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>> CARMICHAEL GIVE AS GOOD
START.
HE IS IN THIRD.
REED.
HE IS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD.
STEWART RIGHT BEHIND CARMICHAEL
IN FOURTH.
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE IS JEFF.
HE WILL GET A WILD VIEW.
CARMICHAEL IN SECOND.
>> EVERYTHING IS LINED UP HERE,
WE'LL HAVE JAMES STEWART.
THE TOP THREE RIDERS OUT FRONT,
THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO SEE ONE
LAST GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN
THE THREE AWESOME COMPETITORS.
AND IT WAS THE PERFECT STORM
AND SUPERCROSS FOR AN
ENTIRE YEAR AND THREE RIDERS PUT
ON A GREAT SHOW.
CARMICHAEL GIVING IT GIVING
IT HIS ALL ONE MORE TIME AS HE
BATTLES REED FOR THE LEAD.
HE KNOWS HE HAS NO TIME
TO WASTE, HE WANTS TO MAKE THE
MAF.
>> THERE IT IS, THE CROWD
IS GOING CRAZY!
REED TRYING TO CUT BACK.
BOY, THE CROWD IS SPURRING THEM
ON.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT IT, THEY
ARE REACTING TO THIS AND THEY
KNOW NUMBER 7 IS COMING, TOO.
HE IS A FLORIDA BOY.
THE EXCITEMENT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU SEE FLASHES GOING OFF, EVERY
PART OF THE STADIUM, EVERY SEAT,
ON THE SECOND LAP.
IT IS AN ELECTRIC NIGHT HERE IN
ORLANDO.
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
CARMICHAEL WEARING THE ORANGE
RIDING GEAR.
HE WON 13 IN A ROW.
HE HAS ALL 48 SUPERCROSS WINS
MARKED OFF ON THE BACK OF HIS
JERSEY.
HE HAS THE 5 NUMBER ONES ON THE
JERSEY AND ACROSS THE BOTTOM AS
YOU WATCH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER,
IT IS RICKY AND THE MICKEY MOUSE
SPOT.
ONE OF HIS FAVORITES.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, IF
ANYBODY CAN MANAGE TO
HARNESS THE ENERGY AND
THE EMOTIONS AND EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, IT IS
CARMICHAEL.
>> BACK TO RICKY...
MAKE AS BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT
TO THE LEFT CONTROL ON THE BIKE,
HE.
>> HE IS ADJUSTING THE CLUTCH
LEVER THERE.
AND THE BATTLE FOR THE POINTS
LEAD.
REED IN FRONT OF JAMES STEWART.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP LYING HERE.
RED WITH A PROBLEM JAMES STEWART
TAKES OVER SECOND.
>> HE MISSED THE TRIPLE.
HE IS LUCKY.
HE DIDN'T GET LANDED ON.
FORTUNATELY HE WAS OFF TO THE
RIGHT.
NOW CAN JAMES STEWART REEL IN
RICKY CARMICHAEL?
WHAT EPIC BATTLES THEY HAVE HAD
OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I KNOW ALL THE GUYS HAVE A LOT
OF RESPECT FOR RICKY BUT THEY
KNOW WHAT THE IMPORTANCE IS OF
POINTS BUT HOW PRESTIGIOUS IT IS
TO GO AFTER A GUY LIKE
RICKY CARMICHAEL, CHASING DOWN
AND WINNING THE EVENT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET HIM
-- THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET
HIM WIN IT.
IF HE COMES AWAY WITH THE WIN HE
HAS TO EARN IT, NO DOUBT ABOUT
THAT.
>> CARMICHAEL JUST GETTING
FASTER.
JAMES STEWART WAS A 29, HE
IS ABOUT A SECOND AND A HALF --
I'M SORRY, .2 OF A SECOND
OFF CARMICHAEL NOW.
AFTER THE PRACTICE I WAS IN
CARMICHAEL'S PIT WHEN HE
ROLLED IN, HE LOOKED AT ME
HE SAID ".05 CLOWER THAN JAMES
STEWART," HE WAS MAD.
>> THE BEST TWO
SUPERCROSS RACERS, ONE GOING
AFTER THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP
THE OTHER IS FINAL MAIN EVENT
OF HIS CAREER.
THEY'RE PULLING AWAY FROM
REED, IT IS A BATTLE ROYAL.
THESE GUYS OVER THE YEAR HAVE
SO MUCH FOCUSED ON THE LAP TIME.
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON EACH OTHER.
BOTH RIDERS HAVE THE FITNESS TO
RACE 20 WIDE OPEN, THAT'S WHAT
THEY ARE DOING NOW.
>> JAMES STEWART TOLD YOU AND
I BEFORE HE LIVES FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE HIS
GAME EVERY TIME RICKY
CARMICHAEL SHOWS UP IN THE GATE.
YOU KNOW THAT JAMES IS GIVING
IT EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS ON
THAT MONSTER BIKE.
>> I THINK HE PULLED ON HIM A
BIT.
IT WILL BE HARD TO MEASURE.
>> LOOK AT THE GAP BACK TO REED.
THESE UP FRONT PULLING AWAY.
JAMES STEWART WAS FASTER BY .4
OF A SECOND.
RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHERE HE IS MAKING IT UP.
HE HAS IT DIALLED IN.
HE HAS A LOT OF MOMENTUM.
THE CARMICHAELS WATCHING.
HIS GRANDFATHER IS HERE AS WELL.
I THINK THE SECTION WILL TELL
THE TALE.
THE OLDER GENERATION, THEY
HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM.
THIS IS A BIG RACE FOR BOTH OF
THEM.
>> RICKY KNOWS THAT NUMBER 7
BACK THERE IS COMING HARD.
HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HE
WILL RIDE ON THE SCENE.
HE KNOWS HE IS THERE, CAN
HE HEAR HIM.
YOU CAN FEEL IT, YOU CAN
HEAR IT, HE RACED FOR A LOT OF
YEARS.
WATCH THIS NOW, WATCH OUT AND
RIGHT IN OVER THAT.
>> AND JAMES STEWART IS WILLING
TO RUN THROUGH THOSE.
>> THAT IS TOTAL COMMITMENT.
>> THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
CARMICHAEL'S LAST
SUPERCROSS, AND JEANNIE IS
CHEERING HER SON ON.
NOW THE PRESSURE.
>> HE HAS BEEN IN THIS
POSITION SO MANY TIMES
RACING AGAINST REED.
JAMES STEWART, MCGRATH, THE
GREAT SUPERCROSS RACERS, LET'S
SEE IF THAT EXPERIENCE PAYS OFF
HERE ONE MORE TIME.
THE ONE THING ABOUT
RICKY CARMICHAEL, HE HAS HAD TO
FIND A WAY TO UP HIS GAME TO
BATTLE THE GUY WHO WAS THE
BEST ALONG WITH HIM AT THE TIME.
LIKE YOU MENTION MCGRATH AND NOW
HE HAD TO CHANGE HIS GAME.
HE DID THAT LAST YEAR.
CAN HE DO IT AGAIN TONIGHT?
ALMOST TO THE HALFWAY POINT.
CARMICHAEL IS A LITTLE
BIT BETTER IN THE TURN AND
BETTER ON THE REST OF THE TRACK.
ALTHOUGH JAMES STEWART IS
FLYING THROUGH THE TRACK.
>> TRAFFIC WILL COME INTO PLAY
HERE IN A WHILE.
>> VERY SOON!
>> THAT CAN GET ROUGH, YOU
CAN SEE THE BERM GETTING BLOWN
OUT, SOME BUFFING.
IT IS START -- SOME RUTS IN THE
TURN.
>> WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK FROM
ORLANDO.
BACK WITH MORE IN A MOMENT.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OR LAND
DOUGH, RICKY CARMICHAEL IN
HIS FINAL SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT.
HE LEADS HERE IN THE CITRUS
BOWL.
JAMES STEWART HOT ON HIS TRAIL,
THEY'RE ABOUT TO CATCH THE LAP
TRAFFIC.
>> NOW IT GETS INTERESTING, THE
GUYS HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY
AND LET THE SHOW GO ON.
THEY KNOW IF HE IS COMING
BY JAMES STEWART CANNOT BE FAR
BEHIND.
JAMES STEWART THAT BUYS RICKY A
FEW FEET.
THAT MAY BE WHAT HE NEEDS NEEDS.
UNLESS RICKY MAKE AS MISTAKE.
>> JAMES STEWART IS BACK UP
ON THE BACK OF HIM.
LOOK HOW FAST HE COMES OUT.
WIDE OPEN ON THAT.
>> FEARLESS IS JAME JAMES
STEWART.
>> I DON'T THINK I HAVE
SEEN ANOTHER ATTACK THE
SECTION LIKE JAMES STEWART.
>> HERE THEY COME, CLOSING IN.
HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND
THE RACE KEEP GOING FOR THE
LEAD.
THOMAS A SEASONED VETERAN,
DOES JUST THAT.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, RALPH,
THIS IS WHAT THE RIDERS ARE
MEANT FOR THEY DREAMED
ABOUT THIS WHEN THEY WERE BOYS,
CAME UP THROUGH THE
AMATEUR RANKS TO HAVE A BATTLE
LIKE THIS.
>> LET'S GO BACK AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENED TO JAMES STEWART.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG MOMENT.
>> YOU SEE HERE, CLARK DOWN.
JAMES STEWART IS TRYING TO CUT
UNDERNEATH, GOES RIGHT OVER
THAT.
FORTUNATE IT DIDN'T MAKE
HIS FRONT WHEEL AND KICK HIM
TO THE SIDE.
WE STILL HAVE A GREAT BATTLE
FOR THE LEAD.
>> CARMICHAEL A QUICK LOOK OVER
HIS SHOULDER COME ON,
JAMES, HERE WE GO.
>> TO THE INSIDE.
>> JAMES STEWART.
>> SIDE BY SIDE NO CONTACT,
HE CAN'T GET IT DONE.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO.
>> TRAFFIC AGAIN!
>> HE IS RACING HIM CLEAN.
LOOK HERE, OH, BOY,
JAMES STEWART WITH THE LEAD
WHOA!
CAN RICKY FOUND A CHARGE BACK?
YOU NOTICE THERE ARE NOT MANY
LAPPERS HERE TO HELP HIM OUT
SLOW THAT MOMENTUM THAT STEWART
HAS.
>> LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT AWAY.
CARMICHAEL, HANGING WITH HIM.
THE PACE HAS BEEN FURIOUS.
487, 484 FOR JAMES STEWART.
LET'S GO BACK LOOK AT THE LEAD.
THIS COMES ON THE INSIDE, IT
WAS CLEAN, THEY WERE BEING NICE
TO EACH OTHER, A LOT OF RESPECT
THERE.
LOOK HOW FAST CARMICHAEL
IS ATTACKING HIM.
THIS IS ALWAYS BEEN
RICKY'S STRENGTH IN THE TURNS.
LOOK HOW FAFF HE PULLS OUT
THERE.
TWO OR THREE BIKES.
>> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE THERE?
WHAT DOES HE DO THAT EVERYBODY
DOESN'T.
>> A LOT HAS THE BIKE SET-UP.
RICKY AND THE TURNS AND MORE
AND JAMES STEWART JUST THE
OPPOSITE.
JAMES STEWART IS NOT ABLE TO
LEAVE HIM BEHIND TONIGHT.
RICKY IS STAYING RIGHT WITH HIM.
LAST SUPERCROSS OF HIS
CAREER, HE IS LEAVING
EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE
AND GIVING HIS BEST, HE WAS
SO CLOSE IN QUALIFYING
PRACTICE WITH THE LAP TIME, I
THINK IT IS INCREDIBLE THAT A
RIDER IN HIS POSITION IS LEAVING
IT ALL OUT ON THE TABLE AT THE
POINT THAT HE IS IN HIS LIFE
NOW.
LET'S GO BACK AND SHOW THE
REPLAY.
>> RIGHT THERE, CHAD REED, 22,
COMES RIGHT OUT OF THE MIDDLE.
GETS DOWN TO THE INSIDE.
THE HOLE SHOT.
>> THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
REED BY THE WAY, 11 SECONDS
BEHIND THIS BATTLE.
THESE GUYS ARE HITTING SOME
TRAFFIC.
JAMES STEWART IS MAKING A
MISTAKE.
CARMICHAEL IS MAKING MISTAKES,
THIS IS AN ALL-OUT WAR, THEY
HAVE TO BE GETTING TIRED.
THIS PACE IS UNBELIEVABLE.
CARMICHAEL.
>> HERE IT COMES.
>> THE CROWD IS GETTING BACK
ON THEIR FEET.
>> ONE FINAL EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN
TWO OF THE BEST RIDERS IN
THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT.
>> THIS IS AMAZING THIS IS
WHAT THEY LIVE FOR AND TRAIN
THEIR LIVES FOR.
>> CARMICHAEL TRYING THE
INSIDE LINE, ALMOST, THE
LAPPERS ARE GETTING IN THE WAY.
EVERYBODY IS GETTING OUT OF THE
WAY THE LEADERS ARE COMING
THROUGH.
>> YOU SAW THE SIGN FIVE LAPS TO
GO IN THE SUPERCROSS CAREER.
HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU NEED?
CARMICHAEL JUST RAILED THAT
CORNER.
HERE WE GO THEY'RE BACKING UP
IN THE FINAL TURN.
CARMICHAEL RIGHT THERE.
HE CAN SMELL THE FUMES.
>> HERE HE COMES.
SIDE BY SIDE.
CARMICHAEL LOOK THE LEAD
AGAIN, BACK IN.
>> HOW MUCH FUN ARE THEY HAVING
NOW?
JAMES STEWART AGAIN THEY ARE UP.
THE TRACK IS GETTING
DIFFICULT NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
RUTS.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE IN THE TURNS.
>> THEY HAVE THREE LAPS TO GO IN
HIS CAREER, HE CAN WIN THE
MAIN EVENT 49.
>> RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS
RAISED THE BAR SO FAR ON
THE DPOARS, YOU HAVE TO WONDER
WHAT JAMES STEWART'S STATS
WILL BE WHEN HE IS ALL SAID
DONE.
HE IS BATTLING HIM HERE IN
THE FINAL RACE.
WHAT AN AMAZING BATTLE.
>> THIS IS HOW JAMES WOULD
HAVE WANTED IT, HE SAID THE
PRESSURE IS ON RICKY
CARMICHAEL'S SHOULDERS NONE ON
HIM THIS IS A HOME TOWN RACE FOR
HIM.
ALL THE HYPE IS ABOUT RICKY.
THIS IS WHERE HE WANTS TO BE AT
THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> THAT WOULD BE IN THE LEAD.
>> CARMICHAEL SAW THE
SIGN, THREE TO GO, PLENTY OF
TIME TO MOUNT ONE MORE
CHALLENGE.
>> IT IS.
>> WE HAVE A BIT OF
LAPPERS COMING UP AGAIN.
>> INCLUDING KEVIN WINDHAM.
AND AS FAR AS HOW FAR THEY HAVE
LAPPED INTO THE FIELD.
>> WINDHAM VUILLEMIN.
THEY GET THE BLUE FLAG THEY
KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
THEY ARE PULLING OUT OF THE
WAY, THEY'RE LETTING THE RACE
HAPPEN.
RICKY FOUND A WAY TO DIG
DEEPER TO FIND A LITTLE MORE
STRENGTH, CAN ES FIND JUST AN
OUNCE OR TWO MORE?
HE STARTS THE, A BIG OF
A MISTAKE THERE.
HE STARTS HIS STOCK CAR CAREER
NEXT WEEKEND.
THE SERIES MOVES ON TO
INDIANAPOLIS.
RICKY GOES TO LAKE CITY,
FLORIDA.
ONE TO GO.
ONE TO GO.
HE IS MOUNTING A CHARGE.
THEY WENT BY THE CAMERA.
>> ONE FINAL LAP OF THE
SUPERCROSS CAREER IN THE FOR THE
GREATEST OF ALL TIME,
CARMICHAEL HE KNOWS THIS IS IT
HE HAS TO HIT THIS GOOD TO STAY
CLOSE.
>> A GREAT JOB IS RIGHT.
GIVING THE WORD TO THE RIDER.
>> HERE THEY GO.
>> THE LAST COUPLE OF
STRAIGHT-AWAYS.
>> JAMES STEWART HOLDING HIM
OFF.
TO THE FINAL CORNER.
JAMES STEWART WILL WIN
IN ORLANDO RICKY CARMICHAEL
WILL FINISH SECOND IN THE FINAL
SUPERCROSS RACE OF HIS CAREER.
AN INCREDIBLE BATTLE TO
THE FINISH FOR THE TWO AMAZING
RIDERS.
WE'LL COME BACK IN A MOMENT.