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>>> THE SANDS BELONG TO YOUNG
JUSTEN.
HE WON HIS FIRST OVERALL WIN,
BUT BRIAN DUNGEY WAS THE BIG
WINNER ON THE DAY.
HE WENT FROM 13 POINTS DOWN TO
17 POINTS UP DURING THE COURSE
OF TWO UNPREDICTABLE ■MOTOS AT
THE FAMOUS NEW ENGLAND
RACETRACK. ■
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, A NEW
CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED.
THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 250
MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS STARTS
RIGHT NOW ON SPEED.
■
WE'RE JUST OUTSIDE OF
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
THEY CALL IT STEEL CITY
RACEWAY, AND WE CALL IT THE
FINAL ROUND OF THE 2009 LUCAS
L AMA PROMO ■TOW CROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
PERFECT WEATHER, AND A DRAMATIC
CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIO BUILDING
UP AS WE WELCOME YOU TO STEEL
CITY
WEAVE TO BRING IN THE FULL
CREW, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ON
THE LINE TODAY, AND WE'LL HAVE
ALL OF THE ANALYSIS.
POURCEL NEEDS TO MOUNT A
COMEBACK CHARGE TODAY, DAVID.
>> WELL, IT LOOKED GOOD FOR
HIM.
I THOUGHT DUNGEY WAS GOING TO
BE THE TOUGHER OF THE TWO,
POURCEL ACTUALLY TO PROVED ME
WRONG.
HE SHOWED A LOT OF RESOLVE, BUT
HE CAN'T OVERCOME A BIKE
MALFUNCTIONING.
LAST WEEK HE LOST A GOB OF
POINTS, AND THE ONLY WAY HE CAN
GET THE TITLE BACK IS WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF LUCK.
HE'S BEEN IN DUNGEY'S POSITION
BEFORE.
HOW NERVOUS IS HE RIGHT NOW?
>> THERE'S NO DOUBT THE
PRESSURE IS ON DUNGEY.
17-POINT LEAD, THAT'S A PRETTY
GOOD CUSHION, BUT THE CRITICS
HAVE SAID THAT DUNGEY CAN'T DO
IT UNDER ESSURE.
HE DID IT THIS YEAR IN
SUPERCROSS.
NOW THIS IS THE BIGGEST
CHAMPIONSHIP OF HIS CAREER.
TODAY HE HAS TO GO OUT AND
EXECUTE BOTH MOTOS.
I WANT TO SEE HIM BE
AGGRESSIVE.
I DON'T WANT HIM TO JUST SETTLE
INTO A POSITION, TRY TO GET A
4TH OR 5TH.
I REALLY WANT TO SEE HIM GO FOR
■■E WIN, AND THAT'S GOING TO
TELL US HIS HEAD IS SCREWED ON
STRAIGHT AND HE CAN BE
CHAMPION.
>> DUNGEY NEEDS A 5TH AND A 4TH
OR A 4TH AND A PENNSYLVANIA TO
HOLD IDENTIFY AND A 5TH TO HOLD
OFF POURCEL.
>> THE CONTENDERS ARE SIDE BY
SIDE AS THEY START THIS RACE.
TAKE A LOOK AT RYAN DUNGEY.
HE'S ALMOST LIKE THE OREO
FILLING IN A PRO CIRCUIT
SANDWICH WITH AUSTIN ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE OF HIM.
COMING IN HERE LAST YEAR,
DUNGEY SWEPT BOTH RACES-HE IS
HOPING TO DUPLICATE IT HERE
ONCE AGAIN.
THIS MORNING HAVING A LITTLE
TROUBLE WITH AN 8th IN
PRACTICE, MADE SOME BIKE
MODIFICATIONS.
NOT ONLY DOES HE WANT TO TAKE
HIM A WIN, BUT DEFINITELY A
HARD-EARNED CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> LET'S GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOFF
HOW THIS GAME WORKS.
THE 411 ON MOTOCROSS.
WE TOTAL UP THE POINTS FROM
EACH MOTO TO DETERMINE AN
OVERALL WINNER ON THE DAY.
SEE HOW LONG THIS TRACK IS ONE
OF THE LONGEST ON THE TOUR.
BRIAN DUNGEY WON HERE LAST
YEAR.
LET'S GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
MOTO 1 TODAY.
MAN, THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOT EVEN
TIGHTER AFTER THIS ONE.
DUNGEY A GREAT START EARLY ON,
BUT HERE HE IS MIRED, AND THAT
WOULD PUSH HIM BACK.
>> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
RACE, LOOKED LIKE HAS FALLING
APART FOR DUNGEY.
GOES COMPLETELY OFF THE TRACK,
THEN IT ALL STARTED TO CHANGE
ONCE AGAIN.
>> WELL, HE MADE THE MOVE, AND
HE PUT HIMSELF IN POSITION
FOLLOWING THIS BATTLE RIGHT
HERE.
IT WAS POURCEL THAT TOOK THE
HEED, AND THEN A MISTAKE, THAT
PUT DUNGEY UP INTO SECOND.
SO THE BATTLE SHAPED UP FOR THE
LEAD BETWEEN THE TWO TITLE
CONTENDERS.
A LOT OF GUYS CHASING THEM
DOWN, BUT HAVING THEIR PROBLEMS
TRYING TO GO FAST ON THIS
TECHNICAL TRACK.
>> DUNGEY SETTLED DOWN AND GOT
AROUND MARSHALL FOR SECOND.
THAT WAS PROBABLY CLOSER THAN
HE WANTED TO BE, THOUGH.
>> YEAH, THERE WERE SOME CLOSE
CALLS OVER THAT JUMP, BUT THEN
IT WAS DUNGEY CLOSING UP ON THE
BACK OF POURCEL AND THEN THE
MIND GAMES STARTED.
>> IT WAS POURCEL GOING, LOOK,
I CAN'T GAIN ANYTHING IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP BY WINNING THIS
MOTO BY A LONG ■WAYS.
IT WAS APPARENTLY HE COULD
HAVE, BUT WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO
TO WAS SLOW UP THE PACE.
EVERY TIME DUNGEY GOT AHEAD OF
HIM, HE WOULD GET THAT LEAD
STRAIGHT BACK AND TRY TO
CONTROL THE PACE AND SLOW IT
DOWN, HOPING HIS TEAMMATES
WOULD CATCH UP AND HELP HIM IN
THE POINT.
>> BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
POURCEL ENDED UP WITH THE MOTO
WIN.
IN THE END, ALL HE ENDS UP WITH
IS A MOTO VICTORY, AND THE
POINTS LEAD IS STILL 14 FOR
DUNGEY HEADING INTO THIS FINAL
MOTO OF THE YEAR.
THE STARTING LINE-UP IS NOW SET
FOR MOTO NUMBER 2. AND FEW THE
STRATEGY COMES INTO PLAY AGAIN.
POURCEL TRIED TO MAKE THINGS
HAPPEN IN MOTO ONE.
DIDN'T QUITE PAY OFF.
HERE WE GO!
CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE!
>> WELL, NOT A GOOD START FOR
DUNGEY IN THE YELLOW.
>> BUT POURCEL HAS THE WHOLE
SHOCK, SO POURCEL DOING WHAT HE
NEEDS TO DO, GET OUT IF FRONT,
AND NOW HE NEEDS TO HOPE THAT
DUNGEY MIRED BACK THERE IN
ABOUT th PLACE MAKES A
MISTAKE.
SO POURCEL OUT FRONT, GOT A
COUPLE OF KTMs AND SOME HONDAS
HERE DUKING IT OUT WITH OUR
WOULD-BE SERIES CHAMP IN DUNGEY
CAN'T MOVE UP.
>> IN DUNGEY WANTS TO BE
CHAMPION, HE IS GOING TO HAVE
TO WORK FOR IT ON THIS MOTO.
>> HE'S GOT TO CATCH UP THROUGH
SOME STRANGE RIDERS WHO WERE
ABLE TO GET GOOD STARTS.
ONE OF THOSE BEING BLAKE
BAGUETTE IF HIS FIRST RACE OF
THE SEASON, ONLY HIS THIRD
NATIONAL.
GOT A GREAT START.
THERE HE GOES RIGHT THERE.
>> YOU CAN SEE HE THEY HAVE A
TERED THE TRACK.
THE SUSPENSE AND THE CHASSIS
HAVE BEEN TESTED HERE.
>> THERE IS WHARTON BATTLING IT
OUT FOR THE NUMBER TWO SPOT
WHILE POURCEL TRIES TO GET
AWAY.
LOOKS LIKE A GOOD START AT MOTE
TOW 1, AND HAD A GOOD START AT
MOTO 2.
>> AND SEE WHERE THE TRACK IS
WATERED?
WITH THE BAD START FOR DUNGEY,
THIS IS THE WORST THING YOU
WOULD WANT TO SEE.
HE'S JUST GETTING PELTED WITH
MUD.
HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL OF HIS
TEAR OFFS REALLY QUICKLY, SO HE
HAS TO MAKE THESE MOVES, NOT
MAKE ANY MISTAKES ON THIS FIRST
LAP.
>> I WAS SAYING IT'S STRANGE IN
TERMS OF THE COMPETITION,
BECAUSE DUNGEY HAD A HARD TIME
TRYING TO GET AROUND WHARTON
AND SIPES.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH
POURCEL, BUT HE REALLY HAS HIS
WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT
EASY ON DUNGEY, BUT IT THAT
WAY.
>> AND BAGUETTE, THE GUY IS
FAST.
SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
POTENTIAL SPOILERS OUT HERE,
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE OF
THEM IS A TEAMMATE OF POURCEL,
AND THAT'S TROUPE WHO JUST WENT
IN FRONT OF DUNGEY,. AFTER THE
FIRST MOTO, POURCEL HAD SOME
WORDS, I THINK HE WAS LOOKING
FOR SOME HELP FROM HIS
TEAMMATES, AND THEY JUST WERE
ABSENT, AND IT WAS JUST THE TWO
POINTS LEADERS OUT FRONT,
THAT'S REALLY WHAT POURCEL
NEEDED, BUT IT'S INTERESTING,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE DYNAMICS
OF THE RACE TEAM, AND DIFFERENT
RIDERS, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
HAS GOTTEN ALONG WELL WITH
EVERYBODY, MAYBE HERE IN THIS
LAST MOTO, THAT HURT, BECAUSE
THOSE GUYS WEREN'T THERE
WORKING FOR HIM, BUT --
>> IF IT ENDED RIGHT NOW,
DUNGEY WOULD STILL HAVE A FOUR-
POINT LEAD.
HE NEEDS TO FINISH 8th OR
BETTER.
MAN, MAKE A MISTAKE EARLY, AND
IT'S JUST LIKE HE DID AT THE
FIRST MOTO, THAT IS THE VERY
FAST TEAMMATE OF POURCEL ON THE
NUMBER 9 GREEN BIKE RIGHT
BEHIND DUNGEY.
SO DUNGEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOCK
ALL CHAMPIONSHIP IF HE STAYS
WHERE HE IS, BUT HE'S GOT A
LONG WAY TO GO.
>> WELL, LET'S PUT THIS INTO
PERSPECTIVE, THOUGH.
THAT'S A STAND-UP TEAM, THE
BEST IN THE BUSINESS, AND WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF, WE'RE
NOT LOOKING FOR ANY CHEAP SHOTS
OR ANYTHING LIVE THAT, OTHER
THAN JUST GOOD, HARD RACING,
GETTING KAWASAKIS UP IN FRONT
OF THE SUZUKI.
THAT'S BASICALLY ■■UST TO TRY
AND RATTLE --
>> YEAH, HE'S SHOWN YOU CAN
RATTLE HIM, AND JASON IS THE
BEST AT IT, AND WHO KNOWS IF HE
GOT ALL OF THAT OUT OF HIS
SYSTEM OR NOT.
WHEN HE WON HIS SUPERCROSS IN
SALT LAKE, IT WAS CLOSE, DIDN'T
RUN THAT GOOD.
>> RIGHT NOW, THIS IS DUNGEY
BEING TESTED, AND HE'S --
TODAY, HE'S GOT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO QUIET ALL OF THE CRITICS AND
SAY, LOOK, UNDER THIS PRESSURE,
THIS SERIES, LOOK, WE FINISHED
ALL OF THE RACES AND DID
EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO TO BE
CHAMPIONS.
IF HE CAN'T PULL THIS OFF, IT
WILL BE POURCEL WITH THE SPEED
HE HAS THAT CAN OVERCOME THAT
MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION THEY HAD
LAST RACE.
>> DOES WORKING ON BAGUETTE,
HIS THIRST EVER PROFESSIONAL
RACE.
SEE, IF YOU'RE BAGUETTE, NO
REASON TO MOVE OVER.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO AUDITION
FOR A RIDE, DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE BY DUNGEY
TO GET AROUND BAGUETTE WHO IS
GOING TO FIGHT REGARDLESS OF
WHAT POSITION SHE IN.
NOW DUNGEY KNOWS IF HE GETS IN
A PODIUM POSITION, HE'S MORE
THAN ASSURED THIS TITLE.
>> I WOULD RATHER SEE DUNGEY IN
THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, FOR HIS
SAKE, TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
BACKWARDS, BECAUSE WHAT DOES
THAT TELL YOU, DAVID?
>> YEAH, HE'S LOOKING UP THERE
DOING LITTLE BIT OF MATH GOING,
OKAY, HOW MANY MORE.
>> OH, A LITTLE KICK GOING INTO
THIS RIGHT-HAND CORNER.
NOW IT'S ONE OF THE NEW
SECTIONS.
A LOT OF CHANGES IN THIS TRACK.
THIS IS A NEW FINISH LINE JUMP
THEY BROUGHT IF LAST YEAR.
TRACK HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT.
JEFF TALKED ABOUT RACING HERE
IN STEEL CITY.
DUD IT LOOK TOTALLY DIFFERENT
THAN WHEN YOU WERE HERE, OR IS
IT BASICALLY THE SAME FORMULA?
>> THE LAYOUT IS DIFFERENT,
JUST THE OVERALL VIBE OF THIS
PLACE IS THE SAME.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION,
THE FINAL MOTO, WHEN YOU'RE
TRYING TO FINISH THE SERIES
OFF, AND IT'S A REAL TRICK
MENTALLY.
I MINE, THIS IS WHAT THE GUYS
■■AT ARE CHAMPIONS, WHAT THEY
DO DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER
GUYS, THEY STAY IN THE MOMENT.
THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP UNTIL THEY HAVE
BROUGHT THEIR CHECKER FLAGS,
STAY PRESENT IN THE MOMENT.
NOT NEXT LAP, AT THE WHITE
FLAG, BUT PRESENT IN THE
MOMENT.
>> STECKEL IN THE RIGHT
POSITION AT THE MOMENT.
HE IS WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE, IN
THE 5TH.
THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH.
>> THAT'S NOT MUCH CUSHION,
THOUGH.
HE CAN'T AFFORD A MISTAKE RIGHT
HERE.
IF HE MAKES A MISTAKE, HE LOSES
THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
TO MAKE ON COUPLE OF POSITIONS,
IT
>>> DUNGEY VERY MUCH FORTUNATE
WHILE WE WERE AWAY AT BREAK,
GOT AROUND THE 31 OF BRIAN
SIPES, AND THEN TEDESCO
CRASHED.
SO HE HAS MOVED FROM 5TH TO
THIRD, BUT SIPES RIGHT BEHIND
HIM, BAGUETTE RIGHT BEHIND
SIPES.
THEY'RE NOT LETTING DUNGEY OFF
THE HOOK, BUT FIT ENDED RIGHT
NOW, DUNGEY WOULD HAVE THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
AS FOR POURCEL, NO TIME TO PLAY
GAMES IN THIS MOTO.
HE HAS CHECKED OUT.
8 AND A HALF SECOND LEAD FOR
THE 377.
>> THAT'S ONLY A DIFFERENCE NOW
OF FIVE POINTS FROM WHERE
POURCEL IS AND DUNGEY, THAT'S
ENOUGH, BUT STILL SO MUCH MORE
RACING LEFT, THE WAY THIS
SEASON HAS BEEN, THIS WON'T BE
PLAYED OUT UNTIL THE CHECKERED
FLAG HAS FLOWN.
DUNGEY HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB
OF WORKING HIS WAY METHODICALLY
THROUGH THIS CHAOS HERE, THESE
FIRST COUPLE OF LAPS, TO PUT
HIMSELF INTO A GOOD POSITION,
AND MENTALLY RIGHT NOW, IT
LOOKS LIKE HE HAS REALLY DIALED
IN.
>> AND JEFF, YOU TALKED ABOUT
AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW, MIGHT
THINK A 17-POINT LEAD MAKES IT
EASY, BUT ITS HARD TO RIDE AND
PROTECT.
>> THERE'S DUNGEY HERE.
SEE, HE SWEARS UP SIPES HERE,
GETS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
TURN, CATCHES SOME TRACTION AND
JUST ROCKETS BY.
>> AND MAKE SURE NOT TO TON THE
GUY AT ALL.
DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY
RISKS.
>> NOW HE'S GOING TO WORK ON
WHARTON.
WHARTON HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN
THIS YEAR.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
OUT OF THIS GUY.
THERE ARE MOTOS LIKE THIS WHERE
HE IS CHALLENGING FOR THE
PODIUM, BUT MOTO WHERE IS HE
CRASHES AND CRASHES HARD.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT OUT OF A ROOKIE, AND
CANARD THANKSGIVING IS
OVERWHELMING THESE GUYS RIGHT
NOW.
>> VERY IMPRESSIVE.
HE STARTED OUT THE MORNING
NERVOUS IN PRACTICE.
WE'RE ALL A LOT MORE NERVOUS
NOW THAN HE IS.
HE'S DOING JUST FINE.
HE'S CHARGING.
DOING WHAT RICKY CARMICHAEL
ALWAYS DID, WHICH WAS, HEY, I
DON'T CARE ABOUT THE POINTS,
I'M JUST GOING TO GO OUT AND
RACE POINTS LIKE I ALWAYS HAVE,
NOT GOING TO TOO ANYTHING
STUPID OR UNNECESSARY.
>> WHEN YOU WON YOUR FIRST
CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU WON THE FIRST
MOTO, YOU COULD HAVE CRUISED IN
THAT OTHER MOTO, BUT YOU SAID
YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND PUT IN A
STRONG PERFORMANCE IN BOTH
MOTOS PUT A STAMP ON IT, DON'T
JUST BACK INTO THE ■
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> WELL, THERE'S CERTAIN
FEELING THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU
WIN OUT, WIN THAT FINAL SPACE
THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND I THINK
FOR DUNGEY, EVEN RIGHT NOW, I'M
THINKING SECOND TODAY, BECAUSE
OF HOW THIS WHOLE THING HAS
SHAKEN DOWN, A SECOND, GIVE ME
THAT FEELING OF WINNING.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DID THE
MATH, IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE AN
AVERAGE OF A 4 OR 5 IN IN THE
MOTOS, IF HE HAD GONE OUT AND
DONE A 4, 5, MIGHT NOT HAVE
GIVEN ME THAT FEELING, BUT SO
FAR HE'S DOING HIS JOB.
>> WHO SELLS DOING THEIR JOB IS
BLAKE BAGUETTE.
SOME OF THAT SPEED WE'VE BEEN
HEARING ABOUT.
REALLY FAST IN PRACTICE AND
QUALIFYING.
HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO SHOW MUCH
IN THE MOTOS DUE TO A BAD
START, BUT HE WANTS A PODIUM IN
THIS THING.
>> SPEED IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR
BREAK.
FIT SENTENCE NOT A PROBLEM FOR
HIM.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING HIM COME UP,
AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, I SEE HIM EVERY ONCIN
A WHILE.
EVEN TIME I SEE HIM, I SEE THAT
QUALITY, THAT CLASS, THAT RAW
SPEED LINE SELECTION.
THE ONLY WEAKNESS THAT I'VE
SEEN SO FAR IN HIS PROGRAM IS
STARTS.
AND HE WAS THIRD FASTEST
QUALIFIER, AND HE WAS NOWHERE
SEEN REALLY IN THE RACE BECAUSE
HE WAS AT 30TH ON THE FIRST LAP
BOTH MOTOS.
SO NOW WITH A GOOD START, YOU
SEE HOW FAST THIS KID IS.
>> MADE A JOKE FOR YEARS, IF HE
COULD JUST GET BETTER STARTS,
HOW MUCH EASIER LIFE WOULD BE,
AND HE'S STILL WORKING ON IT.
>> THEY'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR MAN IS
PROBABLY GOING TO WIN
BLAKE BACK IT'S LOOKING TO MAKE
A MOVE, HOPING TO GET ANY THE
PODIUM.
>> THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO END
THE SEASON.
I REMEMBER CARMICHAEL -- IS
THIS HIS FIRST NATIONAL?
YEAH, THE FIRST MOTO WAS
NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT,
BUT THE SECOND MOTO WAS UH-OH,
THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE GOODNY
THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THE WAY THIS,, HI, MY
NAME IS BLAKE, I'M GOING TO BE
HERE FOR A WHILE.
HE'S JUST ABOUT AS FAST FROM
WHAT I'VE SEEN AS JUSTIN, JUST
JUSTIN GETS MUCH BETTER STARTS
THAN HE DOES, BUT BLAKE IS
SHOWING YOU RIGHT NOW HE'S
GOING TO ABE ROUND FOR A WHILE.
>> WE'VE BEEN WATCHING HIM EVER
SIX HE WAS A YOUNG GUY.
HE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
SUCCESS, AND HAS BEEN ONE OF
THOSE RIDERS THAT, YOU KNOW,
JUST LIKE -- MORE LIKE A
PROFESSIONAL AMATEUR, ALL OF
THE WAY THROUGH.
HE'S BEEN BUILDING AND DRIVEN
FOR SUCH A YOUNG AGE, IS SAYING
THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE.
AND KEEPS WORKING HIS WAY
THROUGH.
HE HAS THE ABILITY TO COME
THROUGH THE PACK.
>> AND WHARTON, THIS IS THE END
OF THIS FIRST FULL SEASON.
HE WAS IN THE SAMING POSITION
AS BACK IT'S, RODE THE FIRST
COUPLE OF RACES LAST YEAR, NOW
HAS A FULL SEASON.
>> A LOT OF FAST KIDS COMING
UP.
MY 10-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR RYAN,
HE JUST HAD A WEIRD CRASH, BOTH
BOTH LEGS, AN ARTICLE, AND HIS
BANKED UP BAD AND BED, AND ALL
HE CAN THINK ABOUT IS RIDING.
SO THERE WILL ALWAYS BE KIDS TO
FILL THESE SPOTS.
>> WEIMER IS BACK IN 5TH.
POURCEL NEED HIS TEAMMATES TO
BE UP THERE, BUT TODAY NO ONE
WAS FAST ENOUGH TO GET BETWEEN
POURCEL AND DUNGEY.
THERE'S DUNGEY, THAT'S TRUE.
NO ONE IS FAST ENOUGH TO
CHALLENGE HIM AND GET BETWEEN
HE AND DUNGEY.
THERE IS BAGUETTE LEANING ON
WHARTON.
HERE COMES WEIMER.
GREAT DAY FOR SIPES ON THE 31.
METCALF IS QUIETLY RUNNING
THIRD IN THE POINTS.
FOR A LOT OF 0 THESE KIDS, THE
QUESTION BECOMES 2010, AND WHAT
RIDES ARE THE GOING TO GET.
>> THAT IS P.J.
LARCENY, WHO HAS ALSO COMPLETED
HIS ROOKIE YEAR.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT'S ONE
OF THE RIDERS FROM THE GP TOUR
IN EUROPE, TRYING TO GET INTO
THE TOP 10.
>> YEAH, IT WAS JUST A YEAR AGO
THAT LARSON WAS THE HOT AMATEUR
KID THAT GOT THE RIDE, HAD A
COUPLE OF GOOD RIDES HERE AND
THERE, BUT ONE OF THOSE GUYS
WHO HAS FIND OUT JUST HOW TOUGH
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS.
WHEN YOU'RE RICING ON THE
AMATEUR CIRCUIT, EVEN AT THE
NATIONALS, MAYBE THERE'S FIVE,
SIX FAST GUYS.
HERE THERE'S 40 RIDERS, AND
THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME DRIVE,
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY
QUICK, AND SO THE FIELD HERE IS
-- IT'S DEEP.
LET'S GET TO KNOW THE NUMBER 87
OF P.J.
LARCENY AN LITTLE BIT BETTER.
HE'S BEEN BATTLING ALL YEAR
LONG IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON.
HERE IS P.J.
LARSON.
>> HEY, I'M P.J.
LARSONEN.
FAVORITE MOVIE IS KIND OF
TOUGH.
I THINK THE FIRST ONE THAT POPS
INTO MY HEAD WOULD BE AMERICAN
GANGSTER.
MY iPOD HAS ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT MUSIC.
EVERYTHING FROM COUNTRY TO RAP
TO ANYTHING.
IF YOU WANT IT, YOU CAN
PROBABLY FINE IT ON MY I POD.
THE PUBLIC PROBABLY WOULDENT
KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY DO PLAN A
LOT OF HARD WORK, AND IT TAKES
A LOT OF DEDICATION TO DO WHAT
WE DO HERE IN THE SPORT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK YOU JUST
SIT THERE AND TURN THE
THROTTLE.
THREE YEARS FROM NOW, I WANT TO
BE ON A GOOD, SOLID FACTORY
TEAM ONE A 450.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY BEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT I COULD TRY
AND MAKE HAPPEN.
I'M P.J.
LARSON, NUMBER 87, AND THAT'S
YOUR PRIVATEER PROFILE.
>> ALL RIGHT, AND HERE IS THE
NUMBER 377 OF% WHO IS OUT IN
FRONT OF THIS ONE.
THERE WERE SOME GAMES BEING
PLAYED BETWEEN HE AND DUNGEY IN
OUR FIRST MOTO.
POURCEL HAS ABANDONED THAT
STRATEGY.
HE'S JUST GOING TO TRY TO WIN
>> DUNGEY JUST PULLED THE
FASTEST LAP OF THE RACE.
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO ■SAY THE
BUTTERFLIES ARE GONE.
>> IT'S GREAT THAT HE'S FOCUSED
ON THE LEAD.
THAT MEANS HE'S LOCKED IN.
BUT WHAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO TRY
TO DO IS GO FOR THAT WIN AND
TRY TO RISK THE WIN AND LOSE
THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP BY
MAKING A MISTAKE OR SOMETHING,
BUST HE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC
TODAY.
AND HE'S LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
AWAY FROM HIS FIRST OUTDOOR
CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH WOULD BE A
HUGE THING TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE
MOVING UP TO THE BIG BIKE.
POURCEL, HE REALLY TOOK IT TO
HIM.
DUNGEY KID FRONT FLIPS, ALL
KINDS OF WILD CRASHES, WOKE UP
KNEWING HE HAD TO WORK HARDER
ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF THIS
GUY RIGHT HERE.
TALK ABOUT MAKING IT LOOK EASY.
POURCEL'S LINES ARE INCREDIBLE.
HE GOT A GREAT START, AND THIS
TIME NO MORE GAMES.
JUST RIGHT TO THE INSIDE.
HIS TEAMMATES NOT HELPING HIM,
SO HE'S MAKING MATTERS HIS OWN
HANDS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTOR THAT
COME INTO WINNING A
CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE BIKE IS
ONE OF THOSE, AND UNFORTUNATELY
IT BIT HIM.
>> THEY TAKE THOSE PHOTOS, IT'S
NOT JUST THE RIDER UP THERE ON
THE BODY YULE, THERE'S A BIKE
IS A TEAM.
WIN TOGETHER, LOSE TOGETHER,
AND EVERYONE TRIES TO PULL IN
THE SAME DIRECTION.
MITCH PEYTON'S TEAM YEAR AT OR
YEAR PROVIDES THE BEST
EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.
THEY ALMOST HAD THIS THING IN
HAND, AND THEN THE ELEMENTS
LAST WEEK, JUST PLAYED IT'S
TOLL.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS,
BECAUSE THESE ARE MACHINES,
QUIRKY THING TOES HAPPEN, BUT
IT DEFINITELY COST POURCEL THE
END OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> GO BECAUSE TO DUNGEY, THIS
COULD BE THE OWNED OF AN ERA,
EVER SINCE THE 450 FOUR-STROKE
GOT INTO PLAY, THEY HAVE WON
EVERY CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE.
PROBABLY GOING TO LET THIS ONE
SLIP AWAY HERE IN 2009.
BAGUETTE, NICE MOVE BY WHARTON.
>> BAGUETTE PICKING UP, TOO.
A FAST LEARNER.
HE'S DOING THE SAME THING.
BEEN USING THIS BIG OUTSIDE
LINE OUT HERE.
WAY SMOOTHER.
LISTEN TO THE POWER.
HE IS ON IT, BUT HE CANNOT SEEM
TO GET ANY CLOSER TO WHARTON.
EVERY TIME HE JUST GETS A
COUPLE OF BIKE LENGTHS CLOSER,
WHARTON PULLS IT BACK OUT, BUT
BACK IT'S NOT GIVING UP.
HE'S SAYING, BOY, I WOULD SURE
LIKE TO FINISH THIS SEASON WITH
A THIRD.
>> WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT FOR
BLAKE HERE ON A KAWASAKI, AND
THESE YOUNG GUYS THAT HAVE ALL
OF THIS ENTHUSIASM, THEY'RE --
I MEAN, THESE GUYS HAVE ALL OF
THE EXCITEMENT GOING.
THE FINAL RACE.
THE GUYS OVER AT THAT FACTORY
CONNECTION, GEICO HONDA.
THEY'RE PUMPED THAT THEY'RE
SEEING THEIR ROOKIE GUYS DIG
DIEHL DEEP HERE IN THE MOTO,
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF TO
THESE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE OF NOT HOW TO FINISH
OFF THE SERIES, BUT RIDE THIS
FINAL RACE ALL THE WAY TO THE
END, AND WHARTON HAS BEEN
ASOME.
>> IN THIS SPORT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A SPORT WHERE YOU CAN JUST
SHOW 20 MINUTES OR SO OF SPEED,
POTENTIAL, AND IT CHANGES YOUR
WHOLE ENTIRE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME TEAM
MANAGERS OUT THERE GOING, WOW,
BLAKE BAGUETTE, HUH?
THIS KID IS FAST.
LET'S SEE, WHAT DO WE HAVE
LEFT?
TO WE HAVE A BIKE FOR THIS KID?
HE IS COMING THROUGH WITH A
GREAT PERFORMANCE AT A PERFECT
TIME.
>> WELL, AND WITH THE VETERAN
OFFERS THIS CLASS, THE GUYS
THAT ARE NOT MOTIVATED, HAVEN'T
BEEN WORKING, THEY HAVE THAT
I'M JUST OVER IT SYNDROME,
WELL, THOSE GUYS ARE ON THEIR
WAY OUT, THESE YOUNG GUYS ARE
FIGHTING FOR IT, SO IT'S TOUGH,
MAN, THIS IS A STACKED FIELD.
>> IT STARTS MAKING YOU THINK,
AS DUNGEY CAN POLISH THIS OFF,
HE'LL BE MOVING INTO THE 450
CLASS NEXT WE'RE.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHO IS
GOING TO WIN THIS THING NEXT
YEAR.
THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO
ESTABLISH THEMSELVES.
>> SO THERE IS WHARTON TRYING
TO FINISH THIS THING OFF IN
THIRD.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
NEXT WEEK, BIG BLOCK THURSDAY
HAS WHAT YOU NEED.
THE INTENSE GRASS ROOTS DRAG
RACES OF PINKS
>>> HERE AT STEEL CITY RACEWAY.
LOOKS LIKE POURCEL IS GOING TO
COME UP A LITTLE SHORT.
THERE WERE FOUR MAJOR OBSTACLES
HE DID HIS BEST TO TRY TO
BOUNCE PACK FROM, BUT LOOKS
LIKE IT WILL COST HIM JUST
ENOUGH POINTS TO COST HIM THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND THEY'RE ALL WEIRD THINGS.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE FOUR BAD
MOMENTS FOR POURCEL.
FIRST, LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A
SECOND PLACE FINISH IN HANG
TOWN, BUT THEN HE'S GOING TO
JUMP PAST THE NO DOUBLES
CAUTION FLAG, AND THEY PENALIZE
HIM ONE POSITION.
AND THEN GATE BOUNCES ON HIM AT
THUNDERER VALLEY IN COLORADO.
HAS TO START DEAD LAST, LOSES
SOME POINTS THERE.
AND THEN AT BUG'S CREEK IN A
DRIVING RAIN, THE NUMBER WIN
THING, YOU HAVE TO GET A GOOD
START, BUT MAKES A MISTAKE.
EVERYWHERE ELSE WAS CAUGHT
OFFGUARD, THE 30-SECOND DRILL,
NOT HOLDING THE CARD UP, THIS
COLLISION THAT HE HANGS TUNE
GOES BY THE WAYSIDE.
THEY RESTART THE RACE.
AND FINALLY LAST WEEK, ZERO
POINTS THERE.
BIKE PROBLEMS DO HAPPEN FROM
TIME TO TIME, BUT RED FLAGS,
CAUTION FLAGS AND BOUNCING
GATES, THAT'S WILD.
>> I THINK FOR ME IF YOU LOOK
AT THAT GATE BOUNCING AT THE
RACE UP IN COLORADO, NEVER HAVE
I SEEN THAT HAPPEN.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST SUCH AN
EXTREME THING, AND HE WAS -- HE
WORKED HIS WAY FORWARD.
HE STARTED LAST, LEFT SOME
POINTS ON THE BOARD THERE, BUT
YOU'VE GOT -- I MEAN, YOU LOOK
AT SOUTH WICK, AND NOT
FINISHING THAT MOTO WHEN THE HE
HAD THE POINTS LEAD.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMMER
FLIGHT HOME FOR HIM, KNOWING
THAT HE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING
AND SAY I JUST ABOUT HAD T-
SHIRTS PRINTED FOR THIS
CHAMPIONSHIP, AND TO GO OUT AND
RIDE LIKE THIS AND GET THE
BETTER OF DUNGEY TODAY IS JUST
LIKE, MAN, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
GET FOR THE WIN AND PROBABLY
CLOSE TO MILLION, WHAT THEY GET
FOR SECOND IS, LIKE, 25 GRAND.
NOTHING.
WHAT A BUMMER.
BUT TO SWEETEN IT SOME, AT
LEAST HE WINS ON THE DAY, AND,
MAN, THIS GUY SURE CAN RIDE.
I LOVE WATCHING HIM RIDE.
I HOPE HE STAYS HERE LONGER.
I CAN WAIT TO SEE HIM ON A 450.
>> Y, THERE'S NO DOUBT HE HAS
SOME TALENT.
YOU CAN TELL HOW HE KIND OF
FLOATS THROUGH THESE TURNS,
OVER THE BUMPS.
SOMETIME THIS BIKE WILL KICK
IN, AND HE JUST KIND OF GOES
WITH IT.
HE JUST GOES WEST THE FLOW,
JUST ONE OF THOSE NATURALLY
TALENTED RIDERS THAT THEY KIND
OF COME ALONG ONCE IN A BLUE
MOON.
HE'S A REAL SPECIAL GUY.
>> EASTERN BIGGER PICTURE FOR
POURCEL WAS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN
HE PROBE HIS PELVIS AND INJURED
HIS HIPS.
THEY SAID HE WOULD NEVER RACE
AGAIN.
SO THE FACT HE IS EVEN OUT
HERE, THAT'S STILL A LOT BETTER
THAN ANYONE EXPECTED JUST A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO I'M
SURE HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WON
THIS THING, BUTT IT'S GREAT TO
SEE HIM OUT HERE AT HOME.
BRET METCALF IS IN THE RACE.
GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN A
BATTLE FOR 6th PLACE WITH
STECKEL.
WE'LL GOT THAT IN A MOUNT.
HE STILL DIDN'T GET THAT FIRST
WIN HE'S LOOKING FOR.
HE GOES THROUGH THE FIELD.
HERE IS DUNGEY IN THE NUMBER 2
POSITION.
HE HE HAS KIND OF LET POURCEL
GO.
THE BATTLE FOR THIRD IS
WHARTON, AND LOOKS LIKE WHARTON
IS FINALLY, FINALLY GOTTEN
BAGUETTE OFF OF HIS BACK.
BAG SET GOING TO KEEP CHARGING,
YOU KNOW THAT.
>> NO DOUBT.
COW CAN SEE AS THEY COME OUT OF
THIS REGIONED TURN, AND THEY DO
A DOUBLE.
A TRIPLE.
SOME OF THE GUYS GET THROUGH
THAT, AND THEN GET THAT FRONT
WHEEL ALIGNED.
WATCH THIS, HE KIND OF GETS IN
THERE A LITTLE CURRENT SEQUENCE
AND IS GETS THAT WHEEL OUT
TRYING TO STAY IN FRONT OF MITT
CALF.
METHODIST CALF IS ONE OF THOSE
GUYS, THAT'S THE -- AND
METCALF, IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS,
THAT'S THE LAST GUY YOU WANT
BEHIND YOU NEAR THE END OF A
RACE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS
GOING FORWARD.
>> HE'S GOING TO BUG YOU ALL
THE WAY TO THE CHECKERED, AND
BUG YOU ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
PITS.
>> POURCEL HAD SOME SERIOUS
SPEED AT THE FRONT OF THIS
RACE, AND HERE SHE BACK UP IN
THIS MOTO.
>> ALL YEAR LONG I KEPT TALK
ABOUT THE FACT THAT STROU AND
METCALF WOULD PROBABLY BE IN
MORE BATTLES THAN ANY OTHER
RIDERS, SO APPROPRIATE HERE
THAT THEY'RE BATTLING IT OUT.
I'M SURE THEY BOTH HAND WINS
CIRCLED ON THEIR LIST OF TO DOs
THIS YEAR.
NEITHER OF THEM GOT
>>> WELCOME BACK.
IT'S THE GRAND INALLEY.
-- FINALE.
POURCEL IS GOING TO WIN AGAIN.
WIN BOTH MOTOS TODAY TO MAKE
THE MATH EASY FOR JEAN YES,
SIRS LIKE US TO FIGURE OUT, 1,
1 EQUALS FIRST FOR THE DAY, BUT
TO THE BAD MATH IS THAT HE'S
NOT GOING TO WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP UNLESS DUNGEY
MAKES A MAJOR MISTAKE.
HE'S IN THE NUMBER TWO SPOT.
BOTH OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN
THIS CHAMPIONSHIP SITUATION
BEFORE.
YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN IN A
SITUATION WHERE YOU JUST HAD TO
PROTECT GOING INTO THE LAST
MOTO.
HOW YOU WOULD YOU RATE DUNGEY'S
PERFORMANCE TODAY, JEFF?
>> OH, HE'S BEEN SPECTACULAR.
THE CRITICS WERE ALL OVER HIM.
EVERYBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
HIM NOT BEING A PRESSURE RIDER,
AND WITHIN A LAP O■ SO, HE'S
GOING TO PROVE EVERYBODY WRONG.
ALL OF THE DOUBTERS, THEY WERE
SAYING, HEY, HE WASN'T THE
FASTEST GUY THIS YEAR, THAT
POURCEL TOTALLY HAD IT HANDLED,
BUT THERE WERE DIFFERENT
MOMENTS OF TO THE YEAR WHEN
EACH RIDER REALLY HAD THE UPPER
HAND.
THIS PENDULUM SWINGS BACK AND
FORTH, AND NOW HERE AT THE END
OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, I MEAN
RYAN DUNGEY HAS DEFINITELY
WORKED FOR THIS BUN, BECAUSE
THERE WERE TIMES HE WAS ON THE
GROUND, AND IT PROBABLY HURT,
AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET UP,
BUT HE DID.
>> I'LL GIVE HIM ANY A-PLUS.
OBVIOUSLY HE DESERVES AN A FOR
■ETTING THIS THING DONE, BUT
I'LL PUT THE PLUS IN THERE,
BECAUSE HE DUG HIMSELF INTO A
COUPLE OF LIT HOLES IN THE
FIRST MOTO GOING EXACTLY
THROUGH THAT SECTION RIGHT
THERE, OFFER THE TRACK.
HE MADE SOME MISTAKES.
DIDN'T ALWAYS GET THE START HE
NEEDED.
HAD TO FIGHT THROUGH SOME OF
POURCEL'S TEAMMATES IN THIS ME
TOW.
HE HAS ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE
IN HORSE RUSS.
I DON'T THINK MORRIS WILL PUT
UP MUCH OF A PROBLEM ON THE
LAST LAP, BUT THERE WERE TIMES
WE WERE IN HERE, LIKE, WHOA,
KIND OF CRINGING, AND, MAN, HE
KID WHAT HE HAD TO DO, AND HE
WAS AGGRESSIVE WHILE HE WAS AT
PIT.
SO HE DIDN'T JUST COME IN HERE
AND GET A THIRD OR A FOURTH TO
WIN THE TITLE.
HE HE RACED FOR IT, AND I ARE
FRESH THAT.
-- HE RACED FOR IT, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT.
■
>> BOTH OF THESE GUYS CAME OUT
AND PROVED IT TODAY.
>> MAN, DUNGEY HAS TO BE SO
HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A HUGE GOAL ACHIEVED.
A HUGE PAY DAY.
HUGE DREAM ACCOMPLISHED.
ALL OF THIS RIGHT NOW AS HE'S
GOT ABOUT HALF A LAP TO GO IS
IS THIS, LIKE, REALLY
HAPPENING?
IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?
BECAUSE 10 DAYS AGO, THIS WAS
NOT HAPPENING.
HE NEEDED A HUGE GIFT.
HE GOT IT.
AND NOW, YOU KNOW, HE CAN SAY,
WELL, HE GOT A LITTLE LUCKY AT
THE END.
I'VE BEEN IN THOSE SITUATIONS
WHEN I WON THE SUPER CROSS
CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT LOOKED LIKE I GOT LUCKY.
WE JUST KIND OF BALANCED OUT.
HAZE GUYS HAVE EACH HAD THEIR
ISSUES, WORKED FOR THEM.
YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO THESE
GUYS FOR REALLY RIDING HARD,
MAKING IT AN EXCITING SEASON
ALL THE WAY TO THIS FINAL
ROUND.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, YOU HAVE
TO BE IN THE POSITION TO BE
LUCKY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF
HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO BEING
THAT LUCKY, AND THE DUNGEYS,
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE FAMILY
SUPPORT GROUP THERE, JUST A
GREAT FAMILY.
THEIR SON IS ON HIS WAY TO
BEING IN THE RECORD BOOK.
>> POURCEL IS ON HIS WAY TO
NNING BOTH MOTOS AT STEEL
CITY, AND WITH THAT, YET
ANOTHER OVERALL VICTORY, BUT IT
WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.
CHRIS POURCEL WINS AT STEEL
CITY, BUT THAT'S ONLY THE
BATTLE.
THE WAR IS GOING TO GO TO THE
NUMBER 10, AND WHAT A WAR IT
WAS ALL SEASON LONG.
BRIAN DUNGEY WINS THE LUCAS OIL
PROMO TOW CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP IN
THE 250 CLASS!
THE PRESSURE WAS ON, AND DUNGEY
WAS ABLE TO RESPOND.
HE FINISHED SECOND IN BOTH
MOTOS.
HE SHOWED THAT HE COULD INDEED
STEP UP WHEN HE NEEDED TO, AND
WE KNEW HOW STRONG AND FAST HE
WAS, AND NOW HE SHOWS HE
WEE WOULD LIKE TO KE THIS
HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP NUMBER 1 PLATE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THE
250 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> ROY DAN SON OF AMA PRO
RACING.
DUNGEY HAS DONE IT.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW HE DID IT.
POURCEL GOT THE GOOD START,
THAT WAS THE END, AS FAR AS THE
BATTLE FOR THE LEAD.
DUNGEY STARTS MAKING PASSES
THEN.
>> AS HE CAME THROUGH THE PACK,
THERE WERE TIMES IT WAS LITTLE
SHAKY, BECAUSE THE GUYS HE WAS
GOING AROUND WERE TRYING TO PUT
IN SOME GOOD MOTOS FOR
THEMSELVES.
LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS.
IT'S A HUGE DREAM REALIZED.
>> HE'S WALKING ON AIR RIGHT
NOW IN THE MOTO, OF COURSE, THE
WIN GOES TO POURCEL.
WE'LL LOOK AT OUR RESULTS.
LET'■ GO DOWN TO THE PODIUM
WITH ERIN.
>> I THINK THIS SHIRT SAYS IT
ALL, CHAMPIONS MAY FALL, BUT
THEY NEVER GET.
DUNGEY, YOU'RE FIRST OUTDOOR
TITLE.
WAS THERE EVER A POINT YOU
THOUGHT YOU WOULD GIVE UP?
>> MANY POINTS THAT WERE TOUGH.
CAN'T SAY THAT.
I NEVER GIVEN UP.
I ALWAYS KEEP FIGHT NOTHING
MATTER WHAT, BUT 12 ROUNDS, I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS, BUT
THE END, IT'S WORTH WITH AND TO
HAVE MY FAMILY AND MY TEAM AND
EVERYBODY THAT MAKES THIS
POSSIBLE, IT'S -- I COULD HAVE
NOT ASKED FOR MORE, AND GOD.
>> YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE COME
UP HERE.
TEARS OF JO I AND HUGS.
THEY'VE.
HERE SUPPORTING YOU WEEK AND
AND WEEK OUT.
TAKE US THROUGH THE WORDS THAT
EXPRESS THE EMOTION OF THIS.
>> IT'S WITHIN A LONG ROAD FROM
WHEN I WAS YOUNG UNTIL NOW, AND
I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY IT IS A
JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME, AND AT
THE END OF THE DAY, WE LEARNED
A LOT, AND I'M JUST THANKFUL TO
HAVE MY FAMILY AND ALL THATTH I
HAVE, AND HARD WORK PAYS OFF.
>> THE NEVER GIVE UP MENTALITY.
RYAN DUNGEY, THE NUMBER ONE
PLATE.
>> IT IS INDEED A FAMILY AFFAIR
IN THIS SPORT.
THE DUNGEYS HAVE BEEN THERE
THROUGH THE BAD MOMENTS, GOOD
MOMENTS, AND NOW ALL THE WAY AT
THE TOP.
TO GET THERE, THOUGH, TO STEEL
CITY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
GREAT MOMENTS ALL SEASON LONG.
WE'LL HAVE OUR GEICO TOP
MOMENTS OF THE SEASON WHEN WE
RETURN.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS.
STAY TUNED HERE ON SPEED.
IT'S BEEN A FREIGHT
>>> THE SEASON IS COMPLETE.
WHAT A GREAT SEASON IT WAS.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP FIVE GUY
DOUGH MOMENTS OF 2009 IN THE
250 CLASS.
THESE GUYS FIGHT BACK.
POURCEL AT HIGH POINT.
FRONT OF THE HOME TOWN FANS FOR
DUNGEY AT MELVILLE.
WATCH THIS.
AWESOME MOMENT.
TEAM MAYS OF THE GEICO BIKES
COMING TOGETHER.
AND THEN THE ELEMENTS, RACING
IN THE RAIN.
AD BUD'S CREEK.
JUST A SURVIVAL RACE.
SOMEHOW THESE GUYS STAYED IN
■-AMPIONSHIP CONTENTION THROUGH
IT.
WHO WON THAT RACE?
WEIMER.
A GREAT WIN FOR HIM.
AND THE ROOKIE BARCIA PUT
HIMSELF INTO INTO THE MIX TOO
WITH A VICTORY LAST WEEK ONE
BUT THE NUMBER ONE MOMENT, THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT ULTIMATELY WENT TO BRIAN
DUNGEY WITH THE SECOND PLACE
FINISH TODAY.
HE'LL MOVE INTO THE 450 CLASS
WITH CONSIDERABLE MOMENTUM.
THOSE ARE YOUR TOP FIVE GEICO
MOMENTS FROM 2009.
HERE ARE YOUR TOP 10 RESULTS
FROM THE DAY HERE AT STEEL
CITY.
POURCEL YOUR OVERALL WINNER.
>> WELL, DEFINITELY A LOOK OF
DISAPPOINTMENT WRITTEN ALL OVER
OF POURCEL'S FACE.
A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE ALL
SEASON.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU FILE YOU
LIFT ON THE TABLE THAT YOU
COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY?
>> NO, I (INAUDIBLE) --
>> THERE'S POURCEL.
SORRY RAN INTO A LITTLE AUDIO
TROUBLE WILL THERE.
POURCEL.
HE SUMMED IT UP LIKEPY
EXPECTED.
HE LEFT NOTHING ON THE TABLE.
JUST CAME UP SHORT.
THINGS OUT OF HIS HAND, LIKE
BIKE TROUBLES.
>> I THINK THE LOOK ON HIS FACE
REALLY TOLD THE STORY.
HE GAVE EVERYTHING HE HAD AND
CAME UP SHORT.
THAT'S THE THING, YOU DO THE
BEST YOU CAN, AND THEN YOU GO
HOME, AND FOR POURCEL, A COUPLE
OF PROBLEMS PUT HIM IN SECOND,
BUELL DUNGEY AMAZING THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH, BOTH POURCEL AND
DUNGEY PUT IN A GREAT SEASON.
THEY HAD THEIR PROBLEMS AND
FOUGHT THROUGH THEM.
JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT THE BIKE
DECIDED THIS THING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN, AND I
WAIT TO SEE POURCEL RIDE SOME
MORE.
>> NOW IT'S SPEED ON DEMAND ON-
LINE.
GET CAUGHT UP ON THE AS OR
RELIVE THE SEASON'S BIG EFFORT
MOMENTS.
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2009 RACES ON-LINE, ON DEMAND,
ANYTIME, ELSE CONCLUSIONIVELY
AT SPEEDTV.COM.
THIS IS A SEASON WE WILL NOT
SOON FORGET, SO RELIVE THE
MOMENTS FOR THIS SEASON OVER
AND OVER.
STEEL CITY HAS HAD ANOTHER
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP TO PUT THE
BOOKS.
>> WELL, NO TOUT.
YOU CAN SO THAT STEEL I-BEAM
THAT DUNGEY IS HOLD HING UP
HIGH.
ALL THREE OF THESE GUYS, JUST
PHENOMENAL EFFORT BY THESE
GUYS.
THIS IS THAT CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE
THESE YOUNG GUYS WIN
CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THEIR FIRST
TIME ON THE WAY THROUGH TO SEE
IF THEY CAN BE GROOMED FOR THE
TOP LEVEL.
>> THAT'S WHERE DUNGEY IS
GOING.
HE'LL BE ON A 450 NEXT YEAR.
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