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>>> AMA MOTOCROSS IS A TEST OF
MACHINE.
IT IS A SPORT WHERE ONLY THE
STRONG SURVIVE.
THE BRAVE LEAD THE WAY.
AND CHAMPIONS ARE HELD ALOFT AS
THE ULTIMATE SYMBOL OF SUCCESS.
IT IS TO THIS END THAT THE
WORLD'S BEST MOTOCROSSERS SPAN
THE COUNTRY, COMPETING ON THE
FAMOUS RACETRACKS, WHERE LEGENDS
HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON
THE ■■SPORT'S HISTORY.
TODAY, PALA RACEWAY IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA BECOMES PART OF THIS
GREAT AMERICAN SPORT.
THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 2010
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS RIGHT NOW.
■
WELCOME TO PALA RACEWAY IN
CALIFORNIA FOR SPEED'S LIVE
COVERAGE OF THE FINAL ROUND OF
THE 2010 LUCAS OIL AMA PRO
MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP.
AN AMAZING RACE DAY HERE TODAY.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY GOT A GREAT
FIRST MOTO IN THE BOOKS.
LET'S GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE
FOLKS ALL YEAR, YOU CAN BET ON
WHO WILL GET THE HOLE SHOT HERE.
LOOKS LIKE NICK WEY'S GOT IT.
BUT HE BLOWS THROUGH THE TURN ON
THE KAWASAKI.
AND SHORT HAS ANOTHER SHOT.
GOT AROUND DUNGEY, DUNGEY GOT
MIKE ALESSI BACK.
SHORT WAS IN THE LEAD.
HERE'S YOUR BATTLE.
HOLD DUNGEY OFF.THING HE COULD
WATCH THIS, THEY ALMOST COME
TOGETHER, BUT DUNGEY IS ABLE TO
SQUEEZE BY AND TAKES SECOND.
NOW HE GOES AFTER SHORT.
TO THE INSIDE, DUNGEY GETS TO
THE CORNER FIRST, MAKES THE MOVE
ON THE 29, RYAN DUNGEY INTO THE
LEAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
THAT.
HE STARTS TO PULL AWAY.
METCALFE IS A LONG WAY BACK,
CATCHES UP TO SIPES, GREAT
BATTLE FOR THIRD.
SIPES HELD HIM BACK FOR FOUR
LAPS.
THEN ABLE TO MAKE THE MOVE AND
CLOSE THE GAP ON SHORT.
WATCH SHORT, GREEN MOTORCYCLE IN
FRONT OF HIM GOES DOWN, SHORT
GETS TANGLED UP.
METCALFE CRUISES AROUND THE
OUTSIDE TO TAKE OVER THE NUMBER
TWO SPOT.
RYAN DUNGEY, UNCONTESTED, TAKES
FIRST MOTO VICTORY.
MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE
THESE GUYS CELEBRATE AFTER TODAY
AT PALA.
THERE IS THE EVENT POINTS AFTER
THAT FIRST MOTO IS COMPLETE.
THE 25, THE FULL TAKE GOES TO
RYAN DUNGEY.
BUT DON'T CUT OUT METCALFE AND
SHORT, LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST
CAREER OVERALL VICTORIES AND IT
COULD HAPPEN TODAY.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
AND WELCOME TO PALA RACEWAY.
THIS IS THE HEART OF MOTOCROSS.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ON A
BRAND-NEW RACETRACK AND WE NEVER
HELD AN AMA ON BEFORE.
TALK ABOUT RACING HERE AT THIS
BRAND-NEW FACILITY.
>> WELL, THIS TRACK IS REALLY
DIFFICULT.
DIFFICULT ON MAN AND IN.
IT IS SO SOFT AND SANDY SOME
SPOTS.
THE TRACK WILL BE EXTREMELY
ROUGH AND PHYSICAL AND IT HAS
TAKEN ITS TOLL ON THE MACHINES
ALSO AS IT HAS BEEN HARD TO GET
THE BIKES DIALED IN AND GET THE
CHASSIS SET UP PERFECT.
>> WE HAVE COMPLETED 23 OF THE
24 MOTOS FOR 2010.
HERE ARE YOUR SERIES POINTS AS
WE RUN HEADING INTO THE GRAND
FINALE.
DUNGEY HAS THE CHAMPIONSHIP LOCK
UP BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
BATTLES, METCALFE AND SHORT AND
TOWNLEY AND CHISHOLM.
>> METCALFE AND SHORT, IT HAS
BEEN AMAZING.
AT MOTO ONE, THAT EFFORT WE SAW
FROM BRETT METCALFE TO COME
THROUGH THE PASS, PASS BY SHORT,
IT HAS SHOWN ON A DIFFICULT
TRACK LIKE THIS, HIS DESIRE TO
BE SECOND IN THE CHIP AND HIS
HONDA TO REIGN SUPREME.
>> FOR MOST OF THE RIDERS, IT
HAS TURNED INTO THE BATTLE FOR
SECOND.
RY DUNGEY HAS BEEN DOMINATING
ALL YEAR.
LET'S WELCOME IN THE THIRD
MEMBER OF OUR BROADCAST TEAM,
ERIN BAITS.
WE TALKED TO HER EARLIER.
>> THE 450 CHAMPION IS LOOKING
TO FINISH OFF THE DREAM SEASON.
YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO DO IT
AGAIN.
WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS AND
FEELINGS, THIS IS THE LAST TIME
OF THE SEASON YOU'LL BE WORKING
WITH ROGER DECOSTER.
>> TO JUST FINISH IT OFF STRONG,
THAT'S ALWAYS OUR GOAL AND TAKE
IT LIKE ANY OTHER RACE.
BUT ROGER HAS BEEN GREAT.
BUT CAN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT
RIGHT NOW.
HAD A LONG GREAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH, BUT
LIFE GOES ON.
>> BEST OF LUCK TO YOU TODAY,
PUTTING THE ICING ON THE CAKE.
RYAN SIPES GOES AT IT O LAST
TIME FOR THIS SEASON, WHAT A
SEASON IT HAS BEEN FOR YOU.
EIGHTH OVERALL IN THE STANDINGS
NOW.
YOU FINISHED UP FOURTH DURING
FIRST MOTO.
WHAT IS THE STRATEGY IN THE
FINAL ATTACK?
>> BE SMART, YOU KNOW?
WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT HERE AND
GET ANOTHER GOOD START AND RUN
UP FRONT AGAIN.
I THINK LAST WEEKEND COULD HAVE
BEEN A PODIUM.
WASN'T VERY SMART.
WE'LL TRY TO DO IT AGAIN.
>> PARDON ME, SEVENTH OVERALL IN
THE STANDINGS, WHICH MEANS
YOU'RE ONE OF THE TOP PRIVATEERS
OUT THERE, ONE OF THE BEST IN
OUR SPORT.
>> JUST BECAUSE RYAN DUNGEY HAS
A CHAMPIONSHIP WRAPPED UP
DOESN'T MEAN THERE IS NOT GOING
TO BE SOME EXCITEMENT HERE IN
OUR FINAL ROUND.
A LOT OF RIDERS LOOKING TO
BREAKTHROUGH AND GRAB THEIR
FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.
IT IS PRETTY EXCITING WATCHING
THOSE GUYS TRY TO GET IT,
INCLUDING KEVIN WINDHAM WHO
>>> THE COASTLINE OUTSIDE OF
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, NOT TOO FAR
FROM THERE.
WE'RE AT PALA RACEWAY, THE FIRST
EVER LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP AT THIS FACILITY,
ONLY OPENED IN APRIL OF 2009.
AND WHAT A WAY TO RING IN THIS
INAUGURAL EVENT WITH
BACK-TO-BACK LIFE COVERAGE ON
SPEED, OUR 450 CLASS ABOUT TO
GET STARTED AND THEN RIGHT BACK
AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR WITH THE
250 CLASS.
AND, BOY, THE CHAMPIONSHIP WAS
CLOSE COMING IN IN THAT 250
CLASS.
IT HAS BEEN SHAKEN UP BIG TIME
AFTER THEIR FIRST MOTO RUN THIS
AFTERNOON AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE
HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SECOND MOTO
COVERAGE OF THAT LATER ON TODAY.
LET'S FOCUS ON THE 450 CLASS.
HERE IS HOW WE RACE.
MOTOCROSS 411, TWO MOTOS TODAY
WITH 40 RIDERS EACH, EACH IS 30
MINUTES AND TWO LAPS IN
DURATION.
WE'LL COMBINE THE SCORES FROM
BOTH TO DETERMINE THE OVERALL
WINNER.
AN ALL NEW RACETRACK AT PALA.
>> HERE WE GO, START TO THE
LEFT, USUALLY SHAKES DOWN AFTER
THE SECOND ONE, GOT A COUPLE OF
TABLETOPS.
GET INTO A COUPLE OF S TURNS,
RHYTHM SECTION.
THEN YOU GET INTO THE HILL
SECTION OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT
WHERE YOU'RE GOING DOWN A HILL,
BACK UP, THIS MAP WAS TRIPLE
OVER THE TOP, REALLY DIFFICULT
SOFT, SILTY UPHILL AND DOWNHILL.
STEP UP, STEP DOWN, HUGE
DOUBLES, BASICALLY ALL THE WAY
AROUND THE TRACK IS VERY
DIFFICULT, COME THROUGH THESE
ROLLERS INTO A LITTLE STEP UP
HERE, S TURN FOR THE FINISH AND
COUPLE OF BIG DOUBLE JUMPS TO
FINISH IT OFF.
>> TO FINISH IT OFF, HOW ABOUT
THIS, ON OUR LAST EVENT, JEFF
EMIG HIMSELF ON BOARD.
>> THIS IS EARLIER TODAY.
I TOOK A COUPLE OF LAPS AND
WATCH HOW THIS ONE IS.
THIS IS MY SECOND LAP, MAKE A
LITTLE MISTAKE OFF THE SIDE OF
THE TRACK, AND THAT IS THE HERO
TO ZERO MOMENT RIGHT THERE.
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, IT WAS
UNBELIEVABLE INSIDE BECAUSE THIS
TRACK IS SO DIFFICULT,
ESPECIALLY NOW IN THE SECOND
MOTO.
>> WHAT SACRIFICES YOU MAKE.
LET'S GO RACING AT PALA!
LOOK LIKE METCALFE ON THE INSIDE
OF 24.
BUMPS HIM OUT OF THE WAY AND
TAKES THE LEAD.
>> COULD IT BE BRETT METCALFE
FOR HONDA WITH THE HOLE SHOT.
AND ANDREW SHORT IN SECOND.
THIS IS THE STORY LINE FOR
TODAY.
IT IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE
FOR SECOND PLACE BETWEEN SHORT
AND METCALFE.
AND LOOK HOW THEY HAVE FIRED OFF
IN MOTO TWO.
>> THE THREE PRIVATEERS WE
HIGHLIGHTED, SIPES, WINDHAM AND
REGAL.
THEY GOT GREAT STARTS AS WELL.
>> UNBELIEVABLE EFFORT HERE AND
DETERMINATION OUT OF THE TOP
FIVE HERE IN THE SECOND MOTO.
OUR NEWLY CROWNED CHAMPION, RYAN
DUNGEY, BEN TOWNLEY JUST BACK
THERE.
>> THERE IS DUNGEY COMING UP
OVER THE RISE RIGHT NOW.
CHECK OUT THE BATTLE.
IT LOOKS LIKE TOWNLEY GOING
AROUND THE OUTSIDE TO THE ONE ON
ONE OF REGAL ON THE 41.
NO.
DUNGEY TO THE INSIDE OF TOWNLEY,
TAKING THE SHORT LINE.
THAT WAS EASY.
>> SHORT WORK OF HIM.
IT IS THE TRIP OVER THE TOP OF
THE HILL, SIPES THE ONLY ONE
ABLE TO CLEAR IT.
HOLDS OFF THE 41 OF REGAL AND
GOES AFTER HIS MOTO CONTEST
TEAMMATE CHISHOLM.
>> I THOUGHT THE TRACK WAS ROUGH
EARLIER TODAY, AT AROUND 10 WHEN
I RODE, DEFINITELY WOULD NOT
LIKE TO BE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THIS -- THIS SOIL HERE
IS SO SOFT AND SILTY IN SPOTS.
SEE THE BIKES JUMPING AROUND
REALLY TESTING THE SUSPENSION
AND CHASSIS SET UP THAT THE
TEAMS HAVE GIVEN TO THE RIDERS.
>> DUNGEY MAKES THE MOVE ON
REGAL.
HE'S NOT GOING TO WASTE TIME
BECAUSE SOME OF THE FAST GUNS,
SHORT, METCALFE UP FRONT.
LOOK AT REGAL GETTING DUNGEY
BACK.
IMPRESSIVE.
>> SIPES MOVED ON THE INSIDE OF
THAT STEP UP AND THEN THE
RIGHT-HAND OF THE DROPOFF.
WE'RE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK HERE,
THIS IS A MASSIVE DOUBLE JUMP,
THIRD, FOURTH YEAR, PRETTY HARD
ON THE THROTTLE, JUST TO MAKE
THAT.
NOW YOU COME THROUGH, ONE OF THE
SPECTATOR SECTIONS IN FRONT
WHERE THERE IS ALL THESE
ROLLERS.
>> REGAL HOLDING UP DUNGEY AS WE
SAID.
NOW THE 23 OF JUSTIN BRAYTON HAS
GOTTEN AROUND TOWNLEY.
>> A SERIES OF S TURNS.
>> THIS SECTION HERE, THEY HAD
QUITE A BIT OF SAND.
YOU SEE --
>> TOWNLEY MAKES A MOVE.
>> TOWNLEY GOES THROUGH THE
BANNERS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN THERE, YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO RE-ENTER THE TRACK.
>> RE-ENTER IN A SAFE SPOT,
THAT, IN MY BOOK, THAT LOOKED
PRETTY CLEAN, BOTH RIDERS OUT OF
CONTROL, JUST FORTUNATE THAT
NEITHER RIDER WENT DOWN THERE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
TOWNLEY, HAMMERS THE THROTTLE
AND BRAYTON PUSHES HIM WIDE
WHICH BECOME INSIDE.
HE TRIES TO GET ON THE BRAKES
BUT THERE IS NOWHERE TO TURN
BECAUSE OF THE MARKERS OF THE
INSIDE.
>> GOT NUDGED A LITTLE BIT BY
THE 23.
LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
>> YEAH.
>> METCALFE AND SHORT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ROCKY
MOUNTAIN KEYS TO THIS RACE.
>> TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
WORKED IN THE FIRST MOTO AND IN
THE 250 RACE.
BRETT■ METCALFE DID HIS HOMEWOR
BECAUSE HE NABBED THE WHOLE
SHOT.
BOTH OF THESE RIDERS BATTLING
FOR SECOND THEY NEED TO REMAIN
CONFIDENT AND REST TOMORROW INTO
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THIS IS THE FINAL RACE OF THE
SEASON, LET IT ALL HANG OUT
HERE, PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL
INTO THIS.
ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE AND
CELEBRATE AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> THAT WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT
AT PALA, ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM
THE RACETRACK, GREAT WAY TO END
THE SEASON.
>> GREAT PLAYPLACE TOO.
STAYED THERE LAST NIGHT.
>> SIPES IN FRONT OF HIM.
A GREAT DAY FOR THE PRIVATEERS.
A SHOUTOUT TO JARED BROWN ON THE
57 KAWASAKI BEHIND BRAYTON AND
TOWNLEY.
>> LOOK AT DUNGEY OFF THE SIDE
OF THE TRACK.
HE DOESN'T LIKE BEING IN THIS
POSITION.
DOESN'T LIKE GETTING LUCID AND
ALL THE GEAR DIRTY AND THE
GOGGLES.
HE'S BEEN THE MAN THIS YEAR, THE
NEW BOSS, TO SEE HIM TAKE SOME
OUTSIDE LINES, BUT REGAL REALLY
RUNNING A STRONG RACE HERE ON
THE PRIVATEER HONDA.
>> DUNGEY GOING TO TRY AGAIN.
THE UPHILL DIDN'T WORK THE LAST
TIME AROUND.
SO HE'LL TRY ON THE DOWNHILL.
REGAL.
>> DID YOU SEE DUNGEY LAND ON
THE DOUBLE WITH A THROTTLE ON
AND REALLY BITE DOWN THE DOUBLE
INTO THAT TOYOTA JUMP THERE?
HE REALLY DOWNED THE JUMP.
>> YOU CALL THAT FULL OPEN?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A
TERM FOR THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO THINK OF
SOMETHING.
LOOK AT THIS BATTLE.
REGAL GOES AFTER SIPES AND ZAPS
HIM BEFORE SIPES EVEN KNEW HE
WAS THERE.
NICE RUN.
THAT WILL MOVE KYLE REGAL UP TO
NUMBER FOUR SPOT.
SIPES PUSHED BACK TO FIFTH AND
WHILE DUNGEY CONTINUES TO WORK
THESE GUYS OVER, THE HONDA BOYS
OF METCALFE AND SHORT ARE GOING
TO EXTEND THEIR ADVANTAGE.
>> LOOK AT THIS BATTLE HERE.
THESE GUYS ARE ROLLING HERE AT
PALA.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT LETTING
OFF, SETTLE INTO THE OFF SEASON.
THEY'RE HAMMERING ALL THE WAY TO
THE CHECKERED FLAG.
UNBELIEVABLE HEART AND SOUL PUT
IN BY THESE ATHLETES HERE IN
2010.
>> THE HIGHLIGHT IS THE POINTS
BATTLE IS BETWEEN EVERYONE IN
THIS PACK, EXCEPT DUNGEY.
HE'S ALREADY GOT THE TITLE.
DUNGEY'S NATURAL MOMENTUM ABLE
TO OVERCOME THAT OR -- BECAUSE
HE'S GOT THE MOTIVATION THAT HE
DOESN'T RIGHT NOW.
>> THE CONTRACT YEAR WE HAVE
HERE, IT SHOULD BE ROOM NOW, NOW
THAT -- HERE COMES THE PASS ON
DUNGEY.
GETS TO THE INSIDE.
SIPES RODE A WIDE BIKE IN MOTO
ONE.
COULDN'T DO IT THIS ONE.
DUNGEY MAKE ONE PASS.
>> I THINK THEY SHOULD -- THE
TEAM SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
SIGN ANY RIDER UNTIL THE FINAL
RACE IS OVER.
BUT, TALKING ABOUT HOLE SHOTS
HERE, LOOK AT BRETT METCALFE, 24
ON THE RIGHT, WAY ON THE INSIDE
AND ANDREW SHORT JUST TO HIS
RIGHT, AND LOOK AT THAT.
METCALFE, HASN'T BEEN A GREAT
STARTER.
BUT YOU CAN TELL HE'S FOCUSED,
HE'S DETERMINED, AND HE'S
MOTIVATED TO NOT ONLY MEET
POSSIBLY WIN THE MOTO NOW.
HE'S NEVER WON A MOTO IN HIS
CAREER.
SECOND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT
NOW, COMING DOWN TO IT, THIS
WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE
ACHIEVEMENT IF YOU WITH WIN THE
MOTO A, OR, B, IF HE CAN FINISH
UP THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SECOND.
>> WELL, YOU SAW IT THERE IN THE
PROGRESSIVE HOLE SHOT REPLAY,
METCALFE GOT THE START.
CAN HE GET THE FINISH?
WE RUN TWO MOTOS OUT HERE.
HE FINISHES SECOND IN MOTO ONE,
WHICH HE DID, AND WINS THIS
SECOND MOTO, HE'LL BE YOUR
OVERALL CHAMPION.
THIS COULD BE A BREAKTHROUGH
MOMENT FOR BRETT METCALFE, THE
MAN HAS THE VETERAN FROM
AUSTRALIA WORKED TO GET THIS TO
PARK.
>> DUNGEY IS ABOUT SEVEN SECONDS
BEHIND THE LEAD RIGHT NOW.
>> LOTS OF RACING YET TO COME.
WE'LL BE WITH YOU FOR TWO FULL
HOURS ON SPEED.
YES,
>>> WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SPEED
PRIMETIME HITS THE GAS AT 8:00.
JASON BRICKMAN THROUGH NEW
ORLEANS ON AN ALL NEW "STEALTH
RIDER."
THEN CATCH MATT KENSETH ON AN
ALL NEW "INTERSECTIONS"
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 EASTERN
ON SPEED.
LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO ERIN ON
THE TRACK.
ERIN?
>> ALONG WITH THE NEW VENUES,
NEW EXCITEMENT FOR THE FANS.
ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO BE
SEATED IS HERE AT THE HOSPITAL
VIP AREA.
BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE, THE
VIEW OVERLOOKS THE ENTIRE TRACK.
IF YOU WANT TO BE HERE IN THE
POOL, RELAXING, SHOWING OFF,
THERE IS A PLETHORA OF BEAUTIFUL
WOMEN UP HERE.
NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE.
PALA DID A GREAT JOB OF CATERING
TO ALL THE FANS.
>> I KNOW THERE IS A POOL THERE.
BUT I'M NOT THINKING POOL, I'M
THINKING HOT, BECAUSE IT IS SO
SUNSHINY HERE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHO IS HOT,
BRETT METCALFE NOW, HE'S NOT
ONLY TRYING TO SECURE SECOND
PLACE IN POINTS IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, HE'S TRYING TO GET
HIS FIRST EVER WIN HERE IN THE
U.S., THE AMA NATIONAL MOTO.
AND IF HE CAN DO THAT, THAT 2-1
ON THE DAY WOULD GIVE HIM THE
OVERALL, SO THIS IS A VERY BIG
MOMENT FOR BRETT METCALFE AND HE
CERTAINLY IS PUTTING IN A GREAT
RIDE RIGHT NOW TO -- 2:21.1.
AND DUNGEY IS 2:21.6.
>> YOU KNOW DUNGEY WON'T GIVE
UP.
HE'S NOT GOING TO GET TIRED.
HE CLEAR THE TRIPLE, BARELY.
THE TOP OF THE HILL.
DID HE KEEP IT ON TWO WHEELS?
>> WOW.
UNBELIEVABLE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, FOR DUNGEY,
HE'S ALSO GOT A RECORD GOING
THAT HE'S FIGHTING FOR RIGHT
NOW.
>> WELL, YEAH, IF HE WIN THE
OVERALL TODAY THAT WILL GIVE HIM
TEN ON THE SEASON AND WOULD
BREAK THE ALL TIME ROOKIE MARK,
RICKY CARMICHEAL WON NINE IN HIS
ROOKIE SEASON IN 2000, AND
DUNGEY HAS NINE THIS YEAR.
SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF
MOTIVATION FOR DUNGEY.
YOU KNOW METCALFE WANTS TO WIN
THIS RACE AND BEAT DUNGEY BADLY.
WE'LL SEE IF DUNGEY CAN GET THE
MOJO WORKING HERE IN THE SECOND
HALF OF THIS RACE.
>> THAT'S GOING TO COST HIM A
LITTLE BIT ON THE LAP TIME.
RIGHT NOW DUNGEY SETS THE
COURSE.
HE IS 7.1 SECONDS BEHIND OUR
LEADER.
I'M SORRY, THIRD, GOT PAST
CHISOLM EARLY ON THIS LAP.
SO THE CHASE IS ON FOR RYAN
DUNGEY IF HE WANTS TO NAB THAT
OVERALL WIN.
SHORT JUST A FEW SECONDS, THREE
OR FOUR SECONDS.
>> THERE IS SHORT.
HE WAS SECOND IN THE SERIES FOR
A COUPLE OF ROUNDS.
LATELY METCALFE HAS BEEN ON A
CHARGE.
HE OVERTOOK SHORT FOR THAT SPOT
IN OUR LAST RACE IN STEEL CITY.
WHILE METCALFE HAS BEEN STEPPING
UP HIS GAME, SHORT HAS HAD A
COUPLE OF BAD RACES THE LAST FEW
WEEKS.
AND LET'S PUT IT INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
WE'RE SAYING BAD RACES, BAD WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT THE TITLE CHASE,
OVERALL POINTS CHASE.
BUT IN THIS PERSPECTIVE, HE IS
CONSISTENTLY IN THE TOP FIVE.
HE VERY RARELY IS OUT OF THE TOP
FIVE.
HE'S A GREAT STARTER, ALWAYS
PUTS HIMSELF INTO POSITION.
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
WE'RE HEARING THAT METCALFE IS
NOT CIRCULATING.
HE DIDN'T COME THROUGH THE
FINISH LINE AREA.
SHORT IS IN THE LEAD.
WHERE IS THE 24?
AND THIS GUY IS ALREADY -- THERE
HE IS.
SO METCALFE IS BACK TO EIGHTH.
HOW MANY TIMES DID BRETT
METCALFE HAVE THIS OVERALL WIN,
HEADED HIS DIRECTION AND THEN
HAVE SOMETHING PULL IT RIGHT
THROUGH HIS FINGERS?
>> IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE WITH
THIS SITUATION THAT HE MIGHT
HAVE GONE DOWN, SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE
AN EFFECT ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS BECAUSE IF HE'S NOW IN
EIGHTH, SHORT IS RUNNING WITH
THE LEAD, THAT'S GOING TO PUT
SHORT INTO SECOND PLACE WITH TWO
POINTS.
>> YEAH, JUST BARELY HE WILL
EDGE AND THAT IS FOR THE OVERALL
TODAY, THAT WAS A SHORT INTO
SECOND OF THE DAY.
SHOULD BE ENOUGH POINTS FROM
METCALFE.
>> METCALFE, A RECAP HERE THE
LAST TWO ROUNDS LEADING INTO
THIS, HE HAD THE LEAD IN MOTO
ONE.
AND HE RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE
LAST LAP.
HE WAS LEADING MOTO ONE LAST
WEEK IN PENNSYLVANIA AND STALLED
THE MOTORCYCLE, ENDED UP
FINISHING SECOND.
HERE HE'S TRYING TO WIN THE
SECOND MOTO.
REGAL DOWN.
>> ANOTHER RIDER DOWN.
WHAT IS THAT?
REGAL?
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THAT
WAS.
THIS IS THREE WEEKS WHERE
METCALFE WAS LEADING A RACE, HAD
IT UNDER CONTROL, SOMETHING
REACHED UP AND BIT HIM.
>> LITTLE MISSILE MISTAKE
POSSIBLY, NOT SURE WHAT
HAPPENED.
BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE 55 HERE,
LOOK AT CHISHOLM, CURRENTLY SITS
THIRD, AND THIS IS A FANTASTIC
MOTO FOR HIM AND THE BATTLE FOR
THE TOP PRIVATEER, GREAT WIDE.
>> GREAT WAY TO FINISH UP THE
SEASON.
>> ALL SEASON THOSE GUYS HAVE
BEEN KEEPING TAPS ON EACH OTHER.
WE'LL MOVE A LITTLE FURTHER
FORWARD.
SHORT HAS THE LEAD.
THE DIFFERENCE, THOUGH, IS IF
SHORT GOES 3-1, AND DUNGEY GOES
1-2, DUNGEY WILL STILL WIN THE
OVERALL.
SO WE'LL SEE IF DUNGEY PUTS HIS
HEAD DOWN AND TRIES TO GO AFTER
THE 29 TO WIN THIS MOTO OR NOT.
IT JUST CROSSES THE FINISH LINE
AREA, THE GAP IS 2 1/2 SECONDS.
WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND
MOTO AT PALA.
THE RACE IS ON.
DUNGEY TURNS
>>> WE HAVE A RACE ON OUR HANDS
HERE AT PALA RACEWAY, JUST
OUTSIDE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
ANDREW SHORT ON THE 29 LEADING.
ANDREW DUNGEY IN SECOND.
WE ARE 17 MINUTES INTO A
30-MINUTE LAP.
IT SEEMS LIKE AT PRECISELY THE
17 MINUTE MARK IS WHEN DUNGEY
LIKES TO DO HIS DAMAGE.
>> HE CERTAINLY TURNS IT ON AS
HE LETS THE RACE COME TO HIM AS
THEY SAY.
AND RIDERS MADE MISTAKES.
SAW BRETT METCALFE OUT FRONT
WITH A HEALTHY LEAD, GIVE UP THE
LEAD, GO BACK TO EIGHTH TO HAVE
A SUBSTANTIAL EFFECT ON THE
OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS IN
THE RACE FOR SECOND.
AND DUNGEY JUST IS CONSTANTLY
MOVING FORWARD, PRESSURING THE
RIDERS.
LET'S SEE IF ANDREW SHORT, LAST
TIME AROUND, 2:23.
DUNGEY WAS 2:21.
DUNGEY A COUPLE OF A SECONDS OF
A LAP QUICKER.
IT SEEMS LIKE HISTORICALLY THIS
SEASON WHEN A RIDER GETS UP ON
SHORT LIKE THAT, HE MADE A
COUPLE OF MISTAKES AND HE'LL
DROP OFF THE PACE.
THE FINAL ROUND, SEE IF HE CAN
SHAKE THE DEEMENS, PUT HIS HEAD
DOWN AND TRY TO RIDE HIS OWN
RACE.
>> HERE IS THAT VERY DIFFICULT
TRIPLE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
AND THEY'RE BOTH GING TO CHOOSE
THE DOUBLE, THE SINGLE.
>> LOOK HOW SILTY AND SOFT IT
IS.
THE REAR TIRES JUST SPIN THROUGH
THERE.
IT IS SO SOFT AND SILTY, IT IS
JUST -- THERE IS NO TRACTION AND
THE MOTORS REALLY LABOR TO GET
THE BIKE UP THE HILL.
>> I TALKED TO THE DUNLOP GUY
EARLIER, IT IS DIFFICULT TO
FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT TIRE FOR
THE TRACK BECAUSE THERE IS
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAND AND
SOIL.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> YOU WANT TO USE AN OPEN TREAD
PATTERN SO THAT IT CAN REALLY
DIG INTO THAT SOFT SOIL,
SOMETHING YOU WOULD USE IN THE
MUD OR ON A TRUE SAND TRACK.
LIKE I SAID, THAT SOIL IS REALLY
SILTY, POWDERY, IT IS DIFFERENT.
NOT REALLY A LOT OF HOLES.
JUST HOLDS THE ENGINE DOWN.
IT IS TOUGH ON THE ENGINE
ITSELF, IT IS TOUGH ON THE
CLUTCHES OF THE BIKE BECAUSE
THERE IS SO MUCH HORSEPOWER AND
ALL OF THAT LOAD ON THE REAR
TIRE IS *** THE CLUTCHES.
>> YOU SAID YOU CAN MELT THAT
THING?
>> I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, YES.
I'VE DONE THAT TWICE.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH.
THIS IS -- I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A
PLACE WHERE THEY'RE THIS ***
THE MACHINE.
>> THE DUNLOP GUYS SAY RIDERS
WERE TRYING AN INTERMEDIATE SOFT
TIRE AND FULL TERRAIN TIRE.
THEY ANTICIPATED GOING TO THE
INTERMEDIATE AS THE TRACK WOULD
DRY OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
>> GREAT START IN MOTO TWO.
PRESSURE BEING APPIED NOW BY
DUNGEY.
>> I WOULD STICK WITH A FULL
SOFT TIRE, YEAH.
WOULDN'T EVEN MESS AROUND WITH
THE INTERMEDIATE AT ALL BECAUSE
IN SPOTS WHERE IT IS A LITTLE
HARD, IT IS NOT THAT SITUATION
WHERE IT IS BLUE GROOVE AND
YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR TRACTION.
THERE IS SO MUCH LOOSE SOIL ON
TOP THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET
THROUGH.
>> THEY BROUGHT IN A LOT OF THE
SOIL.
ALMOST FOUR FEET DEEP OF SAND
THAT THEY TRUCKED INTO THIS
FACILITY.
>> I AM GLAD THAT IT IS 2010,
THAT I'M NOT ON THE AMA CIRCUIT
BECAUSE THIS IS ONE NASTY TRACK.
AND, I MEAN, IT IS PHYSICAL FOR
THE RIDERS.
IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THE
MANUFACTURERS AND THE TEAMS WITH
THESE MACHINES TO KEEP THE
BIKES -- ALSO WITH THE DIRT BIKE
HERE, ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, ON
THE AIR FILTER, THE FILTER WILL
GET DIRTIER THAN NORMAL HERE.
IN THE 35-MINUTE MOTO THERE IS
NO WAY THAT YOU WOULD EVER BE
ABLE TO USE THE FILTER ANY
LONGER THAN THIS ONE RACE.
BECAUSE IT WILL ONLY BE CAKED ON
THAT FILTER, WHICH, OF COURSE,
MAKES MARKS ON THE ENGINE.
>> SHORT RATCHETED IT UP HERE.
COUPLE OF LAPS, PRESSURE FROM
DUNGEY AND HE RESPONDED.
>> HE DID IT, 2:23.1 THE LAST
TIME, CONSISTENT.
DUNGEY DID IT 2:23, BEEN ON HIS
WHEELS THE WHOLE TIME.
NOT NECESSARILY PICKING UP, BUT
NOT LOSING -- NOT BACKING OFF
THE PACE EITHER.
>> HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE.
SHORT WOULD TAKE SECOND BACK IN
POINTS IF HE FINISHES LIKE THIS.
METCALFE IS SEVENTH.
HE NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THE BIG CHANGE COULD BE IF
DUNGEY MAKES THE MOVE ON SHORT.
IT WOULD BE A ONE-POINT GAP.
DUNGEY INTO THE S TURN, A CHANCE
TO THE INSIDE.
NO, SHORT TAKES IT BACK.
>> I THOUGHT DUNGEY WAS GOING TO
FALL DOWN THERE.
DUNGEY COULD BE BRETT METCALFE'S
BIGGEST HELP HERE AS THREE-POINT
GAP BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
WOULD REALLY HELP HIM OUT.
THREE OF THE FOUR POINTS THAT
METCALFE NEEDS TO HOLD ON TO
SECOND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND METCALFE STILL SITTING BACK
IN SECOND.
DUNGEY, OKAY, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF
THIS, I'M GOING TO TRY TO POUR
IT ON RIGHT NOW AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION AND
GET BY.
BUT SHORT, SPECTACULAR RIDE TO
HOLD ON TO FIRST.
>> DUNGEY ON THE OUTSIDE.
HE TRIES TO BLOCK SHORT.
SHORT PITCHES BACK.
SIDE BY SIDE AS THEY HEAD TO THE
TABLETOP.
DUNGEY, DOES HE HAVE HIM CLOSED
OFF?
HE DOES.
>> YOU CAN SEE BOTH RIDERS
RIDING AGGRESSIVE, RIDING HARD,
BUT SHOWING A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
EACH OTHER.
IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY WILL
BE ON TEAM USA WITH THE
MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS WHICH WILL
BE BACK IN THE U.S., LAKEWOOD,
COLORADO, ONE OF THE STOPS ON
OUR AMA NATIONAL CIRCUIT.
>> TAKE US THROUGH THE PASS
HERE.
>> YOU FELT DUNGEY JUST BEFORE
THIS, HE HAD THE MOMENTUM GOING.
YOU CAN SEE HE SAYS, OKAY, I'M
GOING TO FLIP THE SWITCH AND
MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I FOUND THE LINES FOR ANDREW
SHORT.
I WROTE HIS PACE, I'M READY TO
DROP THIS LAP TIME FROM A 2:23
TO 2:21.
>> NOW METCALFE HAS TO GET
AROUND TWO RIDERS TO REOVERTAKE
SHORT IN THE POINTS.
ALL YEAR LONG WE HAVE HAD SOME
GREAT MOMENTS, WE'LL SHOW YOU
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, FIRST
HALF OF OUR GEICO TOP TEN
MOMENTS OF THE YEAR.
>> THE SERIES STARTED WITH CHAD
REED BOUNCING BACK FROM A
TERRIBLE YEAR TO WIN THE OPENER
AND SERVE NOTICE, THE
CHAMPIONSHIP WAS GOING TO GO
THROUGH THE CHAMPION.
SO WELL DONE FOR THE MONSTER
KAWASAKI RIDER.
THINGS WERE FIRING FOR REED.
THEY WOULD QUICKLY GO THE OTHER
DIRECTION.
RYAN DUNGEY BOUNCES BACK BIG
TIME AT TEXAS.
WATCH AS HE MAKES A PASS ON
BRETT METCALFE AS MIKE ALESSI
FALLS.
DUNGEY TAKES THE LEAD AND THE
WIN.
AND DUNGEY AND REED WITH A WIN A
PIECE.
DUNGEY WON THE NEXT RACE AT HIGH
POINT.
THEN TO MARYLAND.
ANDREW SHORT WON MOTO ONE.
DUNGEY BATTLED PAST TO WIN THE
OVERALL AGAIN.
THREE STRAIGHT WINS FOR DUNGEY.
THE ROOKIE BEGINS TO TAKE
CONTROL OF THIS SERIES.
WE WERE IN THE HIGH ALTITUDE OF
COLORADO, JOSH GRANT SERVED
NOTICE BY TAKING THE WIN FROM
DUNGEY IN THAT PLACE.
MOTO TWO, NO ONE COULD STOP THE
NUMBER 5, GETS AROUND SHORT
AGAIN.
HE MAKES A HABIT OUT OF THIS.
ANOTHER WIN.
FORGET CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS,
NOW YOU'RE WONDERING IF ANYONE
ELSE CAN WIN A SINGLE RACE.
MAYBE THE BEST RACE OF THE YEAR
AT RED BUD, TOWNLEY, SHORT,
REED, THEY TOOK A SHOT AT
DUNGEY.
BY THE TIME THE CHECKERED FLAG
FLEW AT MOTO TWO, IT WAS
UNSTOPPABLE AGAIN.
NEWCOMERS INTO THE TOUR.
STEWART WAS BACK AND OUT OF
BELGIUM, SOUTH, GREAT RACE IN
MOTO TWO.
WITH THIS ■■PASS, DUNGEY TAKES E
LEAD AND ANOTHER VICTORY.
NO ONE COULD STOP THE DUNGEY
EXPRESS.
WHAT A GREAT YEAR IT HAS BEEN AS
RYAN DUNGEY HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF
THE SERIES.
MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SEASON
LATER ON IN THE SHOW.
RIGHT NOW, DUNGEY IN CONTROL,
BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY FROM
ANDREW SHORT.
BEAUTIFUL PLACE
>>> RYAN DUNGEY LEADS THE WAY IN
THE 450 CLASS AND WRAPPED UP THE
CHAMPIONSHIP IN THIS DIVISION.
BUT OUR 250 CLASS OF LUCAS OIL
PRO MOTOCROSS HAS BEEN
UNBELIEVABLE THIS YEAR AND GOT
CRAZIER WITH OUR FIRST MOTO
TODAY AND WE'LL HAVE THE
COVERAGE COMING UP NEXT LIVE
HERE ON SPEED OF THE GRAND
FINALE.
>> I CAN ASSURE YOU, THIS IS ONE
YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS AND IT
WAS JUST ONE YEAR AGO THAT THE
NUMBER 5 HERE, IN THE -- IN THE
FINAL ROUND, POTENTIALLY WRAPPED
UP THAT 250 TITLE, AND THAT'S
WHEN THE MOMENTUM OF THIS THING
REALLY STARTED FOR DUNGEY.
FINALLY NABBED THAT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
I THINK THERE WAS A REAL BELIEF
THAT HE COULD BE A PLAYER AND AS
A ROOKIE, THE 450 CLASS, THE
PREMIERE CLASS, HE CAME OUT AND
NOW IS ON HIS WAY TO SETTING A
ROOKIE RECORD FOR WINS,
INCREDIBLE EFFORT.
SO THE 250 CLASS, A STEPPING
STONE.
THOSE RIDERS ARE NOT SO FAR OFF
THAN WHAT THE 450 RIDERS ARE.
>> THEY'RE SHORT IN SECOND AND
ERIN HAS SOME HIGH TECH NEW
PRODUCTS IN HER HAND.
>> YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE
HUSTLE.
IT IS MADE BY SCOTT GOGGLES AND
IT GETS INTRODUCED IN OCTOBER.
JACKIE IS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE
HOW IT WORKS.
IT ALLOWS THE GOGGLES TO CONFORM
TO YOUR FACE, WITH A SMALL
ADJUSTMENT, YOU CAN ADJUST THE
LOWER FACE PART IN FOUR
DIRECTIONS.
IT IS A ONE OF A KIND GOGGLE
MADE BY SCOTT FOR A PERFECT FIT.
>> ANDREW SHORT IS IN SECOND.
HE'S WEARING THOSE GOGGLES NOW.
A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORT.
THEY'RE USUALLY VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE, ROUGH TRACK, HOT
DAYS, DUST, PRESSURE, ALL OF
THAT.
>> FOR ANDREW SHORT IT MAY BE A
LITTLE TOO LATE.
HE NEEDS TO PUT IN A FANTASTIC
RIDE, BUT NOW THE POINTS ARE
SHAKING OUT.
COULD BE METCALFE'S YEAR TO BE
SECOND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR BACK THIRD
PLACE IS.
A GOOD 12 SECONDS OFF.
>> TOWNLEY GOT AROUND CHISHOLM.
SO HE MIGHT END THE YEAR ON THE
PODIUM.
GREAT YEAR FOR TOWNLEY TO LOOK
FOR IT IN THE BIG PICTURE.
YES, HE HAD A DISAPPOINTING
MOMENTS, CRASHES AT THE WORST
POSSIBLE TIME, DIDN'T GET THE
MOTO WIN HE WANTED, BUT HE
MISSED RACING BASED ON THE
ENTIRE '08 AND '09 SEASON.
TO COME BACK AND GET UP ON THE
BOX, THAT'S A VICTORY OF ITSELF.
>> GONE THROUGH SO MANY LIFE
CHANGES.
WIFE AND HIM HAD A BABY, YOU
KNOW, WENT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, A
NEW DEAL FOR A WHILE, THOUGHT
ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WITH
HIS CAREER AND HIS LIFE AND NOW
SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE ON TRACK.
HONDA GAVE HIM A SHOT ON THIS
TEAM AND HE'S PUT THIS TEAM ON
THE MAP IN THE 450 GROUP WITH A
CHAMPION LIKE THIS.
>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME
COMPANY.
METCALFE HAS NOT ONLY GOTTEN IN
AS WELL BUT HE'S COMING AFTER
TOWNLEY.
HE WANTS ON THE PODIUM.
LET'S NOT ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE
55, STILL IN THE TOP FIVE,
BREAKTHROUGH SEASON FOR HIM,
FIRST YEAR OUTDOORS ON A 450.
FOR DUNGEY ERIC LITTLE
OVERSHADOWED.
IT IS METCALFE'S FIRST EVER YEAR
AND HE'S COME TO TERMS.
HE'S WORK ON TOWNLEY NOW.
>> HE NEEDS THE POINTS RIGHT
NOW.
HE NEEDS TO KEEP IT ON TWO
WHEELS.
HE'S SO CLOSE TO SECURING SECOND
IN THIS TITLE CHASE.
AND WITH TWO TO GO HERE, HE'S AT
THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, PUTTING
THE PRESSURE ON, BUT JUST
ULTIMATE EFFORT HERE, GIVING HIM
SOME FITS, NOT SURE WHAT THAT
SAYS BECAUSE OF THE REFLECTION,
BUT WE KNOW OF A TREMENDOUS
EFFORT OUT OF THE AUSTRALIAN.
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF THE
YEAR, YES, DUNGEY HAS WON WHAT
APPEARS TO BE 10 OF THE 12 RACES
THIS YEAR.
IS THIS NOT SYMBOLIC OF HOW THIS
SEASON HAS GONE.
WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST TWO LAPS
OF THE YEAR AND TOWNLEY AND
METCALFE AND SHORT ARE GOING OUT
THERE GIVING IT EVERYTHING THEY
HAVE.
THE KEYS TO THE RACE ONE MORE
TIME.
>> THESE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATV MC
KEYS TO THE RACE, WITH THE STUDY
THE START, A BRAND-NEW RACETRACK
AND TO FIGURE OUT -- UH-OH, HERE
GOES THE PASS.
>> HE WORKED IT OUTSIDE TO
INSIDE.
WHAT A COMEBACK FOR METCALFE.
HE HAD THE LEAD.
AFTER A CRASH, HE HAD TO DIG
DEEP TO GET BACK.
>> HE CERTAINLY HAS.
AND, I MEAN, REMEMBER, HE WAS
BACK AS FAR AS EIGHTH PLACE
THERE, RIDING THE WIDE LINE.
SEE IF HE TRIPS OVER THE TOP.
WOW.
LOOK AT THAT.
SO SMOOTH.
DIDN'T HIT A BUMP OR ANYTHING ON
THE WAY AND JUST RODE WAY AROUND
THE LEFT SIDE.
THAT WAS COOL.
HE'S SO ON IT RIGHT NOW.
THIS TRACK, I'M TELLING YOU, IF
HE HAD A CHANCE TO RIDE AROUND
IT OR WALK IT AFTER THIS MOTO
HERE, YOU WOULD THINK, WOW,
THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN RIDE AT
THIS PACE.
I'M TELLING YOU, THE FITNESS THE
RIDERS HAVE, ALL OF THAT IS
SOMETHING TO BE RESPECTED.
I KNOW THAT AFTER MY LAP EARLIER
TODAY, RIDING A COUPLE OF HOT
LAPS WHEN THE TRACK WAS EASY AND
SMOOTH, A LOT OF RESPECT THAT I
HAVE FOR THESE GUYS TO DO THIS
AT THIS LEVEL.
>> YOU MADE IT ROUGHER BECAUSE
YOU PUT ANOTHER BIG HOLE OUT
THERE.
>> I CERTAINLY DID MY BEST TO
TAKE DOWN SOME OF THE SPONSOR
BANNERS.
BUT I'M GLAD IT MADE FOR GOOD
FOOTAGE.
>> YOU SEE HOW DEEP THE RUTS
ARE.
SOME OF THE OTHER RIDERS GETTING
COMPLETELY STOPPED IN THEM,
HANGING UP THE FRAME AND THE
FOOT PEGS.
NO SUCH TROUBLE FOR METCALFE.
BACK TO OUR LEADER, ONE LAP TO
GO.
WE TALKED ABOUT DUNGEY A LOT
THIS YEAR.
HE'S BEEN THE ONE WINNING THE
RACES.
WHAT A GREAT GUY THIS IS, OFF
THE TRACK, GREAT FAMILY, ONE OF
THE NICEST GUYS YOU WOULD EVER
MEET ON OR OFF THE RACETRACK.
AND IT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE THAT
ALL THE SPOILS THAT HE'S TAKEN
THIS YEAR HAS NOT GONE TO HIS
HEAD.
HE'S AS HUMBLE AS YOU COULD
EXPECT ANYONE TO BE.
>> IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I
STILL HAVE TO GO BACK A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO, IN THAT SUPERCROSS
TITLE CHASE HE HAD WHERE HE MADE
A LOT OF MISTAKES AFTER LEADING
THCHAMPIONSHIP, ENDED UP
LOSING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY
SAY THAT YOU LEARN MORE FROM
LOSING THAN YOU DO FROM WINNING
AND CERTAINLY AFTER THAT, YOU
USE THAT AS MOTIVATION, JUST PUT
HIS HEAD DOWN, STARTED WORKING
HARD, EVERYONE AROUND HIM SAYS
HE IS SELF-MOTIVATED, DON'T HAVE
TO PUSH HIM TO DO ANYTHING.
HE'S TRYING TO ELEVATE AND PUSH
EVERYONE AROUND HIM TO CREATE A
BETTER TEAM ENVIRONMENT.
AND A BETTER BIKE, A STRONGER
TEAM.
HE'S SHOWN THAT HE'S FAST ON THE
MOTORCYCLE, PHYSICALLY FIT.
ALL OF THAT WRAPPED INTO ONE.
AND WHEN YOU PUT ALL THAT
TOGETHER, IT, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES
A CHAMPION.
SO RYAN DUNGEY, THIS YEAR,
DOUBLE CHAMPION SUPERCROSS AND
MOTOCROSS, PRETTY OUTSTANDING
ROOKIE.
>> THE RACE IN MINNESOTA, WHEN
HE WAS YOUNG, HE DIDN'T HAVE A
CHANCE TO RIDE YEAR ROUND.
WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD, HE HAD
A CHANCE TO GO AHEAD TO TEXAS IN
THE WINTER MONTHS AND THE OLD
BOSS FOR THE PROGRAM WORKING
WITH HIM AT THE TIME TOLD ME
WHEN DUNGEY HAD A CHANCE TO GO
IT TEXAS AND WOULD RIDE IN THE
WINTER, HE WOULD RIDE ALL DAY,
WAS LIVING IN A ONE ROOM, ALMOST
A HUT DOWN THERE, AND AT NIGHT
HE WOULD DO STOMACH CRUNCHES ALL
NIGHT AND RIDE ALL DAY.
WHATEVER CO-DO TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES HE WAS
GIVEN.
AND NOW HERE WE ARE, SEVEN YEAR
LATER, AND HE'S BECOME
PHYSICALLY THE BEST RIDER IN THE
WORLD.
CAN'T ARGUE WITH THE SUPERCROSS
CHAMP, MOTOCROSS CHAMP.
IT IS HARD WORK THAT MADE IT
HAPPEN.
>> AND AS WE ENTER THE FINAL --
WE ENTER THE FINAL LAP, THE
FINAL RACE OF THE YEAR,
OFFSEASON AND EVERYONE IS
LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPERCROSS,
ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP
NEXT YEAR, THIS RIDER HAS TAKEN
A HUGE STEP FORWARD IN
CONFIDENCE IN HIS BELIEF IN
HIMSELF AND WE FINISH THIS THING
UP, WE KNOW IT IS TEEING UP FOR
A GREAT SERIES.
>> 2011 WILL BE UNBELIEVABLE
BECAUSE DUNGEY WILL THE MAN WITH
THE TARGET, NOT ONLY ON HIS
HELMET, BUT ON HIS BACK.
HE'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN FOR
THE TENTH TIME IN 2010, RYAN
DUNGEY IS YOUR WINNER!
A NEW ALL-TIME ROOKIE RECORD,
TEN WINS IN 12 ROUNDS, NOT A
PERFECT SEASON, BUT A PERFECT
TEN, NOT BAD.
WE'LL BE BACK TO TALK TO OUR
WINNER WHEN WE RETURN.
CONGRATS TO RYAN DUNGEY.
>>> RYAN DUNGEY, THE SPOILS OF
VICTORY, THE FANS HERE AT PALA
SURROUNDING HIM ON THE STAGE.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW HE WON THIS
RACE WITH OUR LUCAS OIL RECAP.
>> BRETT METCALFE CAME IN WITH A
LOT OF MOTIVATION.
SECOND IN MOTO ONE.
HE WANTED TO BEGIN THIS RACE AND
COLLECT THE OVERALL FOR THE DAY.
HE PUTS THE NUMBER 24 OUT FRONT
EARLY.
>> HE DID, WITH A GREAT START.
JUST WAS PULLING AWAY, TRYG TO
SECURE SECOND IN POINTS.
>> METCALFE MAINTAINS THE NUMBER
ONE SPOT.
DUNGEY OUT TO SHORT.
SUDDENLY LOST METCALFE
ALTOGETHER.
>> DUNGEY MAKES HIS WAY AROUND
ANDREW SHORT, AS HE HAS SO MANY
TIMES THIS YEAR.
FOCUSED ALL THE WAY TO THE
FINISH.
>> HE FINISHES WITH A 1-1 SWEEP
HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE RACE
THIS YEAR, THIS GUY RIDES THE
TRACK LIKE IT WAS HIS OWN
BACKYARD.
HE'S BEEN JUST A MACHINE.
PALA SHOWS THE OVERALL RESULTS,
SHORT AND METCALFE HIGH IN
POINTS IN THE DAY, SHORT WINS
THE TIEBREAKER.
THAT WILL GIVE METCALFE SECOND
IN POINTS FOR THE YEAR.
LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO THE PODIUM
AND ERIN.
>> I DON'T THINK THE SEASON
COULD GET ANY SWEETER THAN THAT.
PALA, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK BACK
AT YOUR SEASON, WINNING TEN
RACES OUT OF 12 RACES, WHAT IS
YOUR SECRET AND HOW DID YOU MAKE
IT LOOK SO EASY AS A ROOKIE?
>> LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.
IT WAS JUST -- IT GOES BY SO
FAST.
BUT MY MOM AND DAD, AND MY TEAM,
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
I'VE GOTTEN HERE AND IT IS
GREAT, HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND
I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT THE
WHOLE TEAM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, TIME FLIES.
JUST GOT TO ENJOY IT AND, YOU
KNOW, SHOOT FOR MORE.
>> YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE HISTORY
ONCE AGAIN.
WHAT DO YOU SET YOUR GOALS ON
NOW?
>> WINNING RACES.
THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
NEW CROP OF PEOPLE.
THE YEARS TO FOLLOW, AND A LOT
MORE TESTS.
NOT GOING TO SAY IT IS GOING TO
BE CAKE FOR ANY OF THIS.
BUT GOT TO WORK HARD, PUT OUR
HEAD DOWN AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WHAT LIES AHEAD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A
VICTORIOUS SEASON.
>> THERE IT IS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ROOKIE RECORD,
HE'S TAKING ALL OF THEM.
NOT ONLY THE FIRST ROOKIE TO WIN
THE SUPERCROSS AND MOTOCROSS
TITLES, BUT TEN OVERALL WINS IN
MOTOCROSS, THAT BREAKS RICKY
CARMICHEAL'S RECORD.
THAT MEAN YOU'RE IN UNBELIEVABLE
COMPANY.
>> YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
WE HAVE SOME RACING COMING UP
TOO, JASON.
>> DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
OUR 250 FAMILY IS COMING UP LIVE
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
TREY CANARD AND POURCEL TAKING
IT DOWN FOR THE FINAL RACE OF
THE SEASON, CHAMPIONSHIP HANGING
IN THE BALANCE.
>> YOU SAW HOW ROUGH THE TRACK
WAS, NOW THEY HAVE TO DO IT WITH
LESS HORSEPOWER.
>> GOING TO BE ROUGHER FOR THEIR
RACE.
METCALFE AND DUNGEY, BENCH
RACING UP ON THE POIUM.
GREAT ACTION TODAY IN THE 450
CLASS.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO TALK TO
SOME MORE RIDERS ON THE PODIUM.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO PALA.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO WRAP UP THIS
SERIES AND THIS SEASON.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THE SECOND HALF
OF OUR GEICO TOP TEN MOMENTS OF
2010.
O COULD FORGET THIS, A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO, BRT METCALFE AND
ANDREW SHORT OUT OF GAS ON THE
SAND TRACK IN THE LAST LAP.
DUNGEY NOT ONLY WINS THE FIRST ■
MOTO, BUT THAT GIVES HIM ENOUGH
POINTS TO LOCK UP THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
LATER, THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING,
A D FIRST MOTO FOR DUNGEY,
OPENS THE DOOR FOR KEVIN WINDHAM
TO WINHE OVERALL.
THAT IS A WIN FOR THE AGED.
THE 32-YEAR-OLD TAKING HIS FIRST
WIN IN THREE YEARS, VERY POPULAR
WITH THE FANS.
HOW ABOUT TODAY'S ACTION?
WHAT A DEBUT FOR THE BRAND-NEW
PALA RACEWAY HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
THIS TRACK OPENED IN APRIL OF
2009.
AND NOT EVEN A YER AND A HALF
LATER, THEY ARE HOSTING A WORLD
CLASS EVENT, ON AN OFF TRACK.
THE ULTIMATE HIGHLIGHT FOR THE
YEAR, THE PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE
OF THE NUMBER 5, RYAN DUNGEY,
CAPTURING THE AMA PRO MOTOCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP AND DID IT IN
DOMINANT FASHION, TEN WINSN 12
RACES.
CHECK OUT YOUR FINAL SERIES
POINTS HERE.
DUNGEY WITH A HUGE GAP OVER
SECOND AND THIRD, BUT A CLOSE
RACE, METCALFE IS GOING TO EDGE
OUT ANDREW SHORT BY FIVE.
LET'S SEND IT BACK DOWN TO THE
PODIUM WITH ERIN.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF N SUPPORT
FOR ANDREW SHORT, AND PA BEING
A HOMETOWN RACE FOR YOU AND
THD OVERALL IN THE STANDINGS.
IF YOU HADTO TAKE ATEP BACK,
HOW ULD YOU SUMMARIZE YOUR
SEASON?
>> AN UPHI BATTLE FROM THE
BEGINNING.
I JOYED IT.
>> NGRATULATIONS ON A VERY
CCESSFUL SEASON.
JOB WELL DONE.
>> YOUR PASSION FOR RACING WITH
SPEED MOBILE.
GET THE LAST MOTORCYCLE RACING
NEWS AND RESULTS ASOON AS THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE SENT RIGHT TO
YOUR PHONE.
TEXT MOTO TO SPEED 3 FOR SPEED
MOTORCYCLE RACING.
BACK DOWN TO ERIN.
>> BRETT METCAL, SPORTING A
NICE TROPHY, THIRD OVERALL
TODAY.
WHAT A NICE WAY TO TOP OFFYOUR
SEASON.
>> IT WAS A LONG, TOUGH SSON,
BUT REALLY FOCUSED TOINISH OUT
THCHAMPIONSHIP, I CAN'T WAIT
FOR NEXT YEAR.
>> SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROOKIES
THIS SEASON THAT MAKE THE ■450
CLASS LOOK EASY.
>> GREAT POINT, ERIN.
ALL SORTS OF ROOKIES, MAYBE
WE'LL GET SOME VETERANS BACK IN
NEXT YEAR, TOUGH YEAR FOR SOME
OF THESE ESTABLISHED STARS.
BUT THEY'LL BE BACK TO CHALLENGE
NEXT YEAR.
>> COMING UP LIVE HERE, 2950
CLASS.
SOME OF THOSE GUYS WILL BE
STEPPING UP ALSO.
>> OH, BOY.
THE 250 SHOWDOWN IS COMING UP
NEXT.
SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE, SPEED
FANS.
GREAT DAY OF RACING IS NOT OVER
YET HERE AT PALA.
450 CLASS IS COMPLETE FOR THE
YEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO RYAN DUNGEY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING OUR 450
SHOW.