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>>> ANAHEIM IS IN THE BOOKS.
RYAN VILLOPOTO WAS THE WINNER
THERE.
CAN HE REPEAT AND GO
BACK-TO-BACK IN PHOENIX?
SPEED IS LIVE WITH
SUPERCROSS!
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>> Bob: THE MONSTER ENERGY
AND AMA SUPERCROSS AND FIM
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MADE ITS
WAY TO VALLEY OF THE SUN.
CHASE FIELIN PHOENIX,
ARIZONA, SITE OF ROUND TWO OF
THE 17-RACE SEASON.
HI, EVERYBODY, I'M RALPH
ALONGSIDE RICKY CARMICHAEL.
WE ARE READY TO BRING YOU
LIVE COVERE OF SUPERCROSS.
TONIGHT, AS WE GET READY FOR
ROUND NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE
RYAN VILLOPOTO WITH A BIG WIN
AT ANAHEIM.
CAN HE GO BACK-TO-BACK?
>> WELL I THINK HE HAS A ■■
GOOD CHANCE.
YOU AM EXCITED TO SEE WHO
WILL TAKE THIS THING TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IT'S GOING
TO.
IT WILL TAKE A GOOD START
TONIGHT.
LIKE ALWAYS AND 20 PERFECT
LAPS.
THEY'RE SO CLOSE.
I'M READY TO GET IT ON THE
ROAD.
>> LAST WEEK IN THE
SUPERCROSS LITE CLASS IT■WAS■
JOSH HANSEN.
DONNIE'S SON AND DONNIE WAS
THERE.
A HUGE WIN AND A HUGE
EKEND.
BIG SWEEP FOR THE PRO-CIRCUIT
TEAM.
>> HE SHOWED INCREDIBLE P■■SE
AND SPEED.
HE HAS CARRIED THAT OVER TO
THE RACE IN■PHOENIX.
RLIER TODAY, QUALIFYING
PRACTICE.
HE WAS THE FASTEST RIDER AND
THE YOUNG GERMAN SUPERSTAR
THAT HAD IT TIED.
EY WERE BATTLING IT OUT.
TONIGHT, IS GOING TO BE ABOUT
ALL-OUT SPEED FOR THE LIGHT
SUPERCROSS RIDERS.
>>
MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET
THERE LAST WEEK.
WHAT'S IN STORE TONIGHT, JEFF
AND RICKY WILL BREAK DOWN THE
RACING ACTION FOR YOU.
WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH
BRETT METCALFE WHO LET US
HANG OUT WITH HIM LAST TIME.
WE CAN SEE THE LIFESTYLE OF
THE SUPERCROSS RACER.
JEFF IS GOING TO GO GOLFING.
WHEN WE GO RACING TONIGHT,
YOU■WILL SEE IT
COMMERCIAL-FREE, EVERY TIME
THE FLAG IS GREEN.
OPENING CEREMONIES CONTINUING
HERE INSIDE CHASE FIELD.
THIS IS THE HOME OF THE
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS.
TONIGHT, IT'S THE STARS OF
SUPERCROSS SHINING BRIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM
RACING LIVE, RIGHT HERE ON
SPEED AS WE GET READY TO GO
RACING IN ROUND NUMBER TWO.
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>>> THE CROWD GETTING READY
HERE AT CHASE FIELD.
UP ON THEIR FEET, READY TO
GO.
SUPERCROSS MOMENTS AWAY FROM
GETTING STARTED HERE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE STARTED A NEW
TWIST FOR YOU THIS YEAR.
JUST A WEEK AGO IN ANAHEIM.
WE'LL HAVE A POLL QUESTION
FOR YOU.
WANT YOU TO GO TO SPEED.COM
OR SUPERCROSSONLINE.COM.
HERE IS THE POLL QUESTION --
WHICH PART OF THE TRACK DO
YOU WANT THEM TO ANALYZE AT
THE INTERMISSION?
A GREAT WAY FOR THE FANS TO
GET INVOLVED AND INTERACT
WITH THE GUYS.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN, AS FAR AS HOW
THE RACING IS UNFOLDING.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY
THINK ABOUT THE PARTICULAR
SECTION OF THE RACETRACK.
WE HAVE AN INTERESTING TRACK
TONIGHT.
>> YOU DO.
A LOT OF HARD FOUNDATION
UNDER THE DIRT.
IT LOOKS GOOD BUT UNDERNEATH
IT GETS SHINY.
>> YOU GO OVER THE TRIPLE.
RIGHT-HANDED TURN.
GUYS DO IT DIFFERENT.
ON, OFF.
GO PAST THE SIGNAL THERE.
INTO A NARLY FAN SECTION.
A COUPLE OF RHYTHM SECTIONS
HERE WILL BE REALLY TIGHT.
GOT TO BE PRECISE WITH THE
RIDE.
THE WOOPS SECTION.
LOOK AT THE ARROW, A CROSS-UP
THERE.
HIP JUNK.
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> I LIKE HOW THEY PUT THE
ARROW IN ACTION NOW.
LOOK AT THE GO-PROON BOARD
CAMERA.
THERE YOU ARE COMING OUT THE
FIRST TURN, THE FIRST RHYTHM
SECTION AND THE BACK SIDE.
DRAGGING BACK OVER THE
TRIPLE.
THE SECTION ON THE INSIDE.
ON, ON, OVER THAT SINGLE.
AROUND.
THERE IS YOUR SIGNAL FROM THE
MECHANIC.
>> THE FAN SECTION.
GUYS COME UNDER HERE UNDER
THE TOYOTA BRIDGE SO FAST,
CAN THEY GET IN THE PART OF
THE TRACK WHERE THEY ARE
DOING A DOUBLE TRIPLE.
YOU LAND ON THE BRAKE.
TURN THE BIKE.
SOME GUYS ARE ON TOP OF THE
TABLE TOP.
ANY OF THE SECTIONS THROUGH
THERE, IF YOU MAKE A BLOCKED
PASS ON THE INSIDE.
GOOD CHANCE YOU WILL LOSE
YOUR DRIVE TO COMPLETE THE
SECTION THE FASTEST WAY.
>> COOL SHOT OVER THE TRIPLE
THERE.
THE JUMP THAT I WAS TALKING
ABOUT, YOU GO IN THERE AND
THE FINISH LINE.
>> I WISH THE FOLKS AT HOME
COULD WATCH CARMICHAEL AS WE
DO THESE.
IT'S PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBLE FOR
YOU TO SIT STEAL.
YOU'RE STILL RIDING THE
BIKES.
INTRODUCE YOU TO ERIN BATES
ON TRACKSIDE.
>> WE START WITH THE
SUPERCROSS CAREER THAT IS
STARTING OFFEN THE RIGHT
FOOT, AS HE MADE HIS DEBUT IN
ANAHEIM 1, FINISHING THIRD.
HOWEVER, THIS WEEK, HE HAD A
VICIOUS CRASH AT THE KAWASAKI
TEST CRASH.
HE INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST.
BRUISED BUT NOT BROKEN.
HE SAID IT HURTS REAL BAD,
ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH THE
WHOOPS BECAUSE HE HOPES
ADRENALINE WILL NUMB THE PAIN
ENOUGH TO MAKE TO PODIUM TWO
WEEKS IN A ROW.
>> WE TALKED TO -- I'M
STRUGGLING TO GET MY VOICE
GOING.
WE STALKED TO TYLA RATTRAY.
HE SAID HE WAS UNHAPPY ABOUT
WHERE HE WAS IN THE ORDER OF
ONE, TWO AND THREE.
>> YOU CAN TELL, AT THE TEST
TRACK YOU WILL SEE HIM RIDE
SMOOTH.
NOT MAKE MISTAKES OR CASE ANY
JUMPS.
LOOK FOR HIM TO BE SMOOTH.
HOLESHOT IS KEY HERE.
>> I WAS SURPRISED HOW HE DID
LAST WEEK SUPERCROSS NOT
BEING HIS FORTE.
GREAT WAY FOR HIM TO START,
FORSURE.
>> THE CAMERA MOUNTED IN THE
ROOF AT CHASE FIELD GIVES YOU
A GREAT PERSPECTIVE AS YOU
LOOK DOWN ON THE FIELD.
GIVE YOU A SENSE LATER ON
TONIGHT, GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
WHERE THE RACING LINE IS ON
THE TRACK.
IT'S BEEN WORKED WITH THE
HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND
EVERYTHING IS SMOOTHED OUT.
THE TRACK IS LIKE NEW.
>> OF COURSE THE FIRST LITE
THE TRACK IS PERFECT.
>> THAT WAS CAMERA FROM THE
TOP.
WILL HAVE A BASEBALL ALL-STAR
GAME HERE LATER THIS SUMMER.
>> AND THEY HAVE THE ROOF
OPEN.
>> THEY HAD THE PYRO FROM THE
OPENING CEREMONIES.
7,000 YARDS OF TURF BROUGHT
IN HERE.
SOME 550 TRUCKLOADS EACH AND
EVERY WEEK.
>> I USED TO LOVE RACING
HERE.
THIS IS A COOL VENUE.■
THE FANS ARE REALLY GOOD AT
THE RACE.
>> WE HAVE A GREAT CROWD.
>> I GOT MY FIRST PODIUM.
FIRST SUPERCROSS CLASS
PODIUM.
>> GETTING READY FOR HEAT ONE
AT SUPERCROSS LITE.
>> LOOK DOWN THE LINE.
CUNNINGHAM, TOMAC, MORAIS.
>> I THINK TOMAC WILL HAVE A
GOOD NIGHT TONIGHT.
MERCEDES READY WITH THE
30-SECOND BOARD.
HERE WE GO.
RIDERS GOING THROUGH THE
ROUTINE.
SOME GUYS GET SOUPED UP AND
OTHERS RELAX AND TAKE BREATHS
BUT THE ADRENALINE IS
PUMPING.
>> WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> CALM DOWN, RELAX.
GO THROUGH ROUTINE AND
MENTALLY FOCUS.
>> RICKY?
>> I WAS RELAXED LIKE JEFF.
RELAX IS WHAT DID THE BEST
FOR ME.
>> HERE WE GO.
RACING FROM PHOENIX!
>> CONTACT.
AND HE WILL COME OUT WITH THE
EARLY LEAD.
>> ON THE 9.95.
>> THAT WAS CASEY WITH THE
HOLESHOT.
>> OH, HERE THEY COME.
SWAPPING THINGS UP EARLY.
TYLA RATTRAY NOW JUMPING IN
THE LEAD.
>> WELL, PUSHING PAST ROCZEN.
ROCZEN IS GOING TO LOSE
ANOTHER SPOT NOW.
>> THE 995 MOVED UP WITH KYLE
CUNNINGHAM WHO IS ONE OF THE
FASTEST QUALIFIERS HERE
TODAY.
>> RATTRAY NOT CLAIMING TO BE
A GOOD SUPERCROSS GUY, HUH
CHECKED OUT.
AS THEY COME ACROSS THE
STRIPE FOR THE FIRST LAP.
I WANT TO FIND OUT, THE
QUALIFIER TODAY.
COMES ACROSS THE SEVENTH.
TOP OF THE SCREEN.
>> RUNNING AT THE 149.
THEY'RE SWITCHING THE NUMBERS
THERE.
>> THEY'RE ALL RIGHT.
NOSE TO TAIL.
>> THERE YOU GO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A HARD
TECHNICAL TRACK TONIGHT WITH
THE 90-DEGREE TURNS.
>> A VERY TOUGH SECTION HERE.
BALDWIN IN FRONT OF THE GUYS.
>> YOU KNOW HIM FOR RIDING
THE SUPERCROSS CLASS FOR MANY
YEARS.
903.
>> A BLOCK PASS.
OH, HE'S COMING UP SHORT!
HE CAME UP TOO SHORT!
THE HEAVY HIT AND BATTLE FOR
SECOND.
ROCZEN GOES SLIDING OFF THE
TRACK.
>> WE GO BACK UP FRONT TO
WATCH THE BATTLE FOR SECOND.
ROCZEN.
RIDING AWAY!
>> WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ON
THE TRACK, EARLIER TODAY,
RICKY MENTIONED HOW DIFFICULT
THE TRIPLE IS.
HE TRIED TO BOUNCE THAT.
WATCH THE REPLAY.
INSIDE.
YOU CAN SEE HE IS NOT GOING
TO MAKE IT.
RUN AND HIDES, CHASES IT.
COMES OAF AND OFF THE BIKE,
HE LOSES CONTROL.
MAN, NOT WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.
>> ONE MORE LOOK.
WATCH HOW SHORT HE IS.
THE OTHER RIDERS COME
THROUGH.
ALMOST JUMPS INTO HIM.
WOW!
>> HE IS LUCKY HE DIDN'T GET
HURT.
>> HOW HEAVY IS THAT IMPACT
WHEN YOU COME DOWN FROM SO
HIGH UP ON THE GROUND?
BRING IT TO THE GROUND.
>> THE STORY IS KEN ROCZEN
TWO WEEKS IN A ROW HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE FASTEST QUALIFIERS
BUT HAS GONE OUT AND CRASHED
IN THE HEAT RACE.
>> MAN, NOT WHAT HE NEEDS TO
DO FOR SURE.
WE TALKED LAST WEEK AND
HAVING A SHAKY START.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE'S A GREAT RIDER.
>> 16 YEARS OF AGE.
HERE IS ERIN.
>> A TOUGH START OF THE DAY
FOR KEN ROCZEN.
KEN, CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH
WHAT HAPPENED FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE?
>> I HAD A BAD START.
TRY TO JUMP THAT AND I GOT
BLOCKED.
I DIDN'T KNOW MA TO DO, IF I
WOULD JUMP IT OR NOT.
I FINALLY WENT FOR IT.
I CAME UP SHORT.
BE ALL RIGHT FOR THE MAIN
EVENT.
>> BIG DISAPPOINTMENT FOR KEN
ROCZEN.
SEE YOU IN LTQ.
>> THE TOP NINE TRANSFER GOES
TO THEM.
ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN,
EVERYONE ELSE WITH ONE SHOT
FOR THE LAST TWO TRANSFER
SPOT.
WE WATCHED TYLA RATTRAY
RUNNING UP AT THE LEAD NOW.
BEING CHASED BY THE 35 OF
KYLE CUNNINGHAM.
>> SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT,
TONIGHT, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE,
THIS TRACK YOU WANT A GOOD
START ON.
ESPECIALLY WITH THESE
SECTIONS.
ONE LINE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO
TAKE THE FASTEST LINE.
>> ROCZEN HAS TO GO THROUGH
THE LTQ.
>> THE RED CROSS FLAG IS OUT.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO GO
SINGLE, SINGLE AND TRIPLE
JUMP.
I'M IMPRESSED WITH CUNNINGHAM
HERE.
>> DEALING WITH BRANDON BRADY
THERE, IN THAT SECTION.
HE IS DOING WHAT HE NEEDS TO
DO.
TO GET OUT FRONT AND RIDE THE
RACE.
CUNNINGHAM IS A TENACIOUS
RIDER.
GREAT RIDES LAST YEAR.
NOW WITH THIS YAMAHA TEAM.
YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY PICKED
HIM UP AND PUT HIM ON BOARD.
HE HAS AN ENERGY TO HIS
STYLE.
NOT AFRAID TO GO FOR IT.
>> 90-DEGREE TURNS LIKE YOU
WERE TALKING EARLIER, IF YOU
LAND IN THE TURN.
YOU TURN AND JUMP RIGHT OUT
OF IT.
INSIDE.
>> A LOT OF GROUND THERE.
>> LOOKING TO CLOSE THE DEAL.
>> HE TRIED TO BLOCK PASS.
COULD NOT JUMP THE TRIPLE
FROM INSIDE.
>> LOOK HOW MUCH TIME HE
LOST.
>> HE WOULD HAVE GONE ALL THE
WAY.
HE TAKES THE WIN.
CUNNINGHAM SECOND.
WATCHING THE FINAL TRANSFER
SPOT NOW.
>> MORAIS IS IN.
TOMAC IS IN.
HERE WE COME.
THE FINAL SPOT.
HANSEN GOES AND SO DOES
POLUZZI.
HE WILL TAKE HIS YAMAHA TO
THE MAIN.
>> I SAW THE GUYS ON THE YAM
MA HA -- YAMAHA TEAM HAS TO
FEEL GOOD.
>> WINNING WAYS CONTINUE.
THEY RUN A HIGHLY TUNED
OPERATION AND THEY RACK UP
MORE CHECKERED FLAGS.
TYLA RATTRAY GETS ANOTHER
HEAT WIN FOR THE TEAM.
THERE AGAIN ARE THE NINE NAME
GOIM STRAIGH -- GOING
STRAIGHT.
>> IF TYLA RATTRAY QUALIFIED
EIGHTH OVERALL IN PRACTICE.
WHAT DID YOU DO TO COME OUT
SWINGING TO TAKE A GREAT WIN?
>> DID A RIDE, GET THE JUMPS
STYLED AND THEY HOOKED ME UP.
REALLY HELPED ME.
KEEP TO THE MAIN.
GET A GOOD START.
WE HAVE GOOD LAPS.
IT'S TOUGH.
IT'S SLIPPERY AND IT CATCHES
YOU A BIT.
HAPPY WITH IT.
THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON JOB
WELL DONE.
TYLA RATTRAY THE WINNER,
NUMBER ONE.
>> EVEN THOUGH AFTER A TOUGH
PRACTICE CRASH EARLY IN THE
WEEK.
TYLER COMES BACK WITH A GREAT
HEAT RACE WIN.
>> Bob: BACK INSIDE CHASE
FIELD HERE IN PHOENIX.
THERE YOU SEE THE NUMBER 100.
JOSH HANSEN A WINNER A WEEK
AGO IN ANAHEIM.
>> HOW ABOUT THE BANDWAGON?
>> PRETTY GOOD QUALIFYING
TODAY.
>> HOW ABOUT THE BANDWAGON
RIGHT HERE?
>> YEAH?
>> I THINK YOU'RE DRIVING.
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.
HE LOOKS LIKE HE HAS RIDDEN
EVERY LAP OF PRACTICE ON HIS
TERMS.
HASN'T LOOKED SQUIRRELY.
UNDER CONTROL.
CONFIDENCE THERE.
>> NOT A LOT OF NEGATIVE.
>> WHICH IT SHOWN.
HE HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR A
WHILE.
GET IT DONE FOR SURE.
I MEAN, I WAS DEFINITELY
IMPRESSED WITH THE RIDE LAST
WEEK.
>> YOU CAN TELL IN THE SECOND
QUALIFYING THAT I'LL GET IT
DONE.
WENT OUT.
NAILED THE FASTEST QUALIFYING
LAP IN ALL OF THE PRACTICES.
>> ANOTHER SWEEP HERE FOR
PROCIRCUIT.
>> HE HANGS ON TO IT.
IT LOOK LIKE DAVALOS WAS
GOING TO SNEAK UP IN THERE.
ROCKING THE NUMBER 20.
>> THE GUY IS NOT WORRIED
ABOUT COMING OVER THE TRIPLE
JUMP.
>> YOU THINK UH-OH, THE
PROBLEM FOR THE 36.
HE GETS IT RIGHT BACK UP IN
FRONT OF HIS TEAMMATE.
>> LUCAS OIL GUYS THERE.
HONDA RIDERS ALL LINED UP.
>> THE LINE THERE.
144.
GOING INSIDE DOUBLE AND
EVERYBODY GOING OUTSIDE.
>> THAT IS CRAIG ON THE 144.
>> JUST BEHIND THIS GROUP ON
THE GEICO HONDA HE PICKS UP
THAT RIDE AFTER LAST WEEK.
WIL HAHN.
FOR ALL THE WIL HAHN FANS, I
SPOKE TO HIM THIS WEEK.
JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL.
HE HAS GOT SOME INJURIES.
DEFINITELY IN SOME PAIN, BUT
HE WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED
BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING TO
MAKE A GOOD SEASON THIS TIME.
>> MARTIN DAVALOS IS THE
NUMBER 23.
>> HE WANTS TO WIN THIS FROM
LAST WEEKEND.
HE WANTED, HIS GOAL THIS YEAR
WAS TO BE ON THE PODIUM OF
EVERY SINGLE RACE.
THE HEAT DIDN'T START OUT
GOOD LAST WEEK.
HE HAD TO RUN THE LAST
CHANCE.
CAME FROM BEHIND.
>> QUALIFYING PRACTICE TODAY,
HE WAS DEFINITELY PUSHING FOR
THE TIME.
HE WAS NOT FAR OFF OF ROCZEN
AND HANSEN.
THEY WERE ALL THERE GROUPED
TOGETHER ON THE SAME SECOND.
DAVALOS SHOWS MORE MATURITY,
MORE POISE, AND MORE SPEED
ALONG THE WAY THAN WITH AN
I'VE EVER SEEN HIM RIDE.
SOMETHING ON THIS THE NEW
TEAM, THEY HAVE THE CHEMISTRY
RIGHT.
>> YOU CAN WATCH HIM WHEN HE
IS RIDING.
WE HAVE A DOWNED RIDER HERE.
WATCH HIM WHEN HE IS RIDING
HE LOOKS SO MELLOW AND IN
CONTROL OF HIS BODY.
>> RICKY, WHAT IS IT ABOUT
YOU WITH JOSH HANSEN THIS
YEAR?
AS YOU SAID, JOKINGLY, IN
SOME WAYS, YOU'RE ON HIS
BANDWAGON.
YOU HAVE BECOME A FAN OF THE
RIDING THIS SEASON.
>> YEAH.
I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, HE HAS
GROWN ON ME LITTLE BIT HERE
IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
I GAVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT.
YOU KNOW, HE PULLED THROUGH.
HE PULLED THROUGH FOR ME A
FEW TIMES.
THIS YEAR, SEEMED LIKE HE HAD
FOCUS.
DID GOOD IN EUROPE.
>> JEFF, SOME OF THE FACT
THAT HANSEN DID A LOT OF
EXTRA RACING THIS OFF-SEASON
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
WITH THE EXTRA RACE TO GET
READY FOR THE SUPERCROSS
SEASON.
>> NO DOUBT THAT RIDING YEAR
ROUND BASICALLY WHAT JOHNSON
HAS DONE WITH THE SERIES DOWN
UNDER.
AND GAINING CONFIDENCE ALONG
THE WAY OF HAVING A GOOD
TIME.
ENJOYING THE RACING.
NOBODY RIDES AT THIS LEVEL
WITH TALENT ONLY.
YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE WORK.
DONE THE LAPS.
ON A FANTASTIC TEAM.
LOOK HOW YOU CAN SEE THE RACE
LINE STARTING TO DEVELOP.
SPECIFICALLY JUST AFTER THE
FINISH LINE, YOU CAN SEE HOW
HARD AND SLIPPERY THIS IS
UNDERNEATH HERE.
THEY START TO BUNCH UP.
>> WHAT A COOL SHOT FROM UP
THERE.
YOU CAN REALLY SEE.
>> RYAN DUNGEY WAS TELLING ME
EARLIER TODAY ONE THING HE
LIKES ABOUT THE TRACK AS WE
WATCH HANSEN CONTINUE TO LEAD
DAVALOS, RUNNING IN THIRD.
HE FEELS LIKE THE DIRT HERE
IN PHOENIX IS VERY SIMILAR TO
THE DIRT THEY SPEND A LOT OF
TIME ON TEST TRACKS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT
TO ME.
BUT HEY, IF THE RIDERS FEEL
THAT WAY, AND IF THEY LIKE
IT, AND IT MAKE THEM FEEL
GOOD AND COMFORTABLE TO BE
THAT WAY AND SAY THOSE
THINGS, ALL POWER TO THEM.
SUPERCROSS, THE WHOLE THING,
YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW NARLY A
TRACK IS.
ALL THE FANS WATCHING ON
SPEED THAT RIDE DIRT BIKES
AND MOTORCYCLES NOAH WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
THE FANS THAT DON'T RIDE DIRT
BIKES, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU CAN'T JUST GO ON A
MOTORCYCLE AND CRUISE AROUND.
THERE IS SO MUCH OBSTACLES
AND DEBRIS THAT FALL AND SO
MUCH TECHNIQUE AND SKILL.
>> FINAL LAP.
ONE TO GO FOR LANCE LANCEM WE
MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER SWING HERE
FOR PRO-CIRCUIT.
I MIGHT BE THE STORY OF THE
SUPERCROSS LITE WEST COAST
SEASON.
WHO CAN STOP THE PRO-CIRCUIT
FREIGHT TRAIN.
>> THE LAST LAP AROUND,
HANSEN FASTEST WAS 50.7.
THE FASTEST IN THE FIRST
QUALIFYING ROUND WAS
CUNNINGHAM WITH 50.8.
SO THESE GUYS ARE REALLY
CLOSE HERE.
THE TRACK, WOULD YOU AGREE,
WILL BE A TAD BIT BETTER IN
THE SECOND ONE?
>> YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S A LITTLE
WET.
THE GUYS WATER IT BEFORE THE
SHOW STARTS.
>> DO YOU THINK THE TRACK
WILL WEAR WELL TONIGHT?
>> I THINK IT WILL GET
TECHNICAL.
>> CHECKERED FLAG FOR HANSEN.
HE TAKES ANOTHER WIN.
DAVALOS AND TICKLE COMES
THROUGH.
PRO-CIRCUIT IN ALL THREE OF
THEIR GUYS ALREADY IN THE
BAY, AS THEY SWEPT BOTH HEAT.
AND SEELY WILL GO THROUGH FOR
THE TROY LEE GANG.
CONTINUING THE WINNING WAYS.
>> IMPRESSIVE RIDE.
ALL OF THE TOP THREE
BASICALLY SAME LAP TIME.
THEY WATCH EACH OTHER'S
LINES.
THEY HAVE A SENSE NOW THAT IN
SOME SPOTS, IT WILL BE HARD
TO PASS.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE MAIN, YOU
HAVE TO GET TO THE INSIDE.
EXECUTE BLOCK PASSES WITHOUT
GIVING UP THE NEXT
STRAIGHTAWAY.
SO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE
KEY, ONCE THE RIDERS, ALL
FAST GUYS ARE IN THE MAIN
EVENT.
NOW A COUNT, YOU'RE NOT HAPPY
WITH THE SECOND PLACE
QUALIFYING OR THIRD.
>> JAKE WEIMER THERE TO
CONGRATULATE HIS BUDDY.
HEESE ARE THE NINE THAT
ARE -- HERE ARE THE NINE THAT
ARE GOING --
>> GOOD JOB!
>> BAKER WILL GET THE LAST
SPOT.
AND OTHERS HAVE TO WORK THEIR
WAY THROUGH THE LTQ AND
THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH KEN
ROCZEN WHEN THEY GET THERE.
WELL, ERIN, IT LOOKS LIKE
RICKY CAN STAY ON THE HAMPTON
BANDWAGON A LITTLE LONGER.
>> HAMPTON WON THE OPENING
ROUND.
NOW YOU WON THE HEAT RACE.
IN YEAR PAST IT SEEMS THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED.
WHAT HAS MADE THE DIFFERENCE
FOR THE NEW FOUND FOCUS?
>> I'M ON A GOOD TRACK.
WORKING HARD AND TRYING TO
USE MY HEAD THIS YEAR.
FEEL LIKE IT'S GOOD.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO STEP IT
UP.
>> JOSH HANSEN IS DETERMINED.
YOUR WINNER HEAT NUMBER TWO.
>> WELL, A BIG WEEKEND.
JUST LAST WEEK IN ANAHEIM AS
WE KICKED OFF THE SEASON.
IN ANAHEIM 1.
>> HERE WE GO.
ANAHEIM ONE.
THE MAIN EVENT.
>> ♪♪
♪♪
>> WINS ANAHEIM 1!
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[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> WE HAVE OUR SPEED TV POLL
QUESTION.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
WHAT PART OF THE RACETRACK
WOULD YOU LIKE JEFF AND RICKY
TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IN THE
INTERMISSION SECTION?
THE HOLESHOT, THE WHOOPS,
CORNERS, OR THE RHYTHM
SECTION?
LET US KNOW.
SUPERCROSSONLINE.COM AND
SPEED.COM.
ERIN?
>> LAST YEAR'S SUPERCROSS
CHAMPION WEIMER WAS SUPPOSED
TO MAKE A SUPERCROSS DEBUT
LAST WEEK IN ANAHEIM BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, A FEW WEEKS
BEFORE THE OPENER YOU
SUSTAINED A SERIOUS INJURY.
WE HAVE THE PICTURES TO SHOW
US.
TAKE US THROUGH WHAT THE
PROGNOSIS IS AND WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT?
>> TEN DAYS BEFORE ANAHEIM
ONE, I CRASHED AND WENT OVER
THE BARS.
I BROKE MY ARM.
SO THEY PLATED IT AND PUT
SCREWS IN THERE.
SO I'M ON THE MEND NOW.
JUST WAITING FOR THE THING TO
HEAL.
THEY TOLD ME TEN TO 12 WEEKS.
I'M ALMOST THREE WEEKS IN.
JUST WAITING.
>> ON THE SIDELINES OBSERVING
LAST WEEK AT ANAHEIM.
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT ON
COMPETITOR AT THIS POINT?
>> IT'S AWESOME.
IT'S COOL THAT EVERYBODY IS
HEALTHY.
THERE IS A LOST OF FAST GUYS
SO IT MAKES IT EXCITING FOR
THE FANS.
I WISH NOTHING MORE THAN TO
BE OUT THERE, BUT I'LL BE
BACK SO FOR NOW JUST KIND OF
ENJOY THE RACES.
CHEER ON MY TEAMMATE RYAN.
>> WISHING YOU A SPEEDY
RECOVERY AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE YOU BACK MIXING IT UP
WITH THE BOYS?
WOW.
>> THAT WAS A NASTY BREAK.
>> OUCH.
>> THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES
FOR JAKE, HE PROBABLY WAS ON
PAIN MEDS.
PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER A LOT
OF IT.
WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HAPPENS.
THIS LET'S HOPE.
>> GLAD HE'S GETTING BETTER
FOR SURE.
>> HE WAS UP TO SPEED FROM
WHAT I TALKED ABOUT.
>> HE WAS BATTLING FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP AND TOOK A CRASH
AND NOW ANAHEIM WINNER.
GETTING READY FOR SUPERCROSS,
HEAT ONE.
[ ENGINES ROAR ]
RYAN VILLOPOTO IS GOING TO
TAKE THE HOLESHOT.
CAN HE HANG ON?
HERE COME THE NUMBER 9.
>> HE GETS UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> HE SURE DID.
>> THE NUMBER 14 HONDA IN
THERE AS WELL.
>> HOW ABOUT THE START ZONE
HERE?
VILLOPOTO OUT THERE, BRAKING.
>> THAT WAS ANDREW SHORT THE
NUMBER 29 KTM.
>> HE DOES.
>> HE COULD BE VERY GOOD
TONIGHT ON TRACK LIKE THIS.
VERY HARD.
WE TALKED ABOUT WIL HAHN
HAVING HIS PROBLEMS BUT WHAT
ABOUT HIS BROTHER THOMMY
HAHN?
LOOKING GOOD.
CHASING AFTER THEM.
>> HE'S DOING VERY GOOD.
NEW TEAM THIS YEAR AND LOOK
AT HIM RIGHT THERE.
HE HAS 450s.
JUST TRYING TO BROAD AROUND
THERE WITH THE TRIPLES ON.
>> PUSHES IT PRETTY HARD.
>> TO SEE, IN THAT SECTION,
WE THINK IT'S FASTER, BUT GOT
IN THE CORNER.
HAHN DID IT IN THE WAY YOU
WOULD ASSUME.
RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE STORY OF
TONIGHT THROUGH THE RHYTHM
SECTIONS.
THERE IS A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS
TO DO IT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW HAHN JUST HAS
TO FUNNEL IN AND GET BACK IN
LINE THROUGH SOME OF THE
TIGHT SECTIONS.
>> HERE HE COMES.
LOOKING INSIDE.
CAN'T GET IT DONE THERE.
>> HE LOST A COUPLE OF BIKE
LANES GETTING OUT OF THE
RACING LANE.
IF YOU TRY TO MAKE A PASS
THROUGH THE TIGHT ONE LINE
SECTION YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT
STICK.
>> IF YOU GO FOR THE PASS,
YOU BETTER MAKE IT STICK.
BECAUSE THE GUYS WILL PULL
AWAY AND ALL THE WORK YOU
DID, TRY TO DO TO GET BY THE
GUY DOESN'T WORK.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
AGGRESSIVE THE OPENING LAPS
ARE WITH THE RACES.
LET'S GO BACK AND WATCH
NUMBER 9, AND NUMBER 10,
COMING THROUGH THE BLUE.
>> THIS IS JUST BEFORE THE
TRIPLE JUMP THERE.
>> MAKE A LITTLE MISTAKE AS
IVAN WAS GOING TO PUT THE
BLOCK PASS ON HIM.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER 10
THERE, OVER THE HEAT RACE
WINNER FROM A WEEK AGO IN
ANAHEIM.
VILLOPOTO PICKING UP WHERE HE
LEFT OFF.
LOOKING VERY SHARP.
>> YOU KNOW I TALKED WITH
RYAN EARLY TODAY.
IF YOU ARE WALKING IN THE
STADIUM FOR TRACK WATCH AND
HE SAID HE WENT BACK AND
WATCHED THE TAPE OF THE MAIN
EVENT.
EVEN THOUGH HE WON AND SAID
HE FELT LIKE HE RODE WELL,
BUT HE WATCHED THE TAPE AND
HE WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY
HE WAS CORNERING.
HE DIDN'T LIKE IT.
>> HE WAS COOL, CALM,
COLLECTED.
THAT'S TO DO ONE THING, TAKE
CARE OF BUSINESS.
HE DOESN'T RUN HIS MOUTH TOO
MUCH.
ALL ABOUT TAKING CARE OF
BUSINESS.
>> IN THE SECOND ROUND NOW,
RIDING WITH THE SAME
AUTHORITY WE SAW HIM WHEN HE
WAS WINNING ALL OF THE
SUPERCROSS LAST SEASON.
LOOK DIFFERENT TODAY THAN
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE LAST WEEK.
>> THAT WAS BEFORE THE WRECK
IN ST. LOUIS.
HAS A HALF-SECOND LEAD ON
PODESTA.
THEN THE RED BULL KTM THERE.
SHORT.
AND KEVIN WINDHAM IN THE MIX
AS WELL.
>> I KNOW THIS ONE GUY WHO
DOESN'T WANT TO GET BEAT.
THAT'S THE GUY BEHIND HIM.
ANDREW SHORT.
I LIKE HIM.
ANDREW SHORT, HE IS NOT
SQUARED TO THROW IT IN ON --
SCARED TO THROW IT IN ON
SOMEBODY FOR INSIDE LINE.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH
SHORT?
WHEN YOU NEED HIM, HE SEEMS
LIKE A NICE GUY.
THEN IT'S FINE TIME.
>> THEY TALK ABOUT THE CAR
RACING.
>> HERE HE COMES.
LOOK AT THAT.
RIGHT IN THE BIKE.
NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHORT.
IS IN SECOND PLACE.
HE HAS TO HUNT HIM BACK DOWN.
>> WOW!
>> WE TALK ABOUT IT, WHEN WE
PUT THE HELMETS ON, THE
BRAKE, AND YOU LOSE YOUR
BACON MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.
LAST WEEK WAS SHORT, OFF THE
PACE.
SPOKE TO GUYS THIS WEEK AND
THEY FEEL BECAUSE HE IS
RIDING THE 350, AS OPPOSED TO
THE OTHER RIDERS ON THE
450CCs, THAT YOU HAVE TO RIDE
THE 350 MORE LIKE A 250.
YOU REALLY HAVE TO RIDE HARD
AND AGGRESSIVE.
>> I WILL SAY, I'M NOT
CONVINCED OF THE 350 YET, BUT
THIS TRACK COULD BE GOOD FOR
350.
SLIPPERY.
THE GUYS ARE MORE HORSEPOWER
AND HARD TO PUT POWER TO THE
GROUND.
HOT AIR.
IF THERE IS A TRACK TO
BENEFIT 350, MAYBE THIS ONE.
>> MAYBE THAT IS WHY HE IS
RIDING SO MUCH BETTER.
NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY
FROM HIM.
HE'S A GREAT RIDER.
>> THREE TO GO.
KEVIN WINDHAM HAS NOT SHAKEN
THOMMY HAHN YET.
STICKING WITH THE NUMBER 12.
THE MOTOR CONCEPTS YAMAHA
RUNNING GOOD.
>> IF I'M THOMMY HAHN, I'D
SEE WHERE THE PASSES WERE
MADE.
THEY'LL HAVE TO BE COMMITTED.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE UP A
LOT OF PASS WITH THE SESSIONS
WHERE YOU HAVE TO KEEP
MOMENTUM GOING.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THE POSITION
AND GET BETTER GATE PICK.
YOU HAVE TO GET PAST WINDHAM
HERE.
>> BRAYTON IS FINDING HIS WAY
BACK UP AND IN.
GETTING AROUND POLOSE HERE.
PUTS HIM IN A TRANSFER SPOT.
>> I WAS ALREADY SAYING WITH
THE MISTAKE HE MADE HE WAS
GOING TO LTQ.
WHAT A RIDE TO COME BACK AND
PUT HIMSELF IN POSITION.
THAT MEANS HIS LAP TIMES ARE
REALLY FAST.
>> RYAN VILLOPOTO, THE ONLY
RIDER TO GET IN THE 49-SECOND
RANGE HERE SO FAR ON THIS
FINAL LAP.
>> JESS AND I WERE TALKING IN
PRACTICE, HE LOOKS LIKE WAY
MORE CONFIDENT RIDER THIS
WEEKEND THAN LAST WEEKEND
EVEN.
I MEAN, HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS
IN CONTROL.
WHERE LAST WEEK, THE RACE,
AWESOME.
IT SEEMED LIKE HE HAD MORE TO
OFFER.
>> YEAH.
I STILL FEEL THAT STEWART HAS
THE AURA OF BEING THE MAN TO
BEAT.
BUT WITH THIS TYPE OF
CONFIDENCE, AND THESE TYPE OF
RIDES, AND WITH HIM NOW,
OKAY, I FEEL GREAT.
I'VE GOT A WIN UNDER MY BELT.
I CAN QUESTION IT.
HE HAS THE GUY THAT CAN STOP
THAT.
JUST BEFORE WE GET TO THE
CHECKERS.
THERE THEY ARE.
AS WE WATCH THE REST OF THE
RIDERS COME OVER.
VILLOPOTO, THE WINNER.
DID YOU LIKE THE WAY HE'S
CORNERING?
>> I LIKE THAT.
I WAS TELLING THEM TO CHECK
IT OUT IN PRACTICE, HE'S
WORKING THE INSIDE.
SMART ON HIS PART FOR SURE.
>> THIS IS EIGHT AND NINTH
POSITION FINDING HERE.
STRAIGHTEN UP THE INSIDE.
>> OH.
>> HE JUST --
>> OH, HE MISSED THE BREAKING
POINT THERE.
>> GOING FOR THE BLOCK PASS.
>> HE WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR
NINTH.
THAT WILL GET HIM A TRANSFER
SPOT TO THE MAIN.
>> WHEW!
>> YEAH.
WELL, AND CLOSE, THE NATIVE
OF PHOENIX.
CHRIS WILL END UP HAVING TO
GO TO THE LTQ.
>> BLOSE AND PODESKC WERE
BATTLING HARD EARLY ON.
BUT -- I SHOULD SAY HE AND
BRAYTON WERE BATTLING HARD
EARLY ON.
BRAYTON ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK
AND GET THE TRANSFER.
MAN, LOOK AT VILLOPOTO.
NO PROBLEMS THERE.
LET'S GO BACK AND LISTEN IN
ON THE JOE GIBBS RACING
RADIO.
THAT WAS ALL GOING DOWN
BETWEEN BRAYTON AND TEDESCO.
>> NO, HE WAS LIKE PANIC ON
THE BRAKE PEDAL.
I THINK HE PUSHED ON THE
BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WAS STUCK,
EITHER A ROCK OR SOMETHING.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
ARE YOU COULD SEE, HE HAD --
>> IT WAS TURN BEFORE, SO
THAT'S WEIRD, TOO.
I THOUGHT -- THERE HE GOT
THREE GUYS RIGHT THERE.
HE'S 13.
>> GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO
13.
FOUGHT HIS WAY BACK UP TO
NINTH AND GETS A TRANSFER.
>> YEP, YOU CAN SEE WHAT
HAPPENED THERE.
HE WAS PUSHING IT DOWN.
NO BRAKE.
>> THERE ARE YOUR NINE THAT
ARE MOVING ON.
>> YEAH MA -- YAMAHA, SIX
THROUGH NINE.
>> RYAN VILLOPOTO IS THE
CURRENT POINTS LEADER.
LAST WEEK YOU SAID YOU
EXCEEDED YOUR EXPECTATIONS
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T FEEL AS
COMFORTABLE.
ARE YOU AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU
MADE THE HEAT RACE LOOK?
>> YEAH.
GETTING THE FIRST RACE OUT OF
WAY WAS GOOD FOR ME.
LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT,
GETTING THROUGH TONIGHT.
WITH DECENT POINTS ON THE
PODIUM THERE.
AND GET A COUPLE OF RACES IN
HERE.
GET BACK IN AND SEE WHERE
WE'RE AT.
SEE WHERE EVERYTHING STANDS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB
WELL DONE.
RYAN VILLOPOTO, YOUR WINNER,
HEAT NUMBER ONE.
>> VILLOPOTO GOT DOWN IN THE
49-SECOND RANGE.
CAN THIS MAN DO THE SAME?
JAMES STEWART, THIRD IN
ANAHEIM.
CAN HE GET A WIN?
HE WILL BATTLE
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EARLIER IN PRACTICE WE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN IN TO
THE JOE GIBBS RADIO AS THEY
WERE DISCUSSING WITH THE CREW
ABOUT JAMES STEWART'S BIKE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> HEY, OH, NUMBER 7 HAS A
REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR ON
HIS BIKE AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.
>> HE IS ASKING FOR IT, ISN'T
HE?
>> OH, YEAH.
THEY'VE GOT IT, TIED TO THE
BRAKE LINE UNDERNEATH IT.
THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING ON THE
REAR BRAKE CALIBER GUARD THAT
HIDES IT OR PROTECTS IT A
LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN'T NOTICE IT UNTIL YOU
GET REAL CLOSE.
>> THEY'RE TURNING JAMES'
COMPUTER ON, ON THE SIDE OF
HIS ENGINE RIGHT NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT,AEFF --
>> PUSH THE LIMITS.
>> JEFF, I'LL START WITH YOU.
>> YES.
>> REAR WHEEL SENSOR, WHOLE
DEAL.
EVERYBODY BUT THE ABS.
>> WHY ARE THEY RUNNING THAT?
>> NUMBER OF THINGS TO DO
WITH IT ESPECIALLY NOW THAT
WE HAVE FUEL INJECTION AND ON
BOARD COMPUTERS, BUT
MEASURING THE WHEEL SPEED,
YOU KNOW, IF THE REAR WHEEL
IS SPINNING.
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT THEY CAN TRACK WITH
THAT.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, TRACTION
CONTROL.
>> TRACTION CONTROL.
IT'S NOT LEGAL.
ARE THEY PLAYING IN A GRAY
AREA NOW?
>> IF THEY ARE USING IT FOR
TRACTION CONTROL FOR SURE
IT'S NOT LEGAL.
BUT THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
>> THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF
DATA THEY CAN ASK, RPMs.
>> THEY ARE THINKING FORWARD.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
USING IT FOR.
IF THEY ARE USING IT FOR
TRACTION CONTROL, THAT'S A
NO-NO, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS
TEAMS WOULD BE CONCERNED
ABOUT THIS, IF THEY ALLOW
THAT TO BE LEGAL, IT WILL
RAISE THE BUDGET BIG TIME.
>> RAISE THE BUDGETS UP, HELP
THE FACTORY TEAMS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
>> STEWART.
NEITHER ONE OF THEM GETS THE
HOLESHOT EARLY.
>> SEEM TO BE ON THE 74.
HITTING THE HOLESHOT.
>> LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY
DISCOVERED THE RACES WHEN HE
WAS A LITE RIDER.
REMEMBER, ON THE FACTORY
SUZUKI, HE MADE GREAT STARTS.
ON THE NEW TEAM, RIDE FOR
YAMAHA, FANTASTIC START.
>> THAT COST HIM SOME
SOMETIME.
CHAD REED IN THIRD.
IT LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL JUMPING
IN.
>> STEWART THOUGHT HE'D GET
IN THERE AND PUT THE HIT ON
AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
LIKE HE HAS DONE FOR SO MANY
RIDERS.
BUT HE STAYED ON THE THROTTLE
AND HE DID NOT BACK YOU HAVE.
ALMOST DERAILED STEWART.
HE WAS GOOD LAST TIME WITH
PRACTICE TODAY.
DEFINITELY ON RAIL.
I KNOW ONE THING.
I GUARANTEE YOU CHAD WILL GET
UP THERE WITH JAMES.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
>> AND SERIOUS TALENT.
CAN TURN THE FASTEST LAPTOP.
WE'LL SEE JUST WHAT THE TWO
RIDERS CAN DO.
A COUPLE OF YAMAHAS, AND
TEAMS OUT THERE.
>> HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME
LAST YEAR TOURING.
IN THE LITE CLASS.
>> C'YA!
>> RIGHT BY YOU.
>> PASS RIGHT THERE.
>> SETS IT UP.
INSIDE.
TAKES THE LINE AWAY.
>> HE WASN'T TRYING TO GET
THE YAMAHA BACK DOWN AND IN.
HE MADE A CUP OF APERIENCES
IN THE 450 CLASS A YEAR AGO
AND DID PRETTY DARN WELL.
SHOWED A SOLID RIDE.
>> LOOK BEHIND HIM.
AND TAKE THE TWO WIDE SHOT.
YOU HAVE FALLING OFF THE PACE
A LITTLE BIT.
STEWART PULLED A 49.3.
VILLOPOTO'S FASTEST ROUND
BECAUSE 49 FLAT.
>> THAT'S AFTER THE INJURY HE
GOT IN HOUSTON LAST YEAR,
TOOK HIM OUT FOR MOST OF THE
BACK HALF OF THE YEAR.
>> INSIDE TO VILLOPOTO.
HE WENT AROUND THAT CORNER SO
FAST.
ROOF SECTION, I MEAN, WE'RE
GOING TO SEE -- LET'S SEE
WHAT THE LAST LAP WAS.
>> 49 FLAT.
>> 49.0.
>> STEWART.
>> WOW!
>> OVER THE WHOLE THING.
>> DID THE TRIPLE.
>> AND SO DID REED.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
ERIN?
>> I SAW 800 OF GILLESPIE GET
OFF THE BIKE.
JAMES STEWART IS DOWN!
>> JAMES STEWART IS DOWN,
ERIN.
>> HALFWAY THROUGH THIS HEAT
NUMBER TWO, AND STEWART GOES
DOWN!
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE
MECHANICS AREA.
IN THE LEAD TWO SPOT.
STILL IN THE TRANSFER
EDITION.
>> GETS RIGHT BACK UP.
GET IN THE RHYTHM.
GET FOCUS.
REMEMBER THE LINES.
DON'T FREAK OUT AND GET
NERVOUS.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND
REGROUP.
>> COMING BACK UP.
>> WATCH WHAT HE DOES HERE.
HOPS OFF.
>> HE IS GOING WIDE.
AND TUCKS IN A LITTLE BIT.
>> BOTH RIDERS WOULD HAVE
GONE THROUGH THIS SECTION.
HE CAME WAY OUT WIDE AND
SQUARED IT OFF.
>> LOST TRACTION WITH THE
FRONT WHEEL.
>> RACE IS ON.
LOOK AT THIS.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ALL
DAY.
>> PICKS YOU UP.
>> I DON'T WANT HIM BEHIND IN
THE FIRST LAP.
>> WOW.
>> >> THE RIDERS.
THEY SAY THAT HE DIDN'T SHOW
THEM THE CARD, SHOW THEIR
HAND UNTIL THE HEAT RACE.
>> I HEARD GUYS, AT PRACTICE,
BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALMOST LIKE
A SELECTION BEFORE JAMES.
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT.
WHERE THE LIMITS ARE ON THE
FRONT END.
>> BATTLING WITH METCALFE AND
CANARD.
THE RIDERS FIGHTING OVER
FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH
POSITION.
METCALFE.
THERE GOES THE 41.
THREE-WIDE.
THEY GO FLYING THROUGH THE
AIR WITH DUNGEY.
ON THE NUMBER ONE.
THE REIGNING CHAMP.
BATTLING THERE WITH CANARD.
HERE COMES REED.
REED!
HE GOES TO THE FRONT.
TO THE CROWD'S APPROVAL!
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> LOOK AT THAT.
THE 41, TREY CANARD, WAY PAST
THE REIGNING CHAMPION.
NOW GOING FASTER THAN
STEWART.
>> COMING OFF JAMES STEWART
THE TREY CANARD.
REED.
DOWN TO A 49.8.
CHAD REED, THE TWO-TIME CHAMP
ON THAT 22 MOTORSPORTS ENTRY
SHOWING HE HAS THE SPEED.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE
THIS GUY ANY CONFIDENCE AT
ALL.
WHEN HE SHOWS THAT HE CAN
WIN, HE IS SO GOOD AT MAKING
IT HAPPEN.
>> WHEN I ASK HIM ABOUT WHAT
HE THOUGHT OF HIS ANAHEIM
PERFORMANCE, HE SAID YOU
KNOW, IT WAS A SOLID
PERFORMANCE.
I RODE GOOD.
HE RODE GOOD.
WE DO OUR BEST.
>> IT WASN'T CRAZY.
IT WASN'T THAT PRIZE RIDING
AROUND.
WE'RE UNDER CONTROL.
HEADING IN A POSITIVE
DIRECTION.
>> A LAP AGO, THE GAP WAS 5.4
SECONDS BETWEEN REED AND
STEWART.
NOW, 4.8 SECONDS.
STEWART, 49.0, AND REED 49.8.
REED IS SLOWER THAN STEWART
BUT HE HAS THE NUMBER ONE
POSITION.
>> TWO LAPS TO GO.
>> THIS IS HUGE CONFIDENCE.
LOOK HOW HE IS EXECUTING
EVERY LINE, EVERY SECTION TO
PERFECTION.
LIKE WE HAVE SEEN HIM DO SO
MANY TIMES BEFORE IN HIS 38
STAGE WINS.
>> NOW RIDING FOR THE NUMBER
TWO WIN.
GRAHAM.
>> YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.
GRANT.
OH.
HARD HIT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HIS BODY.
HIS WRIST IS BROKEN.
OH.
TO THE MEDICAL UNIT.
HOPEFULLY A CHANCE TO BE LTQ.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
LOOK AT CHAD REED, THOUGH.
COMPLETING THE SECTION SO
MANY TIMES IN HIS CAREER.
THIS COULD BE THE FIRST HEAT
RACE WIN FOR CHAD REED.
>> THIS IS A HUGE STEP.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THIS
GUY A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND
CONFIDENCE.
>> CHECKERED FLAG FOR CHAD
REED.
22 MOTORSPORTS IS A WINNER.
CHAD REED, THE TWO-TIME
CHAMPION TAKES HEAT NUMBER
TWO.
>> WOW!
>> A GOOD FEELING THERE.
ESPECIALLY FOR SPONSORS THAT
HAVE BACKED HIM AND SUPPORTED
HIM IN THE NEW EFFORT HE'S
ON.
WHAT A CONFIDENCE BOOSTER.
>> LAP TIME WERE SLOWER THAN
STEWART.
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> IT DOESN'T MATTER.
FIGHTING FOR EIGHTH AND
NINTH.
CLARKE IS GOING TO BEAT
GILLESPIE FOR EIGHT.
GILLESPIE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN
THE INCIDENT WITH GRANT WILL
GET A TRANSFER SPOT.
STEWART FOUGHT HIS WAY TO
SECOND.
THAT'S ROUNDING OUT THE TOP
SEVEN.
>> THERE IS A STORY THE BE
TOLD WITH CHAD REED AND THE
22 MOTORSPORTS AND ALL THAT.
>> PRETTY COOL.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE
FASTEST LAP TIME.
THIS WILL MAKE UP FOR ANY
SPEED.
>> HONDA GETTING THE WIN.
YEAH -- YAMAHA IS SECOND.
>> ERIN?
>> CHAD REED IS SMILING.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU
FOR 22 MOTORS?
>> AWESOME.
YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
I WILL TAKE IT.
SKFD A HUGE THING.
A TOUGH RIDE.
PRACTICE HAS BEENTOUGH.
EVERY TIME I GO OUT I FEEL
MORE CONFIDENT.
I'M PROUD OF MY TEAM AND MY
GUYS.
THANK.
FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
>> GUYS ARE DROPPING LIKE
FLIES AROUND YOU.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE TRACK
THAT'S CHALLENGING THIS
EVENING?
>> THE TRACK DOESN'T HAVE A
LOT OF FLOW TO IT.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF US
LOVE IT BUT IT'S NORMAL
PHOENIX.
SLIPPERY AND DRY AND WILL BE
DRIER AS THE NIGHT GOES ON.
HOOKED IT UP WITH THE ENGINE.
PIPED IT UP.
TIME FOR ME TO SAY GOODBYE
AND TAKE IT TO THE PODIUM.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO CHAD
REED ON HIS FIRST HEAT RACE
WIN OF THE SEASON.
>> CHAD REED LOVES A
CHALLENGE.
HE HAS A BIG ONE THIS YEAR.
TURN
>> THE CROWD ENJOYING THE
NIGHT AT CHASE FIELD.
DON'T FORGET TO GO TO
SUPERCROSS ONLINE.COM OR
SPEED.COM TO GET INVOLVED
WITH THE POLL QUESTION.
WHICH PART OF THE TRACK DO
YOU WANT US TO TALK ABOUT IN
THE INTERMISSION, WHICH IS
COMING UP?
WE STAYED IN EVERY ONE OF THE
SECTION.
>> WHERE IS THE WHOLE TRACK
OPTION?
>> TAKE YOU BACK AND SHOW YOU
THE HIGHLIGHTS ACTION FROM
HEAT NUMBER ONE.
>> THAT IS TYLA RATTRAY IN
THE NUMBER 28.
GOT GOING EARLY ON.
THIS WAS THE TRACK WE FIRST
GOT TO SEE HOW, THE FIRST
TIME WE GOT TO SEE HOW THE
TRACK WOULD RACE.
AND CERTAIN PARTS WOULD BLOW
INTO OTHERS.
RATTRAY IS GETTING AROUND
HANSEN.
SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING THE
BLOCK PASS THERE?
THEN IT WAS ALL ABOUT KEN
ROCZEN WITH A HUGE MISTAKE
HERE.
>> WOW!
>> TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT IT.
HOW SHORT HE COMES UP.
A HARD HIT.
HE WAS LUCKY HE EXPECT WALK
AWAY FROM THAT WITH AN
INJURY.
>> MEANWHILE, TYLA RATTRAY
GOES ON TO TAKE THE WIN IN
HEAT NUMBER ONE, NOW WE TAKE
YOU TO HEAT NUMBER TWO.
>> HANSEN, THE ANAHEIM WINNER
TO THE FRONT.
>> JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON
HERE.
NO DOUBT.
CONFIDENCE FROM LAST WEEK.
A LOT OF DOWNED RIDERS.
THEY OVERSHOT THE FIRST TURN
THERE.
PICTURE PERFECT.
>> STAY SMOOTH.
HE DID.
MARTIN DAVALOS.
FLIPPED A FEW PRO-CIRCUIT
RIDERS.
KAWASAKI AGAIN SWEEPING THE
ACTIVITY SO FAR IN THE LITE
CLASS.
WE SAW KEN ROCZEN HAVOLINE A
NASTY WRECK IN HIS HEAT RACE.
>> MAN, THAT WAS BAD.
>> A LOOK AT HIS RESUME,
COMING IN THE SUPERCROSS
CAREER.
>> PRETTY GOOD.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING MX-2
RACING AGAIN, CHASING THE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
ON THE WAY TO SUPERCROSS
TONIGHT, HE SPENT A LITTLE
TIME GOLFING WITH JEFF.
>> LOOK WHO'S HERE?
KEN ROCZEN, WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> I'M GOOD.
THANKS.
CHECKING OUT THE STADIUM.
LOOKS COOL.
>> HOW IS PHOENIX TREATING
YOU SO FAR?
>> AWESOME.
WE HAVE GOOD WEATHER HERE.
READY FOR SATURDAY.
>> THEY ALWAYS HAVE GOOD
WEATHER IN PHOENIX.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO A LOT
OF HERE IS GOLF.
I'M GOING TO HIT GOLF BALLS.
WANT TO CRUISE WITH ME?
>> I'M IN.
SWEET.
>> WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER DID
YOU DREAM OF BEING GP RACER
OR DID YOU DREAM OF RIDING
AMA SUPERCROSS?
>> I ALWAYS DREAMED OF COMING
HERE TO RACE.
IT WAS MY ONE AND ONLY GOAL.
>> YOUR EXPECT FACE FOR
PHOENIX -- EXPECTATION FOR
PHOENIX AND THE REST OF THE
SERIES?
DO YOU EXPECT PODIUMS?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE BOX.
I'M UNBELIEVABLE HAPPY.
WITH A LITTLE LUCK, THIS IS
POSSIBLE.
EXPECTATION FOR THE WEEKEND,
KEEP IT ON THE WHEELS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RACES TO
GO.
>> IF I WOULD GET ON THE BOX,
IT WOULD BE AMAZING FOR ME.
>> WE SURVIVED THE CAR RIDE,
WHICH I WON'T SAY THE WORST
EXHIBITION BUT WE'RE HERE.
YOU NEVER PLAYED GOLF BEFORE,
RIGHT?
>> NOT REALLY.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO.
>> I TRIED A COUPLE OF TIMES
BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST NOT MY
SPORT.
>> BUT YOU'RE PRETTY
ATHLETIC, SO LET'S SEE WHAT
YOU CAN DO WITH IT, ALL
RIGHT?
>> ALL RIGHT.
♪ ♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
GOOD THING YOU RACE
SUPERCROSS.
>> MAYBE IT'S NOT YOUR SPORT.
>> WE HAVE SUPERCROSS TO GET
TO.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME ON
THE GOLF RANGE.
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.
>> DEFINITELY.
HE MIGHT STRUGGLE ON THE LINK
SO WE KNOW HE CAN RIDE.
>> DID YOU NOTICE THEY DIDN'T
SHOW MY PARTNER JESS?
I DON'T THINK GOLF IS HIS
SPORT EITHER.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE
THAT.
MISS SUPERCROSS.
2011.
DIANA, STANDING BY THE TOYOTA
TRUCK.
READY TO GO.
WE'LL HANG OUT WITH BRETT
METCALFE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL
TONIGHT.
HE LET US FOLLOW HIM AROUND A
WEAM
THE RIGHT INSURANCE FOR YOUR RIDE.
>>> BRENT WALKING IN THE
STADIUM AND HE WAS KIND
ENOUGH TO LET OUR CAMERA CREW
FOLLOW HIM AROUND LAST
WEEKEND, AS HE GOT READY TO
DEBUT THE NEW ROCK STAR
SUZUKI TEAM.
>> I'M BRETT METCALFE.
I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE DO
BEFORE RACES BEFORE WE GET TO
THE RACE.
LET'S GO!
♪♪
♪♪
>> THIS IS THE SUZUKI TEAM,
AND I'LL SPEND AN HOUR
MEETING AND GREETING FANS,
HAVING A GOOD TIME AND SIPE
FOR THE KIDS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO
NEARLY EVERY ROUND BEFORE GO
TO RACES.
CHECK IT OUT AND HAVE SOME
FUN.
>> THE FANS HAVING A GREAT
TIME.
♪♪
♪♪
>> WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP AT
THE DEALER SHOW.
WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR AN
HOUR-AND-A-HALF, AND STILL
SIGNING.
HAD A GREAT TIME.
FANS HAD A LOT OF ENERGY.
HAD FUN.
I DID.
CHECK US OUT.
WE'RE DONE FOR TONIGHT.
LET'S GO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ME TO
THE DEALER SHOW.
COOL FANS, SIGN AUTOGRAPH AND
I HAD A GOOD TIME.
I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE DID.
NOW A WAY TO RUN THE SHOW.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
SEE MYSELF, PROFESSIONAL
MOTOR CROSS RIDER AT A
SUPERCROSS RACE.
I'LL SHOW YOU THINGS AROUND
THE TRACK.
SEE YOU LATER.
♪♪
■■ MEETING AND GREETING THE
FANS, IMPORTANT PART OF
SUPERCROSS RACER.
A LOT OF FUN.
>> THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A
FEW YEARS UNDER YOUR BELT AND
YOU WENT TO THE SAME DEALERS
EVERY YEAR AND YOU BUILD A
RELATIONSHIP WITH IT.
I HAVE ENJOY IT.
YOU REALIZE HOW SPECIAL IT
IS.
YOU REALIZE PEOPLE CHEER FOR
YOU.
GOOD FEELING.
>> WE'LL HAVE MORE LATER ON.
>> WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT
HAPPENED.
THIS IS HEAT RACE NUMBER ONE.
>> VILLOPOTO GRABS IT HERE
BUT BEHIND HIM THERE WAS SOME
SERIOUS EXCITEMENT.
AND PASSING GOING ON.
>> SEE WHAT THE TRACK GIVES.
THEN GO AFTER TEDESCO TO MAKE
A PASS THERE.
>> YOU NEVER WORRY ABOUT
ANDREW SHORT MAKING A CLEAN
PASS TOO OFTEN.
HE WILL TAKE IT IF THERE IS
AN INCH THERE, FOR SURE.
>> HE CONTINUES HIS WINNING
WAYS.
HEAT RACE WIN TONIGHT.
HE SUFFERED TWO.
>> STEWART IN THIS ONE.
>> GOT OUT AND PUT IN QUICK
LAPS.
>> YEAH, HE WAS FAST IN
PRACTICE.
LET'S WATCH THE LAP TIME.
SENTH PRACTICE IN PRACTICE.
>> THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE ME.
>> EVERYONE HOPING TO SEE HIM
RUN UP TO THE FRONT.
HE HAD A HARD HIT.
>> THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
WE HAVE OTHER RIDERS GOING
DOWN.
METCALFE TRYING TO WORK HIS
WAY THROUGH THE PACK HERE.
>> JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THAT
WAS OVER, BOOM.
HE GOT UP AND GOT GOING
AGAIN.
IN THE TOP THREE.
>> THERE IS CHAD REED.
THE CROWD WENT WILD.
AWESOME FEELING FOR HIM.
>> 2-2 MOTORSPORTS A WINNING
TEAM.
CHAD, THE OWNER/RACER HAS NOW
BECOME NOT ONLY AN OWNER,
RACER AND A WINNER HERE IN
2011.
THAT IS A HUGE STEP FOR A
GUY.
DON'T GIVE HIM CONFIDENCE IF
YOU'RE RACING WITH HIM.
CHAD IS VERY GOOD TO TELL HIM
HE'S A CHAMPION.
>> THAT WAS RACE TO GIVE HIM
CONFIDENCE.
>> AND VILLOPOTO PICKING UP
WHERE HE LEFT OFF.
HE'S FAST TONIGHT.
>> YOU SEE ANYONE WHO YOU
THINK CAN RUN WITH HIM IN THE
MAIN?
>> STEWART WITH THE FASTEST
LAP TIME.
REED HAS CONFIDENCE.
WHAT WE SAW FROM STEWART IS
HE WENT OUT, WAS FASTEST AND
HE MADE A MISTAKE.
THAT IS HIS M.O.
CAN HE KEEP IT ON TWO WHEELS?
VILLOPOTO GO FASTER?
WE'LL FIND OUT.
>> SUPERCROSS WILL BE COMING
TO YOUR TOWN.
SHOW YOU THE UPCOMING
SCHEDULE.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FOLKS
AT AM OIL.
WE GO TO DODGER STADIUM IN
L.A.
THE LITE RACES ARE BE SEEN ON
SPEED.
THIS IS WHEN THE BROADCAST
PARTNERS OF CBS SPORTS WILL
KICK OFF THEIR COVERAGE.
WE'LL BE THERE WITH OAKLAND
AND THEN WE HEAD TO RELIANT
STADIUM.
GO TO SUPERCROSS AND FETE
YOUR TICKETS.
>> JOIN US AT THE RACES.
RACERS ARE GETTING READY FOR
THE LTQ.
ROCZEN IS LIMPING.
>> THAT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD.
>> WILL HE BE OKAY FOR THE
>>> SHOW YOU THE ANSWER TO
TONIGHT'S POLL QUESTION, OR
ONE YOU WANT TO US TALK
ABOUT.
WHICH PART OF THE TRACK YOU
WANT TO US DISCUSS.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
THE RHYTHM SECTION.
SHOW US THE ONE THAT EVERYONE
IS STRUGGLING TONIGHT.
>> THE CORNER, THE SAND, YOU
HAVE TO GO WIDE FOR THIS
RHYTHM SECTION AND THEN WIDE
DOWN HERE FOR THIS RHYTHM
SECTION.
SO YOU LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN
THERE BY DOING THAT.
ONCE THE MAIN EVENT STARTS
AND EVERYONE IS REALLY
FIGHTING FOR POSITION,
OVERALL, THIS IS A KEY
PASSING SPOT.
IF YOU GO INSIDE, YOU CAN'T
COMPLETE THAT RHYTHM SECTION.
YOU NEED TO MAKE THE PASS OR
YOU'LL LOSE TIME ON WHOEVER
YOU TRIED TO PASS IF YOU
DIDN'T MAKE IT STICK.
>> THAT WAS A PREFERRED LINE.
RIGHT THERE.
NO DOUBT.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT PERFECT.
THERE IS A LOT OF TIME TO BE
MADE AND A LOT OF TIME TO BE
LOST.
IF YOU MAKE A PASS, YOU
BETTER MAKE IT STICK.
IF YOU DON'T, ALL THE TIME
YOU WORK TO CATCH THE GUY IN
FRONT OF YOU, YOU LOSE IT AND
IT TAKES TWO LAPS TO CATCH
THE GUY AGAIN.
>> IS THAT THE SPOT WHERE THE
DIFFERENCE WILL BE MADE,
WHERE THE RACE IS WON AND
LOST?
>> EARLY IN THE RACE, YES,
WHEN THEY'RE CLOSE.
AFTER THE FINISH LINE WHEN
YOU COME BACK AROUND THE TURN
AREA, WE SAW STEWART, REED,
GUYS NOT JUST TRIPLING ON.
THAT'S SOMETHING NEW.
AS THE MAIN EVENT WE SEE IF
THAT BECOMES THE HOT RHYTHM
SECTION.
>> THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW
THE FANS WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE RHYTHM
>>> AMA SUPERCROSS NEWS AND
RESULTS WHEN THEY'RE
AVAILABLE TO YOUR PHONE.
TEXT "MOTO" TO SPEED VIA TEXT
ALERT.
>> GETTING READY FOR THE LTQ
COMING UP.
BEFORE WE SHOW YOU THAT, YOU
MIGHT HAVE SEEN A SHOW ON
SPEED CALLED "INTERSECTIONS"
AIRING LAST YEAR.
THAT TOOK A LOOK AT DIFFERENT
VEHICLES.
ONE OF THE SHOWS COMPARED A
MONSTER TRUCK, GRAVE DIGGER,
RYAN ANDERSON'S MACHINE AND
DUNGEY'S SUPERCROSS BIKE.
>> ANDERSON AND DUNGEY AT THE
TOP OF THEIR CLASS IN MONSTER
JAM AND SUPERCROSS RACING.
>> GETTING AROUND A
SUPERCROSS TRACK AT TOP SPEED
REQUIRES MASTERY OF
TECHNIQUE.
A LEVEL OF FITNESS UNMATCHED
IN ANY SPORT.
>> FOR US, IT'S EQUIVALENT TO
HUMAN BEING.
CLOSE TO ALL-OUT SPRINT FOR
20 MINUTES.
IF YOU PICTURE YOURSELF
PRINTING FOR 20 MINUTES AS
LONG AS YOU CAN, GO FOR IT.
>> SLOPPINESS IS A FACTOR.
>> YOU FEEL THE BURN OF THE
MUSCLE IN YOUR ARM.
YOU CAN FEEL THE SHOULDER
BLADE.
YOU TAKE A GOOD POUNDING IN
THERE.
>> THE ADRENALINE IS A
WORK-OUT.
>> SUPERCROSS RACES HAVE
OBSTACLES THAT HAVE A
TECHNICAL CROSSING AND
NO-HOLDS BARRED ATTITUDE.
>> SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT
BIGGER, SMALLER, DEPENDING,
THAT'S HOW YOU POSITION YOUR
BODY.
WITH THE BALL OF YOUR FEET
AND ELBOWS UP AND MAKE SURE
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT GEAR TO
POWER THROUGH THE WHOLE
SECTION.
>> RYAN HANDLES GETTING
SLAMMED AROUND THROUGH THE
WHOOPS UTILIZING COIL SYSTEM
THAT TAKES THE BRUNT OF THE
ABUSE.
>> THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE
RIGHT SET-UP.
>> YOU CAN'T TURN AS FAST OR
CONQUER WHOOES AS FAST.
IF YOU LOSE THE SECOND LAP,
YOU LOSE THE RACE.
>> ANDERSON HAS HIS OWN
OBSTACLES TO DEAL WITH, BUT
THESE ARE MADE OF CRUSHED
CARS.
TECHNIQUE AND STRATEGY
TACKING THESE.
>> KEEP THEM LOW, SWEEP THEM
ON THE GROUND AND GET SET UP
FOR THE NEXT TURN.
COMING HOME IS WHEN I LIKE
THE BIG AIR.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT DOESN'T
WIN ALL THE TIME.
>> HE WILL SLIP UNDERNEATH OF
HIM.
>> TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, GRAVE
DIGGER USES A STRIKELATED
FOUR-LENGTH SUSPENSION.
IT HOLDS THE ACCESS FRONT AND
REAR IN PLACE TO ALLOW THEM
TO MOVE ONLY IN AN UP AND
DOWN MOTION.
>> YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT URPT
BENEATH THE TRUCK.
>> IT HAS TO BE TOUGH.
>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING
COMPARISON.
RICK YB, YOU WON
CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE IN
SUPERCROSS AND YOU ARE MOVED
TO NASCAR.
HOW DO YOU SEE COMPARING
THOSE WHAT IT TAKES OUT OF
YOU PHYSICALLY?
>> NASCAR DOESN'T SEEM AS
HARD PHYSICALLY ON YOUR BODY.
AS MOTO CROSS.
DRIVING GRAVE DIGGER WHEN YOU
HIT A WALL, AS I'VE DONE A
COUPLE TIMES.
I HAVE DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S
MY FAULT.
BUT YOU'RE CONSTRICTED AND
STRAPPED DOWN WITH SAFETY,
WHICH THEY THE A GREAT JOB
ON.
BUT WHEN YOU HIT, YOUR
INSIDES MOVE SO MUCH.
>> GUARANTEE.
WE LOOK AT THE 194 OF KEN
ROCZEN.
HE CAME UP SHORT ON THE
TRIPLE AND WHEN HE HIT,
EVENING COMES TO A STOP.
>> GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE FOR THOSE OF WHITE HOUSE
NEVER DO WITH ROCZEN DID
HERE.
>> REALLY A BAD DECISION BY
KEN ROCZEN THERE.
I ALLUDED TO HIS INSTINCT FOR
THE SUPERCROSS RIDING.
HE HASN'T RIDDEN SUPERCROSS
THAT MUCH.
INSTINCTUALLY HE SHOULD HAVE
SAID I NEED TO DOUBLE THE
TRIPLE.
I CANNOT MAKE IT.
>> ERIN, CHECK IN WITH YOU
BEFORE WE GO RACING.
>> HE TWEAKED THE FRONT END
AND HE TWEAKED THE RIGHT
ANKLE AS WELL.
HE HAD TO ICE IT BEFORE HE
WENT OUT THERE.
HE SAID IT'S BRUISED AN
PAINFUL.
BUT HAS RELIMPED TO THE START
LINE, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO USE
A KICK-START BECAUSE THE KTM
HAS ELECTRIC START.
SO HOPEFULLY HE'LL MAKE IT
THROUGH THE LTQ AND IF HE
DOES HE'LL TAPE IT UP FOR
MAIN EVENT.
>> KEN ROCZEN IS IMPORTANT
COG IN THE KTM RACING WHEEL
AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS IS TWO WEEKS NOW HE'S
TAKEN A BEATING.
HOW LONG WILL THEY LET HIM DO
THIS IN SUPERCROSS?
>> I WONDER THAT.
ANTONIO CAROLI ANOTHER WORLD
CHAMPION WANTED TO RACE BUT
THEY WON'T LET HIM BECAUSE
THEY WANT HIM TO STAY FOR THE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
IF HE PUTS IN ANOTHER RIDE
LIKE HE DID LAST WEEK AND THE
HEAT RACE, I THINK KTM WILL
LOOK AT THEIR INVESTMENT AND
GET HIM BACK TO EUROPE.
SAVE HIM FOR WHAT HE IS PAID
TO DO.
I THINK --
>> I AGREE.
SEE HIM BACK HERE --
>> IF I WAS A TEAM MANAGER
I'D DO THAT.
>> THEN WE SEE HIM FOR
SUPERCROSS IN 2012.
>> IT COMES DOWN TO HIM
MAKING BETTER DECISIONS AND
BEING SMARTER ON BIKE.
HE GOT ANTSY AND SHOULDN'T
HAVE GONE FOR THE TRIPLE.
NOW IN THE LTQ.
>> THE TOP TWO GO STRAIGHT ON
TO THE MAIN.
HERE WE GO.
[ ENGINES ROAR ]
>> ONE RIDER GOING DOWN RIGHT
IN FRONT OF THE PACK.
ANOTHER RIDER DOWN.
DEEPER IN FIELD.
THAT WAS THE 447 GOING DOWN
IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
A CARRY MOMENT.
>> HE HAD A START.
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SECOND.
BEHIND ROCZEN.
>> AND IN A TRANSFER SPOT.
>> THAT IS THE KEYWORD.
FIRST AND SECOND DOESN'T
MATTER AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN
A TRANSFER POSITION.
THIS IS THE LTQ.
THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER.
>> ROBBY NEEDS TO PUT IN A
SOLID RIDE HERE.
TO GIVE HIMSELF A DECENT
SHOT.
>> THAT'S CHAMPION ON THE
152.
IN THE TRANSFER POSITION THIS
SECOND PLACE.
>> CHAMPION IS 2.5 SECONDS
BEHIND ROBBY.
>> THAT IS FIVE SECONDS
BEHIND.
>> ROCZEN, STILL WITH A
TWO-AND-A-HALF SECOND LEAD.
>> WATCH THE 447.
HE GOES DOWN.
HE WAS SECOND.
WATCH WHAT HE DOES WITH THE
PACK.
>> LOOK HOW FAR AHEAD ROCZEN
AND CHAMPION WERE.
>> HE GOT LUCKY HE DIDN'T GET
HIT BY ANOTHER GUY.
OUT OF CONTROL THERE.
>> HE TRIED TO HANG ON TO
BIKE.
ANOTHER RIDER CAUGHT UP IN
BACK WITH HIM.
YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
ROCZEN, SO FAR SMOOTH.
SHORT BREAKS, TOO.
>> SHORT RACE.
FOUR LAPS HERE.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW
THE ANKLE IS AND IF HE CAN
GET TO A RHYTHM.
GET IN THE FLOW AND MENTALLY
FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND.
THAT IS FINISHING EVERY LAP
OF MAIN EVENT.
>> THAT IS THE KEY.
EXPERIENCE.
BY MAKING THAT DECISION IN
THE HEAT, NOT FINISHING ALL
LAPS.
CUTTING DOWN ON THE
EXPERIENCE THAT HE CAN GAIN.
>> HE IS UP TO A 3.6-SECOND
LEAD.
BUT RICKY, THIS IS NOT AS
FAST AS HE WAS EARLIER TODAY.
>> HE LOOKED FANTASTIC IF
PRACTICE.
CLOSING FASTEST TIME ON THE
TRACK.
HE KEEPS BEATING HIMSELF UP.
WITH THE HEAT RACES.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT AT THIS
LEVEL.
>> CAUTION FROM THE TEAM
MANAGER.
WITH A WOULD YOUR TEAM
MANAGER TELL YOU?
>> ROGER IS TRYING TO CALM
HIM DOWN AND SAY DUDE, YOU
CAN'T KEEP HITTING THE MAT
LIKE THIS.
YOU WILL HURT YOURSELF.
PUT YOURSELF IN POSITION.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, TELL
THE GUY WHEN HE GETS ON THE
BIKE, HE IS RACING AND IT'S
UP TO HIM TO MAKE THE
DECISION.
>> I HOPE YOU DON'T GIVE ME
GRIEF FOR TAKING HIM TO THE
DRIVING RANGE AND INTRODUCE
HIM TO A NEW SPORT.
>> THAT DID NOT HELP HIS
CONFIDENCE GOING OUT THERE TO
HIT THE GOLF BALLS.
IF HE GOLFS LIKE YOU DO, HE
DOESN'T HAVE A FUTURE IN
GOLF.
>> GOT THAT RIGHT.
>> I WILL ADMIT.
NO PROBLEM.
>> CHECKERED FLAG FALLS FOR
KEN ROCZEN.
HE WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE
HEAT RACE BUT COMES FROM THE
LTQ.
TIME TO WORK ON THE ANKLE AND
GET READY FOR THE MAIN.
CHAMPION WILL JOIN HIM TAKING
THE FINAL TRANSFER SPOT.
>> GOT OUT THERE CLEAN, GOOD
FEELING BUT STILL FAVORING
THE RIGHT FOOT.
RIGHT ANKLE AREA.
HE TOOK A HARD HIT WHEN HE
CAME TO THE TRIPLE JUMP.
>> THERE IS ROGER DE COSTA,
THE TEAM MANAGER.
>> LOVE TO BE ON THAT HEAD
SET TODAY.
INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
>> WELL, ERIN, WHAT DOES HE
SAY?
>> KEN ROCZEN TAKING HIS
HELMET OFF.
YOU'VE BEEN IN PAIN AND MADE
IT THROUGH LTQ, A FEW EXTRA
LAPS ON THE TRACK.
WHAT WILL YOU DO TO PREPARE
YOURSELF FOR THE MAIN EVENT?
>> NOW I HAVE MY HEART RATE
UP.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH
PRESSURE ON MY HEEL.
RIGHT NOW, I DON'T CARE.
IN THE MAIN EVENT I WANT TO
GO FOR IT.
TAKE ALL THE CONCENTRATION I
NEED AND KEEP IT ON TWO
WHEELS.
I KNOW I CAN.
>> FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY
HOW TOUGH THE SUPERCROSS LITE
CLASS REALLY IS.
>> TALK THINGS OVER WITHTHTH
TOM, CHE
>>> THE AMA SUPERCROSS AND
FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MADE
ITS WAY TO VALLEY OF THE SUN.
WE'RE IN PHOENIX, AT CHASE
FIELD.
ROUND TWO, THE 17 RACE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
A STAR-PACKED LTQ.
A LOT OF BIG NAMES IN THIS
ONE, INCLUDING THE NUMBER 800
ON THAT KTM.
ONE OF THE FACTORY RIDERS
THERE.
MIKE ALESSI HAS TO BATTLE HIS
WAY IN TO THE MAIN EVENT
TONIGHT.
JARRETT BROWN.
>> Krista: AND MIKE ALESSI
HAS TO SHOW HIS STARTING
SKILLS.
HE IS ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND REGAL HERE, WE SEE GOING
OFF THE TRACK.
FIRST ONE HE RACE, DIDN'T
MAKE IT TO TRANSFER POSITION.
>> A LOT OF GUYS.
>> JOSH GRANT ON THE LINE.
>> NO, WE SAW JOSH GRANT GO
DOWN IN THE NUMBER 33 HONDA,
DID NOT MAKE THE CALL.
>> OUTSIDE.
>> INSIDE.
>> BROWN GETS THE WHOLE SHOT.
>> BROWN ON THE 53.
RIVERA POWERS, SHORT, YEAH MA
WHAT.
BROWN.
LEADING IT.
REMEMBER, TOP TWO.
ON TO THE MAIN.
>> GILLESPIE, THE BATTLING
KTM RIDER.
>> RUNNING IN SECOND.
>> GOT A TERRIBLE START.
DOWN GOES ONE RIDER.
>> PACK IT IN HERE NOW.
ONE OF TWO.
>> INVOLVED IN THAT.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS GILLESPIE OUT HERE IN
NEW YORK.
>> YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR BACK
OFF GATE HE WAS.
THAT WAS 20 FEET OFF THE
GATE.
WAY OUT THERE.
>> THE FIRST TURN HE WAS OUT,
TOO.
>> BACK TO SEVENTH NOW.
HE HAS TO GET TO SECOND IF HE
WANTS A SHOT AT IT.
>> 5.2 SECONDS BEHIND THE
LEADER BROWN.
>> HERE COMES BLOSE ON THE
38.
HE IS CLOSING IN ON THE
BATCH.
WE WILL HAVE A BATTLE FOR THE
LEAD AS WELL.
>> SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IN THE RHYTHM SECTION THERE.
>> STARTING WORK IT SIGN ID.
>> BLOCK PASS FOR THE LEAD.
>> OUT FRONT.
>> KYLE REGAL.
OUT IN THE LEAD.
>> BROWN DROPS BACK AND HOLDS
ON TO TRANSFER POSITION.
>> REGAL ON THE OTHER HAND
WAS AROUND THE INSIDE.
>> UNDERNEATH, THE SURFACE IS
SO HARD.
>> WE COME ON TO THE TRACK
AND IT'S SLIPPERY THERE.
>> SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO
KYLE REGAL.
>> CHRIS BLOSE.
HE JUMPED TOO FAR TO THE
RIGHT.
SORRY, TO THE LEFT.
THE ARIZONA NATIVE MAKING IT
TOUGH ON HIMSELF FOR THE
TRANSFER POSITION.
>> GOOD EXIT.
>> PEOPLE DO THAT IF
QUALIFYING PRACTICE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> LOOK AT BROWN.
TOTALLY MESSING THE RHYTHM
SECTION UP.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT IN
THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER.
>> THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO
DO IS LET JULIAN SIMON CLOSE
IN ON THE BACK OF YOU.
CLOSENESS OF IT, IN THE THIRD
POSITION.
>> YOU WILL SEE THEM
ABSOLUTELY --
>> CONTACT COMES WITH IT!
>> THE CROWD ON THEIR FEET.
ONE POSITION TO GO.
CHRIS BLOSE ON THE MOVE.
>> LET'S GO BACK AND TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
>> LET'S LEAVE THE INSIDE
OPEN.
>> LOOK AT IT.
IT SQUARES HIM UP.
>> HE GOT IN THERE.
>> THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO
DO WITH THE LTQ.
THIS IS A TRACK THEY BUILT
WHERE YOU SEE BLOSE ON THE
INSIDE TURNS.
WE EXPLAIN TO TAKE A FAST
LINE, YOU HAVE TO GO HIGH.
TO GET LTQ AND OWN TRANSFER
POSITION.
>> THAT'S THE SAME ONE AS THE
TEAMMATES.
>> IT'S GETTING CLOSE.
STARTING TO BUILD.
I TELL YOU, THE 38 HAS ALL OF
THE SUPPORT HERE.
>> THE KAWASAKI RIDER DOING A
GREAT JOB.
HERE HE COMES.
CLOSING IN.
REELING THEM IN.
>> MEANWHILE, HANGING IN HERE
ON THE 45.
>> GOT THING IS IT'S BEHIND
HIM.
HE ALWAYS RIDES CLEAN, RIGHT?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
BLOSE IS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH
HERE.
>> BROWN MIGHT GET FIRST PART
OF THE TRACK.
RIGHT THERE, TOO.
MISTAKE BY FRIESE.
>> ON THE 45.
>> HERE COMES BLOSE.
>> OH!
OH!
>> WOW!
>> BROWN GOES INTO THE
LAUNCH.
AND BLOSE IS GOING ON TO THE
BIG.
ON THE FINAL LAP.
BRINGING THE CROWD TO ITS
FEET.
TAKES IT TO THE MAIN.
>> SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO DO
WITH A YOU GOT TO DO TO GET
TO THE SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT.
>> AT ONE POINT HE WASN'T ON
THE RACETRACK.
AND STILL CAME BACK.
WHAT A RIDE.
>> THAT WAS NARLY.
>> SHOWED IT THERE.
>> I WOULDN'T WANT TO MESS
WITH THAT GUY.
NOTE TO SELF.
>> WHAT A HEARTBREAK FOR
BROWN WHO HAD THE MAIN EVENT
IN HIS SIGHT.
TWO TURNS TO GO.
BLOSE CAME IN WITH AUTHORITY.
>> YOU KNOW THERE IS
EXCITEMENT FOR TRANSFER LAP
ON THE LTQ.
>> AND REGAL GOT THE WIN.
BLOSE SPECTACULARLY OFF THE
TRACK.
THEN BACK ON THE TRACK.
ON TO THE MAIN HE GOES.
WE'LL BE BACK FOR MORE GREAT
RACING LIKE THAT AFTER THIS.
#
>>> IF YOU MISS TOO HARD IN
THE BEGINNING YOU COULD RISK
FALLING DOWN.
>> BUT TONIGHT, THIS COULD BE
20 LAPS WIDE OPEN.
I DON'T THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO OKAY, LET ME RIDE FIVE LAP
AND GET GROOVE HERE AND GET
SMOOTH.
WHEN THE GATE DROPS, YOU HAVE
TO GO FOR IT.
>> HIGH CAMERA HIGH ABOVE
CHASE FIELD HERE, BASICALLY
LOOKING FROM HOME FIELD TO
CENTER.
HOME PLATE TO CENTERFIELD.
>> THIS IS INTERESTING HERE.
>> AS YOU LOOK HERE.
ONE SECTION AS YOU■ GO THROUGH
THE FIRST TURN.
YOU COME OFF THE START AND
COME DOWN HERE AND THERE IS A
WIDE CUSHION WHERE THE LINE
IS AT.
IF YOU GET YOUR BIKE TURNED
AND THE BIKE IS AT A REALLY
SET UP TO CORNER WELL, GET
THROUGH THE INSIDE.■■
WHERE IT'S SHINY, SLIDE THE
BIKE AROUND AND EXIT THE
FIRST TURN, KEY SPOT.
RICKY, ONCE WE GET TO
SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT.
THE GUYS GOING THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE TURN, THEY JUMP
FROM THIS TO HERE AND TRIPLED
IN AGAIN.
THAT SECTION, YOU TALK ABOUT
WIDE OPEN.
BUT YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE
ABLE TO GO WIDE OPEN IN SPOTS
LIKE THAT.
>> I CERTAINLY THINK IT WILL
TAKE THROTTLE CONTROL
TONIGHT.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT
FOR A LONG TIME.
HERE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
>> DOZER OUT THERE WORKING ON
IT, TOO.
GETTING READY.
ONE BIG PART THAT IS COMING
IS THE PIT PARTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE RADIO CONTROL
CARS AND GO DOWN AND MEET
YOUR FAVORITE RIDER.
>> YOU'RE WATCHING SUPERCROSS
LIVE ON SPEED.
>>> THE CROWD GETTING READY
AT CHASE FIELD, GETTING UP
AND FIRED TO GO.
SUPERCROSS MOMENTS AWAY.
>> HERE WE GO, RACING FROM
PHOENIX.
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♪♪
>> COMING UP SHORT.
CAME UP BIG.
SHORT.
ROCZEN WITH A HEAVY HIT AND A
BATTLE FOR SECOND.
ROCZEN SLIDES ALL WAY OFF THE
TRACK!
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♪♪♪
>> THE SHOT FOR A BRIEF TIME
AND HANGS ON TO IT.
>> NOBODY RIDES AT THIS LEVEL
WITH TALENT ONLY.
YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE HARD
WORK.
>> THAT MIGHT BE THE STORY OF
THE SUPERCROSS LITE WEST
COAST SEASON, WHO CAN STOP
THE PRO-CIRCUIT FREIGHT
TRAIN?
CHECKERED TRACK FOR HANSEN.
PROCIRCUIT GOES IN THE LANE
AND THEY SWEPT THE HEAT.
>> CHECKERED FLAG FALLS FOR
KEN ROCZEN.
>> SEE IF THE PRO-CIRCUIT
JUGGERNAUT CAN CONTINUE TO
THE MAIN EVENT AT CHASE
FIELD.
GETTING READY FOR THE
SUPERCROSS LITE MAIN EVENT
COMING UP SOON.
>> I CAN'T WAIT.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE KEYS TO
TONIGHT'S MAIN EVENT.
JEFF?
>> AS WE'VE SEEN ONCE THE
RACING STARTED IT'S ALL ABOUT
WATCHING INSIDE.
IF YOU RIDE THE FAST LINE IT
LEAVES THE INSIDE OPEN.
POSITION AT THE MAIN EVENT.
>> IF I WANT TO WIN I WANT A
START.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT PATIENCE,
WHEN YOU HAVE PATIENCE ON
THIS TYPE OF TRACK, IT WILL
RESULT IN FAST LAP TIME.
>> I DISAGREE.
YOU HAVE TO DROP THE HAMMER
AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SPEED WILL WIN IN THE MAIN
EVENT.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE PATIENCE
THIS IS A TRACK YOU SLOW DOWN
TO GO FASTER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT GETS SLICK.
90-DEGREE TURNS ARE HARD.
THAT'S THE PATIENCE I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
I'M NOT SAYING DRAG THE RACE
AND GO SLOW BUT I'M SAYING
PLAN YOUR LAP OUT.
>> A RIDERS ARE CLOSE HERE SO
THE START WILL BE KEY.
>> GET TO ERIN FOR THE
PROGRESSIVE PRE-RACE REPORT.
>> NUMBER 66 IS GIDDY LIKE A
TEENAGE GIRL.
LAST SUNDAY, RECEIVED ROLL
CALL FROM THE GEICO HONDA
TEAM BECAUSE THEY NEEDED
REPLACEMENT RIDER FOR INJURED
WIL HAHN.
HE RACED EAST COAST LAST YEAR
AND SAID HE'S MORE
COMFORTABLE THIS YEAR.
HE WORKED ON THE STARTS ALL
WEEK LONG.
HE SAID THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT.
>> IN THE GEICO PACKED HONDA
READY TO GO.
>> A SHOUT OUT TO WIL HAHN,
RECOVERING.
WE KNOW HE IS WATCHING.
>> WE MISSED YOU.
>> TOUGH BREAK THERE, TOO.
>> WHEN YOU START A COAST,
EAST OR WEST, YOU'RE
COMMITTED.
IF HE GETS HEALTHY, IT
WHOO!
>>> BACK HERE IN PHOENIX.
LOOK AT THE TOYOTA TRACK AS
WITH GET RED DEFOR LITE MAIN
EVENT.
>> BOY, HAS THIS BEEN
DIFFICULT.
COME THROUGH THE START LINE.
THE RHYTHM SECTION.
TWO CROSS GUYS DO DIFFERENT
HERE THAN LITE GUYS.
FIRST TURN.
EVERYBODY GETS BOTTLED UP.
THIS FIELD WILL OPEN UP.
>> COME ACROSS AND COOL THE
SECTION THAT'S LIKE OUTDOOR
SECTION.
A DOUBLE, TRIPLE.
>> THAT IS WHERE THE BLOCK
PASSES HAPPEN.
>> THEN YOUOS FINISH LINE AND
DO IT AGAIN.
>> WHAT ABOUT JUST STOPPING
THE PROCIRCUIT GUYS FROM
SWEEPING THE PODIUM TONIGHT?
>> 23 ON THE RIGHT.
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
ROTHSON.
HE LOOK LIKE HE IS IN PAIN.
>> HE RAN WELL.
>> REMEMBER, HE WAS ON THE
REAR TIRE EVERY LAP OF THE
HEAT RACE BEHIND HANSEN.
SHOWING THAT HE COULD RUN THE
SAME LAP TIME.
HE WAS SECOND LAST WEEK AFTER
LEADING MOST OF THE RACE.
>> YOU'RE BOTH UNDER THE
WEATHER THIS WEEKEND.
>> YEAH.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS
HANGING IN THERE AND FIGHTING
THROUGH THAT.
JOINING ME HERE TONIGHT.
>> THAT'S WHAT KEN ROCZEN HAS
TO DO.
FIGHT THROUGH IT.
>> YOU ARE SICK.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
GOING ON THE PRO GOLF TOUR.
MAKE IT HAPPEN HERE.
>> THE LIGHT MAIN EVENT.
>> I'M EXCITED.
IT WILL BE GOOD.
>> HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK
OUT?
THE PROCIRCUIT OFF IN THE
LEAD.
HERE COMES WITH A CHARGE UP
THE INSIDE.
>> LOOK WHO PULLED A FOURTH
PLACE START.
>> REBEL KTM.
>> YOU GOT ALL THE BEST GUYS
RIGHT UP HERE UP FRONT.
IN THE TOP SPOT.
ROCZEN, TICKLE, MORAIS,
HANSEN, LAST WEEK'S WINNER.
THIS WILL BE EPIC.
>> WE HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH
ABOUT MORAIS BUT HE'S STRONG
AND LOOKS GOOD WEEK AGO IN
ANAHEIM.
>> YEAH.
HE LOOKED SHARP.
DAKOTA WAS OUT THERE.
AND TOMAC OFF OF HIM.
>> A COOL CHUNK.
>> WHAT IS THE LATEST ON KEN
ROCZEN AS THIS GETS UNDERWAY?
>> I SPOKE TO HIM AND HE SAID
HE WILL GO BACK FOR THE
MEDICINE PEOPLE AND HAVE THE
ANKLE TAPED UP.
BEFORE THE MAIN EVENT.
>> AS YOU GOT OLDER THROUGH
YOUR RACING CAREER, HUH DID
YOU DEAL WITH PAIN DIFFERENT
LIP THAN HOW YOU WERE YOUNGER
AS YOU GOT OLDER?
>> YOU HAVE MORE ADRENALINE
AT THE YOUNG AGE.
NO MATTER WHAT, YOU TALK
ABOUT ADRENALINE.
IF IT'S SEVERE ENOUGH IT
HURTS A LITTLE BIT.
ESPECIALLY ON STUFF LIKE
THIS.
YOU HAVE TO BE ON YOUR GAME
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF
RIDING HIS OWN RACE.
MARTIN DAVALOS.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> HERE HE COMES.
TRACTION.
QUICKER AND STRONGER AND HE
TAKES THE POSITION AWAY.
DAVALOS MOVES UP TO FOURTH.
>> RIGHT THERE TRYING TO GET
IN.
HE HAD AN AWESOME RIDE.
>> KYLE CUNNINGHAM ON THE 35
UP BEHIND HIM.
ON THE YAMAHA.
BACK TO THE FRONT.
BROC TICKLE.
COULD THIS BE HIS NIGHT?
HIS TEAMMATE JOSH HANSEN A
WEEK AGO GOT A WIN AT
ANAHEIM.
HANSEN RUNS IN SECOND RIGHT
NOW.
>> PASSED HIM ALREADY.
>> THE PRO-CIRCUIT SQUAD ARE
RUNNING ONE AND TWO.
>> THE HEAT RACE WINNER FROM
EARLIER TONIGHT.
>> STILL BACK THERE AND A LOT
OF RACING LEFT FOR EVERYBODY
TO MAKE THE GROOVE.
GET THEY'RE GROOVE.
>> THE SUZUKI RIDERS ONE AND
TWO.
HANSEN GOT AROUND MORAIS FOR
SECOND PLACE.
>> MORAIS, BLOCK THE LINE
THERE.
>> A BLOCK PASS KIND OF
NIGHT.
>> THE TEAMMATE.
>> MORAIS.
TAKE ON DAVALOS.
PASSING RIGHT BY HIM.
COME UP SHORT.
>> MORAIS WENT AFTER HIM.
TOTAL COMMITMENT.
>> MORAIS IS SO ACTIVE ON THE
BIKE, HE'S USING THE BRUTE
STRENGTH FOR THE SUZUKI AND
WHERE IT WANTS IT TO BE.
MAKING GREAT MOVES OUT THERE.
>> KEN ROCZEN, THE YOUNG 16
ON THE 194.
THE ORANGE KTM.
STILL FIGHTING HIS WAY.
LEARNING EVERY STEP OF WAY.
TAKING A LINE THROUGH CORNER.
HERE HE COMES.
CAN HE CARRY THAT SPEED?
AND GET AROUND MORAIS?
>> THE THREE RIDERS HERE THAT
WE'RE WATCHING.
>> ROCZEN, INSIDE.
THOUGHT HE'D GET IT.
>> TRIED TO.
>> TRYING AGAIN.
SEE THERE, HE CAME UP SHORT.
INSTINCTUALLY HE SHOULD GO
FOR THE LINE BUT NOT AFRAID
TO DEAL WITH IT.
>> AND 35.
COMING RIGHT AFTER HIM.
ROCZEN.
EXCITING RIDER.
>> YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE,
CUNNINGHAM STARTS TO MOVE UP
ON HIM.
>> THE TWO PRO-CIRCUIT RIDERS
ARE TURNING 50-SECOND
LAPTIMES.
EVERYONE ELSE IS 51 OR
HIGHER.
>> THAT IS 2-1/2 SECONDS
STRONGER THAN HANSEN RIGHT
THERE.
>> A LITTLE MISTAKE BEFORE
THE SINGLE AREA BECAUSE HE
BRUSHES IT OFF LIKE IT'S NO
BIG DEAL.
>> ROCZEN WAS GOOD EARLY ON
THROUGH THE SECTION AND
QUICKER THAN THROUGH THE LTQ.
BUT NOT AS FAST AS HE WAS.
IN THE HEAT.
>> HE HAD TO WORK THROUGH
FOR>> DAVALOS IS DOWN.
>> DAVALOS GOES DOWN.
MARTIN ON THE GROUND.
RUNNING IN THIRD.
NOW HE LOST TWO OR THREE OR
FOUR OR FIVE POSITIONS.
>> THAT WAS A STRANGE SPOT
FOR MARTIN TO GO DOWN.
AS YOU ROUND THE RIGHT-HAND
TURN.
CHANCES ARE, HE GRABBED A
HAPPENEDFUL AND WANTED TO GET
THROUGH -- HANDFUL AND WANTED
TO GET THROUGH THERE WIDE
OPEN.
MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE 20 OF
BROC TICKLE WHO IS OUT FRONT
CRUISING.
>> TAKE A LOOK HERE.
DAVALOS, RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR
SCREEN.
ACTUALLY, HE PUSHES A LITTLE
WIDE.
UP IN THE LINE.
HE PUSHED THE FRONT WHEEL
OUT.
>> WHAT HAPPENED WAS HE
ACCELERATED OUT THE TURN.
THE WEIGHT TRANSFERRED TO THE
BACK.
>> PRESSURE ON THE FRONT END.
>> NOW THE FIGHT FOR THIRD IS
GOOD BETWEEN MORAIS, ROCZEN
AND CUNNINGHAM.
ROCZEN TRYING A DIFFERENT
LINE HERE.
COULD IT BE THE NIGHT FOR
ROCZEN FROM GERMANY THAT HE
GETS ON THE PODIUM HERE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEATED
BATTLE.
>> HE WILL OPEN THE DOOR
EVENTUALLY FOR CUNNINGHAM TO
SLIDE THROUGH.
>> CUNNINGHAM IS DOING.
>> STYLE LIKE YOURS IN THE
DAY.
>> ROCZEN IS WORRIED ABOUT
THE GUY IN FRONT OF HIM.
>> NOT THE GUY BEHIND HIM.
>> OH.
>> >> HE CATCHES IT AND DOWN
GOES ROCZEN.
CUNNINGHAM ALSO.
THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH!
ROCZEN.
>> ON BACK OF HIS HEAD THERE.
>> MAYBE KNOCKED THE WIND OUT
OF HIM.
TRYING TO GET HIM UP BUT HE
CAN'T EP MOVE.
>> THEY'RE RIGHT THERE TO
ASSIST HIM.
PICKING HIM UP AND PULLING
HIM OFF THE TRACK OUT OF
HARM'S WAY.
THOSE GUYS DO A TREMENDOUS
JOB!
>> HE WENT DOWN THERE IN
PRACTICE EARLIER TODAY.
>> DELIGHTFUL YOUNG MAN.
WE HAVE HAD GOOD TIME GETTING
TO KNOW HIM BUT HE HAS HAD A
TOUGH TIME IN SUPERCROSS.
GUESS WHO ELSE HAS HAD HIS
PROBLEMS?
BROC TICKLE.
JOSH HANSEN IS IN THE LEAD ON
THE WAY TO MAYBE A
BACK-TO-BACK WIN.
IN THE OPENING TWO ROUNDS OF
THE 2011 SEASON.
WATCH TICKLE.
>> TICKLE RIGHT HERE.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
COME UP SHORT THERE.
AND GOT BOTH TIRES SLIDING.
>> HAMPTON.
>> HE'S LUCKY THE FRONT
WHEELS DIDN'T GET TICKLE'S
BACK WHEEL.
SHOOTING OUT.
>> LAST LAST WEEK, HANSEN
SHOWS MATURITY AND PATIENCE
LIKE RICKY POINTED OUT.
NOW A TEN-POINT LEAD OVER
MORAIS IN SECOND.
IT'S A GUY THAT WON FIVE
SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND
ALL OF THAT EXPERIENCE COMES
BY ONE TITLE, LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE.
>> APPARENTLY.
>> I WOULD SAY YOU HAD
KNOWLEDGE OF THE 15 TIME
CHAMPION.
>> RIGHT.
YOU DO.
YOU REALLY DO.
>> DIFFERENT ERA.
>> RIGHT NOW THE RIDER MAKE
IT LOOK EASY.
>> THIS IS WHY YOU'RE
SCARELY --
>> I'M DRIVING THE WAGON.
>> IT'S HARD NOT TO.
IT'S A GREAT STORY.
THE YOUNG MAN, SO MANY
THINGS.
GREAT RIDE.
LOST GREAT RIDES.
A GUY THAT IS PUTTING IT ALL
TOGETHER.
I GIVE RESPECT AND CREDIT TO
THE GUY IS RIDING GOOD,
RIDING GOOD, I GIVE HIM
RESPECT.
THAT HE DESERVES.
IF HE'S NOT RIDING WELL, YOU
KNOW, THEN WE HAVE ISSUES.
>> SLOWLY MAKE HIS WAY OFF
THE TRACK.
IT WILL BE A TOP BACK TO THE
ROUTE WITH THE MAN ROGER
DECOSTA.
THE TEAM IS ALSO RAN BY THE
WINNINGESTGP MOTO CROSS OF
ALL TIME.
A LOT OF EXPERIENCED
CHAMPIONS ON THE CREW.
THEY'LL HAVE VALUABLE ADVICE
FOR KEN ROCZEN TONIGHT.
>> TALK ABOUT A BRAIN TRUST.
THAT IS ONE YOU CAN FIND.
>> HERE IS THE BATTLE WITH
MORAIS.
FIGHTS OVER SECOND PLACE NOW.
FOUR LAPS REMAINING.
NOW WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT
THE FIGHT FOR SIXTH PLACE.
SEELY IS IN FIFTH.
TOMAC SHOULD BE IN THERE
SOMEWHERE.
>> TOMAC IS BUILDING ON LAST
WEEK'S TENTH PLACE.
RUNNING SIX.
STRONG RIDE.
>> SEELY WAS 14 ON THE FIRST
LAUGH.
TOMAC WAS 11.
SEELY GAINED THE MOST
POSITIONS.
OUT OF ANYONE OUT THERE.
>> TOMAC, THE LAST LAP WAS
60-SECOND LAP TIME.
THE GUY IF FRONT OF SEELY, HE
IS RUNNING ALMOST A
HALF-SECOND FASTER THAN THOSE
GUYS.
>> SUZUKI AND KAWASAKI ARE
FREE TO GO, IN THE FIGHT OVER
SECOND PLACE.
MORAIS.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW MORAIS CAN
BE HERE.
A SMART RIDE.
GOING TO BE AMPED UP.
>> ERIN, WHAT IS THE STORY ON
KEN ROCZEN?
>> IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE SO
FAR.
GOT TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION HE ONLY RODE
ONE DAY THIS WEEK.
HE ENDED UP TAKING THIS --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
BUT HIS BODY IS FATIGUED.
HE SAID HE WASN'T COMFORTABLE
OUT THERE.
DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A
MISTAKE.
>> HE JUST TOOK OVER SECOND
PLACE AND IT LOOKS LIKE
MORAIS WILL COME BACK AFTER
HIM.
TICKLE IS ABLE TO GRAB
SECOND.
>> PULL AWAY NOW.
>> RUNNING WITH CONFIDENCE
THIS YEAR.
LOOKS LIKE A NEW RIDER.
ACTS LIKE HE BELONGS UP
THERE.
I LIKE THAT.
>> WHEN I TALKED TO BROC
ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY WHAT
IS THE BIGGEST THING TO
LOSING TO PROCIRCUIT?
HE SAID IT'S CONFIDENCE.
YOU WALK IN THE DOORS OVER
THERE, YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN
THE BEST ORGANIZATION OF
SUPERCROSS LITE, IN ALL OF
SUPERCROSS.
YOU PUT YOUR LEG ON THAT
BIKE, YOU KNOW YOU CAN WIN
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
>> YES, THAT IS HOW IT IS.
I RODE FOR MITCH FOR THREE
YEARS.
WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOORS,
YOU'RE EXPECTED TO WIN.
HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU AN
EXCUSE.
IF YOU WALK IN THERE, TIME TO
WORK.
>> VOTED IN THE AMA HALL OF
FAME AND A TREMENDOUS HONOR
TO HIM.
>> WELL-DESERVED.
>> THE FINAL LAP.
ONE TO GO.
HANSEN.
COULD HE GO BACK-TO-BACK IN
THE OPENING TWO ROUNDS?
AND LIGHT UP THE CHAMPIONSHIP
FIGHT?
WITH ALL THE MOMENTUM ON HIS
BACK AS WE HEAD TO DODGER
STADIUM NEXT WEEK?
>> GOOD RIDE HERE.
>> BATTLING IT OUT.
LIKE A REDDER.
NOT AFRAID TO MAKE A HARD
PASS ON HIM.
>> SO MANY PEOPLE WILL JUMP
ON THAT BANDWAGON.
>> 2011 IN THE WEST AND TWO
WINS FOR JOSH HANSEN.
TWO WINS FOR PRO-CIRCUIT
KAWASAKI.
>> I HAVE TO GET A BIGGER
WAGON.
>> I THINK SO.
MAKE ROOM.
THEY ARE ALL PILING ON.
HERE THEY COME.
>> AWESOME.
SMOOTH RIDE.
OUT THERE AND JUST STRONG.
FASTEST QUALIFYING TIME
TODAY.
>> THE FASTEST OF ANYONE OUT
THERE AND USED HIS HEAD.
EVERYONE ELSE MADE MISTAKES.
HE DIDN'T MAKE MISTAKES.
>> HE LET THE RACE COME TO
HIM.
>> YEP.
GOOD FEELING THERE.
>> GET THE HIGH-FIVE FOR
EVERYONE.
>> EVERYBODY.
WE ALSO GET ACCUSTOMED TO IT.
>> YOU COME FROM THE
CONFIDENCE YOU CAN DO IT AND
YOU CITY I AM GOING TO DO IT.
>>> THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF
BARRETT-JACKSON, SCOTTSDALE.
LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS TUESDAY
AT #:00 P.M. EASTER -- 7:00
PACIFIC EASTERN.
>>> AMA SUPERCROSS AND FIM
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE
VALLEY OF THE SUN.
SUPERCROSS LITE GUYS PUTTING
ON A TREMENDOUS MAIN EVENT
HERE.
ONE RIDER, BOY, HE IS A
HAVING A HARD TIME.
IN THE OPENING TWO ROUNDS.
KEN ROCZEN.
>> OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE
WHAT HAPPENED IN LITE T-1, HE
MAKES A MISTAKE.
COMES UP SHORT ON THE TRIPLE.
HE MANAGED NOT TO GET HIT.
AFTER INCREDIBLE CHARGE IN
THE MAIN EVENT TRYING TO GET
POSITION, PUTS A TOUGH BLOCK.
AND TAKES CUNNINGHAM WITH IM.
CUNNINGHAM WAS PUTTING IN
FANTASTIC RIDE ALSO.
>> BUMMER.
A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE.
>> A RIDER HAVING A MUCH
BETTER DAY, GREAT TWO WEEKS,
JOSH HANSEN IS WITH ERIN.
>> PROCIRCUIT AND HANSEN
CONTINUE ON DOMINATING WAY.
YOU CONTINUE TO EXTEND THE
POINT LEAD.
IT SEEMS AS IF YOU'RE RIDING
PATIENT.
WERE YOUR WAITING TO
CAPITALIZE ON THE MISTAKES?
>> I DIDN'T GET THE START I
WANTED TO.
A TRACK THAT IS HARDING TO
MAKE UP TIME.
I STARTED INCHING, AND I
WASN'T GOING TO GET EXCITED
UNTIL I NEEDED TO PICK IT UP.
ALL ABOUT BEING SMART.
THAT'S WHAT I DID.
I HAVE TO TAKE MONSTER
ENERGY, PROCIRCUIT KAWASAKI,
THOR, PARTS UNLIMITED.
EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT.
LORD JESUS CHRIST.
HE HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME
LATELY.
I'M PUMPED.
DR. G. FOR SITTING BEHIND ME.
>> MARK HALL, AND ERIC
JOHNSON.
THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSH
HANSEN, THE NEW IMPROVED
WINNING WAYS.
>> HE IS REALLY ON IT THESE
DAYS.
OF COURSE, KEN ROCZEN TAKE A
LOOK AT THE UNOFFICIAL
RESULTS.
THE ROCK HARD, RACE HARD,
RIDE HARD AWARD GOES FOR GUY
WITH THE MOST TROUBLE.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE
SUPERCROSS LITE CLASS, ROCZEN
MIGHT BE A CANDIDATE FOR
THAT.
BRET IS HERE TONIGHT.
HE LEFT THE STEELERS GAME
EARLY JUST TO COME TO
SUPERCROSS TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIM WITH
US IN THE BOOTH IN A LITTLE
BIT.
>> BROC TICKLE SAID LAST WEEK
HE ENDED UP GETTING MUCHED UP
BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T USED TO
LEADING THE PACK.
READY TO CHANGE POSITION THIS
WEEKEND?
WHAT TOOK PLACE?
>> KIND OF THE SAME THING.
>> GOT TIGHT BUT I WAS RIDING
GOOD.
I LOST THE FRONT END OVER
THERE AND FELL OVER.
I GOT REGROUPED AND I GOT
SECOND.
HAPPY TO BE HERE AGAIN.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON IRONMAN
EFFORT.
TERRIFIC JOB START TO FINISH.
>> BACK-TO-BACK FOR
PRO-CIRCUIT AND THE TOP TWO
SPOTS.
A LOOK AT THE POINTS.
TWO SEPARATING THE TEAMMATES
AS WE HEAD TO DODGER STADIUM.
>> AND TICKLE HOPEFULLY IS
LEARNING SOMETHING HERE.
HIS STARTS ARE GREAT.
EJUST HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO
KEEP IT ON TWO WHEELS.
BROC TICKLE.
>> GO BACK TO ERIN.
>> IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR,
RYAN MORAIS MADE THE PODIUM
AND HE GOT PASSED TOEN THE
LAST LAP.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
TRACK THAT IS WITH YOU.
WHAT IS IT?
>> IT'S DRY AND SLICK, WHAT I
GREW UP ON.
I FELT BETTER THIS WEEKEND.
BEFORE ANAHEIM I HAD A GOOD
CRASH AND HIT MY HEAD.
WASN'T RIDING GOOD THERE.
I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK UP HERE.
EXCITED TO BUILD OFF THIS.
MY GOAL IS WIN RACES.
THAT IS ALL I'M SHOOTING FOR.
>> GOOD JOB ON RIDE WELL
DONE.
>> THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE
WE'LL BE COMING NOWHERE NEAR
YOU.
DODGER STADIUM IS NEXT UP.
THAT IS THE FIRST SHOW ON CBS
THEN TO OAKLAND FOR THE STOP
IN NORTH CAL.
THEN ANAHEIM AND RELIANT
STADIUM IN HOUSTON.
WE'LL HAVE THE RACE AND THE
LITE RACE.
GO TO SUPERCROSSONLINE.COM
FOR TICKETS OR RACES NEAR YOU
IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE
STADIUM AND SEE RACING LIVE
AND IN PERSON.
WELL, WE HAVE THE SUPERCROSS
CLASS MAIN EVENT COMING UP
FOR YOU LIVE R
♪♪
♪♪
>>> JAMES STEWART IS DOWN.
>> AND A CHECKERED FLAG FOR
CHAD REED!
>> TAKE IT TO THE MAIN!
>> GREAT ACTION TONIGHT IN
SUPERCROSS IN THE HEAT RACES
AND THE LTQ.
BRETT METCALFE, WE SHOWED YOU
WHAT THE FRIDAY NIGHT WAS
LIGHT FOR ANAHEIM RACE.
NOW GO WITH HIM TO SATURDAY
NIGHT, RACE DAY IN ANAHEIM.
WITH BRETT METCALFE.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE HERE AT
THE TRACK WALK ON THE
SUPERCROSS FLOOR.
WITH MY MECHANIC.
GOING TO CHECK OUT THE TRACK.
SEE WHAT IS IN LINE AND SEE
WHAT'S UP.
>> DOES IT FEEL SLIMY AND
SLICK?
>> YEAH.
>> IS THIS NARLY?
>> WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THERE
DEPICT WHAT IS YOU DO HERE.
>> LET THE GUYS OUT.
NOT LATER.
>> BRETT METCALFE RUNNING
NUMBER 24.
>> JUST WANT TO COME IN AND
BE SOLID, CONFIDENT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
TONIGHT TO PUT THE BEST FOOT
FORWARD AND SEE WHERE WE'RE
AT AND MOVE ON.
LOOK FOR HIM TO BONN THE
PODIUM.
>> THE INTERVIEWS, LEFT,
RIGHT, CENTER EVEN ON THE
TRACK.
FINISH OFF THE LAP.
LET'S GO!
♪♪
♪♪
>> LOOK BETTER, MORE
CONFIDENT.
>> I AM.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS, SEE
ACTION DOWN HERE.
THE TRACK WALK.
THAT'S IT FOR ME TODAY.
SEE YOU LATER.
>> GOOD LOOK AT THE BUSY LIFE
OF PROFESSIONAL SUPERCROSS
RACER.
BRETT METCALFE GETTING READY.
SEE HE CAN IMPROVE ON AN
EIGHTH PLACE FINISH A WEEK
AGO, ERIN, WITH PROGRESSIVE
PRE-RACE REPORT FOR US.
>> HE SWITCHED UP HIS DIET
THAT WAS CAUSING HIM A
CHEMICAL IMBALANCE.
HIS BODY WAS DEPLETED OF
NUTERYIENTS AND HE WAS
LETHARGIC AND LIGHT-HEADED.
HE'S BACK TO HIS NORMAL DIET.
BACK TO 110%.
GOT EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM
TONIGHT.
EXPECTS A BETTER PERFORMANCE.
>> A GREAT SUPERCROSS RACER
IN HIS DAY AS WELL.
>> HAD HIS LAST RACE HERE.
HE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE
JOE GIBBS TRAINING TEAM.
>> INTERESTING STAT TONIGHT.
KAWASAKI, FOUR-MAIN EVENT
WIN.
THE OTHERS HAVE THREE MAIN
EVENT WIN.
REAL TIGHT.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> GETTING THE WHOLE SHOT BUT
CAN ANYBODY HANG WITH HIM?
GIVE AT IT TRY.
>> HE'S UP THERE AS WELL.
>> TREY CANARD HAS GOTTEN BY.
>> DUNGEY WITH ALL KIND OF
PROBLEMS.
>> HE KNOWS HE CAN'T LET THAT
MAN GET OUT TOO FAR.
HE WILL HAVE A LOT OF HARD
WORK IN FRONT OF HIM.
>> FALLING BACK.
>> NUMBER 9.
WATCH HIM RIDE.
>> HOW ABOUT ON THE HONDA?
OFF-SPEED UP WITH HIM.
>> WINDHAM IS EVEN FINDING A
WAY TO STEP THE GAME UP THIS
OFF-SEASON.
>> A TRACK HE CAN EXCEL ON.
>> I'M TELLING YOU, HE'S BEEN
THE FASTEST RIDER ALL DAY
LONG.
>> TAKING ADVANTAGE.
PICKING UP GROUND IN THE AIR.
WINDHAM.
>> WINDHAM IS A SMART RIDER
AND KNOWS THAT HE HAS BEEN
TAKING THAT LINE ALL FIGHT
LONG.
>> 12 IS DOWN.
>> TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THE
ROBO CAMERA.
>> C'MON.
>> BACK TO THE FRONT.
VILLOPOTO AROUND WIND WIND.
CAN HE RUN DOWN STEWART?
THIS IS THE RACE HERE.
TODAY, VILLOPOTO RODE BADDER
THAN WHAT I HAVE SEEN HIM
RIDE LAST SEASON.
HE WAS AGGRESSIVE AND
CONFIDENT.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS RIDER IN
THIS PREDICAMENT.
HE KNOWS HOW TO GET IT DONE.
>> THE CROWD CAN SENSE IT AS
WELL.
EVERYBODY ON THEIR FEET AT
CHASE FIELD.
RICKY, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT
FOR VILLOPOTO TO CATCH
STEWART HERE TONIGHT?
PROVE HE CAN DO IT.
>> IT SHOULD BE DONE.
>> RYAN WITH A LOT OF TIME ON
IT.
>> VILLOPOTO IS FOUR SECOND
FASTER.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
STEWART.
>> VILLOPOTO RIGHT ON HIM.
JAMES STEWART TRYING TO HOLD
ON TO PROVE HE IS THE FASTEST
MAN ON THE PLANET.
AND TRYING TO LAY A CLAIM TO
THE TITLE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
>> WHEN YOU WERE IN POSITION,
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO RATTLE A
RIDER LIKE JAMES STEWART?
>> WELL, WHEN I WAS RACING, I
WAS JUST TRYING TO PRESSURE
HIM.
I WASN'T AS GOOD AS THEM BUT
I COULD RUN FASTER THAN THIS,
I'D JUST TRY TO STAY ON THE
WHEEL THE WHOLE TIME.
>> WATCH IT RIGHT HERE.
THIS TURN.
ON THE INSIDE.
JUST GO THROUGH THERE
QUICKER.
.
BUT THIS IS A LOT DIFFERENT.
>> SEE HOW VILLOPOTO ON THE
NUMBER 2 GOT BY WINDHAM.
FOR SECOND.
>> HAHN GETTING LAST.
>> THOSE ARE THE TWO LEADERS
THERE.
YOU SEE THE GAP BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND, THE LAST LAP
AROUND WAS ONE SECOND.
RIGHT NOW, LAP FIVE OF 20.
BOTH RIDERS SEEM TO HAVE
FOUND THEIR GROOVE.
>> RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT IS AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE
RIGHT THERE.
>> FOR VILLOPOTO, THIS IS
GOOD FOR HIM IF HE CAN RIDE
BEHIND STEWART AND PRESSURE
HIM, PRESSURE HIM.
KNOWS HE CAN'T PULL AWAY.
>> VILLOPOTO IS FAST ON THE
FIRST TURN THROUGH THE
STARTING LINE.
>> THIS IS A BATTLE FOR
THIRD.
>> REALLY LIT IT UP LAST
YEAR.
THE 450 RACES.
SHOWING WHY TONIGHT.
HE'S MAKING A SPOT ON THE
PODIUM TONIGHT.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING OTHER
THAN RIDING HIS OWN LAP.
>> HAD IT IN JACKSONVILLE
LAST YEAR.
>> AT THE FINISH LINE.
AGAIN.
>> IN THE TOP FIVE ON THE JOE
GIBBS TOYOTA.
A GREAT SHOW TONIGHT.
CHAD REED RUNS IN SIXTH.
DUNGEY, MILLSAPS, METCALFE IN
THE TOP TEN.
HERE IS THE COMMUNICATION IN
THE JOE GIBBS CAMP.
[ NO AUDIO ]
>> LET'S HEAR THAT
COMMUNICATION AGAIN.
>> BACK UP TO GENARD.
>> HE WILL GET THE GROUP
HERE.
HE'LL GET BETTER.
HE JUST HAS TO SETTLE.
WYNDHAM MIGHT COME TO HIM,
TOO.
>> TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO
CATCH WINDHAM AND CANARD TO
SEE IF HE CAN GET ON THE
PODIUM.
>> LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE.
>> 85 WILL BE THE NEXT LAPPED
RIDER AROUND.
A LITTLE SPACE.
VILLOPOTO RIDING IT OVER THE
TRIPLE.
EXCELLENT LINE ON THE TRACK.
THEY ARE BOTH RIDING PERFECT
LAPS.
IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN
THAT.
THEY KNOW THEY NEED TO RIDE
PERFECT.
>> YEAH, YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT
STEWART.
TIPTOEING IN THE TURN.
CHARGING IN THE TURN.
>> IS THAT DUE TO LACK OF
CONFIDENCE OR SET UP ISSUE?
WHAT COULD IT BE WITH
STEWART?
>> TRYING TO RIDE SMOOTH.
NOT MAKE MISTAKE IN THE
SITUATION.
HE'S BEEN IN THIS EVENT AND
HE KNOWS HOW TO GET IT DONE.
THE KEEP FOR VILLOPOTO IS
FIND THE PRESSURE, STEWART.
GET HIM OUT OF THE COMFORT
ZONE.
>> FIGHT GOING ON BACK HERE.
THIS IS IN THE AREA OF FIFTH
POSITION.
BRAYTON ON THE NUMBER TEN.
CHAD REED WON A HEAT RACE
EARLIER TRYING TO GET TO THE
TOP FIVE.
AND DUNGEY TRYING, THE
REIGNING CHAMP TRYING TO GET
AS MANY POINTS BEFORE THE
RACE IN PHOENIX IS OVER.
AT THE HALFWAY POINT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
VILLOPOTO HAS AN ISSUE.
VILLOPOTO HAS A PROBLEM.
>> COMING OFF OF THAT TABLE
TOP.
>> BOBBLE.
90-DEGREE TURNS ARE VERY,
VERY VERY HARD.
>> WATCH WHAT HE DOES.
ON, POP, POP AGAIN.
A LITTLE BIT BUT TOUCHES THE
FRONT WHEEL.
SAME PLACE STEWART WENT DOWN
WHEN HE WAS LEADING.
>> THAT'S WHAT I SAID WE HAVE
TO BE PATIENT.
HE WASN'T RIDING OVER HIS
HEAD.
THE TRACK IS HARD.
>> OKAY, THAT IS THE TYPE OF
SITUATION WHERE STEWART WOULD
RIDE MORE CAUTIOUS.
>> NOW 6.3 SECOND BEHIND
VILLOPOTO.
>> LOOK AT THIS BATTLE.
HERE COMES DUNGEY.
WINNING PASS.
BRAYTON.
>> THAT IS WHAT HE NEEDED TO
DO, AND SHOW THEM WHY YOU RUN
THE NUMBER ONE PLATE.
THAT'S NOT WHERE HE WANTS TO
BE I ASSURE YOU.
>> THE GUYS HAVE CHECKED OUT.
PUTTING ON A LATE CHARGE HERE
HALFWAY THROUGH THE RACE.
>> IN THE 85 OF CLARKE.
>> A COUPLE OF RIDERS
THERE --
>> NOT SURE --
>> THAT'S DUNGEY.
>> HANG AROUND BRAID BRAID.
CAN HE GET PAST REED?
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE
CONFIDENCE HE GOT IN THE WIN.
>> TWO-TIME CHAMPION IN FRONT
OF THE TITLIST DUNGEY.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> GOT A LONG WAY TO GO,
RICKY IF THEY WANT TO GET ON
THE PODIUM.
CANARD HOLDING THIRD
POSITION.
NINE SECONDS IN FRONT OF
GUYS.
>> WIND WIND HAS HAD A
PROBLEM AND HE HAS FALLEN
OUT.
TO REID HAS TWO TOP FIVES IN
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS.
>> ROCK SOLID.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN HIS STRONG
POINT.
ALWAYS THERE.
>> NOT WHERE HE WANTS TO BE.
BUT STILL CONSISTENT.
>> LOOKING FOR A WAY AROUND.
>> GLOSSY.
THE TRACTION.
PLUS UNDERNEATH.
WHAT REMAINS IS LIKE ICE.
>> ERIN, WHAT HAPPENED TO
KEVIN WINDHAM?
GO DISAPPOINTING FOR WINDHAM
WIND.
HE TOOK ANOTHER SPILL, SO
WHAT HAPPENED FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE?
>> I FELT LIKE I PAID FOR A
LAP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
TRACK.
THEY WERE HOLDING THE LINE
AND COME OVER BUT I WAS
ALREADY IN THE AIR.
I NAILED HIM.
BANGED MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT.
>> A TOUGH BREAK FOR WINDHAM.
REGROUP AND WE'LL SEE YOU
NEXT WEEK AT DODGER STADIUM.
>> LOOKED LIKE A RED BIKE.
>> IT WAS.
>> VERY WELL MAY HAVE BEEN.
>> DUNGEY STAYED ON THE WEST
COAST.
GO BACK TO FLORIDA.
THIS RIDER OUT OF FLORIDA.
JAMES STEWART WITH A
SEVEN-SECOND LEAD ON
VILLOPOTO.
LAST LAP AROUND, STEWART WITH
49.2.
VILLOPOTO 49.4.
SO STILL EVENLY MATCHED.
BUT STEWART HAS 7.2 SECOND
LEAD.
HE HAS BEEN IN SITUATION MANY
TIMES.
STEWART HAS RUN A SMART RACE.
>> HE'S NOT TRYING TO RIDE AS
FAST AS HE CAN RIGHT NOW.
HE'S KEEPING A MARK ON
VILLOPOTO TO SEE WHERE HE IS
AT.
>> THAT IS POSITIONING.
YOU MENTION ABOUT GETTING
THIS PART.
OTHER RIDERS HAVE TO WORK FOR
IT WHILE YOU'RE OUT FRONT.
THAT'S WHAT HE HAS DONE.
PATIENT.
TIPTOEING IN IT, CAUTIOUS AND
SLOW.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IS
VILLOPOTO CHARGES SO HARDND
WANT TO TAKE THAT POSITION.
MAKES A MISTAKE.
>> YOU KNOW HOW EASY IS IT TO
MAKE UP TIME ON A GUY WHEN
YOU'RE BEHIND HIM.
>> A YEAR AGO RIGHT HERE AT
CHASE FIELD STEWART HAD A
HUGE CRASH.
WE DIDN'T THINK HE'D BE BACK
FOR THE MAIN.
WON THE LTQ, GOT IN MAIN AND
GOT TOGETHER WITH REED AND
ENDED HIS SEASON RIGHT HERE.
HE TRIED TO GO TO ANAHEIM.
NOW BACK TO PHOENIX A YEAR
LATER.
GETTING A WIN, HIS FIRST OF
2011.
THERE IS RYAN VILLOPOTO.
RUNNING IN SECOND.
TREY CANARD.
ON HIS GEICO HONDA.
FACTORY HONDA TODAY.
RUNNING IN THIRD.
REED.
THEN BEHIND HIM IS DUNGEY.
STILL ONE OF THE BETTER RACES
ON THE TRACK RIGHT NOW.
>> BOTH RIDERS STAND THE
BEATING THAT THE RIDERS GIVE
OUT.
THIS IS A TRACK.
YOU WANT THE WHOLE SPOT.
WE MENTION HOW NASTY THIS CAN
GET.
EXECUTED PERFECTLY.
>> PUT IN A GOOD RIDE FOR THE
JOE GIBBS RACING TEAM.
TRYING TO CATCH UP TO DUNGEY.
ANDREW SHORT.
UP IN SEVENTH.