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>> POINTS LEAD ERICY
CARMICEL HAD A DEVASTATING
FINISH IN ST. LOUIS, THEN WAS
DOCKED 25 POINTS FOR
TH OUT ONACTIONS IN SAN DIEGO.
TOP IN ATLANTA.
HERE IN INDY, THE TIDES HAVE
TURNED ONCE AGAIN.
FIND OUT MORE,EXTSPD.
>>HE RERS IN THE AMP'D
MOBILE SUPERCRS GT AND THE AMA
SUPERC SERIEARE CING
TURNED ROOF OA DOMFO
THE THIRD WEEK IN A ROW.
TONIGHT THE BATTLE IS INSIDE THE
RCA DOME IN ONE OF THE
MOST FAMOUS RATING CITIES IN THE
WORLD, INDIANAPOLIS.
THEY'RE ABOUT TO BLOW THE LID
OFF THE CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE.
>> I'M ROB SHAHEEN
ALONGSIDE DENNY STEPHENSON.
TRY TO STAY WITH US AS WE TRY
A T A
ERICY CARMHAEL LT
POIN AFTER THEIR FUE
WAS FOUND TO HAVE T MH
LEAD IN IT.
THE FIN, THE AMA COULDN'T COME
TO AGREEMENT AS TO HOW THE
FUEL SHOULD BE CHECKED.
THEY AGREED THERE SHOULD BE A
PENALTY SO THEY AGREED TO GIVE
SUZUKI A $25,000 FIN AND GIVE
THE 25 POINTS BACK TO RICKY
CARMICHAEL.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS?
RALPH, CAN'TRITE THI
ANYY BETTET
NOW HE'S BACK INTO IT.
TWO RIDE THEARS CAN'T BE HAPPY
ABOUT IT, CHAT AND JAMES
STEWART.
RICKY'S BACK, IT'S A THREE-RIDER
BATTLE.
>> THE FOUR-TIME CHAMPION
IS STANDING BY WITH OUR KRISTA
VODA.
>> RICKY, AFTERWARDS YOU
TALKED ABOUT THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
HOW BAD WAS IT?
WOULD IT HAVE AFFECTED THE REST
OF YOUR SEASON?
>> IT WAS DEFINITELY AN ALL-TIM■
LOW.
FOR SURE IT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED
MY SEASON.
I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD
HAVE CAME BACK BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY I WOULD HAVE HAD TO
TURN SOMETHING AROUND AND TRY TO
TH P THE SUPERCROSSE BECAUSE AT
TITLE WAS PRETTMUCHDO.
THINGS HURNED AROUND,
THEY'VE GIVE MY INTS BAC
A SML SIGN TTON'T
AGREE WITH BECAUSE REALLY
THEY'RE SAYING WE DID
SOMETHING THAT ION
INK THAT WE DID, BUT HOPEFULLY
THIS HPS THE FUTURE AND RACING
AND HELPS EVERYBODY.
THAT'S THE GOAL.
THAT'S MY GOAL AS A CHAMPION.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE GOAL
FROM THE AMA.
JUST FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE
NOW IT'S TIME TO START PUTTING
SOME RACE WINS TOGETHER.
>> INDY HAS BEEN VERY GOOD
TO HIM, A THREE-TIME WINNER.
HE'SKING FOR HIS FIRST BACK
TO BACK WIN HERE AT INDY.
>> HERE'S THE WAY THE POINTS
LOOKED AFTER ATLANTA.
YOU CAN SEE THE DEFICIT THAT
RICKY CARMICHAEL HAD TO CHAD
REED.
RICKY CARMICHAEL WON THE RACE
INATLANTA.
NOW LET'S GIVE THE 25 POINTS
BACK TO RC AND HE'S NOW ONLY SIX
POINTS BEHIND CHAD REED IN THE
FIGHT FOR THE AMA
SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
AND JAMES STEWART SLIPS
TO THIRD, 19 BEHIND CHAD REED.
LET'S SHOW YOU TONIGHT'S ROAD TO
THE MAIN AND HOW THE RIDERS
WILL QUALIFY FOR TONIGHT'S BIG
RACE.
TWO HEAT RACES, EIGHT LAPS EACH,
20 RIDERS, TOP FOUR
ADVANCING STRAIGHT TO MAIN.
EVERYBODY ELSE GOES TO SEMIS.
TWO OF THOSE.
ONE LAST SHOT THROUGH
THE SIX-LAP, 22 RIDERS,
LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER, AND
OUR 20 LAPS, 20 RIDERS, MAIN
EVENT.
NOW A LOOK AT
TONIGHT'S RACETRACK HERE I I
THE RCA DOME.
HERE'S KAWAKI RIDER MICHAEL
BYRNE.
TAKE US AROUND A LAP.
>> A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT STORY.
IT'S ACTUAY■A LOT HOTTER THAN
WHAT IT NORMALLY.
IS THERE'S A FUEL FLAT CORNERS.
SOME GOOD RACING.
THE FLAT CORNERS SEEM TO WORK
OUT GOOD.
TOUGH ASSIGNMENT SECTION.
THEY GET A LITTLE TOUGH, SO
YOU'VE GOT TO TRY AND KEEP IT
GOING.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL IN
THESE SECTIONS HERE.
IT'S REALLY THICK.
YOU WANT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM
FLOWING.
THIS WEEK -- [INAUDIBLE].
YOU'VE GOT TO STAY OUT OF
THE ROUGH THERE AND CARRY THAT
MOMENTUM AROUND THE OUTSIDE
TO THE FINISH LINE.
AND THAT'S A LAP.
>> AFTER A BRILLIANT
19-YEAR CAREER INSUPERCROSS AND
MOTOR CROSS COMPETITION, AN
INDY LEGEND, MICHAEL LAROCCA
HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS
AND HE MADE THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT HERE AT THE RCA
DOME.
UNFORTUNATELY DURING PRACTICE HE
SUFFERED AN INJURY THAT'S
GOING TO KEEP HIM FROM RACING.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
TO MIKE LARO
>> I'VE BEEN KIND OF DEBATING
WHEN'S THE TIME, WHEN DO YOU
STOP.
I JUST KIND OF ANNOUNCED THIS
WEEKEND I'M GOING TO RETIRE AT
THE END OF THE SEASON AND
PRETTY MUCH WENT OUT TO FIRST
PRACTICE AND HURT MYSELF.
SO IT MAY BE SOONER THAN THAT.
>> HEAT NUMBER ONE IS IN
THE GATE HERE AT THE RCA DOME AT
INDIANAPOLIS.
SUPERCROSS HAS COME TO INDY.
LET'S SHOW YOU OUR STARTING LIST
FOR THIS HEAT.
RICKY CARMICHAEL AND JAMES
STEWART.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN THE SAME
HEAT.
>> LAST WEEK STEWART GOT THE
BEST OF HIM, AND THEN THIS WEEK
RICKY.
THEY'LL GET IT DONE ONCE AGAIN
IN HEAT ONE.
>> ERNESTO FONSECAS.
THE FACT FOR REE HONDA RAIDER
HAS BEEN GETTING FASTER AND
FASTER.
HERE WE GO.
FIRST CORNER IS CARMICIC
RIGHT BEHIND JAMES
STEWART.
AND STEWART GOES BACK TO ABOUT
THIRD.
>> THEY'RE AT THAT RIBBON
SECTION.
>> OH, HE REALLY STUMBLED!
>> THE RIBBON SECTION.
>> NOW BACK UP TO FOURTH.
HE WENT TO THE ROOF LIKE
I'VE NEVER SEEN.
>> ALL THESE GAZE ARE GOING
DOUBLE, TRIPLE, TRIPLE, TRIPLE
JUMP, ALMOST GOT LANDED ON.
STEWART GOT SOME BIG AIR.
CARMICHAEL IS WAY OUT FRONT.
>> FIRST HE'S GOT TO GET
AROUND ERNESTO FONSECA.
THE HONDA RIDER NUMBER 10 STOPS
HIM UP A LITTLE.
CARMICHAEL IS GONE.
HERE COMES STEWART.
HE'S ALONGSIDE FONSECA.
HE STILL CAN'T GET BACK TO
>> IT'S N N TO PASS.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO ALL THE
WAY AROUND THE OUTSIDE.
>> FONSECA IS GO TO FLOW
AROUND THIS NEST LEFT-HANDER.
RYAN CLARK IS IN SECOND.
STEWART, AND NOW RICKY
CARMICHAEL.
HE HAD A GOOD PRACTICE, BUT
HE'S PRETTY MUCH PUT A BLANK
OVER STEWART.
>> STEWART HAS NOW PASSED CLARK.
THERE'S CLARK,R 3232
NOW HE'S GOT TO TRY TO CATCH
CARMICHAEL.
THEY'RE ABOUT JUST UNDER
>> RICKY CARMICHAEL IS OUT IN
FRONT OF JAMES STEWART BUT NOT
BY MUCH.
THE GAP IS CLOSE TO --
OH, CARMICHAEL BOBBLE!
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
STEWART ALMOST STANDS IT ON THE
FRONT WHEEL.
>> CARMICHAEL HAS GOT A RIBBON
SECTION, CARMICHAEL ONLY JUMPED
ON THE TOP, HAS NOT GOT
THE POWER TO JUMP OFF, AND
ALMOST STEWART IS PASSED HIM.
HE MIGHT HAVE JUMPED RIGHT ON
TOP OF RC.
NOW CARMICHAEL HAS GOT TO WAIT,
DROPPING BEHIND JAMES.
JAMES IS ON THE INSIDE.
HE'S GOING TO LOSE A LITTLE
NOT REMEMBER THE RIDERS
AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN
GO STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN.
THE OTHERS WILL BE LOOKING TO
GO TO ONE OF THE SEMIS TWO.
TO GO ON THIS ONE.
>> JAMES LAID DOWN THE FASTEST
LAP TIME.
A 50.3.
HE'S THE ONLY RIDER ALL NIGHT
LONG TO GET IN THE 50-SECOND
RANGE.
>> NOW DOWN TO THE LAST
LAP, JAMES CARMICHAEL.
>> HE GOES WAY TO THE
INSIDE, BLITZES ACROSS THE TOP.
A LITTLE BIT BETTER,
CARMICHAEL NOT LOSING TOO
MUCH GROUND T T
>> JUST ABOUT ONE SECOND.
>> I THINK WHAT CARMICHAEL HAS
LEARNED THESE LAST FEW LAPS IS
FAR MORE VALUABLE THAN
JUST GETTING THE HEAT LAP WIN.
HE'LL GO BACK AND KNOW WHAT
HE NEEDS TO GET IT DONE FOR THE
20-LAP MAIN EVENT.
>> RICKY CARMICHAEL IS
SECOND, AND JAMES STEWART WINS.
THAT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN FOR RICKY CARMICHAEL.
BUT JAMES STEWART, BOY THAT WAS
GOOD FOR HIM.
>> JAMES STEWART GOT A WIN
IN THE HEAT RACE.
>> AND NICK WEY TAKES THE
TRANSFER, THE PRIVATEEER, SUCH
A GREAT RUN.
OUT IN SAN FRANCISCO
EARLIER THIS YEAR, A GOOD ONE,
A VERY NONMUDY RACETRACK
UNLIKE THAT NIGHT IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
>> LET'S TAKE YOU BACK AND
SHOWOW HOLESHOT.
>> ONE THING KIND OF DIFFERENT,
BOTH CARMICHAEL AND STEWART
GOT OUT FRONT RIGHT THERE.
CARMICHAEL GETS THE HOLESHOT.
HE MAKES IT A FAKE, GETS
IN, TRIPLES, THEN HE IS UNABLE
TO TRIPLE THE LAST
SECTION, WHILE RYAN CLARK
GETS TO THE INSIDE.
>> YOU THINK THESE GAZE ARE
BORED IN MID-AIR SOME WHAT'S HE
FIXING?
>> HE'S ADJUSTING THE CLUTCH
TENSION.
>> HERE WAS A PASS FOR THE LEAD.
>> STEWART JUST MISSES,
LANDED ON R C.
RC GOES ON TO LEARN, STEWART
GOES ON TO TAKE THE LEAD.
>> NINE FOR NINE IN HEAT RACE
COMPETITION.
.
>> HERE'S A LOOK AT THE RESULTS.
STEWART, CARMICHAEL AND FONSECA
AND WEY GOING TO THE MAIN.
>> GREAT BATTLE S.S.
THAT SOMETHING TO COME?
GO AHEAD AND TELL US ABOUT
WHERE YOU COULD MAKE THE MOVE
THERE, WHERE YOUR STRENGTH
IS GOING T TBEBE TONIGHT IN THE
MAIN.
>> IT WAS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR
TONIGHT.
RYAN CLARK HAD ME GOING THERE.
GOT UP, HAD A PRETTY GOOD
LINE ON RICKY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD MAIN
>> MR. HEAT RACE, IF HE CAN PUT
IT TOGETHER IN THE MAIN EVENT.
>> WE'LL SEE IF RICKY PICKED
UP ON THAT.
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LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL.
>>> HERE'S THE HAMPED
MOBILE SUPERCROSS STANDINGS.
RICKY CARMICHAEL LEADS BY
SIX OVER STEWART AND CHAD REED.
IVAN TEDESCO FOLLOWS.
>> HERE'S KRISTA.
>> LAST TWO WEEKS WE'VE SEEN
A VERY DIFFERENT CHAD.
HE'S BEEN RIDING MORE RELAXED.
BUT NOW THAT RICKY HAS HIS
POINTS BACK, IT'S A
WHOLE DIFFERENT BATTLE.
OBVIOUSLY HE'S OUR POINTS
LEADER BUT WILL HIS RIDING STYLE
CHANGE?
WILL HE BECOME MORE T THT?
CHAD SAID IF THERE'S ONE THING
HE'S LEARNED, HE HAS TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY.
SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE THING TO
DO BUT OBVIOUSLY HIS
RIDING STYLE WILL DICTATE.
>> AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
DUNLOP STARTING LIST, YOU
CAN TAKE A LOOK.
>> I WALKED AROUND THE TRACK
AND HE WAS SMILING AND LAUGHING.
IF HE CAN SMILE AND STILL
RELAX THAT'S A BIG STEP.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP
HIM.
EVEN THOUGH HE LOST, HE WASN'T
TOO HAPPY, BUT HE'S GOING TO
FOCUCU LEARNING.
>> AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT 48
OF GIBSON, HE'S GOT
OUR COCA-COLA HELMET CAM.
AND THERE'S CHAD REED.
LOOK AT HIS FOCUS, ALREADY
CONCENTRATING.
>> THE HOLE SHOT, GREAT START
FOR CHAD REED AND TRAVIS IS
RIGHT WITH HIM.
>> THERE YOU SEE RICKY, CHAD
ED PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT
OFF LAST WEEK IN ATLANTA WITH
ANOTHER HOLE SHOT.
THE HONDA IN SAID, AND MICHAEL
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
>> ON-BOARD CAMERA WITH JEFF
GIBSON.
JEFF RIGHT IN FRONT ON THE 38.
>> ALL THOSE RIDERS FIGHTING FOR
SUCH SMALL SPACE.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRACK
WAS SHOWING THROUGH THERE IN THE
CORNER.
>> THEY'RE TAKING THE INSIDE
LINE.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAYBEE HAVE TO
GO OFF THE BOWL A LITTLE
BIT, CHANGE UP THEIR LINE.
>> THEY'RE HOLDING ON
TO POSITIONS WITH GIBSON.
>> THE DOUBLE TRIPLE.
HE WAS UNABLE TO TRIPLE OUT.
MADE A MISTAKE, GOT PAST RIGHT
THERE.
>> BACK TO THE F FNT.
CHAD REED HAVING A GOOD RUN
OUT FRONT, AND IF WE WERE
WONDERING ABOUT THE MOMENTUM
FOR CHAD REED, MO DOUBT ABOUT
IT, HE HASN'T LOST A STEP RIGHT
NOW.
JUST ONE LAP COMPLETED AND CHAD
RET.
.
>> HERE'S ONE RIDER WE THOUGHT
WAS STRUGGLING JUST A
FEW MOMENTS AGO, DENNY,
NUMBER 9, IVAN TEDESCO,
RICKY CARMICHAEL'S TEAMMATE FROM
THE SUZUKI SWAD.
REMEMBER, THE TOP FOUR RIDERS IN
GREEN IN THE TRANSFER
POSITION, THE RIDERS IN
RED LOOKING FOR POSITION.
>> THAT'S THAT INSIDE LINE.
BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BIT SLIPPERY
NOW, GETTING DOWN TO SOME OF THE
PLYWOOD.
LOOKING FOR THAT TRANSFER SPOT.
>> CHAD REED YOU MENTIONED IS
GOING TO NEED TO FIND SOME
SPEED, BUT MAYBE HE'S
JUST CRUISING RIGHT NOW, SAVING
HIMSELF.
.
>> HE MAY BE CAUGHT BY THE GAY
BEHIND HIM, EITHER JAMES,
RICKY OR CHAD, AND THEN ALL OF A
SPEED. THEY JUST FIND ANOTHER
, LOOKING FOR A WISCONSIN TO
FIND THAT EXTRA SECOND.
>> THE ONE THING I'M GLAD TO SEE
WITH CHAD REED, IT DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE ANYTHING IS SLOWING HIM
DOWN.
ONCE HE'S FOUND THAT SPEED, HE'S
WINNING AND DOING IT
WITH REGULARITY DISASE RIGHT
NOW, WINNING THIS HEAT IN INDY.
HERE COMES A FIGHT FOR THIRD
AT THE LINE.
MIKE BROWN JUST IN FRONT OF■ IVN
TEDESCO.
>> L. J. THIRD, TEDESCO WILL
TAKE FOURTH, AND HE WILL BE
HAPPY WITHIN A TRANSFER AS HE
SLIPS WAY BACK IN THE TOP TEN.
>> AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE TO
GO TO THAT SEMI
FINAL .
>> YAMAHA, KAWASAKI AND
TWO SUZUKI'S GOING STRAIGHT TO
MAIN.
>> CHAD, YOU ADD GREAT START.
ARE YOU BECOMING MR. HE SHOT
ON US?
>> I'M TRYING.
THIS IS A -- THE TRACK
IS GETTING A LITTLE FASTER.
YOU NEEDOOD STARTRT
JUST TRYING TO WORK ON THAT
GET OUT FRONT, LET THE STUFF
HAPPENING.
JUST TOOK IT EASY.
I WAS REALLY TRYING TO PROTECT
THE LEAD
GOOD START, GOOD POSITION
BETWEEN LAPS.
A FUN RACE.
>> THANKS.
>>> JUST KIND OF TAKING IT
EASY, CHECKING OUT THE TRACK.
>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
HE'S READY TO GO.
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>>> BEHIND THE SCENES THERE'S A
LOT OF ACTIVITY HERE
AT SUPERCROSS EVENT AS WELL.
THE PIT PARTY, A BIG PART IN A
HUGE FAN FAVORITE HERE
IN INDIANAPOLIS, LOTS OF
AUTOGRAPHS, AND A LOT
OF OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
THE BIGGEST STARS IN
TWO-WHEELED RACING AND SOME
IN FOUR-WHEELED RACING INCLUDING
NASCAR TWO-TIME CHAMPION TONY
STEWART WHO WAS HERE AS WELL
THIS EVENING.
COMING UP NEXT, THE SEMI
>> THURSDAY ON SPEED THE 2006
ROAD RACING SEASON KICKS
OFF FROM DAYTO BAKE WEEK.
CHECK OUT QUALIFYING FOR
THE DAYTONA 200.
DAYTONA BIKE WEEK STARTS
THURSDAY AT 2:30 EASTERN,
LIVE AND EXCLUSIVE ON SPEED.
>> WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF
THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM EARLIER
TONIGHT BEGINNING WITH SEMI■
NUMBER 1.
HEATH VOSS RETURNING TO
ACTION AND A WINNER.
SEMI NUMBER TWO, JEFF
GIBSON CARRYING OUR HELMET
CAM ACROSS TO THE CHECKERED AND
THE MAIN ON NUMBER 48.
AND IN THE LAST
CHANCE QUALILI JEFF DEMENT
TOOK IT EASY, WENT AT IT
THE HARD WAY TO TAKE THE
LAST TRANSFER SPOT.
HERE'S OUR DUNLOP STARTING
LIST FOR THE MAIN EVENT.
MICHAEL BROWN, RICKY CARMICHAEL.
WHAT DID HE LEARN?
WHAT DID HE SEEK?
STEWART SAID HE DIDN'T SHOW HIM
EVERYTHING HE KNEW, BUT
CHAD REED HAD AN EASY WIN
IN HEAT NUMBER TWO.
SHOULD BE AN EXCITING MAIN EVENT
COMING UP HERE FROM INDAY IN
JUST A CPLE OF MINUTES.
AS THE BATTLE FOR THE AMP'D
MOBILE SUPERCROSS
SERIES C C FROM THE RCA
DOME.
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>>> GETTING READY, 20 RIDERS, 20
LAPS INSIDE THE DOME AT INDY!
THE AMP'D MOBILE SUPERCROSS
SERIES CONTINUES HERE ON
SPEED RIGHT AFTER THESE W
>> THE 20 RIDERS FOR THE
MAIN EVENT ARE IN THE GATE.
HERE'S KRISTA VODA WITH A DIRECT
REPORT.
>> ONE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ON
THISISS A STEP ON/STEP
OFF.
AND THEY HAVAVTO HOLD BACKSPEED
ON MOMENTUM TO SET UP FOR
THE RHYTHM SEC SHUFNLT THE SETUP
IS KEY.
THE RHYTHM SECTION, AS I MAKE
MY WAY DOWN THE HILL, NOT
VERY TRICKY, BUT BECAUSE
OF THESE TIGHT VALLEYS,
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR.
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE MIKE
LAROCCA FELL IN PRACTICE,
ENDING HIS NIGHT.
>> WELL, WE KNOW WHO THEY'RE
VOTING FOR.
RICKY CARMICHAEL, THE NUMBER
4 SUSIE KEY OWE HOE SUZUKI.
20 LAPS, 20 RIDERS, 25 MORE
POINTS AT STAKE HERE TONIGHT,
DENNY.
>>>>HIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE BIG
CHANCE, CARMICHAEL TO PROVE
THAT LAST WEEK WASN'T A FLUKE.
OBVIOUSLY HE DENT THINK IT WAS A
FLUKE.
KEEP THE MOMENTUM RUNNING,
MAKEKEP THOSE SIX POINTS, JUST
TRYING TO PUT AWAY THE FUEL
ISSUES AND THE DISCUSSION
AND THE CONTROVERSY AND
JUST FOCUS ON THE RACE AT HAND.
>> AND RICKY HAS THREE WINS
HERE IN INDY.
JAMES STEWART HAS NEVER
RACED HERE IN INDY.
>> RIGHT NOW HE'S GOING TO
TRY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN, GET
HIMSELF A WIN AND GET RIGHT
BACK INTO THE POINTS CHASE.
>> FIRST CORNER IS
ERNESTO FONSECA, AND CARMICHAEL
IN SECOND.
>> STEWART IN THE FIRST TURN
YET AGAIN, SECOND RACE IN A
ROW, HE'S HAVING TO START THE
RACE 20TH.
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> AND CHAD REED IS BACK IN 6th
POSITION.
>> WELL, HERE WE GO WITH ANOTHER
WIN.
CARMICHAEL HAS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CHECK OUT.
NOW, WE'VE SEEN ON
OTHER OCCASIONS THAT JAMES
STEWART HAS FOLLOWED, AND
HE'S STILL BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
PODIUM.
>> MAKING THE PODIUM ISN'T GOING
TO BE ENOUGH.
HE NEEDS TO BE UP-FRONT.
THIS FIELD IS GETTING UP TO THE
FRONT.
HE NEEDS TO START MAKING UP
TIME.
HE NEEDS TO CATCH UP AND GET IT
DONE FAST.
>> BATTLE FOR THE LEAD, ERNESTO
FONSECA ON THE FACTORY
HONDA, NEXT IS THE FACTORY
SUZUKI.
>> WE SAW LAST WEEKEND HE MADE A
PRETTY AGGRESSIVE RACE AND
FONSECA GOT BEHIND HIM.
THE LONGER IT TAKES
CARMICHAEL TO GET AROUND
FONSECA, --
>> THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE,
HE'S UP TO THIRD.
A GREAT RUN ON THE 27.
>> THE HONDA TRYING TO GET
TO THE PODIUM, ERNESTO
FONSECA, NICK WEY.
>> WHAT A SPECTACULAR
PERFORMANCE BY NICK WEY,
AND IVAN TEDESCO WAS FOURTH, BUT
GUESS WHO'S NOW FIFTH, CHAD
REED.
YOU CAN SEE REED COMING THROUGH
THE RHYTHM SECTION.
YOU KNOW THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF LOVE GOING ON BETWEEN ERNESTO
AND TEDESCO.■
>> NOTHINGFFICULT
THAN TO TRY AND PASS THREE
RIDERS.
>> DOESN'T LEAVE ANY GAPS.
JEFF GIBSON GIVING US THIS VIEW,
AS HE WORKS HIS WAY THROUGH.
JAMES STEWART HAS JUST PASSED
HIM.
SO STEWART NOW INCHING HIS WAY
TO THE TOP TEN, WITH ONLY
THREE LAPS DOWN, HE'S MADE IT
THROUGH HALF THE FIELD ALREADY.
>> THE GUYS ARE MUCH FASTER.
OBVIOUSLY THE TOP TEN IS GOING
TO BE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT,
BUT STILL STEWART HAS
BEEN LAYING DOWN LAP TIMES THEY
TO FOUR SECONDS FASTER THAN THE
REST OF THE FIELD.
ALL HE HAS TO DO IS DO THE
TRACK QUICKLY AND SMOOTHLY
AND SAFELY, TO GET TO CHAD
REED, BECAUSE CHAD IS NOT MAKING
UP GROUND QUICKLY ENOUGH
ON THESE THREE RIDERS.
CARMICHAEL IS BREAKING AWAY.
.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
HOW MUCH SPEED YOU SEE OUT
OF FONSECA AND TEDESCO.
WE SEE CARMICHAEL, THE GAP, THEN
FONSECA AND TEDESCO.
OH, TEDESCO INSIDE, AND
IVAN TAKES OVER THIRD!
>> A GREAT LINE FOR IVAN, AND A
DOUBLE DOUBLE, OUT OF THE WAY OF
FONSECA.
>> SUCH A PRETTY RIDER, IVAN
TEDESCO, AS IS CHAD REED.
>> A GREAT JOB THIS SEASON.
A ROOKIE IN THE
SUPERCROSS CLASS, AND A LOT OF
RIDERS HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME, IN
THE SUPERCROSS CLASS, HE'S
ALREADY BEEN UP TO THE PODIUM
TWICE.
>> INDIANAPOLIS HAS BEEN
A PRETTY GOOD PLACE FOR CHAD
REED.
SECOND HERE LAST YEAR, THIRD IN
'04 AND THIRD ON IN THREE,
AND HERE COMES STEWART.
STEWART'S UP TO FIFTH.
>> WOW.
>> LOOK AT THAT, HE'S ON REED.
THE SPEED OUT OF THIS RIDER
IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> THROUGH THE FIELD, BEST LAP
TIME, 52.1.
THAT IS THE FASTEST LAP LAP
TIME OF ANYONE IN THE MAIN
EVENT, AND HE'S DUNN IT COMING
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
>> AND HE'S GOING TO GET REED.
HE'S RIGHT ON HIM.
>> DHAD REED HAS A LOT
THAT HE''S DONE.
HIS SPEED IS TRULY OFF THE
REST OF THE PACK.
HE'S NOT ABLE TO GET TO
FONSECA, TEDESCO, HE'S MADE
IT UP TO 20TH IN A MATTER OF
FIVE LAPS.
>> MEANWHILE CARMICHAEL IS
THREE SECONDS OUT IN FRONT OF
NICK WEY, FOUR SECONDS
FROM WHERE TEDESCO IS AT AND
FIVE SECONDS BACK TO THESE GUYS.
THIS IS A FIGHT FOR FOURTH
POSITION RIGHT NOW.
ERNESTO FONSECA.
>> HE'S ONLY 6.3 SECOND BEHIND
RICKY CARMICHAEL.
>> A WIN FOR STEWART IS NOT OUT
OF THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW THE
WAY HE'S COMING THROUGH PACK.
>> NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH.
THE NEXT RIDER IN FRONT
OF HIM IS THIS MAN, THAT'S
YOUR RACE LEAD ERIC KEY
CARMICHAEL.
HIS TEAMMATE IVAN TEDESCO
HOLDING DOWN THIRD, AND
STEWART'S IN FOURTH.
>> CARMICHAEL COMES AROUND.
STEWART'S COMING, BECAUSE HE'S
GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP THE
PACE.
HE WAS RUNNING IN THE HIGH
50 SECONDS, 50.9.
RIGHT NOW HIS BEST LAP TIME IS A
51.4.
HE JUST LAID IT DOWN THIS
LAST LAP SO I THINK HE
KNOWS IT'S TIME TO STEP UP THE
PACE.
>> NICE EFFORT BY■ CARMICHAEL.
CARMICHAEL ADD WIN RIGHT
HERE LAST YEAR, AND LOOK AT
THAT HE GOES RIGHT PAST TEDESCO.
HE'S UP TO THIRD.
>> JAMES STEWART IS
JUMPING, JUST JUMPED RIGHT OUT.
HE'S GONE SO MUCH AHEAD OF
THE REST OF THE PACK.
>> OH, BIG MISTAKE.
AND HE LOSES A SPOT.
>> THAT'S IN THAT SECTION WHERE
CARMICHAEL MADE A MISTAKE.
THAT'S WHAT KRISTA VODA
TALKED ABOUT IN THE OPENING.
HE JUMPED DOWN INTHAT
NARROW VALUE LEE.
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>> OFF THE HANDLEBARS,
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>>
FEW STEWART IS RIGHT BACK IN
THIRD, AND WHILE WE'RE
WATCHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO GIVE
A LOT OF CREDITICK WEY.
HE'S DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
HE'S RIGHT NOW -- HE'S THE
BEST IN THE BUSINESS.
>> HELD ON TO SECOND PLACE,
AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.
HERE'S CARMICHAEL,
HERE'S TEDESCO HOLDING OFF RERE
THAT'S THE BATTLE BACK FOR
FOURTH.
REED NOW UP TO FOURTH, AND
HE'S GOING TO GO AFTER WEY
AND TRY TO GET THIRD.
WHAT A FIGHT WE HAVE ON
OUR HANDS AGAIN.
THE POINTS CHASE AT THE AMP'D
MOBILE SUPERCROSS SERIES HEATING
UP IN THE DOME.
CARMICHAEL LEADS STEWART, BUT
FOR HOW LONG?
>> RICKY CAR MAKE CAL AFTER
100 STARTS, 44 WINS, 83 TOP
FIVE FUN ISSUES TO GO ALONG
WITH HIS TITLES, HE'S
LOOKING FOR WIN NUMBER 45 AND
REMAIN THE POINTS LEADER ON THE
WORLD SIDE AND MAYBE RETAKING ON
THE AMA SIDE.
>> WE WERE TALKING
EARLIER, CARMICHAEL TRYING TO
STEP UP THE PACE.
HE'S ALWAYS SAID HE ALLEY GET
JOB DONE..
STEWART IS IN THE VERY BACK
OF THE PACK.
I THINK HE SAID,
HEY, CARMICHAEL, STEWART'S YOU
KOELING PAST, BETTER PICK UP THE
PACE.
HE'S DOING JUST WHAT HE NEEDS
TO DO TO GET THE JOB DONE.
STEWART RIGHT NOW EIGHT
SECONDS FASTER, HAS A LOT OF
TIME TO MAKE UP.
CARMICHAEL HAS SETTLED INTO
A VERY FAST PACE.
STEWART DOWN TO 7.6.
>> HAS HE RU OUT OF SPEED?
>> I THINK HE MAY HAVE
JUST ENOUGH TO TAKE THE WIND
OUT OF THE SAILS AND PUT IT BACK
TO TAKE TWO SECOND,
THREE SECONDS RIGHT THERE.
RICKY CARMICHAEL THAT YOU HAD
GNAWED.
>> STEWART A 51.1.
IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS MAN'S ABILITY TO SEE HOW
FAR DOWN HE CAN DIG TO FIND A
LITTLE SPEED, THERE'S YOUR
ANSWER.
A 51. 4.
THAT'S .3 QUICKER THAN
CARMICHAEL.
>> HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S GOT TO DO
TO TRAY AND CATCH CARMICHAEL BUT
EFEFITELY AT THE PACE OF
THE TIME THAT HE WAS WITH CHAD
REED.
IF DOES HE NOT PASS NICK
WEY, IT'S GONE.
>> THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PASSES OF THE YEAR FOR
CHAD REED IF HE CAN GET IT DONE,
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
EASY THE WAY WEY HAS BEEN
RUNNING HERE TONIGHT.
HE HAS 56 STARTS WITH RICKY
JOHNSON THE ALL-TIME SUPERCROSS
PODIUM LIST.
FANTASTIC ONE.
HE'S TRYING TO KEEP THAT GOING
TONIGHT.
CARMICHAEL MEANWHILE, DENNY, WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE
THE MAIN GOT UNDERWAY.
HE'S WEARING THE ORANGE
GOOD COLORS FOR HIM.Y Y
>> ORANGE GEAR, WORE IT ALL THE
TIME.
WHEN HE'S GOT THE ORANGE ON
HE'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL
AND GETTING IT DONE ONCE AGAIN.
THERE'S THE PASS.
CHAD REED GETS BY BRIEF FOR
JUST A BRIEF MOMENT BUT NICK
WEY BACK TO THAT THIRD SPOT.
THAT LAST LAP, 51.3.
LAP 13 WAS RICKY CAR MAKE
CAL'S FASTEST LAP.
>> STEWART AT A GOOD PACE.
SO DOES CARMICHAEL.
CHAD REED, HE'S GOT AN INSIDE
RUN ON WEY.
CHAD REID KNOWS WHAT HE HAS
TO DO, GET AT LEAST THIRD TO GET
HIMSELF BACK ON THE PODIUM.
>> HE'S GOING TO LOSE FIVE
POINTS RIGHT NOW IF HE CAN'T.
CAR MAKE CAL WILL LADY WITH 25.
SIX-POINT LEAD AS HE SLIDES DOWN
TO ONE.
HE CAN MAKE UP TWO ON REED BUT
LOSE THREE TO CARMICHAEL IF THE
RACE ENDED RIGHT NOW.
>> WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
TALK TO THIS RIDER.
NICK WEY, TEDESCO.
THREE GAZE
>> CARMICHAEL AROUND TYLER IN
14th.
HE'S UP TO 12th ON THE
YAMAHA, NUMBER 13 IN BLUE GEAR.
JUST MISSED 38 THERE, CAR MAKE
CAL TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THEM
ALL.
>> HE'S TRYING TO LAP RIDERS.
HE'S DROPPED ABOUT A SECOND THAT
HAVE THAT LAST LAP TO STEWART.
ONLY A HANDFUL OF LAPS
REMAINING.
>> I TALKED WITH RICKY EARLIER
TODAY ABOUT THE POINTS ISSUE.
CERTAINLY THOUGHT IT WAS
THE RIGHT DECISION BY THE AMA
AND THE FIN TO GIVE THE
25 POINTS BACK.
I ASKED JAMES STEWART ABOUT ME,
AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
ASK CHAD REED, CHAD WAS A
LITTLE BIT MORE VOCAL.
>> CHAD WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.
HE WAS PENALIZED.
HE'S TRYING TO VOICE HIS
OPINION.
RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE JAMES DID
THE BEST.
>> I TELL WHAT YOU COULD
HAVEE■N THE BIGGEST MOMENT OF
THE SEASON WAS LAST
WEEK, BECAUSE RICKY CARMICHAEL
LAST 25 POINTS, AND
THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS OVER FOR
HIM.
HE COULD HAVE JUST LAID DOWN.
INSTEAD, HE GOT VERY
SERIOUS, VERY FOCUSED AND
CAME OUT AND WON THAT RACE
IN ATLANTA, WHICH IS GOING TO
HELP HIM OUT YOU KNOW CREED
BLAY HERE TONIGHT.
>> A SIX-POINT SWING.
CHAD WON THE RACE OWE FOE
CHAD WON, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
UP BY 12.
RICKY SAID, HEY, I DON'T LIKE
WHAT'S HAPPENING, HE MADE A MOVE
AND NOW UP BY SIX.
CHAD REED THOUGHT HE HAD A
31-POINT LEAD.
>> HE COULD HAVE SETTLED FOR
SECOND.
HE TOOK THE POINTS AND --
BUT HERE WE ARE, FOCUS ON
THE TASK AT HAND.
RICKY CARMICHAEL OUT IN
ONON STEWART SECOND,
CHAD REED THIRD.
>> ON BOARD OUR HELMET CAM.
JEFF GIBSON.
RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS JUST
GONE PAST HIM.
GIBSON IS RUNNING IN 10th.
ON THE SCHULTZ RACING
SUBWAY COCA-COLA HONDA, AND
THERE'S JAMES STEWART, STILL
RUNNING ALONG IN SECOND,
51.1 STILL HIS BEST TIME, A
HALF SECOND BACK OF RICKY CAR
MAKE CAL.
THAT I THINK IS GOING TO
BE INTERESTING FOR STEWART
THAT HE WAS ABLE TO COME
CHARGING UP THE FIELD.
GOD, I LOVE WATCHING THESE GUYS.
HE RETCHED THAT POINT,
D CARMICHAEL --
>> RICKY ALWAYS SEEMS TO STEP
UP THE PACE.
JAMES MADE THAT ONE MISTAKE IN
THE ON/OFF SECTION, AND
HERE'S JAMES STEWART RIGHT
NOW, HE'S RODE AN INCREDIBLE
RACE.
HE'S GOING, WHY AM I ENDING
UP ON THE GROUND, SEEMS LIKE
EVERY WEEKEND.
>> THE THING IS, THE FACT
THAT RICKY IS SPEEDIER
TONIGHT, RICKY STARTS TO
CELEBRATE ON THE FINAL LAP.
STEWART HASN'T GOT A CHANCE.
>> UP NEXT, DAYTONA,
WHICH YOU'LL SEE RIGHT HERE ON
SPEED, AND RICKY CAR MAKE CAL
HAS SAID ALL SEASON LONG, IT
ALL REALLY BE AGAINST, THE CHASE
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHEN
WE GET TO DAYTONA.■■
IT'S A DIFFERENT RACETRACK.
>> IT'S IN THEIR BACKYARD.
THEY ALL LIVE IN FLORIDA.
BUT RIGHT NOW RICKY
CARMICHAEL IN INDY.
>> WIN NUMBER 45 FOR RICKY
CARMICHAEL.
AND THE FOUR-TIME CHAMPION
CONTINUES TO MAKE A
STATEMENT HEAR IN 2006 BY TAKING
UP THE POINTS ONE MORE TIME.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
IN INDIANAPOLIS, AND YOU CAN BET
THE CONVERSATION WILL BE
INTERESTING.
LONG AS
IT'S FORWARD.
>> WELCOME BACK TO INDIANAPOLIS.
GETTING SET TO TALK TO THE
WINNERS UP ON THE PODIUM.
LET'S TAKE YOU BACK FIRST TO
OUR PROGRESSIVE DIRECT HOLE
SHOT AND SHOW YOU HOW JAMES
STEWART ENDED UP ON THE GROUND.
>> FOR THE FOURTH TIME THIS
SEASON JAMES CITY START IS GOING
TO COME IN THE FIRST TURN
AND GET CLIPPED BY THE REST
OF THE PACK.
HE ALMOST HITS HIS TEAMMATE, AND
DOWN HE GOES.
REGAINS A LAP, WHILE
ERNESTO FONSECA, HE STARTS
THE RACE IN FIRST.
>> AND NICK WEY ADD VERY
GOOD RACE ON THE NUMBER 27.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RESULTS.
CARMICHAEL TAKES THE WIN.
JAMES STEWART ENDS UP
BOUNCING BACK IN THAT TURN ONE
PROBLEMS, AND CHAD REED DID WHAT
HE HAD TO DO, HE GOT TO THIRD.
>> SEVEN ROUNDS STILL REMAINING.
WE'RE HEADING TO DAYTONA NEXT
WEEKEND.
MAYBE CHAD CAN TURN THINGS
AROUND.
>> JAMES STEWART GOT BACK UP TO
SECOND.
HE'S THIRD, 17 BACK IN THE AMA
POINTS.
>> Reporter: TROUBLE FOR
JAMES STEWART AGAIN.
WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT?
>> YOU KNO JUST A LITTLE
DIFFICULT IN T PART.
I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT UP TO MY
MOM, SHE CAME OUT.
FEEL GOOD.
I ENDED UP CATCHING IT TOWARDS
THE END.
REALLY HARD TO GET AROUND THESE
LAPS.
KIND OF FRUSTRATING, BUT I'M
HAPPY.
I RODE GOOD, GOOD FOR MY TEAM.
GOOD RUN.
>> FRUSTRATED BUT HAPPY WITH A
LITTLE INSPIRATION FOR AUNTY.
>> RICKY CARMICHAEL GETS
OUR BUKU BIG AIR.
HE WAS THE MAN HERE TONIGHT.
>> RICKY CARMICHAEL HAD A LITTLE
FIRE IN HIS BELLY IN ATLANTA.
RICKY, WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION
TONIGHT?
>> JAMES, HE MESSED UP.
I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT UP FOR HIM,
HE RODE A GREAT RACE.
HE CAME FROM DEAD LAST, SO I WAS
JUST MARKING HIM AND WE WERE
PULLING AWAY FROM THE PACK.
I WISH HE WASN'T HAVE SLIPPED
DOWN THERE.
HAD AN AWESOME BATTLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DOG FIGHT.
DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS
A SKETCHY MAIN EVENT, OR, PARDON
ME, THE HEAT RACE.
JUST GLAD TO GET UP-FRONT AND
THANK THE FANS FOR
STICKING BEHIND ME.
IT'S BEEN A ROLLER COASTER RIDE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T LIKE
BEING A PART OF, BUT I
GUESS THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.
BACK IN INDY. TO
>> WELL, AND HE HOLDS ON TO THE
AMP'D MOBILE WORLD SUPERCROSS
STANDINGS.
CHAD REED IS IN THIRD WITH 11.
MORE GREAT ACTION COMING
YOUR WAY HEAR ON SPEED IN
OUR TOYOTA MOVING FORWARD
SCHEDULE.
YOU CAN SEE SUPERCROSS
AND SUPERCROSS LITES, SAME
DAY COVERAGE FROM THE WORLD DEN
OF RACING, FRIDAY, MARCH 10th.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT
ONE, ONE OF THE MORE UNIQUE
RACES ON THE SCHEDULE.