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>> MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP, IS IN THE GREAT
WAY TO THE WEST.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
THE EDWARD JONES DOME FOR THE
NEXT ROUND OF THE 2011
CHAMPIONSHIP.
I'M RALPH SHEHEEN ALONG WITH
JEFF EMIG AS WE GET READY RACING
IN OUR FINAL DOME RACE OF THE
YEAR.
THERE YOU SEE THE POINTS LEADER
RYAN VILLOPOTO.
>> AND THE DOME MEANS A
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AND WE
WILL END THE SERIES WITH THREE
OUTDOOR STADIUMS BUT THESE
RIDERS REALLY LIKE THIS TYPE OF
TRACK WHERE WE HAVE GREAT SOIL
AND WE HAVE THREE OF THE FASTEST
RIDERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN
THIS HEAT RACE.
>> YOU SEE OUR STARTING LINEUP
ACROSS THE SCREEN AND YOU SEE
NO. 7 JAMES STEWART AND HE'S IN
THE TOP POINTS AND CHAD REED WHO
IS ALSO IN THIS HEAT.
RIGHT THERE IS REED, THE TWO
TIME CHAMPION OUT OF AUSTRALIA.
KEVIN WINDHAM RIGHT ALONG ON THE
NUMBER 14.
THESE RACERS ARE GETTING READY
TO GO.
THE INTENSITY STARTS TO BUILD UP
AS WELL.
HERE WE ARE IN ST. LOUIS.
THE HOLE START WILL GO TO IVAN
TEDESCO.
>> TOMMY IS ON A SECOND BUT
KEVIN WINDHAM NOW UP TO SECOND.
>> WINDHAM ON THAT GEICO HONDA
CHASING THE DODGE BACKED NO. 9
TEDESCO.
>> YOU SEE MICHAEL BURN.
PRETTY SOLID START FOR HIM ALSO
WHERE IS THE TITLE CONTENDERS IN
THIS HEAT RACE?
>> DEEPER IN THE PACK, JEFF.
NOVEMBER THEM GETTING GOOD
STARTS.
THE TOP 9 TRANSFER OUT OF EACH
HEAT STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN.
EVERYBODY ELSE GETS ONE FINAL
SHOT FOR THE LAST TWO TICKETS IN
THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER.
>> WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR,
RALPH, IS THAT THE HEAT RACES
ARE NO GIVE ME'S FOR ANYONE.
THE POINTS LEADER RYAN VILLOPOTO
FAILED TO MAKE THE MAIN EVENT AT
JACKSONVILLE.
LOST A BUNCH OF POINTS AND
CLOSED THIS TITLE CHASE BACK UP
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT
THIS EIGHT-LAP HEAT RACE GETTING
INTO THE TOP 9 BY THE CHECKERED
FLAG.
>> KEVIN WINDHAM A FAN FAVORITE
CHASING AS WE DROP BACK TO SEE
WHERE SOME OF THOSE TITLE
CONTENDERS ARE.
THERE YOU SEE REED ON THE 22.
THE RED BIKE.
>> HE'S IN SEVENTH.
>> WITH THE RED FENDER.
JUST BEHIND HIM IS NO. 7.
THAT'S STEWART ON THE BLUE BIKE.
THEN RUN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WEST ON THE 43 HOLE AND
REED GETS CAUGHT UP.
HE GETS HUNG UP THERE.
THAT LOOKED LIKE THE 26th OF
MICHAEL BIRD WHO WAS HAVING
ISSUES ON HIS SUZUKI.
>> THE IRONY, MICHAEL BURNS AND
CHAD REED ARE BEST FRIENDS ON
THE RACETRACK AND CHAD HAS A
LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE.
HE HAS GET TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
>> BURN ALSO AN AUSTRALIAN
RACING HERE IN THE STATES.
REED IS IN SIXTH AND THAT WOULD
BE A TRANSFER SPOT TO THE MAIN.
>> AND MORE SO FOR CHAD REED.
HE'S THE TYPE OF RIDER -- HE
FEEDS OFF LITTLE MOMENTS LIKE
THAT THAT JUST REALLY GET HIM
FIRED UP.
RIGHT NOW HE'S GOING TO HAVE A
CHANCE TO WATCH THE LINES OF THE
SECOND FASTEST QUALIFIER HERE
TONIGHT JAMES STEWART, NO. 7 TO
SEE IF HE CAN PICK UP ANYTHING.
>> THERE'S 12, THAT BLUE BIKE.
HAAN RUNS IN FOURTH.
PROBLEMS FOR WINDHAM AS HE DROPS
BACK UP TO THE FRONT FOR THE
BATTLE OF THE LEAD.
IVAN TEDESCO MAKING A BIG FOR
HIS FIRST HEAT RACE WIN OF THIS
SEASON.
HERE'S OUR POINTS LEADER.
RYAN VILLOPOTO ON THAT NUMBER
TWO.
THE GREEN KAWASAKI.
>> STEWART HAS MADE HIS LEAD
TOWARDS HAAN.
48 FLAT.
TEDESCO WITH A 49.2.
AND STEWART RIGHT NOW FASTEST
RIDER ON THE TRACK AND REED IS
RIGHT THERE WITH HIM.
>> STEWART ON THE SAN MANUEL
HONDA NUMBER 7.
THE MONSTER ENERGY NO. 2, HE'S
GOT BLACK RIDING GEAR RYAN
VILLOPOTO.
>> HE'S REALLY CHARGING THE
TRACK RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SEE IF HE DIVES.
HE STAYS OUTSIDE AND TRY TO MAKE
HIS MOVE ON VILLOPOTO OR
WINDHAM.
>> WINDHAM WITH A LOT OF COMPANY
ON HIS GEICO HONDA RIGHT NOW.
>> THE PRESSURE JUST STARTS TO
MOUNTS ESPECIALLY FOR VILLOPOTO.
RIGHT HERE, HE'S JUST IN THE
THICK OF IT.
LET'S SEE IF HE GETS TO THE
INSIDE OF WINDHAM.
TAKING A LOOK.
GETS THERE.
POWERS OUT OF THE CORNER.
WE GOT A NEW SECOND PLACE
WINNER.
WINDHAM WILL KNOW THERE'S HEAT
COMING FROM BEHIND.
>> HE MAKES A LITTLE MISTAKE AND
THAT'S GOING TO THROW THE RHYTHM
OFF FOR HIMSELF AND STEWART.
>> STEWART WITH THE INSIDE LINE
AND THE YAMAHA RIDER POWERS HIS
WAY INTO THIRD.
WINDHAM DROPS QUICKLY TO FOURTH,
STILL IN A TRANSFER SPOT FOR THE
MAIN
>> WHERE'S CHAD REED?
>> REED SITS IN SIXTH.
YOU SEE HIM BACK AT THE TOP OF
YOUR SCREEN.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE FRUSTRATING
TO SEE THE 7 PULL AWAY WHEN HE
WAS WITHIN ABOUT A SECOND OF
HIM, JUST A COUPLE LAPS AGO.
>> AND INTO ONE OF THE WHOOP
SECTIONS.
STEWART SO GOOD THROUGH THE
WHOOPS.
>> OH, THAT TRIPLE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THAT RUTHUM SECTION HAS GOT A
REAL KICK TO IT.
>> AND NOW TEDESCO HAS AFIED ON
HIS HANDS IF HE WANTS HIS FIRST
HEAT RACE WIN OF THE YEAR.
>> STEWART GETS INSIDE OF
VILLOPOTO TO THE CHEERS OF THE
CROWD HERE TONIGHT.
AND HE COMES RIGHT AFTER
TEDESCO.
HE'S TWO HAVE A HISTORY,
SIDE-BY-SIDE.
HOW HARD WILL TEDESCO RUN HIM?
>> HE TRIED BUT HE WAS JUST NOT
CLOSE ENOUGH.
>> STEWART UP FRONT.
WOW!
>> HE CUTS BACK INSIDE.
>> WHAT A TURN BY TEDESCO.
HE TOOK THAT KAWASAKI AND DROVE
IT IN THE STREET BUT STEWART
TAKES IT IN THE WHOOPS.
>> GREAT ACTION HERE IN
ST. LOUIS IN THE EARLY STAGES.
A LOT OF RACING YET TO GO
TONIGHT.
VILLOPOTO COMING AFTER TEDESCO
NOW TO SEE IF HE CAN TAKE OVER
SECOND.
TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF THEM.
TEDESCO BOBBLES.
>> TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
LAP RIDERS COMING AT STEWART'S
PACE.
A 47.1 LAST LAP AROUND, STEWART
FASTEST RIDER ON THE TRACK.
>> VILLOPOTO WITH TEDESCO,
TEDESCO STRUGGLING THROUGH THAT
RHYTHM SECTION.
>> WINDHAM WITH THE WHITE FLAG
OPEN.
PAST THE MECHANICS SECTION A
LITTLE UP TO THE SCREEN.
THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR PIT
BOARD SIGNS.
>> I'LL TELL YOU, RALPH, THIS
TRACK IS ONE OF THOSE TRACKS
WHERE YOU REALLY LEAVE THE
INSIDES WIDE OPEN BY TRYING TO
RIDE THE FAST LINE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO MAKE FOR
SOME INTERESTING RACING IN THE
MAIN EVENT WHEN THESE GUYS ARE
REALLY BATTLING FOR THE POINTS
THAT ARE ON THE LINE TOWARDS THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
TRACKS GETTING REALLY TOUGH.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF JUMPS WHERE
STARTING TO GET RUNNING OUT AND
GIVING THE RIDERS A KICK AND
IT'S HARD TO KEEP THE REAR TIRE
DOWN TO KEEP IT FROM GOING OVER
THE BARS.
>> AFTER A ROUGH WEEKEND JUST A
WEEK AGO IN DALLAS, STEWART
NEEDS A GOOD RUN HERE IN
ST. LOUIS.
AND HE STARTS OFF THE NIGHT
STRONG WITH HIS 11 HEAT RACE WIN
OF THE YEAR.
HE'S GOING ON TO THE MAIN.
CBS COVERAGE FROM ST. LOUIS WILL
CONTINUE.
>> YOU SEE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
GREAT JIM EDMONDS THE FOUR TIME
MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUE STAR,
EIGHT GOLD GLOVES AND A GREAT
RESTAURANT OWNER HERE.
FIFTEEN IN ST. LOUIS.
HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH JIMMY AT
DINNER LAST NIGHT.
GOOD TO SEE HIM.
HE WAS OUR GRAND MARSHALL THIS
WEEKEND.
HERE'S THE RESULTS OUT OF THE
HEAT.
THERE'S THE TOP NINE RIDERS WHO
WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN
EVENT.
EVERYBODY ELSE GETS ONE FINAL
SHOT IN THE LAST CHANCE
QUALIFIER AND WE GET TO GO DOWN
TO THE PODIUM WHERE WE'LL
INTRODUCE THE THIRD MEMBER OF
OUR CREW, ERIN BATES.
>> JAMES, A MISFORTUNE OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
YOU HAVEN'T ONE EIGHT RACES.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO TURN
IT OVER.
>> WIN, IT'S VERY SIMPLE AS
THAT.
THAT WAS A NICE LITTLE WARM-UP.
I HAD SOME FUN OUT THERE AND THE
GUYS ARE AROUND REALLY GOOD AND
I TOOK MY TIME AND WENT AROUND
THE PACK.
THE YAMAHA IS DOING GREAT.
I WAS A LITTLE -- RUNNING LIKE A
LITTLE PUNK GOING AROUND THAT
FIRST CORNER.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY
SPONSORS, NIKE, OAKLEY, FOR YOU
A ULGUYS WHO STICK WITH ME I
LOVE YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR HEAT
WIN.
>> BATTLING SIGNS FOR RYAN
VILLOPOTO AND CHAD REED.
HERE'S TONIGHT'S IN THE TECH
TIP.
>> I'M JEREMY ALBRECHT TO GIVE
YOU THE TECH TIP.
WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH OUR REAR
BRAKE FROM CRASH AND IT ENDED UP
MESSING UP THE REAR RAKE AND WE
ADDED THIS PIECE.
THIS IS A PROTOTYPE PART AND WE
WELDED IT ON SO THE PEDAL CAN'T
GET JAMMED UP AND MESS UP ALL
THE INTERNALS HERE.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE A MACHINE SHOP
AND WE SENT IT TO HAMMER HEAD
AND THERE WILL BE A PIECE IN
PRODUCTION AND EVERYBODY CAN BUY
IT.
>> PRETTY SLICK DESIGN THERE BY
THE GUYS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TOYOTA
TRACK FOOTAGE OF TONIGHT'S
CIRCUIT.
>> THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU
TAKE A LOOK IS THE SECOND LANE
AGAINST THE WALL HERE AS THE
RIDERS COME THROUGH, THEY JUMP
IN HERE AND TRY TO GET ALL THE
WAY OUT.
THE RIDERS WILL GET THROUGH
THERE CLEANER ARE REALLY GOING
TO SAVE SOME TIME IN THE MAIN
EVENT.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE -- I
WANT YOU GUYS TAKE A LOOK AT THE
BULL TURNS HERE.
THIS IS THE FINAL TURN.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF LOOSE DIRT
UP IN THIS AREA OVER HERE.
BUT AS THE MAIN EVENT GOES ON,
THE RIDERS GOING TO COME IN
THROUGH HERE AND THEY'RE GOING
TO FORM A RUT, OKAY, AND IT'S
GOING TO GET A LITTLE TIGHTER
AND A LITTLE TIGHTER AND THEN
EVENTUALLY THOSE RUTS WILL BE SO
DEEP THAT THE FAST LINE WILL BE
TO RIDE ALL THE WAY BACK IN HERE
WHERE IT'S NICE AND CLEAN.
TRY TO GET YOU THAT CHECKERED
FLAG FIRST.
>> WITH MORE HERE'S ERIN BATES.
>> A DIFFICULT TURN HERE.
THESE TURNS ARE A MAJOR
CHALLENGE TONIGHT.
AS JEFF MENTIONED THERE'S ONE
SOLID LINE THAT WILL BE VERY
CRUCIAL AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES, THOUGH, THEY ARE
GOING TO START COMING INTO A
LINE THAT'S A LOT TIGHTER TRYING
TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE RHYTHM
SECTION THAT LIES AHEAD.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THESE
GUYS IS TO EXECUTE, PREPARE
THEMSELVES AND LINE THEMSELVES
EXACTLY STRAIGHT AS WHAT THEY
NEED TO DO TO GET OVER THIS
RHYTHM SECTION.
>> ALL RIGHT, ERIN, THANKS.
THIS IS A BIG WEEKEND FOR
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS.
IT'S A BIG WEEKEND FOR THE
MASTER'S CATCH THAT AT 2:00 OUR
COLLEAGUE JIM NANCE AND OTHERS
BRINGING THE ACTION FROM THERE.
ALL OF THOSE WILL BE WATCHING
RICKY FOWLER WHO HAS A BIG
CAREER IN GOLF.
ALSO A HUGE FAN OF SUPERCROSS.
>> WELL, I ACTUALLY STARTED
PLAYING GOLF AND RIDING ALL
ABOUT THE SAME TIME WHEN I WAS
3.
MY DAD HAD ALWAYS BEEN INTO
RIDING AND RACING.
HE GREW UP RIDING AND RACING
QUADS AND THREE WHEELERS AND
EVENTUALLY GOT INTO DIRT BIKES
AND THAT'S KIND OF WRITE PICKED
UP AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN
RIDING MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'M PULLING FOR MY BUDDY, REED,
TO MAKE A RUN AT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE WAS RIDING WELL LAST WEEK.
AND STEWART GOT A LITTLE
SQUIRRELY IN THE WHOOPS THERE.
>> OH, AND HE CRASHES INTO REED.
>> AND HE ENDED FINISHED SEVENTH
SO WE LOST A COUPLE OF POINTS
THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE LOOKS LIKE
HE'S RIDING REALLY WELL AND, YOU
KNOW, I'M PULLING FOR HIM.
>> STILL TO COME ON CBS, A
PROFILE OF FAN FAVORITE KEVIN
WINDHAM AFTER 15 YEARS IN THE
SPORT, KW. APPRECIATES HIS FANS
THAT
♪
♪
>> A LOT OF FUN AT THE PIT PARTY
HERE AT THE EDWARD JONES DOME.
ST. LOUIS LOVES THEIR
SUPERCROSS.
>> BIG CROWD HERE TONIGHT FOR
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS, THE
HOME OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE ST. LOUIS RAMS.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TOYOTA HEAT
HIGHLIGHTS.
THIS ONE HAD TREY CANARD AND
RYAN DUNGEY, SIDE-BY-SIDE.
>> TREY CANARD OUR FASTEST
QUALIFIER TODAY.
AND HE WAS REALLY ON RAILS OUT
THERE BUT AS YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE, DID NOT GET THE START THAT
HE NEEDED.
IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE, RYAN
DUNGEY ROCKETING OUT FRONT.
>> MIKE ALES SI OUT IN FRONT OF
HIM.
STROUPE CAME WITH HIM ON HIS NO.
74 YAMAHA AS DID DAVI MILLSAPS.
>> TWO DIFFERENT TIMES BUT
STROUPE WAS OUT ON SECOND BUT IT
WAS TREY CANARD WHO WAS TRYING
TO WORK HIS WAY THROUGH.
MUCH WITH A HIM AS HE TRIES TO
GET INSIDE HERE OF MIKE ALESSI.
♪
>> THE AMERICAN HONDA RACING
FACTORY NO. 41 WORKING HIS WAY
UP THROUGH.
STROUPE WENT DOWN ON HIS NO. 74.
MILLSAPS AND CANARD GETTING BY
BEFORE STROUPE CAN GET AROUND.
BUT NOBODY HAD ANYTHING FOR RYAN
DUNGEY.
>> YOU GET OUT AND DO YOUR OWN
THING, BUT FOR TREY CANARD HE
WAS WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE
PACK AND WATCH HOW HE SQUARES UP
MILLSAPS.
MILLSAPS GOES A LITTLE WIDE AND
CANARD FLIES JUST RIGHT BY.
♪
>> DUNGEY, MEANWHILE, FINAL
CORNER TO THE CHECKERED FLAG IN
HEAT RACE NO. 4 FOR RYAN DUNGEY
HERE'S THE TOP NINE THAT THEY
TRANSFER STRAIGHT OUT.
CODY GILMORE GETS THE TICKET TO
RUN EVERYBODY OFF TO THE LAST
CHANCE QUALIFIER.
CHRIS BLOSE, HIS KAWASAKI INTO
THE MAIN AS WELL.
MIKE ALESSI IS GOING TO THE
PODIUM.
>> RYAN, FIFTH OVERALL DURING
PRACTICE DID YOU SQUARE ANY
ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE TO YOUR
BIKE TO HAVE SUCH A DOMINATING
HEAT RACE TONIGHT?
>> WE MADE A FEW MINOR CHANGES,
NOTHING CRAZY.
PRACTICE FELT PRETTY GOOD BUT
DIDN'T GET A GOOD LAP IN BUT GOT
IN A GREAT START IN THE MAIN.
THE ROCK STAR SUZUKI AND THE
WHOLE CREW WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOM
■
♪
>> FANS, WITH THEIR SIGNS,
CHEERING ON THEIR FAVORITE RIDER
HERE TONIGHT IN ST. LOUIS.
THE LCQ HAS WRAPPED UP.
THE FINAL TWO RIDERS WILL JOIN
OUR 20-RIDER MAIN EVENT FOR 20
LAPSE COMING UP HERE IN A FEW
MINUTES.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE RESULTS OUT
OF THE LCQ.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
NICK WEY AND BOBBY KINIRY TAKING
IT ♪
>> OPENING CEREMONIES ALWAYS ONE
OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ATTENDING A
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS.
GETTING TO WATCH KEVIN WINDHAM
DURING THOSE OPENING CEREMONIES
AND THE THRILLS THAT HE PROVIDES
THE FANS.
NO DOUBT WHY HE IS THE FAN
FAVORITE.
♪
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
BETTER I'M GETTING WITH AGE.
>> KEVIN WINDHAM HAS DONE IT.
HE'S WON SEATTLE.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE
LEARNED TO ENJOY THE PROCESS A
LOT MORE.
I ENJOY WHAT GOES INTO GETTING
READY FOR THE RACES BUT ALSO
WHEN THE RESULTS COME, BEING
ABLE TO ENJOY AND TAKE THEM IN
AND ENJOY THE STORIES FROM THE
FANS.
♪
>> MY WIFE ALWAYS LAUGHS AT ME.
SHE CALLS ME TOMMY THE TALKER
BECAUSE I'M A TALK.
I LIKE TO TALK.
IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
I REALLY ENJOY WHAT I DO.
ACROSS-THE-BOARD.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT BOTHERS ME
ABOUT WHAT I DO.
I THINK THE WORST PART WHEN
PEOPLE COME UP AND TALK, HEY, I
GOT TO GO AND I'M STILL TALKING.
TOMMY THE TALKER.
♪
>> KEVIN WINDHAM IS SUCH A FAN
FAVORITE IS LEADING IN TEXAS.
>> THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT MY
CAREER, YEAH, SURE IT COULD BE
BETTER.
I HAVE SO MANY MOMENTS AND
MEMORIES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY
RESULTS AND BY FAN -- YOU KNOW,
SUPPORT AND CHEERS, YOU KNOW, MY
CAREER HAS EXCEEDED ANYTHING
THAT I COULD HAVE EVER WISHED
FOR.
>> TAKING A LOOK NOW AT OUR
TOYOTA UPCOMING SCHEDULE.
WE'RE HEADED OFF TO SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON, THE EMERALD CITY,
ALWAYS PROVIDING SOME GREAT
RACING.
CBS WILL JOIN YOU ONCE AGAIN
FROM RICE-ECCLES STADIUM IN SALT
LAKE CITY AND IT'S TO LAS VEGAS
FOR THE SEASON FINALE FOR CBS.
WE'LL HAVE THE SEASON IN REVIEW
ON MAY 8th?
>> MAYBE THEY SHOULD CALL HIM
TOMMY THE FACIAL HAIR.
HE GROWS THAT THING EVERY WHICH
WAY.
>> AND THE FANS LOVE HIM, YOU
KNOW, LIKE THE OPENING CEREMONY
THOSE IMAGES ARE REALLY COOL.
>> WE'LL BE MAKING OUR WAY TO
THE MAIN EVENT.
JEFF, THIS IS THE LAST DOME RACE
OF THE YEAR AND THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT FOR A TITLE CONTENDER.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME THEY'LL BE
ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
>> YEAH, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A
TOUGH TRACK HERE TONIGHT.
STEWART WAS EXTREMELY FAST THERE
IN THE HEAT RACES.
TREY CANARD IS GOING TO BE
QUICK.
BUT AS THE TRACK CHANGES, AS
WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR, AS THE
TRACK REALLY REACHES OUT AND
TRIES TO PULL YOU DOWN, IT'S
GOING TO BE WHO'S MENTALLY TOUGH
AND WHO RIDES THE SMARTEST,
FASTEST 20 LAPS COMING UP.
>> COMING UP NEXT, THE FIELD IS
SET.
VILLOPOTO, REED, DUNGEY, CANARD,
STEWART.
THE FAB 5 ARE READY.
IT'S TIME TO TURN THE CAR, DROP
THE GATE AND TURN 20 LAPS TO SEE
WHO THE BADDEST
♪
♪
>> MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP READY TO GO AT THE
MAIN EVENT HERE IN THE EDWARD
JONES DOME.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH ERIN BATES
FOR A PRERACE REPORT.
>> CHAD REED SAYS HE'S STILL
EXTREMELY SORE SINCE DELUDING
WITH JAMES STEWART LAST WEEK.
HE HIT HIS HEAD PRETTY HARD AND
BACK PAIN AND HAVING HEADACHES
ALL WEEK LONG.
CHAD SAID THEY ENDED SUPPLYING
INTO SOME SUSPENSION PARTS THAT
MADE SOME REPAIR.
THE TEAM HAS BEEN IN CARNAGE
REPAIR.
CHAD AND JAMES ARE SPREAD FAR
APART AT THE START GATE BUT CHAD
SAYS SOMEHOW AND SOME WAY THEY
FIND EACH OTHER DURING THE MAIN
EVENT.
>> AS YOU SAW, DALLAS WAS TOUGH
ON THOSE TWO BUT THIS PLACE HAS
BEEN REALLY TOUGH ON OUR POINTS
LEADER, RYAN VILLOPOTO.
LET'S TAKE YOU DOWN TO 2008,
SUPERCROSS LIGHTS EAST
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE.
VILLOPOTO ON THE 2 AND 3, CANARD
GOING TOGETHER AND LOOK
VILLOPOTO GETS SENT RIGHT INTO
THE FINISH LINE.
ONE MORE LOOK AND THAT'S THE
POINT WHERE THE CHAMPIONSHIP
WENT TO TREY CANARD AND LET'S
WATCH LAST YEAR AS A HUGE
MISTAKE THAT VILLOPOTO GOES OVER
THE BARS AND OUT OF THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> HE WAS BATTLING WITH RYAN
DUNGEY AS THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
VILLOPOTO SUFFERING A HORRIBLY
BROKEN LEG AS THE MEDICAL CREW
TOOK HIM OFF, IT WOULD TAKE HIM
OUT OF RACING FOR QUITE CHILLY,
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF REHAB JUST
TO GET HIM BACK TO RACING THIS
YEAR, LET ALONE TO FIND HIMSELF
IN A POSITION WHERE HE'S
BATTLING FOR THIS YEAR'S
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> WELL, VILLOPOTO IS YOUR
POINTS LEADER.
HE'S GOT FIVE WINS, CAN HE GETS
ANOTHER ONE HERE TONIGHT IN
ST. LOUIS?
>> IT'S MAIN EVENT TIME IN THE
EDWARD JONES DOME.
WHO'S GOING TO GET THE COWBOY
HOLESHOT.
IVAN TEDESCO HAS BEEN SO GOOD ON
THE HART & HUNTINGTON NO. 9.
>> DUNGEY SECOND, STEWART THIRD.
>> DUNGEY COULD USE ANOTHER WIN.
IT'S A FACTORY BIKE, THE ARE
THENNING CHAMP ALREADY PUTTING
THE HEAT ON TEDESCO.
AND STEWART IS RIGHT THERE WITH
HIM THERE IN THIRD.
>> AND STEWART, HE'S HAD FOUR
HOLE SHOTS THIS YEAR.
HE'S LED THE MOST LAPS AT 72.
AND HE HAS BEEN FLYING HERE
TONIGHT IN THE HEAT RACES AND
THERE HE GOES.
>> COMING UP THE INSIDE IS
STEWART AND DUNGEY SQUARES HIM
RIGHT UP.
COMING RIGHT BACK WITH THREE
CHAMPIONSHIPS BETWEEN THOSE TWO
RIDERS AND WHILE THEY DO THAT,
TEDESCO CONTINUES TO LEAD HERE.
STEWART A TWO-TIME CHAMPION AND,
OF COURSE, DUNGEY THE RED BIKE
WITH THE WHITE NUMBER ONE
SIGNIFYING HE IS THE REINING
CHAMPION.
>> CHAD REED WITH A FANTASTIC
START HERE.
HE SETS FOURTH.
VILLOPOTO IS FIFTH.
TREY CANARD IS BURIED WAY BACK
IN 15th.
>> AND JEFF, ONE OF THE KEYS TO
MENTION HERE IS THE FACT THAT
JAMES STEWART HAS NOT WON SINCE
ANAHEIM 2 GOING BACK SOMEWHAT
NINE RACES?
>> EIGHTRACES.
>> AND HERE HE GOES.
STEWART BACK INTO THE LEAD.
>> WELL, DIPPING -- DUNGEY AND
REED AND THE OTHER TITLE
CONTENDERS WILL HAVE TO GET ON
IT BECAUSE STEWART HAS BEEN SO
FAST TONIGHT IF THEY WANT TO GET
A SHOT AT A WIN THEY WILL HAVE
TO GET PAST TEDESCO.
DUNGEY TO THE OUTSIDE, CAN HE
SQUARE HIM UP.
>> DIPPING DUNG IS MAKING THE
RUN AFTER HIM.
HE'S GOT HIM.
NOW CAN HE KEEP HIM THERE.
DUNGEY GOING AFTER STEWART.
THIS IS THE NINTH RACE SINCE
ANAHEIM 2.
LET'S SEE IF STEWART CAN GET
THAT RAIN.
THIS IS THE LONGEST BETWEEN
RACES STEWART HAS EVER SEEN AND
CHAD REED GOES AFTER TEDESCO AND
GET PAST HIM.
NOW, VILLOPOTO, THE POINTS
LEADER ON THAT NUMBER TWO
KAWASAKI, LOOKING TO MAKE HIS
BID ON THE INSIDE OF TEDESCO.
>> CHAD REED 22 ON THE HONDA
ALWAYS SEEMS TO STEP IT UP ON
THE MAIN EVENT AND RIGHT NOW
CHAD REED IS ON FIRE.
JAMES STEWART WAS AT A 49.9 AND
HE TURNED A 47.4 ON THIS LAP.
AND DUNGEY HAD A 47.9.
>> VILLOPOTO OUT OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON INSIDE ON TEDESCO AND
THE HART & HUNTINGTON RIDER
SLIPS BACK TO ANOTHER POSITION
AFTER THAT GREAT START.
THAT WILL PUT VILLOPOTO TO
FOURTH.
SO THE TITLE CONTENDERS ARE ALL
RUNNING IN THE TOP FOUR RIGHT
NOW.
HERE'S KEVIN WINDHAM ON THE NO.
14.
HE'S GOT DAVI MILLSAPS RIGHT
BEHIND HIM.
THEY RUN SIXTH AND SEVENTH.
THE HONDA AND THE YAMAHA.
>> THE TRACK IS STARTING TO RUT
UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE BUT BY
THE END OF THIS 20 LAPS, THIS
TRACK WILL BE BRUTAL AND THE
RIDERS ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE
TO BE SMART WITH THEIR LINE
CHOICE AND STAY WITH THE TRACK
AND FIND THE RHYTHM AS IT
DEVELOPS AND THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE
NEW LINES.
>> THE GEICO HONDA NO. 14,
THAT'S KEVIN WINDHAM.
THAT RED BIKE THE RIDER IN THE
BACK RIDING GEAR.
HERE COMES MILLSAPS.
HE'S A YAMAHA.
HOLDING ON IN SEVENTH PLACE.
AUSTIN STROUPE, AND TREY CANARD
IS ALL THE WAY BACK TO TENTH.
JUST COMING INSIDE THAT NOW AS
HE GETS PAST, AND THAT WILL GIVE
HIM NINTH PLACE.
>> CANARD COMING OFF THAT WIN
LAST WEEK HAS BEEN SO STRONG AND
CONFIDENT.
HE WAS ACTUALLY OUR FASTEST
QUALIFIER TODAY JUST TURNING IN
SOME AMAZING RIDES.
RIGHT NOW HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO
TURN IN A WHOLE TOTALLY
DIFFERENT RIDE THAN LAST WEEK
WHEN HE HAD THE HOLESHOT AND HE
WAS ABLE TO RISE HIS OWN RACE.
NOW, HE GETS TESTED TO SEE HOW
HE CAN APPLY THE SPEED THAT HE
HAS.
WOW, THAT WAS CLOSE.
>> RALPH, IF HE DIDN'T TOUCH THE
FRONT WHEEL ON THAT DRAGON'S
BACK, THE 41 WOULD HAVE BEEN
OVER THE BARS.
RIGHT NOW TREY CANARD JUST
LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT.
>> BATTLING WITH AUSTIN STROUPE
ON THAT BLUE YAMAHA, THE NO. 74
IN THE VALLEY MOTORSPORTS ENTRY.
>> WOW, LOOK CANARD WHEELS THAT
ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WHOOPS
SECTION.
>> HE'S ON THE GAS AND T'S
GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO LAY
DOWN THOSE HOT LAPS AS HE GETS
INTO TRYING TO PASS SOME OF THE
RIDERS HERE BUT YOU COULD SEE HE
REALLY HAS THE SPEED, IT SEEMS
LIKE, WHEN HE GETS REGROUP AND
HE POURS IT ON.
HE'S ON QUICK AND IT'S -- HE'S
RIDING IN A WAY THERE'S NO GAPS
IN THE TRACK.
YOU'RE EITHER ON THE GAS OR
YOU'RE ON THE BRAKES.
IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE BRAKES,
YOU'RE ON THE GAS.
NO COASTING.
>> IT'S EXPLOSIVE AND WHEN HE
NEEDS TO LAUNCH AWAY FROM
SOMEBODY HE FINDS THE SPEED AND
JUST ROCKETS AWAY LIKE THAT
RIGHT THERE.
LOOK HOW QUICKLY HE GAPS
STROUPE.
>> NEXT RIDER IN LINE FOR TREY
CANARD IS GOING TO BE DAVI
MILLSAPS AS CANARD COMES BY 8.
>> BACK UP FRONT IS WHERE WE
FIND JAMES STEWART.
SAN MANUEL BANDF MISSION
INDIANS BACKING THE NO. 7
YAMAHA.
>> STEWART NEEDS WINS AND NEED
20 LAPSE WITHOUT GOING DOWN IF
HE EVEN IS GOING TO HAVE A
CHANCE TO GO.
21 POINTS OUT.
TO 22 WITH CHAD REED.
JEFF, WE TALKED TO REED EARLIER
TODAY AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE INCONSISTENCY THIS SEASON
AND HOW THE WHOOPS SECTION IS
LAID OUT AND HOW IT'S AFFECTED
THESE RIDERS ATTACKED HIM.
THE PACE HAS BEEN SO INTENSE
THAT THE GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
TO MAYBE BACK IT DOWN A NOTCH
WHICH IS WHAT THEY PROBABLY
SHOULD DO TO GET THROUGH THESE
WHOOP SECTIONS LIKE THIS HERE.
BUT THEY BLITZ THROUGH THOSE
WHOOPS IF YOU WANT TO GO FOR THE
WIN HERE THIS SEASON.
>> WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY'D LIKE
TO BE IS BE ABLE TO GET IN THE
COMFORT ZONE.
2011 MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS
IS NOT ABOUT BEING IN THE
COMFORT ZONE, BITES TESTING
YOURSELF, TESTING YOUR MACHINE,
TESTING YOUR BRAIN, YOUR BODY.
AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO WATCH THE
NUMBER TWO AS WE GO PAST THIS
NEXT TURN, I BELIEVE THAT RYAN
VILLOPOTO HAS PICKED UP ON A NEW
LINE.
WATCH AS HE COMES OUT OF THIS
TURN HERE.
TRIPLE --
>> OH!
IT GOES REED.
AND IT'S GOING TO -- THAT'S
GOING TO COST HIM A POSITION AND
IN POINTS HE CANNOT AFFORD TO
LOSE.
REED SLIPS BACK NOW TO FOURTH
AND HE ALSO DROPPED TO A THIRD
OF THE POINTS THE WAY THEY'RE
RUNNING RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO REED.
>> HE COMES IN AND LET'S SEE IF
HE GETS A LITTLE WIDE.
IF IT'S HIS OWN MISTAKE -- NO,
THE BLOCK IS THERE.
NO MISTAKE BY CHAD REED.
JUST A STROKE OF BAD LUCK.
AND THE BLOCK IS LAYING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE TRACK.
WOW!
OH!
SO FRUSTRATING AS A RIDER BUT HE
BACKED OFF THE THROTTLE.
>> YEAH.
AND HE'S STILL IN CONTENTION.
>> STILL IN CONTENTION.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT MINIMIZING THE
DAMAGES.
AND THE WINNER IN SAN DIEGO
EARLIER THIS YEAR STILL VERY
MUCH ALIVE IN THIS TITLE CHASE
EVEN THOUGH IF HE'S SLIPPED TO
THIRD, IF THAT'S WHERE HE
FINISHES TONIGHT IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS.
>> CBS SPORTS COVERAGE ON
MONSTER ENERGY AS THE RACE
LEADER JAMES STEWART, THE SAN
MINIMUM WELL RIDER MICHAEL BURN
AREAS GETTING AROUND THE 26
SUZUKI.
HE HAS A LEAD OVER THE ARE
THENNING CHAMPION, RYAN DUNGEY.
CAN I NARD GIVING CHASE ON THAT
NO. 41.
HIS HONDA, THE FACTORY HONDA HAS
CAUGHT THE PRIVATEER HONDA, THE
GEICO HONDA.
IT'S A BATTLE FOR FIFTH NOW AND
IF CAN I NARD CAN GET AROUND
WINDHAM, THE POINTS WILL BE ON
THE INSIDE TOP 5 HERE TONIGHT.
>> TREY CANARD HAD A 15th PLACE
START.
THAT WAS ON THE FIRST LAP.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EVEN WORSE
THAN THAT IF HE MAKES THE PASSES
ON THE LAST LAP BUT WHAT A
STRONG RIDE TO COME BACK TO THE
POSITION THAT HE'S IN NOW.
AND I DON'T THINK HE'S DONE.
>> NO, HE'S NOT 'CAUSE HE'S ALL
OVER WINDHAM.
JUST PAST THE HALFWAY POINT HERE
TONIGHT.
IF HE CAN MAKE THIS POINT
PASS -- LOOK AT THAT BRILLIANT
MOVE BY CANARD!
AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN ABOUT
EXPLOSIVE, JEFF.
THAT PASS RIGHT THERE WORTH 2
POINTS FOR HIM, TOO, IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
HE'S ON A MISSION RIGHT NOW.
HE'S RIDING ONE OF THE
CONFIDENCE AND THE COMFORT
LEVEL, UNBELIEVABLE SPEED OUT
HERE IN TREY CANARD.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP BATTLING AND
WORKING HARD.
IT WILL BE TOUGH TO WIN THIS
RACE HERE TONIGHT BUT, YOU KNOW,
YOU TAKE WHAT YOU GET AND YOU
MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND TREY
CANARD -- LOOK AT THAT, 15th ON
THE FIRST LAP NOW INSIDE THE TOP
FIVE.
>> IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE AND
WHAT A MOVE BY CANARD.
IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON ON THE
FACTORY HONDA TEAM.
>> WELL, AS WE GO BACK TO OUR
LEADER, RALPH, JAMES STEWART, OF
COURSE, HE'S THE FIRST RIDER TO
HIT SOME LAP TRAFFIC, A COUPLE
OF SECTIONS WHERE IF THEY WILL
TURN A FAST LAP TIME, YOU NEED A
CLEAR TRACK.
RIGHT NOW RYAN DUNGEY IS TURNING
FASTER LAP TIMES THAN JAMES
STEWART.
HE'S ABOUT 4 SECONDS OFF THE
LEAD NOW AND WITH A LITTLE LESS
THAN 8 TO GO, BUT, SEE, IF
DUNGEY CAN CLOSE THIS THING UP
AND GET HIS SECOND WIN OF THE
YEAR, STEWART CLOSING IN ON NICK
WEY, WEY, IS RUNNING IN 14th.
>> THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON JAMES STEWART RIGHT
NOW.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE HE'S WON
A MAIN EVENT, SO UN
CHARACTERISTIC RIGHT NOW.
HE'S SEEING HIS MECHANIC, WAVING
THE LAP RIDERS OFF.
>> SIMMONS IS ON THE 942 RIGHT
THERE.
JAMES ATTACKED IN THE WHOOPS
SECTION.
>> TRACK STARTING TO GO AWAY A
LITTLE BIT.
SOME OF THESE RHYTHM SECTIONS
HAVE GOT SOME RUTS IN THERE.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
TOYOTA MOVING FORWARD.
WATCH THIS HERE AS STEWART GETS
AROUND TEDESCO'S NO. 9.
>> AND WATCH WHAT HE DOES.
HE JUMPS TO THE INSIDE WITH
AUTHORITY RIGHT THERE.
TOTALLY COMMITTED.
IF I EVEN HAD COMMENTED TWO
RIDERS WOULD HAVE COLLIDED.
>> RYAN DUNGEY DOING WHAT HE
NEEDS TO DO TO STAY ALIVE IN
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, PODIUM,
PODIUM, PODIUM.
HE'S RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP POINT.
IF THEY STAY WHERE THEY ARE NOW,
HE IS FIVE UNDER WITH BACKING UP
HIS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER
TITLE THIS YEAR
>> IT'S BEEN CLOSE.
AND IT'S BEEN A SMART RIDE AND
DUNGEY HAS HAD THE MOST TOP FIVE
FINISHES HERE, AND HE HAS THE
SECOND BEST AVERAGE, AVERAGING
ABOUT -- AND A FOURTH AVERAGE IS
GOOD ENOUGH FOR SECOND IN POINTS
AT THIS POINT.
IT'S BEEN A CRAZY SEASON THAT
WAY.
>> HE CAME INTO THE NINTH THIRD
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP BEHIND
VILLOPOTO AND REED.
REED HAD THE MISTAKE.
THAT COST HIM.
HE'S THIRD.
VILLOPOTO CONTINUES TO LEAD THE
POINTS RIGHT NOW BY 5 OVER
DUNGEY.
8 OVER REED.
>> STEWART, IF HE CAN HANG ON
FOR THE WIN WILL LEAPFROG OVER
CANARD FROM FIFTH TO FOURTH IN
THE STANDINGS AND HE'LL GAIN A
FEW ON VILLOPOTO.
ALL FIVE OF THESE RIDERS, 25
POINTS UP FOR GRABS WITH THE WIN
AT A MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS -- ALL FIVE OF THEM
VERY MUCH MATHEMATICALLY ALIVE
AS THE SERIES MOVES ALONG NEXT
WEEK TO SEATTLE.
>> AND THEN THAT'S WHEN MOTHER
NATURE IS BOUND TO UNLEASH HER
FURY AS SHE'S DONE BEFORE.
LAST YEAR, OF COURSE ONE OF THE
WORST MUD RACES IN MONSTER
ENERGY SUPERCROSS HISTORY.
>> WELL, THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK
IT'S ON SALT LAKE CITY WHICH
YOU'LL SEE HERE IN CBS AND LAST
YEAR WE RAISED THERE IN THE
SNOW.
>> IN THE SNOW.
>> IT WILL BE A GREAT FINISH TO
THE YEAR.
>> VILLOPOTO HOPING THAT HE'S
THE GUY WHEN THE TOUR GETS TO
VEGAS FOR THE FINAL RACE, THAT'S
GOING TO BE CELEBRATING WITH THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT WOULD BE HIS FIRST IN MONSTER
ENERGY SUPERCROSS.
>> WELL, SINCE VILLOPOTO MISSED
THE MAIN EVENT IN JACKSONVILLE,
HE HAS NOT BEEN THE FASTEST
RIDER.
HE REALLY HASN'T SHOWN THAT
AGGRESSIVE RIDING BUT HE HAS
BEEN INCREDIBLE SMART AND
INCREDIBLY PATIENT AND AT THIS
POINT, IF HE GETS A THIRD HERE
TONIGHT WHERE HE'S RUNNING RIGHT
NOW, STILL GOING TO RETAIN THE
POINTS LEAD.
THAT'S REALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A TO
DO IS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT
RACE FOR RACE WHEN YOU LEAD THAT
RACE, YOU WANT TO BE THE POINTS
LEADER.
>> IT WOULD ONLY BE THE SECOND
TIME THIS YEAR WHERE VILLOPOTO
HAS FINISHED THIRD.
HE ALSO FINISHED THIRD AT
HOUSTON RELIANT STADIUM.
>> THAT'S CHAD REED ON THE LEFT
OF YOUR SCREEN, THE WHITE AND
RED HONDA, AND HE'S GOT COMPANY
BECAUSE TREY CANARD IS JUST A
COUPLE SECONDS BEHIND HIM AS
THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
CANARD HAS BEEN ON A MISSION
>> AND WITH ALL FIVE OF THESE
GUYS IN THE TOP FIVE, BATTLING
FOR THE POINTS IN ALL FOR THE
SHOP AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP, A GUY
LIKE REED CANNOT AFFORD TO GIVE
UP A POINT TO CANARD.
HE WOULDN'T LOSE ANOTHER SPOT IN
THE POINTS BUT HE WOULD GO FROM
8 POINTS TO 9 POINTS OUT OF THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE CAN'T AFFORD THAT THIS LATE
IN THE SEASON.
>> DEFINITELY NOT.
AND PODIUMS IS WHAT CHAD REED
HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON HERE.
HAD LITTLE MISCUE THAT WOULD PUT
THAT OUT OF PODIUM POSITION WITH
THREE TO GO.
>> ALL THREE OF THESE GUYS HAVE
DEALT WITH INCREDIBLE ADVERSITY
THIS YEAR, ON THE TRACK, OFF THE
TRACK.
ALL OF THEM HAD STUFF TO FIGHT
THROUGH FOR THIS QUEST IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR, MAKING
EACH OF THEM A VIABLE OPTION FOR
THE PODIUM ON THERE.
>> I'M GLAD THE FANS ARE VOTING
ON THAT BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE A
TOUGH TIME MYSELF.
>> EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE
GUYS HAVE HAD TO DEALT WITH
TOUGH ADVERSITY.
>> CHAD REED WHO WAS YOUR POINTS
LEADER HE DEALT WITH SOME
SERIOUS ADVERSITY AND SOME BAD
LUCK AND HE'S HAD A LITTLE BIT
OF IT HERE TONIGHT.
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BAD LUCK
BUT AS HE'S ALWAYS DONE, HE HAS
BEEN A CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW,
FRONT RUNNER AND IS REALLY
SMART.
>> LEE SEE -- LET'S SEE HOW HE
DEALS WITH CANARD.
>> HE WILL DEAL WITH HIM AFTER
THIS VASE OVER.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
>> CHAD REED JUST AS THIS SEASON
WAS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY, REED
DIDN'T HAVE A RIDE.
GOT TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE
ELLIE, PUT THIS TEAM TOGETHER.
GOT SOME BIKES READY TO GO,
RIDING BASICALLY A PRODUCTION
BIKE, SIMILARLY TO WHAT YOU CAN
FIND ON A SHOWROOM FLOOR.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH TREY
CANARD'S BIKE.
THAT'S A FACTORY HONDA AND HE'S
DEALING WITH CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> WHAT A RIDE FOR THE 7.
HE'S BEEN PRETTY STRONG HERE
TODAY.
AND FINALLY SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO
SHAKE OFF THE GREMLINS THAT HAVE
BEEN ON HIS BACK FOR THE LAST
EIGHT RACES IN A ROW.
JUST DOMINATING THIS MAIN EVENT.
HE SHOWED SOME INCREDIBLE SPEED
HERE TODAY.
AND A REALLY STRONG RIDE HERE
FOR JAMES STEWART, NO. 7.
>> AND IT VAULTS HIM FOURTH TO
THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND PUTS HIM
RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THE POINT
CHASE.
JAMES STEWART HAS BATTLED
THROUGH THE LONGEST WINLESS
DROUGHT OF HIS CAREER AND
TONIGHT IN ST. LOUIS HE WINS IT.
JAMES STEWART PICKS UP VICTORY
NO. 4 OF THE 2011 SEASON.
CANARD MAKES A BIT OF A MISTAKE
AND THE GAP BETWEEN HIM AND REED
GROWS.
DUNGEY AND VILLOPOTO TAKE SECOND
AND THIRD.
THE TWO-TIME CHAMPION REED WILL
TAKE FOURTH KEEPING HIS TITLE
HOPES ALIVE.
AND CANARD WILL FINISH FIFTH.
ALL FIVE IN THE TOP FIVE.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED TO CANARD.
>> LOOK AT CANARD TRYING TO
SCRUB THE TRIPLE.
GETS IN HERE.
CROSS-RUTS A LITTLE BIT AND
ALMOST THROWS IT AWAY WITH ONE
LAP TO GO BUT KEEPS IT INSIDE
THE TOP 5.
ALL 5 TITLE CONTENDERS INSIDE
THE TOP 5 HERE TONIGHT.
>> AND FOR
>> BACK INSIDE THE EDWARD JONES
DOME WHERE JAMES STEWART STARTS
TO CELEBRATE UP ON THE PODIUM
WITH ERIN.
>> AN EMOTIONAL VICTORY FOR
JAMES STEWART.
WHAT SOLID RIDE TONIGHT.
JAMES, YOU HAVEN'T WON SINCE
ANAHEIM 2 SINCE WE MENTIONED
BEFORE.
WHAT DID YOU CHANGE UP BEFORE
AND WHAT DOES THIS VICTORY MEAN
PERSONALLY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
MAN, YOU GUYS JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND I HAD A ROUGH TIME IN
MY LIFE LATELY ON AND OFF THE
TRACK.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO ALL MY SPONSORS
THAT STUCK BEHIND ME.
ALL THE FANS OUT THERE -- IT'S
PRETTY TOUGH.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS EXPECTED
TO DO GOOD AND, YOU KNOW, BUT
EVERYBODY STUCK BEHIND ME NO
MATTER WHAT.
WE WERE HAVING SOME BAD LUCK AND
STUFF AND LIKE I SAY, I'M JUST
SO HAPPY TO GET A WIN NOT ONLY
MYSELF AND MY FANS AND, YOU
KNOW, FOR A WHILE I FELT LIKE I
LET YOU GUYS DOWN.
AND I'M TRYING OUT THERE AND
FINALLY IT CLICKED TONIGHT, YOU
KNOW, I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK
AND EVERYTHING.
IT WAS AWESOME SO THANK YOU GUYS
OUT THERE.
I WANT TO THANK SAM, OAKLEY,
BELL HELMET, ALL MY SPONSORS,
NIKE AND DUNLAP AND EVERYBODY
FOR JUST -- THANK YOU FOR
STICKING BEHIND ME.
THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU GUYS.
>> VERY EMOTIONAL NIGHT FOR
JAMES STEWART, GETTING A WIN
FINALLY.
THE PRESSURE OF BATTLING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP WEIGH ON YOU SO
HEAVY.
>> 16 BACK IN THE POINTS.
THREE MORE WINS.
HE COULD PUT HIMSELF CLOSE BY
THE TIME WE END THIS THING.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT AS YOU TAKE A
LOOK AT THE RESULTS, THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE THAT ROCK HARD RIDE
HARD -- THE ADVERSITY THESE GUYS
GO THROUGH.
ALL THE STUFF THEY BATTLE
THROUGH.
THAT SHOWS YOU RIGHT THERE THE
INTENSITY OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
YOU WON THIS TITLE, YOU KNOW WHY
THOSE EMOTIONS ARE SO HIGH.
AND ANOTHER GUY WHO KNOWS ABOUT
THOSE EMOTIONS, ERIN, IS THE MAN
WHO'S STANDING WITH YOU NOW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, HE DOES.
AND WHAT A CONSISTENT RIDE HE
PUT IN TONIGHT.
RYAN, YOU WON HERE LAST YEAR.
YOU CAME IN THIS YEAR.
WE'VE GOT THREE ROUNDS LEFT TO
GO.
DO YOU APPROACH THEM ANY
DIFFERENTLY?
>> YEAH, JUST GOT TO KEEP
PLUGGING AWAY, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT
I FELT REALLY GOOD.
I REALLY GOT TO GIVE IT UP TO
THE TEAM ROCK STAR AND SUZUKI.
WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
MAIN AND MY SUSPENSION GUY ADAM
FROM SHOA WE ALSO DUNLAP TIRES
WERE WORKING TONIGHT BUT, YOU
KNOW, I GOT OFF TO A GOOD START
AND I WAS ABLE TO HANG THERE.
JAMES PULLED AWAY A LITTLE BIT
AND WAS ABLE TO KIND OF LATCH
BACK IN THERE BUT ALL IN ALL IT
FELT GREAT TONIGHT.
I GOT TO KEEP OUR HEAD DOWN AND
I'M HAVING FUN AND BIG THANKS TO
THE MAN ABOVE AND THE WHOLE
FAMILY, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT JOB TONIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO HIS
TEAM MANAGER MIKE WEBB, ONCE
THEY GET THROUGH DAYTONA THINGS
TURNED FOR RYAN AND LOOK, IT'S
PAYING OFF.
HE KEEPS RACKING UP THOSE PODIUM
FINISHES, JEFF, HE'S 5 MARKERS
OUT OF VILLOPOTO.
>> IT'S A REALLY SMART RIDE FOR
RYAN DUNGEY TONIGHT
>> 25 POINTS FOR A WIN.
EVERYBODY IS VERY MUCH ALIVE.
>> RYAN VILLOPOTO, THIS IS WHERE
YOU RECEIVED A SEASON ENDING
INJURY LAST YEAR.
HOW DID THAT AFFECT YOU MENTALLY
COMING IN HERE TODAY?
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
IT WAS A RACING MISTAKE I MADE
LAST YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, JUST
COMING HERE LIKE ANOTHER RACE
JUST GETTING THROUGH IT AND, YOU
KNOW, JUST -- RODE US ALL 20
LAPS AND I JUST WASN'T UP FRONT
TO BATTLE WITH THE GUYS BUT I
COULDN'T THANK MONSTER ENERGY
AND KAWASAKI, DUNLAP TIRES,
THOR, SPECIALIZED VANS,VAL --
>> WE HEAD TO SEATTLE NEXT WEEK,
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> IT SHOULD BE AWESOME.
THERE'S A LOT OF FANS THERE FOR
ME.
I'M HAVING -- I DIDN'T MAKE IT
THERE LAST YEAR SO IT SHOULD BE
A LOT OF FUN.
>> AND YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT
CHAD REED, IF HE HADN'T HIT THAT
TOUGH BLOCK THOSE POINTS WOULD
BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.
>> YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, YEP.
>> CBS SPORTS COVERAGE OF
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS,
AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
CONTINUES SUNDAY MAY 1st TO NOON
EASTERN AS THE SERIES HEADS TO
RICE-ECCLES STADIUM IN SALT LAKE
CITY, UTAH.
♪
>> COMING UP NEXT, JIM NANTZ
REMEMBERS AUGUSTA, THE 1975
MASTERS.
♪
>> AND TODAY AT 2:00 EASTERN,
IT'S FINAL ROUND COVERAGE OF THE
MASTERS.
♪
>> FOR JEFF EMMIG AND ERIN BATES
BEATS, I'M RALPH SHEHEEN.
JAMES STEWART IS YOUR WINNER.
♪