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>> CALL KEVIN WINDM THE
RAINMAN.
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>> CAREER VICTORY NUMBERpZZ
MATCH HIS NUMBER PLATE, SERIES
POINT LEADER CHAD REED HAD TO
ENDURE A HEARTBREAKING DEFEAT.
♪
I WALK A LONELY ROAD ♪
♪ THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE EVER
KNOWN ♪
6
6 -- ♪ I WALK ALONE ♪
>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE
SUPERCROSS RETURNS TO THE MOTOR
CITY.
♪ I WANT TO GET AWAY ♪
♪ I WANT TO FLY AWAY ♪
♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪ I WANT TO GET AWAY ♪
♪♪ I WANT TO FLY AWAY ♪
♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪
>> AMA SUPERCROSS STARTS RIGHT
NOW ONPEED.
CLOSED CAPTIONING BY:
CAPTION COLORADO, LLC
>> MONSTER ENEMY AMA SUPER
CROSS, A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP,
BACK INSIDE THE METRODOME IN
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, HI,
EVERYBODY, I'M RALPH SHEHIN,
ALONG WITH JEFF AND WE'RE
OUTSIDE THE DOME.
IT IS 20 DEGREES AND A LITTLE
SNOW ON THE GROUND BUT MOST
IMPORTANT, IT IS DRY UNLIKE A
FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE MOMENTUM HAS SHIFTED TO THE
RED CAMP.
>> LAST WEEK WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE
CHAD REED HAD DAYTONA WRAPPED UP
IN THE LEGENDARY RACE, HIS MOTOR
GOES DOWN. AND LET'S NOT FORGET
DAVELY ROSS THIS YEAR.
HE REALLY HAS THE MOMENTUM AND
THE LOOK TO BELONG ON THE PODIUM
AND I LOOK FOR HIM TO BE A
SERIOUS CONTENDER HERE AT THE
DOME.
>> HERE AFTER THE DAYTONA
SPEEDWAY, HOW DOES THE SUPER
TRACK ACT?
>> WELL, TABS LOT OF FLOW, A
NICE WIND SECTION.
HE IS GOOD ON THIS TRACK.
THE PROBLEM IS HE IS UNDER THE
WEATHER AND THAT COULD PLAY A
FACTOR IN THE RACE.
>> WE CAUGHT UP WITH CHAD AND
ASKED HIM, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
DAYTONA.
>> WELL, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT
DOMINATED THE WEEKEND AND IT WAS
TOUGH TO WALK AWAY FROM THE BIKE
AND KNOW I COULDN'T THROW IT
OVER MY SHOULDER.
THAT WAS A LONG WALK BACK TO THE
PITS AND THE FIRST TIME I HAVE
EVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN
MY LIFE.
IT WAS A LONG WEEKEND FOR SURE.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE ATV
UNTAMED TRACK MAT.
I THINK ONE OF THE KEY PLACES ON
THE TRACK WILL BE THIS SECTION
OVER HERE PLUS THERE IS AN
ON-OFF OVER HERE JUST BEFORE THE
FINISH THAT IS REALLY CONFUSING
IN PRACTICE, WHICH LINE WAS
GOING TO BE THE FASTEST.
INSIDE WAS A LITTLE BETTER AFTER
THE PRACTICE BUT WE'LL SEE HOW
IT SHAPES UP THE REST OF THE
NIGHT.
>> LET'S GO DOWN TO PRACTICE.
>> Reporter: NUMBER 27 CHAD REED
GOT PENALIZED MOVING HIM BACK IN
POSITION.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> TODAY UNFORTUNATELY, NOT THAT
MUCH BETTER.
NUMBER 22 IS FEELING UNDER THE
WEATHER.
SAYS HE WILL MUSTER UP ENOUGH
ENERGY AS HE CAN TO COME OUT
HERE BUT HE DID PRACTICE THIS
AFTERNOON.
SAID HE WOULD SLEEP IT OFF AND
GIVE IT EVERYTHING HE HAS GOT
OUT HERE.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHAD REED.
>> TOP NINE GOING TO THE MAIN
EVENT TONIGHT.
LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER GIVEN TO
OUR FINAL TWO RIDERS.
20 RIDERS, FINAL LAPS.
AT THE BACK OF THE STARTING
LINE, IT IS EXTREMELY LOUD
THERE.
STARTING LINEUP ACROSS THE
STREET AS WE DROP THE GATE AND
GO RACING.
>>> IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE JOE
GIBBS RACING TEAM RIDERS.
IT IS.
JOSH HAMPTON TAKING THE EARLY
LEAD.
HE IS IN SECOND BUT COMING RIGHT
WITH HIM IS DAVY MILSAP.
TRYING TO GET INSIDE AND HAMPTON
HOLDS HIM ON.
ALL THE RIDERS STACKED UP THERE.
REED REALLY CAME IN HOT.
MILSAP HAS TO CHECK UP, ALSO.
THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN
HANSON OUT FRONT ALL YEAR BUT
WATCH HIM TO GO WORK.
>> CUTTING INSIDE TO HANS SON,
LOOKS LIKE HE HAS THE DRIVE.
HERE IS THE ON OFF.
IT WILL PLAY OFF.
HE TAKES A WIDER LINE AND REED
WILL READ IT ACROSS THE FINISH
LINE JUMP.
OH, HANSON CUTS HIM OFF.
BATTLE FOR MILSAP TO COME
INSIDE.
VERY AGGRESSIVE TO TAKE THE
LEAD.
THREE RIDERS GOING AT IT, JOSH
GOES FROM FIRST BACK TO FOURTH
IN AN INSTANT.
THE NUMBER 40 YAMAHA GETTING
INTO THE MIX.
MILSAP IS UP TO SECOND.
HANSON NOW TO THIRD.
HERE COMES HILLBACK INSIDE.
ON THE 40.
HANSON IS ON THE 100 AND THAT
QUESTION ON THE 11th COMING ON
THE GREEN CAN A -- KAWASAKI,
HE IS IN■■
FIFTH.
STARTING TO GET THE GROOVE DOWN
AND FEEL THE SPEED OF THESE
LEADERS.
COMING IN ON THE KAWASAKI, AFTER
THE LAST REQUIRED WAS INJURED.
WITH THE RACING EXPERIENCE THIS
YEAR, WHAT DO THE REST OF THE
GUYS HAVE?
>> THIS IS HANSON AFTER TAKING
THE LEAD.
HE IS THE 100.
MAKES A BIG MISTAKE.
REED GOES BY ON THE RIGHT.
MILSAP GOES BY ON THE LEFT J
JOSH GILL IS AGGRESSIVE ALSO.
>> HOW AGGRESSIVE WAS JOSH REED
ON THAT PASS?
UNBELIEVABLE.
NOT FEELING WELL TODAY, HAVING A
BIRTHDAY AND TRYING TO MAKE UP
FOR THAT HEARTBREAKING LOSS IN
DAYTONA.
>> AND WHAT CONFIDENCE A
REQUIRED HAS TO HAVE LIKE CHAD
REED WHO ALMOST GOES OFF E
SIDE OF THE TRACK THERE.(f3=■
CONFIDENT IN HIS SKILLS AND HIS
MEMORY OF THE TRACK BUT HE
MISSES ONE, GOES BACK, TAKES
NAP.
THIS IS A GUY WHO KNOWS EXACTLY
WHAT HE HAS TO DO TO GET READY
FOR TONIGHT'S EVENT.
>> WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID HE IS ONE
OF THE GRITTIEST RIDERS IN THE
GROUP AND EVEN WITH A BROKEN AND
BEAT-UP BODY, HE FINDS THE WAY
TO COME BACK AND CHALLENGE THE
RIDERS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
CHAD REED LEADING HERE IN THE
FIRST SUPERCROSS SERIES IN THE
METRO DOME IN MINNEA
>> PAST THE HALFWAY POINT HERE
IN HEAT NUMBER ONE AND CHAD
REED, THE AUSTRALIAN POINTS
LEADER CONTINUES TO LEAD HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
HE HAS OPENED UP THE GAP OF TWO
SECONDS BETWEEN HIM AND JAMIE
MILLSAPS.
>> HE WAS DOMINATING EARLY AND
THEN GOT DOMINATED.
WATCH RIGHT HERE.■■
ON THE SIDE OF THE TRACK, LANDS
ON THE ROUGH WAY OVER HERE.
HAS TO BE VERY DISAPPOINTING
AFTER GRABBING THE TOP SPOT AND
QUALIFYING POSITION IN THE HEAT.
>> TALKED WITH JOSH AND HE WAS
SO DESPERATELY HOPING TO PUT A
GOOD RUN TOGETHER FOR THE JOE
GIBBS RATING TEAM.
JUST NOT HAPPENING YET.
HERE IS!ç THE POST FOR THESE
RIDERS.
JAMIE, MILLSAPS AND THEN NUMBER
14.
>> HE WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY LAST
WEEK IN DAYTONA, IN A NICE,
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT
WAS DRY.
I THINK THEY ALL HAD SMILES ON
THEIR FACES.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THE NEW MAZDA-YAMAHA CAMERA
COMPANY, HAS A CAMERA ON THE
SIDE.
>> IT IS NOT A SPEED-TV CAMERA
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T SHOW
YOU WHAT JOSH IS SEEING.
>> THESE RIDERS ARE REALLY
CADRIED IN HERE.
I KNOW IT IS THE LAST HEAT OF
THE QUALIFYING RACE AND THEY
COULD BE SAVING A LITTLBIT.
THERE IS A 47.3, A 47.4 AND A
47.5.
>> AND HE HAD BETTER NOT CROSS
TOO MUCH BECAUSE MILLSAPS IS
RIGHT ON IT.
CHAD REED FINDS THE STRENGTH AND
THE ENERGY TO PULL OFF A RACE
HEAT WIN.
>> 20 LAPS INSTEAD OF EIGHT.
>> AND YOU SAW HOW THEY WERE
CLOSING IN.
GOOD JOB FOR CHAD REED.
HE CAN REST AND TAKE A REST.
LOTS TO SEE AND DO OUTSIDE THE
DOME AS THE RIDERS ARE
INTRODUCED TO THE CROWD HERE IN
MINNESOTA.
>>> WELL, THIS CROWD JUST
WITNESSED CHAD REED TAKING THE
WIN IN THE FIRST AMA SUPERCROSS
RUN IN MINNEAPOLIS.
HERE IS THE REST OF THE GROUP.
TOMMY HAHN DEBUTING IN THE
SUPERCROSS CLASS.
>> CHAD, I WAS AMAZED YOU WERE
ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF.
WITH THE WAY YOU ARE FEELING,
HOW DID YOU FIND THE ENERGY TO
PULL THAT OFF?
>> WELL, WE HAD TO.
HE GOT A LITTLE HANDY ON ME
THERE AT THE LAST MINUTE BUT I
KNOW I HAVE THE SPEED AND JUST
HAVE TO GET CLEAR AND BRING MY
BREATHING DOWN.
IT WILL BE BACK OUT THERE
TONIGHT AND MY BIRTHDAY SO THAT
WILL BE A LITTLE MOTIVATION.
>> ONE LUCKY DUDE WILL WIN A
TRIP TO VEGAS FOR THE SUPERCROSS
FINALS.
TAKE HOME YOUR VERY OWN KAWASAKI
MOTORCYCLE.
LOG ON TO TYPE IN THE KEYWORTH
"DUDE" NOW.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF
CHAD REED CAN MUSCLE THE ENERGY
TO PICK UP THE WIN.
THE STARTING LINEUPS ACROSS THE
TOP OF THE SCREEN.
THERE IS RYAN DUNGEE, NUMBER 28,
DEBUTING TARGET, A
MINNEAPOLIS-MINNESOTA BASED
COMPANY AND A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
BY RYAN THAT HE HAS LANDED THEM
AS A SPONSOR.
>> BRIAN DUNGEE WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE HIS FIRST SUPER ACROSS
EVENT HERE INSIDE THE DOME. A
LOT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE
CHECKING HIM OUT.
>> AND THE FIRST TIME HE HAS
BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE SPORT SO
A BIG STATEMENT ON WHERE THIS
EVENT IS HEADED.
DAVID MILLSAPS COMING UP ON THE
PODIUM.
KEVIN WINDHAM GETTING THE WHOLE
SHOT OF THE 14.
THE DAYTONA SUPERCROSS WINNER
INCLUDING NATHAN RAMSEY AND
ANTONIO WHO WON A WEEK AGO.
BOUNCER IS ON THE 102 AND RYAN
CLASSROOM OF THE 49.
MEANWHILE, THE 14 OF KEVIN
WINDHAM IS LEADING.
>> WITH THE HEAT RACES HERE
TONIGHT, WE HAVE SEEN THAT SORT
OF SECOND TURN IS REALLY CAUSING
A PROBLEM.
A MUCH BETTER CHANCE TO WIN IT.
>> WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN FOR
KEVIN WINDHAM.
TAKES THE OPENING WIN THIS YEAR.
YOU GO TO THE BIGGEST RACE OF
THE YEAR IN DAYTONA AND HE WINS
THAT ONE AS WELL IN AN EPIC
SUPERCROSS RACE.
>> YOU TAKE A LOOK AT DUNGEY
HERE, HE IS HAVING A GOOD YEAR,
HAVING A LOT OF FUN RACING HIS
MOTORCYCLE JUST LIKE A LITTLE
BOY. AND LOOK AT DUNGEE MAKING
THE MOVE HERE.
>> GUESTING INSIDE JOHNSON ON
THE 256.
LET'S STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK
AT THE START OF THIS ONE, JEFF,
ON HEAT NUMBER TWO.
>> THE FIRST TURN BACK HERE,
THIS IS THE SECOND TURN.■
ONLY THE RIDERS THAT ACTUALLY
DOUBLED THIS COME AWAY CLEAN.
IT IS WHEN THE RIDERS HAVE TO
TAKE THIS -- KIND OF LIKE
STEP-UP DOUBLE, THAT IS GOING TO
CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS.
>> SHORT HERE JUST TO THE
INSIDE.
THAT'S TYLER THAT WENT DOWN.
>> NUMBER NINE, YES.
>> GOT GOBBLED UP THERE AND
NOWHERE TO GO.
>> OVER THE TOP OF YEAR CROON,
HOLDING THE TRANSFER SPOT, GOING
TO THE MAIN.
FIGHT FOR FIST IS A GOOD ONE.
THE NUMBER 12 SUZUKI BATTLING IN
THERE.
THAT WAS SORBY.
JOHNSON ALSO.
THAT WAS SORBY WHO GOT PAST AND
KEVIN WINDHAM WHO FINISHED HIS
TOP FIVE OF THE SEASON JUST A
WEEK AGO AT DAYTONA, SO HE IS
BUILDING UP A BIT OF A MOMENTUM.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK FOR MORE
AFTER THESE WORDS.
>> WORKING HIS WAY PAST THE
HALFWAY POINT HERE IN HEAT
NUMBER TWO FOR THE SUPERCROSS
CLASS, RETURNING TO MINNEAPOLIS
FOR THEERqcs FIRST TIME IN FOURS
AND KEVIN WINDHAM WHO WAS WARNEl
HERE AT BOTH SUPERCROSS AND
SUPERCROSS LIGHT IS IN THE LEAD
HERE IN HEAT TWO.
NUMBER 29, HE HAS SEVEN POINTS
RIGHT NOW.
JUST GOT PAST JOHNSON WHO IS
COMING UNDER FIRE WITH HIS
TEAMMATE JASON THOMAS.
RIDERS AND BIKES LOOKING ALIKE.
>> HE HAS BEEN AWFUL CLOSE TO
PULLING OFF A WIN AS WELL.
A SHORT TRIP TO THE LINE, SIXTH
PLACE RIGHT BEHIND ERIC SORBY.ze
>> HE IS REELING IN SORBY AT A
RAPID PACE RIGHT NOW.
ON THE 17, HE JUST PULLS OVER
AND LET HIM RIGHT BY.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I DON'T KNOW.
[LAUGHTER]5yjTy
>> I GUESS SORBY IS HAPPY WITH
WHERE HE IS IN QUALIFYING
POSITION.P>éa
>> YEAH, KIND OF WEIRD.
DOESN'T TO WANT GET TOO GOOD OF
A GATE PICK, YOU KNOW, THE
EXPECTATIONS AND ALL.
>> YEAH.
>> CHARLES SUMMEY ON THE 24, ON
THE 28, DUNGEE.
I WATCHED THE QUALIFYING
PRACTICE AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
YOU KNOW THIS IS THE BEST I HAVE
SEEN HIM IN SUPERCROSS ALL YEAR.
THAT TELLS ME THAT THIS TEAM --
WE GOT THE BIKE STYLE IN AND
REALLY FEELING GOOD --
>> WITH THAT STUNT THERE HE GETi
THE DRIVE THAT HE NEEDED.
>> THE MORE EXPERIENCED REQUIRED
WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WASN'T
QUITE CLOSE ENOUGH AND IF YOU
ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT MOVE, IT
WILL HAVE TO BE ANOTHER BIKE TO
PULL THAT OFF.
>> AND HE BECOMES A MORE AND
MORE EXPERIENCED RUNNER AT EVERY
LAP, DOESN'T HE?
>> YEAH, AND I THINK THAT IS A
GREAT MOVE FOR DUNGEE WHO LED
THE WEST COAST WIDE SERIES.
THE BEGINNING PART OF THEzF[
SERIES, JUST HAD A DISASTEROUS
MIDDLE SECTION FOR THAT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT HE IS
DOWN RATING ON THE BIGGER BIKE
HERE, GAINING EXPERIENCE WITH
THE SUPERCROSS AND WITH ONE RACE
LEFT, STILL HOPEFUL IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> HERE COMES THE HOMETOWN
CROWD.
KEVIN WINDHAM MAKES HIS WAY TO
THE CHECKERED FLAG TO WIN HEAT
NUMBER TWO AND DUNGEE, MAKING
HIS WAY AROUND THE PILE, /
COUPLE OF CORNERS, WILL TAKE
SECOND.
>> AND IF THE FANS GO CRAZY FOR
DUNGEE GETTING SECOND IN A HEAT■
RACE LIKE THAT, IMAGINE IF HE
WINS THE NEXT EVENT.
>> AND HERE IS A GROUP OF THE
NEXT NINE RIDERS GOING IN THE
NEXT MAIN EVENT.
WINDHAM WILL LEAD OFF.
WE'LL GO MEET HIM WITH ERIN.
>> Reporter: HE WAS THE LAST GUY
TO TAKE A WIN HERE IN 2004 AND
WITH A HEAT WIN LIKE THAT, IS IT
POSSIBLE WE MAY SEE ANOTHER
VICTORY OUT OF YOU YET?
>> WELL, IT IS POSSIBLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CBS,
DUNLAP, I WOULD LIKE TO BE REAL
FOCUSED SO WHEN I COME BACK HERE
I WILL WIN IT AGAIN.
>>> OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK ATNt
THE FINAL
HEAT OF QUALIFIERS.
HERE IS BALBI, OH, AND LOOK AT
NUMBER 27.
TWO RIDERS GOING DOWNqLe IN THE
HEAT OF THAT PASS.
THAT WAS PAUL CARPENTER, AND
WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE FINAL LAP
HERE IN THE LAST QUALIFIER.
SO THIS WILL ROUND OUT OUR 20
RIDER MAIN EVENT.
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE FOR
WHEN YOU WE COME BACK.
>> NOW YOU CAN GET THE LATEST
RACERS OFF THE NEWS WITH WEEKLY
ALERTS ON SPEED.
JUST TEXT THE NUMBERsbzLñ ON YOR
,hNE TO RECEIVE FREE RACING
TEXT ALERTS.
PRESENTED BY KAWASAKI.
CHILLY NIGHT OUTSIDE THE
METRODOME BUT THE RACING HAS
BEEN GOODgvún INSIDE THE DOME HE
IN MINNESOTA.
FOR THE BLUE TEAM IT HAS BEEN
CHAD REED AND JOSH HILL.
HOW DO YOU SIZE THOSE GUYS UP
TONIGHT?E
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>> WELL, THEY ARE ALL LINKED
TOGETHER SPEED-WISE.
I THINK THE KEY THING WILL BE
THE START AND THE TRACK POSITION
Te THE BEGINNING PART OF THE
WHOEVER GETS OUT THERE GETS A
LITTLE BIT OF DISTANCE AND
DOESN'T HAVE%;
OTHER RIDERS.
HE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOOT OFF THE
RIDERS RACE.
BUT REMEMBER CHAD REED IS NOT
FEELING WELL TONIGHT SO CAN HE
GO THE FULL 20 LAPS?
I GUESS WE'LL WAIT AND SEE.
>> GETTING READY FOR THE MAIN
EVENT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THE RIDERS IN THE GAME.
20 RIDERS FOR 20 LAPS.
CHAD REED, AND THE OTHERS HAVE
ALL SEEN CHECKERED FLAGS BUT
LOOK AT THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO
DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE MAIN
EVENT.
>> CARPENTER DOWN ON THE LAST
LAP IN THE LCQ BUT WILL BE IN
THE MAIN BASE.
>> STARTING GRID GOING ACROSS
THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.
CHAD REED NOT FEELING WELL AT?
ALL BUT WON THEII
QUESTIONED WHETHER HE WOULD BE
ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE LINE
AT THE MAIN EVENT.
WITH HIS COACH, WENT BACK TO
RELAX, GET HIMSELF BACK IN THE
GAME.
HERE WE GO, MAIN EVENT TIME.
AND THE METOWN KID DUNGEY GETS
THE HOME SHOT.
>> AND LISTEN TO THE CROWD.
THEY ARE LOVING IT.
>> AND HE IS TRYING TO PULL AWAY
WITH JOSH HILL RIGHT BEHIND HIM
IN THE YAMAHA.
CHAD REED IS FIFTH.
WHAT AN AMAZING START TO THE
MANY EVENT FOR RYAN DUNGEY.
MAYBE THAT HOMETOWN RIDE WORKING
FOR ALL THE RIDERS THIS YEAR
WILL WORK FOR RYAN DUNGEE ALSO.
>> HOW BIG WILL IT BE FOR DUNGEE
IF HE COMES OUT AND WINS A
SUPERCROSS EVENT.
HE HAS SOME SERIOUSLY FAST
RIDERS AND 19 MORE EVENTS IF
TONIGHT'S DO THAT.
>> JOSH HILL RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
HE WAS RIGHT IN THERE ON THE
HEAT WAVE.
THE LAST TIME 47.3 FROM FIVE
DIFFERENT RIDERS.
ALL THOSE RIDERS LINED UP BEHIND
DUNGEY.
>> THIS ONE IS SETTING UP TO BE
A GOOD FIGHT.
KEVIN WINDAM AND SHORT, THE TWO
HONDA RIDERS BEHIND HIM IN THIRD
AND FOURTH.
TO THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN0ç■2z ,
ONCE YOU GET TO 10th PLACE,
THAT IS MILLSAP WHO WAS RUNNING
10th IN CONTENTION BUT THAT
WILL REALLY PUT HIM OUT OF THE
LEAD.
WINNER OF TWO-TIME ALREADY,
THERE YOU SEE HIM IN FOURTH.
JUST ON THE BACK OF THE LEAD
PASS, CHAD REED.
VERY IMPORTANT.
MAKING THE MOVE, TRYING TO GET
INSIDE AND JUST NOT THE START TO
THIS RACE THAT REED WANTED.
HE WANTED TO GET AWAY EARLY.
>> EXACTLY BUT WHAT HE NEEDS TO
TO IS CONTROL THE ENERGY
OUTFLOW.
AND HERE IS REED AND DUNGEY
LOSES THE LEAD TO JOSH HILL.
JOSH HILL STARTING TO TRY TO GAP
HIMSELF OVER RYAN DUNGEE AND
WINDHAM REELING IN DUNGEE.
NOW, REMEMBER HE IS A ROOKIE TO
THE SUPERCROSS CLASS.
THIS IS ONLY HIS SECOND SEASON
TO SUPERCROSS IN GENERAL.
>> LET'S GO BACK TO SHOW YOU HOW
THE LEAD CAME ABOUT.
>> DUNGEE WANTING TO SQUARE UP,
COME DOWN HERE, FORCED WIDE.
VERY AGGRESSIVE MOVE.
>> HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT
FOR A COUPLE OF LAPS AND FINALLY
GOT IT RIGHT WHERE HE NEEDED IT.
LOOKING TO BE A FIRST-TIME
WINNER ON THEv
WINDHAM FIGHTING WITH CHAD REED.
WHAT WAS I SAYING ABOUT REED
CONSERVING ENERGY?
SEEMS LIKE HE IS LAY CONTINUING
IT ALL OUT ON THE LINE NOW.
VERY AGGRESSIVE AND QUICK, NOT
WASTING ANY TIME.
>> WELL, YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW
MUCH ENERGY HE IS GOING TO HAVE
LEFT AT THE END OF THIS ONE.
ERIN?
>> Reporter: GUYS, THIS TRAP HAS
BEEN RUNNING A LOT OF PROBLEMS
ALL NIGHT LONG.
VERY AGGRESSIVE BUT THE ON-OFF
SECTION BEFORE THE FINISH LINE,
WE JUST WITNESSED THE PROBLEM
THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING ALL DAY.
KEVIN PUT HIS FOOT OUT AND GAVE
IT UP TO HAHN TO GIVE THE WAY.
>> A LITE REQUIRED MOONLIGHTING
HERE ON THE MICHIGAN COAST TO
GAIN SOME EXPERIENCE IN THE
SUPERCROSS.
YOU CAN SEE CHAD REED GETTING
AGGRESSIVE.
HE HAS A HOTLINE HERE ON THE
INSIDE AND HE STEPS UP.
DUNGEY WAY PAST THE SUZUKI
REQUIRED RIDER
AND UP GOES CHAT REED.
HILL LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST WIN
BUT THE METRODOME HAS NEVER
PRODUCED A FIRST-TIME WINNER.
JOSH HILL HERE.
I AM TELLING YOU, CHAD REED IS
ON THE MOVE RIGHT NOW.
HE IS REALLY FINDING A GREAT
LINE FROM THE TRACK.
LOOK HOW HE ROCKETS ON THE
ON-OFF.
THAT IS IF HE IS ABLE TO CLIMB
HIS WAY TO THE BACK OF THE HILL.
THIS IS WHERE HE IS ALSO PAST
THE INSIDE.
>> KEVIN WINDHAM UNCORKING THE
FASTEST LAP AT 47.2 AND HE IS
GOING TO NEED TO DO THAT WHILE
REED TURNED IN THREE SECONDS
FASTER ON THE LEAD THAN OUR
LEADER JOSH HILL.
>> I AM WONDERING ABOUT REED FOR
THE LONG HAUL HERE.
HE LOOKS STRONG NOW BUT HE WAS
QUESTIONING WHETHER HE WOULD BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE IT TO THE
GAME.
>> AND HE IS EIGHT OF 20 DOWN.
>> DOING WONDERS TO MAKE YOUz
FEEL BETTER.
>> AND OBVIOUSLY FLOWING FOR
CHAD REED AS HE REELS IN JOSH■
>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE METRO
DOME IN MINNEAPOLIS WHERE CHAD
REED IS RUNNING IN SECOND PLACE
IN THE FINAL EVENT.
CHAD REED COMES DOWN HERE IN THE
METRO DOME.
HE WAS UP TO SECOND PLACE,
CLOSING IN ON JOSH HILL WHEN ALL
OF A SUDDEN, REED IS OUT OF IT.
AND WHAT A MOMENTUM KILLER FOR
CHAD REED AS WE LOOK AT THE
REPLAY.
HE HAD A HOTLINE AND GOT HIS PAD
DOWN.
OH, MAN, RODE THAT YAMAHA IN.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF HE
HAD GOT OVER THE FRONT OF THE
BIKE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN
THE BIKE IN AND LAY IT OVER, HE
WOULD HAVE GONE STRAIGHT OUT TO
THE SUBWAY SANDWICH ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE BERM.
>> WELL TALK ABOUT AN ENERGY
ZAPPER.
>> OH, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
NOW HE IS HAVING TO COLLECT HIS
ENERGY, PICK HIS BIKE UP.
>> AND THAT HAS PUT REED WAY
BACK.
WATCHING CHAD REED REGAIN HIS
RHYTHM, GET HIS WAY BACK UP TO
THE FIELD.■
HE WILL NEED THIS IN THE POINT
CHASE WITH HILL, DUFFY AND
WINDHAM ALL AHEAD OF HIM NOW.
>> ACTUALLY SCORING HIS SEVENTH,
HE GAVE UP A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF POINTS TO KEVIN WINDHAM WHO
WAS SEVENTH IN POINTS.
RIGHT NOW HE IS HOLDING THIRD.
>> HIS SECOND CAREER WORSE
FINISH IN 90 STARTS.
RUNNING AT EIGHTH AND THE
MOMENTUM JUST GETTING PULLED OUT
OF CHAD REED THIS YEAR.
HERE IS DUNGEY STILL CHASING
DOWN JOSH HILL.
HOW ABOUT THESE GUYS, ARE THEY
FANTASTIC?
>> JOSH HILL WHO WE THOUGHT
LOOKED GREAT ALL DAY.
THE Cx THIS ARE DOMINATING)
EVENT IN MINNEAPOLIS.
>> TWO-TIME WINNER ALREADY IN
KEVIN WINDHAM.
HE WILL HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER LARGE
CHUNK OUT OF CHAD REED WITH A
LOT OF RACING LEFT TO GO.
HERE COMES THE 14.
KEVIN WINDHAM, A FORMER WINNER
IN THE METRO DOME.
PUTTING IN A VERY STRONG RIGHT
RIGHT NOW BUT REALLY HAS NOTHING
MORE ON OUR LEADER.
THE ROOKIE REQUIRED, JUST RIDIN:
A SELECT NUMBER OF RACES.
>> THERE YOU SEE JOSH HILL.
>> AND DUNGEY IN THE YELLOW BIKE
ON THAT HILL.
>> WELL THEY JUST WENT BY US.
>> THE ROOKIES HAVE TOTALLY
DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM THE
VETERANS.
AND IN COMES ANDREW SHORT.
LOCK WHO%
TOMMY HAHN ON THE FIFTH, MAKING
HIS WAY UP ON THE 450.
>> HE HAS REALLY HAD PROBLEMS
WORKING HIS WAY UP THE TOP FIVE.
>> THERE IS CHAD REED LISTED IN
EIGHTH.
JEFF, THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS
ANYTHING BUT OVER.
>> WELL, EARLIER IN THE SEASON,
CHAD REED WAS ABSOLUTELY ON
CRUISE CONTROL AND WINNING
RACES.
THE LAST PIT HERE, THINGS HAVE
REALLY CHANGED FOR HIM.
>> YOU AND I SAW HIM IN THE
TUNNEL JUST BEFORE THE NIGHT GOT
UNDERWAY.
HE WAS FEELING VERY CONFIDENT,
VERY PUMPED UP BUT VERY CALM,
TOO.
HE HAS EVERYTHING COMING
TOGETHER AT THE RIGHT TIME.
>> HE WAS JUST HAVING A GREAT
TIME RACING HIS MOTO CROSS BIKE,
DOESN'T TAKE IT TOO(j SERIOUSLYT
LEAST WITH US BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT
HE IS DOING IS COSTING HIMSELF
SOME RIDES.
>> ALMOST NINE SECONDS BEHIND
OUR RACE LEADR.
>> WE HAVE FOUR RIDERS IN THE
42nd-LAP RANGE.
DUNG EY WITH THE 47.9, SO HE
COULD ACTUALLY WRAP THIS THING
UP AND MAKE THE HOME CROWD
REALLY GO CRAZY WITH FOUR AND A
HALF TO GO.
>> WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE
SECTION.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT DUNGEY, DON'T
FORGET HE IS CHASING THAT WEST
COAST CHAMPIONSHIP AND GETTING
SO MUCH MORE CONFIDENT HE TIME
HE COMES OUT FROM ONE OF THESE
BIG CLASS RACES.
THAT WILL REALLY PUT HIM IN A
GREAT MENTAL POSITION FOR THAT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> I LIKE WHAT I AM SEEING OUT
OF RYAN DUNGEY RIGHT NOW.
THE LAST LAP HERE WILL FALL OFF
AND THAT WILL GIVE HIM A SECOND
OR TWO EXTRA TO WORK WITH.
>> HE TOLD ME I KNOW I CAN RIDE
WITH THE BEST SUPERCROSS RACERS
IN THE WORLD.
>> JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE
YELLOW FENDER THERE TO THE RIGHT
OF YOUR SCREEN.
FURTHER DOWN TO THE START.
HE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
GETTING ON THE BREAKS, POSTING
THE RIDERS OFF AND THEN AROUND
THE FIRST TERM WITH A LOT OF
MOMENTUM SO THE OTHER RIDERS
CAN'T SNEAK BY HIM ON THE RIGHT
SIDE.
>> DAVID DOME FIGHTING FOR EVERY
POINT WITH CHAD REED.
>> THIS WILL GIVE HIM AN EXTRA
POINT AND MAYBE THE POSITION.
>> REED GETS AROUND.
TO THE OUTSIDE ON THE CAMBRE.
HE REALLY HAS A GREAT LINE
THERE.
I AM SURE THAT WAS SOMETHING HE
WAS PLANNING ON USING TO TAKE
THE LEAD.
>> NOW ABOUT A SECOND AND A HALF
IN FRONT OF HIM IS DAVIE
MILLSAP.
>> CHAD REED PUTTING HIM IN A
FANTASTIC RIDE, KNOWING HE WAS
EXTREMELY SICK COMING IN TODAY,
DIDN'T EVEN RIGHT IN THE
QUALIFYING PRACTICE, TRYING
CONSERVE HIS ENERGY.
>> JUST THREE LAPS TO GO.
JOSH HILL.
THERE HE IS ON THE NUMBER 40.
>> SO WHAT HAS TO BE GOING
THROUGH HIS MIND?
KNOWING JOSH HILL, HE IS
PROBABLY JUST ON A GREAT RIDE,
NOT THINKING ABOUT IT TOO MUCH
AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE
NEEDS TO DO.
RIGHT NOW HE HAS A FIVE-SECOND
LEAD AS HE MOVES AROUND THE
INSIDE OF THE TIP AND TIPTOE3)+7
AROUND THE CAMERA.
>> HE HAS NOT DONE VERY WELL IN
THE MUD BUT HAS A TOP FIVE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THIS
LAST COUPLE OF LAPS SO EASY FOR
JOSH HILL, HE HAS ANOTHER ROOKIE
BEHIND HIM.
THIS WILL BE A BRAVE RIDE FOR
DUNGEE, ALSO THE BEST FOR HIS
CAREER.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
OF THE POINTS LEADER TRYING TO
MAKE UP POINTS AND PRESSURING
FOR THE LEAD.
>> WHAT A GREAT POSITION FOR
REED.
>> YOU GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK
AT HOW THIS NIGHT WENT.
GOT A HORRIBLE START.
>> THAT IS CHAD REED IN THE BACK
FOR 22.
AND HE GETS DUNGEE HERE.
>> BACK WITH THE LINE THAT HE
HAD WORKING.
EXACT SAME LINE THIS TIME.
>> AND HE ENDS UP FACE-FIRST IN
THE DIRT AND NOW HE IS WORKING
HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE FIELD AND
IS NUMBER SEVEN.
>> A VERY SUCCESSFUL RIDE.
>> AND JOSH HILL STARTING TO
CELEBRATING.
JOSH HILL, THE METRODOME HAS
NEVER PRODUCED A ROOKIE RIDER
BUT THERE IS A FIRST TIME FOR
EVERYTHING.
HE BEGGED YAMAHA TO LET HIM RIDE
THE BIG BIKE AND IT FINALLY PAYS
IN AS HE WINS HIS FIRST
SUPERCROSS EVENT AND HE DOES IT
IN THE METRODOME.
NOW HE CAN CELEBRATE.
IT IS TRUE.
JOSH HILL THE SUPERCROSS WINNER.
HE WILL COME BACK
>> WELL, THERE IS A LOT OF
CELEBRATING FOR JOSH HILL.
THAT IS JIM PERRY RIGHT THERE
WHO RUNS THE YAM MA FACTORY
TEAM.
ALL THE YAMAHA GUYS GIVING HIM A
BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. A FORCED
WIN FOR THE FACTORY HERE IN
YAMAHA AT THE METRODOME AND THE
FIRST WIN AS YOU LOOK AT THE
FACTORY TEAM, CHAD REED, A
SATELLITE TEAM FOR THE FACTORY.
BUT IT REALLY WAS A NIGHT FOR
THE ROOKIE.
HAHN ON HIS FIRST SUPERCROSS
EVENT GETS FIFTH.
>> ERIN, YOU GET TO INTERVIEW
THE HAPPY WINNER.
>> Reporter: JOSH, WHAT DOES
THIS VICTORY MEAN TO YOU?
>> OH, THIS IS MY LIFE LONG
DREAM.
I AM STANDING ON THE PODIUM WITH
KEVIN WINDHAM AND RYAN DUNGEY.
THIS IS WHAT I DREAMED OF SINCE
I WAS 4 OR 5 YEARS OLD TILL NOW.
I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.
>> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE UP HERE
AND WIN A RACE AND BEAT YOUR
LONG TIME HERO KEVIN WINDHAM.
>> IT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT ALL
THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MIGHT
HAVE GRANDPA.
MY MOM TEACHING ME IN THE
BACKYARD ON THE JUMPS, AND THEN
YAMAHA, PARTS UNLIMITED, DRAGON,
EVERYBODY, COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
>> AND IT IS SUCH A FAMILY SPORT
WHO YOU HEAR ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO HELPED HIM GET TO THAT
POINT, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY.
THE FIRST WEEK IN VEGAS.
WE'RE GOING TO CROWN SOME
CHAMPIONS.
SPEED WILL BE THERE.
IF NOT, TUNE IN AND CATCH ALL
THE ACTION HERE ON SPEED. AND
LOOK AT THE POINTS, 18 NOW
BETWEEN CHAD REED AND KEVIN
WINDHAM.
>> KEVIN, WHAT EXACTLY TOOK
PLACE?
YOU SEEMED TO FACE A LITTLE BIT
OR JUST NOT THE START YOU
WANTED?
>> WELL, I DID A LITTLE BIT.
I HAD TO STAY FOCUSED, I SAW
CHAD GO DOWN AND KNEW I HAD TO
MAKE UP A FEW AND GET UP TO THE
TABLE.
>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU IN
FRONT OF YOUR HOMETOWN CROWD?
>> IT IS GREAT.
WHAT A WAY TO REALLY GO OUT.
I HOPE WE GET SOMETHING TO SHOW
YOU BUT I COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT
WITHOUT MY ROCK STAR, MY MOM AND
WILL DAD, TARGET, SUZUKIND
GOD.
>>> LOOKS LIKE THE BATTLE IS
ABOUT TO HEAT UP.
>> HERE IS THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE
FOR RACES.
WE FINALLY GET AN EAST OFF.
THEN OUR ONLY TRIP NORTH OF THE
BORDER.
TORONTO CENTER, THE NEXT ROUND.
SPEED RETURNS TO TEXAS STADIUM
IN DALLAS IN APRIL.
WELL, JOSH HILL FINALLY■ STANDS
ON THE TOP PODIUM AND HAS REALLY
COME TOGETHER WITH THE 450 QUITE
WELL.
>> HE REALLY HAS AND I REMEMBER
MY FIRST SUPERCROSS.
HE TAKES IT HERE IN MINNESOTA,
GREAT JOB.