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CHAD REED LURKING BACK THERE
AS WELL.
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>> THIS HALLOWED VENUE HAS
HOSTED A POPE, WORLD RENOWNED
ARTISTS, ROCK AND ROLL LEGENDS,
AND, OF COURSE, FOUR WORLD
SERIES.
BUT TONIGHT, THE BASE PADS ARE
GONE AND THE PITCHERS MOUND IS
BURIED AND THE SUPER CROSS TRACK
SITS ON DODGERS STADIUM.
THIS TIME MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPER CROSS PREVIEW SHOW.
I'M RALPH SHEHEEN, EXCITEMENT IS
IN THE AIR AS SUPER CROSS MAKES
ITS DEBUT AT THIS HISTORIC
BALLPARK.
TWO ROUNDS ARE IN THE BOOKS AND
WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT WINNERS IN
THE SEASON.
RYAN VILLOPOTO SHOWED HE HAS
COME ALL THE WAY BACK FROM A
HORRIFIC INJURY SINCE LAST YEAR
IN ST. LOUIS.
VILLOPOTO'S WIN MARKS THE FOURTH
DIFFERENT WINNER OF THE OPENING
ROUND IN THE PAST FOUR SEASONS.
THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND IN
PHOENIX, IT WAS JAMES STEWART'S
TURN TO ERASE OLD MISTAKES.
THE YAMAHA RIDER EARNED HIS
FIRST VICTORY IN A YEAR AND THE
38th OF HIS CAREER.
TIEING HIM WITH CHAD REED FOR
THIRD ON THE ALL TIME WIN LIST.
EVEN THOUGH VILLOPOTO AND
STEWART WON THE FIRST TWO RACES
AND GOT THOSE HIGHLY COVETED
VICTORIES, TODAY'S FIELD IS
STILL FULL OF MANY RIDERS WITH
RACE WINS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS ON
THEIR RESUME.
TO HELP BREAK DOWN THE
COMPETITION, HERE'S OUR SUPER
CROSS CHAMP, JEFF EMIG.
>> IN 2010, RYAN DUNGEY BECAME
THE ONLY SECOND ROOKIE TO WIN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A SECOND
AND A FIFTH THIS SEASON THE
21-YEAR-OLD LEADS A TALENTED
GROUP OF RIDERS STILL LOOKING
FOR THEIR FIRST WIN.
TWO-TIME SERIES CHAMP CHAD REED
IS COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNING HIS OWN
TEAM AND RACING ON SATURDAYS.
VETERAN KEVIN WINDHAM WON TWICE
LAST YEAR AND REMAINS A THREAT
IN HIS 15th SEASON RACING SUPER
CROSS.
HONDA ROOKIE TREY CAN I NARD IS
RACING ON HIS MOMENTUM.
ONE THING IS CERTAIN, BOTH RIDER
AND MACHINE WILL HAVE TO PUT IN
20% LAPS ON AN EVER-CHANGING AND
CHALLENGING RACETRACK.
HERE'S ERIN BATES.
>> THEY STARTED ONE WEEK AGO
HAULING 550 TRUCKLOADS OF GOOD
OLD CALIFORNIA DIRT HERE INTO
DODGERS STADIUM.
A CREW OF 25 AND 15 PIECES OF
HEAVY EQUIPMENT BEGAN SCULPTING
WHAT YOU SEE TONIGHT.
A MONSTER OF A RACETRACK
PURPOSE-BUILT RIGHT HERE INSIDE
ONE OF AMERICA'S FAMOUS
LANDMARKS.
ONE THING IS CERTAIN WHATEVER
RIDER CROSSES THE FINISH LINE
FIRST AND SETS UP THE FIREWORKS
WILL BE MAKING HISTORY.
>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS -- WHEN WE
GO TO A NEW VENUE OR SOMETHING
NEW, YOU WANT TO BE THE FIRST
ONE TO WIN IN IT AND PUT IT IN
THE BOOKS AS THE FIRST WINNER
HERE.
>> TO GET A WIN HERE AT THE
PODIUM HERE WOULD BE REALLY COOL
ESPECIALLY IT'S THE FIRST TIME
WE'VE BEEN HERE AND ANYTIME YOU
COME TO A NEW VENUE IT'S REALLY
COOL.
>> IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO WIN
THE FIRST RACE IN DODGERS
STADIUM.
I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN TO THE
STADIUM SO IT'S ACTUALLY NICE TO
BE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, SEE A
SUPER CROSS TRACK AND I'M
LOOKING FOR IT.
>> TO BE HERE IN DODGERS STADIUM
IS PRETTY UNIQUE AND THE FIRST
TIME FOR A MOTOR EVENT AND I'M
EXCITED TO BE HERE AND KIND OF
HAVE A HOLE TO FILL AND IT WAS
TOUGH LAST WEEKEND AND IT DIDN'T
GO THE WAY WE WANTED IT BUT WE
HAVE A BIG HOLE TO FILL AND
TONIGHT WOULD BE A GREAT NIGHT
TO START.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET
OUT TO A GOOD START AND IT WOULD
BE GREAT TO ROCK STAR SUZUKI ON
TOP TONIGHT.
>> TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO
WIN THE RACE I THINK THE WAY THE
SEASON IS ALREADY I THINK THOSE
WINS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL
AND TO COME HERE TO HISTORIC
STADIUM AND BE OUT HERE WITH
EVERYBODY, I THINK IT WILL BE
PRETTY SPECIAL SO HOPEFULLY I
CAN CHOP MY NAME UP THERE.
>> THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM AS
FANS GET TO MEET THEIR FAVORITE
RIDER, GRAB A PICTURE OR MAYBE
GET AN AUTOGRAPH.
WHEN WE COME BACK, THE BIKES HIT
THE TRACK IN HOT HEAT RACING
WHEN MONSTER ENERGY AMA CROSS
GETS UNDERWAY.
>> WELL, WE MADE SOME HISTORY
HERE AT DODGERS STADIUM WHEN WE
DROPPED THE GATE FOR OUR FIRST
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS RACE.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME RACING HAS
TAKEN PLACE ON THE DIRT HERE IN
DODGERS STADIUM.
A STACKED HEAT, TOO, WITH A LOT
OF BIG NAMES INCLUDING THE
REIGNING CHAMP RYAN DUNGEY.
>> AND THE TOP FIVE RIDERS WERE
REALLY PACING EACH OTHER AND
THEN A COUPLE OF MISTAKES
STTED HAPPENED.
>> KEVIN WINDHAM MOVED IN SECOND
PLACE.
CHAD REEDN THAT NEW 2X2
MOTORSPORTS HONDA IN FOURTH.
>> HERE'S DUNGEY REALLY OUT
FLEXING HIS MUSCLE AND SHOWING
SOME PERFECT LAP TIMES HAS GOT
THE SUZUKI DIALED IN.
>> AND HE NEEDS A GOOD CHANCE OF
CONFIDENCE AND HE GOT IT.
TEDESCO GOT SOME PROBLEMS AND
KINARD, BOY, DID HE HAVE HIS
TROUBLE AND YOU SEE THE BIKE
TAGS HIM JUST AT THE END.
TREY KINARD THE FORMER LIGHTS
CHAMPIONSHIP MAKES A SMALL
MISTAKE BUT HE IS UP AND BACK ON
THE BIKE.
>> 220 POUNDS MOTORCYCLE
CATCHING HIM RIGHT IN THE BACK
AND HERE COMES DUNGEY ON THE
HEAT RACE WIN HERE AT DODGERS
STADIUM AND A BIG BOOST AS YOU
LOOK AT THE RESULTS.
THE TOP 9 TRANSFERRING STRAIGHT
ON TO THE MAIN EVENT.
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>> SERIOUS TALENT RIGHT THERE
AND THEY LAID DOWN SOME HOT LAP
TIMES.
>> DURING THE BROADCAST LAST
NIGHT FROM PHOENIX WE TALKED
ABOUT A REAR WHEEL SENSOR
ATTACHED TO YAMAHA RIDER JAMES
STEWART MOTORCYCLE IT IT WAS
THOUGHT IT WAS ILLEGAL THAT
OCCURRED.
THE TEAM WAS GATHERING DATA
DURING PRACTICE.
AS ALL TEAMS ARE ELIGIBLE TO DO
UNDER AMA AND FIM RULES.
>> CERTAINLY, THERE WAS A BIT OF
CONFUSION, I THINK, LAST WEEK
WITH REGARDS TO THE MONSTER
ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS FIM WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP BOOKS.
CURRENTLY OUR RULE BOOK STATES
THAT DATA ACQUISITION IS LEGAL.
AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE REAR
WHEEL SPEED SENSOR THAT WAS
FOUND ON HIS MOTORCYCLE DURING
PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING LAST
WEEK.
SO THE MOTORCYCLE WAS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH OUR RULES.
>> WHILE IT WAS NOT OUR INTENT
TO CAST A SHADOW OF A DOUBT OVER
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF JAMES
STEWART, WE REALIZE THAT IT MAY
HAVE CAUSED SPECULATION.
AND FOR THAT, WE APOLOGIZE TO
JAMES STEWART.
YAMAHA, MOTOR CORPORATION, AND
L & M RACING.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO DODGERS
STADIUM FOR MORE RAVING ENERGY
WITH MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
♪
>> FRIDAY NIGHT THE SUPERCROSS
INDUSTRY WAS TREATED TO AN
EXCLUSIVE EVENT AT THE L.A.P.D.
CHARLIE BECK AND THEIR TEAMS
WERE ALLOWED TO GO TO THEIR
RECRUITMENT FACILITY.
THEY GOT AN UP CLOSE AND
HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE
POLICE FORCE IN ACTION.
INCLUDING SPECIAL WEAPONS,
S.W.A.T. TEAM MANEUVERS, K9
STRATEGY AND SIMULATIONS.
CHIEF BECK IS A LONG TIME
SUPERCROSS FAN.
>> I'M A LONG TIME FAN OF
SUPERCROSS AND A COMPETITOR IN
MOTORCROSS AND I HAD TO PUT ON
SOMETHING FOR THE RIDERS, FOR
THE TEAMS WHO I INTERACT WITH
ALL THE TIME IS A FAN AND SHOW
THEM MY WORLD A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, ONE ADRENALINE JUNKIE
TO THE OTHER.
SHOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT LOS
ANGELES POLICE OFFICERS DO FOR A
LIVING SO WE HAVE S.W.A.T.
DEMONSTRATION, K9 DEMONSTRATION,
BOMB TECHS, ALL OF THAT, JUST A
WAY TO SAY WELCOME TO LOS
ANGELES.
COME BACK NEXT YEAR.
>> CHIEF BE, IT'S COOL HE
OBVIOUSLY LIKES OUR SPORTS AND
HE'S INTO RAVING A LOT AND HE'S
THE ONE WHO MADE EVERYTHING
HAPPEN TODAY.
TO ME THIS IS THEIR EVERYDAY
LIFE AND THEIR JOB AND FOR US TO
SEE IT'S A REALLY COOL THING AND
THEN PROBABLY FROM THEIR END OUR
JOB, YOU KNOW, RAVING AND
MOTORCROSS, SUPERCROSS IS
OBVIOUSLY REALLY COOL TO THEM SO
IT'S KIND OF COOL THEY GET TO
COME CHECK OUT WHAT WE DO AND
IT'S AWESOME THAT HE'S INTO OUR
SPORT.
>> SUPERCROSS!
>> GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
TEAMS AND RIDERS AT AND MONSTER
ENERGY SUPERCROSS TO GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUT
SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEW WITH
THE L.A.P.D.
CHIEF BECK.
>> SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
HIGHLIGHTS NOW FROM HEAT NUMBER
TWO.
THE FIRST LOOK WE GET AT NUMBER
TWO RYAN VILLOPOTO THE ANAHEIM
WINNER AND LAST WEEK'S WINNER
JAMES STEWART HE GETS A GREAT
START AND QUICKLY HE'S OFF.
>> HE'S A LITTLE BIT HOT ON THE
OUTSIDE AND COULD NOT GET THE
BIKE TURNED AROUND AND THAT JUST
OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE NUMBER
TWO OF RYAN VILLOPOTO TO GET A
CLEAN TRACK.
>> STEWART WENT ALL THE WAY BACK
AND THERE WERE SOME TRICKY
MOMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
>> THERE SEVERAL WAS BUT FOR THE
NUMBER TWO OF RYAN VILLOPOTO
LIKE I SAID HE WAS OUT FRONT GOT
HIS LAPS IN AND HE DOMINATED
THIS HEAT RACE.
>> LOOK AT THE BATTLE FOR THIRD
HERE.
THE NUMBER THREE, THAT'S
STEWART'S TEAMMATE AND HE'S GOT
TOMMY TAKING THE SPOT AWAY AS
STEWART WAS CLOSING IN.
RYAN VILLOPOTO AS WE SAID HE WON
THE SEASON OPENER IN ANAHEIM AND
HE WON A HEAT RACE HERE AT
DODGERS STADIUM AND HE FOUGHT
HIS WAY TO A FINE FOURTH PLACE
FINISH.
HE DID IT WITH PASSION AND
SPEED.
>> RYAN VILLOPOTO A 51.8 IN THAT
HEAT RACE.
THE FASTEST LAP OF ALL OF THE
HEATS.
HE'LL BE THE GUY TO LOOK FOR IN
THE MAIN EVENT.
>> WELL, THE RAVING ACTION HAS
BEEN VERY GOOD HERE TODAY AT
DODGERS STADIUM BUT EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON, THE PIT PARTY WAS THE
HIGHLIGHT.
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>> FOLK HAVING GOOD TIME
TONIGHT AT DODGERS STADIUM.
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS FOR
THE FIRST TIME IS THE CONTESTANT
CHAVEZ RAVINE.
ON THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER
REMEMBER TREY KINARD NO. 41 IT'S
THE HEAT RACING THE BIG CRASH
GOING IN THE RHYTHM SECTION,
THEY ARE CHASING HIM RIGHT ON
THE SKY AND RIGHT ON HIS BACK
HE'S RIGHT IN THE LEAD.
>> GRABBED THE HOLESHOT AND THE
BATTLE WAS FOR THE FINAL
TRANSFER POSITION.
WATCH FOR HIM WITH THE LAST
DITCH EFFORT AND THEY BOTH KEEP
IT ON TWO WHEELS.
>> KINARD IN THE THICK OF THE
POINTS CHASE THIS SEASON.
HE'LL BE ABLE TO GATHER A FEW
MORE 'CAUSE HE'S GOING TO THE
MAIN EVENT WITH THE LCQ WIN.
♪
>> JOINING IN THERE WILL BE
CHRIS BLOSE AS HE GETS THE FINAL
TICKET FOR THE MAIN EVENT YET TO
COME.
RYAN VILLOPOTO CAME OUT TO THE
CHEERS OF THE CROWD SPORTING A
DODGERS JERSEY.
HE'S THE ANAHEIM WINNER EARLIER
THIS SEASON.
HE'S COMING BACK FROM A HORRIFIC
INJURY FROM A YEAR AGO.
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>> VILLOPOTO TOSS IT AWAY.
>> INJURIES ARE A PART OF THE
SPORT, REALLY.
LAST YEAR I HAD MY KNEE SURGERY.
THAT'S A PRETTY EASY SURGERY.
IT WASN'T THAT PRETTY GOOD BIG.
I CAME BACK AND GET BACK INTO IT
BUT THE LOWER LEG INJURY I HAVE
NOW IS WAY MORE SEVERE THAN MY
KNEE.
I'M RIDING.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE TIME
THAN I'D LIKE.
BUT NEXT YEAR I'LL BE 100%.
>> HE'S DONE IT.
RYAN VILLOPOTO WINS ANAHEIM I.
>> IT'S ALL DONE DURING THE OFF
SEASON.
IF YOU'RE PHYSICALLY READY THEN
MENTALLY YOU SHOULD FEEL GOOD
ABOUT IT.
FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF BUT YOU
ALWAYS HAVE THE FIRST RACE
JITTERS AND YOU GOT TO GET THOSE
OUT OF THE WAY AND AFTER A
COUPLE OF ROUNDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S
JUST -- IT'S ANOTHER YEAR OF
RAVING AND -- RACING DOING YOUR
JOB.
>> ANOTHER GUY WHO I THINK I
HAVEN'T SEEN HIS BEST DAYS, HE'S
ALREADY HAD A GREAT CAREER SO IT
SAYS A LOT FOR RYAN AND WHERE I
THINK -- RYAN VILLOPOTO AND
WHERE I THINK HE'S HEADED.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF TALENT COMING
OUT.
>> HERE COMES VILLOPOTO IN THE
LEAD.
VILLOPOTO TAKES HIM AWAY.
>> HAVING HIM THERE WITH THE
REST OF THE PEOPLE, YOU REALLY
GOT TO BE ON TOP OF IT.
>> YOU KNOW, COMING IN THIS
YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE JAMES,
CHAD, ME AND DUNGEY.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A
FOUR-ROAD DIAL.
I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S A TWO-MAN
RIVALRY OR ANYTHING.
IT WILL BE THE FOUR OF US
RIPPING EACH OTHER.
♪
>> SO RYAN VILLOPOTO ALREADY
LOOKING PRETTY STRONG HERE
TONIGHT AGAIN AT DODGERS
STADIUM.
HE'S GOT HIMSELF A HEAT RACE WIN
AND SETS HIMSELF UP FOR THE MAIN
EVENT.
WELCOME BACK TO DODGERS STADIUM.
RALPH SHEHEEN AS WELL AS JEFF
EMIG AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO
THE START OF THAT MAIN, THE
FIRST EVER MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS HERE AT DODGERS
STADIUM.
DO YOU THINK VILLOPOTO CAN GET
HIS SECOND WIN OF THE YEAR
TONIGHT?
>> I THINK VILLOPOTO IS THE MAN
TO BEAT HERE TONIGHT.
STARTS ARE GREAT.
HE'S PROGRESSED ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE DAY.
DEFINITELY FAST, AT THE FASTEST
LAP IN THE HEAT RACES.
REALLY IMPRESSIVE WITH RYAN
DUNGEY ALSO.
HE NEEDS TO GET -- YOU KNOW, THE
CHAMPIONSHIP BACK ON TRACK.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING HAS
BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE
COMFORTABLE.
HE'S BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE.
A COUPLE OF GUYS LIKE TREY
KINARD, STEWART HAD LITTLE
MISTAKES AND DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO
THE STARTING POSITION.
THEY ARE IN THE MAIN, YOU KNOW,
THE NIGHT HASN'T GONE THE WAY
THEY'D LIKE TO.
CHAD REED HAS BEEN THERE JUST AS
NORMAL.
THE TOP FIVE IN POINTS ARE ALL
SET HERE.
AND THIRD RACE INTO THIS SERIES,
THIS IS WHERE THESE RIDERS
REALLY SHOULD HAVE THE BIKE
DIALED IN, FITNESS, EVERYTHING,
YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS THERE.
SO ALL-OUT BRAWL IN DODGERS
STADIUM.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN
THIS THING.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
I GOT GOOSE BUMPS THINKING ABOUT
IT.
>> WELL, AS JEFF MENTIONED THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GETTING UNDERWAY.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE TOYOTA
UPCOMING SCHEDULE.
WE'RE GOING ON TO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA NEXT.
WE'RE HEADED UP TO OAKLAND.
YOU'LL SEE THAT RACE NEXT SUNDAY
RIGHT HERE ON CBS SPORTS.
AND THEN IT'S BACK TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA FOR THE SECOND AND
FINAL ROUND AT ANGELS STADIUM IN
ANAHEIM AND THEN WE START MOVING
EAST A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE AT RELIANT
STADIUM IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE ON CBS AND
IT'S BACK OUT HERE FOR SAN DIEGO
AND ONCE MORE BACK EAST TO
ATLANTA AS THE TOUR CONTINUES TO
GO -- GO TO SUPERCROSS ONLINE
IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.
ANOTHER PERSON WHO'S ONE OF THE
BIGGEST STARS ON MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS IS MOVING ON TO
ANOTHER FORM OF RACING AND HE'S
STANDING BY WITH ERIN.
>> WE ARE HERE WITH THE
FREESTYLE LEGEND TRAVIS
PASTRANA.
TALK TO US ABOUT -- WE HEAR THAT
YOU'RE DEVELOPING A NEW MONSTER
TRUCK.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
>> I'M SUPER PUMPED.
NITROCIRCUS, I'M SUPER PUMPED.
WE HAD ONE OF THEM CLICK A
MONSTER TRUCK AND LET'S GET
BEHIND IT.
IT'S A COOL SPORT AND IT'S SO
MUCH FUN.
>> WE'VE GOT A STACKED GROUP OF
COMPETITION OUT HERE.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS OF THE
COMPETITION AND THE SEASON SO
FAR.
>> THE TRACK HAS BEEN EPIC.
THE FIRST TURNS HAVE BEEN REALLY
GOOD FOR MAKING ANY SPOT REALLY
COMPETITIVE BUT GUYS LIKE CHAD
REED, YOU KNOW, THEY TIGHT-RUN
THAT FIRST TURN AND PULL OUT TOP
THREE, TOP FOUR SPORTS AND BAD
JUMPS AND HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING.
IT'S TAKEN A COUPLE GUYS OUT SO
A VERY TECHNICAL TRACK.
>> WE'RE USED TO SEEING YOU ON
TWO WHEELS BUT YOU'RE MOVING
OVER TO FOUR WHEELS AND TELL US
ABOUT YOUR DEAL WITH MICHAEL
WALDROP RACING.
>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND OUT IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES
STARTING IN INDIANAPOLIS MIDWAY
THROUGH THE SEASON AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT AND THE GUYS FROM
TOYOTA REALLY JUMPED IN BEHIND
IT.
A LOT OF THE MOTORCROSS SPONSORS
HAVE REALLY BACKED IT AS WELL.
>> TRAVIS ALWAYS EXCITED TO HAVE
YOU HERE.
>> BEST OF LUCK TO TRAVIS AND
HIS FUTURE RACING ENDEAVORS BUT
WE'VE GOT SOME MORE MONSTER
ENERGY SUPERCROSS TO GO HERE
>> BEING CLOSE TO L.A. MEANS
WE'RE CLOSE TO HOLLYWOOD.
FERGIE AND HER ACTOR HUSBAND
HAVING A GREAT TIME TAKING IN
SUPERCROSS.
SOME OF THE MANY CELEBRITIES AND
THE FANS UP IN THE SUITES.
>> I'M JEREMY AND I'M HERE TO
GIVE YOU THE MMI TIP.
WE USE A WIDER RIM.
THIS IS 250 COMPARED TO A 215 SO
THIS ONE IS A LITTLE SLICKER.
WHEN IT'S REAL ROUND LIKE THIS
IT TURNS BETTER BUT IT DOESN'T
GET AS MUCH GRIP AND THE WIDER
WHEEL WILL SPREAD THE KNOBBIES
OUT.
AND WE'LL PUT A GROOVE RIGHT IN
THE CENTER HERE AND THAT WILL
GIVE ANOTHER EDGE TO GRAB ON THE
SLICK STUFF AND THEN IF WE STILL
WANT TO DO SOME OTHER STUFF
WE'LL LET THE KNOBS WILLING A
LITTLE BIT SO IT WILL GRAB THE
DIRT A LITTLE.
WE'LL BE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK
BETTER THROUGH THE DAY.
THAT'S YOUR TECH TIP HERE AT
DODGERS STADIUM.
>> WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THE TRACK IS A LITTLE
BIT SLICK.
HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR TOYOTA
TRACK MAP.
>> NO DOUBT.
JEREMY'S TEAM DID SOME SEIPING
ON THE KNOBBIES BECAUSE IT'S
VERY HARD PACKED IN SOME SPOTS,
MOISTURE STARTED TO COME UP,
TRACTION IS GOING TO BE REALLY
CRITICAL HERE TONIGHT AS YOU SEE
THEM COME THROUGH OVER THE
TRIPLE.
THIS IS THAT TRIPLE DOUBLE IN.
WHERE KINARD WENT ■DOWN.
AND THE WHOOPS GO THROUGH ONE
SIDE, 180 AND GET IN A REALLY
TIGHT SECTION OF THE TRACK WHERE
YOU HAVE GOT TO GET THE BIKE
TURNED QUICKLY AND OUT OF THE
TURNS AND THAT IS A LAP AT
DODGERS STADIUM.
>> HERE WE GO WITH THE MAIN
EVENT.
WHO'S GOING TO GET THE HOLESHOT?
METCALF TRYING TO COME AROUND
THE OUTSIDE.
HE'S GOT IT.
>> WHAT A START FOR THE SUZUKI
RIDER AND HE'S JOINED BY AUSTIN
WITH YAMAHA.
>> HERE COMES THE NUMBER ONE
RYAN DUNGEY THE REIGNING
CHAMPION.
>> THE THUNDER OF THESE MOTOR
VEHICLES IS ROCKING DODGERS
STADIUM FOR THE FIRST MAIN EVENT
EVER.
>> METCALF OUT OF THE LEAD.
HIS TEAMMATE NEEDING A REALLY
GOOD START, DUNGEY INTO SECOND
LOOKING FOR THE LEAD BECAUSE
STEWART IS COMING QUICKLY FROM
FOURTH.
VILLOPOTO DEEPER BEHIND HIM IN
ABOUT 7.
>> KEVIN WINDHAM SITS IN THIRD
ON THAT GEICO HONDA BUT IT'S ALL
ROCKSTAR SUZUKI OUT FRONT
RUNNING ONE AND TWO.
>> AND AS THEY COME ACROSS THE
STRIPE IT'S WINDHAM 3 AND
STEWART FOURTH FOLLOWED BY JJ.
>> DUNGEY TRIES TO GET TO THE
INSIDE OF HIS TEAMMATE.
HE KNOWS HE CAN'T WAIT.
HE'S GOT TO GET AROUND AND START
TO PULL AWAY BECAUSE STEWART IS
COMING AFTER WINDHAM.
HE'S GOT THIRD.
>> DUNGEY MAKES A MISTAKE
THROUGH THE RHYTHM SECTION AND
THAT ALLOWS STEWART TO CLOSE UP.
>> THERE GOES METCALF.
METCALF IS DOWN!
DUNGEY IS THE LEADER.
THE QUESTION IS WHERE IS RYAN
VILLOPOTO?
YOUR POINTS LEADER?
HE'S IN NINTH.
DUNGEY OUT IN THE LEAD.
STEWART GETTING PAST WINDHAM.
OH, LOOK AT THAT.
EWART TRIES TO MAKE THE MOVE
ON DUNG.
RYAN COUNTERS.
PUTTING ON A GOODS FOR THE JOE
GIBBS TEAM.
STEWART MAKES THE MOVE ON
DUNGEY.
STEWART HAD THE LEAD BRIEFLY BUT
DUNGEY COUNTERS AGAIN.
>> THIS GETS YOUR HEART RATE UP.
THESE TWO SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONS
ARE GOING ALL OUT ON DODGERS
STADIUM.
>> THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED
TO SEE THIS YEAR.
DUNGEY HAVING WON THE
CHAMPIONSHIP AS A ROOKIE BUT
STEWART DIDN'T GET TO FINISH THE
MANY PEOPLE IN THE PRESEASON
SAID THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE WORKED
OUT THAT WAY HAD STEWART RAISE
ALL YEAR.
BUT DUNGEY WONTHE TITLE.
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM HIM.
BUT NOW STEWART IS DOING JUST
THAT.
>> STEWART IS SO QUICK THROUGH
THE WHOOPS, HE --
>> DUNGEY, HE GOT IT BUT
COMMITTEE MAKE IT STICK.
DUNGEY TRIES TO COR.
CAT MAKE ITAPPEN THERE.
HERE HE COMES.
OH, AND JUST AS DUNGEY HAD A
GREAT MOVE LINED UP, WINDHAM GOT
IN THE FIGHT.
HERE'S KINARD NOW.
>> TREY KINARD 41 OUT OF THE
LAST SHIFT QUALIFIER HAS NOW
MOVED TO THE TOP FOUR IN THE
MAIN EVENT.
>> AND IF HE CAN GET AROUND
THESE TWO IN FRONT OF HIM MAYBE
CAN BE THE ONEHO CHALLENGES
STEWART.
>> KINARD GOES WITH HIS HONDA
STABLE MATE AND HERE'S VILLOPOTO
OUT OF NOWHERE.
>> WHAT A BATTLE THE TOP SIX
RIDERS ALL OUT HERE AT DODGERS
STADIUM, THE BLUE FLAG IS
ALREADY UP FOR THE LAP RIDERS.
THIS IS ONLY LAPOUR OF 20.
>> JUST TTING THIS ONE
UNDERWAY.
EARLY ON IN THE MAIN EVENT,
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS
FIM CHAMPIONSHIP, THE FIRST TIME
AT DODGERS STADIUM AND WHAT A
SHOW.
>> LIKE KEVIN WINDHAM THE PACE
OF THE OPENING LAPS IN THE MAIN
EVENT HAS JUST BEEN TOO MUCH.
WINDHAM HAS GOTTEN SHUFFLED BACK
TO FOURTH AS VILLOPOTO IS
PRESSURING HIM.
>> TREY KINARD PUTTING THE HEAT
ON DUNGEY NOW.
>> WOW, LOOK AT THE RIDE HERE ON
THE 41 AFTER THAT HORRENDOUS
CRASH IN THE HEAT RACE.
>> MOTORCYCLES FALLING OUT OF
THE SKY, RIGHT ON THE BACK OF
KINARD AND HE'S BATTLING FOR
SECOND NOW.
>> JAMES STEWART HAS JUST TURNED
THE FASTEST LAP OF 52.7 BUT
DUNGEY AND KINARD VERY CLOSE TO
THAT.
>> KINARD, HE'S GOT A WHEEL ON
IT.
CAN HE MAKE IT STICK?
NO!
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG TREY
KINARD CAN WITHSTAND THIS, HIS
TRAINING AND HIS FITNESS LEVEL
IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE HIGH NOW
BECAUSE HE'S LETTING IT ALL HANG
OUT THROWING EVERYTHING AT THIS
MAIN EVENT.
MEANWHILE, STEWART TO THE SECOND
LEAD.
52.5 LAST TIME AROUND.
DUNGEY, A 52.7, BUT YOU CAN SEE
THE GAP STILL IS REALLY CLOSE.
THIS IS ANYONE'S RACE ON LAP 6
OF 20.
>> KINARD MAKES A MISTAKE!
>> THERE GOES VILLOPOTO.
>> KINARD MAKES A MISTAKE
THROUGH THAT RHYTHM SECTION AND
MISSED THE TRIPLE.
LET'S SEE HOW VILLOPOTO GOT
AROUND WINDHAM.
WATCH HIM AROUND THE OUTSIDE
HERE.
WINDHAM CHECKS UP AND VILLOPOTO
JUST HAMMERS THE THROTTLE ON THE
KAWASAKI, GETS DOWN ON THE
INSIDE.
PERFECT BLOCK PASS, JUST STEALS
THE LINE FROM THE VETERAN.
>> THERE'S STEWART, YOUR LEADER,
WINNER A WEEK AGO IN PHOENIX.
STEWART, DUNGEY, VILLOPOTO,
KINARD, WINDHAM THE TOP FIVE.
>> RALPH, LAST LAP AROUND.
STEWART A 53.3, IT WAS DUNGEY
WITH A 52.8 HALF A SECOND A LAP
FASTER THAN STEWART SO THE
NUMBER ONE, THE REIGNING
CHAMPION IS ON THE MOVE HERE IN
L.A.
>> HE'S PICKED UP QUITE A BIT OF
TIME ON STEWART.
WOW
>> WOW, THIS HAS GOT TO BE A
GOOD FEELING FOR DUNGEY TO GET
THE JUICES FLOWING.
THE POINTS LEADER, VILLOPOTO HAS
MADE UP SO MUCH GROUND ON THE
LEADERS.
HE'S THE FASTEST MAN ON THE
TRACK, 52.4 THE LAST TIME
AROUND.
>> AND THE WINNER IN ANAHEIM I.
THE WINNER OF A HEAT RACE
TONIGHT.
VILLOPOTO, CHALLENGING FROM
THIRD.
>> AND WHAT MOTIVATION AND WHAT
DETERMINATION OUT OF VILLOPOTO
WHO WAS A LIGHTS SUPERCROSS
CHAMPION HAS NEVER FINISHED A
SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP WITHOUT
MISSING A RACE.
NOW LOOK AT THIS.
AFTER THAT HORRENDOUS CRASH AND
INJURY LAST YEAR, COMING BACK.
HERE'S KINARD 41 ON THE HONDA
HANGING IN THERE.
STEWART PICKED UP TWO-TENTHS OF
A SECOND ON DUNGEY.
>> I'LL TELL YOU THERE ARE SOME
SECTIONS RIGHT AROUND THE HOME
PLATE AREA WHERE VILLOPOTO HAS
GOT A REALLY FAST LINE.
WE'LL CHECK THAT OUT THE NEXT
LAP AROUND.
>> THERE'S JUSTIN BRAYTON
RUNNING IN FIFTH.
>> I'LL TELL YOU, THIS TOYOT
MUSCLE MILK TEAM RIDER HERE --
>> HE'S GETTING OFF.
>> DUNGEY, VILLOPOTO -- WHERE
WILL VILLOPOTO TRY TO MAKE HIS
MOVE.
>> VILLOPOTO IN THIS RACE HAS
TURNED A 51.9 THE ONLY RIDER IN
THE 51-SECOND LAP TIME RANGE.
REMEMBER HE DID THAT IN THE HEAT
ALSO.
WATCH VILLOPOTO AROUND THIS.
>> HE'S TOO CLOSE AND OVERJUMPED
THAT.
AND LAST LAP AROUND HE GOT IN
THAT GROOVE AND LAUNCHED THE
KAWASAKI OUT IN THE TRIPLE.
>> AND RYAN AND STEWART, CAN YOU
BELIEVE THIS
>> IT COULD BE THE BEST RACE OF
THE YEAR.
THIS IS THE ONE EVERYBODY WANTED
TO SEE.
THESE THREE BAR TO BAR.
VILLOPOTO HAS GOT SECOND.
>> CLEAN RACING HERE BY THESE
THREE CHAMPIONS AND LOOK AT
VILLOPOTO.
HE IS ON A MISSION RIGHT NOW.
>> A STATEMENT RACE FOR SURE
HERE TONIGHT.
THESE THREE RIDERS, IF THEY GO
ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH,
WHICHEVER ONE COMES OUT WITH THE
WIN, WE'LL HAVE A BIG BOOST IN
CONFIDENCE AND MAKE A BIG
STATEMENT TO THE OTHER TWO.
>> YOU KNOW, RALPH, I FIND IT
VERY INTERESTING THAT RYAN
VILLOPOTO HAS A NEW TRAINER THIS
YEAR, ALDEN BAKER WHO SPENT
YEARS WITH RICKY CARMICHAEL WHO
SPENT A FEW YEARS WITH JAMES
STEWART TO HELP THOSE RIDERS
ACHIEVE THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOW HE'S WITH THE NUMBER TWO OF
RYAN VILLOPOTO AND MIDWAY
THROUGH THE RACE, WHO IS IT THAT
IS SHOWING THE SPEED?
IT'S VILLOPOTO.
>> HERE'S VILLOPOTO!
CAN HE GET HIM?
OH, STEWART HAS A FIGHT ON HIS
HANDS.
>> COULD THE FANS OF DODGERS
STADIUM IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA
BE TREATED TO ANYTHING BETTER.
>> HE MAKES A MISTAKE AND ALMOST
LOSES THE TRACTION ON THE BIKE.
>> KINARD -- KINARD FOR THIRD!
KINARD IS UP TO THIRD.
DUNGEY HAS TO REGROUP.
>> WHAT A LAP THAT WAS FOR TREY
KINARD.
HE REALLY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO FALL OFF THE PACE, THE
FORMER LIGHTS CHAMPION DIGS DEEP
AND PUTS HIMSELF INTO A PODIUM
POSITION.
>> HALFWAY TO THE FINISH.
STEWART LEADS BUT, BOY, DOES HE
HAVE HIS HANDS FULL.
OH, STEWART IS DOWN.
STEWART IS DOWN.
VILLOPOTO IS IN THE LEAD.
KINARD AND DUNGEY ARE BEHIND.
>> JAMES STEWART HAD 1 OR 2
SECOND ON VILLOPOTO AFTER ALL
THAT CHAOS LAST LAP AND FALLS
WITH THE LEAD.
AND HERE'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO
GET INTERESTING RALPH.
THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
NO. 7 GET IN A BIT OF PANIC
MODE.
>> HOW YOU WILL STEWART HANDLE
THAT PRESSURE?
DUNGEY, CAN HE GET BACK AROUND
KINARD?
OR WILL WE HAVE OUR FIRST
TWO-TIME WINNER THIS YEAR IN
VILLOPOTO?
>> IT WAS VILLOPOTO WHO AFTER
THE FIRST LAP WAS NINTH IS NOW
IN THE LEAD.
>> LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT
HAPPENED TO JAMES STEWART.
THE 7 HAD THE LEAD AND THEN HE
WAS ON THE GROUND.
DUNGEY, AND THEN KINARD.
>> LAP 12 IN THE BOOKS.
THESE CHAMPIONS ARE STILL
DIGGING DEEP, HEART RATES MAXED
OUT.
UTTER DETERMINATION HERE TO BE
THE FIRST WINNER IN DODGERS
STADIUM.
>> HERE'S DUNGEY.
GOOD MOVE!
THAT ONE WILL STICK.
NOW CAN ANYONE CATCH VILLOPOTO
WHO'S OUT FRONT?
>> DUNGEY TAKES A LOOK OVER HIS
SHOULDER AND WANTED TO KNOW
WHICH LAP THEY WERE ON.
>> JEFF, HE'S GOT A TEAR-OFF
KIND OF STUCK TO THE SIDE OF HIS
HELMET.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE GOT IT
ALL OFF.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, RALPH.
ALL FOUR OF THESE RIDERS HAVE
SHOWN A TREMENDOUS EFFORT.
>> KINARD TRYING TO COME BACK.
THOSE TEAROFFS --
>> AND HE MAKES THE TRIPLE AND
THAT WAS DOUBLE WITH THAT TYPE
OF MOVE IF HE CAN STILL DO THAT
SO JAMES STEWART -- OH!
>> KINARD COMING BACK.
>> ABOUT 6.5 LAPS.
>> THESE CHAMPIONS, RALPH,
REALLY HAVE RODE AGGRESSIVE BUT
FAIR.
THESE GUYS HAVE NOT GONE, YOU
KNOW, ANY CHEAP SHOTS OR
ANYTHING.
THIS IS JUST PURE HARD
SUPERCROSS RACING AT ITS FINEST.
>> HERE'S HOW STEWART WANTS TO
LEAD.
>> DOUBLE TRIPLE INTO THE TURN
HERE.
NICE AND SAFE.
OH, HE COMES UP A LITTLE SHORT
AND JUST TUCKS THE FRONT WHEEL
AND JUST KIND OF LOST TRACTION
RIGHT THERE AS HE MADE THAT
RIGHT.
>> WOW!
HE GOES BACK TO WHAT JEREMY
ALBRECHT WAS TALKING ABOUT IN
OUR MMI TRACK TIP ABOUT HAVING
TO GET THOSE TIRES TO HOOK UP ON
THE SLICK SURFACE.
>> THERE'S SOME HARD SURFACE BUT
THAT WAS LOOSENED THERE AND JUST
CAME IN A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE.
>> WOW, HOW ABOUT THE NUMBER
TWO?
MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI AND
VILLOPOTO DOMINATING BUT
DUNGEY'S 3 SECONDS OFF, STEWART
IS 4.5, WITH SIX TO GO THIS IS
WHERE THE FITNESS OF THE RIDERS
AND THAT DETERMINATION -- LET'S
SEE IF ANYONE CAN DIG DEEP AND
TAKE PRESSURE ON THE LEAD
RIDERS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, FOR DUNGEY
THIS IS A MAJOR REDEMPTION.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF MAIN EVENT
THAT THE REIGNING CHAMPION HAS
NEEDED TO GET 2011 BACK ON
TRACK.
>> JEFF, HE WAS SECOND AT THE
FIRST RACE IN ANAHEIM BUT THAT
SECOND FEELS WAY DIFFERENT THAN
THIS ONE.
BUT HE'S GOT TO STAY THERE
'CAUSE STEWART IS CHALLENGING.
>> YEAH, HE REALLY LEFT THE DOOR
OPEN RIGHT THERE.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DIG DEEP
AND FOCUS AHEAD BECAUSE STEWART
ONCE AGAIN HAS GOT THE YAMAHA ON
RAILS, JUST PICKING IT BACK UP.
THIS IS A SMART RACE FOR STEWART
AND, YES, HE MADE A MISTAKE AND
GAVE UP THE LEAD BUT IN THE PAST
WE'VE SEEN JAMES STEWART RIDE
WITH SO MUCH AGGRESSION AND
REALLY GET OUT OF SHAPE THAT BUT
HE'S BEEN IN TOTAL CONTROL OF
THE BIKE THIS WHOLE MAIN EVENT
EXCEPT FOR THAT LITTLE BOBBLE.
>> STEWART JUST WATCHING,
WAITING, LOOKING.
IS THERE GOING TO BE AN OPENING?
WILL DUNGEY MAKE A MISTAKE?
>> THESE ARE THE -- STEWART IS
ON THE INSIDE.
>> WOW!
HE HAD THE YAMAHA ROUND UP AND
THE REAR END GOT OUT OF HIM A
LITTLE BIT BUT HE WRESTLED IT
BACK UNDER AND JUST REGAINED
COMPOSURE.
>> NOW, WHAT CAN DUNGEY DO?
LET'S SEE IF DUNGEY CAN RIDE
WITH THAT SAME AGGRESSIVE, YOU
KNOW, EFFORT THERE THAT HE DID
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE.
THESE RIDERS ON THIS TRACK --
WELL, TONIGHT WHERE IT' SLICK
AND IT'S HARD AND ITS SPIKES ARE
LOSING TRACTION, AND THERE'S
LOOSE STUFF AND THISASSIVE
JUMP IN THE SAND WITH T
POUNDING WHERE YOU LAND AND YOUR
BODY JUST HAS TO ABSORB THAT
ENERGY AND JUMP ON THE TABLE
THIS TRACK HAS DISHED OUT
SOMETHING AND IT HAS CHAENGED
OUR CHAMPIONS AND PHED THEM
BEYOND THE LIMITS.
>> WHAT CAN DUNGEY DO?
GO AROUND TEDESCO.
>> LAST LAP AROUND.
THE GAP THAT BETWEEN VILLOPOTO
AN STEWART WAS 3.8 SECONDS.
VILLOPOTO TURNED A 52.3.
STEWART WAS A 52 FLAT FOR ABOUT
TWO-TENTHS OF A SECOND.
WE'LL SEE THIS TIME AROUND THE
GAP IS 3.3 SO HALF A SECOND
FASTER.
LAST LAP AROUND.
>> STEWART WAS OVER VILLOPOTO
WITH THREEO GO.
>> STEWART TRYING TO GET AROUND
MI ALESSI AND HE DOES SO.
>> WOW, WHAT A RACE HERE, RALPH.
THESE RIDERS HAVE JUST REALLY
INCREDIBLE ATHLETIC SKILL, SOME
DESIRE AND DETERMINATION AND,
REMEMBER, THIS IS ROUND 3 OF A
17-RACE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> LOTS OF RACING YET TO GO THIS
SEASON.
>> I MEAN, COULD YOU THINK ANY
OTHER WAY TO START IS IT OFF IN
DODGERS STADIUM IN L.A.
THERE HAS BEEN A REAL ENERGY
AROUND THE PITS AND AROUND THE
STADIUM HERE TODAY THAT JUST --
THE CALIFORNIA SUN WAS OUT AND
EVERYONE WAS HAPPY AND I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT, ONCE WE NOW FINALLY
NIGHT■ IN THIS MAIN EVENT, IT HS
NOT DISAPPOINTED ANYONE THAT HAS
BEEN ON HAND.
THIS GAP, A LITTLE LESS THAN 2
TO GO.
IT'S STARTING TO CLOSE UP,
RALPH.
>> VILLOPOTO JUST CANNOT MAKE A
MISTAKE.
>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT WILL
COME DOWN.
THIS IS VILLOPOTO'S RACE.
STEWART CAN SEE HIM.
HE'S CATCHING HIM.
>> THERE YOU SEE THE GAP.
>> BOTH RIDERS -- LAST LAP
AROUND WERE IN THE 51-SECOND LAP
TIME RACE SO THESE RIDERS --
STEWART IS SO CLOSE.
>> VILLOPOTO IS NOT JUST TRYING
TO CRUISE IN THE CHECKERS.
HE'S LAYING DOWN GOOD LAPS.
STEWART JUST REELING THEM IN
>> AND STEWART IS GOING TO MAKE
HIM WORK FOR IT.
THERE IT IS.
YOUR WHITE FLAG.
>> HE CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE.
>> THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND
THE FANS OF L.A. ARE ON THEIR
FEET.
>> ONE BOBBLE AND STEWART WILL
GOBBLE HIM UP.
>> VILLOPOTO OVER THE FIRST
TRIPLE.
WILL GO PAST HOME PLATE AND THE
CROWD REALLY COMING ALIVE AS HE
HITS THE FINAL TRIPLE JUMP.
>> STEWART SO GOOD THROUGH THOSE
WHOOPS AND A SLOWER RIDER IN
FRONT OF VILLOPOTO.
>> THERE'S YOUR GAP.
>> ONE LAP RIDER IN FRONT OF
VILLOPOTO.
A COUPLE OF TURNS AND A COUPLE
OF RHYTHM SEB -- SECTIONS AND HE
WILL BE A TWO-TIME WINNER IN
2011.
>> THE INAUGURAL MONSTER ENERGY
AMA SUPERCROSS AN FIM WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY AT DODGERS
STADIUM GOES TO RYAN VILLOPOTO!
THE FIRST TWO-TIME WINNER OF
2011.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
STEWART DIDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING ON
THE TABLE.
HE GAVE IT HIS ALL■ TONIGHT.
FOUGHT BACK FOR SECOND.
>> THAT'S■ GOOD FEELING FROM
NINTH PLACE ON THE FIRST LAP
THAT MEANT HE WAS PROBABLY
FURTHER BACK THAN NINTH.
>> TEAM MANAGER MIKE FISHER
CELEBRATING HIS MAN RYAN
VILLOPOTO.
HE CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT HE'S
GOING TO BE THE GUY YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF YOU
WANT THIS CHAMPIONSHIP THIS
SEASON.
>> AND I'M STILL SO
IMPRESSED -- I MEAN, YOU GO BACK
TO 2010 AND HOW THAT ENDED AND
TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT BY
RECOVERY AND THEN TO COME BACK
OUT 2011, WIN THE OPENING ROUND,
WIN ROUND 3 AND SHOW THIS WHOLE
TIME HE'S ALREADY CHALLENGED FOR
WINS.
WINS PER STARTS, RYAN
VILLOPOTO -- YOU KNOW HIS WIN
PERCENTAGE IS REALLY HIGH.
>> A DEVASTATING
>> A GREAT NIGHT OF RACING AT
DODGERS STADIUM FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER WITH MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS.
THE FANS TURNED OUT AND SAW A
GREAT RACE AND A BIG WIN BY RYAN
VILLOPOTO.
BACK INSIDE THE FAMED STADIUM
HERE AT CHAVEZ RAVINE RIGHT NEXT
TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE RESULTS.
VILLOPOTO GETTING THAT WIN,
STEWART HAS BEEN ON THE PODIUM
AT ALL THREE RACES THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH, HE'S BEEN AWESOME.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT WAS
SCRAMBLED SO MANY TIMES THAT TOP
FOUR.
>> CHAD REED HAD A TOUGH START.
FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK TO SEVENTH.
WE GOT A BIG WINNER STANDING BY
OVER THERE.
>> RYAN VILLOPOTO MADE HISTORY
HERE TONIGHT AT DODGERS STADIUM,
RYAN, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE A
LITTLE BIT CONCERNED RIGHT OUT
OF THE GATE.
A BAD START AND THEN YOU JUST
AVOIDED THE CARNAGE IN FRONT OF
YOU.
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND
WHEN ALL THAT CHAOS WAS TAKING
PLACE?
>> WELL, IT WASN'T A VERY GOOD
START RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND WE
CAME IN THE FIRST TURN AND IVAN
LANDED ON SOMEONE AND THEN CHAD
WENT INTO THE TOUGH BLOCKS AND
HE CAME BLOWING BACK ON THE
TRACK AND CRASHED.
I JUST BARELY MADE IT THROUGH
BUT I COULDN'T THANK THE TEAM
MONSTER ENERGY, AND MY FIANCE,
SPECIALIZED BIKES MY TRAINER
ELDON AND JUST EVERYBODY --
THANK YOU.
>> AFTER HAVING A BAD START AND
COMING AWAY WITH THE VICTORY, DO
YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU MADE A
STATEMENT THIS EVENING?
>> I THINK SO 'CAUSE, YOU
KNOW -- IT STARTED OUT NOT
LOOKING TOO GOOD AND RODE A
LITTLE TENTATIVE THE FIRST
COUPLE LAPS AND WAS ABLE TO GET
AROUND AND CATCH UP AND PUT
PRESSURE ON JAMES AND, YOU KNOW,
I WENT FOR THE WIN.
>> THE CROWD WAS DEFINITELY
GOING NUTTY TONIGHT.
RYAN VILLOPOTO TAKING THE
VICTORY.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
TOYOTA MOVING FORWARD REPLAY.
THIS IS JAMES STEWART.
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL WENT AWAY
FOR HIM.
>> HE'S ON THE FRONT BRAKE AND
HE TUCKS THE FRONT WHEEL A
LITTLE BIT AND HE HAD TOO MUCH
WEIGHT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
BIKE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND IT WAS VILLOPOTO NUMBER
TWO THAT W
>> YOU KNOW, A WEEK AGO IN
PHOENIX WHEN JAMES STEWART WON
THERE, HE GOT HIS 38th CAREER
VICTORY AND IT TIED HIM WITH
CHAD REED FOR THIRD ON THE ALL
TIME WIN LIST.
ERIN, HE HAD 39 WHICH WOULD HAVE
SEPARATED HIM RIGHT THERE IN HIS
GRASP.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT WAS A DOG FIGHT DOWN TO THE
VERY END.
JAMES STEWART, YOU WALKED OFF
YOUR FRUSTRATIONS AFTER THAT
RACE.
YOU ENDED UP TAKING A LITTLE BIT
OF SLIDE OUT AGAIN.
WHAT EXACTLY WENT OUT THERE?
>> YOU KNOW, I GOT INTO THE
LEAD -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT LAP
AND I STARTED MAKING A FEW
MISTAKES AND RYAN RAN ON ME AND
I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
AND JUST CAME IN THE CORNER AND
I WASHED THE FRONT END OUT BUT
I'M VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTING ON
THIS ONE.
I JUST THREW IT AWAY AND, YOU
KNOW, I FEEL BAD FOR MY TEAM
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE TRY
WORKING HARD AND, HEY, MAN YOU
CAN'T WIN THEM ON THE GROUND
BUT, YOU KNO THIS WON'T HAPPEN
AGAIN AND, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS
GOOD TO HAVE SOME MOTIVATION.
>> THERE'S SOME AGGRESSIVE
RIDING THAT WAS TAKING PLACE OUT
THERE.
HOW DEEP DID YOU HAVE TO DIG TO
MAKE THE COMEBACK YOU DID?
>> YOU JUST GOT TO BE IN SHAPE
PRETTY MUCH.
AND -- I MEAN, I MEAN, THE WAY
THE TRACKS ARE, YOU HAVE TO GO
IN AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUMP.
I HAVE RESPECT FOR EVERYBODY OUT
THERE.
I'M NOT TRYING ON ANYBODY BUT
WE'RE TRYING TO WIN RACES AND,
YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I THREW
IT AWAY TONIGHT.
AND THAT WAS MY RACE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY
DISAPPOINTED BUT LIKE I SAID I
WANT TO THANK MY TEAM, YAMAHA,
ALL THE FANS, RED BULL AND WE'LL
GET THEM BACK.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
HE'S GOT HIS MOTIVATION HEADED
TO OAKLAND.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE POINTS AS WE
HEAD UP BY 5 TO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
>> RYAN DUNGEY WAS DEFINITELY
MAKING A CLAIM HERE TONIGHT BUT
RYAN,AKE US THROUGH WHAT WENT
ON.
YOU'RE AT THE FRONT OF THE PACK
AND ENDED UP AND ENDED UP TO THE
BOX.
>> IT FEELS GOOD.
TEAM ROCKSTAR AND THEY REALLY
WORKED HARD THIS WEEK AND WE TRY
TO MAKE THE BIKE A LITTLE BIT
BETTER HERE IN AREAS BUT I THINK
WE DID A GREAT JOB BUT IT WAS
GREAT TO BE HERE IN DODGERS
STADIUM AND ALL THE GOOD RACING
BUT GOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT
WEEKEND AND VERY THANKFUL ON THE
NIGHT.
>> TERRIFIC JOB, STEVEN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
♪
>> COMING UP NEXT IT'S THE DEER
IS REALLY CELEBRITY SKIFEST FROM
SNOWY UTAH.
>> THE PODIUM CELEBRATION IS
UNDERWAY BUT IT'S THAT MAN, RYAN