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>> MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP, IS IN FLORIDA.
WE'RE BACK IN THE SUNSHINE STATE
AND READY TO GO RACING HERE ON
SPEED.
JEFF SHAHEEN HERE AS WE GET SET
TO DROP THE GATE ON THE FIRST
HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
AND, JEFF, WE SHOULD EXPECT SOME
FIREWORKS HERE TONIGHT.
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, FOR
THE TITLE CONTENDERS, IT'S TIME
FOR THEM TO STOP VILLOPOTO AND
START CHIPPING AWAY AT HIS
POINTS LEAD.
BECAUSE ANY MORE WINS, HE'S
GOING TO GET OUT THERE.
I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S TIME FOR
THESE GUYS TO TURN THE TIDE.
>> YEAH, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE,
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, AND
HE'S GOT A COMMANDING POINTS
LEAD BUT IT'S NOT OVER.
IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING YEAR.
THINGS HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE
WEEKEND AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF
GUYS OUT THAT ARE BOUND AND
DETERMINED TO TAKE THIS THING TO
VEGAS.
>> TENSIONS ARE BUILDING AND
ALREADY PICKING THEIR GATE SPOTS
FOR THE FIRST HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A SHORT
START STRAIGHT AND THEN THEY'RE
GOING TO MAKE A RIGHT-HAND FIRST
TURN, WHICH WE DON'T NORMALLY
SEE.
>> NO, YOU'RE RIGHT, JEFF.
A RIGHT FIRST TURN, FIRST TURN
RIGHT-HANDERS ARE VERY TOUGH
BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO TURN
AND STOP AT THE SAME TIME.
AND ON A MOTORCYCLE, YOU WANT TO
GET YOUR LEG OUT, VERY HARD TO
DO AND NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO
DO IN THE FIRST TURN HERE.
>> OUR HONDA STARTING GROUPS
SCROALG ACROSS THE TOP OF YOUR
SCREEN.
NINE OF THESE RIDERS WILL MOVE
STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN EVENT
TONIGHT.
EVERYBODY ELSE WILL HAVE TO
BATTLE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE
LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER.
>> WELL, AND YOUR FASTEST
QUALIFIER IN THIS SEASON WAS
RYAN DUNGEY FOLLOWED BY CANARD
AND BYRNE AND TEDESCO.
>> IN THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL
MOTORSPORTS, THE ATHLETES WHO
COMPETE ON MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS ARE SOME OF THE MOST
COURAGEOUS DAREDEVILS ON WHEELS.
IN A QUEST FOR RACING GLORY.
ON A NIGHT WITH A SUPER MOON IN
THE SKY, THE SUPERSTARS OF
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS ARE
READY TO IGNITE THE SKY HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> HOW ABOUT THE HOLESHOT GOING
TO MIKE ALESSI.
THE FACTORY KTM GETS A HOLESHOT
FOR ONCE TONIGHT.
>> MAYBE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE MOON BECAUSE OWES A 350
AND YANKS THE WHOLE --
>> OH, BIG PILE.
TREY CANARD'S IN THERE AS WELL
ON THE 41.
THE JOE GIBBS RACING RIDER
HOBBLING BACK TO HIS MOTORCYCLE.
>> LIMPING A LITTLE BIT THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT, THOUGH.
HE'S GETTING UP.
BUT WHAT A HOLESHOT FOR MIKE
ALESSI.
AND THAT IS THE MIKE ALESSI WE
KNOW FROM THE PAST.
>> A HOLESHOT SPECIALIST FINALLY
GETTING HIS FIRST HOLESHOT OF
THE SEASON.
HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE THIS DEEP
INTO THE YEAR.
>> ROUND 11.
>> AND YOU CAN'T SEEN SEE MIKE
ALESSI BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS TO
BE THE BEST LAP THAT HE'S TURNED
IN THIS SEASON BECAUSE HE IS
GONE.
LOOK AT THIS.
>> THREE WIDE WITH I'VE AN
TEDESCO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE,
JUST TO HIS RIGHT ON THAT NUMBER
1, THE REIGNING CHAMPION, RYAN
DUNGEY.
AND HERE HE IS, THE RED BULL
KTM800, MIKE ALESSI OUT FRONT
AND LEADING HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
THROUGHOUT MIKE ALESSI'S CAREER,
EVEN AS AN AMATEUR, HE HAS BEEN
A FANTASTIC STARTER.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE HE'S GOING
TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SO HE'S
JUST REELING AWAY.
BUT LOOK AT THE BATTLE HERE.
>> IVAN TEDESCO, NUMBER 9, HOW
ABOUT THE 341 ALSO?
>> HE'S A TWO-TIME SUPER PEEN
SUPERCROSS CHAMPION AND A
TWO-TIME SUPERCROSS CHAMPION.
THAT'S THE BEST WE'VE SEEN HIM
RUNNING THIS YEAR.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF GUYS THAT
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED TO BE
UP THERE ARE UP THERE BATTLING
THE LEADER, ALESSI.
AND HE'S JUST CHECKED OUT.
AND THESE GUYS FIGHTING FOR
SECOND ALL THE WAY BACK TO IT
LOOKS LIKE SEVENTH PLACE.
>> CANARD ALL THE WAY UP THE
BACK OF WINDHAM.
HE'S ALSO FOLLOWED BY BYRNE,
BROWNE.
>> WE SAW TREY CANARD GO DOWN ON
THE 41.
HOW IS THE FACTORY HONDA RIDER
DOING?
>> I WOULD IMAGINE HE'S
FRUSTRATED WHEN HE WENT FROM
THIRD ALL WAIT BACK TO 19 WHEN
HE STALLED HIS BIKE.
IT ENDED UP, IT DID NOT HAVE ANY
IMPACT ON THE POINTS SO THEY
APOLOGIZED TO EACH OTHER.
IT WAS ACCEPTED.
THEY'VE BEEN AGGRESSIVE ALL WEEK
LONG IN PRACTICES.
THEY'RE REGROUPING, MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS AND ANOTHER
WEEKEND.
I IMAGINE HE'S A BIT FRUSTRATED
RIGHT NOW.
>> HE'S UP TO SIXTH CHASING
KEVIN WINDHAM, ANOTHER HONDA
RIDER.
>> YEAH, CANARD NEEDS TO GET
BACK TO WHERE HE WAS THE FIRST,
YOU KNOW, FIVE OR SIX ROUNDS, UP
FRONT ALL THE TIME, GETTING GOOD
STARTS, GETTING BACK TO THAT
MIND-SET.
THE GUY IS RIDING UNBELIEVABLE
FOR HIS ROOKIE SEASON FOR SURE,
BUT YOU CAN'T GET IN A GROOVE.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET BACK UP.
>> A LITTLE YELLOW THERE.
>> WE SEE RIGHT HERE ALESSI
PUTTING IN FOR SURE THE FINEST
RIDE THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR.
BUT HE'S GOT A VERY DETERMINED
REIGNING CHAMPION THAT REALLY IS
ON A MISSION NOT ONLY TO WIN
THIS HEAT BUT TRYING TO WIN HIS
FIRST MAIN EVENT WITH THE NUMBER
1 PLATE.
>> SEEKING HIS FIRST WIN OF THE
SEASON FOR SURE.
AND RIDING GOOD.
HAD GOOD TIMES IN PRACTICE.
THE THING ABOUT ALESSI, IT SEEMS
LIKE HE'S AVOIDING ALL THOSE ON
AND OFF TABLE TOPS, JEFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE DOESN'T LIKE
THEM OR HE FEELS HE CAN GO
FASTER.
IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IF YOU
DON'T HAVE TO GO ON AND OFF AND
DON'T HAVE TO DIP IN, HE MIGHT
FASTER.
I THINK DUNGEY MIGHT GET HIM
HERE, THOUGH.
>> HERE COMES DUNGEY UP THE
INSIDE.
RIGHT THERE.
GOT HIM.
WE HAVE A NEW LEADER IN
JACKSONVILLE.
BUT ALESSI BATTLES BACK AND THEY
SWAP IT RIGHT BACK.
>> AND TEAM MANAGER ROGER
TECOST HAS TO BE PRETTY PLEASED
WITH WHAT HE'S SEEING OUT OF THE
800 RIGHT NOW.
>> HE SURE DOES.
>> HE'S STARTING TO RIDE
DEFENSIVE.
>> AND IVAN TEDESCO ON THAT 9,
HE'S REALLY SHOWING SOME EFFORT
AS WELL.
>> HART HUNTINGTON RIDER RIGHT
THERE.
>> WELL, AND EVEN IVAN'S
TEAMMATE THERE -- WELL, WHOOPS,
DUNGEY IS ONCE AGAIN BACK UP
FRONT.
HE'S WON A COUPLE OF HEAT RACES
THIS YEAR.
THIS WOULD BE WIN NUMBER ONE.
AND HERE COMES CANARD UP THE
INSIDE AND HE'S PUT HIMSELF
RIGHT INTO SECOND AND ALMOST
INTO THE TOP SPOT.
>> CANARD JUST COMES ACROSS IN
SECOND.
HE JUST TURNED A 43.9.
THAT'S THE FASTEST LAP OF THE
DAY.
WHOA!
>> THIS GUY IS ON A MISSION,
WANTING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO
EVERYBODY HOW GOOD HE WAS RIDING
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.
>> THE FASTEST QUALIFIER EARLIER
TODAY IN QUALIFYING PRACTICE WAS
JAMES STEWART WITH A 44.3.
CANARD JUST HAS A 43.9.
>> AND A BEAUTIFUL WHIP TOO.
>> A BEAUTIFUL WHIP.
LOOK AT HIM.
HE IS PUTTING SOME TIME.
>> LOOK HOW FAST IS HE THROUGH
THE WHOOPS SECTION.
>> LET'S SEE HOW HE CLOSES IN ON
DUNGEY HERE.
RIGHT AFTER HIM.
CANARD HAS A WIN EARLIER THIS
YEAR, A MAIN EVENT VICTORY
COMING IN HOUSTON.
HE'S GOT A HEAT RACE WIN AS
WELL.
AND DON'T FORGET THE GUY HE BEAT
TO GET THAT WIN IN HOUSTON WAS
RYAN DUNGEY.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS CLOSE.
CANARD IS ROLLING.
LOOK HOW NICE HE'S GETTING THE
HONDA OVER, DIPPING IN AND JUST
CARRYING HIS SPEED AROUND.
CORNERING RIGHT NOW IS GETTING
POINTS.
>> YEAH, ESPECIALLY THERE'S A
LOT OF TIME TO BE MADE UP IN THE
TURNS TONIGHT.
WE TALKED EARLIER A LOT OF 180
TURNS.
THE EARLIER YOU BRAKE, KEEP THAT
MOMENTUM ROLLING THROUGH THE
CENTER OF THE TURN AND YOU'RE
GOING TO GET THROUGH.
>> NOW THEY GO AROUND THE 501 OF
SCOTTY WINTERSTORM.
WOW, LOOK ATTICA HARD IN JUST
GOES IN THERE AND HAMMERS THE
LAP RIDER.
ONE LAP TO GO.
LET'S SEE IF CANARD CAN TAKE
THAT FOLLOW ON THE FIRST LAP --
TAKE THAT FALL ON THE FIRST LAP
AND COME BACK TO WIN THIS THING.
>> HE'S DEFINITELY TRYING.
IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.
WE'VE GOT THE REIGNING
SUPERCROSS CHAMPION IN FRONT OF
HIM.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.
>> THERE'S A RHYTHM DOWN HERE ON
THIS LOWER LANE THAT THEY WENT
THROUGH WHERE IF YOU GO OUTSIDE,
YOU CAN JUMP OVER THE FIRST
LITTLE AND THEN ACTUALLY TRIPLE
ALL WAIT INTO THE TURN.
CANARD IS NOT DOING THAT SECTION
BUT STILL HAS THE FASTEST LAP OF
THE DAY.
>> NOW THEY FIGHT THEIR WAY
AROUND THE 565 OF CHRISTIAN
MULL.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR
CANARD HERE?
CANARD GETS AROUND HIM BUT THE
CHECKERED FLAG FALLS FIRST.
AND IT GOES TO RYAN DUNGEY.
SO FOR DUNGEY, THAT'S HEAT RACE
VICTORY NUMBER FOUR AND A BIG
STATEMENT HE'S READY TO PLAY.
THE LAST TIME OF CANARD,
>> ON "CAR WARRIORS," THE NEXT
MACHINE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
WORK ON IS THE 1979 CADILLAC
DEVILLE.
DID YOU HAVE A 1979CADDY
DEVILLE?
>> NO, I WANTED A 1962 CADDY
BACK IN THE DAY.
>> BIG FIN?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> ARE THEY GOING TO TURN IT
INTO A MONSTER TRUCK OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THEY'RE BATTLING, 72 HOURS, GOT
TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
>> DO YOU GET TO RACE THEM?
>> YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
IT'S A CADDY DEVILLE.
>> WE'VE GOT SOME RACING GOING
ON HERE IN HEAT TWO.
AND WHAT I WANT TO SEE IF
ANYBODY CAN THROW DOWN A BETTER
LAP TIME THAN TREY CANARD DID.
HE WON WITH A 43.9.
>> IF ANYBODY CAN DO IT, WOW,
HE'S GOING TO BE THE FASTEST MAN
ALIVE.
THE GUY HAD SOME SPEED IN
PRACTICE RUNNING A 44 AND THIS
TRACK IS BETTER RIGHT NOW.
>> AND THAT ONE RHYTHM SECTION
ON THE SHORT CHUTE AT THE END.
>> THE DOUBLE-TRIPLE, YEAH.
RIGHT HERE.
>> JAMES STEWART ON THE 7, CHAD
REED ON THE 22, RYAN VILLOPOTO
ON THE 2.
HERE WE GO.
HEAT TWO SHOULD BE OUTSTANDING.
>> FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS BETWEEN
THOSE THREE GUYS.
BUT VILLOPOTO DOESN'T HAVE ONE.
HE'S GOT THE POINTS LEAD.
>> HERE WE GO.
HOW DOES THE RIGHT-HANDER PLAY
OUT HERE?
GREAT IF YOU'RE JAMES STEWART.
HE TOOK THE HOLESHOT.
HERE'S WHERE HE'S BEEN RUNNING
THAT SECTION.
BIG PILEUP IN THE BACK.
>> VILLOPOTO'S IN THERE.
>> AND THE 2 OF VILLOPOTO.
AND VILLOPOTO'S WALKING AWAY.
RYAN VILLOPOTO SITTING DOWN ON
THE CUT BLOCK.
PULLS THE GOGGLES OFF.
>> THAT'S YOUR POINTS LEADER
RIGHT NOW.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE'S ALL RIGHT.
>> LOOKING AND NOT HAPPY WITH
THE RIDER ON THE NUMBER 50.
>> WELL, HIS BODY LOOKS FINE.
DEFINITELY THE BIKE LOOKED A
LITTLE -- THE BIKE LOOKED A
LITTLE BENT UP RIGHT THERE.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
WATCH THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN.
NUMBER 2, HE'S SITTING ABOUT
FIFTH.
AND HE GETS PUSHED OVER -- OH.
>> OH.
>> WOW.
>> GOES OVER THE BARS.
>> SOMETHING HAPPENED LIKE HE
MISSED A SHIFT OR HE GOT BUMPED
FROM BEHIND.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S SO HARD TO TELL.
SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING.
GUYS GOING OUT.
MAYBE HIS BIKE BROKE.
>> SOMETHING COULD HAVE
HAPPENED, YEAH.
>> AND IT CAME UP.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE LOOKED
FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
WHEN HE DID A DOUBLE IN THERE,
THE BIKE JUST DID NOT GO, HE
GOES OVER THE BARS.
>> RYAN TAKES THE MECHANIC ON
THE BACK OF HIS BIKE BACK TO THE
HALL AND THAT MEANS HE'S GOING
TO THE L.C.Q.
>> NOT THAT THIS GUY NEEDS ANY
MORE CONFIDENCE BECAUSE SEWS
GREAT AND SO ACCOMPLISHED, BUT
HE KNOWS THAT WHAT HE SAW RIGHT
NOW, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE HIM,
HEY, WHEN THERE'S BLOOD IN THE
WATER, WE'VE GOT TO GO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
JAMES STEWART OUT IN THE LEAD.
ANDREW SHORT, ANOTHER GREAT
START FOR THE KTM 350 HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE.
DO YOU THINK THIS TEAM MAYBE HAS
THAT 350 DIALED IN?
>> SHORT RUNNING IN SECOND ON
THE KTM.
THAT'S CHAD REED.
REED LOOKING PRETTY AGGRESSIVE.
>> REED'S ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY
GOOD THROUGH THE ROOF.
WHEN I WAS RACING THE GUY, HE
WOULD TEAR ME UP.
HE HAS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND I
LOVE THAT HE GOES THAT TRACK,
YOU SEE HOW BIG THEY ARE.
HE'S TRYING TO WORK AND GET BY
ANDREW SHORT.
HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO SET HIM
UP RIGHT HERE.
>> STAY WIEG.
WIDE.>> OH, SHORT MAKES A LITTLE
MISTAKE.
>> AND REED JUST POUNCES ALL
OVER HIM.
HE'S JUST ALL OVER AND TAKES HIS
POSITION AWAY ON THE 22 MACHINE.
>> WELL, GOT TO DO IT.
IF HE DOESN'T DO IT, THAT GUY --
JAMES STEWART, ONE OTHER GUY IN
PRACTICE CAME AROUND THAT TURN
GOING DOUBLE OVER THE TABLE TOP,
TRIPLE AND MISSED THE TURN.
NOW CHAD RIGHT NOW, WHAT HE
WANTS TO DO, PUT IN SOME GOOD
LAPS, SEE IF HE CAN CUT INTO
JAMES STEWART'S LEAD.
>> AND DON'T FORGET, STEWART AND
REED HAD AN EPIC BATTLE HERE A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN THE MAIN
EVENT.
>> THEY'VE HAD HISTORY TOGETHER
AND THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF IT
RIGHT HERE IN JACKSONVILLE.
>> OH, HERE WE GO.
ONE MORE LAP IN THE BOOKS HERE
FOR REED.
REALLY FEEL THAT HE NEEDS TO GET
DIALED IN.
LAST WEEK HE BATTLED.
HE WAS ON THE PODIUM BUT DIDN'T
FEEL THAT HE PUT IN HIS BEST
RIDE.
LET'S SEE IF HE JUMPS THIS
RHYTHM SECTION.
NO, YOU CAN JUMP ALL WAIT INTO
THAT FINAL JUMP INTO THE TURN.
IT'S GOT TO BE WORTH A QUARTER
SECONDS,RYE, HALF A SECOND
MAYBE?
>> FOR SURE.
IT'S JUST ELIMINATING ONE MORE
JUMP WHERE YOU GO IN.
I REALLY LIKE REED'S BIKE AND
THOSE 90-DEGREE TURNS.
THE SUSPENSION LOOKS LIKE IT'S
IN THE STROKE, GETTING A LOT OF
GRIP, A LOT OF TRACTION WHEN HE
ACCELERATES.
THE BIKE IS REALLY GOOD, IT WAS
AT ATLANTA SUPERCROSS.
>> FOR THOSE MA MIGHT BE NEW TO
THE SPORT OF SUPERCROSS, EXPLAIN
WHAT YOU MEAN BY IN THE STROKE.
>> WHEN I SAY THAT HIS BIKE IS
IN THE STROKE, IT MEANS MIDWAY
THROUGH THE SUSPENSION STROKE,
YOU HAVE EIGHT INCHES TO TRAVEL,
IT'S FOUR INCHES DOWN FROM THE
TOP, AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING, THAT
YOUR CENTER OF GRAVITY IS LOWER,
THE BIKE GETS A LOT MORE
TRACTION AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON GLUE, IF
YOU WILL.
>> GOOD TO SEE AUSTIN STREET
BACK.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS
SINCE WE'VE SEEN HIM RACING WITH
US HERE ON THE TOUR.
>> THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
THAT WAS THE MOVE, THAT'S DAVI
MILLSAPS, WHO LAUNCHED HIMSELF,
AS JEFF HAS BEEN EXPLAINING.
>> THAT IS A HUGE JUMP TO DO
RIGHT INTO THAT TURN, AND TO BE
ABLE TO GET STOPPED.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> LOOK HOW GOOD HIS BRAKES ARE.
>> LOOK AT HOW MUCH IT ALLOWED
HIM TO CLOSE UP ON 74 AND
MILLSAPS ON THE 18, THE JOE
GIBBS RACING MUSCLE MILK TOYOTA
BACKED YAMAHA.
>> MILLSAPS WAS INCREDIBLY FAST
EARLIER TODAY IN QUALIFYING,
THIRD WITH A 4.3.
-- 45.3.
>> I KNOW WE'VE GOT RIDERS
SAYING THEY DON'T LIKE THE TRACK
TONIGHT BUT THIS TRACK HAS
PRODUCED SOME GREAT RACING WITH
ALL THESE 180'S.
>> HERE WE GO AGAIN.
>> THERE'S MILLSAPS.
>> BIG.
>> WOW.
>> AND IT'S WORTH ABOUT THREE OR
FOUR BIKE LENGTHS THAT HE PUT ON
AND HE DID IT WITH EASE.
>> YEAH.
>> ONLY A COUPLE RIDERS TODAY
HAVE DONE IT.
I'VE SEEN STEWART DO IT,
MILLSAPS AND I THINK THAT'S THE
ONLY ONE.
>> THAT'S ABOUT IT.
AND MILLSAPS IS A BIG GUY, TOO,
JEFF.
>> BUT HE HAS A LOT OF TALENT,
JEFF, DOESN'T HE?
>> YEAH, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT IN THE PROCESS YOU
SAY OKAY, YOU MAKE A DECISION
I'M GOING TO JUMP THIS OBSTACLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S A
HUGE JUMP.
RICKY AND I WERE BOTH WATCHING
IT IN QUALIFYING, WE'RE COMING
OCCUPY IT RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE
GOING WOW.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE BLOWING
THE TURN AND GOING WIDE.
>> I SAY TALENTED.
I MEAN, THESE GUYS MAKE IT LOOK
EFFORTLESS.
ALL THESE GUYS ARE TALENTED.
>> HE JUST DUG THE FRONT END
INTO THE SOFT THERE AND HAMMERED
IT.
>> LOOK, HE'S ACTUALLY CLOSING
UP THE TIME ON SHORT.
THE LAST LAP AROUND, IT WAS 44.
>> THERE'S SHORT RIGHT THERE IN
THE 29.
AGAIN, HERE IT COMES.
>> THIS IS SO UNBELIEVABLE.
OVER THAT AND THEN TRIPLE INTO
THE TURN.
BOOM.
>> JUST WITH EASE AND SLIDING
RIGHT DOWN THE BACKSIDE AND LEAN
THE BIKE IN LIKE NOTHING.
>> THIS IS THE MAN OF THE HOUR
RIGHT HERE.
LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
I MEAN, THIS GUY LOOKS
COMFORTABLE TONIGHT.
THE BIKE LOOKS GOOD.
>> THE BIKE LOOKS BETTER THAN
IT'S LOOKED IN RECENT WEEKS.
>> YEAH, IT SURE HAS.
NOT SURE -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE BUT ALL I
KNOW IS IT DOES LOOK BETTER TO
ME AND THIS LOOKS LIKE THE JAMES
STEWART THAT WE ARE USED TO
SEEING IN YEARS BEFORE.
>> WOCIALGING HIS WAY TO THE WOE
CHECKERED FLAG AND STEWART
CELEBRATING AS HE PICKS UP HEAT
RACE VICTORY NUMBER EIGHT.
>> BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A TENT
PARTY HERE IN JACKSONVILLE.
OPENING CEREMONY WAS PRETTY
AWESOME AS WELL AS THE RIDERS
GOT INTRODUCED TO THE CROWDS
HERE.
AND WE GOT SET TO GO RACING.
HI, EVERYBODY, WELCOME INSIDE
OUR BOOTH HIGH ABOVE THE TRACK
HERE AT EVERBANK FIELD.
RALPH SHAHEEN.
WE SHOWED YOU OUR HEAT RACES
WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN
COMPLETED BUT LET'S TAKE YOU
BACK NOW AND WICKLY GO THROUGH
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS -- AND
QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS.
WE BEGIN WITH JEFF AND HEAT ONE.
>> HEAT NUMBER ONE, WATCH THE
ORANGE 351 KTM OF MIKE
GILLESPIE.
HE GETS A FANTASTIC START BUT
LAP NUMBER ONE WOULD PROVIDE US
WITH SOME MORE HIGHLIGHTS HERE
AS JUSTIN WEY GOES OVER.
LOOK AT ALL THE RIDERS GOING
AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF HIM.
HE WOULD CHARGE BACK AND CATCH
OUR LEADER, RYAN DUNGEY.
I MEAN, CANARD'S RIDE WAS JUST
INCREDIBLE HOW FAST HE WENT
THROUGH THE PACK.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, BOTH RIDERS
HERE ARE EXTREMELY FAST HERE
TONIGHT AND DETERMINED TO TAKE
THE WIN ONCE AGAIN.
>> SO HEAT ONE WAS IN THE BOOKS
AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
RYAN DUNGEY I THINK TO GET THAT
WIN.
HE'S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF
SECOND PLACES IN MAIN EVENTS.
NICE FOR HIM TO GET A LITTLE
MOMENTUM.
MAYBE HE CAN CARRY THAT OVER
INTO THE MAIN EVENT HERE
TONIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOUR TURN.
HEAT NUMBER TWO IS LOADED UP.
>> YEAH, HEAT NUMBER TWO IS JUST
EXCITING.
VERY TOUGH FIRST TURN TONIGHT.
THIS RIGHT-HANDER, TRYING TO
STOP AND TURN AT THE SAME TIME.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THE 50 GOING DOWN AND I THINK
HIS BIKE -- AND RYAN VILLOPOTO
ON HIM.
TIGHT RACE.
YOU CAN SEE VILLOPOTO.
NOT SURE IF HE'S OKAY.
HE WALKED AWAY.
YOU CAN SEE JAMES STEWART JUST
FIRING THROUGH THE WHOOPS
SECTION.
THE GUY IS THE FASTEST MAN
THROUGH THERE TONIGHT, HANDS
DOWN.
THE REASON HE IS SO FAST THROUGH
THERE, BECAUSE HE IS NOT SCARED
TO COMMIT.
AND IT IS GOOD WHEN YOU CAN MIX,
YOU CAN GET ON TOP OF HIM AND HE
HAS SO MUCH SPEED THAT YOU JUST
ROCKET RIGHT THROUGH THERE.
>> BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW VILLOPOTO
COMES BACK FROM THIS.
HE REALLY HASN'T HAD A SITUATION
LIKE THIS YET THIS YEAR.
AND, OF COURSE, HE IS THE POINTS
LEADER.
THAT WHOOPS SECTION IS REALLY A
CHALLENGE HERE TONIGHT.
WITH MORE ON THAT, HERE'S
ERINBATES WITH THE PROGRESSIVE
PRERACE REPORT.
>> EVERYBODY THIS MORNING DURING
THE PRERACE WALK WAS SCRATCHING
THEIR HEAD WONDERING HOW THEY
PLAN ON MAKING THIS TRACK SLOW
AND EXECUTING THIS RACK AND
MAKING IT MISTAKE-FREE.
THIS ONE AREA OF VOCAL CONCERN
IS THIS LONG WHOOPS SECTION.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU ENTER
THIS AND THE SPEED THAT YOU
ENTER IT AT.
SOME RIDERS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THEM USE IT AS A RHYTHM SECTION
AND JUMP THROUGH IT, OTHER
RIDERS ARE GOING TO BARELY SEE
THE TOPS AND GO BLITZING THROUGH
IT.
IT'S HARD-PACKED DIRT HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE AND ONE
MISCALCULATION CAN COST YOU
DEARLY.
>> ERIN, I TALKED TO THE TWO
FORMER CHAMPS SITTING NEXT TO
ME, FOURTH GEAR, WIDE OPEN,
THAT'S HOW YOU ATTACK THAT.
>> THEY PROBABLY SHIFT UP GOING
INTO THE TURN, EXIT THE TURN AND
THEN SHIFT FORWARD RIGHT BEFORE
IT.
>> WE'RE SHIFTING RIGHT THROUGH
SOME OF THESE RACES HERE, TOO.
HOPE YOU CAN JOAN US AS WE TAKE
A LOOK AT OURUP COMING SCHEDULE.
WE'RE HEADED NORTH OF THE BORDER
FOR TORONTO, CANADA.
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE 85 AND
SUNNY THERE AS IT WAS HERE
TODAY.
DALLAS, WHOLE JOIN OUR PARTNERS
AT CBS.
WE'RE BACK IN ST. LOUIS.
>> IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE,
YOU NEED TO GO.
>> SURE DO.
WE'RE GOING TO SEATTLE TOO.
SUPERCROSSONLINE.COM FOR YOUR
TICKETS.
AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> RALPH, JEFF AND ERIN ARE
READY TO CALL ROUND 11 FROM
JACKSONVILLE.
THE MAIN EVENT IS COMING UP WHEN
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS,
AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
RETURNS TO JACKSONVILLE.
>> THE GREATEST SUPERCROSS
RIDEERS IN THE WORLD HAVE COME
TO JACKSONVILLE FOR THE MONSTER
ENERGY SUPERCROSS WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> THE RIDERS ARE GETTING ONE
MORE LOOK AT THE TRACK.
THERE'S JAMES STEWART SET TO GO
FOR THE MAIN EVENT HERE.
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS IN
JACKSONVILLE.
THEY CALL IT A SUPER MOON.
IT IS HIGH ABOVE THE STADIUM
HE IN JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL
THE ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN ON THE
FLOOR HERE.
THE STADIUM HAS BEEN ROCKIN AND
THE L.C.Q. IS A BIG PART OF
THAT.
RYAN VILLOPOTO WAS IN IT AND THE
POINTS LEADER WENT OUT WITH
JUSTIN BRIGHTON EARLY.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
WATCH VILLOPOTO.
HE AND BRIGHTON GET OFF THE
TRACK.
HE WOULD REMOUNT, FALL AGAIN.
HERE HE'S TRYING TO GET BACK ON
THE TRACK.
THERE'S NO SAFE WAY FOR HIM TO
ENTER.
HE GOES DOWN ONCE AGAIN.
AND IT SENDS BRIGHTON AND
VILLOPOTO WAY BACK TRYING TO
QUALIFY.
>> WHEN THE CHECKERED FLAG FELL,
RYAN VILLOPOTO WOULD NOT GET
INTO THE MAIN BUT HE WAS ANGRY
WITH MATT STILL.
REMEMBER, THEY GOT TOGETHER IN
THE HEAT RACE AND THEY DISCUSSED
IT FURTHER UP IN THE TUNNEL.
>> YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ALL
ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN THAT HEAT
RACE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIS
BIKE.
I WATCHED HIS BACK WHEEL LOCK
UP.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> YEAH.
WELL, EARLIER BEFORE ERIN CAUGHT
UP WITH RYAN VILLOPOTO.
THAT'S OUR PROGRESSIVE PRERACE
REPORT.
>> I'M STANDING HERE WITH RYAN
VILLOPOTO, POINTS LEADER.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN DURING THAT
RACE.
WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND
RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
STARTING THE BEGINNING OF THE
SEASON ALL OVER AGAIN, I GUESS.
I'LL LEAVE HERE WITH ONE POINT
AND A SIX-RACE SERIES, I GUESS.
YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS DIDN'T GO
MY WAY TONIGHT.
WE'LL COME BACK THE REST OF THE
SIX RACES AND GIVE IT EVERYTHING
WE GOT.
TRY TO WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP
COMING FROM -- OR HAVING TO GO
TO THE L.C.Q., I GUESS.
>> FRUSTRATION AND
DISAPPOINTMENT WRITTEN ALL OVER
RYAN VILLOPOTO'S FACE SITTING ON
THE SIDELINES WATCHING THE MAIN
EVENT.
>> MAYBE ONE POINT.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE POINTS COMING
INTO TONIGHT.
IT'S A 26-POINT GAP BETWEEN
STEWART AND VILLOPOTO.
25 FOR THE WIN.
SO WHAT RYAN IS ASSUMING IS THAT
JAMES IS GOING TO WIN.
HE'S NOT GOING TO SCORE
ANYTHING.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
>> YEAH, I'M NOT ASSUMING THAT
STEWART'S GOING TO WIN THIS.
WITH THIS CRAZY MOON AND
EVERYTHING, ANYONE COULD WIN
HERE TONIGHT.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
TOYOTA TRACK MAP TO SHOW WHAT
YOU THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEALING
WITH HERE TONIGHT.
>> THE FIRST THING IS TO GET
THROUGH THE FIRST TURN CLEAN AND
ACTUALLY MAKE IT THROUGH THE
FIRST LAP CLEAN SEEMS TO BE A
CHALLENGE FOR MOST RIDERS HERE
TONIGHT.
>> YEAH, THINGS START TO SETTLE
DOWN AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE
ON-OFF, OVER THE TRIPLE, START
TO GET ON THESE 180 TURNS, YOU
CAN BREATHE.
ON TO THAT TABLE TOP, OVER,
AROUND HERE INTO THE WHOOPS
SECTION.
>> AND THE WHOOPS REALLY HAS
BEEN THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
MAKE THE PASSES OR YOU CAN MAKE
HUGE MISTAKES AND LOSE TIME.
>> YEAH.
AND THEN OVER THE FINISH LINE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GO-PRO
ONBOARD HERE WITH MICHAEL BYRNE
THROUGH THE WHOOPS.
>> THEY'RE NICE AND CLEAN.
THIS IS EARLIER TODAY IN
QUALIFYING PRACTICE.
I GUARANTEE YOU TONIGHT, RICKY,
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SO NICE
FOR THE RIDER.
THIS TRACK IS REALLY GOING TO BE
CHALLENGING.
>> FOURTH GEAR, FLAT-OUT THROUGH
THOSE WHOOPS IF YOU WANT A SHOT
AT WINNING THIS THING TONIGHT.
>> HERE'S THE STARTING LINEUPS
GOING ACROSS THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN.
THE LAST TIME THE POINTS LEADER
WASN'T IN THE MAIN EVENT WAS
BACK IN 2002 IN DAYTONA.
DAVID VILLHAM HAD GOTTEN HURT IN
A PHOTO SHOOT, DIDN'T MAKE THE
MAIN EVENT.
AND YOU WON.
>> YEAH, HE SPOTTED ME 25 POINTS
AND I WAS DOWN.
>> OKAY.
MY KEYS TO THE RACE, DON'T LOOT
THE WHOOPS GET YOU.
YOU HAVE TO BE CLEAN THROUGH
THERE BUT FAST.
TRY TO BE CONSISTENT.
>> AND THEN MY KEY TONIGHT IS
POINTS, POINTS, POINTS.
THIS GIVES EVERYBODY NEW LIFE.
JAMES STEWART BATTLING RYAN
DUNGEY.
THEY ARE IN THE HUNT FOR THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP AND IT'S STARTING
RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S ON RIGHT HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> THAT'S OUR
ROCKYMOUNTAINMC.COM KEYS TO THE
RACE.
THE 30-SECOND BOARD IS UP.
HERE WE GO, JEFF.
>> ALL THAT HARD WORK THROUGH
THE SEASON, IT'S ALL OVER RIGHT
HERE.
>> YOU SAID IT.
POINTS ARE AVAILABLE.
HERE WE GO FROM JACKSONVILLE.
WHO'S GOING TO GET THROUGH THE
FIRST CORNER?
IT'S THE KTM WITH THE HOLESHOT
AGAIN, MIKE ALESSI GETS ANOTHER
HOLESHOT AND ANOTHER BIG WRECK.
STEWART'S DOWN.
> STEWART IS DOWN IN THIS ONE.
>> STEWART IS DOWN.
THE 7 IS DOWN.
THE 27 IS DOWN.
>> HERE'S JAMES STEWART.
>> THE 39 IS INVOLVED IN THIS
ONE.
>> I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I'M
SEEING.
HE IS HURT.
>> BIG-TIME HURT, UNFORTUNATELY.
JAMES STEWART, THE MEDICAL CREW
IS DOWN THERE ASSISTING ALL OF
THE RIDERS.
JAMES STEWART IN THAT YAMAHA OFF
THE TRACK.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
>> MEANWHILE, TREY CANARD LEADS
ON THE NUMBER 41.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M
SEEING.
THE DISAPPOINTMENT FROM
KAWASAKI, VILLOPOTO, STEWART
GOES DOWN AND NOW YOU HAVE TREY
CANARD WHO SITS BACK IN FIFTH IN
POINTS NOW YOUR LEADER TONIGHT.
>> A WINNER EARLIER THIS YEAR IN
HOUSTON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
FACTORY HONDA WITH A BIG WHIP
OVER THE HUGE TRIPLE HAS THE
LEAD IN JACKSONVILLE.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, JEFF, A
YEAR AGO HERE IN JACKSONVILLE,
WHAT A RIDE HE GAVE AS HE MADE
ONE OF HIS RARE APPEARANCES ON
THE BIGGER BIKES.
HE WAS STILL FINISHING UP IN THE
LITES AND REALLY PUSHED HIS
HONDA STABLEMATE, KEVIN WINDHAM.
>> TREY CANARD REALLY KNOWS HOW
TO RIDE IN THIS STADIUM.
THINK ABOUT WHAT HE CAME BACK
FROM IN THAT HEAT RACE ON THE
FIRST LAP, HAVING TO GET BACK UP
INTO A QUALIFYING POSITION.
SO RIGHT NOW THE 41 HAS GOT THE
MOJO WORKING.
>> WATCHING THE MEDICAL CREW
ATTENDING TO JAMES STEWART.
DOWN BELOW IS OUR RACE LEADER,
TREY CANARD.
>> DOC WALKER IN THERE, THE
MEDICAL CREW.
>> JAMES IS POINTING TO HIS LOW
BACK THERE.
>> BET LET'S GET BACK TO THE
LEAD AND THE RACING.
LOOK AT THIS, TREY CANARD
FOLLOWED BY REED AND DUNGEY.
WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
THREE OF THOSE RIDERS WHO SIT
THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH IN
POINTS TO CAPITALIZE.
>> STEWART CAME INTO THIS NIGHT
SECOND IN THE POINTS.
REED WAS THIRD.
DUNGEY FOURTH, AND CANARD FIFTH.
CHASING VILLOPOTO.
>> I'M TELLING YOU, THE 41 RIGHT
NOW, TREY CANARD, IS RIDING
REALLY GOOD, ON A RAIL.
REALLY REMINDING ME WHAT HE
LOOKED LIKE AT THE BEGINNING --
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FIVE ROUNDS
HERE.
CHAD REED DEFINITELY GOING TO BE
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP HUNT.
>> CANARD WITH A 44.2, REED A
44.3.
SO BOTH RIDERS EXTREMELY CLOSE
IN TIMES.
BUT RICKY, YOU HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RACE WITH CHAD
REED AND WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY
HERE FOR HIM TO MAKE UP SOME
POINTS TONIGHT, HOW DOES THAT
CHANGE THE MIND-SET FOR SOMEBODY
LIKE CHAD?
>> WELL, IT CHANGES IT
TREMENDOUSLY.
YOU'RE BACK IN THE GAME.
HE'S NOT 25 POINTS DOWN.
HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HE'S DONE IT BEFORE.
NOW HE JUST NEEDS TO BUILD ON
THIS MOMENTUM.
HE BETTER GET ON IT BECAUSE
CANARD IS TRYING TO DO SOME WORK
RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
AND THE MECHANIC AND TEAM
MANAGER FOR CHAD REED TOO, IT'S
NOT LIKE I WOULD BE TRYING TO
GIVE HIM SOME SORT OF SIGNAL
THAT STEWART WAS OUT.
I'D LET HIM FOCUS ON TRYING TO
WIN THIS RACE, GET THE FULL 25
POINTS.
OKAY?
>> WOW.
WELL, VILLOPOTO, THIS IS
BEST-CASE SCENARIO, IN THE FACT
THAT STEWART, THE GUY HE WAS
THINKING WAS GOING TO SHAVE OFF
THE MOST POINTS, IS OUT, NOT
GOING TO SCORE.
AND THEN CANARD, THE GUY WHO WAS
FURTHEST BEHIND HIM IN THE
POINTS, LOOKS LIKE THE GUY WHO
MIGHT GET MAX POINTS.
>> YEAH, IF YOU WERE GOING TO
WRITE A BOOK, THIS WOULD BE FOR
HIM THE WAY YOU WANT TO DO THIS,
TO TURN BAD INTO GOOD.
>> WELL, HERE WE GO.
RYAN DUNGEY, THE REIGNING
CHAMPION, STILL TRYING TO NOTCH
THE FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.
AND COULD THIS BE THE TYPE OF
OPENING THAT HE NEEDS?
RIGHT NOW, LAST LAP AROUND,
DUNGEY WAS A 44.7.
YOUR LEADER WAS A 44 FLAT AND
REED'S A 44.3.
SO DUNGEY NEEDS TO PICK UP THE
PACE.
>> FIGHT FOR FOURTH, ANDREW
SHORT, THAT NUMBER 29 KTM AND
THE NUMBER 9 RIGHT BEHIND HIM,
HIM,I'VE VAN TED AT THE.
>> IVAN HAD A GREAT RIDE GOING
LAST WEEKEND, HE GOT OFF THERE
AT THE MAIN.
AND I'M SURE DISAPPOINTED.
>> FOR TEDESCO, IT IS HIS ONLY
TIME HE HAS NOT BEEN INSIDE THE
TOP FIVE YET THIS YEAR.
SO IF COMMITTEE HANG ON AND GET
A TOP FIVE, THAT WOULD BE HIS
BEST OF 2011 WANT.
2011.
HERE HE GOES.
HE'S WORKING ON THE KTM RIDER
TRYING TO SQUARE HIM UP.
>> HE KNOWS HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL
AROUND ANDREW SHORT.
ANDREW SHORT IS NOT SCARED TO
RIDE A WIDE BIKE, THERE'S NO
DOUBT.
>> SHORT HAS A FOURTH-PLACE
FINISH AT DAYTONA SO FLORIDA'S
BEEN HIS BEST FINISH ON THE TOUR
SO FAR THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH, BUT WHAT AN
ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE TEAM,
WHAT IVAN TEDESCO IS DOING SO
FAR.
>> IVAN PUSHING HIM, LOOKING,
WAITING FOR THE DOOR TO OPEN.
>> AND HE'S GOT THE LINE THROUGH
THE WHOOPS, RICKY, BUT LOOK HOW
CLOSE HE'S GETTING TO THE --
>> OH, MAN.
RIGHT UP AND OVER HIM.
>> HE WENT RIGHT OVER THAT.
>> LOOK AT WINDHAM HERE.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, KEVIN SAID TO
ME EARLIER TODAY, I DON'T CARE
WHERE I'M RIDING, JUST TALK
ABOUT ME, WOULD YA?
OKAY, DOUG, HERE WE GO.
USUALLY HE GIVES US A LOT OF
THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AND HE'S
DOING IT HERE AGAIN TONIGHT.
HE'S FIGHTING HARD.
KEVIN WINDHAM RUNNING UP IN
SIXTH PLACE.
MEANWHILE, THE MEDICAL GROUP
TAKING JAMES STEWART OFF TRACK.
>> WHAT A BUMMER.
AND IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE HE IS
SORE.
>> WELL, THEY ARE OUT CHATTING
WITH THAT MEDICAL CREW AND THEY
ARE BEING VERY CAUTIOUS, TAKING
CARE OF ALL THE PRECAUTIONS,
PUTTING HIM ON THE BACKBOARD.
RICKY, YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH
THEM BEFORE COMING UP.
IT'S VERY COMFORTING TO SEE THE
DOC MARTIN.
>> THEY'VE GOT A GREAT CREW
THERE AND IT'S COMFORTING TO
KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE.
>> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING,
BECAUSE WITH VILLOPOTO OUT FOR
THAT -- FOR THE MAIN EVENT, WHAT
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MYSELF
BACK IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND
THEN TO HAVE THINGS GO LIKE THEY
ARE, NOT ONLY ARE YOU INJURED,
YOU'RE HURT, BUT MENTALLY YOU
KNOW THAT FOR YOUR OWN
CHAMPIONSHIP, THINGS HAVE NOT
GONE RIGHT AND IT COULD BE
SLIPPING AWAY.
AND IT'S DEVASTATING BECAUSE
THESE RIDERS WERE ENDLESSLY --
WORK ENDLESSLY TO PUT THEMSELVES
IN A POSITION TO WIN, TRAINING,
AND ENDURING ALL THE PAIN THAT'S
INVOLVED.
>> WINDHAM JUST TAKES ADVANTAGE
OF A MISTAKE BY TEDESCO AND
K.W., WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
YOU A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE
THAT MOVE PUTS HIM RIGHT UP INTO
FIFTH AND A TOP FIVE FOR WINDHAM
IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY HERE
TONIGHT.
>> WELL, AND WINDHAM HAS NO TOP
FIVES THIS SEASON.
>> NO, HE HE DOES NOT.
>> AND REMEMBER HE HAD A
FANTASTIC LEAD GOING DOWN IN
HOUSTON WHEN HE BLEW AWAY THE
WIN.
BUT THAT'S NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET
THE GEICO HONDA IN THE TOP FIVE.
>> A SIXTH AT DODGER STADIUM.
NOW HE'S GOING AFTER SHORT KTM.
>> OH, HE'S DOWN.
BRIGHTON IS OFF TRACK THERE AS
THEY WENT BY.
>> WINDHAM TRYING TO PITCH HIS
WAY AROUND.
>> WOW, LOOK HOW RUTTY THAT TURN
IS THERE.
>> MEANWHILE, CANARD IS OUT
FRONT BY ABOUT 2.8 SECONDS OVER
REED.
DUNGEY STILL BEHIND THAT.
WINDHAM POUNDING THROUGH THE
WHOOPS.
GOT HIM.
RIGHT THERE.
KEVIN WINDHAM TAKES ADVANTAGE OF
THE LINE TO GET AROUND ANDREW
SHORT.
THE STORY OF THE NIGHT COMING
INTO THE MAIN EVENT WAS
VILLOPOTO NOT MAKING THE MAIN.
FOR STUART, IT WAS ALL ABOUT
TURN ONE.
HERE WE GO.
LOOK AT THE KTM.
>> OH.
MICHAEL BYRNE JUST TOTALLY HIT
HIM.
NOT ON PURPOSE.
>>.
NO.
>> HE GOT KNOCKED INTO HIM.
WATCH RIGHT HERE, THE 26 ON THE
INSIDE.
WATCH.
BOOM.
HITS HIM.
>> AND THEN IT WAS THE OTHER
BIKE, I THINK THAT KAWASAKI CAME
ACROSS THE BACK OF HIM AND
THAT'S WHERE HE'S INJURED HIS
BACK.
>> AND HE WAS HIT HARD AND FAST.
>> THERE'S OUR LEADER.
>> TREY CANARD.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MOM CANARD
SAT ON SEAT 41C DIDN'T SHE ON
THE WAY IN?
>> COULD BE ABOUT THIS TIGHT.
>> SMOOTH MOVE.
AN
>> WITH MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS HERE IN FLORIDA.
TREY CANARD HAS BEEN LEADING BUT
CHAD REED IS COMING AFTER HIM
HARD HERE.
HE HAS CLOSED WITHIN A SECOND
AND A HALF.
IT'S 1.2 SECONDS, THE GAP
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND AND THE
DIFFERENCE IS THE WHOOPS
SECTION.
>> IT IS.
AND IN THE LAP-AROUND, CANARD
MADE A MISTAKE.
HE TURNED A 45.9.
REED DID A 45.3.
SO HE'S A LITTLE OVER A HALF A
SECOND FASTER.
YOU SEE CANARD GETTING A LITTLE
SWIRLY THROUGH THE WHOOPS ONCE
AGAIN AND REED PERFECT DOWN THE
RIGHT SIDE.
HE'S GOT THAT RIGHT SIDE DIALED
IN.
>> HE DOES.
AND THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE
STRONGEST POINT OF HIS PROGRAM.
WELL, MANY STRONG ONES BUT HE'S
ALWAYS BEEN AN EXPERT THROUGH
THE WHOOPS SECTION.
LOVES BIG ONES, GNARLY ONES.
AND THIS COULD BE A BIG
ADVANTAGE FOR HIM HERE IN THE
CLOSING LAPS.
>> AND AS THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GOT
UNDERWAY HERE TONIGHT, REED WAS
ONLY THREE MORE POINTS BEHIND
VILLOPOTO THAN STEWART.
SO IF HE CAN COME ON AND WIN,
THAT WOULD BE BAD NEWS ONCE
AGAIN FOR VILLOPOTO.
>> YEAH, IT WOULD.
>> BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IF CANARD
WINDS, IT'S BEST-CASE SCENARIO
IN A WORST-SAIS SCENARIO FOR
VILLOPOTO.
-- WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR
VILLOPOTO.
THAT'S THE WAY THINGS STAND
RIGHT NOW.
>> WATCH THE WHOOPS THERE.
CANARD HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A
PROBLEM.
>> LOOK AT REED.
>> REED IS SO GOOD THROUGH
THERE.
WITH 4 1/ LAPS REMAINING.
>> HE CATCHES HIM SO MUCH
THROUGH THE WHOOPS SECTION.
YOU SEE CANARD PULLS AWAY A
LITTLE BIT AND THEN REED GETS IT
ALL.
HE MAKES THAT TIME BACK UP.
>> REED MADE A MISTAKE ON THE
LAST LAP BUT HE STILL WAS A
SECOND FASTER THAN CANARD WITH A
LITTLE LESS THAN FOUR TO GO.
LOOK AT THAT, HE IS ON HIM,
RICKY.
AND RALPH.
THEY ARE RIGHT THERE.
>> CHAD REED, THE TWO-TIME
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS
CHAMPION, A WINNER THIS YEAR IN
SAN DIEGO'S QUALCOMM STADIUM.
SINCE WE LEFT SAN DIEGO, HE'S
BEEN ON A TERROR.
A THIRD IN ATLANTA, A SECOND IN
DAYTONA, A THIRD AT INDY AND HIS
CHALLENGING FOR A WIN HERE
TONIGHT AS CANARD CONTINUES TO
STRUGGLE IN THE WHOOPS.
HERE COMES THE AUSTRALIAN.
>> BUT YOU NOTICE CANARD MOVED
TO THAT RIGHT SIDELINE SO THAT
WILL MAKE IT WORSE.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN THAT BOIL
ROYALE THAT REED HAD WITH JAKE
STEWART AND REED CAME OUT WITH
THE SECOND, HE IS RIGHT ON HIS
WHEEL NOW.
>> HE IS RIGHT ON HIS WHEEL.
>> WHAT'S HE LIKE WHEN HE'S
RIGHT THERE?
>> THE GUY IS -- HE'S LIKE A
LION OUT THERE.
HE GETS RIGHT ON YOU.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO FORCE
CANARD INTO A MISTAKE OR HE JUST
MIGHT GO RIGHT ON BY HIM THROUGH
THE WHOOPS SECTION.
>> THE CROWD HERE TONIGHT IN
JACKSONVILLE GETTING INTO THIS
BATTLE.
REED, THE AUSTRALIAN, LIVES IN
FLORIDA.
HIS SON CASE HERE IS WATCHING.
AND REED CHARGES INTO THE WHOOPS
AGAIN.
UP HIGH HE GOES TO THE FIRST,
CUTS BACK.
CANARD KNOWS HE HAS A FIGHT ON
HIS HANDS.
REED SQUARES HIM OFF.
WE'VE GOT A NEW LEADER IN
JACKSONVILLE.
CANARD FIGHTS BACK.
>> WHAT A MOVE.
THAT IS GOOD, CLEAN, HARD RACING
RIGHT THERE.
NO ONE GOES DOWN.
A LITTLE BIT OF CONTACT.
RUBBIN'S RACEIN.
>> AND WE'RE NOT DONE, WE'VE GOT
A LAP AND A HALF TO GO.
>> CANARD MIXES IT UP A LITTLE
BIT MORE WITH GETTING ON THE
THROTTLE.
>> CANARD HAS PICKED UP THE
PACE.
>> REED MESSING UP IN THAT TURN
EVERY LAP THERE AND IT JUST
KILLS HIM.
>> YEAH, BUT THEN HE COMES RIGHT
BACK TO THE WHOOPS.
CANARD CHARGED THROUGH THERE
HARDER.
HE KNEW HE HAD TO.
>> GUYS, THIS COULD COME DOWN TO
THE LAST LAP THROUGH THE WHOOPS,
THE FINAL TURN WILL DETERMINE
THE WINNER.
>> HERE IT IS, FINAL LAP.
WHO'S GOING TO GET THE
COMMITMENT OFF THIS LAST LAP?
WHO'S GOING TO RISK EVERYTHING
FOR THAT GLORY HERE TONIGHT?
REED IS PUSHING WIDE.
CANARD HAS STEPPED IT UP AS
WELL.
WORKING OUR WAY TOWARDS THAT
WHOOPS SECTION.
THE CROWD CHEERING THEM ON.
>> OH.
>> REED JUST NOT CLOSE ENOUGH
RIGHT NOW.
HE'S GOING TO REALLY HAVE TO
COUNT ON A MISTAKE BY CAN
TOWARD.
BUT CANARD, CLEAN SO FAR.
>> COULD COME THROUGH HERE.
HE GETS THROUGH SOLID.
>> TREY CANARD, HE'S GOING TO DO
IT!
HIS SECOND WIN OF 2011!
TREY CANARD WINS HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE AFTER A HARD-FOUGHT
BATTLE WITH CHAD REED!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO TALK TO
THEM AFTER THESE WORDS HERE ON
SPEED.
>> WILD ACTION FOR US TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT "CAR SCIENCE" COMING
UP WEDNESDAY ON SPEED.
THEY'LL BE DOING SOME WEIRD
THINGS WITH VEHICLES ON THAT
SHOW.
BUT BOY, THAT MOON, IT MIGHT
HAVE AFFECTED OUR RACING HERE
TONIGHT.
NO GOUT IT.
>> HERE'S A LOOK AT THE RESULTS.
>> COMING BACK FROM A WEEK OFF
AND INJURY.
>> YEAH.
BOTH KTM'S IN THE TOP TEN FOR
THE FACTORY.
>> THE BIGGEST STORY IS JAMES
STEWART IN 20th AND RYAN
VILLOPOTO NOT EVEN IN THE MAIN.
LET'S MEET OUR WINNER WHO'S WITH
ERIN.
>> HE MIGHT BE A ROOKIE BUT HE
PUT A HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE IN
TONIGHT, TREY, CONGRATULATIONS,
YOUR SECOND VICTORY OF THE
SEASON.
YOU WERE BEING *** YOUR THE
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHAT DOES
THIS DO FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE
MOVING FORWARD?
>> I THINK THAT'S MY BIGGEST
DOWNFALL, I'M MY BIGGEST
CRITICS.
OFTENTIMES I PUT MYSELF DOWN
INSTEAD OF BUILDING UP.
BUT I'VE GOT TO THANK STEVE
HUDSON, HE REALLY HELPED ME OUT.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE GOD THE
GLORY AND JUST THANK HIM SO
MUCH.
AND THE WHOLE HONDA TEAM, IT'S
JUST BEEN A GREAT SEASON AND,
MAN, I'M SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
PROGRESSIVE AFTER THE RACE.
>> WELL, AND YOU SEE RIGHT HERE
REED GETS UNDERNEATH CANARD AND
IT LOOKED LIKE OKAY, LOOK, HE'S
GOT IT.
AND AS REED TRIES TO GET BACK TO
THE INSIDE RIGHT HERE, YOU
NOTICE THAT CANARD SCRUBZ THAT
TRIPLE.
CANARD JUST KIND OF MUSCLES HIS
WAY BACK TO THE LEAD AND THAT
WAS THE DIFFERENCE.
>> THAT WAS AN AWESOME SHOT BY
THE CAMERA, TOO.
THANK YOU.
>> PLENTY MORE TO GO FROM HERE
IN JACKSONVILLE.
WE'LL TALK TO SECOND AND THIRD
WHEN WE RETURN HERE ON SPEED.
>> DON'T GO ANYWHERE, THERE'S
STILL MUCH MORE TO COME FROM
JACKSONVILLE, WHEN MONSTER
>> LET'S GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK
AT THE WILD NIGHT TORE RYAN
VILLOPOTO AND JAMES STEWART,
KICKING OFF WITH VILLOPOTO, IT E
POINTS LEADER.
THIS IS IN HIS HEAT RACE.
HE GETS INTO IT WITH MATT
BARNEY.
>> YEAH, HE GOES OVER THE BARS
AND VILLOPOTO GOES TO THE MAT
AND THEN TO THE L.C.Q.
THIS IS THE FIRST TURN IN THE
L.C.Q. AND HE GOES DOWN WITH
JUSTIN BRIGHTON ALSO.
>> SO HE DOESN'T MAKE THE MAIN.
NOW WE TAKE A LOOK AT STEWART.
HIS PROBLEMS WERE IN THE MAIN.
>> YEAH, YOU SEE IT HERE.
BARELY STARTED AND, BOOM.
WOW.
>> THAT'S MATT GURKEY WHO COMES
OVER THE TOP OF HIM.
>> HE IS HURTING.
>> AND THE MEDICAL CREW TAKING
HIM OFF THE TRACK.
HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HE WAS MOVING BUT IN PAIN.
AND IF EITHER ONE OF THESE
RIDERS ENDS UP WINNING THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY WILL BE
SERIOUS CONTENDERS FOR THE BRENT
MICHAELS ROCK HARD RIDE AWAY.
HERE'S ERIN.
>> WITH SIX LAPS LEFT TO GO, THE
VETERAN CHAD REED STARTED TO
APPLY THE PRESSURE ON TO THE
ROOKIE, TREY CANARD.
IT LOOKED AS THOUGH, CHAD, YOU
HAD A FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
A PASS HAPPEN.
WAS THAT JUST THE EXPERIENCE OF
YOUR FORMER CHAMPIONSHIP COMING
INTO PLAY?
>> YEAH, YOU'VE GOT TO PUT
YOURSELF IN A GOOD POSITION AND
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
IT WAS A FULL MOON, I GUESS IT
CALLED IN SOME CRAZINESS
TONIGHT.
SO TWO GUYS IN FRONT OF ME, YOU
KNOW, HAD BAD NIGHTS AND THAT'S
WHY WE LAYOFF MOTORSPORTS.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE
SHOUTOUT TO ALL THE GUYS AT
TU-TU MOTORSPORTS, DUNLOP, SHIFT
BOX, EVERYBODY, I'M SO HAPPY TO
BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO BE
ON THE PODIUM AND PUT MYSELF IN
TITLE CONTENTION.
>> THAT HE IS, TOO.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE POINTS RIGHT
NOW.
CHAD IS RIGHT THERE.
IN FACT, HE'S ONLY SEVEN POINTS
BACK OF VILLOPOTO.
STEWART TAKES A BIG FALL.
HE'S NOW 25 MARKERS BACK BEHIND.
AND DUNGEY, ERIN, HE'S ONLY 18
OUT IN THIRD.
>> 18 POINTS BEHIND.
UNBELIEVABLE TURN OF EVENTS.
RYAN, COMING INTO TODAY, YOU
DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD GO.
TAKE US INTO IT.
>> THE BE I CAN DO IS DO MY
PERFORMANCE AND LET THE REST
TAKE AWAY.
BUT WE'LL KEEP PLUGGING AWAY AND
LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.
>> WELL, IF YOU NEED THE LATEST
RACING NEWS FROM TWO WHEELS,
MAKE SURE YOU GO TO SPEED
MOTORCYCLE TEXT ALERTS POWERED
BY YAMAHA.
TEXT MOTO TO SPEED3 AND YOU'LL
GET ALL THE LATEST NEWS AND
UPDATES RIGHT HERE.
>> CRAZY NIGHT OF RACING HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT, RALPH.
WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED THE
TURN OF EVENTS AND HOW THE
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS WOULD BE
SHAKEN UP?
>> WELL, NOW RICKY, WE'RE OFF TO
TORONTO.
>> YEAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE
TONIGHT'S EVENTS.
THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT RACING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
SPORTS IN THE WORLD.
AND, MAN, EXCITING.
>> SURE PRODUCED SOME GREAT
ACTION HERE TONIGHT.
MAKE SURE YOU JOIN US NEXT WEEK
AND STAY TUNED TO "SPEED CENTER"
FOR THE LATEST ON JAMES STEWART.
I'M RALPH SHAHEEN.
SO LONG FROM JACKSONVILLE.
CONGRATULATIONS, TREY CANARD.