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>> HERE WE GO WITH THE MAIN
EVENT.
♪
>> OH, STEWART IS DOWN.
VILLOPOTO IS IN THE LEAD.
♪
♪
>> THE INAUGURAL MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS GOES TO RYAN
VILLOPOTO.
♪
♪
>> THE BEAUTIFUL BAY BRIDGE
HEADING EVERYBODY FROM SAN
FRANCISCO OVER TO OAKLAND
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MONSTER
ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS AN FIM
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IS READY TO
GO RACING TONIGHT.
♪
>> THIS IS THE OAKLAND ALAMEDA
COUNTY COLISEUM AND IT'S HOME
TONIGHT FOR MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPERCROSS AN FIM WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP READY TO GO ON CBS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S
TRACK MAP.
>> WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TRACK
HERE, ALL NEW SOIL, KIND OF
HARD, A LITTLE BIT SANDY IN
SPOTS BUT REALLY SET FOR SOME
AGGRESSIVE RACING.
WE SAW A LOT OF MISTAKES EARLIER
TODAY IN QUALIFYING PRACTICE.
BUT LIKE I SAID THE RIDERS WERE
REALLY LETTING IT HANG OUT.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, RICKY?
>> WELL, YOU COULD SEE THE ARROW
GOING AROUND THE TRACK, A COUPLE
OF TOUGH SESSIONS.
AND THERE'S A TRIPLE THERE.
COME IN, TOUGH SET OF WHOOP
SECTIONS RIGHT HERE.
VERY DEEP, FAR APART.
YOU COME OUT OF THAT TURN AND GO
ONTO THE TABLETOP, ARROW TRIPLE
AND YOU TURN RIGHT AND OVER THAT
MONSTER ENERGY FINISH LINE.
>> THERE IS THE TWO-TIME MONSTER
ENERGY SUPERCROSS CHAMPION JAMES
STEWART GETTING READY TO GO
RACING IN THIS HEAT.
NOW, HE HAD PROBLEMS IN PRACTICE
TODAY.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST LAP OF
PRACTICE WHEN HE JUMPED THIS
TRIPLE WHICH WAS REALLY
DECEIVING FOR A LOT OF RIDERS.
HE COMES UP WAY SHORT AS YOU SEE
AND THEN IN THE -- HE COMES IN,
TALKS TO THE TEAM GUYS.
HE WANTS TO MAKE A FEW
ADJUSTMENTS ON THE BIKE HERE.
THIS IS ROUND 2 OF PRACTICE,
RICKY.
>> THIS IS THE NEXT SECTION.
YOU CAN SEE HE GOES A LITTLE
WIDE IN THE TURN AND STILL GOES
OFF THAT TRIPLE AND HE'S OFF THE
LINE.
HE GOT VERY LUCKY.
YOU CAN SEE HE LANDED ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THAT JUMP SO HE
SHOULD COUNT HIS BLESSINGS FOR
SURE.
IT'S A BIG WEEKEND FOR HIM.
>> READY TO GO RACING, JEFF
EMMIG AND RICKY CARMICHAEL.
JAMES STEWART TAKES THE HOLESHOT
IN THE EARLY LEAD.
>> THAT'S AUSTIN STROUPE ANOTHER
YAMAHA
>> STEWART OUT IN THE LEAD ON
THAT SAN MANUEL BACKED NO. 7.
THIS IS HOW YOU GOT TO PICK IT
UP, RICKY.
IF YOU HAD A BAD DAY AT
QUALIFYING.
HE WAS FAST AND LAID DOWN SOME
FAST TIMES BUT HE HIT THE MAP A
COUPLE TIMES.
THIS IS WHEN THE CHAMPION GETS
FOCUSED AND KNOWS HOW TO REBOUND
AND GET IT TOGETHER.
>> YEAH, I THINK THIS WEEKEND HE
HAS GOT SOMETHING TOPROVE.
I KNOW HE DON'T LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND.
HE WANTS TO SHOW THESE GUYS THAT
HES THE FASTE MAN ON A
MOTORCYCLE.
>> TAKE US BACK A WEEK AGO TO
DODGER STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES.
STEWART HAD THE LEAD.
LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING T BE
THE GUY TO CONTEND WITH, CRASHED
AND GAVE THE WIN TO RYAN
STEWART BATTLED BACK TO SECOND
BUT HE FELT LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE
WON THAT ONE.
>> EXACTLY.
HIS MAIN CONTENDER RYAN
VILLOPOTO HAD A GREAT START AND.
>> WE'RE TAKI A LOOK AT THE 41
TREY KI-CCANARD.
>> THEY TRANSFERRED OUT OF EH
HEAT TO THE MAIN EVENT.
THOSE WILL BE THE LIN
HIGHLIGHTED AT THE TOP.
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GOT TO GO TO
THE LAST CHANCE QUALNEWER
>> AND I WAS JUST CHECKING THE
FASTEST LAP FOR JAMES STEWART,
43.9 THAT IS THE FASTEST LAP OF
THE DAY.
STEWART JUST LAID IT DOWN.
>> CANARD PUTTING IN HIS GOOD
>> STEWART DIDN'T COME OUT FOR
THE SECOND PRACTICE AND I'MUST
TELLING U, I GOT A FEELING
TONIGHT THAT HE IS HERE AND HE
IS HERE TO PROVE SOMETHING.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED TO AUSTIN STROUPE WHO
WAS RUNNING IN SECOND PLACE.
HE'S HAD HIS PROBLEMS IN THIS
HEAT.
WATCH THE NO. 74.
OH, MAN.
AND LOOK AT THIS.
HE JUMPS OFF THE TRACK AND
THAT'S THEECTION WHERE■■ STEWART
WENT DOWN IN THE SECOND ROUND.
HERE'S IT IS SAME SECTION.
YOU SEE STEWART JUST PERFECT
THROUGH THERE.
STROUPE ONLY LOST ONE SPOT TO
ALL OF THAT TO CAR CAR SO HE'S
THIRD BUT STILL A TRANSFER
POSITION.
>>HIS GUY IS LOOKING GOOD HERE
TONIGHT.
A BIG DIFFEREN, TUR AROUND
FROM PRACTICE, JEFF, AND HE'S
PUTTING IN SOME SOLID LAPS.
HE LOOKS SMOOTH AND HE LOOKS
LIKE HE'S CHARGING IN THE LAST
COUPLE RACES WHEN I WAS WATCHING
THIS HE DIDN'T NEVER LOOK LIKE
HE WAS RIDING HARD BUT TONIGHT
HE DOES.
I'LL TELL YOU I'M REALLY
IMPRESSED WITH CANARD.
HE'S RUNNING A GOOD RIDE HERE.
>> HE'S RUNNING 45-SECON LAPS
AND HE'S 6 SECONDS BEHIND
STEWART RIGHT NOW AND WE SEE
STROUPE, REGAL AND MILLSAPS.
18 YAMAHA HAVING A GOOD RUN.
>> THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD
QUALIFYING BECAUSE DAVI MILLSAPS
WAS YOUR FOURTH FASTEST
QUALIFIER HERE TODAY.
HE REALLY CAME OUT OF HIS SHEL
AND AT ONE POINT DURING THE
SECOND ROUND HE HAD THE TOP
SPOT.
>> THERE HE GOES.
TAKING A POSITION AWAY FROM
REGAL.
SO THOSE TWO YAMAHA RIDERS
FLIP-FLOPPING POSITIONS.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS TEXTBOOK MOVE
RIGHT THERE.
HE CAME AND TOOK A LATE ENTRY TO
THE TURN AND HE SET IT UP AND
WENT TO THE INSIDE AND GOT BY.
>> REGAL, OF COURSE, TEAMMATES
WITH STEWART AND MILLSAPS RING
ON THE JOE GIBBS RACING HISTORY
A SUPER BOWL WINNING COACH.
>> YOU HAVE YAMAHA IN THERE.
CHISHOLM AND FRIESE AND IVAN
TEDESCO ON THAT NO. 9.
AND HERE HE COMES POUNDING
THROUGH FOR CARY FROM HEART AND
HUNTINGTON NO. 9.
>> TEDESCO LIKES TO GO OUT AND
QUALIFY PRACTICE AND BE THE
FIRST ONE OUT WITH A CLEAN
TRACK.
>> HE DOES.
>> IN EACH OF THE TIMED
PRACTICES TODAY HE WAS DOWN IN
THE WHOOPS.
AND THE SECOND TIME IT LOOKED
LIKE HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET UP
SOON.
IT'S NICE TO SEE IVAN TAKING
THAT NO. 8 POSITION.
>> THERE'S MICHAEL ALESSI ON THE
NO. 800.
MICHAEL IS A FINAL TRANSFER SPOT
OUT OF THIS HEAT.
BUT HE'S GOT NICK WEY ON NO. 27
TRYING TO REEL HIM IN.
OTHERWISE, HE'LL TAKE HIS YAMAHA
FOR VALLEY MOTORSPORTS TO THE
LAST CHANCE QUALIFYING.
>> I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET HIM
RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
ALMOST.
>> ALMOST.
>> THAT IS CLOSE.
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD RACE
FOR THE TRANSFER SPOT.
THEY'RE GOING TO SET HIM UP
RIGHT HERE.
WATCH THIS.
HE'S ON THE INSIDE.
>> TWO LAPS TO GO AND WEY IS
GOING HAVE THAT TRANSFER
SPOT.
>> WHAT'S HE DOING?
>> HOW FAR OUTSIDE DID ALESSI
GO.
DID HE HEAD TO THE TUNNEL?
>> HE'S GOING TO BE HEADED BACK
TO THE TUNNEL FOR THE LAST
CHANCE QUALIFIER.
WHAT WAS HE DOING?
>> I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL
JUST LEAVING IT WIDE OPEN AND
NOT -- AND IT WASN'T MUCH INTENT
THERE TO TRY TO HOLD THE
POSITION.
>> GOOD FIGHT FOR THIRD BREWING
HERE FOR STROUPE.
>> HE PUSHES HIM WIDE AND
MILLSAPS TAKES THAT MUSCLE MILK
PACKED ERIN UP ONE MORE SPOT.
>> AND THIS HAS BEEN THE
BEST -- I MEAN, TODAY MILLSAPS
HAS REALLY BEEN ON IT.
THE GUY SHOULD BE TRIPLING THAT
THERE.
HE NEEDS TO GET THAT LINE DOWN
IN THE MAIN EVENT BUT TODAY
MILLSAPS HAS REALLY BEEN ON THE
GAS AND THIS IS A NEW BIKE FOR
HIM AND A NEW TEAM FOR HIM.
FOURTH RACE INTO THE SERIES.
MAYBE THEY GOT THINGS GOING.
THEY GOT THE CHEMISTRY RIGHT.
>> HOW ABOUT THE FACT THEY'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH THE FORMER
RACER AND MAYBE THAT'S HELPING
HIM.
CHECKERED FLAG.
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHATEVER
IT IS, STEWART IS GOING WITH THE
WIN TO THE MAIN EVENT.
>> HERE'S NICK WAY STILL HOLDING
DOWN NINTH TO THE FINAL TRANSFER
SPOT.
>> I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET IT
HERE.
>> KINARD IS THROUGH.
>> AND I'M JUST IMAGINING HOW
ROUGH AND UNBELIEVABLE THE TOUGH
THOSE WHOOPS ARE GOING TO BE AS
THE NIGHT GOES ON, NO DOUBT.
>> CHISHOLM, TEDESCO, WHO'S
GOING TO GET THE LAST TWO SPOTS.
FRIESE AND NICK WEY WHICH MEANS
MIKE ALESSI GOES TO THE LCQ.
THERE'S JAMES STEWART.
HE'S GOING ON TO THE MAIN WITH A
HEAT WIN.
>> A BUNCH OF FANS HAVING A
GREAT TIME IN OAKLAND ALAMEDA
COLISEUM THE MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS IS IN TOWN.
THERE ARE THE NINE RIDERS THAT
ARE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN.
MIKE ALESSI GOES THE LAST CHANCE
QUALIFIER FOR ONE MORE SHOT AT
MAKING THE MAIN HERE TONIGHT.
LET'S GO DOWN TO ERIN BATES.
>> JAMES STEWART COMES STRONG IN
THAT HEAT RACE.
TONIGHT'S TRACK SEEMS TO CAUSE A
LOT OF RIDERS SOME PROBLEMS
WHAT'S DECEIVING ABOUT IT SEVEN
>> I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TRACK.
WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TRACTION
AND IT'S KIND OF SLIPPERY.
AND IT CALLED ME OUT TWICE
EARLIER AND IT FEELS GREAT TO
GET A HEAT RACE FOR MY TEAM.
YAMAHA, RED BULL.
JUST GOT A GREAT START AND, YOU
KNOW, HAMMERED IT DOWN.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL
DONE.
>> WHETHER OUR TWO HEAT RACES
LET'S SHOW YOU OUR TOYOTA HEAT
HIGHLIGHTS WHERE THE OTHER NINE
RIDERS CAME OUT.
WATCH THE FIRST CORNER HERE.
THE REIGNING CHAMP HAD SOME
PROBLEMS.
DUNGEY GETS PUSHED WIDE BY
ANDREW SHORT.
MEANWHILE, HIS TEAMMATE, BRETT
METCALF HAD THE WHOLE SHOT BUT,
JEFF, HE QUICKLY HANDED THAT
OVER TO JUSTIN BRAEDEN.
>> BUT THINGS GOT REALLY HEATED
IN THIS HEAT AS YOU SEE CHAD
REED MAKING HIS WAY BY ANDREW
SHORT HERE.
REED ON THAT 22 HONDA GETTING
AROUND THE KTM SHORT.
SHORT WOULD CONTINUE TO FALL
BACK AND THERE'S METCALF ON THE
24th AND WINDHAM ON THE 14th AND
VILLOPOTO ON THE 2.
>> YEAH, YOU LOOK AT VILLOPOTO
REALLY WORKING THESE GUYS TRYING
TO GET BY THEM AND GET UP TO THE
FRONT OF THAT PACK, PASS THOSE
GUYS AND HE PUT SOME GOOD MOVES
ON HIM BUT THIS IS THE MAN OF
THE HOUR.
>> JUSTIN BRAYTON IT'S HIS
SECOND HEAT RACE OF THE WIN OF
THE 2011 SEASON.
MEANWHILE, DUNGEY ON THE FINAL
CORNER WOULD GET A FIFTH PLACE
FINISH AND A BETTER GATE PICK IN
THE MAIN AS HE GETS AROUND
ANDREW SHORT.
HERE'S OUR TOYOTA RESULTS.
YOU SEE THOSE NINE RIDERS THAT
COME OUT OF THAT HEAT TO THE
MAIN AND JASON THOMAS WILL JOIN
MIKE ALESSI AND THE REST IN THE
LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER.
WELL, YOU KNOW, HAVING A GOOD
SETUP AND BEING ON TOP OF YOUR
GAME IS BEING FAST IN MONSTER
ENERGY AND HERE'S ERIN WITH
MORE.
>> BOTH NEED TO STRATEGIZE FOR
TRACK DESIGN AND BIKE SETUP.
MECHANICS, HOWEVER, HAVE GOT
SOME TRICKS ON THEIR SLEEVES.
DETAILS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
THINGS LIKE THIS.
LIKE A SPLOKT WE CAUGHT UP WITH
DEFENDING CHAMPION RYAN DUNGEY'S
MECHANIC TO GET TONIGHT'S MMI
TECH TIP.
>> WELL, THE TRACK LIKE OAKLAND
WE MAY CONSIDER CHANGING THE
GEARING.
WE WOULD ADD A TOOTH TO THE
SPROCKET AND IF THE TRACK WAS
ROCKY OR IT WAS TOUGH TO GET
AWAY OR WE WOULD TAKE A TOOTH
AWAY AND IF THE TRACK WAS OPENED
UP WE WOULD NEED A LITTLE BIT
MORE SPEED.
THE ONE THING TO CONSIDER WHEN
YOU ADD A TOOTH TO YOUR SPROCKET
AND IT MOVES THE WHEEL A LITTLE
BIT FORWARD AND MAKES THE BIKE A
LITTLE BIT SHORTER AND
MANEUVERABLE.
TAKING A TOOTH AWAY LENGTHENS
THE TRACK.
>> FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO
MMIGARAGE.COM.
GOOD CROWD HERE ON HAND TONIGHT
IN OAKLAND AND THEY ENJOYED THE
OPEN CEREMONIES AS THINGS GOT
KICKED OFF EARLY TONIGHT.
CHAD REED COMING OUT BEING
INTRODUCED TO THE CROWD.
WE'LL BE BACK FOR MORE RACING
FROM OAKLAND AFTER THIS.
♪
♪>> SOME OF THE SIGHTS AND
SOUNDS OF THE PIT PARTY.
TRAXXUS IS A BIG PART OF IT AND
HE SAW THEIR CARS AND HE WANTED
TO GIVE THEM A TRY.
♪
>> I'M FROM TRAXXAS AND I'M HERE
WITH NICK WEY AND WE'LL RACE
SOME CARS.
NICK, ARE YOU READY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I'M A REGULAR ROOKIE.
>> I KNOW YOU LOOKED PRETTY GOOD
OUT THERE IN THE TRAINING SHEGS
>> WE PUT THIS NEW BATTERY IN
AND I CAN'T KEEP IT ON AROUND.
>> YOU BETTER GET ON YOUR A
GAME.
YOU NEVER NOT WIDE OPEN.
>> I'M NOT WIDE OPEN UNTIL I CAN
BE.
>> I WANT TO BE WIDE OPEN.
>> CLEARLY, YOU GOT ME COVERED
ON THE FLAT SURFACE HERE.
THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED THIS IS
NOT A FLAT TRACK.
THIS IS SUPERCROSS.
>> LET'S GO HIT SOME JUMPS.
>> NOW WE'RE TALKING.
♪
>> WE GOT SOME JUMPS IN IT AND
SOME AIRTIME.
NICE.
>> ABOUT LOOPED IT OFF ON THE
TAKEOFF.
>> ANY LANDING YOU CAN WALK AWAY
FROM, RIGHT?
>> THAT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO
ON A DIRT BIKE.
>> THE THING HAS GOT GOOD RANGE.
>> PRETTY MUCH AS FAR AS YOU CAN
SEE YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL.
>> SERIOUS?
>> YEAH.
NICK, MAN, I THINK YOU'RE A PRO
ON THE BIKE AND A PRO ON RC.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME REALLY
DRIVING LIKE A
PROFESSIONAL-STYLE CAR AND HAD A
GOOD TIME.
>> TRAXXA, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN
FIND US.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR
YAMAHA LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER
HIGHLIGHTS.
FINAL TWO SPOTS FOR TONIGHT'S
MAIN EVENT.
>> ONE RIDER THAT HAS BEEN IN
THE LCQ THIS YEAR, CHRIS BLOSE
NAILS THE HOLESHOT AND TAKES A
COMMANDING LEAD AND IT LOOKS
LIKE MIKE ALESSI WILL MAKE A RUN
ON HIM AND HE WAS IN SECOND
PLACE AND HE HAD A PROBLEM.
>> DAN REARDON GOT BEHIND HIM
AND HE'S JUST KIND OF JUMPING
THROUGH THERE AND THE OTHER
BLITZ IT ON TOP OF HIM.
THAT AIN'T GOING TO GET THE JOB
DONE IN THE LCQ.
>> AND AS THE RAIN FELL, BLOSE
TOOK THE WIN AND LET'S TAKE A
LOOK AT THOSE YAMAHA RESULTS.
BLOSE AND REARDON GO ON TO THE
MAIN EVENT.
AND WE'LL BE GETTING READY FOR
THAT MAIN EVENT WHEN CBS RETURNS
TO OKAY.
♪
>> A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE
TRIBUNE BUILDING HERE IN OKAY,
BUT WE'RE UP THE ROAD AT THE
OAKLAND ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM.
HI, EVERYBODY.
RALPH SHAHEEN ALONGSIDE RICKY
CARMICHAEL AND JEFF EMIG.
RICKY, JAMES STEWART HAS BEEN
VERY FAST HERE TONIGHT.
COMMITTEE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
FOR A WIN.
>> YEAH, I THINK HE NEEDS TO.
HE'S BEEN VERY, VERY FAST AS YOU
SAID.
HE NEEDS TO SEND A MESSAGE.
I KNOW LAST WEEKEND WASN'T WHAT
HE WANTED.
IT SEEMS LIKE VILLOPOTO IS IN
THE DRIVER'S SIDE.
I THINK HE NEEDS TO SEND A
MENTAL AND HE'S DOING PRETTY
GOOD SO FAR.
>> HIS NICKNAME IS THE FASTEST
MAN ON THE PLANET.
>> 43.9 IS THE FASTEST TIME IN
THE HEAT RACE AND THE NEXT
FASTEST LAP TIME FROM ANYONE WAS
CHAD REED AT A 45.2.
VILLOPOTO WAS A 45.4.
VILLOPOTO CAME THROUGH TRAFFIC
BUT THAT'S 1.3 SECONDS A LAP
THAT STEWART WAS FASTER THAN
ANYBODY ELSE.
SO THAT'S A REAL STATEMENT TO ME
BECAUSE HE HAS REBOUNDED JUST
SPECTACULAR IN THAT HEAT RACE
FROM THOSE REALLY HARD CRASHES.
>> HE HAA GOOD LEAD AT L.A. A
WEEK AGO AND IT WAS THE TRACK
THAT TOOK HIM DOWN AND TOOK THE
WIN AWAY.
ERIN BATES COULD BE THE CAUSE OF
MORE FRUSTRATION FOR HIM
TONIGHT.
>> THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE,
RAFFLE, ONE THING ALL THE RIDERS
HAVE BEEN SAYING HOW TECHNICAL
IT LOOKED EASY AT TRACK WALK BUT
WHEN THEY CAME , THE WHOOPS
SEEMED TO BE A DECIDING FACTOR
OF WHAT'S GOING TO SEPARATE THE
MEN FROM THE BOYS.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK ALL OF THEM
IT'S INCONSISTENT NOT ONLY IN
LENGTH BUT IN HEIGHT AND IT
VEERS OFF ON E SIDE AND TO
CORRECTT IS BE 100% COMMITTED
THROUGH ENTRY AND ALL THE WAY
THROUGH.
>> ERIN, THANK YOU.
THERE'S A LOT OF RACING TO GO IN
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS.
HERE'S OUR TOYOTA MOVING FORWARD
SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HEADED BACK TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEXT.
THEN YOU'LL SEE OUR NEXT RACE
HERE ON CBS AT RELIANT STIUM
IN HOUSTON.
THEN WE GO BACK TO SAN DIEGO,
ATLANTA AND THEN THE DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.
COMING UP, MAKE SURE YOU GO TO
>> THERE YOU SEE RYAN VILLOPOTO.
THE MAN WHO IS WON TWO RACES
ALREADY THIS YEAR AND MAKING A
RUN AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
LAST YEAR HE HAD A HORRIBLE
WRECK IN ST. LOUIS WHILE CHASING
RYAN DUNGEY IN THE BATTL FOR
E CHAMPIONSHIP.
SEVERELY BREAKING HIS LEG AND
NOW HERE HE IS BACK WINNING IN
2011.
WE HAD A CHANCE IN THIS MONSTER
ENERGY FEATURE TO TALK TO THESE
READERS HOW THEY BATTLE THROUGH
THEIR FEAR.
>> THERE'S LOT OF DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS HERE.
IT A DANGEROUS SPORT.
>> EVERY NOW AND THEN I'M A
LITTLE SCARED AND NERVOUS.
♪
>> IT'S PART OF THE SPORT,
REALLY.
>> OH, VILLOPOTO TSES IT AWAY
>> YOU CAN'T LET FEAR, WHICH I
WOULD PROBABLY CALL IT -- YOU
CAN'T LET THAT CONTROL THE
OUTCOME OF YOUR LIFE.
♪
>> I'M CONCENTRATING ON WHAT YOU
CANONTROL AND AT YOU CAN DO
AND MAKING SURE YOU EXECUTE
YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU WON'T IF
WORRY ABOUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF
THINGS.
♪
NO.I DON'T GET SCAD RACING,
I FEEL LIKE WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME,
IT'S YR TIME.
WHEN SOMHING HAPPENS IT'S JUST
THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD
TURNS.
I'M NOT SCARED.
>> IT'S REALLY REWARDING TO
CROSS THAT LINE FIRST TO KNOW
THAT THE BEST PEOPLE THAT RACE
MOTOR VEHICLES WERE BEHIND YOU.
♪
>> RYAN VILLOPOTO WINS.
♪
>> RICKY, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE
ROLLER COASTER RIDE.
HOW DO YOU DO IT MENTALLY?
>> WELL, YOU JUST GOT TO ALWAYS
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE WORST
SO THAT WAY WHEN THINGS DO GO
UNEXPECTED, THAT YOU'RE PREPARED
AND HOPEFULLY WON'T BE AS BAD AS
IT SHOULD BE.
>> THERE'S NOOUBT THAT BEING
PHYSICALLY FIT AND BEING STRONG
CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE UP FOR A LOT
OF THAT BECAUSE YOU REALLY TAKE
A BEATING HERE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO
DO IS BE GOOD AT RACING IN
CALIFORNIA IYOU WANT TO WIN.
FOR THE MONSTER ENERGY
SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP TRAIL.
LOOK AT ALL THE RACEVENUES
WE'VE HAD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE
YEARS.
MORE RACES, HOWEVER, HAVE TAKEN
PLACE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ESPECIALLY IN THE LOS ANGELES
AREA BETWEEN ANAHEIM, SAN DIEGO,
L.A.
A LOT OF RACES HAVE TAKEN PLACE
THERE.
♪
>> BETWEEN THE THREE OF US WE'VE
SE A LOT OF THOSE.
IN FACT, I WAS AT THAT ONE RACE
IN SACRAMENTO, TOO.
>> WERE YOU?
>> YEAH, I WAS THERE.
>> I WASN'T EVEN BORN -- I
WASN'T EVEN BORN.
>> HERE WE GO MAIN EVENT IN
OAKLAND.
RAIN IS COMING DOWN AND IT'S
GOTTEN COLD, IT'S NASTY.
START IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL
BUT PUTTING IN 20 OF UR BEST
LAPSE.
I'LL TELL YOU THE REIGNING
CHAMPION, HE'S GOTTEN STRONGER
WITH EACH AND EVERY RACE.
I THINK EVERYONE IS CHASING HIM.
>> NOBODY ON THE FIELD MIGHT BE
BETTER ON THE SLIPPERY MUDDY
TRACK THAN THE GUY NEXT TO HIM
ON NO. 14, KEVIN WINDHAM.
YOU SEE OUR MONSTER STARTING
LINEUP ACROSS THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN.
MISS MONSTER RIGHT THERE IS
READY TO GO.
>> MAN, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF POINTS TO BE
MADE UP TONIGHT FOR THIS GREASY
TRACK AND THE CONDITIONS AND THE
RAIN, IT WILL BE A GOOD NIGHT
FOR SOMEONE AND MAYBE NOT SO
GOOD FOR ANOTHER.
>> KEVIN WINDHAM, BOY, HE IS SO
GOOD AND IN THE WET, GETTING
READY FOR THE START IN OAKLAND.
>> WHO'S GOING TO GET THE
HOLESHOT!
>> CHAD REED --
>> AND REED WERE WERE RIGHT AND
VILLOPOTO IS GOING TO TAKE THE
LEAD.
>> AND STEWART COMES OUT THIRD.
HE WAS ABOUT SIXTH OR SEVENTH.
MADE HIS WAY THROUGH THE INSIDE
AND NOW HE'S PAST REED FOR
SECOND.
>> LOOK AT HIM AS HE GETS AROUND
REED.
>> AND STEWART IS GOING AFTER
VILLOPOTO.
>> I SAID IT TODAY.
HE AIN'T GOING TO WASTE TIME.
HE IS HERE TO PROVE A POINT.
HE KNOWS HE CANNOT LET THAT
NUMBER TWO GET OUT IN FRONT.
HE PASSED A BUNCH OF GUYS ON THE
FIRST AND SECOND TURN THERE.
>> THE ONLY TWO RIDERS TO WIN A
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS AN
FIM MAIN EVENT CHAMPIONSHIP THIS
YEAR HAS BEEN RYAN VILLOPOTO WHO
HAS TWICE AND JAMES STEWART WHO
HAS WON 100
>> YOU'RE AT THE POSITION ACROSS
THE TOP AND TREY CANARD BK■ AT
17th.
VILLOPOTO IS COMING OUT OF THAT
CORNER TWISTING THAT
RIGHT-OF-WAYS TRYING -- GETTING
THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
WE'VE SEEN RYAN VILLOPOTO BE THE
HUNTER AND JAMES BE THE HUNTED.
NOW THE ROLE IS REVERSED.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
>> VILLOPOTO IS MENTALLY STRONG.
HE'S PHYSICALLY STRONG.
HE IS REALLY AGGRESSIVE.
AND TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WHERE
HE NEEDS TO GO SHOW SOME
DOMINANCE AND TRY TO WHEEL AWAY
FROM STEWART BUT IN THESE TYPES
OF CONDITIONS I FEEL VERY
CONFIDENT THAT THE VILLOPOTO CAN
RIDE AGAINST ANYONE AGAINST THE
WORLD.
THIS IS A RIDER WHO GREW UP IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON SO THIS
IS A GUY THAT KNOWS ALL ABOUT
RACING ON SLICK TRACKS AND IN
THE RAIN.
>> OH, YEAH.
BUT YOU GET TO THESE --
VILLOPOTO IS DOWN.
VILLOPOTO TOSS IT AWAY.
STEWART IS OUR LEADER.
THERE GOES REED IN THE THIRD.
THERE GOES DUNGEY AND STROUPE
AND NOW VILLOPOTO IS RIDING ONCE
AGAIN.
WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
RACETRACK.
HOW IT'S THE 21st RIDER THAT CAN
REACH UP AT ANY TIME AND GRAB
YOU AND YANK YOU TO THE DIRT.
>> YES, YOU CAN.
>> AND CONDITIONS LIKE THIS
YOU'VE GOT TO BE ON YOUR A GAME.
YOU CANNOT RIDE HARD.
OBVIOUSLY, HE DIDN'T MEAN TO DO
THAT BUT, MAN --
>> IT WAS CAUTIONING --
>> HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY
THROUGH AUSTIN STROUPE.
LET'S SEE IF HE CAN SQUARE HIM
UP.
HE'S NO. 74.
HE NEEDS TO GET AS PAST AS MANY
GUYS AS HE CAN AND SAL VALVE AS
MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE.
>> FOURTH TO VILLOPOTO.
>> VILLOPOTO HAS FOURTH NOW.
AND MILLSAPS CLOSES IN ON
STROUPE.
DAVY MILLSAPS ON THE 13th.
>> WELL, AND TO PUT IT IN
PERSPECTIVE, LAST LAP AROUND
STEWART WAS THE FASTEST WITH A
47.9.
REED IN SECOND WITH A 49.4.
>> LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO
VILLOPOTO.
>> YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE HE
GOES TRIPLE, TRIPLE INTO THE
TURN.
AND THERE YOU GO.
HE LOSES THE FRONT END AND HE
GETS A LITTLE BIT HIGH.
AND THIS HAS BEEN THE STORY
HERE.
WATCH AS HE GETS IN AND TURNS
THE FRONT WHEEL AND LOSES
TRACTION.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S THAT ENTRANCE TO THE
TURN AS THEY GET INTO THE
MIDTURN THAT STEWART AND
VILLOPOTO HAVE BOTH MADE
MISTAKES THIS YEAR.
>> ALL A 47.4.
STILL A SECOND FASTER.
>> THAT WAS TWO LAPS AGO.
IT WAS A 48.4 THIS TIME.
THE TRACK IS STARTING TO SLOW
DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
>> YOU SAW STEWART.
AS YOU'VE SEEN THE NO. 7 COME BY
AS THE SAM MANUEL YAMAHA.
CHAD REED ON THAT MOTORSPORTS
ENTRY, A PRIVATEEER TEAM.
>> REED A TWO-TIME CHAMPION
CHASING ANOTHER TWO TIME
CHAMPION WITH THE REIGNING
TITLEIST.
>> AND THE RIDERS ARE KIND OF
JUMPING ON THE WHOOPS AND IT'S
RIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND YOU
GET A LITTLE SQUIRRELY.
THE TOUGH BLOCKS ARE RIGHT
THERE.
>> ALL THAT REAL ESTATE AND THEY
WANT TO KNOW TO RUN BY THE HAY
BALES.
AND VILLOPOTO IS GOING REALLY
WIDE THERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE'S MORE GRIP THERE.
>> AND HE'S SQUARING UP ON
TRIPLE TRIPLE WHAT'S THE STORY
WITH AUSTIN STROUPE AS HE GOES
THROUGH THE BARGE.
>> THIS IS HIS ONLY SECOND RACE
BACK THIS SEASON.
HIS TEAM MANAGER AND CREW
DECIDED TO HOLD HIM BACK.
HE WASN'T 100% READY TO RACE.
YOU REMEMBER HE CRASHED HERE IN
AUSTIN BROKE HIS ROTATOR CUFF
AND HIS BICEPS.
HE'S STILL GETTING HIMSELF BACK
IN SHAPE.
HE'S VERY HAPPY TO RACE AGAINST
HIS COMPETITORS.
>> STROUPE AND MILLSAPS IS
HAVING A GOOD RACE.
HE'S UP TO 26th IN THE JOE GIBBS
RACING TEAM.
>> OH, THEY COME TOGETHER.
HE STALLED IT.
STROUPE DID.
AND NOW MILLSAPS IS UP TO FIFTH.
>> THIS KIND OF RESEMBLES SAN
DIEGO LAST YEAR WHEN MILLSAPS
GOT HIS LAST WIN AND STROUPE
STILL TRYING TO START THE
YAMAHA.
THEY'LL HAVE THAT GREAT RIDE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AT THE STADIUM.
OF>> THE SERIES WILL BE MAKING
ITS WAY DOWN THERE SOON.
>> SO STROUPE GETS GOING
BATTLING WITH ANDREW SHORT.
>> THINK HOW SLICK IT'S GETTING.
IT'S REALLY SLOPPY IN SOME OF
THOSE SPOTS.
WHAT YOU KIND OF SEE ON TV BUT
WHAT THE RIDERS ARE GETTING A
MOUTHFUL OF IS THAT MUD AND ALL
THAT SANDY DIRT.
WINDHAM MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH
AND METCALF AND THERE'S CANARD
FIGHTING FOR SIXTH, SEVENTH AND
EIGHTH.
CANARD IS 15th IN THE FIRST LAP
SO HE'S FURTHER BACK THAN THAT
OFF THE START AROUND THE FIRST
TURN.
>> IF THINGS STAY THE WAY THEY
ARE HERE TONIGHT, THIS WILL
CHANGE THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
AS WELL.
IF STEWART CAN HANG ON TO THE
WIN, HE'LL BE THE NEW POINTS
LEADER.
>> THE ELEMENTS.
IT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO PASS
WET CONDITIONS LIKE THIS BECAUSE
IT'S SO SLIPPERY AND YOU GO OFF
THE MAIN PATH.
YOU SEE THESE GUYS ARE KIND OF
AGAINST THE SIDE THERE.
DUNGEY IS ON REED RIGHT HERE.
>> IT HAS CAUGHT REED AND THEY
WILL FIGHT OVER SECOND PLACE.
>> INSIDE -- OH, HE'S GOING TO
THE OUTSIDE LIKE VILLOPOTO WAS.
>> WE'LL SEE IF HE TRIPLES.
NO, NO TRIPLE.
HERE IT COMES VILLOPOTO TRIPLES
IN TO THE INSIDE OF DUNGEY.
>> AND VILLOPOTO IS GOING TO
MAKE THE MOVE.
AND DUNGEY HOLDS HIM OFF.
FIGHTING FOR THAT FINAL PODIUM
SPOT.
AND OVER THE BIG JUMP GOES
VILLOPOTO.
>> WOW, DID YOU SEE HOW HE -- HE
WASN'T EVEN IN THE RUT IN THAT
HIP JUMP AND HE FLIPPED THE
KAWASAKI.
>> FOR CHAD REED -- OH, THIS IS
NOT GOOD ON THE INSIDE.
>> HE MADE IT WORK, THOUGH.
HE MADE IT WORK.
>> HE'S GOT TWO FACTORY BIKES
CHASING AFTER HIM.
HE TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY, YOU
KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT.
I'VE GOT ALL THE PARTS I NEED.
I KNOW HOW I NEED MY BIKE SET
UP.
HONDA IS ACTUALLY HELPING HIM
WITH SOME INFORMATION AND CHAD
REED IS MAKING GOOD USE OF IT
TONIGHT.
>> VILLOPOTO TRYING WESTLAKE A
SHOT AT DUNGEY AGAIN.
>> CHAD REED WAS THERE AND
VILLOPOTO CAME ON THE INSIDE.
>> DUNGEY CAN'T GET IT DONE
THERE.
BOY, REED IS RIDING GREAT
HOLDING THESE TWO GUYS BACK.
>> REED TURNING A 49.5, YOUR
LEADER JAMES STEWART WHO IS
ABOUT 9 SECONDS OUT WITH A 48.7
LAST LAP.
>> FASTEST MAN ON THAT TRACK.
VILLOPOTO ALMOST GOT HIM.
REED TRYING TO GET ON THE PODIUM
HERE TONIGHT.
>> DUNGEY TRYING TO STAY OUT OF
THE RUTS THERE.
AND THERE WAS A HARD ONE.
>> HE OVERJUMPS THE JUMP THERE.
>> VILLOPOTO, WE REACH THE
HALFWAY POINT.
HALFWAY AND THEY'RE STARTING TO
PUSH TO GET UP.
OH, REED AGAIN HOLDS HIM OFF.
>> DUNGEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THERE.
>> MAYBE HERE.
>> HE CAN'T GET HIM.
NOW SIDE-BY-SIDE.
>> DUNGEY PULL A TEAR OFF AND
SEE IF THE OUTSIDE WORKS FOR
HIM.
>> REED GOES THROUGH AND DUNGEY
HAS GOT HIM.
>> THE TRACK IS REALLY BRUTAL.
WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THIS
20-LAP THAT MAIN EVENT AND
PHYSICALLY THIS TRACK IS REALLY
GOING TO TAKE ITS TOLL.
>> JUSTIN BRAYTON PULLING OFF
AND NOW BACK ONTO THE RACETRACK.
>> MEANWHILE, JAMES STEWART
HAVING A GREAT NIGHT.
>> UP FRONT, TOTALLY IN CONTROL.
>> HE'S HAVING A GREAT NIGHT BUT
THERE'S NOT BEEN A GREAT DAY.
THERE WERE SOME HARD CRASHES HE
HAD TO REBOUND AND FOCUS AND
CONCENTRATE ON THE NIGHT PROGRAM
AND HE HAS EXECUTED EVERYTHING
HER
HERE TO PERFECTION.
>> STEWART HAD A 50 THE LAST
LAP.
RYAN DUNGEY HAD A 48.9.
>> STEWART HAS A 6.3-SECOND
LEAD.
>> REMEMBER IT WAS 9 SECONDS TWO
LAPS AGO.
RYAN DUNGEY 6.3 SECONDS.
SO DUNGEY, REED AND VILLOPOTO
ARE NOW STARTING TO CLOSE UP
BECAUSE VILLOPOTO IS ONLY 8.5
SECONDS BEHIND THE LEADER.
RICKY, IS THIS THE LAP RIDER?
MAYBE WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE ALL
OF JAMES'S LAP.
MAYBE HE MADE A MISTAKE.
THE LAST LAP, THOUGH, HE BACKED
IT UP WITH ANOTHER 48.
IT MUST HAVE HAD A PROBLEM
THERE.
YEAH --
>> IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS
ONE-LINE WHOOPS SECTION AND
YOU'RE JAMES STEWART, SOME OF
THE SLOWER RIDERS THAT ARE IN
THE LINE IT COULD AFFECT YOU'RE
LAP TIME.
>> THE BATTLE FOR FIFTH HERE.
>> MILLSAPS, CANARD COULD WIN
THEM HERE.
>> IT'S A FIFTH ROUND AND TREY
CANARD AFTER 15th ON THE FIRST
LAP AND HE'S ALL THE WAY UP TO
7.
>> AND HE'S GOING TO GO EVEN
FURTHER.
LOOK AT THIS.
CANARD ON THAT 41.
ON THE HONDA.
AND HIS HONDA STABLE MEAT
WINDHAM GETTING TO THE SIDE OF
HIM.
>> OH, GOING IN FOR THE MOVE
THERE ON THAT TURN.
AND A TRIPLE COMING OUT.
IT'S REALLY SLICK.
>> PRETTY STRONG RIDE FOR THE
41, TREY CANARD.
LOOK HOW HE'S THROWING HIS
MOMENTUM JUMPING TO THE BASE OF
THE TRIPLE.
AND IT'S ALSO BEEN THE BEST RUN
OF THE YEAR, DAVI MILLSAPS ON
THAT NO. 6.
AND SO HAS IT BEEN FOR --
>> HE'S BEEN RUNNING REALLY GOOD
AND IF HE FINISHES OUT STRONG
TONIGHT HE HAS BEEN IN THE TOP
10 AND THIS IS HIS ROOKIE YEAR
IN THE SUPERCROSS CLASS.
>> A FIGHT FOR SECOND HEATING
UP.
FOR THIRD I SHOULD SAY.
REED AND VILLOPOTO, DUNGEY IS
STILL IN SECOND CHASING STEWART?
>> STEWART'S LEAD BACK OUT TO
7.5 SECONDS OVER DUNGEY BUT THIS
BATTLE RIGHT HERE REALLY IS ONE
OF THE MOST EXCITING ON THE
TRACK.
YOU SEE FRIESE GETS IN THE LAP
AND HOW HE GETS IN THE LINE AND
VILLOPOTO UNLESS HE TRIES TO GET
OUT OF THERE HE WILL HAVE TO
FALL RIGHT IN LINE.
VILLOPOTO NEEDS TO GET MOVING.
HE HAS HIS SHOT AND HANGING ON
TO HIS POINTS LEAD EVEN IF HE
DOESN'T GET THE WIN HERE
TONIGHT.
BUT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET
AROUND REED IN ORDER TO DO IT.
>> LET'S SEE IF HE CAN TRIPLE
AND MAKE UP SOME TIME RIGHT
HERE.
YES.
>> HE CLOSE RIGHT UP ON THE BACK
BUT LOOK AT THE LINE CHOICE,
RICKY.
THEY ARE JUST CUTTING THOSE
TURNS DOWN.
>> YEAH.
>> AND I LIKE VILLOPOTO'S LINE
THERE ON THE INSIDE.
IT'S SO MUCH MORE FUN.
HE'S WORKING IT AND HE'S TRYING
AS HARD AS HE CAN AND IT MAKES
IT SO TOUGH WHEN IT GETS RUTTED
LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT GETS
SOMEWHAT ONE-LINE AND IF YOU GO
TO VENTURE OFF, YOU END UP
LOSING MORE TIME.
>> OKAY, RIGHT THERE, HE STAYED
OUT OF THE MAIN LINE.
>> FIVE LAPS TO GO AND VILLOPOTO
IS DOWN AGAIN.
>> AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO
START TO AFFECT THE POINTS HERE
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DROP ANY
POSITIONS RIGHT THEN BUT NOW THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE GRAB THAT
PODIUM POSITION SECOND OR THIRD
SALVAGE SOME VALUABLE POINTS IS
GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN TOUGHER
WITH.
THEY'VE GOT FIVE LAPS TO GO.
>> CANARD TRYING TO STAY INSIDE
CANARD -- OR METCALFE
OVERJUMPING THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK CANARD
WOULD BE A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR
OUR BRETT MICHAELS ROCK HARD
RIDE AWARD THE WAY HE WENT DOWN
EARLY AND FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK
UP.
OH, MAN, I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING
TO BE FOR THE RUNNING OF IT
AGAIN.
THE WAY HE HIT THAT THING.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT TRIPLE
ALL DAY, JEFF.
YOU'VE SEEN IT IN PRACTICE AND
THAT'S WHERE JAMES STEWART FELL.
>> WE SHOWED YOU THOSE PICTURES
OF STEWART EARLIER TODAY.
AND NOW WITH THE ELEMENTS IT'S
EVEN WORSE.
BRETT MICHAELS IS GETTING
BETTER.
HE HAD THAT HEART SURGERY THIS
WEEK, A BIG SUPPORTER OF
SUPERCROSS.
I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER,
BRETT.
>> THE BREAK RIGHT THERE AND HE
WAS OFF THE TRACK AND HE'S JUST
IN THE MESS OF IT.
LOOK HOW THAT'S ALLOWED METCALFE
TO PULL OUT.
INCREDIBLE FRUSTRATING WHEN
YOU'RE WORKING SO HARD LIKE TREY
CANARD AND A LAP RIDER COMES BY
AND IT'S JUST CLEARLY IN THE
LINE.
>> YEAH, YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD IT
IS TO PASS 'CAUSE YOU SEE IN THE
DISTANCE THAT BRETT HAD ON
CANARD, YOU KNOW, A FEW MOMENTS
AGO AND THEN HE CATCHES BACK UP
AND THEN HE CAN'T -- YOU KNOW,
HE CAN'T GET BACK -- HE CAN'T
JUST GET BY THEM THERE.
>> I'LL TELL YOU GUYS, THIS
TRACK HERE TONIGHT HAS BEEN
BRUTAL.
THEY TURN IN THIS AND WATCHING
THE BIKE FOR NINE -- SORRY ABOUT
THAT, TEDESCO SHORT, CLOSE ALL
IN HERE.
THERE'S BRAYTON ON THE 10.
CURRENTLY RUNNING 18.
>> THERE'S SHORT, AND TEDESCO.
>> LOOK AT THE RIDERS FUNNELING
INTO THAT ONE LINE.
THAT TELLS YOU NOT ONLY ARE THE
WHOOPS BIG IN THE OTHER SPOTS
BUT IT'S ALSO A REALLY WET,
SLIPPERY TO GET OUT OF THAT MAIN
LINE.
YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO BE TO THE
CENTER OR LEFT.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT.
>> SHORT IS TRYING TO GET
INSIDE.
TEDESCO IS TRYING TO FIGHT HIM
OFF.
SHORT JUST A GOT THROUGH THAT
SECTION BETTER.
HE WILL TAKE THAT POSITION.
THAT WILL BE FOR 9th.
>> IVAN WILL BE GOING THROUGH
THE RUTS ON THAT TRIPLE.
>> THIS AIN'T A BAD RIDE FOR
IVAN.
HE'S HAD TWO BAD WEEKENDS.
HE HAD A REALLY HARD CRASH IN
THE WHOOP SECTIONS.
>> AND HERE'S OUR LEADER, JAMES
STEWART, HOLDING IN ABOUT 6.5
SECONDS IN FRONT OF DUNGEY.
>> THIS GUY HAS REALLY DOMINATED
TONIGHT AFTER EVERYTHING HE'S
GONE THROUGH AND I GOT TO TIP MY
HAT TO HIM TONIGHT.
>> NOW, WITH THIS HUGE LEAD --
WELL, IT'S NOT SO HUGE.
IT'S 6.6.
FIFTH PLACE HEATING UP AGAIN.
CANARD GETS AROUND METCALFE.
>> FRIESE RIGHT THERE 45.
HE'S RUNNING 14 RIGHT NOW.
>> FRIESE IS NOT GETTING OUT OF
THERE FOR NOW.
>> CANARD HAD A ROUGH TONIGHT
TIME.
>> JEFF, AS YOU MENTIONED SO FAR
BACK HE STARTED THIS THING AND
CANARD HAS FOUGHT HIS WAY
THROUGH AND HOW ABOUT JAMES
STEWART!
?
BOW HE COULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR
THAT ROCK HARD AWARD CRASHING
TWICE TODAY AND ON HIS WAY TO A
WIN.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU WIN THAT
AWARD.
AND BOY, STEWART IS DOING A
GREAT JOB OF IT HERE TONIGHT.
>> AND I'LL TELL YOU JUST BEHIND
THE NO. 7, THE BATTLE WITH
DUNGEY AT THE TOP OF YOUR
SCREEN.
DUNGEY IS RIGHT ON THE REAR
WHEEL.
YOU SEE STEWART GETTING INTO
SOME LAPPERS MAKING HIS WAY
THROUGH.
FINAL LAP, JAMES STEWART ON HIS
WAY.
CAN TAKE THE POINTS LEAD AWAY
HERE TONIGHT AS HE WINS IT.
JAMES STEWART!
>> AND REED GETS PAST DUNGEY AT
THE LINE.
STEWART IS NOW A TWO TIME WINNER
AND MOVES TO THE MOST ALL TIME
WITH HIS 39th CAREER WIN.
JAMES STEWART SEPARATING
HIMSELF.
THERE'S HIS SAND
>> JAMES STEWART GIVING HIS DAD
BIG JAMES A HUG AFTER GETTING
YAMAHA THEIR FIRST WIN HERE IN
OAKLAND.
THAT'S JOHNNY JUST TO THE LEFT
THERE.
FORMER SUPERCROSS GREAT WHO IS
WORKING WITH JAMES AS HIS
TRAINER.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE RESULTS.
AND HOW ABOUT REED GETTING
DUNGEY ON THAT LAST CORNER?
WHAT A MOVE.
VILLOPOTO FIGHTS HIS WAY BACK
THROUGH ALL OF THAT ADVERSITY
AND THAT MAIN EVENT TO FINISH
FOURTH.
CANARD COMES BACK IN SIXTH.
CRAZY.
>> BUMMER FOR VILLOPOTO, FALLING
TWICE --
>> BUT THE TRACK TONIGHT WAS
BRUTAL.
MOTHER NATURE STEPPED IN AND
MADE IT EVEN TOUGHER.
>> DEFINITELY A TOUGH NIGHT OF
RACING FOR SURE.
AND -- MAN --
>> ERIN, WE GOT A NEW POINTS
LEADER AS WELL.
>> JAMES REACTION SAID IT ALL.
WHAT DOES THE OUTCOME OF THIS
DAY MEANS TO YOU PERSONALLY?
>> IT MEANS LOT.
I WAS ROLLING MY HEAD IN
PRACTICE AND IT WAS A LITTLE
DINGHY AND I DIDN'T COME OUT FOR
THE SECOND PRACTICE AND MY TEAM
WE REGROUPED AND WE HAD A GREAT
HEAT RACE NOT A GREAT START IN
THE MAIN EVENT BUT VILLOPOTO
FELL OVER AND THE TRACK WAS SO
GNARLY AND SLIPPERY.
BUT I HAVE TO GET IT TO YAMAHA
AND ALL THE GUYS, OUR MECHANICS,
SERGIO, MY MOM AND DAD, BRIANA,
EVERYBODY.
SO IT'S A GOOD NIGHT AFTER A
ROUGH DAY.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON A JUSTIN
BIEBER WELL DONE.
TERRIFIC JOB FROM START TO
FINISH.
>> DUNGEY WANTS TO BLOCK THE
INSIDE THERE AS HE'S TRYING TO
WATCH HIS WAY PAST THE LAP.
♪
>> BACK TO THE PODIUM WITH ERIN
AND OUR SECOND PLACE FINISHER,
CHAD REED.
>> TALK ABOUT AN EXCITING LAST
MINUTE PASS FOR CHAD REED.
CHAD, WELCOME BACK TO DO THE
PODIUM.
AS SOON AS YOU FINISHED YOUR
RACE YOU WENT STRAIGHT OUT TO
YOUR MECHANIC.
WHAT WERE YOU POINT OUT ON YOUR
BIKE?
>> WE HAD A FEW ISSUES OUT
THERE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I'M SO
HAPPY TO BE ON THE PODIUM.
HUGE, HUGE SHOUTOUT TO FIRST MY
WIFE FOR LETTING ME TAKE ON
THIS, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD
HAVE -- THERE'S A POINT IT
LOOKED LIKE WE WERE GOING TO
WALK AWAY BUT HER FOR SUPPORTING
THIS AND BEING THERE EVERY WHICH
WAY AND BILL RAY FOR STEPPING
UP.
ALL THE GUYS, GUYS AT FX MAN AND
ALL OF MY CREW.
WE'RE BEEN WORKING OUR BUTTS
OFF, MITCH, BURNS AND SCOTT,
THANKS.
>> AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE
POINTS, TAKE NOTE OF THE FACT
THAT CHAD REED HAS NOT BEEN BACK
HOME TO FLORIDA SINCE OCTOBER.
HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN CALIFORNIA
AND GETTING READY TO GO RACING.
GOOD RUN FOR HIM TONIGHT.
BACK TO ERIN.
>> TONIGHT'S RACE A VERY
CHALLENGING ONE FOR EVERYBODY
BUT, RYAN, HOW DIFFICULT WAS
TONIGHT'S RACE NOT ONLY MENTALLY
BUT PHYSICALLY AS WELL?
>> PHYSICALLY DEFINITELY IT WAS
A TOUGH TRACK.
REALLY A LOT OF RUTTED AND
VERY -- TRY TO KEEP THE BIKE IN
LINE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTEN
SLIPPERY AND TACKED UP AS THE
NIGHT WENT ON.
IT WAS A GREAT RACE UP UNTIL THE
LAST CORNER AND IT WAS A DUMB
MISTAKEN AND I GOT TO THANK THE
MAN ABOVE, OAKLEY, FOX, AND
EVERYBODY WHO MAKES THIS
POSSIBLE.
IT'S APPRECIATED.
♪
>> CBS SPORTS COVERAGE OF
MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS
CONTINUES SUNDAY FEBRUARY 13th
AT NOON EASTERN AS THE SERIES
HEADS TO RELIANT STADIUM IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
COMING UP NEXT THE ROAD TO THE
FINAL FOUR CONTINUES WHEN THIRD
RANKED DUKE TAKES ON ST. JOHN'S.
♪
>> AND LATER TODAY, FINAL ROUND
COVERAGE ON THE FARMERS
INSURANCE OPEN FROM TORREY PINES
IN SAN DIEGO.
FOR RICKY CARMICHAEL, JEFF EMIG
AND ERIN BATES, FROM OAKLAND
WHERE JAMES STEWART WAS YOUR
WINNER.
♪