- 6/7/2025
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00:00I think in first gear, I would assume you have to do it here. Yeah, just really the mental change first first gear
00:05Let's see who can adjust first motor of the day brems are up gates down
00:14And it's the Honda's as usual up front hunter lords jet lords
00:18Tomac talking it with them and plus singer on the seven as well
00:21Yeah, the top five at the top five in the points the guys that we want now we saw what happened last weekend
00:26It's gonna be important for any of these guys to get ahead of the number 18. We know how comfortable he is
00:31Looks like Eli Tomac slides up in the fourth place and Plessinger and jet lords attacking the 96 of hunter
00:38Plessinger wants to go to the lead here. Yeah, he knows what's up and follow
00:42That was a nice move by him because he knows once jet got around him
00:45Well, he's got to try to close that inside off. Yeah, little mistake open the door hunter on the 96 gets it back
00:51Tomac looking in for yeah, this was that change
00:53I was talking about how they used to come down up on top of the hill didn't drop down that he switched it up
00:58So already these guys are going for it
01:01Tomac tucking in now getting into that battle with hunter and Plessinger listen to this crowd
01:07another move from the seven
01:09Haven't seen air pleasure this aggressive in the beginning part and we know if you're going to get jet lords anywhere
01:14Maybe they're opening laps as he just tries to get to the inside
01:17Hey, he was fast and qualifying. I think that was a career best for him
01:21It's right behind Justin Cooper for second. He is not known as a qualifier. So
01:27Oh, isn't this seen here?
01:31Jet jumped that's first time I seen him not attracts gonna be a lot different than what it was earlier
01:35You can already seen starting to see that gap stretch out
01:41Back up hill they go toward the finish line
01:44And so many different scenarios here, but in the end Chet Lawrence good starts laps lead
01:53Yeah, I saw his jump. I mean that kid got an amazing jump off the game. It's no surprise that he was up there
01:58But look at hunter Lawrence
02:00I'm making it easy on Plessinger
02:02As they sort out lap one yeah, come back to Justin Cooper next James
02:08Yeah, you can see all the lines from the track conditions. You can also see where they worked on it
02:12So as this track breaks in some parts gonna be super loose and a lot of it's gonna have some bomb some difficult soil for these guys
02:20It's just different how they hook back on to the start. That's the way they did it when this track
02:24Jumped back into the national program back in 2005 and then been about 15 years and they changed them
02:29That section now it's back to the old way
02:33Yeah, I used to love that section because it was only time I could get my tongue out of my chain
02:37I was so tired I could breathe right there. So I like that his back
02:41Yeah, used to have to hit those rollers and whoops behind the starting gate. No rest there. Oh look at the three of towback and four starting to lurk
02:51Yeah, you can start to see that 18 it's nice to be able to see these guys keep closing
02:55I like the inside that Aaron has where he was able to get around hunter so
02:59Eli knows he needs to go up to the front at least try to get in front of jet Lawrence didn't slow the race down, so
03:06Got to bring this thing back to you
03:09Send it to will Christian more on towback
03:12Thanks Jason. I think this is what the monster and Yamaha star racing team wanted out of towback
03:17They said to me rich Simmons the team manager specifically said top five star. He's like if he's top five
03:22He'll start getting aggressive moving forwards and he also noted that his start sequence how he does this with the uphill
03:29Being at altitude starting in first as you guys reference at the beginning of the race
03:33That's his norm Cortez Colorado where he lives and trains is around the same elevation even a little bit more
03:39So this is what he's used to so this start mischarges what the team are looking for
03:42What do you see her so far James is this pace or is this riders sorting out lines and where they are right now?
03:50Well a little bit of both. I mean, I think the pace is going good
03:53It seemed like they're able to close in on jet on some of the slower parts of the corner, but yeah
03:58I mean, I think the difficult part for Eli's you can see all these ruts in here
04:01Just what we saw with jet once he gets that gap then you're gonna have to push even if you're just as fast or a little bit faster
04:08how much you're gonna have to push because of that time, so I think it's a key part of the race for him to get forward and
04:13Try to move up and good see RJ up in your top five and then you got Justin Cooper our fastest qualifier actually got passed by RJ
04:20So good move RJ's moving forward. Yeah first season on a 450 for the 24 the rock star Husqvarna
04:26And yeah for the fast qualifier though Cooper getting shoved back to sixth not what you'd expect
04:33Critical juncture here Plessinger trying to keep one Lawrence in sight and trying to hold off the other
04:42Yeah, this is the difficult part because as I believe jets actually figuring this racetrack out trying to get his lines
04:48Like I saw him jumping a few of these bumps and stuff. So he's starting to work into his form
04:52So it's important again for air to keep him on him
04:55Keep him uncomfortable because that two-second gap will turn into a five-second real quick
05:00If these couple laps as this kid gets more comfortable jet Lawrence
05:06And tomat closing back to hunter lawrence now for third
05:11You know one of the things we haven't talked about here is is roost roost hurts really bad
05:15So maybe that's some of the the back and forth as you can see let's see if you like and make this outside work
05:23No good there he's gonna try again
05:25Yeah, I think eventually that outside is going to come into play the inside continue to get deeper
05:35Bit of a call before the storm hill rail this heat up with this top four
05:42Now when I watch eli rod I feel like he's an emotional rider and what I mean by is like when he makes passes
05:48I think it just wakes him up. So if he's able to get around hunter lawrence and then maybe get around aaron flessinger
05:53Then he'll pull up on jet lord
05:55So if he gets stuck behind these guys, then I think it could go the other way
05:59So let's see what happens jt
06:01Yeah, I couldn't agree with you more james. I think ideally you'd want to make some quick passes on ap and hunter
06:06I'm sure that's harder than it sounds
06:08But think about what happened at the opening round at fox raceway
06:11Eli sat on jets rear wheel for the better part of 35 minutes and wasn't able to make a decisive pass
06:17So you think about what did he learn from that scenario?
06:19He needs to get to his rear wheel start figuring out jets line
06:23And he's got to attack this time just not a rider where you can wait for a mistake and he's gonna hand it to you
06:28He's gonna have to force the issue
06:31Yeah, I completely agree and the way this track is and and because it's not so hot and there's slower parts
06:37I don't think these guys gonna have to worry about conditioning so I don't think eli can play the game of okay
06:41He's gonna come back to me because he's gonna start getting tired
06:44I don't think the way this track setup is gonna allow those guys to have that conditioning issue that I had last weekend
06:50Even with the elevation the breathing no, I just think there's a lot of resting parts in these corners like
06:56Specifically once they get up on top of his heels you start dropping back down
06:59You can relax in these corners get your breathing back up and that just helps a lot when you're riding at this level
07:05So for these guys, they're recovering although they're out there racing
07:09It's definitely close now tomac taking another shot at hunter lawrence and hampshire. He's still in this fight. Also
07:18Big runner on the outside for the three. Yeah, let's see if eli can make that outside
07:22All he needs to do is get next to hunter and keep him somewhat close
07:27He's gonna try to do it if he can get this corner right this outshot should try to play
07:31Oh, you see that nice move on hunter. He jumped out of that corner because he sensed it now
07:36Eli can maybe switch it back up
07:38Get back to the inside of him right here. Here it is. Oh, he ran it in as hard as he could
07:44Not enough. Yeah, he's trying
07:51I love the way eli's bike it looks under acceleration just even compared to
07:54Um hunters just seems like he has more traction. It's not as um
07:59Busy for him on the rear end. It's not bouncing around as much like that
08:02But you can see chet lawrence and also plessinger beginning to pull away from this battle
08:09Now about a two-second lead for the 18th
08:13Yeah, I know this is frustrating for eli and even for hunter lawrence because he can't race forward
08:17He's got to block out like how he hopped out of the inside to get to the outside
08:20He's slowing down trying to get um, you know, make sure he plays defense on eli and it's just allowing those guys get away
08:28So tomac gonna have to take another shot
08:31At hunter as chet lawrence begins to pull away now
08:39He's in the bottom screen another lap lead
08:43Seems like we say that a lot. Oh, yeah another lap lead
08:47Well, look, there's really only one 450 race outdoors we can really think of where he didn't have the good start
08:51That was last week at hangtown moto one
08:54He finished third you've been saying over and over how that track position is maybe more valuable
08:59Than people even realize in the way he manages races
09:02And these hondas just keep pulling starts will
09:05Yeah, and the team just keep improving those hondas jason. They've sort of talked about it very openly about the struggles that they've had
09:11Just getting this bike ready for outdoors. I think we're seeing that now in hunter lawrence and him being able to keep up
09:17Eli tomac right now
09:19They were testing in california all week and I was told by the team that this was the biggest week as far as kind of achievement and gains
09:26When they said they're hoping that they when they come out of thunder valley here
09:29They'll have a base that they can work with for the rest of the year
09:32So a lot of positivity coming out from the camp there
09:35They're gonna need it right now because will tomacs taking another crack
09:38At hunter
09:42All right, let's see if he can maneuver
09:45I think he lost a little bit too much ground hunter's smart racer
09:48He's blocking it just right as you can see goes inside where eli almost got him the lap before so that's heads up riding by him
09:55hunter lawrence that is
10:00Now to the far side of the track jt
10:03Yeah, watching hunter here, you know
10:05There's no doubt about who's behind it. The yamahas have a very unique sound and also he rides at such a high rpm hunter would
10:12Be very easy for him to deduce who's behind him and then every time eli tries these maneuvers
10:17He's trying the same lines to pass lap after lap hunter's learning from that
10:20So he's learning, you know, james
10:22You've spent so much time in the series talking about where you need to defend where you really need to push and where passes are possible
10:27Hunter is writing those down mentally every single lap and he's like, okay
10:31Right here. He's gonna try a pass. I have to really step up my game
10:35Yeah, absolutely and
10:37Like through here. Yeah, eli maybe you can get hunter to make a mistake
10:40But again just jt mentioned once you get that rider beside you, you know
10:43You just got to beat him to that next apex of the corner
10:46So then you start relaxing and hunters doing that and these guys are so good
10:50You only get a few opportunities to show your cards
10:53Otherwise, they they know where you're going and hunters doing a fantastic job at blocking eli
10:57It's starting to frustrate him. You can tell now the second half of that lap tomac was a little bit closer than he had been
11:04Because he was almost making the pass on the front half
11:07Let's see. He's a little closer now, but he was last time
11:10Yeah, eli knows he needs to be close up in this section because hunter can't block the whole racetrack
11:16There's parts where jt was mentioning where it opens up and you can't block it
11:19And you got the race and I do believe that's where eli really starts to push as right here
11:24He gets really aggressive, but he's lost a little little bit of time to hunter
11:28See if he pushes going down this hill to just get back up close to him
11:32Yeah, this is a new corner here this right to get back up before they just stayed up top by that thunder valley sign the whole time
11:38Tomex gonna try to use this new corner to his advantage
11:43Dropping back down
11:46Yeah, these ruts it makes it so difficult you almost if you're eli see hunter goes on that outside because he knows is better now
11:54It's completely different. They took each other's lines. Yeah, that's just because hunter knew that outside was working
11:59He couldn't fit Eli off too much now. They're switching it up
12:03But I do have some news though on tomac
12:05He actually was the fastest rider on the track the last time around they've closed the gap to the leaders
12:10And now tomac looking to make the pass on hunter lawrence. Ah, you better close him off
12:15Game of chicken right here
12:17Here we go. This ain't over yet watch hunter is going to hit this tabletop
12:22There you go, and he's going to keep it smooth. Ah, you saw that in the previous laps jumping that downhill
12:27Yeah, that little bit of time. That's what his brother does and man eli he had him and look they closed up on there and plessinger
12:34So yeah, as you just mentioned eli has been fast and he's starting to push the 96 up
12:38Towards those guys and jet lawrence is still right there. So oh, yeah
12:42He's still in sight for sure and yeah, because hunters trying to fend off tomac. He has gotten back to the rear fender of plessinger
12:48Yeah, as I mentioned earlier with eli he's an emotional rider
12:52The good thing for him is that jet lawrence isn't getting away
12:55Otherwise, it's to be really frustrating as hunter lawrence trying to go up the inside
12:59How about this jt?
13:01Well, yeah, that that's it's great
13:03Example here of tomac's pace pushing hunter forward into ap really hunter's urgency level just got raised
13:09You see him make the move there that was all forced from eli tomac pushing hunter lawrence forward
13:14And I was just thinking about tomac how angry he has to be james, you know that emoji where you have the head exploding
13:20That's probably either you like tomac back there because he wants to go chase down that 18
13:24He simply cannot get in the second place to do it
13:27Yeah, his head is definitely
13:28Exploding and it would probably been blown off by now, but the 18 is still right there
13:33So as quickly as hunter lawrence was eli was all over hunter lawrence
13:36I know horse is closing in on his brother
13:38So that gives eli at least keep his head on his shoulder at the moment
13:42Bottom box there james that is cooper webb and jorge prado battling it out seventh and eighth similar to where they were battling a week ago
13:49Totally different track conditions and everything and they've just resumed some of these fights
13:54They've been close in a lot of the motos this year. That's the bottom up top
13:58Plessinger and tomac trying to hang with the lawrences
14:02Yeah, actually jorge was able to get around cooper webb, so he made a position
14:06So nice start by him a little surprised looking at the the lap times that justin cooper
14:11Lost so much time him and rj. They're 11 and 12 seconds on jet lawrence
14:15So being your fastest qualified as much as how fast he was a little surprising
14:19Yeah, we thought maybe a moto wing could be in the cards for j coop today, but he is now a distant sixth
14:26And the more things change the more they stay the same
14:28It's back to the lawrences one two and look at the cap that hunter now has
14:33And he's closing on jet
14:35Yeah, he's closing on jet and eli definitely has lost that toe so
14:41Have to regroup
14:44Look at the times the last two laps around it was really the last two that were much better for hunter
14:50And you can see the difference now. He's right there
14:53Yeah, you got to remember hunter got his first win here last year as well, so
14:56uh, I've got a moto win in there, so it might be a lot of a
15:00Motivation get a little brother-on-brother crime if need be jt
15:05Yeah, just watching hunter's increased pacer
15:07Do you think he was able to lower his lap times here simply because he learned where eli was going behind him?
15:13Like is there something to order do you think he raised the intensity because of eli's pace?
15:17Yeah, I think a little bit of both
15:19I think aaron made a mistake because you as you can see aaron's dropped off
15:22I think hunter obviously with eli pushing him just pushed him up on the back of aaron flessinger
15:26But as quickly as hunter got there he lost the toe with his brother
15:30So I almost felt like jet was in that relaxed mode
15:33He was thinking aaron was behind him and allowed all these guys to go
15:35So gonna be curious to see if hunter can continue that pace to give him a little bit of confident
15:41But I do believe that eli was pushing the pace that you mentioned earlier
15:44Now halfway through this 30 minute and two lap moto a reminder monster energy available now at maverick
15:51Tomac thinks third place might be available now
15:56He's right there replacing her
16:01Just showed you how important a start is because I mean
16:05Eli started top five and he's in fourth place, you know, so he can't get around these guys
16:11And it's eli telling himself if I had been able to close the door on hunter i'd be right there where he is right now
16:16I think I don't know what eli's telling himself
16:20He's probably
16:21Yelling at himself, but at the same time jet lawrence is only five seconds up in front of him
16:25So as much as things have been maybe going not to according to plan if you eli tomac
16:30We still know beast mode is in there. This race ain't over yet
16:34Yeah, through all this battling and even some passes
16:37The gap from first to fourth has stayed about identical the whole way
16:41It's either been five to five and a half seconds right now. It's 5.4
16:46Ken tomac rally
16:49Yeah, looking at this racetrack it almost feels like when you catch a guy
16:53You drop back almost get him to relax and then you blitz him meaning like in these certain parts where we saw eli
17:00You once you get close to him you got to pass him instantly, but otherwise you kind of just let him be
17:05Make sure you just stay close and be patient until you're able to pass and I think maybe that's what we're about to start to see
17:09What eli because clearly he's faster
17:13Do believe he's faster than a lot of these guys maybe outside of jet
17:19Not quite able to make it happen at the moment
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17:40And here it comes second half of the race
17:43Ken the colorado native
17:45Start to close and up front speaking of closing
17:49believe hunter is right on the rear wheel of jet you see the
17:53Pylon left side of the screen only 0.8. Look how close it is now
17:58Yeah, and believe it or not that actually gives some motivation if you're eli tomac the battle to see that
18:04So, you know, you're all over hunter so hopefully maybe you can just regroup
18:08Maybe pull these guys back up jt
18:11Like you know, we're kind of in the in the middle of the moto here james
18:13And it's really important for the riders to kind of stay engaged and they rely on the mechanics to give them some messaging
18:19Whether it's lap times sometimes it's motivation sometimes it's reminders of breathing when we're at elevation like this
18:24That time around jet lawrence's mechanic christian ducharme told him to hit his marks and that's a road racing term
18:30But how it relates to moto is just walk into what you're doing pick the good lines and just execute your game plan
18:38Eli tomac side a lot of intensity trying to get him fired up to make a charge
18:42It's just interesting. They're all within five seconds of each other, but the messaging couldn't be much more different
18:47But james would you say that jet lawrence is hitting his marks right now a couple of mistakes that we just saw no absolutely not
18:54I was just going to say that what christian's talking about is what we saw with jet lawrence in that corner
18:58How he slammed into it?
18:59He's not that smooth patient and we looked at each other off camera like man
19:04He's starting to make some mistakes and these guys see that so as I said, it's hunter lawrence brings this battle back in there
19:10I think that's going to motivate eli to come up and that's where eli's mechanics and like
19:15Intensity this race isn't done yet because it'll be really easy for eli to start going the other way emotionally because you're frustrated
19:21And then jet lawrence's began is like look you better hit your marks because you're bringing the whole field back in this
19:26Don't want that door open champ
19:29Now last year the brothers split the motos a one two for hunter a two one for jet
19:34But jet was coming off the back of a huge crash the previous week in hangtown and was really gutting it out now
19:41Both are healthy and they're putting on quite a battle
19:44Yeah, and what you're witnessing here. I think when jets able to get her away
19:49Is what christian has said he hit his marks he didn't make a mistake in the corner
19:53In some of these corners and it's really easy to do at this racetrack
19:56So if you're uncomfortable if you have any bike setups
19:59It's too stiff or you maybe have arm pump this track's going to exacerbate that a lot because it's going to bring it out
20:04it's gonna be difficult for these guys and
20:07Got 10 minutes left to ride this thing out and this continuation
20:11Of the prado and web battle continues prado the two-time
20:15mxgp world motocross champion moving to america and the new champion of monster energy supercross
20:21They're back in seventh and eighth it's the bottom box and just an example of how deep that field is
20:27In the 450 division this season
20:29Jt. What are you thinking on the 70 of prado?
20:33Well, I'm thinking I don't I don't really know what i'm seeing here because honestly prado i've been watching him for years
20:38And it's just been excellence across the board winning. It's really all he's ever done
20:42He's been in the fight every single time and guys were 20 minutes in and he sits 44 seconds down
20:49Almost to the leaders like I just I keep waiting for the arrival of for hey prado
20:54We're just not seeing it i'm sure he's frustrated i'm sure the team is trying to alleviate that concern for him
21:00But manic it has to be a little disappointing. I think at this
21:03so far
21:04And jt no doubt you mentioned the team there they're working they're all working and they're trying to give
21:08for hey what he needs and i was chatting to him earlier on this morning
21:12And he said honestly i feel like i'm cruising out there right now
21:15He's like i know i'm not able to push i'm not in that position yet and i asked him
21:19What do you want to work on with yourself let's take the bike aside honestly i can't get there yet
21:23Because until i've got the motorcycle a little bit more where i need it i don't know where the gaps are
21:28So they're just kind of in this process as you put it right now and you know making small gains
21:33So yes he's not where he wants him right now but as we said at the top of the show there there's kind of hope
21:38that this would just steadily move in the right direction
21:41Yeah and and further on will's point i mean that's what he's going to have to do because at this point
21:46You know you're in no man's land i mean for him top top 10 you'd be like okay how the season started
21:52This is a great ride but when you start looking at lap times the top sixes are you know six guys are running two 14s
21:58Jorge's running two 18s and even slower than that so
22:02No matter if he finished second he's going to go back and look at the gap
22:05And that's almost going to make it even harder for him because he's like i'm so far off
22:10From these guys how can i make that time up but if anybody can do it it's this guy
22:14He's got the talent he's got the team they just got to stick with it and um you know he'll get there
22:20Give it up there to the running order of the monster energy riders out there
22:24You've got tomac fourth justin cooper six prado who you're watching right now
22:28Seventh web right behind him in eighth jason anderson that's prado's monster kawasaki teammate 12th
22:35Yeah talk to dan fahey the team manager for kawasaki this morning and he said they are making
22:41Forward progress maybe not as much as they want but at least they know they're gaining
22:46And not making steps backwards as they experiment but
22:50The overall result here looks
22:52Just like what we have seen in the previous couple of rounds
22:56Battling it out with web and in seventh talked to prado yesterday about trying to make some gains this season
23:03Overall like my feeling with the bike so suspension wise and and stuff like that so
23:11It was needed and after round one and round two we already got a direction to where to work on
23:17And i think we are following those indications very good and um yeah
23:21I think this week we did a lot of step so um yeah we're just building
23:25Yeah, and then he's gonna have to and I think that he's he's been put in a really difficult position because not only is he
23:33Switching new teams. He switched countries. We're going back to the battle for the leaf
23:38Um, you know, there's a lot of changes that's happening for him and
23:42Also, he was hurt so he hasn't been having that race pace
23:44But one guy who has the race pace is the 96 and he's brought aaron plessinger and you look
23:50There's eli tomac still in that last one eli was the fastest guy on the race track that last lap these guys are here
23:56Yeah, 213.6 for tomac 213.7 for jett lawrence
24:00214 for hunter
24:04And 214 for plessinger
24:06So that is the one thing tomac has managed to stay at least somewhat within viewing distance
24:13Five minutes and two laps to go
24:15Yeah, and when you start thinking about this this race
24:18I don't know if it's a race race
24:20Jen lawrence really could have broke this thing and almost put this race away if he was able to get away, but he hasn't so jt
24:25Well, just you know think about hunter and the way this racetrack is shaped up hunter's not a rider that likes to take a lot of chances
24:31He's the ultimate tactician the ultimate strategist and he's like a velociraptor you look at him
24:35And he's kind of trying to figure you out all the time. That's just how he approaches life
24:39That's how he's approaching this moto so you think about the way this track racetrack so slow
24:44You have to be super methodical and pick your way around it. It really seems like it's setting up for hundred
24:48Even though ap's making a run right here. Yeah, the cowboys just getting loose here, and he's about to reclaim second place
24:54Red Bull ktm moving up a spot breaking up the honda party. Yeah, I mean as I was just saying
25:00Jet really had opportunity a couple laps ago really break this race because I think eli was on the brink of
25:06Kind of letting it go as we were watching my brother having a tough one
25:09He looked like he just got up. Maybe somebody else is down as well, but because it's going on with plessinger james
25:14He's right there with jett lawrence, and he wants the lead
25:18Yeah, jets laboring a little bit. I think he's either struggling with arm pump
25:21And i'm just going to mention when hunter was behind him if anybody knows what's going on
25:25It's him because he's riding with his brother all day long
25:27So he knows something's not right by jet with his body language and the number sevens here to play
25:32He wants some action eli who it's about number seven. Oh, he's popular everywhere. We go listen to this
25:39Eight times he has finished second in a moto in the 450 class has not won
25:47Yet is this the time?
25:50Yeah, they're gonna have to switch their lines up
25:52You saw hunter lawrence and jet lawrence hit that tail top and what it's allowing them to do is just
25:56Really just be smooth and you can see that gap but everywhere else
25:59It seems like aaron and these guys are able to close back on jet lawrence
26:03I think jets really starting to struggle and there's going to be some parts of this racetrack that he's going to have to push and let's see if he can
26:10Otherwise aaron question is going to get around like he just did hunter lawrence now
26:13This is if you look at the left side of the screen a dubious honor for plessinger of all the riders who have won the 250 motocross title
26:19He has the most 450 starts without a moto win
26:24But he could be a few minutes away from leaving that list if he can make this pass
26:29He's getting so much confidence from all these guys just been able to stay there
26:37And again you think about early in the race if eli could have got around hunter lawrence how different it would have been for him
26:43But he's still in this race
26:46But i will say this how many times even especially dating back to his 250 days have we seen riders
26:51Get to the rear fender of jet lawrence it looks like it's going to happen
26:56And it doesn't happen yeah, but I think the difference is is that the riders that are doing it now
27:00These guys haven't been there that close to him and let alone this late
27:04You call the james and now he's got the pass and the lead
27:09I knew it. I could tell there's certain parts of the racetrack that just is kind of cruising around almost like he's surviving
27:15And he wouldn't be able to block that just what we saw last week uh the last lap with hunter lawrence and aaron pleasure getting around
27:21But what a move and let's see how much energy it's going to tell you a lot on how jet lawrence feeling if he's able to get back around
27:28Aaron pleasant and he's in this race. Otherwise, he might just be trying to hold on
27:35Oh, jeff trying to respond now
27:39Yeah, aaron's gonna have to block this line right here
27:42And he's gonna have to be careful because jet is jumping his little tabletop and he'll go around the outside of him if aaron doesn't block it
27:48Yep, you've got to watch this downhill jump coming up
27:52Aaron switched lines what a move yeah, and he jumped it yeah
27:57Was he jumping that the whole motor?
27:58No, he just figured that out. No, I think what he was doing was going in that line
28:03To block jet lawrence from jumping and he's like well i'm here now. I might as well jump it myself
28:08And jet moving back up
28:10Side by side
28:14Plessinger's got around the outside as fast as he can gotta lean on him son
28:18No, jet able to get it back
28:22Almost had the door shut
28:25Lawrence able to reclaim it look at those runs look how deep it is
28:29But he's holding it on
28:31Feet off the pegs held it wide and then meanwhile hunter lawrence and tomac going at it see it in the bottom box
28:38Yeah, that's this is super impressive by jet lawrence because I mean one
28:41He hasn't had this kind of pressure towards the end of this race to be passed
28:44Nobody ever passes kid
28:46But to be able to respond should tell you enough of why this guy is a champion and why this guy's leading the point
28:52But his lines right here that outside is pretty slow which is allowing aaron plester to get back up on him
28:58Let's see if aaron can blitz it going down this hill and make that pass again or jet's going to switch it up himself
29:03And plessinger the son of am a hall of famer scott plessinger an off-road racer great in the mud always says
29:09He loves the ruts. He loves the slower
29:12More difficult tracks. He's got those conditions. This is where he made the move before not quite close enough
29:17Now jet changes line is and as these guys you're short in the cards
29:22They're gonna they're gonna change it up and that was a heads-up move by
29:26Jet lawrence to switch it up jt
29:28It was and you ever wonder if these guys are just turning their brain off and holding a wide open wall
29:32I think that was proof that there's so much thinking going on and they really have to stay aware of the changing lines because
29:39Had jet gone to that outside again eight people to pass him right back and the same thing holds true
29:43AP switch lines in that tabletop section so they're really trying to game each other out and figure out where they go now watch jet
29:49Here he's trying to make a break james. He's trying to respond and make a break and end it right here
29:53Yeah, yeah, he is and he had an opportunity to do this early in the race
29:57But he wasn't able to so I just think it's impressive for him to regroup
30:02And get back around these guys and jt. That's an excellent point
30:05These guys are racing for it, but they're also racing the guy and in line selection behind him really cool to watch these guys go at it
30:13Going to be two to go next time around
30:21Yeah, aaron cannot let this gap stretch out anymore especially with these lap riders if jet passes one you got to get around
30:28This is your opportunity. That's going to be stuck behind these guys. There's two of them
30:31So they're probably not going to follow each other. They'll split it up. So jets going to be in the spot. There you go
30:36Yeah, these riders are battling each other
30:38Last time around they dropped it back into the 2 12s jets on the outside. Whoo. That bike was kicking. Oh, yeah
30:46And they cleared of derrick kelly they got around him
30:48But he's going to be stuck again behind these guys you hear jet revving up that motorcycle
30:52And when you got two of them with all these rusts these guys want to get out of the way, but they can't which is loud aaron
30:58Right back up in this thing
31:00Oh, it's wheel to wheel uphill now. Let's see if jet goes inside right here. He's been going outside
31:06Goes back inside
31:08On the outside now allows him and I like the aaron's line. He had to switch it up on this time. Oh, he was beautiful on the
31:14Inside and now outside and now side by side
31:19All right now if aaron just stays on his normal line and jet doesn't switch
31:22It usually ends up faster because jeff gonna have to slow down right here aaron should be able to get around them
31:27Oh, I like it
31:29Now aaron changes it up. He's on the outside
31:32That's because jet got on the gas and cried like cross right enough to try to block that that was a heads of rod love it
31:39And hunter lawrence still in this fight as well
31:42A lot but I have to go a fantastic first moto here in colorado
31:49Yeah, you start to wonder did aaron show his line was he not does he have another opportunity to pass another place?
31:55I do believe he does but he's got to be close to him
31:59Just get more traffic. Yeah
32:03That's mitchell harris in their 19th place
32:09Jet gets him
32:14White flag coming up
32:18I see jets got his lines back now watched if he pulled that gap
32:21And as a rider, you know like if i'm jet launch i'm like look let me execute this next half a lap if I can do that
32:31Then I can be calm on this last lap, but I just got to execute it
32:35So you're probably going to see jet try to be mistake free get around these guys
32:39Maybe try to put this race away and just survive that last lap
32:42And now they're laughing well into the riders in the points
32:46So these guys are in their own battles and they matter
32:51Let's go around tomac still lurking
32:57In fourth, but you see the red fender hunter lawrence not out of the picture yet from third
33:03Yeah, I mean good ride by all these guys. They dropped it down to 2 12 2 14s and
33:08Seems like they have that tug of war
33:10But as I mentioned jeff was able to execute that last quarter part of the track and look at the gap because he knows
33:16He's not as fast as aaron in this up this other section
33:18But because he was able to execute that part now. He has a gap just needs to manage this thing
33:24And plessinger took a look back
33:27To measure his gap to hunter lawrence the jet had feet off the pegs in that corner
33:32both able to recover
33:34last lap now
33:36Yeah, I think that that look back was the sign from aaron because of jet was able to execute that last quarter part now
33:42He's still worried about hunter lawrence and so
33:45All that was dictated by the 18 get back around these guys all the confidence that aaron plessinger had eli tomac
33:52They were able to get around them and this kid was still able to find a way to get back in front
33:56And if he's able to hold on to this race man, this is going to be huge for jet lawrence moving forward
34:02And a lot of traffic really hurting tomac who is now eight seconds back. He was lurking about 3.3 off
34:08From most of the second half of this one
34:11A little bit different way for jet lawyers to do it. We've seen him get the start. We've seen him lead all the laps
34:16Rarely does someone get him
34:19Yeah, it's time plessinger did not and it was they all had him
34:22I mean his brother almost had him at the point eli at some point was there if he was able to get around him
34:27But no matter what they can keep trying
34:28But this guy answers the bell and it's just a different way than we've seen him be able to do it
34:33And when you can win multiple different ways, oh no hunter has gone down to the last lap from third
34:39He's messing with his throttle might have broke his throttle by the way he went down or he's trying to fix it
34:44Looks like at that section where me and eli went down together
34:48different years
34:50Wow
34:51Well, let's see where he ends up. They had a big gap over justin cooper who was fifth. So I think he might still hold on for fourth
34:57Well, just like we said at the top of the show the scoreboard continues to show wins for the 18
35:05Oh, but they are so close
35:08Yeah, they're they're super close, but as much as how close they are, you know, this kid's only getting better
35:15Oh, yeah, now he showed multiple ways to win responding to the challenge
35:19And chit lawrence takes moto one under pressure
35:25At thunder valley plessinger so close now nine career second place finishes in 450 motos tomac will inherit third with the light late race crash
35:37from hunter lawrence
35:38And at least keeps himself in contention for the overall if he can bounce back in the second moto
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