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JAMES WAS A LITTLE FASTER THAN
RICKY.
HE CHASED HIM DOWN AND WON THE
RACE.
TONIGHT THEIR SPEED LOOKS
ALMOST THE SAME IT COULD BE THE
GUY -- MAYBE THE GUY WHO GETS
TO THE RHYTHM SECTION COULD BE
THE WINNER.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
COULD HAPPEN.
>> RICKY SAID THAT THE THING
THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE IS IN
FRONT -- IN FRONTO IS THAT
JAMES WAS RUNNING -- TORONTO IS
THAT JAMES WAS RUNNING BETTER
LINES.
JAMES CAME OUT ON TO THE RACE
TRACK, RETHINKING HIS LINE.
THAT'S HOW DETERMINED RICKY
CARMICHAEL IS ABOUT WINNING.
JASON THOMAS HAS THE HELMET CAM
FOR US TONIGHT.
THAT GATE WILL DROP AND THIS
FIELD WILL THUNDER OFF OF TURN
ONE AND WHOEVER COMES OUT FIRST
WILL HAVE A HUGE ADVANTAGE.
HERE WE GO.
KYLE LEWIS, TEDESCO GOES DOWN
IN THE MIDDLE.
GETS BACK UP AND HELD UP A
BUNCH OF RIDERS.
JAKE STEWART COMES
SECOND PLACE, WHAT A HUGE GAP
THAT IS.
>> THAT WAS HUGE.
YOU SAW TEDESCO TRYING TO GET
OUT.
HIS WHEEL SPUN AROUND IN THE
LOOSE DIRT AND HE STOPPED CHAD
REED AND RICKY CARMICHAEL.
JAMES STEWART OUT FRONT.
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE HIM THERE
IF YOU'RE RACING BACK AGAINST
THE GUY.
>> CARMICHAEL IS UP TO 8.
AND NOW JUMPS UP TO SIX AND IS
ALONGSIDE OF CHAD REED.
VIL -- VUILLEMEN IS RUNNING
THIRD.
>> I THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT
DAVID WOULD SUFFER ON THE
START.
REED PUTS AN AGGRESSIVE PASS ON
RICKY CARMICHAEL AS THEY JUMP
OVER THE TOP OF KYLE LEWIS.
THESE TWO ARE OUT FRONT.
>> THEY'RE TRYING TO GET
THEMSELVES TO THE FRONT WHILE
BATTLING THROUGH THE DIRT AND
THE RHYTHM SECTION HERE.
>> RICKY JUMPS TO THE RHYTHM
SECTION, JUMPS RIGHT AROUND IT.
BYRNE ALMOST JUMPED ON
CARMICHAEL.
THAT IS NOT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO
GET TO FRONT.
THAT IS NOW HOW YOU WILL CATCH
JAMES STEWART BY MAKING LITTLE
MISTAKES LIKE THAT.
HE LOST ALMOST TWO SECONDS IN
THAT BOBBLE.
AND NOW HE WILL TRY TO PASS
REED BACK.
>> RICKY CARMICHAEL KNOWS THAT.
HE IS SEARCHING FOR RHYTHM.
>> JUST THAT LITTLE BOBBLE
COULD HAVE BEEN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WINNING IT ALL OR
CHASING DOWN REED AND GETTING
BEHIND STEWART.
STEWART IS OUT FRONT MAKING
THINGS HAPPEN.
THROWING DOWN A 54 IN THE FIRST
LAP.
>> THIS IS THE GUY THAT THEY'LL
BE CHASING ALL HERE.
JAMES STEWART, CAN HE GO 2-2 IN
THE SUPERCROSS HERE IN CANADA?
>> AT THE END OF TWO LAPS, A
FIVE-SECOND LEAD OVER DAVID
VUILLEMEN.
HE CAN NOT SETTLE INTO HIS
PACE.
>> THERE'S VUILLEMEN, AND
BEHIND HIM COMES REED AND
CARMICHAEL.
AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THESE
TWO WILL GET VUILLEMEN.
>> DAVID -- ROOK -- LOOK AT
THESE TWO.
THEY'RE TEARING IT UP.
THIS IS AGGRESSIVE RACING.
>> CARMICHAEL GOT TO THE INSIDE
OF REED AND TAKES OVER THIRD.
>> NOW HE GOES UNDERNEATH HIM
JUST LIKE THAT.
HERE WE GO.H@
LAP THREE, BEHIND STEWART.
8 SECONDS DOWN.
>> OK, NOW LAST WEEK WE HAD A
GAP OF EIGHT SECONDS AND JAMES
STEWART RAN RICKY CARMICHAEL
DOWN.
A WEEK LATER, SAME SCENARIO,
DIFFERENT RIDERS, DIFFERENT
POSITIONS.
CAN RICKY CATCH HIM?
>> I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN
TWO LAPS.
RICKY WAS TURNING SOUTH.
HE TURNED THE FASTEST LAP OF
THE NIGHT WITH A 5 .THINE.
BUT RIGHT NOW -- 53.9.
BUT RIGHT NOW HE HAS A LOT OF
TIME TO MAKE UP.
>> STEWART FLAWLESS THIS
WEEKEND.
IN TORONTO, THREE CRASHES, A
ROUGH NIGHT, BUT HE STILL CAME
OUT WITH A WIN.
HERE, THIS WEEKEND IN
VANCOUVER, IT IS --
>> IT IS AMAZING HOW SOMEONE
CAN TURN HIS CAREER AROUND.
HE WAS UNABLE TO RIDE THROUGH
IT.
AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING ON THERE.
WITHIN TWO WEEKS JAMES HAS
TURNED IT AROUND OUT FRONT,
RUNNING AWAY WITH HIS SECOND
RACE IN A ROW.
>> 1/4 OF THE WAY THROUGH THIS
WHEN YOU SAW THE GAP BETWEEN
JAMES STEWART THERE ON THE
CAWSALKYIRKS NUMBER SEVEN.
>> YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WOULD
HALF HE WENT FROM 8.3 SECONDS
TO A 9.1 SECOND.
>> THAT WAS A BOBBLE RIGHT
THERE.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE
TO WATCH OUT FOR.
ALL OF THESE GUYS ARE GOING SO
FAST THEY'RE ON THE EDGE RIGHT
THERE.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
RIGHT NOW JAMES HAS TO SETTLE
DOWN.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW
IMPORTANT THE START WAS
TONIGHT.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE REPLAY AND
SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
>> RICKY CARMICHAEL RIGHT HERE,
AND HERE COMES IVAN TEDESCO
COMES INSIDE.
HE PUTS A BLOCK ON REED.
CARMICHAEL, EVERYBODY GETS HELD
UP.
STEWART OUT FRONT.
>> TEDESCO BOUNCED BACK FROM
THAT HORRIBLE START AS WELL.
HE MOVED HIS WAY UP TO THE
FOURTH POSITION.
VUILLEMEN DROPS BACK TO FIFTH
AFTER BEING AT THE FRONT AT THE
BEGINNING.
NO PROBLEMS FOR STEWART.
HIS BEST LAP TIME, DENNY,
53.AFMENTE WE TALKED ABOUT
CARMICHAEL 53.8.
WE TALKED ABOUT CARMICHAEL
EARLIER.
>> 53.8, THE BEST LAP TIME OF
THE NIGHT AND HE THREW DOWN A
53.9.
HE KEEPS GETTING FASTER EACH
LAP.
CARMICHAEL IS RUNNING A STRONG
PACE, HE IS IN THE HIGH 54'S.
HE'S UP TO YOU A 10-SECOND LEAD
NOW.
>> ONE THING THAT WON'T HAPPEN
WITH RICKY CARMICHAEL IS THAT
HE WILL NOT PANIC.
IF HE COMES OUT OF CANADA WITH
TWO SECOND PLACES, EGGS NOT
SAYING THAT THE SEASON IS DONE.
-- HE'S NOT SAYING THAT THE SEA
SOP IS DONE.
HE WILL -- SEASON IS DONE.
HE WILL MAKE JAMES EARN IT ALL
THE WAY THROUGH.
WHEN YOU HAVE WON AS MANY RACES
AS RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS, YOU
DON'T PANIC EARLY.
>> IT HAS BEEN SAID A MILLION
TIMES, YOU CAN'T WIN A
CHAMPIONSHIP IN ONE RACE, BUT
YOU YOU CAN LOSE ONE AND RICKY
KNOWS THAT.
YOU CAN STAY OUT FRONT AND KEEP
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN WITH
JAMES STEWART WITH THE WORLD
SUPERCROSS.
>> RICKY ALSO TOLD ME THAT
THEY'RE PLANNING MORE THINGS
FOR THIS SUZUKI.
MORE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS
COMING THEIR WAY BETWEEN NOW
AND THE NEXT ROUND IN JANUARY
IN ANAHEIM AND HE EXPECTS THE
BIKE TO GET EVEN FASTER.
FOR THOSE WUND YOUERING IF
RICKY -- WONDERING IF RICKY WAS
WORN OUT PHYSICALLY BY JAMES
STEWART, NOT A CHANCE.
RICKY AND I DISCUSSED THAT.
HE SAID THAT MY TRAINING
PROGRAM IS NOT SET UP -- I KNOW
HOW LONG THE YEAR IS AND I KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE
STRONG NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR
AND APPLY THE PRESSURE WHEN
YOU'RE RACING EVERY WEEK.
>> RICKY KNOWS ABOUT LONG
SEASONS, LONG CAREERS.
HE HAS RACED A LOT OF RACES IN
THE LAST 16 MONTHS.
JAMES STEWART HAS HAD SOME TIME
OFF.
HE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO FRESHEN
UP THE BODY.
HE'S YOUNG.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THESE GUYS ARE
CAPABLE OF IN THE MOST
DEMANDING SPORT IN THE WORLD