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TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED.
HE STARTED TO SWAP, LOSE ITS,
HITS A HAY BAIL AND DOWN HARD
ON THE ASPHALT.
YOU CAN SEE THE BANNER SUCK UP
INTO THE REAR WHEEL, ON THE
RIGHT SIDE.
YOU CAN WATCH.
HE LOSE, WAPS SIDEWAYS AND
LOSESTHE WHEEL, OVER THE
BAILS AND DOWN,.
>> LOOK HOW LONG HE HUNG ON,
UNTIL THE PAVEMENT, THINKING
MAYBE KISAVE THE HAS DONE IT
SO MANY TIMES BEFORE.
THE CHAD REED PACE, WHICH HE
STARTED THE FIRST PRACTICE
SESSION THIS AFTERNOON, THE
FASTEST LAP, THE FASTEST HEAT.
PUT THE PRESSURE ON, RICKY
ANSWERED AND COULDN'T GET IT
DONE.
>> HOW DOES HAVING THAT
FLAG -- AND MAY I POINT OUT --
IT'S A HONDA FLAG IN THE
SUZUKI -- HOW DID THAT AFFECT
THE RACE?
>> IT GIVES HIM THE BACK BRAKE
ROTOR AND THE PLASTIC MELTS
AND GLUES THE BRAKE PAD, SO
RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS NO REAR
BRAKE AND HAS TO USE THE FRONT
AND BE COMPLACENT AND JUST
FINISH, FINISH THE RACE.
>> THE BAD NEWS IS, HE
PROBABLY WON'T WIN THE DAYTONA
SUPERCROSS, BUT HE HAD A
SUBSTANTIAL POINTS LEAD AND
MAYBE WILL TAKE CONSOLATION
FROM THAT.
>> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW MANY
RACES HE HAS WON.
HE WON'T WIN THE DATONE ABUT
WHEN HE LOST THE RACE IN SAN
DIEGO, HE BOUNCED BACK AND
BEAT CHAD, WITH STRAIGHT TO
HIM.
HERE CHAD REED, OR RICKY
CARMICHAEL BEAT HIM ON THE
TECHNICAL AND NOW CHAD REED
HAS BEAT RICKY CARMICHAEL.
BUT IT IS NOT OVER.
LAPPERS, THE WAY PEOPLE GO
DOWN, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
>> LET'S GIVE CREDIT.
CHAD REED, HE IS, AS THEY SAY,
THE MAN TONIGHT.
>> WHAT I THINK IS INTERESTING,
WHEN CHAD REED STANDS ON THE
PODIUM, PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HE
LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO CRY.
HE LOOKS BEATEN.
HE LOOKS MAD, BECAUSE HE PUT
IN SO MUCH WORK, AS MUCH OR
MORE THAN RICKY CARMICHAEL, IN
THE FINAL LAP, SO WHEN HE
DOESN'T... WIN THE RACE AND
CARMICHAEL DOES, HE'S OVER IT,
MAN.
HE'S MAD.
JUST TENACIOUS ENOUGH, LIKE HE
WAS LAST YEAR.
EVEN THOUGH RICKY HAD A
PERFECT SEASON, CHAD SAID, I
THINK I CAN DO THIS.
COULDN'T DO IT.
THIS PERSISTENCE AND
PERSEVERENCE AND SPENSENER HIS
CORNER HAS PROBABLY HELPED HIM
SO MUCH.
>> WOULD YOU SAY THAT CHAD HAS
GOTTEN IT DONE?
[LAUGHTER]
>> WHATEVER YOU LIKE, HE IS
DEFINITELY DOING THE BUSINESS,
OUT HERE TONIGHT.
CHAD REED ON THE YAMIHA, THE
SUPERCROSS WINNER, MAKING IT
TWO IN A ROW, THE LAST FEW
CORNERS, THE CROWD WILL ERUPT
IN A HUGE CELEBRATION, CHAD
REED!
BECOMES ONLY THE SIXTH RIDER
TO WIN DAYTONA BACK TO BACK.
AND HE HAS DONE IT HERE, IN
FRONT OF A HUGE CROWD.
YOU KNOW THIS MAN'S GOING TO
BE HAPPY.
CHAD REED, THE DEFENDING
SUPERCROSS CHAMPION, BACKING
IT UP WITH A WIN AT DATONE A2
YEARS IN A ROW.
>> MAJOR UPSET.
>> YOU SAID IT EARLY IN THE
BROADCAST, IF HE COULD WIN
TWOULD BE, HE DID.
AND IT IS.
THERE IS RICKY CARMICHAEL,
COMING TO THE FINISH LINE.
IT IS GOING TO BE... A
SECOND-PLACE FINISH FOR
CARMICHAEL.
ABLE TO RECOVER, GET THE BIKE
BACK UP AND FINISH.
NOW RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS
FINISHED AND THERE'S CHAD REED,
CELEBRATING.
>> RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS
ARRIVED.
HE WILL SAY, GOOD JOB, YOU
KNOW, YOU BEAT ME, STRAIGHT
UP.
RICKY MADE MISTAKES, CHAD
MADE MISTAKES, BUT WHO MADE
THE LEAST AMOUNT AND WHO
DIDN'T MAKE THE BIGGEST ONE.
>>> WAS THIS A MUST WIN FOR
CHAD REED?
I THINK IT WAS.
YOU CAN SEE, RICKY SAYING, HEY,
GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW... YOU DID
IT.
IT WAS A BIG WIN FOR CHAD AND
YAMIHA.
HE'S BEATING CARMICHAEL IN
HIS BACK YARD.
>> A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT OF
SPORTSMANSHIP THAT THE CROWD
APPRECIATED.
CHAD REED WILL TAKE A VICTORY
LAP... AND TO BE HONEST, WE
DON'T CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES.
>> RICK, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT
FEELING?
I HAVE A HARD TIME, PUTTING
INTO WORDS FOR PEOPLE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HE'S THE KING OF THE HILL.
WHEN YOU WORK SO HARD, IF YOU
CAN BEAT DAVID BAILEY IN A
TECHNICAL SUPERCROSS TRACK,
FOR THAT MOMENT IN TIME, YOU
ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD,
WHAT CHAD REED DID, IS HE BEAT
THE BEST OUTDOOR SAND RIDENER
A STRAIGHTUP MATCH.
NO EXCUSE, RICKY CARMICHAEL
MADE MORE MISTAKES AND CHAD'S
GOING TO WIN, WITH A BIG
BURNOUT, DAYTONA STYLE!
YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
>> NUMBER 22 NASCAR, WE'RE IN
DAYTONA, HEY, THAT'S COOL.
>> CHAD REED WITH A■■ BURNOUT IN
PAY SUPERCROSS WIN, ONLY AT
DAYTONA COULD THAT HAPPEN, AS
CHAD REED EXCHANGES HIGH-FIVES
WITH THE CROWD, ALONG THE
FENCES HERE AT THE BANKING.
THE FAMOUS BANKING OF THE
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY,
IF THERE IS ANY QUESTION ABOUT
THIS BEING THE WORLD'S CENTER
OF RACING, TODAY, IT WAS.
>> WE TALK ABOUT GUYS THAT I
THINK GREAT CHAMPIONS GET BEAT
AND COME BACK.
AS CHAD REED HAS BEEN BEAT BY
RICKY, HE COMES BACK AND AS
RICKY IS BEAT BY CHAD, HE
COMES BACK.
SO THIS NIGHT DOES NOT
DETERMINE THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
YOU WON'T SEE CHAD DOMINATE
THE SUPERCROSS, I GUARANTEE
THAT.
>> A GREAT NIGHT FOR CHAD
REED.
WE CAN IMAGINE WHAT HE IS
ABOUT TO SAY.
A TOUGH NIGHT FOR RICKY
CARMICHAEL ON THE NUMBER 4
SUZUKI, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK THAT
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN.
>>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT TO
HEAR WHAT CHAD REED HAS TO
SAY.
GREG WHITE, TAKE IT AWAY.
>>> CHAD REED, THAT WAS QUITE
A RACE FOR YOU.
THE PRESSURE WAS ON AND YOU
HELD YOUR COMPOSURE, HOW DO
YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW?
>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S, I SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DOING THAT ALL YEAR
LONG.
WORKING ON MY STARTS AND MY
TURNS AND WORKING ON THE WOOPS,
JUMPS, EVERYTHING, TRYING TO
PULL IT TOGETHER AND MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
TONIGHT WAS THE NIGHT.
IT FELT GOOD.
IT FELT LIKE I WAS CHALLENGED.
THAT'S WHAT I NEED.
I GET BORED AT THE OTHER RACES,
SOMETIMES THAT MESSES WITH ME.
I HAVE TO GET BETTER AT THAT.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR NIGH MY
TEAM.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
DAYTONA THE BIKE WEEK.
I SAID, IT'S UP TO ME.
I WAS THE LAST GUY TO PULL OFF
A WIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM,
DOING A GREAT JOB.
BRIDGESTONE, SCOTT.
>> REPORTER: LET ME ASK YOU,
HOW BIG IS THIS WIN IN YOUR
CASE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THISAS
THE KBARLIEST AND TOUGHEST OF
THE YEAR AND WE WON, THAT'S
ALL THAT COUNTS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
CHAD REED, TWO-TIME WINNER AT
DAYTONA.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHAD REED
CERTAINLY PROVED HIMSELF TO BE
THE COUGH GUY THAT WINS ON
GARY BAILEY'S COURSE HERE AT
DAYTONA WITH.
>>> REED AND CARMICHAEL, LOST
IN THAT.
MIKE LA ROCCO, 14 START, 10
TIMES IN THE TOP 5, THIS IS
THE SIXTH PODIUM.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TOP 10,
YOU CAN SEE, KEVIN WINDHAM AND
DAVID VUILLEMIN, LOOKING GOOD.
SEAN HAMBLIN, ROUNDING OUT THE
TOP 10.
NEXT TAKEN, TOR TELEI, A
DISAPPOINTING 20th,
CONSIDERING HIS REPUTATION,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS A TOUGH RACE COURSE,
THE TWO TOUGHEST GUYS ON THE
TOUR MAKE IT 3, COUNTING MIKE
LA ROCCO, CAME OUT ON TOP.
>>> A VERY ENJOYABLE EVENING
OF SUPERCROSS RACING HERE IS
OVER.
WE ARE NOT QUITE DONE WITH OUR
COVERAGE, HERE ON SPEED.
BUT WE WILL BE BACK, AFTER
THIS.
>>> HERE AT THE■■ DAYTONA
SUPERCROSS, RICKY CARMICHAEL,
THE RUNNER-UP.
>>> RICKY CARMICHAEL THAT WAS
A KBARLY RIDE.
FIRST OF ALL, BIG CRASH.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> JUST A BUMMER, I FELL.
I HAD A GOOD RIDE.
I HAD WHAT IT TOOK TO FOLLOW
CHAD.
BUT I COULDN'T MASS IT -- MAKE
IT PAST.
HE WAS GOOD IN AREAS AND I WAS
GOOD IN AREAS AND I SETTLED IN
AND JUST BIDED MY TIME.
BUT I WAITED TOO LONG AND YOU
KNOW, I MADE A MISTAKE AND HE
WAS THE BETTER GUY TONIGHT.
I HAVE TO GIVE HIM A HAND.
HE KICKED THE CRAP OUT OF ME.
>> REPORTER: I KNOW YOU WANTED
TO WIN THE FIFTH IN A ROW.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?
>> DISAPPOINTED, FOR SURE,
NOBODY LIKES TO GET SECOND
PLACE -- OR AT LEAST, I DON'T.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GO HOME AND YOU WORK HARD
FOR THE NEXT WEEKEND.
IT'S AN 18-RACE SERIES HERE,
I'M STILL LOOKING GOOD.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR MAKITA,
EVERYBODY'S GREAT.
I KNOW TO HOLD MY END OF THE
BARGAIN UP.
>> REPORTER: CONGRATULATIONS
ON SECOND PLACE.
RICKY CARMICHAEL.
>>> AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS, HOLDING
HIS END UP?
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY WOULD ACCUSE HIM OF
NOT DOING THAT.
BUT WHAT A GREAT ATHLETE AND
HUMBLE.
I JUST GOT BEAT.
CHAD REED, MADE UP A FEW, BUT
IT WILL TAKE A MUCH BIGGER
MISTAKE BY CARMICHAEL FOR REED
TO MAKE UP.
WINDHAM AND LA ROCCO AND
VUILLEMIN, THE TOP 5.
>>> AS THE PODIUM CELL BRAIGS
CONTINUE THERE, I MEAN, I'M
JUST... IT IS UNBELIEVABLE
WHAT HAPPENED.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS ONE.
>> THE 125 CLASS WAS SO GOOD.
RIGHT DOWN TO THE VERY END AND
SO MANY SURPRISES, THE THREE
GUYS WE HIGHLIGHTED AT THE TOP
OF THE SHOW, HAVING A HORRIBLE
NIGHT, DROPPING BACK.
JOSH'S UP IN THERE AND
WINNING.
I THOUGHT THE 250'S GOT A LOT
TO LIVE UP TO NOW.
I DIDN'T THINK WE COULD HAVE
TWO MAIN EVENS THAT GOOD.
WHAT A TREAT.
>> A PRIVILEGE.
>> FOR ME, IT'S BEEN A
PLEASURE, YOU KNOW, DAVID
BAILEY AND I BANKED BARS AND I
DID TV AND HE DID TV.
IT WAS EASY TO LISTEN TO HIS
PERSPECTIVES.
BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
WORKED OUT GREAT.
THE SUN WAS SHINING HERE, MORE
AND MORE BIKES ARE COMING IN.
SATURDAY WILL BE A GREAT PLACE
FOR ME AND MY DAD TO RIDE ON
THE MOTORCYCLES, UP AND DOWN
THE COAST.
RICKY CARMICHAEL, HE'S A MAN'S
MAN.
HE SAID, I GOT MY BUTT KICKED
TODAY.
BUT HE WILL GO HOME AND WORK,
HE WILL WORK ON CORNERS,
BRAKING AND JUMPS AND GOES
BACK TO THE BASICS, HIS MOM
DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THE
TRAINING, GOING, THIS IS WHERE
YOU WERE WEAK, LET'S WORK ON
THAT.
HIS TRAINER, HE HAS A GREAT
SUPPORT GROUP THAT HE WILL GO
BACK AND CAPITALIZE ON THE
MISTAKES AND AS DAVID SAID,
CHAD REED HAS JEFF SPENSER TO
WORK WITH HIM.
>>> LET'S GO TO GREG WHITE
WITH THE ROCK.
>> REPORTER: MIKE LA ROCCO
THIRD PLACE, TELL US ABOUT THE
RACE.
>> I GOT A GOOD START.
I WAS OUT THERE WITH CHAD AND
RICKY... JUST TRIED TO FIND
THE PACE, BUT THEY WERE GOING
FAST.
I'M TRYING TO LEARN SOMETHING,
I'M THE OLD DOG, TRYING TO
FIND THE NEW TRICKS, BUT IT
WAS A GOOD RACE.
I GOT A GOOD START.
JUST GOT TO FIND A WAY TO PICK
IT UP.
>> REPORTER: HOW GNARLY WAS
THE TRACK?
>> TRACK IS TOUG
ALWAYS TOUGH, SHORTER THAN
NORMAL.
BEARING THAT, NOT AS GRUELING,
BUT A TOUGH RACE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, ANOTHER
PODIUM FINISH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
I KNEW COMING INTO THIS THING,
GENTLEMEN, DAVID BAILLY AND
RICKY JOHNSON, WOO IT WOULD BE
A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR, I
QUESTIONED WHETHER IT WAS A
PLEASURE.
HAVE YOU MADE IT ONE OF THE
MOST PLEASANT NIGHTS OF MY
BROADCASTING LIFE.
FINAL THOUGHTS?
>> BRIAN, PLEASURE FOR ME.
FIRST TIME WE HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER.
RICK, HERE WE ARE, IT WAS
GREAT.
WE GOT OUR PERSPECTIVES AND
HAVE THEM BE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
IT WAS FUN TO KIND OF GET BACK
UP IN HERE, WHERE I SPENT
YEARS AND THE RACING WAS
AWESOME, I DON'T THINK WE
COULD HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER
NIGHT OR A BETTER TEAM.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT
AGAIN.
>>> WE HAVE TO HUSTLE OUT OF
HERE, DOWN TO DAVE FOR A QUICK
REMINDER.
>> WE ARE RIGHT BACK IN THE
MORNING.
11:00 EASTERN TIME WITH THE
64th RUNNING OF THE DAYTONA 2
SKMNTD SUPERBIKE OPENING AND