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00:00And now you can hear it. Rebs are up. Gates down.
00:09And I think it is Prado battling. Oh, he almost had it with Jett Lawrence.
00:13A good start for the 70. And Justin Cooper there as well.
00:16Man, that was a great start. And I was watching Jorge on the gate.
00:19He was popping his clutch. I'm like, man, he looks like he wants it in the start zone.
00:23As quickly as that, he's starting to go back. Those guys are attacking him pretty quick.
00:26Let's see if Justin Cooper can make the pass on Jett Lawrence.
00:29As I just talked about, I got the speed. He should have the inside here.
00:33If he's able to get the bike on the ground now, Jett Lawrence got back through him still.
00:38And the 18 controlling it from the front as he so often does.
00:44Plessinger up to third.
00:45Yeah, good to see Aaron up there. He's been fast all year long.
00:49Actually, one guy who's been able to pass Jett Lawrence as he comes up a little short on his triple,
00:52which makes Justin Cooper comes up short. He's got to gauge in each other.
00:56But if I'm Jett Lawrence, you talked about how he said that this track is familiar to him
01:01and kind of a European-style track.
01:03If he ever built a racetrack, I believe it would be set up just like this.
01:06Very technical, but fast. Looks pretty good.
01:09And that's where they don't want to see the 18 out front getting away already.
01:12No, and Tomac had a good start, but has been shuffled back. Not sure what happened.
01:18It's about third coming through the hole shot line, and you don't see him in this battle.
01:21The other Yamaha is actually the two of Webb.
01:24There's Hunter Lawrence right in front of him in that yellow gear.
01:27Yeah, and then he got the defending Supergrass champion Cooper Webb behind him, which has been good.
01:31Now, Jorge, he was up there, almost had the hole shot, got passed.
01:35Now, I think this is where that confidence comes in.
01:37If he can just get back from around Cooper Webb, which he should be pretty familiar with,
01:41it seemed like they're racing all year long, which is nice scrub.
01:43Turn down for what?
01:44There it is.
01:45Send it to him, Jorge. Let him know with the silent J.
01:48There it is. Just looking for some signs from the 70.
01:52That was something.
01:53That was something. That was a beautiful thing to watch now.
01:56Uh-oh. Webb coming right back, though.
01:58Yeah, he's going to learn about everybody else, how dangerous Cooper Webb is.
02:01You can't leave that door open on him.
02:03So, still a good pass for him.
02:05And, like, J.T. mentioned anything, just confidence.
02:08You've got to have some confidence with that Kawasaki like he did.
02:13And you mentioned it.
02:14These two have battled at almost every moto this year, Webb and Prado.
02:18Katie?
02:19Yeah, it's like we've just seen this all before.
02:21But in talking with the team, the Montana Energy Kawasaki team for the number 70 of Jorge Prado,
02:25they said the challenge right now is they're using these race weekends as basically testing
02:30and getting their best judgment for race setup.
02:32Tuesday, Wednesday, they work on the flaws.
02:35And it's not really any time to really get out and race and confidently knowing with what the bike is underneath him
02:40and what he needs.
02:42And so it's a little bit of getting the song and dance right.
02:45Stu, can you speak to that?
02:46Just, like, how difficult it is when you're in a new team, new bike, new country, if you will,
02:51trying to make sure your song and dance is right with the team.
02:53Yeah, I mean, I don't even have any experience with that.
02:56But I know I have one or two of those experiences and just a new team, new bike, how difficult that is.
03:00So Jorge is doing a good job.
03:02But just continue to be out here.
03:04And as JT mentioned, look, man, you have to go through those pains.
03:08You have to strike out.
03:09You have to keep lining up and going out there trying to take a shot at it.
03:12Because eventually, as you mentioned, you will hit one.
03:15It's just whether you have the endurance mentally to keep sitting up there fighting.
03:19And I do believe Jorge does because he wouldn't be a champion if he didn't.
03:22Just a long road to get there.
03:26Long road even for Jett Lawrence, the leader, because once again, as usual,
03:31has not opened up a big gap.
03:33Still has Cooper, Plessinger, and his brother Hunter right there.
03:38Yeah, it's a weird scenario to be in because Jett Lawrence, how dominant in all these races he's won,
03:44you would just think he could just somehow almost pull his Hayden Deegan hat off and said,
03:48you know what, once I get out front, I'm just going to pull three, four seconds pretty quickly.
03:52I think it would change the whole landscape of these races.
03:55I think these guys would start battling for second place rather than looking at the 18.
03:59But because he's so smooth and he's just methodically, he'll eventually pull away
04:03and he keeps these guys there, they'll continue racing him,
04:07thinking that they got a chance until he crosses the checkered flag first,
04:11which he does many times.
04:12But I think for us, him being there keeps these guys engaged,
04:16and I love what I see with all of them.
04:18They believe.
04:19Yeah, you said last week the fact that Tomac kept the heat on,
04:23it's not just confidence for Tomac, it's confidence for the other riders as well.
04:26Oh, absolutely.
04:27When Eli Tomac was able to beat Jett Lawrence, which was a shock to a world,
04:31at Hangtown, that first moto, it gave everyone confidence,
04:35and I think that's what you're seeing with Aaron Plessinger.
04:37He's racing, believing that he's going to win,
04:40and if you're Aaron, I caught him last weekend and I passed him.
04:44Yeah, he got me back, but I feel like I'm here.
04:46If I can get around Justin Cooper, you know I love the ruts,
04:49and I might try to do it right here.
04:50Jett Lawrence ain't going any farther.
04:52I feel like I have a chance, and that's all set up
04:55because of what Eli was able to do a couple weeks ago.
04:57These guys believe.
04:58Yep, and Plessinger was able to beat him in that moto also,
05:01and now he might beat Justin Cooper to the inside, and he does.
05:04Yeah, that's all confidence, and again, he's back in the same spot.
05:07Now, if you're Aaron Plessinger, you're thinking in your head,
05:10like, dude, he's right here.
05:11I've been stuck behind Justin Cooper,
05:13and Jett Lawrence is still right in front of me,
05:15so let me see what I can do.
05:17I think this crowd and all of it's going to come to life
05:19is somehow number seven gets around that 18
05:21just to put another battle on our hands.
05:24Oh, you heard the air horns for the cowboy
05:27when he made that move for second place.
05:31Bottom box.
05:33Nice cut across line there,
05:35although he did flirt with those track markers.
05:38The UFO suggesting markers over there.
05:43That was Jason Anderson, that is.
05:45Came out that corner, lost that rear end,
05:47so no harm, no foul on that one,
05:48but yeah, that's battling with Tomac Anderson
05:51and Tomac 8th and 9th,
05:53so not sure what happened to Tomac after the first turn,
05:56but he was 10th after that.
05:58Now they're moving forward.
06:01Now, what I just mentioned,
06:02because Jett Lawrence wasn't able to pull away,
06:04is he listening to the broadcast right now
06:07because he just threw in a hot half a lap.
06:09Now he's starting to get away from him,
06:10and I think he knew Aaron Plessinger got up,
06:13which was the guy who was able to get around him last weekend,
06:16got into that second place,
06:17so now he's trying to break that confidence
06:19and have Aaron start rotting behind him.
06:21It'll be hard to do because Aaron's going to do it,
06:23and I want to say it, Jay,
06:25but I see some weather moving in.
06:27He knows that rain comes out.
06:29Cowboy's got his dancing shoes on for that.
06:31And he does like the mud.
06:32Won that mud race,
06:34Monster Energy Supercross at Foxborough.
06:36Well, look, he can't sneak attack Jett Lawrence
06:38because the crowd will alert you.
06:41Maybe quiet it down, everybody.
06:42Help your guy out and just keep it quiet
06:44because Jett probably figured out,
06:46oh, I think I know we might have gone to second place.
06:48Yeah, and he can hear it from the crowd, as you mentioned,
06:51because the other guy he'd be worried about
06:52would be Eli Tomac,
06:53and he can hear that motorcycle,
06:54so he can hear Aaron can't sneak because of the crowd,
06:58but nonetheless, still a good job.
07:00Jett's starting to loosen up.
07:01Aaron's going to have to do a good job
07:03as we're watching Eli Tomac try to close in on RJ.
07:06Then he's got Jorge Prado right in front of him,
07:08so Eli's got some work to do
07:10to get up in the podium in his moto.
07:12So he made the move on Anderson
07:13that you saw in the bottom box.
07:14That's Tomac there in blue.
07:15Now working on Hampshire
07:17and Plessinger working on closing the gap.
07:22Oh, that's your brother.
07:23That's Malcolm Stewart over there.
07:25Yeah, it looks like they're checking.
07:27He must have hit his neck or something
07:28because they didn't pull his helmet off,
07:31so Malcolm's a tough boy.
07:32He's standing up.
07:33He'll be all right,
07:34but a tough break for Husqvarna rider out there.
07:37And I think we have a replay here of Malcolm.
07:41He's right behind Eli here.
07:43He's going to come in
07:44and try to get to that inside.
07:48Oh, yeah, let's see.
07:50That's what I thought.
07:51Something when they were looking under his chin
07:52and oh, man, those are the worst ones
07:55because the helmet,
07:56it likes the hook on that
07:57and front brake, all that stuff.
08:00Clutch area caught him.
08:01Uppercut from the handlebars.
08:03Got hit by Tyson right there.
08:07Aaron Plessinger still digging
08:08and he needs to
08:09because he's got both Lawrences to contend with.
08:12Trying to catch Jett
08:13and Hunter is on the hunt.
08:15Yeah, Hunter will be there.
08:17And again, like I mentioned,
08:18Jett's about three seconds up front
08:19just slowly pulling away.
08:21And it's frustrating
08:22because Aaron's right there
08:24and he just got around Justin Cooper
08:25and he's thinking about last weekend.
08:27I was able to run the guy down
08:28and he's just standing up
08:30just pulling away from me
08:31and then I got another
08:32Lawrence behind me.
08:34It'd be a tough motor
08:35to keep moving forward
08:36but anybody can do it
08:37this crowd to keep the number seven
08:38moving forward if you can.
08:41You hear him everywhere he goes.
08:42Let's see.
08:43Gets to the top of this hill.
08:44A few little mistakes
08:50in that corner easily happened.
08:52Actually, that was a nice save
08:54by Aaron right there.
08:54He started losing the front end
08:55but he was able to catch a rut
08:57which kept him moving forward
08:59and actually gained some time on Hunter
09:00but that was quickly
09:02almost went down.
09:03More battling here with Prado
09:05under fire from Hampshire
09:06who's got to go
09:07because Eli Tomac is lurking.
09:09Yeah, still, I would say
09:12somewhat of a good ride by Jorge.
09:16Can he cover the line
09:18but Hampshire he does.
09:19Yeah, he's one of those tracks
09:21as a rider, you know.
09:22Like if I just beat him
09:22to the inside,
09:23I'm going to just go really slow
09:24through this section
09:25because he won't be able
09:26to get around me
09:27and it's going to frustrate RJ.
09:28As you can see,
09:29Jorge pulls a tear off
09:31because he knew RJ
09:32wouldn't be able to get around him.
09:35Hampshire to the inside now.
09:39Lost traction.
09:41Prado holds him at bay.
09:42Yeah, but Jorge right here,
09:44RJ can sling a shot
09:45around the outside
09:46if Jorge doesn't do anything
09:47and it'd be up the inside here.
09:48So, RJ was kind of nice.
09:52He kind of gave a little rep.
09:53Jorge looked like
09:53he was going to back it out
09:54but RJ didn't push it in.
09:57Another section opens up,
09:59puts RJ in a whole different line.
10:00He'll be on the outside of here
10:02but then he goes back
10:03and hey, look, that's Cooper Webb.
10:05Is that Cooper Webb up ahead?
10:07That is Cooper Webb, yeah.
10:08Prado might make a pass
10:10instead of getting past.
10:14See what he does right here.
10:16Cooper's going to have the inside.
10:18Smart racer.
10:22Well, you're talking
10:23two of the smartest right here.
10:24Multi-time champions
10:25with Webb and Prado.
10:27Now, when you watch these guys,
10:29when you talk about
10:30that rabbit in front of you,
10:31just look at their body language
10:32and how they attack it.
10:34Jorge would somewhat, say,
10:36you know, a carrot dangling on the stick.
10:38He had RJ behind him
10:39and then all of a sudden
10:39Cooper Webb was right in front of him.
10:41Then he starts, you know,
10:42whipping the bike, moving forward.
10:43So he has a...
10:45Oh!
10:46Jet stalled!
10:47How does that affect it?
10:49There goes Hunter
10:50and I'm going to assume
10:51Plessinger further up the road.
10:54That was a weird, weird incident.
10:55He stalled the motorcycle
10:56but easy to happen.
10:58So guys are sliding in the corners
10:59and I'm assuming he probably slid in there
11:01and hit that soft stuff
11:02but he's kind of sitting up at this point.
11:06Instead of the crowd.
11:07Okay, let's take us through it, James.
11:09Yeah, all looks good here.
11:10He's got his own line,
11:11hits that and comes in here
11:13and probably just stalls it.
11:15You see him hit that slick spot.
11:18That was a weird move right there.
11:19Didn't even look like he was on the brakes.
11:22Yeah, obviously there's two ways
11:23you can stall.
11:24The rider can make the error
11:25or the machine itself.
11:29And that doesn't seem like an area
11:30where that would happen by mistake.
11:32Yeah, well, I think it was a mistake
11:34by the rider because Jets, yeah, back up
11:36and if he felt like the motorcycle
11:38if the motorcycle would quit
11:39then he wouldn't be staying close to Hunter.
11:41We talked about this last weekend
11:43with Hayden Deegan and his motorcycle.
11:44Riders, when they feel like it's a bike problem
11:46they'll start jumping with the front end high.
11:48So to me, that just tells me
11:50that he didn't have his hands on his clutch
11:51he just tapped the rear brake
11:53and with these factory brakes
11:54it's easy to stall.
11:55Just looks like he had to put the bike in neutral
11:57which made it look like a worse than it is
11:59but Jets back on the pace.
12:01Oh yeah, he definitely is now.
12:03So when you saw him standing up at first
12:04that was, took a few corners
12:06to get it dialed in.
12:07Oh yeah, he's back big time.
12:09Yeah, well when he was standing up
12:10I was thinking that it was something
12:11with his motorcycle
12:12because he was being, you know, patient
12:14but that's the way this kid rides
12:16he probably knew at the end of the day
12:18I'm going to just get my goggles
12:20and all that straight
12:21I'm going to pass older brother
12:22on the inside right here.
12:24Hold on.
12:25Hunter!
12:25A little difficult.
12:26Did you not take the trash out of what?
12:29Because Hunter ain't letting you through.
12:31You should have the pass mate right here
12:33if you get through it
12:34and be back on the inside.
12:35Hunter's digging.
12:37Can he protect the inside?
12:42And Jet has it.
12:44Shades a couple years ago
12:45in the 250 classroom
12:46these two brothers went at it.
12:49One of the best 250 races
12:50you'll ever see
12:51between them at high point.
12:53Jet's got to go though.
12:54Yeah, Aaron's still right
12:57I mean it's 17 minutes up in front
12:58and if you notice
12:59that same section
13:00that Jet stalled the bike
13:01there's a little bump
13:02that comes in that corner
13:03and I bet what happened is
13:04is the back end was off the ground
13:06wasn't thinking about it
13:07he hit the rear down brake
13:08not thinking that
13:10look, sometimes you don't have
13:11to have your hands on the clutch
13:12when you're moving so fast
13:13and that thing just stalled on him
13:14but look, as quickly as he was
13:16behind a lap ago
13:17he's doubling
13:18making his supercross section
13:19going down the hill
13:20and he can see that number seven
13:21in front of him.
13:22and you can also hear
13:24this crowd
13:25loving the seven leading it
13:28so they get back in view
13:31oh, you hear it everywhere he goes
13:38now this is a dubious stat
13:42for Plessinger
13:44out of all the riders
13:45that have ever won
13:46the 250 pro motocross title
13:48he has the most career 450 starts
13:50without a moto win
13:52with 54
13:53JT
13:54well, you know, AP got
13:56he got a little help there
13:57from Jet
13:58but regardless
13:59this entire 2025 pro motocross campaign
14:01I've been so impressed
14:03by the level
14:03we have seen
14:04from Aaron Plesser
14:05he's really elevated his game
14:07and I think
14:07what I may be more impressed by
14:09is his demeanor
14:11through this whole thing
14:12when you talk to guys like Jet
14:13or Hunter
14:14or Eli Tomac
14:15you can feel the weight
14:16of the pressure
14:17and the expectations
14:18upon them
14:19to win races
14:20and chase the championship
14:21not so much with AP
14:22like he feels like
14:23he got like a golden ticket
14:24from Willy Wonka
14:25to be here
14:26like he is so excited
14:27all the time
14:28with a smile on his face
14:29it is completely different
14:30than everybody else
14:31around him
14:32so just, you know
14:33different personalities
14:34different contrasts
14:34but a completely different
14:35character than the rest
14:36of these guys
14:36that's an excellent point
14:38and you're right JT
14:39and I think that's the way
14:40usually if you get beat
14:42so many times
14:43it eventually gets to you
14:44but I think with Aaron
14:45he is that way
14:47it is the Willy Wonka
14:48you know
14:48factory ticket
14:49and I think that's just
14:50the confidence
14:50and I'm with you JT
14:51the way he's showed up
14:53in his outdoors
14:53kind of somewhat surprised me
14:55how good he is
14:56only problem for him
14:57is that the 18
14:58is closing really quickly
15:01at this point
15:01but I also believe
15:03Aaron's probably
15:04a little bit more comfortable
15:05being the chaser
15:06because if you're not
15:07used to being out front
15:08it's just a whole
15:09different position
15:10to be in
15:10so we got a race
15:12on our hand
15:13and it looks like
15:13some rain's time
15:14to come down as well
15:15oh
15:15halfway through this race
15:19Monster Energy
15:20available now
15:21at BFS Foods
15:22Lawrence is trying
15:23to gang up
15:24on Aaron Plessinger
15:26man I can't believe
15:28Jett was able to gain
15:29when we saw Plessinger
15:30on that lap
15:30he looked unbelievable
15:32yeah I like Jett's lines
15:34though because he's
15:35actually making
15:35the track shorter
15:36like right here
15:37he'll just go
15:37he's a little bit farther
15:39out but he was a little
15:40bit farther on the inside
15:41that next lap
15:41and again the way
15:43these off-camera corners
15:44and you just start
15:44to shorten up
15:45this racetrack
15:46it helps
15:46and that's where
15:47Jett's making the time
15:48all of his passes
15:49all of his lines
15:50are really tight
15:52really short
15:52keeping that momentum
15:53up Katie
15:54yes Stu
15:55and you know
15:55we were all talking
15:56about this earlier
15:57in the week
15:57is how and who
15:59could rattle
15:59Jett Lawrence
16:00and I asked him
16:01that I said
16:01how do you
16:02get rattled
16:02he said
16:03well I'm overall
16:03pretty easy
16:04but the best way
16:05I can compare it
16:06is to golf
16:07you might like
16:07that one Stu
16:08you can't control
16:09where the ball
16:09went or where
16:11it's going to go
16:11but you can control
16:12your swing
16:13and that's how
16:13I think about this
16:14in racing
16:15and in fact
16:15like you're saying
16:16right now Stu
16:17his lines look good
16:18he looks good
16:18on the bike
16:19can't control
16:20what happened
16:20before
16:20but he can control
16:21moving forward
16:22just what he can control
16:23yeah and he's
16:25he's figured
16:25he's figuring it out
16:27and you know
16:28as bad as golfers
16:29I am
16:29it's the only thing
16:30in the world
16:31that the worse you are
16:32the more chances
16:32you get to do it
16:33so I get a lot of time
16:34to play a lot of golf
16:35the game ain't that good
16:36but yeah
16:36if you look at
16:37Jet Lawrence
16:37and his lines
16:38as I mentioned
16:39he's shortened
16:40the whole racetrack up
16:41even just hopping
16:42down that hill
16:42because he hops
16:43another foot
16:44he misses all those
16:45breaking bumps
16:45he just stays the course
16:46he's on a little bit
16:47farther on the inside
16:48he's able to miss
16:49the bumps going up
16:50and look
16:51he's already over
16:51to number seven
16:52that quickly
16:53I notice when you talk
16:56to Jet face to face
16:57you really talk about
16:57how good you are at golf
16:58but when he's busy racing
17:00suddenly you admit
17:01maybe you're not as good
17:03as you've been telling him
17:03hey look man
17:04he's beating everybody else
17:05out here
17:05I can't let him know
17:06he can give me a golf too
17:07so I've got to show
17:08my confidence
17:09I'm the golfer
17:10that shows up
17:10with the new clubs
17:11and all that
17:12I want to make you think
17:13I'm that good
17:13and he's making Plessinger
17:15think he's good
17:15because Plessinger's riding well
17:17but Lawrence has caught him
17:18yeah
17:19made a mistake
17:20hand came off
17:21but man
17:22the way this racetrack is
17:24if I said an opening lap
17:25if Jet can build a racetrack
17:26that would set up
17:27a practice track
17:28it would be this one
17:29because there's so many
17:30opportunities
17:31and this rider's so talented
17:33he's in the line
17:34that he doesn't want to be in
17:35but what you notice with him
17:37there's no rush
17:38there's no rush
17:40he's not going to try
17:40to make any mistakes
17:41if he's off
17:42just look
17:43I'm going to just take my time
17:44because I believe
17:44I'm going to catch this guy
17:45if I just put a plain lap together
17:47it was not clean
17:50through there
17:51and Plessinger able to
17:52stretch it back out
17:53now meanwhile
17:55this is Prado
17:57battling with Hampshire
17:58RJ's like
18:02welcome to America
18:03over here
18:04but yeah
18:05he's got on that
18:05and RJ's just lean
18:06because we saw a few laps ago
18:07they got that close
18:08and RJ wasn't able
18:09to get the pass
18:10but
18:10Aaron's got to keep doing
18:13exactly what he's doing
18:14I mean if anything
18:15just put Jet
18:15maybe
18:16make him start
18:17missing his marks
18:18because as clearly
18:19as he does that
18:20look how much
18:21there's a gap
18:22and that's when you start
18:22breaking down the race
18:23among these guys
18:24when I'm getting beat
18:26and sometimes Jet
18:27just has better lines
18:29because you just mentioned
18:30earlier
18:30he missed his mark
18:31right
18:32now look at the gap
18:33that Aaron has
18:34now Jet was able
18:35to hit his mark
18:36he was able to close
18:36that gap
18:37so it really just comes
18:37down the line selection
18:38and Jet figures that part
18:40out
18:40I think better than anyone
18:41around this racetrack
18:42and that's why he's
18:43always so strong
18:44on doing the motos
18:45man look at that gap
18:47now by the way
18:48Eli Tomac
18:49out of nowhere
18:50has just put in
18:50the fastest lap
18:51of the race
18:51he went 2.05
18:532.07
18:55for the majority
18:56of the group
18:56up ahead
18:57Tomac is in fifth
18:58now you see the gap
19:00is nearly 10 seconds
19:01but this track
19:02is changing
19:02in a hurry
19:03and just as quickly
19:04as we thought
19:05we saw rain coming down
19:06now it's bright sunshine
19:07let's watch this
19:08with the 18
19:08whoa
19:10yeah
19:11and that's what
19:12you got to do
19:12that's easy
19:13but those guys
19:13are getting
19:14because they're
19:15jumping up
19:15on that step up
19:16that corner's
19:16getting wider
19:17and wider
19:17and what
19:18Jet end up
19:19doing
19:20he got up
19:20on that ledge
19:21that back tire
19:21slid out
19:22that was a close one
19:23but again
19:24he's going to calm
19:25down
19:25the number seven
19:26when all that stuff
19:27is going on
19:27number seven
19:28is right in front
19:28of him
19:28Eli Tomac
19:30James
19:30the 2.05
19:32was the fastest
19:33now this lap
19:34he's gone 2.04
19:35the fastest lap
19:36anyone has turned
19:37in in this race
19:37is by the number
19:38three
19:39he is on fire
19:40now
19:40yeah
19:40and man
19:41this is gonna
19:41Eli Tomac
19:43is a guy
19:43who rides
19:43with confidence
19:44and yeah
19:45he can see
19:45I'm sure
19:46his mechanics
19:46are telling
19:47look
19:47they're right
19:48in front
19:48of you
19:49and back
19:49in the day
19:50this race
19:51would be far
19:51from over
19:52with the beast
19:53mode
19:53if there was
19:54anybody else
19:54outside of
19:55Jet Lawrence
19:55in this field
19:56I'd be like
19:56Eli's gonna
19:56win this race
19:57so let's see
19:58if he comes to
19:59life
19:59and if he's
20:00able to get
20:00around his
20:00teammate
20:01man
20:01that number
20:02three is
20:02coming straight
20:03up to the
20:03podium
20:04give you a
20:05check in
20:06with our Oakley
20:06backed riders
20:07and that
20:08includes the
20:08leader
20:08Plessinger
20:09then these
20:10two
20:10Cooper
20:11and Tomac
20:12and then
20:13Hampshire
20:13in sixth
20:14can Tomac
20:15keep this pace
20:16going
20:16something has
20:17happened in the
20:18second half
20:18of the race
20:19for the three
20:19yeah and as
20:20you mentioned
20:20I mean he was
20:21almost three seconds
20:22faster than our
20:23leader
20:23that was Aaron
20:24Plessinger
20:24Eli Tomac
20:25is rolling
20:26at this point
20:27oh yeah
20:29I love that
20:30just rev it up
20:31to him
20:31Justin probably
20:31can't hear
20:32because this
20:32bike's just
20:33like yeah
20:33you see that
20:34hear that
20:34oh shit
20:36has caught
20:37Aaron now
20:37in a battle
20:38for the lead
20:38that's where
20:39Jet made the
20:40mistake a lap
20:40ago
20:41this time
20:41he's clean
20:41oh he's on
20:43the inside
20:43James
20:44not enough
20:44yeah but you
20:45can see how
20:46much shorter
20:47that track was
20:48and he's gonna
20:48get Aaron
20:49here
20:49Aaron may be
20:50going
20:50nice move
20:51by Jet
20:52just jump
20:52on the outside
20:53he was being
20:53nice
20:53Aaron could have
20:54really
20:54he could have
20:55closed Aaron
20:56off
20:56but
20:56oh can the
20:58seven send
20:59it down the
20:59hill
21:00not enough
21:02Jet Lawrence
21:03locks down
21:03the lead
21:04yeah nice
21:05move
21:05but a lap
21:05ago
21:06Aaron had
21:07about a
21:07three second
21:07lead on
21:08you
21:08on Jet
21:09clearly
21:10the line
21:10oh he just
21:12dialed in
21:12a 2.05
21:14did Lawrence
21:15as we go
21:16back to
21:16this
21:17Tomac
21:18in lap
21:18traffic
21:19trying to
21:19get Justin
21:20Cooper
21:20still
21:20oh that
21:21no that's
21:22going to be
21:22frustrating
21:22I don't know
21:23what happened
21:23he lost a little
21:24bit of time
21:24but Eli
21:25signifying
21:26his teammate
21:27move out of
21:27my way
21:28just shows
21:29me that
21:30he has
21:31the pace
21:31and the only
21:32thing you worry
21:32about Eli
21:33somebody stops
21:34him
21:34it used to be
21:35back in the
21:35day when he
21:36got in that
21:36mode the only
21:37thing that you
21:37have to do
21:38if Eli passed
21:39you you have
21:39to pass him
21:39back instantly
21:40because you have
21:41to slow that
21:42momentum down
21:43and if you could
21:43now you're
21:44starting to see
21:44the mistakes
21:45and he's
21:45starting to get
21:46frustrated
21:46same thing
21:47that happened
21:47the first
21:47moto last
21:48weekend
21:48we've got to
21:50hopefully get
21:51back up there
21:51JT
21:52and Justin
21:53Cooper
21:53he's a New
21:54Yorker
21:54he's from
21:55Long Island
21:55so I'm going
21:56to imagine
21:56Eli
21:57Tomac
21:58revving
21:58it's like
21:58honking your
21:59horn
21:59that's exactly
22:02what Eli
22:02Tomac
22:03was doing
22:03and realistically
22:04he's trying to
22:05break his
22:05concentration
22:06he's trying to
22:06say hey man
22:07I gotta go
22:08and hopefully
22:08you make a
22:09mistake along
22:09the way
22:10but I think
22:11it almost
22:11kind of
22:12worked backwards
22:12like it almost
22:13maybe fired
22:14Justin Cooper
22:14up here
22:15because Eli
22:15Tomac
22:15lost his
22:16toe here
22:16well guys
22:18while we were
22:19all eating
22:20our lunch
22:20Justin Cooper
22:21was actually
22:21standing by
22:22a fence
22:23by our TV
22:23compound
22:24of all things
22:24just checking
22:25out the track
22:26doing the
22:26little extra
22:27homework
22:27to understand
22:28what the
22:28track was
22:29doing
22:29he was
22:29telling me
22:30of course
22:30I had to go
22:31over there
22:31and ask him
22:31how's this
22:32going
22:32and he said
22:33this track
22:34is so racy
22:34I just want
22:35to understand
22:35it more
22:36and that is
22:37something that
22:37we have to
22:38make sure
22:38these guys
22:38know
22:39obviously
22:40it's how
22:40the track
22:40can come
22:41together
22:41and he's
22:42holding tough
22:43Katie in that
22:44fourth place
22:45spot under fire
22:46from Tomac
22:46Hunter Lawrence
22:49there
22:49in the bottom
22:50box
22:50yeah as I
22:52mentioned
22:52Hunter
22:53he's only
22:53had one
22:53moto
22:54podium
22:54but this
22:55race
22:55last year
22:56he went
22:56on
22:57podium
22:57both
22:57and I
22:59feel like
23:00with Hunter
23:00Lawrence
23:00he's a start
23:02dependent
23:03I wouldn't say
23:03start dependent
23:04but if he's out
23:05front
23:05close to the lead
23:06he's fast enough
23:07clearly to be on
23:08the podium
23:08and his bike
23:09seems to be
23:09working a lot
23:10better this
23:10weekend
23:11so I like
23:12what I see
23:12from both HRC
23:13Han and his JT
23:14yeah I mean
23:15they both
23:16look great
23:16but I'm more
23:17worried about
23:18what's going
23:18on with AP
23:19here James
23:19like his lap
23:20times have
23:21dropped off
23:21significantly
23:22he's down
23:23to a 209
23:24that's two
23:24209s in a
23:25row
23:26where everybody
23:26else around
23:27him is 207
23:28208
23:29or better
23:30you know
23:30Jet threw in
23:31a 205
23:32that lap
23:32to get the
23:32lead
23:33so I don't
23:33know if he
23:34sprinted
23:34and now he's
23:35trying to recover
23:36just maybe
23:36kind of
23:37overdid it
23:38there
23:38right
23:39but he's
23:39certainly
23:40lost the pace
23:40he had early
23:41on
23:41yeah I think
23:42a little bit
23:42it doesn't look
23:44like he's tired
23:44but sometimes
23:45like when you're
23:46in Aaron's position
23:47like alright
23:47look you got
23:48in that second
23:49place Jet was
23:49starting to get
23:50away from you
23:50then you got
23:51handed the lead
23:51and then you
23:52were watching
23:53behind you
23:53you would pull
23:54away
23:55you didn't know
23:55what was going
23:56on but that
23:56Jet was making
23:57mistakes
23:57it's easy to
23:59think that now
23:59that Jet got
24:00past you
24:01that now you
24:01got to pick
24:02up the pace
24:02because he's
24:03just going
24:03faster rather
24:04than understanding
24:05where Jet's
24:06making his time
24:06up
24:07it's not going
24:07faster
24:08it's really
24:08his line
24:09selection
24:09so I think
24:10at the end
24:11of the day
24:11Aaron's probably
24:12starting to
24:12override the
24:13racetrack
24:13which he's
24:14starting to lose
24:14even more time
24:15because he's
24:15thinking he needs
24:16to just charge
24:17harder
24:17so he needs to
24:18just calm back
24:19down
24:19and you know
24:20look the 18's
24:21still in front of him
24:21Katie
24:21yeah Stu
24:23it's interesting
24:23his team down
24:24here in the pits
24:25are saying
24:26hey learn
24:27AP the pit board
24:27says learn
24:28the team is saying
24:29a couple of lines
24:30that he was running
24:31have been going
24:31away as the track
24:32is changing
24:32so now as he's
24:33sitting behind Jet
24:34the team is
24:35encouraging him
24:35to learn something
24:36take it all in
24:37and of course
24:37if it's not this
24:38moto take it
24:38into the next moto
24:39thanks Katie
24:41I just got an update
24:42to Brad West
24:43at number 334
24:44cut the first turn
24:46and penalizing him
24:4710 positions
24:48so they're taking
24:49that one
24:49seriously
24:50that infraction
24:51everyone's trying
24:53to figure their way
24:54out around this
24:54racetrack
24:55my choice of a
24:56different kind
24:56there
24:56yeah that was a
24:58good one
24:58and what Katie
24:59was talking about
25:00it was kind of
25:01the same thing
25:01I'm saying
25:02his team's telling
25:03them to learn
25:03like basically
25:04pick up Jet's lines
25:06because his lines
25:06are better
25:07so learn from him
25:08and if you can
25:09then look
25:10he's not pulling
25:11away from you
25:11as quickly
25:12as he was passing
25:12and got that gap
25:13he's still right there
25:14so looks like AP
25:16starting to do that
25:16but at the same time
25:17Hunter's learning
25:19off of him
25:19and he wants
25:20to get some action
25:21as well
25:22what a Father's Day
25:23present
25:23both those boys
25:25can bring to Darren
25:26if they're able
25:26to go one
25:27two in his moto
25:27so it's going
25:29to be a fight
25:29to the end
25:30and Plessica
25:32responded
25:32got it back
25:33into the 207
25:34JT mentioned
25:35he had run
25:36209s
25:37and then that
25:38big charge
25:38from Tomac
25:39had a 205
25:41a 204
25:41now he's back
25:42to running 209
25:43so not sure
25:43what got going
25:45for the three
25:45and it's drifted
25:46back away
25:47from him
25:47as he's stuck
25:48in fifth
25:48yeah
25:49and when you look
25:50at Aaron
25:51his last lap
25:52was a lot smoother
25:53the last three quarters
25:54of that lap
25:54was smoother
25:55so again
25:56the situation
25:57is not
25:58sometimes you go
25:59faster around the racetrack
26:00isn't about charging
26:01going down the hill
26:01it's about picking
26:03better lines
26:03shortening up
26:04the racetrack
26:05and one of the guys
26:05who do it well
26:06we always talk about
26:07in Supergraphs
26:07is Cooper Webbs
26:08when that track
26:09gets beat up
26:09he just shortened it
26:10finds the smoothest
26:11parts of the racetrack
26:12and we saw Jett
26:13on screen
26:13doing the same thing
26:15when he was trying
26:16to run down
26:16Aaron Blesinger
26:17he was making mistakes
26:19when he got in his lines
26:20and just did his own deal
26:21he was able to close
26:22that gap
26:22and that's what's
26:23happening
26:23we're at now
26:24man it's almost cruel
26:28sometimes
26:28the way Jett does this
26:29just keeps that
26:31carrot right there
26:32but when we saw
26:33what he had to go
26:34what he could do
26:36but once he gets
26:37the lead
26:37then it's just stabilizing
26:38and Blesinger
26:39can still see him
26:40in some of the longer
26:41sections of the track
26:42yeah and I think
26:43that's the difficult part
26:45when we watch
26:45with Jett
26:47it looks like
26:48he's like
26:48alright man
26:48when he wanted
26:49to make that ground up
26:51he was able to make it
26:51but then at the same time
26:52when you watch Jett ride
26:54he was making mistakes
26:55behind Aaron
26:56and it wasn't until
26:57he calmed down
26:58that he made up
26:59a lot of times
27:00and sometimes
27:01this kid is so good
27:03what makes him great
27:04is not being the fastest
27:05everywhere
27:06but being the smartest
27:07and choosing lines
27:08as Hunter goes up
27:09the inside
27:09Aaron better turn down
27:11from what
27:11he wants to get
27:12a nice move
27:13I believe Aaron
27:14should go around
27:15the single
27:15there you go
27:16block that line
27:17makes you stay
27:17on the inside
27:18down here
27:19but Hunter's
27:20going to try to charge
27:20what you do
27:21what you want to do
27:22if Hunter
27:22get beside him
27:23make him get nervous
27:24make him drum the throttle
27:26make him stick
27:26get out of his corner
27:27which he does
27:28and he nice line
27:29he should have
27:30the inside pass here
27:31long run to three
27:33four turns
27:33to set it up
27:34but the 96
27:35Hunter Lawrence
27:36locks down second
27:37yeah and the good thing
27:39with Hunter
27:39he's been watching
27:40AP this whole time
27:41that's why I do feel
27:43like Jett is great
27:44at Hunter
27:44anybody that can pass
27:45sometimes you
27:46you drift back
27:47a little bit
27:48and you study
27:49the guy's weakness
27:50in front of him
27:50when you get to him
27:51you got to attack
27:52him instantly
27:52because if he missed
27:54that pass
27:54then you have
27:55Aaron Plessinger
27:56blocking in the next
27:57lap
27:57so nice move
27:58by Hunter
27:58he saw the opportunity
27:59he made it happen
28:00now he's got a gap
28:01and he doesn't have
28:02to worry about
28:02their favor being
28:03returned by him
28:04by Aaron
28:04look at this battle
28:06here Jorge Prado
28:07has drifted back
28:08to 10th
28:08and Benoit Patrelle
28:10the veteran out of
28:11France
28:11these two have raced
28:12each other plenty
28:12of times through the
28:13years
28:13is in 11th
28:15on the Twisted T
28:15Suzuki
28:16we talked to him
28:17yesterday about
28:18these tracks
28:19here in America
28:20yeah it's a big
28:22difference
28:22you don't have time
28:24to learn
28:24and it's really
28:25quick
28:25you need to be
28:26fast and quick
28:27because it's only
28:2915 minutes
28:30so it go like
28:31five six laps
28:32but I enjoy a lot
28:34and the track
28:36are amazing
28:37because it's so big
28:38so wide
28:39so you need to learn
28:41to explore every line
28:43and go outside
28:44inside
28:45so you have
28:47many choices
28:48to pass
28:48and many lines
28:49so this you need
28:50to learn
28:50that's cool
28:53and he's probably
28:53going to pass
28:54Jorge
28:54like man
28:55you learned
28:55this track
28:56yet
28:56you know
28:56we always
28:57try to figure
28:57this thing
28:57out together
28:58because it's
28:58Jorge right
28:59in front of
28:59him
28:59but you know
29:00still
29:01it's a world
29:02championship
29:02you have so
29:03many different
29:04countries
29:04it's good
29:04to see
29:05all these
29:05guys out
29:05here
29:06but I mean
29:06there's a list
29:07of them
29:07right there
29:07actually
29:08the section
29:09of the track
29:09they're about
29:10to hit
29:10they're going
29:10to go up
29:10this hill
29:11and then go
29:11back down
29:12those famous
29:12downhill rollers
29:13they actually
29:14have flags
29:15from every country
29:17that's represented
29:18in the field
29:18today
29:19I don't know
29:20if you'll be able
29:20to see that
29:20it'll be just
29:21off the rider's
29:21right
29:22there they are
29:25yeah
29:25thanks guys
29:26appreciate the shot
29:27yep
29:28and there's
29:29Prado out of
29:30Spain
29:30and the Frenchman
29:30Patrerell
29:32right behind him
29:32so some signs
29:35of life
29:35from Prado
29:36but in the end
29:37back to 10
29:37and back to the leader
29:39Jet Lawrence
29:40JT
29:41guys I want you
29:42to watch
29:43Jet right here
29:43he's going to pass
29:44the mechanics here
29:45and this is the corner
29:46that he made that mistake
29:47and installed it
29:47watch
29:47there's a bump here
29:49and he's jumping
29:50right there
29:50jumps across that hole
29:52into that line
29:53now that's not the reason
29:54he's winning the race
29:55but those subtleties
29:56where he was jumping
29:57into those bumps
29:58after the downhill rollers
30:00it's little things like that
30:01he's avoiding
30:02having to hit bumps
30:03that other guys are
30:04just little bursts
30:06of energy
30:06that he can save
30:07and it's more of like
30:08being super creative
30:09and keeping his eyes open
30:10all the way around
30:11the racetrack
30:11to find out how to be
30:12just a little bit quicker
30:13yeah
30:14no
30:14and JT
30:15that's another one
30:16he jumps in
30:17and I do believe
30:18that is one of the main
30:19reasons he is winning
30:20the races
30:20and that's what
30:21you mentioned earlier
30:22Jason
30:23that you know
30:23it must be frustrating
30:24to beat Aaron Fletcher
30:25and he's hanging
30:26that carrot right in front
30:27of him
30:27but
30:28what he's doing
30:29is again
30:30his lot selection
30:31I was saying it earlier
30:32I didn't finish him
30:33his lot selection
30:34better than anybody else
30:36you know
30:36around this racetrack
30:37and because he's just
30:39so patient
30:40and so calm
30:41at doing what he's doing
30:41as we were watching
30:42Eli trying to get
30:43back to his teammate
30:44it's like he's not
30:45pulling away from you
30:46instantly because of speed
30:47he just wears you down
30:49and it feels
30:50it makes you feel
30:50like you have a choice
30:51but eventually
30:52he keeps jumping
30:53these bumps
30:54and it's smoother
30:55you're attacking
30:55and eventually
30:56you start wearing out
30:57and then that gap
30:58stretches
30:58so I do believe
30:59that's why these guys
31:00are able to stay so close
31:01because he's not
31:02attacking at with speed
31:03he's attacking
31:04attacking this track
31:06with tactical moves
31:07instead of speed
31:08and it eventually
31:09pays off in the long run
31:10and he ends up winning
31:11and back to this battle
31:12again
31:13it's Justin Cooper
31:14and Eli Tomac
31:15but one more thing
31:17on the jet thing
31:18when he saves
31:19that much energy
31:20when the rider
31:21does get to him
31:22doesn't that just
31:23make him that much
31:24fresher
31:24to withstand
31:25that attack
31:26yeah I mean yes
31:28yes and no
31:29I think what it does
31:30is that when the rider
31:31gets to him
31:31unless you ride like that
31:34again you're going to
31:35try to do your Eli Tomac
31:36you're going to blitz
31:37down the hill
31:38you're going to try
31:38to go around them
31:40and I think once you
31:41get close to jet
31:41you get so excited
31:42you try to go faster
31:44and then you slam
31:44in the rut
31:45and then he just rides
31:46past you
31:47eventually that just
31:48mentally wears these guys
31:50out
31:50so I don't know
31:50if it's jet saving
31:51the energy
31:52or these guys
31:52mentally get worn out
31:54that I had my chance
31:55I didn't get it
31:56and it's one of these
31:57scenarios that keeps
31:58continuously happening
31:59doesn't matter who's
32:00behind him
32:01we end up in the same
32:02spot and that's
32:02frustrating as a rider
32:03and you can see the
32:04same thing happening
32:05with Eli Tomac
32:06he's faster than
32:07Justin Cooper
32:08but we saw him
32:10he didn't get his lines
32:11he wasn't able to get
32:12around them
32:12he stalled this pace out
32:13then he went from a
32:14204 to a 209
32:16in the same lap
32:16and that part's the
32:18same thing that happens
32:19with jet Lawrence
32:19once he's out front
32:20just much grace these
32:21guys
32:21it's a skill that he's
32:23able to execute
32:25the best out of
32:26anybody clearly
32:27a reminder that
32:29every round of this
32:30super motocross world
32:31championship all 31
32:33you can listen to it
32:34on Sirius XM radio
32:36the NBC sports audio
32:37channel
32:38which is channel 85
32:39so if you can't watch
32:42certainly listen
32:43if you're on the road
32:44during the summer months
32:45here during pro motocross
32:46lap rider falls down
32:48in front of
32:49Cooper and Tomac
32:51in this battle for fourth
32:52two to go
32:53yeah I do believe
32:58you know when you're
32:59Justin Cooper you're like
33:00man possibly
33:01Eli might be on a
33:03different team
33:04so I don't know if you
33:05even look at him as a
33:05teammate anymore
33:06you know if he switches
33:08team who knows
33:09for next year
33:10for next year possibly
33:11so I think if it was
33:13Cooper Webb
33:13Justin might have moved
33:15out of the way
33:16but because all that
33:17scenario and he wants to
33:18get his first ever win
33:19himself it's not going
33:21to make it hard easy
33:22for him and I'm sure
33:23that's frustrating for
33:24Eli as you heard him
33:25a few laps ago about
33:2610 minutes ago
33:27revving his bike up
33:28yeah the offseason
33:30rumors really heating
33:31up Yamaha who had
33:32expected Tomac
33:33by his own admission
33:34to retire at some
33:35point he said it at
33:3622, 23, 24, 25
33:39he wants to keep
33:39racing they really
33:40don't have room anymore
33:41they still have Cooper
33:43Webb they still have
33:43Justin Cooper Hayden
33:44Deegan will be moving
33:45up we think he'll be
33:47at a 450 in this
33:48pro motocross
33:49championship next year
33:50so it was a happy
33:52marriage between
33:52Tomac and Yamaha
33:53but it might be
33:54coming to an end
33:55there are rumors
33:56he might end up
33:57at KTM next year
33:59now the riders
33:59are going to tell you
34:00to the offseason
34:01officially
34:01speaking of KTMs
34:03they caught one
34:04yeah they caught one
34:06and I'm sure it's
34:07going to motivate
34:07Eli so now
34:09he'll realize that
34:10Aaron Pleasant is
34:11right here
34:11if he can get in
34:12that third place
34:13that changes the
34:13overall
34:14so somewhat
34:15as you were just
34:16mentioned
34:16as Justin Cooper
34:17goes flying past
34:18Aaron Pleasant is
34:19podium position
34:21now for the 32
34:22now again
34:23as I said earlier
34:24you see how these
34:25guys body language
34:26when they get that
34:26rabbit in front of
34:27him
34:27that toe
34:28Eli was all over
34:29Justin
34:30it looked like he was
34:30eventually going to get
34:31past him
34:31Justin sees Aaron
34:33he goes flying past
34:34him
34:34oh Aaron fights right
34:35back
34:36there's some body
34:36language
34:37yeah
34:37I mean and look
34:38and they were able
34:38to pull that gap
34:39from Eli Tomac
34:41so I know you might
34:42get tired of me
34:42talking about that toe
34:43but that's the toe
34:45that I'm talking
34:45about
34:45these guys see
34:46somebody
34:47they want to attack
34:48and got a race
34:49for the podium
34:50at the end
34:50look at both
34:51those legs
34:51come out
34:52legs off
34:54worries off
34:55doesn't care
34:56fighting it out
34:58Justin Cooper
34:59going to run
35:00the outside
35:00to inside here
35:01now I'm going to
35:03me like Tomac
35:04I'm going to try
35:04to close back
35:05in on this guy
35:06because Aaron
35:06is going to be
35:07trying to block
35:07Cooper
35:08oh there it goes
35:09sneak in
35:10and try to get
35:10Justin
35:11might be able
35:12to get me
35:12both of those guys
35:13not quite enough
35:16here's the return
35:17fire from
35:18Plessinger
35:18a moment ago
35:19yeah Justin
35:19loses the front end
35:20he's not able
35:21to get over
35:21this tunnel jump
35:22Aaron does
35:23and then he gets
35:23on the outside
35:24pretty easy pass
35:25that was all
35:25caused by Justin's
35:26mistake
35:27might be costly
35:28for the podium
35:29it's the last lap
35:30these three fighting
35:31for third
35:32in the back section
35:35for the final time
35:36man that's a pothole
35:38right there
35:38I feel like if Eli
35:39can get close to him
35:40we saw some passes
35:41being made
35:42I like this inside
35:43line
35:43this middle line
35:44that Eli has
35:45didn't like it
35:47right there
35:48meanwhile
35:51Jet Lawrence
35:52should have the
35:53checkers inside
35:54he's at the bottom
35:54of the hill
35:55got to get to the
35:56top turn left
35:57he's never lost
35:59a 450
36:00moto here
36:02at high point
36:03keeps it alive
36:04Jet Lawrence
36:05wins the first
36:07moto
36:07at high point
36:092025
36:10this battle
36:11is going to the
36:11line
36:11Plessinger
36:14Cooper
36:14Tomac
36:15third
36:16fourth
36:17fifth
36:17ride by Aaron
36:20to hold on
36:20good ride
36:21by both
36:21brothers
36:21to get it
36:23done
36:23that was
36:23good race
36:24tough
36:25conditions
36:25sure
36:26Eli might
36:26be a little
36:27frustrated
36:27at fifth
36:27place
36:28definitely
36:29had the pace
36:29on this
36:30one
36:30did have
36:31the fastest
36:32lap
36:32of the moto
36:32Eli Tomac
36:33Hunter Lawrence
36:35by the way
36:36best result
36:37of the year
36:37for him
36:38with that
36:38runner-up
36:39and Lawrence
36:40is our
36:40one-two
36:41on the
36:41hollandos
36:46well second
36:46time in two
36:48weeks we've seen
36:49Plessinger get
36:49around
36:50and Tim
36:50more