSISTENT
NIGHT FOR HIM.
DID A GREAT JOB MOVING THROUGH
TRAFFIC.
RICKY HAS ONE IN THE BOOKS.
LET'S HEAR FROM RICKY ABOUT HIS
DRIVE LAST NIGHT.
>> THEY GOT SOME GOOD STUFF.
AND GLAD TO FINALLY FINISH.
I DO WHAT I NEEDED TO DO.
I LOST SO MUCH TRACK POSITION.
NICE TO FINISH AND GET SOME
MOMENTUM.
NICE TO LEARN ON A MILE AND A
HALF.
NEXT TIME WILL BE BETTER FOR
ME.
>> RICKY, GREAT JOB THERE IN
THE TRUCK.
AND THE TEAM HE USED TO RACE
FOR AND CONSULTS WITH ARE STILL
UP FRONT.
NOW IT'S WITH THE.
HUNDRED INSTEAD OF THE FOUR.
MIKE ALESSI JUMPED ABSOLUTELY
DOMINATING HERE IN TEXAS.
WON MOTO 1. AND LEADING NOLL --
LEADING MOTO 2.
>> SIMILAR TO RICKY IN TERMS OF
THE DOMINATION.
EARLY PART OF THE RACE FOR
SURE.
HE HAD SOME -- BEEN CAUGHT DOWN
THE STRETCH.
JUST LOOKING HOW STRAIGHT HE
KEEPS THE BIKE THROUGH THAT
SABD SECTION.
YOU WATCH A STRAIGHT ON SHOT,
MOST RIDERS ARE -- BIKE IS
MOVING AROUND LEFT OR RIGHT
QUITE A BIT.
THE WAY THE SAND IS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
SQUIRRELLIER RUNS.
HE IS IN THIS CRUISE MODE NOW.
WHERE IT'S -- HE IS GOING FAST
AND NOT SAYING HE IS NOT
TRYING.
IT'S COMING EASY TO HIM.
A 15 SECOND LEAD RIGHT NOW.
HE IS TICKING AWAY TO OR THREE
SECONDS A LAP FASTER THAN
EVERYONE ELSE.
THAT'S WHAT CARMICHAEL DID.
GET OUT FROND SOON -- FRONT
SOON AND DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.
MIKE DOES EVERYTHING RIGHT.
AND HE OCCASIONALLY GOES OFF
THE TRACK LIKE RICKY USED TO.
>> WHEN MIKE CAME OUT OF THE
AMATEUR RANKS AS UNOFFICIALLY
THE WINNINGEST AMATEUR RIDER OF
ALL TIME.
A FAIR RACE AND RACE SATURDAYS
AND SUNDAYS.
WON SO MANY RACES AS AMATEUR
WHEN HE TURNED PRO AT THE END
OF 2004 YEAR AND TALKING ABOUT
THE LEAD AND THE HYPE, THEY
SAID THEY EXPECT THIS GUY TO
WIN RACES AND GET HOLE LEVELS.
HE HAS ONLY WON FOUR
PROFESSIONAL LEVELS BUT THE
HOLE SHOTS ARE EASY TO COME BY.
>> AND I WATCHED HIM OFF THE
GATE.
IT'S NOTHING SPECIAL.
HE JUST WANTS IT AND EXPECTS
IT.
AND GETS IT.
SIMPLE AS THAT.
AND TEDESCO, IF THE RACE WERE
GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION HE
WOULD BE STYLING.
AFTER A GREAT LAST FEW MOTOS,
MAN, A LOT OF WORK CUT OUT FOR
HIM.
REARDON STILL DOING A NICE JOB
OF HANGING ON TO THAT SECOND
PLACE.
LITTLE BIT OF A GAP OVER THE
HONDA TEAMMATE.
NOT AN ACTUAL TEAMMATE BUT OVER
ANDREW SHORT.
THE GAP HAS A LITTLE WIDER NOW
THAN IT WAS.
IT'S LOOKING LIKE HE IS GOING
TO GET SECOND.
>> REARDON OUTDUEL IN SHORT IN
SECOND MOTO LAST WEEK IN
CALIFORNIA.
HE HAS SOME CONFIDENCE.
SHORT GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL
WITH PRESSURE FROM REED.
GOTTEN AROUND A FEW OF THE
HONDA RIDERS AND DETRICK PUSHED
BACK TO THE NUMBER SIX SPOT.
REED READY TO GO BACK AFTER
SHORT AND CHAD REED, I DON'T
THINK HE LIKES RACING FOR
THIRD.
HE MAY FEEL LIKE HE IS IN THE
LEAD.
>> THERE IS TIME.
YOU LOOK UP THERE AND SEE 17
MINUTES STILL TO GO BEFORE THEY
GET TO THE TWO LAP BOARD.
AND IF CHAD CAN GET A LITTLE
RHYTHM GOING AND KEEP FINDING
SMOOTH LINES LIKE THAT.
>> I WOULD SAY I THINK HE IS
FINDING THAT RHYTHM NOW.
>> ONCE YOU KIND OF GET YOUR
MIND ENGAGED INTO THAT WAS A
FAST LAP AND I JUST CLOSED ON
THIS GUY.
MADE AN AWESOME PASS.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET PSYCHED AND
GET IN THE ZONE WHERE YOU START
CLICKING OFF LAPS LIKE
VILLOPOTO DID IN ROUND ONE TO
REEL IN ALESSI.
REED POSSESSES THAT SAME
ABILITY.
JUST GET HOT FOR A BIT AND MAKE
UP TIME.
I DON'T THINK HE WILL CATCH
MIKE BUT SECOND HE CAN GET.
>> TOO MANY TIMES THIS YEAR
VILLOPOTO STRUGGLED THE AND
THEN THE SECOND HALF HE WAS
GOOD.
AND THE SECOND MOTO OF OUR
PREVIOUS RACE IN CALIFORNIA.
BUT THE BEGINNING LAPS PUT HIM
IN TOO BIG OF A HOLE AND THAT'S
THE SIMILAR SITUATION NOW.
NOW REED IS STARTING TO GET IN
THAT RHYTHM.
AS HE PRESSURES SHORT FOR THE
NUMBER THREE POSITION.
SHORT ORIGINALLY OUT OF
COLORADO BUT MOVED TO TEXAS A
FEW YEARS AGO.
NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE, JUST
OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON.
HE IS COMFORTABLE ON THIS DIRT.
SHORT SAID HE HAD TO MOVE DOWN
HERE TO MAKE HIMSELF STRONGNART
HOT RACES AND HE IS DOING THIS
WITH SOME HEAT RIGHT NOW FROM
REED AND HANDLING IT SO FARES
IN MORE THAN THE TEMPERATURE
THING.
JUST DEPENDS ON THE DAY AND IF
IT'S WINDY AND IT IS WINDY IT
KEEPS IT COOLER FEELING.
BUT WHAT SHORT IS BENEFITING
FROM IS OBTAINEDDED VIDEO FROM
THE HOME TRACK AND THE DIRT
LOOKS FAMILIAR TO HIM.
I CAN GET ON THE GLASS AND IT
WILL HOLD BUT ONLY FOR ANOTHER
LAP.
THEN I WILL HAVE TO CHANGE MY
LINE OR BE CAREFUL.
HE KNOWS THAT STUFF AND CAN
FIGURE OUT HOW HE WILL RIDE THE
TRACK.
HOW HE WILL ATTACK IT.
MAYBE QUICKER THAN SOME OTHER
GUY.
>> REED IS ATTACKING SHORT
RIGHT NOW BUT SHORT DOING A
GOOD JOB.
PICKS UP A GOOD LINE AND REED
WILL HAVE TO EXPERIMENT A BIT.
HERE HE GOES.
DRIFTS ON THE OUTSIDE AND REED
TO THE INSIDE AND IS IT GOING
TO WORK?
SIDE BY SIDE BUT SHORT NOW
STROKED A BIT OVER THE SINGLE
TO GET BACK ON THE GROUND AND
IT PAYS OFF.
CHAD REED INTO THE NUMBER THREE
POSITION.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN --
BAD LINE BY SHORT AS HE IS
LOOKING FOR A LINE OR MAKE A
MISTAKE?
>> JUST A LITTLE OFF THERE.
AND THERE IS SOME SHADOWS AND
STUFF AND DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW
CHAD.
I WILL QUIT TRYING TO FIX IT
AND GET OUT OF IT AND CHOOSE
ANOTHER ONE.
>> CHAD REED IN THIRD.
HE WILL PUT HIS HEAD DOWN.
CAN HE CATCH
>>> WELCOME BACK.
MIKE ALESSI LEADING THE WAY
HERE ON SPEED.
CHECK OUT WRECKED EVERY
THURSDAY.
ALL NEW WINTER STORM WREAKS
HAVOC ON CHICAGO.
O'HARE IS LEFT TO CLEAN UP AND
PUT THEIR OWN LIVES ON THE
LINE.
CATCH ALL NEW BACK-TO-BACK
EPISODES.
10 EASTERN EXCLUSIVELY ON
SPEED.
>> MIKE IS PULLING A SECOND A
LAP.
AS FAST AS HE THERE IS.
IT HASN'T BEEN GREAT FOR HIM IN
OTHER SPOTS AND WE WILL TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
GOOD STUFF.
>> HALFWAY THROUGH THE MECHANIC
TOOL TIME TIM AND MECHANIC FOR
MICHAEL WHO IS IN EIGHTH RIGHT
NOW.
LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.
WATCH THE RIGHT THROTTLE FRONT
BRAKE SIDE HIT THAT BANNER.
THEY ARE LIKE, OKAY.
MOVE THAT.
HERE COMES MIKE THE NEXT LAP
COMES OUT WIDE, NO BANNER.
WHOA, CLEARS THE RACE TRACK.
HE KNOWS THE EDGES OF THE RACE
TRACK IS GOOD OR BETTER THAN
ANYONE.
HAVE I WATCHED HIM SINCE
AMATEUR TAYS.
SOME CASES BORDERING ON IS THAT
CHEATING?
HE WAS THE FIRST GUY TO FIND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU START FLIRTING WITH THE
EDGE AND TAKE AWAY SOMETHING
YOU WERE SIGHTING TO LINE
THINGS UP.
IT'S EASY TO JUMP UOFF THE
TRACK.
CHAD ALMOST ABOUT THE SAME
SPOT.
BUT THAT'S A BETTER LINE AND
ENTRANCE ON TO THE LEFT THERE.
IT'S WORTH IT TO THEM TO CUT IT
THAT CLOSE.
>> HERE IS REARDON WHO HAS
CAUGHT UP TO -- WHO IS IN
SECOND AND REED HAS CAUGHT UP
TO REARDON.
REARDON PUT HIMSELF ON THE MAP
A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
REED RACED MOTOCROSS RACE IN
AUSTRALIA.
HADN'T BEEN THERE IN AWHILE AND
EXPECTED TO BE THE CHAD REED
SHOW.
BUT REARDON WHO WAS THE POINTS
LEADER AT THE TIME BATTLED REED
HARD AND EVENTUALLY OPENED
ATTENTION ON REARDON AND
ARRIVED IN THE U.S. RESULTS
HAVEN'T BEEN THERE BUT NOW
SWITCHED TO THE 450 THEY ARE.
HERE HE IS IN SECOND BUT HERE
COMES THE COUNTRYMAN AROUND THE
OUTSIDE.
AMAZING RUN BY RICKY.
>> THAT'S NICE.
NOT THE SAME BUT A SIMILAR ONE.
AND HE WENT AND MORE AGGRESSIVE
THAT TIME.
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE HE FELL.
BUT THE SAME KIND OF RIGHT
HANDED BERM, HE CHARGED IT.
LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED.
LITTLE BIT MORE MOTIVATION.
MORE LIKE, MAN, IT'S TIME TO
GET SOMETHING GOING.
IT'S FIFTH PLACE AND FOURTH AND
NOT BEING ON THE PODIUM AFTER
THE OVERALL.
THAT'S GOT TO GO.
AND UP INTO SECOND.
I DON'T THINK ANYWAY THEY CAN
CATCH ALESSI UNLESS HE GIVES IT
TO HIM SOMEHOW WITH A MISTAKE.
>> YOU KNOW, A GOOD ROADWAY FOR
-- REBOUND FOR CHAD.
MIGHT PUT HIM ON THE BOX BUT
WILL LOSE THREE MORE POINTS.
>> OVER ONE MOTO THE LEAD THAT
ALESSI HAS OVER REED IN THE
SERIES.
REED NEEDS A BAD ONE BY ALESSI
AND A SHOT AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
LIKE HE SAID, AS FAR AS BEATING
HIM ON THE TRACK YOU KNOW YOU
WILL HAVE TO CATCH ALESSI
BECAUSE HE ALWAYS GETS A START
AND ALWAYS GOES STRONG EARLY.
MOTO WON'T BE CALLING HIM THE
RABBIT AND THESE GUYS ARE THE
GUYS CHASING HIM AND MIKE, THE
MECHANIC FOR REED IS GIVING HIM
A COMPARISON ON LAP TIMES AND
ALESSI IS DISTANCING HIMSELF
FROM REED.
ABOUT 22 SECONDS.
NOW REED IS THE MAN IN SECOND
AND THE GAP IS 24 SECONDS.
YOU SEE REED THERE.
THE LAP TIME.
STILL LOSING A LITTLE BIT TO
ALESSI.
ALESSI PROVING HE IS JUST AS
STRONG LATE IN THE MOTO AS HE
IS OFF THE START.
>> MIKE TRAINS AS HARD AS
CARMICHAEL EVER DID.
I DON'T KNOW HE TRAINED
SPECIFIC OR AS SMART.
BUT AS FAR AS VOLUME, MIKE
MIGHT BE WINNING THAT RACE.
>> BIG BATTLE HERE.
RICKY DETRICK AS WE MENTIONED
EARLIER.
THE REPLACEMENT RIDE.
NOT A FULL TIME MOTOCROSS
RACER.
HE IS IN SIXTH.
THEN JAKE MOSS.
SORRY, DETRICK AND MOSS IS
SIXTH AND TOM WHO HAS HAD A
PHENOMENAL SEASON HAD A ROUGH
GO OF IT IN MOTO ONE SO FAR.
HE HAS BEEN NEAR THE TOP FIVE
AND EVERY OTHER RACE AND THAT'S
REED RUNNING FOURTH.
DETRICK FIFTH AND MOSS SIXTH
AND THEN THE THIRD RIDER OF THE
TROOP IS HAUN AND HE IS OUT OF
TEXAS.
SPENT ABOUT A MONTH OR SO IN
CARMICHAEL'S HOUSE IN FLORIDA.
NOW BACK IN TEXAS.
AND A FAMILIAR TERRAIN JUST
PAID OFF BECAUSE HE MADE THE
MOVE ON HAUN.
>> AND I MEAN, IT'S A
SPECULATION.
I SUPPOSE HE CAN PROBABLY SAY
THAT HAUN IS -- I WAS THE NEXT
AS FAST AS KAWASAKI GUY.
HOW COME HE GOT THAT BIKE.
HAHN IS HAPPY AND THEY HAVE A
GOOD PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAVE
MADE A DIFFERENCE.
IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND.
LIKE TO BEAT HIM.
>> HE HAS A SHOT AT IT.
WE ARE EIGHT MINUTES BEFORE THE
TWO LAP COMES OUT AND THERE
HAHN IS REVVING HIS BIKE TO GET
OUT OF THE WAY.
>> THAT'S HIS VERSION OF THE
BLUE FLAG.
>> THAT GUY HEARD IT.
IT WORKED.
DIDN'T LOSE TIME.
WORKED.
GOT THE RIDER OUT OF THERE.
PULLED THE CLUTCH IN LIKE IT
WAS IN NEUTRAL AND NOW ZERO
BACK IN ON DETRICK.
THAT WILL BE A GOOD BATTLE FOR
THE TOP FIVE.
REED IN SECOND TRYING TO
>>> WELCOME BACK.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ON SPEED.
HERE IS TOMMY HAWPE -- HAHN
WORKING ON THE PART TIME
KAWASAKI RIDER.
DEETDRIC, A GREAT RIDE.
IN FIFTH AND YIELDED TO HAHN.
HAHN IS IN THE TOP FIVE OF THE
NUMBER 48.
>> YEAH, INTERESTING BATTLE
HERE BECAUSE DETRICK RIGHT
THERE WHO JUST OVERTOOK WAS
FILL-IN ON THE FACTORY
KAWASAKI.
VILLOPOTO, FERRY IS OUT.
WHY NOT PUT SOMEONE ON THE BIKE
TO DO A GREAT JOB AND THEN HAHN
HERE WHO HAD SOME GOOD FINISHES
ON THE PRIVATEER.
RIDE GOING, I WOULD LIKE TO
BEAT THAT GUY.
THAT WOULD BE NICE.
LOOKED TO ME THAT'S HALF A LAP
OR SO AND HE WAS WORKING ON THE
PATH AND TURNED IT UP A NOTCH
AND HAS GAINED A LITTLE BIT ON
THE NEXT RIDER IN LINE.
>> HAIN HAD BEEN OFF ONE IN
MOTO 1. WAS 36th.
BASICALLY HE HAS BEEN AROUND
THE TOP FIVE IN EVERY OTHER ONE
AND NOW INTO THE TOP FIVE
AGAIN.
HAHN IS HIS FIRST YEAR ON A
450.
AND HE RACED LITE CLASS AND NOW
CALL THAT THE 250 CLASS BUT HE
SAID HE IS MORE COMFORTABLE ON
A BIG BITE AND PROVING HIMSELF
NOW.
>> MECHANICS ARE PUMPED UP.
THEY ARE PRIVATEER TEAM IN THE
SENSE THEY DON'T GET ALL OF THE
GOOD STUFF AS THE FACTORY TEAM
GET BUT THEY GET SUPPORT FROM
KAWASAKI AND VILLOPOTO OUT IT
WILL BE THE TOP RANKED KAWASAKI
RIDER IN THE SERIES.
GOOD THING THEY HAVE THOSE
TEAMS.
>> MAY NOT BE ALL THE GOOD
STUFF BUT GOOD ENOUGH.
DOING GREAT.
>> AND I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM
COME UP THROUGH THE AMATEUR
RANKS WITH JOSH GRANT.
THOSE GUYS BATTLING EACH OTHER
AND JOSH GRANT AND THIS MOTO,
CLEAR BACK IN 24th.
>> AND ABOUT TO GO A LAP DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AFRAID
OF WITH JOSH GRANT.
FAST.
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THAT
GUY AND THE HISTORY IN THAT 250
CLASS HAS SOME MOTO WINS AND A
RACE WIN BUT NEVER KNOW.
MEANWHILE, LET'S GIVE YOU OUR
GEICO TOP TEN REPLAY NOMINEES.
TYLER IS GOING OVER THE BARS
VIOLENTLY ON THE FIRST LAP.
THAT'S JOSH GRANT IN FRONT.
THEN CHECK OUT THIS ONE
ENTERING THE SAND SECTION.
OUT OF THE SAND SECTION.
REYNARD, IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE
TUMBLED.
HE STOPPED.
THE MOMENT WHEN THE BODY HIT
THE STAND AND STOPPED.
LUCKILY THE SAND IS A LITTLE
SOFT.
HE HAS EVERYTHING GOING HIS WAY
AND NOT ONLY IN THE LEAD BUT
SEESAL THAT JOSH GRANT ONE OF
GUYS IS BATTLING FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP IS KNEW LAP DOWN.
MIKE FEELING GOOD AND WE TALKED
TO MIKE QUITE A BIT BEFORE THE
SERIES BEGAN.
EVERYONE FIGURED HE WOULD BE
ONE OF THE RIDERS BATTLING FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE EXPECT
HIM TO BE DOMINATING.
AS FAR AS THE PREPARATION AND
THE A TRAINING MIKE PUTS IN.
WELL, HE SHOULD BE DOING THIS
KIND OF THING.
MIKE GILLESPIE WORKS AND TRAINS
AS HARD AS ANYONE.
LET'S GET TO KNOW MIKE
GILLESPIE FOR THIS IN-DEPTH
FEATURE.
>> GOING INTO THE '09 MOTOCROSS
SEASON I'M FOCUSED ON MYSELF
DOING THE BEST I CAN AND NOT
WORRYING ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE AND
MIKE ALESSI AND GOING OUT THERE
AND GETTING A GREAT START AND
BEING UP FRONT AND DOING THE
BEST I CAN.
WHEN GUYS SAY THEY GET TENSE
AND WHATEVER IT IS.
THEY CONTEND WITH THAT.
THINGS LIKE THEY ARE CONTENT
WITH NOT BEING THE BEST.
TO ME I WANT TO BE THE BEST AND
SHOW EVERYBODY THIS YEAR I CAN
DO IT.
I CAN PULL THROUGH AND WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP AND BE THAT GUY
HOLDING THE NUMBER ONE PLACE.
>> WELL, FOR THE MOMENT ALESSI
IS HOLDING THE RED PLATE.
AND LEAD GETS BIGFER HE HOLDS
ON TO WIN THIS MOTO.
HEARD HIM AT PIT THERE.
ALESSI TALKING ABOUT RIDING HIS
OWN RACE.
A LOT BETWEEN THE BATTLE
BETWEEN HIM AND VILLOPOTO.
THOSE GUYS WHEN TO WAR AS
AMATEURS.
AND MIKE DID HIS BEST TO AVOID
ANY OF THAT AND IS PAYING OFF
NOW THAT VILLOPOTO IS OUT, MIKE
CAN KEEP RIDING HIS OWN RACE.
NOW LIKE THE AIR IS OUT OF HIS
SYSTEM.
HE WASN'T THINK BEING VILLOPOTO
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ELSE IS
GOING ON THE TRACK.
I MEAN, HE HAS GOT SO MUCH OF
HIS OWN FOCUS AS GAS ON THAT
FIRE EVEN MORE BY THE FACT THAT
HE IS ALWAYS IN THE LEAD.
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
BEHIND HIM.
LOOK AT TEDESCO.
HE HAD THE WORST ONE HE COULD
GET AND IS WORKING HARD.
>> UP INTO THE TOP TEN RIGHT
NOW.
TEDESCO.
LIVED IN TEXAS FOR A LITTLE
WHILE.
ORIGINALLY FROM NEW MEXICO.
PART OF THE CAMP CARMICHAEL
OUTSIDE OF TALLAHASSEE,
FLORIDA.
MOST OF THE TIME THERE.
THIS PROBABLY FEELS LIKE ONE OF
THOSE DAYS.
I WILL BET YOU THERE ARE SOME
WEDNESDAYS, MIDWEEK RIDES WHERE
THOSE GUYS USED TO DO BACK IN
THE DAY WHEN RICKY WAS WINNING
EVERYTHING.
HOT, HUMID LIKE THIS.
AND LATE IN THE DAY WHERE TRACK
IS ROUGH AND COMING APART.
MAN, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS
BUT IF I DO THIS IT WILL MAKE A
WEEKEND BETTER.
>> TEDESCO IS COMING FROM LAST
TO INSIDE THE TOP TEN.
WE WILL SEE HOW FAR UP IN THE
RANKINGS HE CAN GO.
MIKE ALESSI UP 26 SECOND LEAD
OVER CHAD REED.
WE WILL HAVE THE CONCLUSION
WHEN WE RETURN.
>>> FOR THE LATEST MOTORCYCLE
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>>> MIKE ALESSI OUT FRONT HERE.
BIG LEAD AND DAVID BAILEY HAS
GONE ON CRUISE CONTROL?
>> YEAH.
HE IS GOING FAST IN THE PLACES
HE KNOWS HE NEEDS TO GO FAST
AND OTHER PLACES HE IS JUST SO
COMFORTABLE WITH THE TRACK SET
UP.
YOU SEE HIM LEAN OVER THE FRONT
AND SEE IF I CAN DOWNSIZE THIS
PERFECT.
HAVING A GOOD TIME OUT THERE
NOW.
>> ALESSI DEALING WITH OUT
THERE.
SEE HIS BOOT BUCKLE HANGING
LOOSE.
THAT USED TO BE JAMES STEWART'S
TRADEMARK.
WATCH THIS, COMPLETE FACE
FORWARD STAND TRYING TO GET
AROUND A LAPPED RIDER WHO HAS
NO GOGGLES.
HARD FOR HIM TO SEE AND DOESN'T
KNOW WHAT LINE IS USING.
WATCH HOW CLOSE THEY COME.
DUDE!
WHAT THE HECK.
GET OUT OF MY WAY.
>> LIKE BEING ON THE
INTERSTATE.
HE GETS TO KNOW MIKE ALESSI A
LITTLE BETTER.
THE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION.
THE BOOT STRAP IS OFF.
THE LAP RIDER IN THE WAY.
THAT'S HOW TOUGH IT IS.
EVERYTHING IS GOING MIKE
ALESSI'S WAIVE.
DESPITE THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS
DANGERS.
>> CAN'T EVER COUNT YOUR
CHICKENS.
I KNOW IF HE GETS THIRSTY HE
CAN READ FOR THAT TUBE AND TAKE
A SIP.
HE IS PREPARED.
THIS KID DOES EVERYTHING HE HAS
TO DO AND I'M SURE THE PEOPLE
ARE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU A MIKE
ALESSI FAN.
NO, NOT NECESSARILY I LIKE TO
SEE CHAD REED DO WELL AND SHORT
GET A WIN IN THIS CLASS
ESPECIALLY IN HIS HOMETOWN.
WHEN SOMEBODY IS DOING THINGS
RIGHT AND COME PREPARED AND
THEN HAVE A DAY LIKE THIS, YOU
KNOW, I'M GOING TO MENTION IT.
HE WORKS HARD FOR THIS.
>> THIS IS JOSH WATCHING.
YOU THINK HE WAS IN A BATTLE
WITH REARDON FOR FOURTH.
HE CRASHED AND HE IS A LAP DOWN
FROM THESE RIDERS OUTSIDE OF
THE TOP 20.
AND ONLY 20 OF THE TOP 40
POSITIONS GET POINTS.
SO YOU NOT IN THAT TOP 20 YOU
WILL SCORE ZERO.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM FOR GRANT.
SECOND IN POINTS COMING INTO
THE RACE AND WILL LOSE A BUNCH
OF THEM TO ALESSI TODAY.
JOSH GRANT RIDES HARD AND
THAT'S GOOD MOST OF THE TIME.
ON OCCASION IT WILL BITE YOU.
>> REARDON WHO HAS BEEN SOLID
TODAY IS IN FOURTH.
WON A BATTLE WITH SHORT LAST
WEEK.
SHORT GOT THE BETTER OF HIM
THIS TIME.
HE IS IN THIRD.
AND RICKY DETRICK IN SIXTH.
LOOKING AT SEVENTH IN THE FIRST
MOTO AND SIXTH IN MOTO 2. SAID
HE WOULD LIKE TO RACE NEXT
WEEKEND ON SATURDAY AND CATCH
THE RED EYE AND RACE AN OFF
ROAD RACE ON SUNDAY.
WITH RESULTS LIKE THIS IT WILL
BE HARDER FOR KAWASAKI TO SAY
NO.
>> THE THING IS THAT THERE IS A
CHANCE THAT AT MOUNT MORA NEXT
WEEKEND WE COULD SEE RAIN.
IT'S DONE IT BEFORE.
AND IF IT DOESN'T RAIN DURING
THE RACE IT COULD RAIN RIGHT
BEFORE IT OR BETWEEN MOTO AND
RAIN ALL TIMES DURING DATE AND
MAKE THAT A MUDDY RACE.
I THINK DETRICK IS GOOD IN THE
MUD.
>> OFF ROAD GUY.
HE ALMOST HAS TO BE.
>> GOOD IN THE MUD.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN -- I JUST
TEND TO THINK THAT BECAUSE OF
THE SKILLS THAT ARE REQUIRED
AND THE KIND OF RACING HE DOES.
KAWASAKI SHOULD FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO GIVE HIM TO BOTH EVENTS.
LOOK AT WHAT HE IS DOING.
JESSEMAN HAD THE STATEMENT
OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
AND THE FIRST MOTO HE WAS OUT
EARLY ON IN THE RACE AND IS IN
39th IN THIS MOTO.
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.
DETRICK DEFINITELY DESERVES A
SHOUT AND SO DOES TOMMY HAHN.
FOURTH AND FIFTH IN MOTO.
AND YOU KNOW IT'S ABSENT OF
JOSH GRANT AND THIS MOTO AND
THE ABSENCE OF VILLOPOTO.
OPENING THE GUY'S EYES A LITTLE
BIT.
SOME THE PRIVATEER TEAM AND
GOOD SUPPORT, MAN, I COULD GET
UP THERE AND KIND OF SEE SOME
NEW GUYS UP THERE NEAR THE TOP
FIVE.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
THAT WOULDN'T BE AWESOME TO
MIKE.
HE WANTS TO WIN EVERYTHING.
BUT SOMEBODY THAT'S NORMALLY
RUNNING 12th OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, UP THERE AND GET SIXTH OR
SEVENTH OR HAVE A LOOK AT IT,
THAT'S AN EXCITING DAY.
>> MIKE ALESSI PUTTING THE
FINISHING TOUCHES ON A 1-1 MOTO
SWEEP.
MENTIONED EARLIER ON THE SHOW
THIS IS WHAT WAS EXPECTED OUT
OF THIS KID WHEN HE DOMINATED
IN THE AMATEUR RANKS.
WON SOME RACES.
AWLS SEEMS TO BE IN THE THICK
OF IT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
NEVER QUITE ESTABLISHED THAT
DOMINANCE HE HAD WHEN HE WAS AN
AMATEUR.
HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A BIG STEP
TOWARD DOING IT TODAY.
HE IS GOING TO GO ONE-ONE AND
WIN BY A BIG MARGIN.
AGAIN, MIKE ALESSI SWEEPS IT
HERE IN TEXAS.
AND HIS TEAMMATE, CHAD REED
WILL BE SECOND.
BIG GAP BETWEEN MIKE AND
HIMSELF.
CHAD WANTS TO WIN AND WHO COULD
-- HE.
>> HE WILL GET BETTER AND
BETTER.
HAVE I THAT FEELING.
LITTLE BIT IS HOPE.
I LIKE TO SEE A GOOD BATTLE.
JUST LIKE SHORT.
HE HAS A LITTLE WORK TO DO TO
FIND SPOOD IN THOSE FIRST FEW
LAPS.
>> REED TAKES SECOND AND SAW
SHORT NOT TOO FAR BACK IN
THIRD.
SHANE STILL TRYING TO FIGHT FOR
THAT LAP.
THAT'S ANDREW SHORT.
HE TAKES THIRD.
WELL DONE FOR SHORTY.
HE HIT THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS IN
THE SERIES IN CALIFORNIA.
THOSE ARE TOUGH TRACKS FOR HIM.
HE EXPECTS TO BE BETTER.
TEXAS AND THE REST OF THE TOUR
HE WAS.
WE WILL BE BACK TO TALK TO OUR
>>> WELCOME BACK.
LUCAS OIL AMA MOTOCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP FREESTONE RACEWAY
AND HAVE PUT A RACE IN THE
BOOK.
LET'S SHOW YOU HOW IT WENT.
>> WATCH MIKE ALESSI'S RIGHT
HAND.
THE THROTTLE IN THE FRONT
BRAKE.
THEY MOVE IT.
NEXT LAP HE COMES AROUND AND IS
USING IT AS A GAUGE TO KNOW HOW
FAR OUT OF THE EDGE OF THE
TRACK HE WAS OFF THE TRACK.
COUPLE CLOSE CALLS LIKE THAT.
CHAD REED GETTING AGGRESSIVE
PUTTING A MOVE ON ANDREW SHORT
HERE.
AND CLOSED THEM OUT AND INTO
THE SWEEPER.
WILL TAKE OVER A NICE SECOND
BUT HAD NOTHING FOR ALESSI OUT
FRONT.
TOO FAR GONE.
REED GETTING AROUND PASSED DAN
REARDON PUTTING TOGETHER A
BETTER AND BETTER RIDE ON THAT
450 BUT IT WAS ALL MIKE ALESSI
TODAY.
>> TWO IN A ROW NOW FOR MIKE
ALESSI AS HE ESTABLISHED THE
DOMINANCE HE WANTS.
HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE
MOTO.
MIKE ALESSI TAKING THE VICTORY.
REED SECOND, SHORT THIRD, AND
EXACTLY THE WAY DAVID THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE BEFORE WE WENT
RACING.
REARDON A GREAT RUN FOR FOURTH.
HERE IS THE REST OF THE TOP 20.
JUSTIN McDONALD THE YOUNG RIDER
FROM AUSTRALIA WITH A GOOD RUN.
TONY COOPER IN 13th AND LET'S
GO DOWN TO ERIN WITH OUR
WINNER.
>> CONSIDER IT A PERFECT DAY
FROM START TO FINISH.
TAKING ON ANOTHER VICTORY.
THIS ONE CAME EASIER THAN LAST
WEEKEND EXCEPT FOR ONE FACTOR.
YOU GOT TANGLED UP WITH THAT
BANNER A FEW TIMES.
>> YEAH, IN THE BACK, IT WAS A
LITTLE BIT IN THE WAY.
NO HARM, NO FOUL.
WE JUST KEPT PLUGGING ALONG.
KEPT RIDING OUR RACE AND IT WAS
A GREAT RACE.
I COULDN'T THANK MY TEAM
ENOUGH.
THE BIKE IS AWESOME.
AND I HAD A GREAT DAY.
HAD FUN.
IT WAS A GOOD DAY.
>> BARELY SWEATING.
HAVEN'T EVEN BARELY CRACKED A
SWEAT.
YOU HAD SOME LAPPERS THAT WERE
GETTING IN YOUR WAY.
HOW MUCH DID THAT AFFECT YOUR
RIDE.
>> LAPPERS WERE A LITTLE BIT IN
THE WAY.
OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS A GREAT
RIDE.
START WITH -- IT WAS GREAT.
GOT THE START BACK.
BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
GUYS AGAIN.
DOING A GREAT JOB.
I LOVE THIS GUY.
AND JUST EVERYBODY, ALL MY
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND MY
GIRLFRIEND AND MY MOTORHOME
DRIVER DONNY.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> ALSO MIKE HAS REASON TO
CELEBRATE.
SO DOES ERIN BATES.
IT'S ERIN BATES' BIRTHDAY
TODAY.
CELEBRATING WITH US HERE IN
TEXAS.
SHE IS 29 PLUS TWO.
AND I KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS
LIKE.
I'M THE SAME WAY.
ERIN IS WORKING ON THE PODIUM
AND WE WILL TALK TO SECOND AND
>>> WELCOME BACK TO TEXAS.
THAT'S DANIELLE, MIKE ALESSI'S
GIRLFRIEND.
SHE IS HAPPY HER GUY GOT A
VICTORY.
WHEN YOU WIN BOTH MOTOS YOU WIN
THE OVERALL.
PERFECT SCORE.
50 POINTS FOR MIKE TODAY.
SHORT AND REED WILL ROUND OUT
THE PODIUM POSITION SO SHORT
HIS BEST RUN OF THE YEAR.
AND HOW ABOUT TEDESCO HOLDING
UP AT FOURTH AND RICKY DETRICK
FIFTH OVERALL.
ALSO MIKE BYRNE THE TOP TEN.
CHAD REED SKIPPING THE PODIUM.
I THINK HE IS SICK OR HURT.
LET'S GO DOWN TO THE BIRTHDAY
GIRL.
>> ANDREW SHORT MAKES HIS WAY
UP HERE.
IS THAT HOMETOWN TRACK FOR YOU
LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?
DO YOU HAVE TO BE AT YOUR
OPTIMAL FITNESS PEAK AND IS
THIS WHEN YOU DECIDE WHERE TO
WORK ON SOMETHING.
>> WE HAVE A LONG SEASON AND
IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH AS WE
GET BACK EAST.
I HAVEN'T BEEN RIDING SO WELL
AND TO GET RESULTS HERE çóWITH
THE 2-3 IS GREAT AND MOMENTUM
BEFORE IT GETS TOUGH.
>> WHAT DID IT MEAN FOR YOU TO
COME HOME AND SPEND THE WHOLE
WEEK AND GET YOURSELF
ACCLIMATED.
>> I LOVE RIDING DOWN HERE IN
TEXAS.
THEY HAVE GREAT DIRT AND FANS
ARE AWESOME.
GREAT EVENT FOR ME.
AND ALWAYS HAVE GOOD SUCCESS
HERE.
I WAS HAPPY TO GET A GOOD
SECOND MOTO.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
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>>> WE GOT TO GO.
DAVID BAILEY, MIKE ALESSI
THREATENING TO TAKE THIS SERIES
BY THE THROAT.
>> AND JUST PUTTING A DOZEN
POINTS ON REED.
EIGHT MORE ON SHORT.
THESE GUYS WILL HAVE A TOUGH
TIME CATCHING HIM.
>> AND THEY HAVE TO CATCH HIM
OFF THE START BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE HE DOES HIS DAMAGE.
GREAT RACING TODAY FROM TEXAS.
WE WILL HAVE OUR 250 TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
CHECK OUT SPEEDTV.COM FOR THE
LISTINGS AND INFORMATION.
GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US HERE.
LUCAS OIL AMA CHAMPIONSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO MIKE ALESSI.