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>>> THE START OF THE 2010
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS
SEASON HAS BEEN ONE OF PARITY.
>> JAMES STEWART KNOWS HE HAS A
FIGHT ON HIS HANDS HERE TONIGHT
IN ANAHEIM 1 BUT HE TAKES THE
WIN!
RYAN DUNGEY LIGHTS THE CANDLE
FOR HIS FIRST CAREER WIN!
>> HERE COMES VILLOPOTO FOR THE
LEAD!
>> AND THE BATTLE WITH
DISAPPOINTMENT. ■■
>> OH, STEWART AND REED!
>> OH! ■
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
>> AFTER FOUR ROUNDS, THE FIGHT
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS WIDE
OPEN.
FOR THE 27TH TIME.
THE GATE IS SET TO DROP IN SAN
DIEGO.
ROUND 5 OF MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPERCROSS.
AN F.I.M.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS RIGHT
NOW ON SPEED.
>>> NORMALLY BEAUTIFUL WEATHER
IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO WHY
EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD TO
COMING TO SAN DIEGO.
BUT NASTY WEATHER THIS WEEK HAD
THE TRACK COVERED ALL THE WAY
UP TILL 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
THE CREW DID A TREMENDOUS JOB
IN GETTING THE SURFACE READY TO
GO RACING, AND WE ARE SET FOR
ROUND 5 OF MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPERCROSS.
AN F.I.M.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FROM EQUAL
CAM STADIUM IN SAN DIEGO.
HI, EVERYBODY, RALPH SHAHEEN &
FORMER SUPERCROSS CHANCE JEFF
ELM MILK WITH YOU AND AARON
BANKS IS WAS AS WELL.
' ERIN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
>> Reporter: HE'S BEEN
SUFFERING FROM SEVERE ARM
PROBLEMS ALL SEASON LONG.
THEY WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING
BOARD AND FIND OUT THAT HE HAD
OVER 1000 MILLIGRAMS OF
CREATININE IN IT.
SOMETHING BODY BUILDERS USE.
DEFINITELY NOT WHAT YOU WANT
FOR RACING.
THEY WEANED HIM OFF OF THAT.
HE HAD A PODIUM LAST SEASON.
MORE OF THAT TO COME.
>> THANK YOU, ERIN FOR THE
PROGRESSIVE PRERACE REPORT.
THE BIKERS ARE READY.
WE ARE READY FOR HEAT NUMBER 1.
THE 30 SECOND BOARD IS UP.
THERE IS DAVI MILLSAP.
THE CAMERAS BY THE TEDESCO, THE
75 OF JOHN SHIELDS.
THE WEATHER, 57 DEGREES, NICE
AND WARM BUT YOU CAN SEE 88%
HUMIDITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOISTURE IN
THE AIR RIGHT OVER THE OCEAN.
WHICH IS JUST A COUPLE MILES TO
THE WEST OF US.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF MOISTURE IN
THIS ON THE 4:00, TOO.
>> OH, A COUPLE OF GUYS BANKING
TOGETHER.
A FEW RIDERS GOING DOWN HERE.
A TRICKY TURN 1. LOOKS LIKE
REARDON HAS GOT A GREAT START.
OUT FRONT.
THERE YOU SEE HILL AND MILLSAP,
AND WE WERE TALKING BEFORE THIS
GOT UNDER WAY.
REARDON, VERY WELL KNOWN FOR
HIS STARTS.
HE'S ABLE TO GET OUT JUST IN
FRONT OF TEDESCO.
>> AND REARDON NOT THE ONLY
RIDER ON A YAMAHA.
TEDESCO AND HILL, ONE, TWO,
THREE, WITH MILLSAP, WHO IS
INTO THE FIRST TURN RIGHT THERE■
WITH THE LEADERS.
CAME OUT FOURTH.
MILLSAP, WE SPOKE TO HIM
EARLIER.
HE SAYS LOOK.
I MIGHT HAVE HAD A GOOD RIDE
LAST WEEKEND BUT THERE IS MORE
WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
I FEEL GREAT AND I AM READY TO
TURN IT UP.
>> WATCHING MILLSAP ON THAT RED
BULL HONDA.
CHANGING THOSE VITAMINS AN MADE
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
NOW HE'S INTO HIS SECOND WEEK
OF IT.
SO THE BODY STARTING TO TAKE
FULL EFFECT.
AND WITH THOSE VITAMINS MAKE
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
ERIN, AS WE WATCH REARDON NOW
DROP BACK TO SECOND, THE START,
HE IS HAVING TO FIGHT FOR IT
NOW WITH TEDESCO APPLYING
PRESSURE.
>> HE DEFINITELY HAS TO FIGHT
FOR IT.
SINCE WE SAW HIM AT ANAHEIM 1,
NOT ONLY DID HE SUFFER A
CONCUSSION BUT ALSO HIS RIGHT
KNEE THE LABRUM.
HE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF
THERAPY AND STRENGTHENING.
HE WASN'T 100% READY BUT NOW HE
IS READY TO RACE.
>> AND WHAT WE'RE:SEEING RIGHT
NOW IS TEDESCO, HILL, MILLSAP
WHO HAVE ALL BEEN RACING.
THEY ARE THE DROP OF THE GATE,
THEIR MINDS AND BODIES ARE
READY.
LOOK AT REARDON GETTING CHEERED
ON.
TO JUMP RIGHT IN ONCE AGAIN
AFTER MISSING THESE RACES.
THIS HEAT RACE AND EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENING IN HIS MIND,
THIS RACE IS GOING REALLY FAST
FOR HIM RIGHT NOW.
>> AND SO HE NEEDS TO CONTROL
HIS BREATHING, THE ARM PUMPS,
BE VERY STRICT WITH HIS RIDING
TECHNIQUE.
THESE GUYS NOT HITTING THAT
TRIP:ILL THERE.
FOR REARDON HE HAS TO SLOW THE
RACE DOWN IN HIS MIND.
HILL IS MAKING QUITE A FEW
MISTAKES HERE.
REALLY GOT OUT OF SYNC.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD
LAP FOR HIM.
SEEMS LIKE A FEW GUYS THERE
MADE SOME MISTAKES.
MILLSAP REALLY STARTING TO
APPLY THE PRESSURE HERE TO JOSH
HILL.
>> MILLSAP IS LOOKING FOR A WAY
AROUND.
>> RIGHT IN THERE.
ALMOST LIKE HE'S SLOWING UP TO
HILL AND MILLSAP.
HE IS NOT THAT FAR OFF OF IVAN
TEDESCO.
>> JUST UNDER TWO SECONDS
BEHIND IN SECOND PLACE.
LOOK HOW MUCH MUD IS FLYING UP.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A DOUBLE
RIGHT THERE.
AND STILL -- OH!
>> HE JUST COULDN'T GET THE
DRIVE OUT OF THE CORNER.
>> YEAH.
IT'S STARTING TO GET A LITTLE
BIT OF THAT MUDDY STUFF ON TOP
OF THE HARD BASE.
OH-OH.
ANOTHER RIDER DOWN OFF THE
TRIPLE.
>> OK.
HILL'S -- HE'S NOT FOLLOWING
REARDON HERE.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE HE
GOT OUT OF THE LINE AND STOPPED
FOLLOWING REARDON HE MADE THE
PASS INSTANTLY.
>> MILLSAP WILL TRY THE OTHER
SIDE AND WORKS FOR HIM, AS
WELL.
AND SECOND AND THIRD, TOP NINE
TRANSFER, THOSE ARE THE NAMES
ACROSS THE TOP THE OF THE
SCREEN.
>> I BELIEVE THESE GUYS ARE
GOING TO CATCH TEDESCO.
THEY ARE VERY DRIVEN.
TEDESCO LAST LAP AROUND WAS A
57.2.
HILL WAS A 56.3.
ALMOST A SECOND FASTER.
MILLSAP, WAS A 56, ALSO.
>> GRANT IS CHARGING UP THROUGH
THE FIELD.
WATCH FOR NUMBER 8.
>> OH!
>> YOU CAN SEE IT AND FORCES
HIS WAY BY.
>> SO IT WASN'T THE TRIPLE THAT
CASILLAS WENT DOWN ON UP HERE.
>> OOPS.
>> THIS IS EXACTLY THE CORNER
BEFORE THE FINISH LINE.
THAT WAS -- I'M SURE THAT WAS
FIGHTING THE SAME FIGHT GRANT
LANGUAGE STROM THERE.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CAREER BREAK.
NEVER SNOW.
>> TEDESCO OUT IN FRONT AND IF
HE CAN GET THIS VICTORY, THAT
WOULD BE A HUGE BOOST FOR A
RIDER WHO JUST A MOMENT OR SO
BEFORE THE START 0 OF THE
SEASON DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF HE
WOULD BE RACING THIS YEAR.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
THEY PUT THIS VALLEY YAMAHA
TEAM TOGETHER.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING STORY
WITH THE T-*** IN THE BACK.
THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF IT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE TEAM ■IS
WORKING HARD, THE MANAGER, THE
OWNERSHIP AND THEY FOUND A
RIDER IN IVAN TEDESCO WHO IS
ALSO PUTTING OUT 110% ALL THE
TIME.
THEY KEEP GETTING BETTER EACH
AND EVERY WEEK.
THIS TEAM IS BASICALLY A
PRIVATEEER TEAM, AND IVAN HAS
BEEN ON THE GAS.
>> WELL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE FACT THAT IT'S SUCH A
MENTAL GAME, AND CONFIDENCE CAN
DO SO MUCH.
BOY A GUY LIKE TEDESCO CAN HAVE
A GOOD HEAT RACE, ANYTHING IS A
POSSIBILITY.
ON A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR SCREEN,
WITH JOSH HILL.
TEDESCO AND HILL GETTING
TOGETHER, AND HILL FORCES HIS
WAY PAST.
LET'S SEE WHAT TEDESCO CAN DO
IF HE:IS GOING TO RETALIATE
HERE.
HILL WAS ON THE SHAFT LAST TIME
AROUND.
55-SECOND LAP TIME.
>> TWO LAPS REMAINING IN THIS
HEAT.
>> 54-SECOND LAP TIME.
NOW THAT LAP, SO HILL, HE IS
JUST -- HE'S NOT SMOOTH RIGHT
NOW, BUT HE IS DEFINITELY FAST.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS
COMFORTABLE RIDING, YOU KNOW,
IN THAT -- IN THAT STYLE.
HE IS A LITTLE BIT ALL OVER THE
PLACE, BUT MAN, ALL ABOUT THE
LAP TIME AND GETTING IN THE
FRONT.
THAT'S WHAT JOSH HILL HAS DONE.
>> AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE
MENTAL SIDE OF THIS.
>> OH-OH.
>> AND ON A TRACK LIKE THIS ONE
TONIGHT, BOY, IF YOU CAN GET
THAT LITTLE MENTAL EDGE.
WATCH THIS AS HILL COMES
CHARGING AFTER TEDESCO ON THE
9.
>> TED CO CASES THAT AND TRIES
TO JUMP TOTHE LEFT AND HILL --
OH!
HE HITS THE YOTA BLOCK THERE.
>> OH.
HILL --
>> THAT'S EXCITING!
I LOVE THAT TYPE OF RIDING.
>> THAT IS TOTAL COMMITMENT,
ISN'T IT?
>> OH, LOOK AT THAT!
HE ALMOST LOSES THE FRONT WHEEL
AS HE TRIES THE SECOND ONE.
THE ONE JUST TO THE INSIDE.
>> AND THAT IS A COMMITMENT.
MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE HERE.
>> NO DOUBT.
THAT WAS SOME BRAVE RIDING BY
JOSH HILL, AND HE'S OUT TO
PROVE IT TO EVERYONE, THAT HE
CAN WIN AGAIN AT THIS LEVEL.
AND WITH HIS NEW TEAM.
>> A WINNER IN 2008, IT'S THE
METRODOME IN MINNESOTA, IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
HILL TELLING OUD TODAY, I KNOW
-- US TODAY, I KNOW I'M GOING
TO WIN.
>> HE SAID I AM SURE OF IT.
I HAVE THE SPEED, THE
CONFIDENCE, EVERYTHING I NEED.
I JUST GOT TO GET IT DONE.
>> IT'S NOT LIKE A COCKY TYPE
OF --
>> NO.
>> THAT'S HIM VOICING HIS
FEELINGS.
ONCE YOU VOICE IT, NOW YOU HAVE
TO BACK IT UP.
>> SO SO FAR, HE HAS BEEN FAST.
HERE IS MILLSAPS NOW.
COMING IN.
AND HE TAKES THE POSITION AWAY.
TEDESCO.
IS THIRD.
IVAN BATTLES IT.
IVAN IS STAYING IN IT.
HE DID NOT BACK OFF.
IT GOES TO HILL!
HERE'S TEDESCO!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> RIGHT INTO MILLSAPS, AND
DOWN GOES DANI.
DAN -- GOES DAVEY.
MORE RIDERS DRIVING BY.
MILLSAPS HAS GOT TO GET GOING
TO GUARANTEE A TRANSFER.
HE'LL DO SO.
WHAT A FINISH IN THE FIRST HEAT
OF
YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP FOR PARTS,
APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES.
>> WELCOME BACK TO SAN DIEGO.
WE HAVE THE 30-SECOND BOARD UP
IN THE AIR.
CLOSE TO RACE TIME HERE WITH
THE NEXT HEAT.
AND WE'LL GET A GOOD LOOK AT
RYAN DUNGEY.
RYAN VILLOPOTO WHO GOT HIS
FIRST WIN LAST WEEK.
AND KEVIN LOOKS VERY GOOD IN
PRACTICE.
BUT HERE WE GO WITH ANOTHER
GATE DROP.
>> DUNGEY WITH A PRETTY GOOD
START!
OH-OH!
GOT WINDHAM RIGHT WITH HIM.
AND KEVIN TAKES THE EARLY LEAD.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT!
KEVIN WINDHAM IS FIRED UP HERE
IN SAN DIEGO.
HE DID THE SAME THING IN
QUALIFYING PRACTICE.
HE MADE SURE HE WAS THE FIRST
RIDER OUT AND HE GOT HIS HOT
LAPS IN.
STRAIGHTAWAY.
WAS NOT MESSING AROUND.
>> BY THE TIME DUNGEY WAS OVER
HIM, HOWEVER, DUNGEY HAD THE
QUICKEST LAP TIME.
>> TRYING TO REEL HIM BACK ■IN
HERE.
THAT WAS A 54 FLAT.
AND IN THE OTHER HEAT, JOSH
HILL WAS A 54.
SO, TRACK IS MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT NOW, BUT HILL FOUND A
WAY TO REALLY LAY IT DOWN.
WE'LL SEE IF WINDHAM, DUNGEY,
ANDREW SHORT, WILL BE ABLE TO
MATCH THAT.
LOOKS LIKE VILLOPOTO SHOULD BE
COMING ACROSS FOURTH THERE ON
THE FIRST LAP.
>> SHORT IS IN THIRD.
BOY, THAT NICK WAY ON THE COULD
YOU SAKI.
>> THAT IS NICK WEY.
>> WHAT A DIFFERENCE THIS IS
FOR NICK WEY.
THAT WAS ON BASICALLY A
KAWASAKI, NOW ON THE BACKSTROM
KAWASAKI.
AND HIS STARTS HAVE BEEN WAY
BETTER.
>> A PRETTY GOOD BATTLE BACK
BEHIND HIM, WITH 23.
ON THAT MUSCLE BUILT TOYOTA.
HE'S GOT THE 877 TO DEAL WITH
RIGHT THERE.
FRENCH RIDER.
HERE IS VILLOPOTO.
HE IS VERY LAID BACK ON THIS
HEAT.
>> THIS IS A DIFFICULT POSITION
TO BE IN.
DEFINITELY NOT WHERE HE WANTED
TO START.
HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
HE WANTED TO PICK UP WHERE HE
LEFT OFF RUNNING IN FIRST
PLACE.
BUT HE GOT THE 57 RIGHT IN
FRONT OF HIM.
HE IS IN A TRANSFER SPOT.
RIGHT NOW VILLOPOTO IS IN
NINTH.
HE'S -- THEY'RE OFF LIKE CRAZY.
YOU SEE THE GUYS TIP TOEING AND
SLIDING AROUND THE INSIDE.
THERE HE SHOOK HIS HEAD.
ONCE AGAIN HE JUST GOT BLASTED
WITH SOME OF THE MUD.
THESE RIDERS CAN'T EVEN JUMP
THE TRIPLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
IT'S SO MESSY BACK THERE.
NONE OF THEM HAVE THE MOMENTUM.
Y■U CAN SEE THEY ARE JOCKEYING
BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO FIND ■
THE BACK RUN.
WHEREAS THE LEADERS DUNGEY ARE
WAY OUT FRONT.
>> HE STUMBLES.
THE 6 44S IS KYLE PARTRIDGE.
PARTRIDGE THAT RIDER YOU
REMEMBER WAY BACK A FEW WEEKS
AGO IN PHOENIX, WHERE HE RAISED
AND GOT TOGETHER WITH JAMES
STEWART.
>> AND CAME FALLING OUT OF THE
SKY.
KIND OF NOTORIETY HE WA
LOOKING FOR, BUT FORTUNATELY HE
WAS OK.
>> WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE IS
YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT OF NUMBER
5 RYAN DUNGEY.
THE FRONT OF HISBIKE, HE IS ■
STAYING A FEW BIKE LENGTHS BACK
BEHIND WINDHAM
DOESN'HAVE A LOT OF ■■ROOST ON
HIM YET.
FOLLOWING HIS LINE, THY'RE
BOTH RIDING ABOUT THE SAME
PACE.
RIGHT IN THE 55 SECONDS THAT
LAST LAP AROU.
SO THEY'RETARTINTO GET T■L
ACK FIGURED OUT AND GET THE
LINES DOWN.
REMEMBER, JOSH HILL WAS A 54.7,
AND THAT WAS HIS FASTEST IN THE
OTHER HEAT.
>> NONE OF THESE RIDERS LOOKS
LIKE THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING ■
ALL THAT HARD.
COMPARED TO THE WAY WE SAW JOSH
HILL IN THE FIRST.
>> HWAS GOING BERSERK.
HE WAS GOING FOR IT AND
SMOOTHED IT OUT RIGHT AT THE
END.
OH-OH.
WINDHAM SLIDES OUT.
COMING DOWN THE FINISH TURN,
AND DUNGEY IS RIGHT UP ON HIM.
>> AWAY HALFWAY THROUGH HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> OH!
WINDHAM.
>> YEAH.
DUNGEY ON THE 450s ARE BARELY
MAKING THAT TRIPLE JUMP OUT OF
TURN 2.
>> I GOT A FEELING THIS IS
GOING TO GET A LITTLE MORE
RACE IS OVER. E BEFORE THIS
AND WHAT IS AT STAKE.
NOT ONLY T■E QUALIFYING
POSITION BUT ON A NIGHT LIKE
TONIGHT, I AM POSI■■VE THAT
THAT STARTING GATE AREA IS NOT
PERFECT.
THE RUTS, CROSS A LITTLE BIT.
MUDDY HERE, A SPOT THERE.
A LIMP OUT OF THE GATE.
A BIG HOLE AFTER THE GATE.
STARTING IS GOING TO BE
CRITICAL.
>> DUNGEY HAS TURNED IT UP.
>> VERY PATIENT THERE.
HE COULD HAVE COME SLIDING IN
ON WINDHAM BUT HE REALLY GOT ON
THE DIVIDER TO NOT TOUCH HIM.
THAT SUZUKI NUMBER 5. RYAN
DUNGEY CHASING THE GEICO HONDA.
>> QUITE THE WEEKEND FOR JEFF
WINDHAM, AND HE'S ACTUALLY
SPONSORED BY THE NEW ORLEANS
SAINTS.
THEY'RE IN THE SUPER BOWL.
AND WINDHAM MAYBE DOING THIS
ONE FOR THE TEAM TO KIND OF GET
THAT -- GET THAT SAME MOMENTUM
RUNNING.
>> ■HEADED RIGHT UP SAN DIEGO,
THE RACING HE'S DONE TONIGHT.
HE'S FLYING OUT FIRST THING IN
THE MORNING FROM LAX, GOING
STRAIGHT TO MIAMI AND RIGHT TO
THE GAME.
HE WILL MEET HIS WIFE THERE TO
WATCH HIS FAVORITE TEAM.
>> BOY, IT SURE WOULD BE NICE
TO HAVE THE MAIN EVENT WIN
TROPHY WITH YOU AS YOU MAKE
THAT FLIGHT DOWN THERE AND ADD
THAT TO YOUR RESUME HERE FROM
SAN DIEGO.
DUNGEY, VERY PATIENT, VERY
STRONG.
FIGURING OUT HIS LINE.
RIDING VERY CLOSELY HERE TO
WIN.
AND BOTH RIDERS ARE TWO OF THE
MOST TALENT, PRECISE RIDERS --
OH-OH!
DUNGEY!
PUSHING HARD!
HE'S IN THE LEAD!
>> THIS ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
BEHIND HIM.
WINDHAM DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S
DONE YET, EITHER.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
BUT THIS IS THE RYAN DUNGEY
THAT WE HAVE SEEN ALL SEASON.
HE'S JUST STRONG AND PATIE,
AND WAITED FOR THE MISTAKE.
WATCH WINDHAM.
THIS IS THE TRIPLE JUMP AND HE
TRIES TO JUMP IN HERE.
WATCH HIM HAMMER THE THROTTLE
TRYING TO GET IN THERE.
TRIES TO GET OVER THOSE REPS
AND BLOCK DUNGEY.
BUT THAT MOMENTUM AROUND THE
LEFT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR THE
VETERAN.
>> WELL, AND NEITHER ONE OF
THESE RIDERS IS KNOWN TO BE
OVERLY AGGRESSIVE IN THEIR
RIDING STYLE.
>> THEY'RE BOTH VERY
INTELLIGENT RIDERS.
OK, MAYBE FOR THE MAIN EVENT
THINGS WILL CHANGE, IF THAT WAS■
THE LAST LAP, BUT ALL ABOUT
GETTING IT INTO THE MAIN, GOOD
STARTING POSITIONS.
>> AND THIS RNING, VILLOPOTO
FIGHTING OVEFOURTH.
VILLOPOTO INSIDE OF HIS TWO
TEAMMATES.
AND WAYNE COMES OUT WITH IT.
>> WOW.
VILLOPOTO WAS TRYING TO GET
AROUND THE INSIDE.
DEFINITELY NOT THE SMOOTHEST ■■
HE'S MADE THAT TURN.
AND WEY WAS ON THE OUTSIDE AND
HE MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE, AND
THEY BOTH BATTLED IT OUT AND
VILLOPOTO HAS THE INSIDE LINE
COMING BACK ACROSS THE FIRST
TURN.
>> WEY, OF COURSE, FILLING IN
FOR THE INJURED CHAD REED, WHO
IS HERE TONIGHT IN SAN DIEGO.
CHECKERED FLAG FOR DUNGEY!
HE TAKES THE HEAT RACE WIN!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO SAN
DIEGO FOR MORE ON THIS CRAZ
>> SATURDAY, FEBRUARY20, RYAN
VILLOPOTO, RYAN DUNGEY AND THE
WORLD'S GREATEST RIDERS TORCH
THE TRACK AND IGNITE A FIRE
STORM OF HIGH SPEED
COMPETITION.
WATCH AMA SUPERCROSS LIVE FROM
INDY SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20th, 8
P.M.
EASTERN ON SPEED.
THE HOTTEST TWO-WHEEL RACING ON
TELEVISION.
WE GOT A LOT OF ■GREAT RACING
COMING YOUR WAY.
HERE IS THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE.
OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS AT CBS
WILL HAVE AN LIONEL 3 AND THEN
-- ANAHEIM 3 AND THEN WE'RE
BACK LIVE FROM INDY AND ATLANTA
AND PRETTY MUCH LIVE FROM
DAYTONA.
AND ALL THE LITE RACES YOU CAN
SEE HERE ON SPEED AS WELL.
GET YOUR TICKETS FOR ANY OF
THOSE EVENTS AT SUPER
CROSSONLINE.COM.
IF YOU COME TO ONE OF THESE
EVENTS OR SEE THEM ON TV YOU
WILL SEE SOME ACTION LIKE THIS
FROM PHOENIX WHEN JAMES STEWART
AND CHAD REED GOT TOGETHER,
PRETTY MUCH ENDING THE SEASON
FOR BOTH OF THEM.
>> NOW, REED TWO-TIME
SUPERCROSS CHAMPION, ALSO WON
THE MOTOCROSS CHAMPION.
HE HAS 38 CAREER WINS.
A 2008 WORLD SUPERCROSS CHAMP
SHOWED UP HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
TOLD US WHEN HE THINKS HE MIGHT
BE BACK RANG WITH US.
>> I REALLY SHOOTING FOR MAYBE
DAYTONA OR TORONTO.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE
BEST ON
I LOVE DAYTONA.
IT'S NOT A NORMAL SUPERCROSS.
A LITTLE MORE OUTDOORSY AND I'M
GOING TO GET BACK INTO IT SLOW
SO I'LL PROBABLY RIDE OUTDOOR
FIRST.
THAT MAY BE AN EASIER
TRANSITION.
I AM EXCITED TO GET .
HOME I'M BORED, I DYED MY IR
AND SILLY THINGS.
I'M LUKING FOARD TO GETTING
BA.
>>> THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER.
INTERESTING EARLY IN THIS ONE.
GUYS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE
INTO THE MUD AND THE SLOP
AROUND THE RACETRACK.
YOU SAW MICHAEL SWEER GOING
WN.
LOOK AT THIS ONE ANOTHER ONE
OFF INTO THE DIRT.
JUST CRAZY AROUND THE SECOND
TURNN THAT FIR TRIPLE.
JUST BRUTAL.
AND RIDERS WERE MAKING IT AND
IT WAS HANS O HAS A SPOT
THE SLIGHT MISTAKE AND GAVE IT
UP.
THIS GUY MADE NO MISTAKES,
JASON THOMAS OUT FRONT EARLY,
AND TOOK THE WIN.
HE AND BOBBY BARNES WILL BE
GOING ON TTHE MAIN.
IT HAS BEEN A WILD, WACKY AND
WET NIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
BUT WE'RE GETTING READY FOR
MAIN EVENT TIME.
THE D IS GOING TO BE AN
ISSUE.
WHO IS GOING TO BATTLE THEIR
WAY THROUGH
>> PLENTY OF BEAUTIFUL SCENES
JUST LIKE THIS ALL AROUND SAN
DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
BEAUTIFUL CITY.
EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD TO
COMING HERE EACH AND EVERY
YEAR.
JOSH GRANT, THIS YOUNG RIDER
STUNNED EVERYBODY LAST YEAR BY
WINNING ANAHEIM 1. PUNISH
FORTUNATELY, HE SUFFERED AN
INJURY JUST BEFORE E SEASON
GOT UNDER WAY THIS YEAR AND
HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SHOW
WHAT HE CAN DO ON THE BIKE YET.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HE CAN DO
WITH A MICROPHONE TONIGHT AS HE
JOINS US IN THE BOOTH.
JOSH WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE U
RACING BUT GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
IN THE BOOTH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
RACING YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR?
>> IT'S CRAZY.
SO FAR WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF BIG
CRASHES.
THE WEATHER'S REALLY PLAYED A A
BIG FACTOR TONIGHT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE FOR
REALLY GOOD RACING.
>> THE RACETRACK WILL
DEFINITELY BE A KEY PART OF THE
RACING.
THE TRACK MAP, JEFF.
>> WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS
FIRST TURN.
YOU GET IN THERE AND PUSH HARD
AND THE TRACK IS DIFCULT.
>> IT'S REALLY RUTTY RIGHT NOW.
THE WEATHER PLAYED A HUGE
FACT.
FOR A LOT OF DERS IT'S
CONSISTENCY D HAVING A GOOD
START.
>> LOOKS LIKE THIS SEX ON THE
SEND DIFFICULT.
THEN WE HAVE THIS REALLY TOUGH
RHYTHM SECTI.
WE'RE GOING TO HIT THIS FINAL
TRIP:AL AND ALSO REALLY GOOD
PASSING AS YOU COME BACK ACROSS
THE START D OVER THE FINISH
LINE.
THAT'S YOUR TOYOTA TRACK MAP.
>> WE THOUGHT THE WEATHER WOULD
BE EVEN WORSE THAN IT HAS BEEN
BUT THE FOCUS AT FELL MOTOR
SPORTS AND THE DIRT WORKS GUYS
HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB ONCE
AGAIN THIS YEAR IN PREPPING THE
TRACK.
FORTUNATELY THE RA HELD OFF
ONCE WE GOT RACING UNDER WAY.
WE'LL SEE IF IT STAYS DRY ■A
LITTLE BIT LONGER.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.
THE TRACK IS EXTREMELY RUTTED
LIKE ■WE WERE POINTING OUT.
IT'S THE INSIDE RUTS ARE
GETTING SO CHOPPY AND IT'S ONLY
GOING TO GET WORSE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE.
AT OF MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN
TONIGHT AND I THINK IT WILL
CHANGE UP IN T POINTS FOR
SURE.
>> AND IF MOTHER NATURE RAINS
DOWN IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE
NEW GAME.
>> WE CAN SEE THAT ANY MOMENT
■■ WE GET READY TO GO RACING
HERE TONIGHT.
THE DARING WHO FACE DOWN FEAR
BEHIND THE WHEEL.
WEDNESDAY SPEED INTRODUCES YOU
TO THE MEN WHO PROVIDE THE
ULTIMATE IN PERSONAL SAFETY.
DANGEROUS DRIVES, EXECUTIVE
PROTECTION.
WEDNESDAY AT 8 P.M.
EASTERN ONLY ON SPEED. ■■
>>> THE RACING HAS BEEN PRETTY
SPECTACULAR SO FAR TONIGHT, ON
A WILD RACETRACK.
WILL IT BE WET?
WILL IT BE DRY?
WE:KNOW IT WILL BE MUDDY.
AND CAN RYAN DUNGEY REBOUND TO
%
>> WELL, WE THOUGHT WE WERE
GOING TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY
RAINY MAIN EVENT.
THE SKIES JUST OPENED AGAIN.
BUT ONLY FOR ABOUT FIVE OR 10
MINUTES.
A AS WE GOT READY FOR THE MAIN
EVENT.
JOSH HILL AND RYAN DUNGEY HAVE
WON BOTH OF OUR HT RACES
TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, RYAN -- IN, I
SHOULD SAY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN
HONDA AT THE TOP STEP F THE
PODIUM YETN A MAIN EVENT.
>> TONIGHT MIGHT BE THE NIGHT.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
HONDA RED BULL DECIDED TO SHOW
UP PREPARED WITH A EASSEMBLED
BASE READY FOR THE MUD.
THEY'VE RUN A FEW RACES UNDER
THE TENT THIS RACES.
ONE OF THE BIKES IS THEIR TEST
BIKE AND THEY DECIDED HEY'RE
GOING TO SUB THE BIKE NEXT
WEEKEND.
NOT A BAD IDEA.
THE ONLY TEAM HERE IN THE
PADDOCK THIS WEEKEND WITH THAT.
>> YEAH.
THERE WERE TWO KES SITTING
THERE.
ONE SET UP FOR THE MUD, ONE THE
FULL FACTORY BIKE.
LIKE SHE SAID, THEY CHOSE TO
RIDE THE TEST BIKE, WHICH JOSH
PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY LIKE THE
RACE BIKE.
>> YOU WANT TO USE YOUR
PRACTICE BIKE IN SITUATIONS
LIKE THIS.
YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO MESS
UP THE BIKE THAT YOU NEED FOR
THE SEASON.
>> STARTING LINEUP ACROSS THE
TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.
SHORT AND MILLSAPS, NEXT TO
EACH OTHER.
THERE'S IVAN TEDESCO RIGHT NEXT
TO RYAN DUNGEY.
KEVIN WINDM.
ANDREW SHORT JUST TO THE FAR
RIGHT AND JOSH HILL TO THE FAR
LEFT.
HERE WE GO FROM SAN DIEGO!
OH, AND HE'S DOWN?
DUNGEY GOES DOWN IN THE FIRST
CORN WERE VILLOPOT
>> AND TOMMY HAHN.
>> NICK WEY THE WHOLE SHOT OF
THE KAWASAKI.
SO THE POINTS LEADER IS DOWN
AND UP AND IN THE BACK OF TH
BACK.
ANHE'S THIRD AT THE POINT
RIGHT BACK THERE WITH HIM.
OH, THIS COULD REALLY SHAKE
THINGS UP TONIGHT!
>> WOW!
THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT SO
DIFFICULT FOR THE POINTS
LEADER.
NICK WEY ON THE FACTORY
KAWASAKI.
WHAT DO WE SAY ABOUT HIS START?
HE'S GOTTEN ON IN BIKE -- OH!
>> OH, BOY!
>> JAMIE MILLSAPS.
AND MILLSAPS TELLING US EARLIER
TODAY, JEFF, HE'S READY TO MAKE
A CHALLENGE FOR THE LEAD IN A A
WIN.
>> IT IS REALLY SLOPPY OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF
MOTHER NARE NATURE AND IT'S
GOING TO -- MOTHER NATURE AND
IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT REAL
EXTRA SLIPPERY.
OFF THE REAR TIRES, TRYING TO
GET A GOOD LINE BUT NOW IT'S
MESSY.
>> OH!
SHORT FOR MILLSAPS THERE.
ON THE TRIPLE.
>> ANDREW SHORT RIGHT THERE,
TOO.
>> AND TEDESCO IS RIGHT BEHIND
HIM.
>> LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY A NEW
WINNER.
SO FAR THIS SEASON.
RYAN DUNGEY THE ONLY TWO-TIME
WIN THEY ARE SEASON.
JAMES STEWART HAS A WIN AND
RYAN VILLOPOTO HAS A WIN.
TAGUCHI, KAWASAKI AND YAMAHA
ALL WINNERS THIS YEAR BUT NOT
HONDA.
>> HOW MUST THIS FEEL FOR NICK
WEY.
HE HASN'T BEEN IN THIS POSITION
FOR A FEW YEARS AND TO GIVE THE
STAR SOLID RAPS AS HE COMES
AROUND THIS.
SOLID LAPS.
AS HE COMES AROUND THIS.
THAT IS A REALLY FAST LAP TIME.
>> HE LOOKS A LITTLE NERVOUS TO
ME.
NICK LIKES TO DRIVE DRY MOST OF
THE TIME.
>> PRESSURE HERE FROM MILLSAPS.
ANDREW SHORT JUST BEHIND HIM.
OH-OH.
MILLSAPS TRYING TO GET INSIDE.
VERY EASY ON HIM RIGHT THERE.
JEFF.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN WAY MORE
AGGRESSIVE.
>> THIS IS THAT TYPE OF NIGHT
IF YOU GET TOO AGGRESSIVE,
JOSH, TRYING TO DIVE INTO THE
INSIDE AND KNIFE IT IN THERE
YOU END UP GOING DOWN YOURSELF.
>> HERE HE COMES ON THE
OUTSIDE!
NOW HE'S GETTING READY.
JOSH.
>> YEAH, HE IS ON A MISSION
RIGHT NOW.
I THINK JAMIE REALLY WANTS TO
WIN THIS RACE.
YOU CAN TELL HE SAYS I NEED TO
GET OUT FRONT AND AWAY FROM
EVERYBODY.
>> HASN'T WON SINCE 2008 WHEN
HE WON A PAIR OF RACES ATLANTA
AND DETROIT.
HERE IS DUNGEY CLAWING HIS WAY
UP THROUGH THE FIELD.
CAN HE GET ANOTHER ONE?
>> MAYBE.
>> BOBBY BARNES ON THE 86.
AROUND 15th POSITION.
>> THIS IS A POSITION WE HAVE
NOT SEEN RYAN DUNGEY IN.
HE STARTED UP FRONT AND A
LITTLE ■MISTAKE.
IN SAN FRANCISCO, OTHER THAN
THAT HE'S RAN RIGHT UP ON THE
PODIUM.
HE IS TESTED NOW NOT ONLY WITH
HIS FITNESS BUT HIS MIND AND
FOCUS AND PATIENCE HERE.
IT'S A LONG SERIES.
>> OH-OH!
OH, MAN!
HE SQUEAKED THROUGH THERE.
>> ONE OF YOUR TEAMMATES DOWN
THERE, JOSH.
>> YEAH.
LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
MICHAEL BYRNES.
>> SO DUNGEY PICKS UP TWO MORE
SPOTS AND A COUPLE MORE POINTS,
JEFF.
TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY PAST.
>> THAT WAS MICHAEL BYRNES.
AND LOOK AT THIS.
DUNGEY INSIDE OF KYLE
PARTRIDGE.
PICKS UP ANOTHER POINT OR TWO.
GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
FOR THE 5.
>> IT WAS ALL LOOKING GOOD.
RIGHT THERE HE JUST LOST THE
FRONT END OUT AND MADE EVERYONE
PILE UP.
AND HE JUST CAME IN THERE A
LITTLE HOT LOOKS LIKE, AND JUST
LOST THE FRONT END.
>> OH!
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE!
>> YEAH.
THAT ALLOWED VILLOPOTO TO GET
AROUND HIM.
VILLOPOTO IS ALREADY UP TO
11TH.
>> VILLOPOTO WAS THIRD IN THE
POINTS COMING INTO THE NIGHT.
HILL WAS SECOND.
HE IS NOW IN FIFTH. ■
AND THE POINTS LEADER DUNGEY
NOW LISTED AT 13th.
>> THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THE
NIGHT NEEDED TO GO FOR THE TEAM
OF DAVEY MILLSAPS.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HE■THE
FEELING THAT AFTER LAST WEEK IN
SAN FRANCISCO, THAT YOU KNOW,
THE CHEMISTRY AND EVERYTHING
STARTED TO GET LINED UP.
LOOK AT THE BATTLE BETWEEN JOSH
HILL AND IVAN TEDESCO.
HILL TRYING TO GET AROUND HIM.
OF COURSE IF HILL CAN DO THAT,
HE CAN END UP MAYBE TAKING OVER
THE POINTS LEAD TONIGHT
DEPENDING HOW THINGS PLAY OUT
HERE.
>> IT'S A CRAZY NIGHT HERE IN
SAN FRANCISCO -- OR SAN DIEGO.
>> AND WINDHAM IS RIGHT ON HIS
TAIL.
THEY'RE ALL AROUND NICK LANE
WHO IS ALL -- NICK WEY WHO IS
DOWN TO SIXTH.
>> MILLSAPS AHEAD OF SHORT.
A SECOND AHEAD OF TEDESCO.
HILL IS RIGHT THERE BUT
MILLSAPS IS NOT TOO FAR OUT.
IF ANY OF THESE RIDERS LIKE
HILL WHO IS EXTREMELY FAST IN
THIS HEAT RACE.
IF HE GETS A CLEAR TRACK HE CAN
CHASE DOWN MILLSAPS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THE TOP
FIVE, SIX RIDERS ARE ALL RIGHT
ON THEIR FASTEST TIME WITH 54
SECONDS.
THEY ARE RIGHT IN THERE.
SO JUST A TIGHT GROUP HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE TOP SIX ARE
ON THE TOP STRAIGHTAWAY.
>> NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH
THIS, JOSH.
AND YOU GOT TO BELIEVE THAT
ENDURANCE WILL BE A BIG PART OF
THIS AT THE END.
IT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.
>> WITH A TRACK LIKE THIS.
A LOT OF THE RIDERS RIDE TIGHT.
YOU ARE HOLDING ON TIGHTER,
WORRIED ABOUT MAKING MISTAKES.
YOU CAN SEE HE IS MOVING UP
THROUGH THE PACK RIGHT NOW AND
RIDING REALLY TIGHT.
I WOULDN'T PUT HIM OUT, EITHER.
>> WIND HAME ON THE 14.
WINDHAM ON THE 14, THE GEICO
HONDA.
JUST BEHIND HILL.
NUMBER 75.
AND MANUEL BACK -- OH!
THE YAMAHA RIDER MAKES A
MISTAKE AND THERE GOES WINDHAM
JUST LIKE YOU CALLED IT, JOSH.
>> YEAH.
HE IS REAL SOLID.
A GOOD RIDER IN THE MUD BEING
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
YOU CAN TELL HE IS PUTTING IN
LAPS AND CATCHING UP.
>> JEFF, THIS IS THE KIND OF
NIGHT AND A RIDER LIKE HILL YOU
WANT A SHOT AT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU GOT TO
CAPITALIZE.
DUNGEY HAVING A BAD NIGHT.
>> WELL, HILL HAS BEEN RIDING,
YOU KNOW, PRETTY -- PRETTY
ERRATIC ALL NIGHT.
HE'S REALLY CHARGING, HE'S
COMFORTABLE KIND OF RIDING OUT
OF HIS COMFORT ZONE IF THAT
MAKES ANY SENSE.
AND BUT IN A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT
HERE AT THE MAIN EVENT WAS ALL
THE REST, IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE
LIKE THAT, AND FOUND HIMSELF
DROPPING OFF THE PACE JUST A
LITTLE BIT.
LAST TIME AROUND, A 57.2 THE
LAST TIME AROUND, THE LEADER
MILLSAPS, WHO IS THE FASTER
RIDER ON THE TRACK WITH A 54.3.
THAT'S THREE SECONDS THAT LAP
HE'LL DROP.
>> HILL HAS BEEN ON THE PODIUM
THE LAST THREE ROUNDS.
THIRD IN PHOENIX AND A PAIR OF
SECOND PLACE FINISHES IN
ANAHEIM 2 AND SAN FRANCISCO.
RIGHT NOW IN FIFTH.
HIS WORTH FINISH OF THE YEAR IS
SIXTH.
HE IS FLIRTING WITH THAT RIGHT
NOW.
>> AND JOSH, LOOKING AT THE
LEADER BOARD VILLOPOTO IS BACK
IN NINTH.
HE HAD THE FASTEST LAP THAT
TIME AROUND.
THE SECOND FASTEST WAS
MILLSAPS.
SO VILLOPOTO ON THE CHARGE.
DUNGEY BACK AT 11TH.
YOU CAN SEE THE RUNNING ORDER
ACROSS THE TOP HERE.
>> YEAH.
DOING THAT THROUGH TRAFFIC IS
REALLY TOUGH.
VILLOPOTO MUST BE REALLY GOOD.
>> KEVIN WINDHAM SITTING THERE
IN FOURTH.
HERE IS THE FIGHT FOR 8th.
THESE ARE THE TEAMMATES ON THAT
MONSTER ENERGY FACTORY KAWASAKI
SQUAD.
NICK WEY AND RYAN VILLOPOTO.
>> WELL, AND THIS IS A SHOT FOR
WEY.
VILLOPOTO DOWN OFF THE START.
THE TWO RIDERS HAVE COME
TOGETHER HERE.
ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THIS.
VILLE POE TO IS REALLY ON THE
GAS.
HE IS FLYING OUT THERE.
AND HE'S PICKING RIDERS OFF.
>> INSIDE RIGHT THERE.
AND HIS TEAMMATE MAKES THE
MOVE.
>> NICE CLEAN MOVE THERE FOR
NICK WEY.
KIND OF MOVED OUT OF THE WAY
FOR HIS TEAMMATE BACK TO THE
FRONT OF MILLSAPS.
JEFF, WE TKED ABOUT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE SHOW ERIN DID
THE REPORT ON THE CHANGE THE
VITAMIN PROGRAM THAT DAVEY WAS
ON.
WE TALKED WITH HIM EARLIER
TODAY.
LAST WEEK, IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS
THE FIRST WEEKEND WHERE HE HAD
CHANGED THINGS OUT.
PRIOR TO THAT HE HAD A PAIR OF
NINE'S AND AN EIGHTH.
SAN FRANCISCO HE WAS THIRD.
NOW ANOTHER FULL WEEK CHANGING
THE THE SYSTEM IN HIS BODY,
GETTING EVERYTHING CLEANED OUT
AND PROPER IN THERE.
NOW HERE HE IS MAYBE GETTING
HIS FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR FOR
THE THREE SECOND LEAD OVER HIS
TEAMMATE ANDREW SHORT. ■■
>> YOU KNOW, THESE RIDERS WORK
SO HARD, AND HIS TRAINER, THEY
HAVE A GREAT THE FRIENDSHIP.
THEY ARE REALLY CLOSE AND TRY
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO IMPROVE
HIS PERFORMANCE.
THEY MADE MAYBE A LITTLE
MISTAKE THERE.
MAYBE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH
THE VITAMINS HE WAS TAKING BUT
TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE
PROBLEM, MAKE THE SWITCH AND
GET HIM BACK ON THE TRACK IS
WHAT A TRAINER LIKE JOHNNY CAN
DO.
>> JOSH, IT REALLY DOESN'T TAKE
MUCH TO GOOF UP YOUR WHOLE
PROGRAM, DOES IT?
>> NO, NO.
I MEAN THEY'RE LITTLE THINGS,
AND IT'S REALLY LIKE JEFF SAID,
IT'S FIGURING THOSE THINGS OUT,
THAT WINS RACES.
AND YOU CAN JUST TELL NOW THIS
WEEK.
>> TEDESCO REALLY STARTING TO
THE PUSH ANDREW SHORT.
I SAW THAT NUMBER 9. VALLEY
MOTOR SPORTS YAMAHA.
>> AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
FULL FACTORY BACKED YOU KNOW,
BIG RED MACHINE HERE, A FACTORY
HONDA.
AND THEN THE VALLEY MOTOR
SPORTS, VIRTUALLY AN UP START,
YOU KNOW, SUPPORT TEAM.
AND THEY WENT OUT AND HIRED
IVAN TEDESCO, REALLY, AT THE
11TH HOUR, MAYBE EVEN 11:30, IF
YOU WILL.
AND THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT
BEHIND, MAYBE AT THE FIRST
RACE.
BUT NOW THIS TEAM IS REALLY GOT
UP TO SPEED, AND I THINK THE
PRO CIRCUIT FOR ALL THOSE
YEARS, THE TEAM MANAGER, HE'S
REALLY ADDED SOME NICE
EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING
THAT YOU LEARN WORKING WITH THE
PRO CIRCUIT TEAM AND THAT'S
WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE VALLEY
MOTOR SPORTS TEAM.
AND IVAN TEDESCO WHO REALLY
MADE HIS NAME WITH THE PRO
CIRCUIT TEAM WINNING THE LITE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> DAVI MILLSAPS AND ANDREW
SHORT ON TO SEASON BEST
FINISHES IF THEY CAN HOLD
>> SO FAR THIS SEASON, BIG RED
HONDA ONLY HAS TWO POD YUM
FINISHES.
ONE FOR KEVIN WINDHAM AND OH,
LOOK AT THIS!
TEDESCO AND HILL GOING AT A IT.
THIS IS FOR THIRD.
WELL, THAT ONE SETTLES DOWN
I'LL GET BACK TO MY POINT.
ONLY TWO PODIUMS FOR HONDA.
WINDHAM, AND ANAHEIM ONE.
MILLSAPS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THE WATHEY'RE GOING NOW THEY
COULD GET TWO BIKES ON THE TOP
TWO STEPS OF THE PODIUM IN ONE
NIGHT.
>> THEY'RE RIDING REALLY GOOD
RIGHT NOW.
IVAN IS PUSHING IT, HILL IS
PUSHING IT.
WINDHAM IS RIGHT THERE.
THEY ARE ALL RIGHT THERE.
>> JUST LIKE JEFF.
>> THE HONDA GUYS ON THE TEST
BIKES BUT THEY'RE PERFORMING AS
WELL AS THE RACE BIKES.
YOU SAW RIGHT THERE CHRIS
FINALLY, AND WINDHAM GETTING
PAST HIM.
BUT WE REALLY HAVE SEEN A
PROBLEM WITH THE LAPPERS AS
THEY'RE TRYING TO RIDE IN THE
MAIN LINE AND RACE FOR THEIR
OWN POSITION.
>> LOOK AT HILL!
WOW!
>> THEY'VE REALLY HELD UP THESE
GUYS WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH.
>> THIS IS THE BEST BATTLE ON
THE RACETRACK RIGHT NOW BETWEEN
TEDESCO AND HILL.
AND IT'S UP FOR TWO POINTS.
>> BACK TO THE POINTS RIGHT
NOW, TALK ABOUT POINTS IS THAT
IT WOULD REALLY CLOSE IT UP.
POINTS RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE
HILL ONLY FOUR POINTS OFF OF
DUNGEY.
>> YEAH.
VILLOPOTO NINE BACK.
VILLOPOTO IS IN SIXTH.
DUNGEY IS IN FIFTH AND WHAT A
TITLE BATTLE WE HAVE AS WE
REACH THAT FIRST PORTION OF THE
SEASON BEING COMPLETED.
17 RACES IN 18 WEEKS.
>> AND JOSH, YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW
WITH ONLY FOUR TO GO ABOUT
THREE AND A HALF TO GO THEY
HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TONIGHT.
THEY JUST HAVE TO BE --
>> THERE IS THAT SUZUKI RIDER
UP TO 10th.
TRYING TO CATCH NICK WAY.
-- NICK WEY.
NOW LISTED IN NINTH.
CONFRONTING TOMMY HAHN.
A SOLID RIDE.
A HUGE, HUGE MISTAKE WHERE HE
FOUND HIMSELF ON THE GROUND.
>> HERE COMES HAHN.
>> GETTING THE AROUND HAHN.
THAT WAS NOT FOR A POINT.
>> ONCE AGAIN THE LAST RIDERS
HAVE PLAYED -- LAP RIDERS HAVE
PLAYED A REALLY CRITICAL ILL
PART IN THE OUTCOME.
SOME OF THESE BATTLES HAVE
TIGHTENED UP.
OTHER GUYS HAVE REALLY GOTTEN
IN THE WAY.
>> HAHN RIGHT BEHIND DUNGEY,
RUNNING DUNGEY'S OLD NUMBER. ■
>> YOU CAN TELL DUNGEY IS
STRUGGLING TONIGHT.
HE'S REALLY BEING TOO CAREFUL
WITH HIS RIDING.
>> SHORT IS DOWN.
THAT'S ANDREW SHORT, TRYING TO
GET A CONFIRMATION ON WHO IT
WAS.
SHORT, WHO IS RUNNING IN SECOND
PLA
>> WEL LET ME TAKE YOU
THROUGH THIS.
>> OH!
>> TO THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN,
THE TRIPLE.
HE CAME OFF AND JUST WENT HEAD
FIRST RIGHT INTO THE MUD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
HE MUST HAVE HAD WHEEL SPIN OFF
THE BASE OF THE TRIPLE.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS SO HA TO SEE WHO THAT
WAS BECAUSE THERE'S JUST MUD
SPLATTERED ALL OVER THE SIDE OF
THE BIKE AND ALL OVER HIS GEAR.
>> THAT HAD TO HURT FOR SURE.
>> THE MEDICAL CREW IS RIGHT
THERE.
TO ATTEND TO HIM.
BACK TO THE LEADER.
MILLSAPS FIGHTS FOR SECOND NOW
IS RIGHT HERE.
TO JOSH HILL.
>> WOW!
ANOTHER POSITION FOR JOSH HILL.
YOU SEE THE RED CROSS ■FLAG OUT
IT'S SINGLE, SINGLE, SINGLE
OVER THE TRIPLE.
>> NOW BACK TO RACING WHEN THEY
CLEAR THAT ZONE.
KEVIN WINDHAM ALSO REPORTLY ■
MAKING AN OFF-TRACK EXCURSIO
WHAT A CRAZY NIGHT OF RACING!
I MEAN JOSH, YOU GOT TO ADMIT,
THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH TRACK
HERE TONIGHT WITH THAT LITTLE
EXTRA RAIN JUST BEFORE THE
MAIN.
>> YEAH.
IT'S MADTHEM STRUGGLE ALONG.
YOU CAN TELL IT'S A ONE LINE
RACETRACK AND THEY'RE REALLY
PUSHING IT.
LOT OF I■TAKES ■■N HAPPEN,
AND IT'S ■MADE FOR SOME GOOD
RACING TONIGHT.
>> THE PROGRESSIVE PASS OF THE
RACE WAS THEMOVE R SECOND
PLACE. ■
LET'S SHOW YOU THAT■■GHT HERE
IS HILLGETTING AROUND TEDESCO.
WATCH HIM JUST POWER THROUGH ■■
HERE, AND JUST ■■-- ■JUST, YOU
KNOW, STEAL THE LINE AWAY FROM
TEDESCO, AND HILL, HE'S
DETERMINED AND HE HAS BEEN
DRIVEN ALL NIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN MILLSAPS IS HERE,
HALF A LOVATO GO.
-- A HAPPEN TO GO, HE COULD
HAVE HIS -- HALF A ■LAP TO GO.
HE COULD HAVE HIS FIRST WIN OF
THE SEASON.
>> LOOKS LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING
FOR DAVI.
HE IS IN THE GROOVE PULLING IT
TOGETHER.
>> SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN A GREAT
TRACK FOR HONDA.
FROM 1985 TO 1996, THEY WON 10
OF 11 RACES.
AND NOW, FINALLY, HERE THIS
EVENING, THEY MIG FIND THE
WAY BACK TO THE TOP STEP OF THE
PODIUM.
DAVI MILLSAPS WILL MAKE HIS WAY
BACK.
■LL HE'LL SEE THE CHECKERED
FLAG.
IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE!
THE STREAK OF LACK OF WINS
COMES TO AN END HERE IN SAN
DIEGO!
DAVI MILLSAPS, PUTS HONDA BACK
TO THE TOP STEP OF THE PODIUM!
AND THE RED BULL HONDA TEAM MOT
INSURANCE.
AND BY TOYOTA.
MOVING FORWARD.
>> ANDREW SHORT TOOK A VICIOUS
HIT ON THE TOP OF THAT JUMP
RIGHT THERE, AND DOWN HE WENT.
YOU'LL SEE FROM THE LOOK ON HIS
FACE AS THEY LOADED HIM UP ONTO
THE MEDICAL CART, HE WINSES IN
PAIN.
>> HIS WIFE JACKIE THERE WITH
HIM IN THE RED.
>> YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
HE IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST GUYS
IN THE PIT AREA.
WELL, AND IT'S MUCH MORE THAN
JUST THE INJURY.
IT'S THE EMOTIONS OF EVERYTHING
STARTING TO SET IN WHEN YOU
KNOW THE SEASON IS OVER.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST DOWN FALL.
YOU KNOW YOUR SEASON IS DONE,
AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN INJURY
LIKE THAT IT MAKES IT EVEN
WORSE FEELING THAT.
>> SUCH A GOOD GUY.
ANDREW SHORT.
SUCH A TOUGH COMPETITOR.
SADLY HIS NIGHT AND POSSIBLY
HIS SEASON COMING TO AN END.
KEVIN WINDHAM IS FINISHING
16TH.
KEVIN THE LAST HONDA RIDER TO
STAND ON THE TOP STEP OF THE
PODIUM IN SEATTLE IN 2008.
THAT CHANGED TONIGHT, ERIN.
>> IT SURE DID.
IT'S BEEN SINCE DETROIT OF 2008
SINCE DAVI MILLSAPS HAS TAKEN A
VICTORY.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING,
DAVI.
WHAT DOES THIS VICTORY MEAN TO
YOU AFTER YOUR YEAR SO FAR?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING TO BE
UP HERE ON TOP OF THE BOX FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST TWO
YEARS.
BUT LAST YEAR WASN'T GREAT,
PART OF THIS SEASON WASN'T
GREAT BUT I'M STARTING TO TURN
THINGS AROUND.
I CAN'T THANK MY TEAM ENOUGH.
AMERICAN HONDA REBEL RACING HAS
BEEN BEHIND ME THROUGH
EVERYTHING.
MY WIFE BRITTANY, MY TRAINER,
MY BUS DRIVER CHARLES.
YOU KNOW, MY MECHANIC, HE'S MY
BIGGEST INSPIRATION EVER AND I
LOVE HIM TO DEATH.
I LOVE THEM ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS THAT ALL
YOUR HARD WORK PAYING OFF.
>> LOOK AT THE POINTS BATTLE ON
OUR HANDS, GUYS.
>> WHOA!
>> THIS IS WHAT WIN WILLING DO.
MILLSAPS CAME INTO THE NIGHT
SIXTH IN POINT 57 MARKERS BACK.
HE IS NOW FOURTH, 23 BEHIND.
>> THAT'S -- HEY.
THERE'S THE POINTS GOT REALLY
SHAKEN UP HAVING VILLOPOTO AND
DUNGEY GO DOWN.
>> ONE MORE RACE TO GO IN
CALIFORNIA'S BACK TO ANAHEIM
NEXT WEEK.
BACK TO ERIN FOR NOW.
>> FOUR WEEKS IN A ROW JOSH
HILL IS ON THE PODIUM.
SO CLOSE TO THAT VICTORY.
WHAT ELSE WILL IT TAKE?
>> A BETTER START.
AND I JUST GOT TO RIDE -- I
RODE TOO TENTATIVE THAT WHOLE
RACE UNTIL THE END AND PUT ON A
LATE CHARGE.
BUT I CAN'T GIVE IT UP ENOUGH
TO MY TEAM.
YAMAHA, AND ALL THOSE SHOES.
I'M PUMPED.
I'M THAT MUCH CLOSER TO THE
CHAMPIONSHIP NOW.
>> GREAT JOB THIS EVENING.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THIS FEBRUARY, BULL RUN
RETURNS TO SPEED FOR A GRUELING
NEW SEASON.
BILL GOLDBERG WILL PUSH 12
TEAMS OF DRIVERS OVER ALMOST
4000 MILES TO SEE WHO CRACKS
FIRST.
200 GRAND IN CASH.
CHALLENGES ARE WILDER AND
COMPETITION IS EVEN MEANER.
ERIN.
>> EVERY SINGLE WEEK HE'S
DEDICATED TO PUT HARD WORK IN.
IVAN TONIGHT IT PAID OFF.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE UP ON
THE BOX?
GIT MEANS A LOT.
SO LAST MINUTE PUTTING OUR TEAM
TOGETHER.
VALLEY MOTOR SPORTS, YAMAHA
CEPPED UP.
ONE INDUSTRY STEPPED UP.
A GOOD GROUP OF GUYS, AND I
COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
GOOD TO BE UP HERE ON THE
PODIUM AND HOPEFULLY I CAN KEEP
THE BALL ROLL ARING.
>> THE UPDATE FROM HONDA IS
THAT ANDREW SHORT IS GOING FOR
FURTHER EVALUATION.
WE HOPE FOR THE BEST FOR HIM.
HOW ABOUT YOU, JOSH?
>> I'M DOING GOOD.
IT'S HARD WHEN IT'S A
SHORTFALL.
IT'S A BUMMER TO KNOW YOUR
SEASON IS OPEN.
I AM HOPING TO GET BACK IN IT
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MY
RECOVERY AND GETTING ON THE
ROAD.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.