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>>> BIG CROWD ON HAND HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS AS WE'RE IN THE
HEART LAND FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS SEASON.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US
EVERYBODY.
SUPERCROSS SERIES CHAMPION HERE
THIS WEEKEND.
SET UP FOR HEAT US
AS WELL.
MONSTER -R ENERGY, KAWASAKI
LINED UP ON NUMBER FINAL, IVAN.
AND NOW, HE HAD A VERY STRONG
LAST RIDE.
HE'S LOOKING TO SPIN UP ON ■HTH
P SPOT OF THAT PODIUM.
NEEDS TO GET THROUGH TO
QUALIFY.
IF YOU FAIL TO DO THAT ONE TIME
THIS YEAR.
HE HAS ALREADY LEARNED THAT
LESSON.
>> THE YAMAHA IS STARTING AT
THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.
NINE RIDERS WILL TRANSR OUT
OF HERE.
ALL IN THIS ONE.
AND DON'T FORGET,ILLSAPS JUST
ONE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
>> YES, HE HAS A HGOOD FEELING.
MILL SAPS -- MILLSAPS, OUT
THERE, ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY.
HERE WE GO.
WITH THE WHOLE SHOT, NO
SURPRISE THERE.
HE GETS STUCK IN THE BACK OF
THE PACK WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER
RIDERS.
HE HAS A GOOD START.
HERE HE COMES OFF THE INSIDE TO
TAKE OVER SECOND.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE TIM TRIED TO
GET IN THERE FOR THIRD, HE
DOES.
WOW.
>> ONCE AGAIN, MICHAEL ON THE
GAS.
THEY ARE IN SECOND, I'M SORRY,
THIRD.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS HIM.
48, MILLSAPS, RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
THERE IT IS.
THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT RIGHT
NOW IN SUPERCROSS.
THAT CAN PUT YOU ON THE
QUALIFYING TEAM.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS
TRACK, NOT TOO DIFFICULT.
IN THE IS ONE OF OUR INDIANA
NATIVE DESIGNER.
THERE IS THE NEW TRACK.
THEY REALLY LIKED IT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME FLOW
AS THE TYPICAL SUPERCROSS
TRACK.
BUT IT HAS GIVEN THE RIDERS,
YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT SORT OF
CHALLENGE THAN WHAT THEY ARE
USED TO.
>> HERE IS THAT SECTION HERE AS
WELL.
AND YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW TO THE
FAR END, HERE IS MILLSAPS,
FOLLOWED BY KEVIN.
STARTING TO STEP IT UP HERE.
WINDHAM RUNNING IN THIRD AND
MILLSAPS IN THIRD.
IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE RIDE.
SUPERCROSS
>>> WELCOME BACK TO
INDIANAPOLIS.
WE HAVE MICHAEL ALESSI FOR THE
LEAD.
NOW, THERE YOU GO, IT'S THREE
RIDERS FOR THE LEAD.
AND HERE HE COMES THROUGH THE
WOODS, OVER THE BIG WALL.
AS THEY COME TO THE CORNER,
ALESSI, HE STARTS TO PULL AWAY
FROM THE BIG DOUBLE JUMP.
THERE IT IS.
AND NOW, A DIFFERENT RHYTHM.
I SEE THAT HE HAS THE LINE.
IT COULD BE A BETTER LINE, BUT
ALESSI DEEP INTO THE CORNER,
OVER THE BACK.
AND NOW, HE'S IN THE SANDWICH
AND THAT IS A TOUGH POSITION,
BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS THE INSIDE
TO LEAVE IT OPEN.
AND THAT IS WHAT HE DOES.
MILLSAPS GOING BY ON THE HONDA.
AND THEN HE STARTS TO COME BACK
IN AS WELL.
WE COULD HAVE FOUR RIDERS.
MILES PER HOUR SAPS, HPASSING -
MI■LPS PASSING THE LAP.
MILLSAPS, LAST FEW WEEKS, HE
REALLY HAS GOTTEN THROUGH WITH
THE BIKE AND EVERYTHING DIALED
IN.
NOW, HERE HE COMES.
MILLSAPS WITH A BIG HANDFUL.
HE HAS THE LEAD AS THEY GO OVER
THE WALL.
AND BOY, THAT HAS BEEN A TOUGH
SECTION FOR THEM THROUGH THE
WOODS SECTION.
NO ONE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THAT
THAN I DO.
I'LL TELL YOU, HE'S A GREAT
STARTER.
AND HE TOOK IT OUT AT THIS
POINT AND HE IS RIGHT IN THE
SECOND.
HE IS TRYING TO MAKE A RUN AND
ALESSI IS AS WELL.
WINDHAM IS RIGHT ON THREE.
WE'LL HAVE FOUR RIDERS BATTLING
FOR THE WIN.
AND HE IS NUMBER NINE.
AND NOW, REMEMBER, THOSE ARE
THE NAMES IN GREEN.
THERE YOU SEE ALESSI, NUMBER
EIGHT.
THEY FLY OVER THAT JUMP RIGHT
THERE.
THERE IS COOPER, GOING ON
NUMBER THREE.
AND HE IS TRYING TO GET ON THE
OUTSIDE LINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS FLAG,
JUSTICE, HE'S SO OUT.
>> OH BOY, HERE HE COMES.
HE'S GOT A GOOD RUN.
AND NOW, ALESSI FORCES A WIDE
JUMP OFF THE DRAW.
I'LL TELL YOU, ALESSI IS GOING
THROUGH THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND
JUMPING THROUGH.
THE OTHER RIDERS ARE SKIMMING
IT ON THE MIDDLE TO RIGHT SIDE,
UNLESS HE GIVES IT UP, COMING
OUT OF THE TURN.
BOY, IF HE IS.
HE REALLY NEEDS TO SEE, THAT IS
GOING TO BE THE SECTION WHERE
THESE RIDERS, THEY ARE COMING
ON.
HE IS TRYING IT AGAIN, TRYING
TO GET TO THAT INSIDE.
MEANWHILE, LOOK WHO'S LOOMING
IN THE BACKGROUND, NUMBER 14,
KEVIN WINDHAM.
IF THESE TWO GET TOGETHER,
IT'LL OPEN FOR WINDHAM TO FLY
BY.
>> A YELLOW FLAG.
EVERYONE MAKES IT THROUGH
CLEAN.
AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET A
LITTLE BREATHING ROOM TO
ALESSI.
WINDHAM TAKES A DIFFERENT LINE
COMING INTO THAT FINISH LINE
JUMP.
AND NOW, HERE HE COMES, SECOND
PLACE IS HIS, BUT FOR HOW LONG?
THEY BOTH SINGLE OVERT DOUBLE
JUMP.
>> VERY CAUTIOUS, BOTH RIDERS.
THEY ARE BOTH VERY AWARE OF
THAT DOUBLE JUMP THAT IF ONE
JUMPS INTO THE OTHER, BOTH
RIDERS ARE GOING TO IRONICALLY,
WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN, TOO MUCH
IN SUPERCROSS, BUT THEY BOTH
TAKE THE SAFE LINE AND THEY
DON'T DOUBT ON THAT.
THAT ALLOWS WINDHAM TO GO RIGHT
UP ON HIS PATH.
AND IT ALLOWS MILLSAPS TO PULL
AWAY FROM THESE THREE.
HE'S GOING ONTO MAYBE HIS
SE■H.
HE RACES THE WIN OF THE YEAR.
>> IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT IS
AN INTERESTING MATURITY WITH
BOTH OF THESE RIDERS.
OH WOW, A BIG CONTACT RIGHT
THERE, AS ALESSI HAD TO DEFEND
HIMSELF BECAUSE HE CAME
SCREENING INTO THE CORNER.
HE HAS A GREAT RUN THROUGH THE
LOOPS AGAIN.
AND THAT IS OUT THE WINDOW.
THE WHITE FLAG IS OUT.
HE WANTS IT, ALESSI WANTS
TOKING HANG ON, HE'S NOT GIVING
IT IN.
BUT I THINK THAT HE IS TAKING
IT THROUGH THE LOOP.
WHERE SHE PASSED THAT SECTION
ALREADY.
AND THIS RIGHT HANDER, THE LEFT
AND THEN THE RIGHT, THAT'S HIS
SPOT, BUT HE'S NOT CLOSING OUT.
NOW, REMEMBER, ALESSI AND HIM,
THEY HAVE HISTORY.
>> YES, THEY DO.
>> FINAL LAP, HOW ABOUT A LEFTY
THOUGH.
MAN, HE'S REALLY ON IT HERE
WITH A LAP TO GO.
ALESSI, MAKING A GREEN RUN.
HE EVEN CAUSED MILLSAPS TO HAVE
A BATTLE FOR THE LEAD, COMING
INTO THE FINISH, TO THE
CHECKERS, MILLSAPS, HE TAKES
THE WIN, ALESSI IS GOING TO
TAKE SECOND.
HE TAKES THIRD, AND THEN KEVIN
WINDHAM, HOW ABOUT THAT?
FORTH.
>> WOW, GREAT HEAT RACE.
>> MAYBE THAT IS WHY THEY CALL
IT THE HEAT RACE.
>> WOW, NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT
ALESSI AND HIM ARE TALKING
ABOUT IT, BUT
BUT THE MAN
>>> FANTASTIC HEAT NUMBER ONE.
WE'RE GOING TO GRID UP NUMBER
TWO AND SEE THAT ONE AS WELL.
NOW, OPENING CEREMONY THROUGH
THE CROWDS, BEING REINTRODUCED,
GREAT TIMES SO FAR HERE AT THE
CIRCLE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.
>>> AND HERE IS A GOOD LOOKING
OUTFIT.
>> YES, HOW ABOUT THAT?
THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU, FOR
HALLOWEEN.
>> YEAH.
NOW, LET'S SHOW YOU THE RESULTS
FROM HEAT NUMBER ONE.
>>> WOW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN
SEE THAT OUT THERE, ALL THESE
GUYS, THEY TRANSFERRED THROUGH
FOR THE BATTLE OF THE SOFT
MOTHER POSITION, IT WAS REALLY
GOOD, THEY HAD A CHANCE TO GET
BACK OUT THERE.
>> AND THE BROTHER, GETTING THE
FINAL POSITION, AND MARSACK ON
AS WELL.
>> BUT DAVID MILLSAPS GETS TO
TAKE TO ERIN.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT SURVIVAL.
YOU MADE THE WIN.
BUT NOW, YOU'RE IN PAIN COMING
UP HERE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I SAW THAT
PROBLEM AGAIN AND IT HAPPENED
HALFWAY THROUGH THE RACE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I GOT TO DEAL
WITH THAT ONE AND I GET TO
THANK HONDA RED BULL RACING AND
MY TRAINER AND EVERYONE, AND I
HOPE I GET TO DO THAT.
>> GREAT JOB OUT THERE, THANK
YOU FOR THAT HEAT WIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S SHOW YOU THE FORWARD
SCHEDULE AS SOON AS THEY ARE
DONE.
WE'RE HEADED TO BIKE WEEK.
DAYTONA, RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER AND THEN ON TO THE SUPER
DOME, A LOT OF GREAT RACES
COMING YOUR WAY.
COME ON OUT AND JOIN US AT THE
TRACK.
GO TO WWW.SUPERCROSSONLINE.COM,
GET YOUR TICKET AND COME OUT TO
THE RACE.
>> GETTING READY FOR HEAT
NUMBER TWO, JAMES STEWART, CHAD
REED.
AND NOW, HE IS NOT IN THAT ONE.
THAT IS JASON ON THE 338, THE
WEST COAST CHAMP IS GOING TO
MAKE HIS SUPER CROSS DEBUT THIS
WEEKEND WITH UNBELIEVABLY FAST
TIMES.
>> HE LOOKS PHENOMENAL.
>> HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE IT.
>> QUALIFYING PRACTICE, HE
SHOWED ME THAT HE COULD STEP UP
TO THE CLASS NEXT YEAR, BUT NOT
GOING TO BE IN THE RACE HERE
TONIGHT.
>> CHAD REED, JAMES STEWART,
THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR IT.
>> WATCH FOR THAT FIRST CORNER.
>> AND BOY, THEY REALLY STACKED
IT UP IN THERE.
AND NOW, IT'S AN EVENT THAT IS
CRAZY.
WHO GETS THE WHOLE SHOT.
AND NOW, LOOK AT THEM, THEY ARE
BATTLING NOW FOR THIRD.
THEY ARE INSIDE OF REED.
NOW, ONCE AGAIN, THE CONCEPT
HONDA GUYS, THEY ARE REALLY
GETTING OFF THE GATE HERE.
>> STEWART TRYING TO FORCE HIS
WAY BACK AS QUICK AS HE CAN.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE ROBERT IS IN
THE LEAD NOW.
HERE COMES STEWART, HE'S AROUND
THERE AND HE IS SETTING SAIL
AFTER THE NUMBER 52CANARY GUY.
HE IS COMING RIGHT ALONG
STEWART TRYING TO MAKE HIS
PACE.
>> WHAT A GREAT RACE FOR
CANARY, ON THE THIRD, THE
KAWASAKI.
AND NOW, REED GETTING ON THE
INSIDE, WHAT A MOVE.
REED WITH AN INCREDIBLE MOVE.
HE GOES FROM THIRD TO FIRST.
LISTEN TO THAT CROWD CHEERING
THE MOVE BY THE AUSTRALIAN
RIDER, CHAD REED, JUST A
SPECTACULAR MOVE.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING
THAT IS GOING TO GIVE HIM A
HUGE SHOT OF ADRENALINE AND
MAYBE REED CAN SHOW THAT
BACKSIDE TO STEWART FOR A
WHILE.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
THIS IS ONE OF THE MAPS THAT WE
CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE WAITING
FOR WHEN THEY BOTH CRASHED IN
THE MAIN EVENT.
RIGHT NOW, STEWART JUST GETS
TOTALLY SHOCKED BY CHAD REED,
MAKING A MOVE ON STEWART AND
CANARY IN ONE SPOT.
WHAT AN EXPLOSIVE MOVE.
AND HERE IS WHERE IT IS ALL SET
UP.
AND LOOK AT REED GET THROUGH,
AND NOW, JUST GETTING THE BACK
END FOR THAT, AROUND A LITTLE
BIT THROUGH THE LOOPS.
>> YES.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, THESE
RIDERS HERE, YOU ARE THE FAST
-- YOU HAVE THE FASTEST RIDERS
ON THE TRACK, ANY TIME THAT
THEY ARE OUT THERE.
THERE YOU GO, REED MADE A
MISTAKE AND STEWART ON THE
INSIDE WITH A HANDFUL OF THE
THROTTLE.
AND STEWART TAKES THE LEAD
RIGHT AWAY.
JAMES STEWART, HE PUTS THE MOVE
ON CHAD REED AND NOW REED,
TRYING TO BATTLE BACK.
HE'S NUMBER TWO AND UNDERWAY IN
TECH TABULAR FASHION
INDIANAPOLIS.
STAY
>>> JAMES STEWART COMPLETES
ANOTHER LAP AND CHAD REED RIGHT
TO THE BACKSIDE OF THAT AREA.
AS THEY FLY OVER THE BIG WALL.
AND THEY HAVE THE LEAD EARLY
ON.
NOW, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
KAWASAKI RIDER NUMBER 52.
>> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM.
THEN HE GETS PUSHED OFF TO THE
RIDE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER HERE.
HE JUST GETS IT OUT THERE,
GRABBING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AS
WELL.
HE PROBABLY GOT THE END OF THE
HANDLEBAR, YOU KNOW, INTO
KINIRY'S LEFT SHOULDER.
>> OVER THE TRIPLE JUMP, IT'S
REED AND STEWART.
AND THEN CHAD REED, HE'S
CARRYING THE RED BACK NUMBER
PLATE BECAUSE HE'S NUMBER ONE,
THE LEADING CHAMP, A TWO-TIME
SERIES CHAMPION HERE AS THE
SUPERCROSS.
STEWART, CHAMPION BACK IN 2007.
>> WELL, THEN YOU CAN SEE BY
THE LAST TIME THAT JAMES
STEWART, HE'S ON THE WAY.
48.9 FOR STEWART, LAST LAP
AROUND.
CHAD REED, 49.7.
THAT'S ALMOST A SECOND.
>> HERE IS HOW HE GOT THE LEAD.
HE PASSES THE LEAD, MAKING A
SLIGHT MISTAKE, LEAVES THE DOOR
OPEN.
AND STEWART, HE GETS THROUGH.
I THOUGHT THAT HE COULD BATTLE
THAT OUT THERE.
AND THEN THAT CHANGED THE GAME.
AND STEWART NOWMENT WORKING HIS
WAY AROUND THE FINAL LAP.
AND WELL STEWA, JUST
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
I MEAN, HE'S JUST FLAWLESS,
EVEN WITH ALL THAT COMMOTION
AND ALL THAT EXCITEMENT, HE
KEPT CALM, TAKING THE LEAD AND
THE HEAT.
AND NINE HEAT RACES FOR JAMES
STEWART THIS YEAR, NINE
STRAIGHT VICTORIES.
HE HAS DONE IT AGAIN, HERE IN
HEAT NUMBER TWO AT
INDIANAPOLIS.
AND CHAD REED, HE HAS TO SETTLE
FOR SECOND.
HE GETS TO SEE THAT ONE.
JOSH GRANT, HE REALLY STUCK IN
THAT HEED, BUT HE IS OUT THERE.
LET'S GO TO ERIN.
>> JAMES STEWART HAS SOME
PRESSURE WITH CHAD REED.
RIGHT BEHIND YOU, IT'S JAMES,
BY THE WAY.
NOW, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THIS
TRACK AND HOW MUCH YOU ACTUALLY
LIKE THIS TRACK.
DID YOU HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING
ON YOUR BIKE IN ORDER TO ADOPT
TO TONIGHT'S TRACK?
>> WELL, WE CHANGED A COUPLE
TIRE SETUPS.
AND WE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, THAT WAS FUN, THE FIRST
TIME THAT WE WENT BACK AND
FORTH.
MAIN EVENT.
>>> THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS
HELD EARLIER THIS MORNING,
PREVIEWING THIS SUMMER'S AMA
MOTOR CROSS SERIES.
>> THE AMA MOTOR CROSS SERIES
IS A 12-ROUND SERIES FROM NEW
ENGLAND AND STOPS IN BETWEEN
FOR SOME OF THE FAMOUS MOTOR
CROSS TRACKS IN AMERICA.
HOW COOL IT WOULD BE TO HAVE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE WERE SHOOTING FOR THAT, BUT
WE ENDED UP DOING SOMETHING
BETTER.
WE'RE VERY PROUD AND VERY
PLEASED FOR THAT, AND TO GET IT
DONE.
EVERY MOTOR CROSS FAN IN
AMERICA COULD BE HAPPY.
>> IT'S WITH THOSE FANS IN MIND
THAT THEY ANNOUNCED THE
TELEVISION COVERAGE.
BROADCAST PARTNERS, SPEED AND
NBC, THEY WILL TEAM UP TO OFFER
LIVE PRODUCTS FOR THEM AS WELL
AS SIX SAME DAY SHOWS AIRING ON
SPEED.
>> I THINK THAT THEY DELIVER A
GREAT ENTERTAINMENT PACKAGE.
IT'S GOOD, STRONG COMPETITION.
AND IT HAS A LARGE, NOT ONLY
DOMESTIC, BUT INTERNATIONAL FAN
BASE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
REACH WITH OUR MARKETING
EFFORTS, THE LEVEL AND MOTOR
CROSS OFFERS.
THAT IT'S VERY STRONG IN EUROPE
AS WELL AS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
IT FITS PERFECTLY WITH WHAT WE
ARE DOING.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD THEM SAY
THAT NO SPORTS CAN BE MAJOR
LEAGUE UNLESS IT'S LIVE ON TV
WITH THE HELP OF SPEED AND NBC,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GOOD SHOWS
THIS SUMMER WITH GREAT
DEVELOPMENTS.
YOUR FANS, THEY CAN SEE THAT.
A NICE PACKAGE COMING TOGETHER
WITH THAT AS WELL, EVERY
TUESDAY ON SPEED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT LIVE FROM THE
STARS.
AND IT WILL BE A GOOD PACKAGE.
NOW, STAY TUNED FOR MORE
PROGRAMMING UPDATE.
IT ALL KICKS OFF ON MAY 23 IN
CALIFORNIA.
>>> THERE IS A GOOD LOOK HERE.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THERE
TO PLAY FOOTBALL WITH.
WE GOT
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO
>>> LOOK AT THE RACE CARS THEY
HAVE ALL OVER THIS PLACE.
AND OF COURSE, A BIG SPONSOR IN
THE STADIUM.
THAT IS ON THE CORNER, IT'S
AWESOME.
FOOTBALL RACING AND OF COURSE,
SUPERCROSS ALL ON THE SAME
BUILDING.
HERE IS OUR MAIN EVENT CLOSE
UP.
20 RIDERS FOR 20 LAPS.
MILLSAPS AND STEWART, THE HEAT
RACE WINNERS.
YEAH, THAT IS THE FASTEST, BUT
THE DEFENDING WINNER A YEAR
AGO, THE ONE THAT LOST THAT ONE
FOR CHAD REED, TAKES THE FIFTH.
>> YEAH.
HE HAS SOME SPEED TONIGHT.
HE WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT
QUICKER.
THEY REALLY NEED TO GO AFTER IT
IF HE WANTS TO WIN TONIGHT IN
THE MAIN EVENT.
NOW, I THINK THAT HAS PROVIDED
GREAT RACING TONIGHT.
THE RHYTHM HAS BEEN
INTERESTING.
I'M TELLING YOU, I THINK THAT
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CHOPPY.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT FOR THE FANS.
I LOVE YOU.
AND SPEAKING OF SUZUKI, WE'RE
GOING ON BOARD WITH MICHAEL
BYRNE HERE, OVER THAT SINGLE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TURN AREA
WHICH WILL BE CRITICAL FOR THIS
START.
AND THEN YOU GET OUT THERE WITH
A COUPLE OF DIFFICULT POINTS.
I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT ONE WAY
IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER, OTHER
THAN GETTING IT PERFECT WITHOUT
MAKING MISTAKES.
SOME RIDERS CAN CARRY SPEED OUT
THERE, THAT IS WHAT YOU CAN
MAKE UP TIME.
AND NOW, REMEMBER, YOU CAN SEE
THIS EARLY QUALIFYING PRACTICE
WHERE MICHAEL GOES OUTSIDE,
DOES THE TRIPLE DOUBLE INTO THE
MAIN TRIPLE.
THE TRACK HAS TURNED A LITTLE
BIT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS
EARLIER ON IN THE DAY.
THEY WERE OUT THERE QUITE A
BIT.
THAT IS A BIG TRIPLE OUT HERE
ONTO THAT TOP AND THEN SCREWED
OFF IN A VERY TIGHT TRACK INTO
THE FINISH LINE.
SO ALL IN ALL, THE TRACK HAS
BEEN EXCITING.
WE HAVE THAT OUT THERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS AND WE'RE LOVING
IT.
THIS IS SET UP TO BE A
FANTASTIC MAIN EVENT.
AND MAYBE, AT THE 37 SECOND,
MAYBE A BEST SHOT FOR SOMEONE
TO STEAL THAT OUT OF JAMES
STEWART AND BRING THAT STREAK
OF SEVEN IN A ROW.
NOW, THERE IS JAMES, THE
SANDMAN.
WELL, HE IS BACK, READY TO GO.
>> THEY NEED TO BEAT JAMES
STEWART TO THE FIRST TURN.
HIS START THIS YEAR HAS BEEN
AWESOME.
OUT OF THE GATE WITH SO MUCH
DETERMINATION AND DESIRE.
THAT'S WHY HE HAS BEEN WINNING
THE RACES.
HERE WE GO.
AND GUESS WHAT, CHAD REED TAKES
IT.
WITH THE ONLY LEAD.
HE GETS THE WHOLE SHOT.
STEWART IN THIRD.
MICHAEL JUMPS INTO SECOND
PLACE.
NOW CAN REED HANG ON?
THE TWO ROCK STARS ARE RUNNING
ONE AND TWO.
STEWART GETS PAST THE LEFTY NOW
AND WINDHAM IS UP INTO THE
FRONT, BATTLING ON THE NUMBER
14, SITTING IN FORTH.
>> WELL, THIS IS WHAT THE FANS
OF INDIANAPOLIS HAVE BEEN
LOOKING FOR.
CHAD REED WITH A START.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN ALL-OUT
DRAG RACE TO THE FINISH.
LET'S SEE IF THIS IS THE
MOTIVATION THAT CHAD REED NEEDS
TO GET ALL THE WAY, TO TAKE
THAT LEAD.
NOW, LOOK AT THAT, ALESSI GETS
BACK INSIDE OF STEWART AND THEN
WIND HELP COMES BY THE LEFTY AS
WELL.
SO NOW, KEVIN WINDHAM NOW MOVES
UP TO THIRD.
AND HE TAKES THAT ONE OUT THERE
AS BYRNES COMES IN FIFTH.
WINDHAM GOING FOR SECOND.
AND HE HAS NOT SEEN THE PODIUM
WHERE HE FINISHED IN SECOND.
AND THE ONE THING THAT WE KNOW,
JEFF, IT'S JAMES STEWART, HE
WILL NOT PANIC.
THE FIRST LEFT, CHAD REED HAS
LEAD SINCE THE OPENING RACE OF
THE YEAR IN ANAHEIM ONE.
IT'S A LONG TIME COMING TO ONLY
AROUND NUMBER NINE.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, THAT THIS
IS WHERE THE MENTAL STRENGTH
COMES INTO PLACE.
CHAD STEWART, CAN HE KEEP HIS
COOL?
IS THE PRESSURE THAT CHAD REED
IS GOING OUT BY HAVING THE
LEAD, AND IS THAT GOING TO BE A
DISTRACTION FOR JAMES STEWART?
LIKE I SAID, HE HAS BEEN RIDING
100% OF THE DAY ON HIS TURN,
LEADING QUALIFYING PRACTICE,
LEADING THE HEAT RACE.
AND RIGHT NOW, CHAD REED, HE'S
PHENOMENAL LAST TIME.
LAST TIME AROUND, 49.6.
STEWART, A 49.8.
AND CHAD REED, AT THIS POINT,
THE FASTEST RIDER.
AND NOW, GUESS WHAT, STEWART IS
DOWN, JAMES STEWART IS DOWN.
HE'S BACK UP.
HE'S ON HIS BIKE, HE IS FORTH
BEHIND WINDHAM AND THE LEFTY,
MAKING IT FIFTH.
NOW, HOLY COW WATCH.
THIS AS HE COMES INTO THE TURN,
GRABS THAT, LOSES FRACTION ON
BOTH TIRES.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
IS THAT PRESSURE.
THAT PRESSURE WITH CHAD REED
OUT THERE, IS IT GOING TO FORCE
JAMES TO LOSE HIS
CONCENTRATION?
AND NOW, NOW THE PRESSURE IS
ON.
>> JEFF, I WAS RIGHT.
THE FIRST TIME, IT IS FORTH AND
NOW HE IS GOING FOR THIRD.
HERE HE COMES, BATTLING WITH
THE LEFTY, CUTS FROM THE INSIDE
AND JUMPS IN, MUSCLES HIS WAY
PAST THAT.
AND THAT IS JAMES STEWART, NOW,
JEFF, I LOVE WATCHING IT, WITH
JAMES STEWART, HAS TO COME BACK
TO THE PATH.
HE IS SUCH A F■EARLESS RIDER AN
SO FIERCE ON THAT MACHINE, BUT
HE NEEDS TO GET TO THE FRONT.
SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING TIME,
HERE OUR FAN, JAMES STEWART TO
REALLY WATCH WHEN HE HAS TO
PUSH THE BIKE.
>> AND NOW, HIT ME WITH
STEWART'S STAFF.
AND HE LOSES, HE DOESN'T WIN.
IF HE DOESN'T CRASH, HE WINS
EVERY TIME.
>> 100% OF THE TIME.
JUST AN INCREDIBLE RECORD FOR
JAMES STEWART.
AND NOW, THIS LITTLE BOBBLE
HERE, IT MAY HAVE COST HIM THE
MAIN EVENT.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP OF
THE SCREEN, LAP FOUR OF 20,
THERE'S A LOT OF RACING LEFT.
AND NOW, REMEMBER, CHAD REED
NEEDS TO EXECUTE 20 PERFECT
LAPS IF HE WANTS TO WIN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THIS
AWAY JUST YET.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
HERE COMES STEWART.
HE HAS KEVIN WINDHAM IN HIS
SIGHT.
INTO THE SAND SECTION, INTO
THAT AREA.
AND NOW, THE GAP BETWEEN REED
AND STEWART, ALMOST SIX AND A
HALF SECONDS.
STEWART IS ON WINDHAM, OVER THE
DOUBLE.
HE PUSHES HIM WIDE, HOLDING A
NICE LINE THERE, KILLING
THROUGH THE RHYTHM SECTION.
AND NOW, CAN HE HAVE WINDHAM,
HE IS NOT GOING TO RIDE IT
DIRTY, BUT HE'LL PUSH THE
EFFORT, NOW, STEWART INSIDE
NOW, HE HAS THE MOVE ON
WINDHAM.
JAMES IS BACK UP TO SECOND
PLACE.
AND CHAD REED, PUTTING INTO
SOME PHENOMENAL RIDES.
BUT THE PRESSURE, OH, STEWART,
HE HAS TOUGH LUCK.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU
NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF.
HE CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER
MISTAKE LIKE THAT.
IF ANYONE CAN DO IT, IT'LL BE
JAMES STEWART.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
NOW, REMEMBER, HIS TRAINER IS
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE
BUSINESS.
THEY ARE MORE THAN PREPARED FOR
THESE TYPE OF RACES WHERE HE
HAS TO GIVE IT 110% FOR 20
LAPS, OKAY?
NOW, PHYSICALLY, I DON'T THINK
THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE
ABOUT KEEPING YOUR COOL, RIDING
THE BEST LAP THAT YOU CAN AND
YOU'LL SEE STEWART TAKE A LOOK
AHEAD, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE
CHAD REED IS.
AND NOW, WATCH WHAT WINDHAM HAD
AFTER HE GOT AROUND IN THE
SECOND, JUST A MOUTH FALL OF
SAND.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THAT IS JUST
ROLLING THE DICE.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU HIT THOSE
BLOCKS.
SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GO CLEAN
AND YOU GO FLYING OFF THE BIKE.
AND NOW, THERE YOU CAN SEE
STEWART IN THE BACKGROUND.
CHAD REED, HE IS JUST ABOUT,
WAITING FOR STEWART, 6.3
SECONDS BETWEEN HIM AND THE
2007 CHAMP.
NOW, STEWART, AGAIN, HE ALMOST
MAKES A MISTAKE, WHAT AN
INCREDIBLE SAVE, BY ONE OF THE
MOST GIFTED RIDERS YOU WILL
EVER SEE.
RIGHT NOW, JAMES STEWART, HE
LAID OUT A 49.5, LAST LAP, HE
WAS A 50.2.
THAT IS A SECOND FASTER.
BUT NOW, LOOK AT WHAT JAMES
STEWART NEEDS TO DO.
HE NEEDS TO WAY WAY OUT OF THE
COMFORT ZONE, ABSOLUTELY GOING
FOR IT.
IT IS GOING TO COST THE WIN.
HE KNOWS THE TYPE OF RIDER.
AGAIN, JEFF, IN THE SAND PIT.
YOU CAN REALLY SEE HIM RIDING
THAT BIKE AROUND.
NOW, WATCH THIS PLAY OUT THERE
WITH JAMES STEWART.
AND AS HE GETS WAY BACK, HE
JUST GOT AHEAD.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS SO CLOSE.
BUT NOW, WATCH HIM IN THE SAND
PIT HERE TOO.
CLOSE TO TURN OUT.
AND YOU KNOW, NO ONE HAS
ATTACKED THAT SAND CORNER ANY
HARDER TODAY THAN JAMES
STEWART.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HAVE
SEEN HIM ACTUALLY MAKE A BIT OF
A MISTAKE THERE.
AND NOW THERE, IS REED, AND YOU
CAN SEE STEWART AT THE TOP OF
THE SCREEN, AT THE LAST TIME
THEY CROSSED THE FINISH LINE,
THEY WERE 6.6 SECONDS APART.
WE'LL GET THEIR GAP WHEN THEY
COME ACROSS THIS TIME.
BECAUSE THAT IS A MISTAKE, HE
HAS THREE SECONDS FASTER THAN
STEWART.
I'M TELLING YOU, HE NEEDS TO
REGROUP MENTALLY.
HE NEEDS TO SMOOTH DOWN.
TRY TO USE THESE LAPS TO THEIR
ADVANTAGE AS THEY START TO
CENTER.
NOW, YOU CAN SEE JOSH GRANT, HE
CRASHED.
HE WAS INSIDE IN SIXTH
POSITION.
NOW, HE GETS PASSED HIM.
SO THEY WILL WATCH.
THAT REED DOWN 6.1 SECONDS
BETWEEN HIM AND STEWART.
>> NOW, 2/10 OF A SECOND IS NOT
GOING TO GET IT DONE.
AS THEY GET INTO THE LAST
RIDER, IT IS TOUGH TO BE THE
LEADER.
HE HAS A LOT OF DESIRES AND
DETERMINATIONS.
HE HAS WORKED SO *** THAT.
>> AND ANDREW SHORT IS PUTTING
ON A TREMENDOUS RIDE FOR HIM.
AND HE WAS RUNNING AS HIGH AS
SECOND EARLIER, NOW, ALESSI HAS
MOVED BACK TO FORTH AND HE HAS
A HARD CHARGE ON THAT RED BULL
HONDA.
>> AND WELL, MICHAEL ALESSI
REALLY HAS STARTED TO SHOW US
SOME INCREASED STAN MA INTO THE
STAYING POWER AS HE HITS ON THE
TOP FIVE.
■@REMEMBER, EARLIER IN THE YEAR
HE WOULD COME BACK, MAKE A HUGE
MISTAKE.
NOW, WEEK AFTER WEEK, MICHAEL
ALESSI, AND THERE YOU GO.
ANDREW, HE STALLED AN ENGINE.
WHAT A BIG BREAK FOR SHORT.
>> SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE
REAR BRAKE OR SOMETHING.
>> YES.
>> THE REAR WHEEL.
NOW, THEY ARE LOOKING DOWN.
IT HAS TO BE A BRAKE.
THERE IT IS.
RIGHT THERE, THERE IS A ROCK,
RIGHT THERE INSIDE THE BRAKE.
AND NOW, HE FINALLY GETS THE
ROCK OUT THERE.
IT IS STILL STUCK THERE.
>> YES, THERE IT GOES, THE TOP
10, OUT THERE.
WOW, WHAT A TOUGH BRAKE FOR
ANDREW SHORT WHO HAS NOT
FINISHED OUTSIDE TOP 10 ALL
YEAR.
HIS WORST FINISHES WERE A PAIR
OF SIX AT ANAHEIM THREE.
>> WELL GUYS, ANDREW SHORT IS
NOT THE ONLY RIDER HAVING
DIFFICULTIES TODAY WITH THE
ROCKS I HEAR ON THE TRACK.
KEVIN WINDHAM FOUND HIMSELF IN
THE SAME PREDICTMENT AFTER
SECOND PRACTICE.
THEY HAD TO TAKE THE BIKE, PUSH
IT BACK, AND THEN PUT A BRAND
NEW BUCKET ON WHATEVER
HAPPENED, IT GOT CAUGHT UP,
ENDING UP RUINING THE SECOND
GEAR.
SO IT WAS THE SECOND TRACK FOR
KEVIN WINDHAM.
>> NOW, CHAD REED, CONTINUING
TO LEAD, BUT HIS LEAD IS
DWINDLING.
4.8 SECONDS BETWEEN HIM AND
STEWART.
AND NOW, AS THIS ONE CONTINUES
ON, HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS, THE
BATTLE
>>> THE CHALLENGE FOR CHAD REED
IS TTING THROUGH AFFIC IN
THE WOOD SECTION.
THERE YOU SEE IT, STEWART
BEHIND HIM.
REED DOES A GOOD JOB.
HE GETS PASSED HIM.
NOW STEWART NEEDS TO GET
THROUGH ALL THREE OF THOSE
RIDERS, ONE OF WHICH HE IS OUT
THERE, AN INJURY SHORT IN
THERE.
NOW, HERE YOU CAN SEE STEWART
COMING THROUGH.
>> AND WHILE WITH THAT, A BAD
LAP FOR HIM, THAT IS THE 51
SECOND LAP OUT THERE.
AND STEWART, A BIG BOBBLE.
AND JEFF, THAT COST HIM AGAIN.
JUST AS HE GETS CLOSE, HE HAS
ANOTHER BOBBLE, LOSES SOME
TIME.
BUT NOW, HE IS SO INCEIL AT
REGROUPING AND GETTING BACK ON
PACE SO FAST.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT IS
GOING TO COST HIM HUGE TIME,
BUT HE GAINS MORE AND COMES
RIGHT BACK AFTER REED.
>> HE IS ABSOLUTELY FLYING,
WITH THE LAST LAP AROUND, WITH
THE THREE SECOND LEAD AS THEY
COME AROUND THIS TIME.
NOW, 2.1 SECONDS.
AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT, HE'S ON
IT.
>> YES, HE IS ON IT.
NOW, WATCH THAT BOBBLE.
AND LOOK AT STEWART, HE FALLS
BEHIND THE TWO RIDERS.
AND THEN HE BLOWS RIGHT PAST
HIM.
>> AND CHAD REED, HE MADE A
HUGE LEAD.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE REPLAY.
NOW, THEY ARE CLOSE, AND THE
PRESSURE IS BUILT FOR REED.
YOU HAVE HAD BATTLES LIKE THIS,
BACK IN YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP DAYS
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOUR NUMBER
ONE RIVAL IS CLOSING IN ON YOU,
LIKE HE IS DOING.
IF YOU'RE CHAD REED, WHAT'S
DOING ON IN YOUR MIND RIGHT
NOW?
>> IT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING
BECAUSE YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT AND
WHATNOT.
AND THEN THE CROWD THAT HE WAS
ON THE GROUND AT THAT ONE
POINT.
NOW, STEWART, HE PUTS ON AN
INCREDIBLE TARP HERE, TRYING TO
KEEP THE WIN STREAK ALIVE.
AND WELL, HE IS ABSOLUTELY
FLYING.
THAT IS CHAD REED, KEEPS
HITTING THE LEFT.
>> HE IS HOLDING IT OFF.
AND HE GETS A MOUTHFUL.
NOW, HERE COMES STEWART.
WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
OVER THE JUMP.
AND STEWART, HE TRIES TO GET
THROUGH, REED HOLDS ON AS THEY
FLY OVER THE DOUBLE JUMP.
MORE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF THEM
AS THEY GO INTO THE RHYTHM
SECTION.
HE GETSWAY ON THE 27.
NOW, HERE COMES JAMES, LISTEN
TO THE CROWD.
NEW LEADER IN INDIANAPOLIS,
JAMES STEWART.
THE CRASH, NONE OF IT MATTERS,
HE'S BACK OUT IN FRONT IN
CIRCLE CITY.
>> THAT IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE
EFFORT BY JAMES STEWART.
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE SEE HIM
ALMOST COME OFF THE BIKE AND
CHARGED BACK TO THE FRONT.
NOW, LET'S SEE IF REED CAN
RETALIATE.
IF HE HAS ANYTHING.
>> HERE HE COMES.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO RIDE
RIGHT UP IN FRONT OF HIM.
OVER THE FINISH LINE JUMP.
HERE IT IS, NOW, THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH THERE.
REED WAS SO GOOD OVER THAT
SINGLE JUMP EARLIER TODAY,
TAKING THE LEAD IN THE HEAT
RACE EARLIER.
AND BOY, IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS
TRYING THAT GAP RIGHT NOW.
>> STEWART, HE IS SO FOCUSED
NOW, HE MADE SOME MISTAKES
THERE, ACTUALLY, ON THE GROUND
AT ONE POINT.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, HE HAS PUT
HIS HEAD DOWN AND WORKED HARD
AND THAT IS AN IMPRESSIVE RIDE
WITH LESS THAN SIX LAPS TO GO,
HE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ONCE
AGAIN.
>> NOW, A 49-2 BY JAMES
STEWART.
THE FASTEST LAP ON THE NIGHT,
AND IT GOES TO NUMBER 7, THE
YAMAHA RIDER.
>> REED, THAT LAST LAP WAS
51.4.
THAT'S A TWO SECOND DIFFERENCE.
STEWART JUST ON THE GAS, IN
TOTAL COMMAND OF THE MA EVENT
NOW.
>> BUT NOW, LOOK AT HOW HE JUST
CHARGES THROUGH THOSE HOOKS.
ERIN, AN AMAZING RIDE BY JAMES
STEWART.
>> YES, AN AMAZING RIDE BY BOTH
GENTLEMEN FOR SURE.
THIS IS THE POINT AFTER LAST
LAP 15, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO
PLAY A FACTOR.
TONIGHT'S RACETRACK WAS
DESIGNED AND INSPIRED BY
MICHAEL.
WHAT HE DID, HE WANTED TO MAKE
IT BUSY WITH PLENTY OBSTACLES.■H
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE
ABOUT THIS TRACK IS THAT THERE
IS LITERALLY A LOT OF THE LAPS
HERE TO CATCH A BREATH AND TO
GET REJUVENATED.
WE'LL SEE WHO'S AT THE ULTIMATE
PEAK OF FITNESS AT THIS POINT.
>>YES, BOTH RIDERS, COMPLETELY
MOTIVATED.
BOTH RIDERS.
HERE HE COMES, I THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO GET HIM.
TP-RDZ . AND NOW, HE'S DOWN
AGAIN, UNBELIEVABLE.
AND REED, HE IS BACK IN THE
LEAD AGAIN.
WOW, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ENERGY
HERE.
AND THEY ARE HOSTING THEIR
FIRST SUPERCROSS EVENT.
THIS STADIUM HAS NOT LET IT
DONE.
THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
YOU HAVE PUT THAT AGAIN, A
GREAT TRACK DESIGN.
JAMES STEWART, RIGHT OUT THERE,
AND HE IS FACE DOWN IN THE
DIRT.
AND HE BOUNCED BACK THE LAST
TIME AND HE GOT THE LEAD BACK.
CAN HE DO IT NOW WITH THREE AND
A HALF TO GO?
AND I NEED TO POINT OUT, CHAD
REED HAS BEEN TELLING YOU ALL
SEASON LONG, I KNOW HIS
WEAKNESS, I JUST NEED TO CATCH
HIM UNDER PRESSURE TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
AND NOW, WITH THAT, WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
>> IT IS THE PRESSURE THERE.
STEWART, HE GOT BY, CHAD REED,
HE DID NOT BACK OFF.
HE GAVE IT EVERYTHING THAT HE
HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS
RIGHT THERE AND THAT IS JUST
THE SAME TURN THAT WE'RE IN
RIGHT NOW IS WHERE HE WENT
DOWN.
AND IT WAS THE PRESSURE FROM
BEFORE, WHERE REED, HE WAS OUT
FRONT AND STEWART, HE WENT DOWN
WHEN HE WAS IN SECOND.
AND THIS RACE IS NOT OVER.
THREE LAPS TO G ALL THE WAY TO
THE CHECKER FLAG.
>> AND NOW, YOU CANNOT COUNT
JAMES STEWART OUT.
IF THERE IS STILL THREE LAPS TO
GO, HE'S IN THE HUNT.
THAT'S WHY THESE STADIUMS,
AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY ARE
GETTING PACKED.
BECAUSE RIDERS LIKE THESE TWO,
THEY ARE PUTTING OUT INCREDIBLE
COMPETITION.
NOW, HE HAS HAD HIS PROBLEM
HERE TONIGHT.
AND JEFF, HE HAS HAD MAJOR
ISSUES, AND HE IS OUT.
BUT NOW, THE BIG THING TONIGHT,
JEFF, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLY,
IF JAMES STEWART CRASHES, HE
LOSES, AND NOW, HERE IS THE
PROBLEM THAT HE HAS ■HAD
TONIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE,
YOU CAN SEE HE LOSES THAT FOR
BOTH TIRES.
THAT IS A TOUGH LOSS.
HE GOES THROUGH THAT, COMES
OFF, HE GRABS A HANDFUL.
NOW, JUST INCREDIBLE.
ANOTHER SMALL MISTAKE HERE, WE
ALMOST SAW HIM IN THE SAND.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS IT IN THE
BAG.
A COUPLE LAPS LATER, THIS IS
WHAT HAPPENED.
AND JUST KIND OF CAVED OUT AND
YOU SAW THAT MOMENTUM.
NOW, LESS THAN TWO LAPS TO GO.
CHAD REED, HE HAS A NICE
COMFORTABLE LEAD.
AND I'M SURE THAT THE NERVES,
THEY ARE HIGH.
I'M TELLING YOU, FOR BOTH
RIDERS, I MEAN, I CANNOT
EXPLAIN THE TYPE OAF MOTIONAL
RUSH THAT THEY HAVE AND MENTAL
RUSH THAT YOU GET WHILE YOU'RE
IN THIS SORT OF A BATTLE.
CHAD REED, HE PICKS A PERFECT
ONE TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF THE
RACE.
I'M TELLING YOU, THE FANS OF
INDIANAPOLIS, THEY ARE ON THEIR
FEET, THEY ARE LOVING IT.
AND NOW, JEFF, THIS WILL MEAN
THAT THIS CHAMPIONSHIP BIKE,
HE'LL GO ALL THE WAY TO VEGAS,
EVEN IF HE WINS ALL THE RACES
FROM HERE ON OUT AND REED
FINISHES SECOND.
BECAUSE POINT WISE, IT WOULD ■H
ALL THE WAY TO VEGAS BEFORE
SOMEONE CAN QUIT.
AND NOW, WATCH, THIS WILL BE,
IF HE CAN HOLD ON FOR THE WIN,
THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, A
YAMAHA NOT ONCE, JAMES STEWART,
THE NEXT EIGHT, AND NOW, HERE
WE ARE, CHAD REED TRYING TO GET
A WIN FOR SUZUKI.
>> AND ALSO N IS A FIRST WIN
FOR THAT FUEL INJECTED SUZUKI
THIS YEAR.
>> DON'T FORGET, CHAD REED ON
THE LEFT AND HE IS ON HIS WAY
TO THE FIRST WIN AND NOW, CHAD
REED WINS HIS FIRST RACE OF
2009.
[ CHEERING ]
THE CROWD LOVING THIS ONE, WHAT
A SHOW.
AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, JEFF,
EVEN THOUGH THAT JAMES STEWART,
HE DIDN'T WIN TONIGHT, WHAT AN %
AMAZING RIDE BY THAT TRULY
CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL PERFORMANCE
BY BOTH RIDERS.
HE GETS HIS FIRST PODIUM OF THE
YEAR, AND CHAD REED, HE HAS NOT
WON SINCE VEGAS OF '08.
BUT THE MOMENTUM IS CAVED HERE
TONIGHT.
WE'LL BE BACK TO TALK TO HIM. S
GET READY.
>>> WELL, THERE'S A WORLD
CHAMPION BANNER.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CHAMPIONS
TO BATTLE IT OUT FOR THWIN
TONIGHT.
WHAT A BATTLE IT WAS AS WE GO
BACK IN OUR PROGRESSIVE
REPLAYS.
I'LL TELL YOU, WEEK AFTER WEEK,
IT COMES DOWN TO THE START.
NOW, LOOK HERE, NUMBER ONE, OUR
RAINING CHAMPION, GETS THE
PROGRESSIVE WHOLE SHOT.
THAT'S WHAT CHANGED THE WHOLE
SCENARIO HERE TONIGHT, STEWART
WAS NOT IN FRONT OF REED ON THE
FIRST LAP.
>> WELL, WE GAVE YOU THE STATS.
100% OF THE TIME, JAMES STEWART
DOES NOT CRASH, HE WINS.
TONIGHT, HE CRASHED TWICE.
A CHAD REED IS ON THE TOP STEP
OF THE PODIUM.
LET'S GO RIGHT DOWN TO ERIN.
>> Reporter: WELL GUYS, I DON'T
KNOW IF RACING GETS MORE
EXCITING THAN THAT.
BUT THE SPARKLE IS BACK IN CHAD
REED'S EYES.
NOW, CHAD, WHAT DID THIS RACE
DO TO YOU AS VICTORY AND YOUR
CONFIDENCE COMING INTO THE NEXT
COUPLE OF ROUNDS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT JUST
SHOWS THAT YOU NEVER GIVE UP
AND YOU NEED TO BE IN HERE TO
WIN IT.
HEADS OFF TO JAMES, YOU CANNOT
TAKE A NICKEL AWAY FROM HIM.
HE ROAD AWESOME, AND WELL, I
JUST TRIED TO STICK TO HIM.
I RAN LIKE CRAP OUTFRONT.
AS SOON AS I GOT BEHIND HIM, I
DID A LITTLE BETTER.
BUT HATS OFF TO ALL THE GUYS,
AND GETTING OUT THERE WITH ME.
YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL LIKE,
WELL, NOT PULLING THROUGH AND
JAMES HAS BEEN RIDING GREAT AND
NO EXCUSE ON MY PART, YOU KNOW?
AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN OUT THERE
GETTING THAT START AND YOU'LL
HAVE A SHOT AND WE KILLED THE
WHOLE SHOT AND YOU NEED TO BE
IN IT TO WIN IT.
THAT'S MY SAYING.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE GUYS
OUT THERE, AND YOU KNOW, THAT.
>> YOU SAID BEFORE IT ALL COMES
DOWN TO THE START, IF YOU GET
THAT START, YOUNOW HOW TO
PLAY ON HIS WEAKNESS, DID YOU
DO THAT?
WHAT DID YOU DO DIFFERENTLY
ABOUT YOUR STORY?
>> THAT IS WHAT RALPH SAID.
FOR ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT GOING
AND RIDING MY RACE AND RIGHT
AWAY I KNOW HOW I CAN AND I
KNOW THAT I HAVE A SHOT AT IT
IF I CAN.
JAMES HAS BEEN RIDING SOLID AND
I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE
BEEN STRONG ENOUGH.
TONIGHT, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN,
THE TRACK WAS REAL CHALLENGING
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE
BACK TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO GO OUT FRONT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON A SWEET
VICTORY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN I GET A SHOUT OUT FROM
CHAD REED?
>> NOW, LAS VEGAS, THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLOSE OUT
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND NOW, IN MY GO, ALL THE WAY
TO VEGAS, BECAUSE THE WAY THE
POINTS ARE STACKING UP, REED IS
GOING TO FORCE THIS ONE TO GO
ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE
YEAR.
YOU KNOW, HE HAS SEVEN PODIUMS
NOW AND TWO WINS, HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
AND LOOK AT THE POINTS.
I LIKE THAT PASS THERE.
THAT MEANS WE'RE TIED FOR
POINTS.
199 AGAIN.
>> YES.
>> FANTASTIC.
ANDREW SHORT SITS IN THIRD
HERE.
>>> WELL GUYS, JAMES STEWART
HAVING AN INCREDIBLE RIDE THIS
EVENING, A WILD RIDE AT THAT.
IT DID NOT COME EASY TONIGHT.
JAMES, TAKE US THROUGH, QUITE A
FEW MISTAKES, SEEING YOU ON THE
GROUND QUITE A FEW TIMES.
WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE?
>> WELL, THE TRACK WAS JUST
TOUGH.
AND YOU KNOW, HE WAS RIDING
WELL, AND I WENT DOWN, PASSED
HIM, CAUGHT HIM AGAIN, BUT YOU
KNOW, I NEED TO THANK EVERYONE
FOR THAT.
THAT WAS A FUN RACE.
I KIND OF NEEDED THAT A LITTLE
BIT.
AND I TOLD YOU THIS RACE WAS
GOING TO BE AWESOME.
20 LAPS FROM CHAD, PERFECT
LAPS, AND A LOT OF MISTAKES FOR
ME, BUT I'M GLAD I FELL TWICE,
STILL CAUGHT HIM, GETTING A LOT
OF MOTIVATION.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD
RACE.
IT WAS ALL GOOD.
>> THEY HAVE THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE AMA COVERAGE WITH
EXPERTS, ANALYSIS, VIDEO
RESULTS, NEW STORIES, POSTED -Z
A SOON AS THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE.
NOW, NO ONE COVERS AMA RACING
BETTER THAN THEM.
GO DOWN AND CENTER KEYWORD,
AMA.
HERE IS ERIN AGAIN.
>> MIKE ALESSI MAKES THE PODIUM
THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER,
OVERWHELMED, SATE LEAST.
MIKE, WHAT A MOMENT FOR YOU.
WHAT DOES IT TO YOU?
>> IT MEANS A LOT.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE GUYS,
MY MOM AND DAD, MY GIRLFRIEND,
DANIELLE, SUPPORTING ME SO
MUCH, I LOVE HER SO MUCH.
AND WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL
THE FAMILY AND YOU KNOW,
FRIENDS AND ALL THE SUPPORT.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I JUST HAD A GREAT TIME TONIGHT
AND THIS IS JUST ABOVE AND
BEYOND GETTING THE PODIUM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT
WEEK AT DAYTONA GETTING ON THE
PODIUM.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
KEEPING ME SAFE AND ALL THE
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND MY
GIRLFRIEND, AGAIN, JUST THANK
YOU AGAIN.
>>> INDIANAPOLIS IS IN THE
HISTORY BOOK.
NEXT WEEK IS DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
FIGHT WEEK, WE'LL BE THERE WITH
SUPERCROSS LITES AND THE
SUPERCROSS, PLUS ALL OF THE
SAME SHOWS SHOULD BE A
FANTASTIC WEEKEND.
SO LONG.