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00:00Rocky Mountain, let's go racing, live from Southwick.
00:06And Jett Lawrence and Plessinger battling for it.
00:11Lawrence on the 18th has the whole shot with his brother right behind him.
00:14Yeah, big old pile up in that first corner, almost called Jorge Prada.
00:17He was up there, barely missed it, but that's my keys to the motor.
00:21These guys did not hear me.
00:22It's Jett Lawrence out front, like you said, followed by his brother.
00:25It's going to be tough for these guys.
00:26But Plessinger right there, knocking on the door as well as Cooper Webb.
00:29And Prado in green, watch him on the outside.
00:32Yeah, Jorge Prada was almost two and a half seconds faster than all these guys in that second practice.
00:37So we'll see how he goes, but good to see the Cowboy.
00:40They know they need to make some passes to get up there with that 18.
00:43Once he gets comfortable, it's going to be difficult to get around him.
00:46And Eli Tomac is back in 11th, the multi-time champion who's so good at this track.
00:51He has work to do.
00:53Prado, see him there on the left side, trying to get the number two of Webb.
00:57Yeah, Jorge wanted to get to that line where Cooper Webb was, but sometimes it funnels into one line.
01:02But it's good to see the number seven, Monster Energy Kawasaki, being super aggressive.
01:06He should maybe have the power on the inside of Cooper Webb if he can get to the inside of him.
01:11Plessinger working on Hunter Lawrence for a second.
01:13Not able to make it happen.
01:18No, Aaron's going to try to slingshot around this outside.
01:21He's going to funnel back into one line.
01:23But here at Southwick, you've got to be careful of being so close to the guy.
01:27You're going to run out of vision, and it's hard to do that when you see the number 18 out front.
01:31You want to get going.
01:31But as quickly as we say that, we can see the gap already growing with Jet Lawrence.
01:36And the reason Prado there in that green machine is such a story, this is the multi-time MXGP champion from Europe
01:42who is expected to contend for race wins and podiums this year, and it has not gone that way at all this morning
01:48in qualifying, the first real show of speed in America for him with those fast qualifying times.
01:54Could today be a turnaround?
01:55He needs to get Webb, and he's trying again.
01:57Yeah, he's trying to get it.
01:58And one thing that we haven't seen all year, really, is Jet Lawrence.
02:01Once he's out front, he's been out front a lot, but him being able to pull away from these guys,
02:05he must have been working on that.
02:06So you can see the sense of urgency in all the rest of these guys trying to get around.
02:11Jorge's maybe getting a little frustrated, but good to see him.
02:13And you can see that number three behind him, a couple of positions behind him.
02:16Will?
02:18James, you said it.
02:18Good to see Jorge running out front there with that front pack.
02:21And the team, no doubt, will feel exactly the same way
02:24because they have been working very hard.
02:27We had the off weekend, off the High Point last weekend,
02:30and they have been at it just testing.
02:32They've been on the sand, trying to find good sand settings for Jorge.
02:36And I asked Oscar Villeman there, the crew chief for him,
02:40what's made the difference?
02:41He said, well, one, a little bit of gaps made up with this being sand.
02:44No, it's not European-style sand track, but it is more familiar.
02:48Everything this year for him is new.
02:50So a bit of familiarity will take it.
02:53And he said, on top of that, it's just adjustment to the bike.
02:56There's a lot of things he said that the Kawasaki is just different.
02:59They've worked to sort of bring that familiarity back to him.
03:02And Jorge, they said, it's just kind of like he's got this attitude of just adjusting to the bike, too.
03:07So those things coming together, we're just seeing a stronger start to the day, too, according to Jameson.
03:11Yeah, no, I agree, and I had a chance.
03:13He was my, Oscar was my mechanic, so they got a lot of experience over there at Kawasaki.
03:17So Jorge needs to just continue fighting the game, and he'll continue to get better.
03:21It's hard being the champion that he is.
03:23He wants to win, and, you know, when you've got the number three, Eli Tomac coming behind you,
03:27it makes things really difficult.
03:28But Eli made a lot of passes early, Jason.
03:31We said he was outside the top ten, to him to be up, making moves.
03:34That's a good sign to see the number three.
03:36Yeah, James, 11 to 6 now.
03:38He's gotten around Cornelius Condola at 417, a visitor from Norway.
03:43Just a guest appearance today.
03:45Tomac has gotten around him, and Tomac, you see him in that yellow gear, looking to make the move on Prado.
03:50Yeah, you can tell his sense of urgency with Eli Tomac,
03:53and I believe if he's going to be able to make a pass, now it starts opening up.
03:57If he can get alongside of Jorge right here, he might have an opportunity,
04:00because a lot of parts on this racetrack, you have to funnel back in.
04:03But it's going to be difficult to pass the Munster to Kowalsaki number seven
04:07as he tries to go back.
04:08Eli's teammate, Cooper Webb.
04:09Yeah, he's trying to get around Webb.
04:11He's used this outside line a few times, side by side, not enough.
04:14A battle for fourth.
04:17Yeah, you've got to see these guys funnel back in towards the same line.
04:19Eli's going to switch around, and I love here at Southwick.
04:22You've got to make it when you see the opportunity, you've got to really strike on it,
04:25because, again, vision, it becomes a problem here.
04:31Prado is still working.
04:33On the two of Webb with Tomac in hot pursuit, JT.
04:36Yeah, Tomac's trying to make a move here, Jason,
04:39and it's so important that he doesn't get stuck into their pace.
04:42He's fallen into that trap a couple of times this season.
04:45The same thing Prado's dealing with.
04:47He needs to get really urgent and really aggressive,
04:49because I'll tell you what I think.
04:51I think he's looking around for where is Jet Lawrence,
04:53and you wonder why is Jet Lawrence being so aggressive early?
04:56He's worried about Eli Tomac as well.
04:58Those two know that if they were out front together, that they might be able to get away.
05:02So Eli Tomac, if he wants any chance at getting to the front of this race,
05:06he's got to make a quick pass.
05:07And you see the urgency, JT, with Prado.
05:10Motorcycle was completely sideways.
05:12He was trying to get Webb.
05:14He holds him off.
05:15And now Tomac is through as well.
05:16Yeah, that's what you have to do, Eli.
05:18When Jorge strikes, you know, I don't think Cooper realized that Eli was that close,
05:22so he made that pass.
05:23But the problem for him, I mean, Jet Lawrence is seven seconds up front right now ahead of his brother.
05:29So Eli would look around and see he ain't looking for the 18, because the 18 is gone.
05:33He's got a lot of work.
05:34And James, you made this point earlier.
05:36This is not normally the way Jet Lawrence does it.
05:38Yes, he wins nearly every time he's out there,
05:41but doesn't normally build the big early gap.
05:43No, Jet's very patient, and he just kind of allows the racetrack to suit in
05:48and settle in for him to go.
05:49But I think what JT said was an excellent point.
05:52He wants to get away from that number three.
05:54There's no sense of battling with him because we know how strong Eli is.
05:57So a lot of these races, I felt like Jet could have put the race away
06:00if he would have been like this.
06:01So I believe he worked on that during this off weekend, and it's showing for sure.
06:07And it's 1-2 for the Brothers Lawrence.
06:09Also teammates on the Honda HRC Progressive Team.
06:13Out of Australia.
06:15Little adjustment to the motorcycle at the beginning of this championship,
06:18but now into round five.
06:19They have certainly solved any of those problems.
06:22But listen to the crowd cheering the Cowboy on.
06:24They love Plessinger.
06:25Yeah, they love the Cowboy, but I think what they love is that number three coming up.
06:29And you can see Jorge starting to close back in on Aaron.
06:33You can hear that Yamaha of Eli Tomek wide open going.
06:37And he knows what time it is.
06:43This is another battle that everyone wanted to see.
06:45Where would Prado slot in on a good day?
06:47They have not been the type of results expected the first few races.
06:50He's up front now.
06:51Let's see how it shakes down between he and Tomek.
06:54Oh, Jorge almost went off the track right there.
06:58You can see the front end dancing around.
07:00And this track, even though it's a sand racetrack, it has a really hard base.
07:03So you're going to see a lot of movement from the bike with these guys.
07:05And the key is to have the movement but not to slam into these corners
07:09and get so deep into it and lose all your momentum.
07:11So, so far, it's going pretty good.
07:14You're going to see a lot of back and forth.
07:16Guys starting to get away.
07:17And it looks like they're playing that cat and mouse game.
07:19But a lot of that happens because the guy wants to stay out of his ruse.
07:22So, you know, there's only a certain part of this racetrack where you have to strike.
07:25So right now, Eli is probably setting up that move.
07:29So you think Tomek actually will strategically drop back enough to not catch the sand
07:32off the back of the bike?
07:34Yeah, 100%.
07:35Like, there are certain parts where he won't be able to pass him.
07:37So you don't want to eat that ruse.
07:39It not only messes your vision up, it messes your breathing up as well.
07:42So you'll probably see Eli close back in up on the end of this lap.
07:46But JT.
07:47Just watching Jorge Prado there, James.
07:50You know, so much of this season just looks like he's lost some confidence.
07:54This is a guy who's really never lost much in his entire career.
07:58Like, he went on a four-year run of winning championships in Europe.
08:01He comes to America.
08:02Really hasn't seen the same success.
08:04And part of that has to be believing in himself.
08:08And you see he's pulling back out of gap on Eli Tomek.
08:11The longer he can stay up here, the longer he can see the lead, the more that confidence
08:15is going to come back.
08:16And it's going to unlock all of the great things that he's capable of.
08:19Yeah, I completely agree.
08:21And I think with Jorge, as you just said, it's the confidence.
08:23So he might be in fourth place right now.
08:25And you would think, like, he wants to win.
08:27But this is a huge step compared to what we've seen the last few weekends.
08:31And just what you saw with Jorge right there lifting the front end, jumping around, that's
08:35the guy that we kind of expected to see.
08:37And we haven't seen that these first four motos, but four races.
08:42And they've left Webb behind.
08:43There goes Tondol.
08:44Again, the rider out of Norway.
08:46It's Jason Anderson out of New Mexico.
08:48That's the teammate of Prado on the Kawasaki.
08:50Great, Koulos coming by.
08:53And Justin Barsho welcome back to racing.
08:55First motocross race of the year for him.
08:57He's in 10th, coming off a knee injury.
09:00Gent Lawrence doing what he has done quite incredibly.
09:03He has only lost one race on a 450 motocross.
09:08It's starting it out well again today.
09:10Enjoy the sounds of motocross as we go to break.
09:13If you're watching on Peacock.
09:20All that happens, much like the goat.
09:47Only a couple seconds back off until Mexico.
09:50He's made some adjustments.
09:51He's fixed up.
09:53Let's get caught.
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14:02You see that hey.
14:03I can make this pass.
14:04So I'm gonna have to just stay with there.
14:05So you can go blind man for sure.
14:07Out there.
14:08To keep it wide open.
14:09Yeah.
14:10Just to do and just hope and float.
14:11Tomak and Prado might be in that position right now.
14:15They're catching a lot of sand off the rear tire of Plessick are a great three rider fight.
14:20For third the lawrences have checked out jet to the lead hunter in second
14:25Yeah, one of the difficult parts for being in there not only just division as it mentioned
14:30But even though the sand going in your mouth, this is the same racetrack
14:34So these guys are breathing out of your mouth trying to breathe out her nose and once you get clogged with sand
14:39It's not just your vision goes then it starts affecting your breathing and it affects to how your whole body functions
14:44So this guy's got a lot of elements to deal with
14:46Here today at Southwick. Have you reached the limit of how much sand you can intake into the mouth a time or two in your life?
14:52I mean I can eat a lot of sand on there, but you know eventually it will take a toll on you
14:57You can see Eli start to
14:58Everyone's limits are a little different
15:00Well, Tomac's one of the toughest out there, but you see right there had to go for the clear vision and give up the attack on Prado
15:07Yeah, and I know that's frustrating for Eli because I feel like one of the opportunities to pass is right up here
15:14So this is where a lap ago. He got really close to Jorge, but couldn't make that pass and
15:20See what he does. He'll settle back down and try to go at them again
15:24Halfway through this first race of the day
15:27Reminder monster energy available now go grab some but keep watching this action because Tomac
15:34Definitely have some spots on the track as he resets and goes back after Prado
15:37Hammering through that corner. Yeah, that's what Eli's really known known for really charging into a lot of these sections
15:45And the hard part is you can charge into it and get into a one-liner racetrack and then he's got to follow him and just eat that sand
15:52So he's got to pick his spots JT
15:54He does and James you're talking about this before the race where it's so important for Eli Tomac to get out front and that doesn't mean he has to get the whole shot
16:01But if he could just be with Jett on the first lap that would help him avoid all of these things because you look back over this championship at
16:09Colorado and high point he gets stuck behind guys
16:12He falls into their pace and he cannot find a way around him
16:15And the guys he really wants me battling with are riding off into the distance and taking points with them
16:21And the team manager of monster energy Yamaha star racing couldn't agree with you more JT rich Simmons was talking about exactly that subject with me earlier
16:29They said, you know, they really want Tomac out there in that top five and one of the things that he added to that
16:34He said past top five back there he starts getting crowded. It starts getting a little risky
16:39There's a lot of elbows in there everyone's packed in and sit kind of forward of that top five
16:43There's more room more room to be aggressive and more room to chase up front there to your point JT
16:49And not let Jett Lawrence get away the way he has
16:51You didn't get that start here. Maybe you'll try again now. He's usually stronger starts at one or two
16:56Thanks Bill and Prado is now the runner on the move
16:59He's got a line on lexinger and he's up to third. Yeah, nice move
17:03You can see that one coming you can start to see Aaron starting to stand up a little bit and and again
17:08It's Southwick and Aaron's getting in the tough spot because he's 10 seconds behind Hunter Lawrence
17:11So he doesn't have that rabbit to chase and it's easy when the guy behind you Jorge
17:15He's getting confidence by every lap now comes in number three
17:20Quickly his arrows in third now Wow place that just happened instantly now expect Eli since he's got it
17:26Sometimes when you make a pass on a rider you kind of relax a little bit, you know if you're Jorge
17:30So maybe Eli can try to shock him, but now as soon as I say that the number seven Aaron's trying to get him now
17:36Plus you're trying to get it back at the bottom. That's a battle for night
17:39Harry Koulos the rider from Estonia has it but the rider with those orange pants on the blue bike that is Justin Cooper one of the favorites today
17:47But a rare bad start for him
17:49Koulos right now his season best in a moto is 12th. He's in 9th Cooper trying to get him as Tomac
17:56This is big if he could get
17:59Prado for a third because in motocross the overall win for the day is two races combined
18:04You're watching the first one here. They'll race again in an hour
18:07And if Tomac could maybe get to third you got to win the second moto a 3-1 could still get the overall for the day
18:14Yeah, no, it'd be important for Eli, but you got to get more here a lot of credit because he's riding really good as Eli got another face full of
18:21Roots and again that just demoralized you as a rider. You just eventually just like man. I can't deal with this
18:27So, um, you know
18:28Yeah, it's gonna be important for Eli to try to continue to move forward because right now
18:32It's easy to get stuck in that position and the next thing you know, you're riding in fourth place and I know for him
18:38He wants to be out there with jet launch, but he's always
18:4022 seconds behind the guy and all that was done that first couple laps. Yeah, jet lords in complete control up front Ken Tomac
18:50Jason Thomas mentioned at the top of the show third all-time and wins at this racetrack any stat you want
18:56Supercross in the indoor stadiums motocross here outdoors
18:59All-time starts wins podiums you David. He's in the top three nearly every statistical category all-time. That's how strong Tomac is
19:06Right now though one of the first face-offs between he and perhaps Europe's best the Spaniard Jorge Prado
19:16And the fans try to will tow back toward the podium
19:21Yeah, Eli is actually going a lot faster than what his lifetime say you can tell like with him
19:26How quickly he can catch Jorge?
19:28It's just certain parts of the racetrack like I said
19:30He backs off and then tries to avoid that ruse but what Eli is starting to do now
19:34He's starting to pivot his motorcycle and run straight into the corners like right here
19:38He he doesn't lean the bike instead of being on that angle because that's one big sweeper
19:42He's starting to straighten the motorcycle up and doing that point and shoot and it's really easy to catch a guy like that
19:47Especially at this racetrack
19:48But the problem is if you don't get him to beat him to the corner and now you're stuck behind him again
19:52And not able to find daylight yet
19:56Tomac and Prado it might be the last battle left for the podium with the lawrence's just continuing their run up front one two
20:07Hunter Lawrence in second place right now on the 96 deep in lap traffic
20:13And one of the stories of this racetrack is all the locals who race here
20:16Consistently they know the lines around this track, so you'll have a lot of unfamiliar names to deal with
20:23Both on the lead lap and when passing them
20:26Lapped out hunter able to make it happen there and you can see the building of his results as the season has gone on will
20:33They've just been getting better and better right Jason
20:35And we talked about the top of the show that second overall at high point a couple of weekends ago their best result of the season
20:42And that is testament to all the work that has gone in to get this Honda machine in the place that it is now
20:49And that's not just work from Hunter
20:51He's talked about it multiple times how much the team has worked and I was talking to Johnny O'Meara that trainer earlier on today
20:57And he said that comes right from the very top HRC in Japan
21:01It's like what they give us the things they've made available and that filters right the way through through the teams mechanics
21:07Everybody down to the riders and of course himself as a trainer as well
21:10Like I said, I've never seen such work put in to get them to where they need to be and it's starting to show
21:16And well that speaks volumes because Johnny O'Meara who is the coach for them
21:20Race for that team one of the greats of the 1980s in Honda's powerhouse days then so he has seen
21:25How Honda Racing Corporation works at every angle and you don't impress him easily
21:30Tomac continuing to work on Pronto. That's the battle for third you're watching here
21:35Again, if you're watching on Peacock stay with us during the break
21:38Continue to watch and listen to this battle
21:45Tomac looking for a wheel on the number 70
21:52Have the inside not enough
21:54Oh and Pronto tucked into the corner it goes down
21:57Yeah, you can see that and I think a lot of that was caused by Eli putting that pressure on him and as I mentioned
22:03It's really the inside to this corner is really slippery so or he got in there
22:08He lost that front end and then hit that sand and he just went over to Hannah bars
22:12Tobac pushing it and pushing him as well
22:15Yeah, because you could see or Eli was closing in on Jorge and he's trying to switch it up
22:20Jorge felt that pressure and just push that front end and went down so bummer for him
22:24But still a good rider good rod by him that will drop him behind blessing her as well watch proud of the lead rider here in this
22:30In this duo. Yeah, you can see Jorge goes and he starts losing the front end and it just hits that sand and it just swallowed you up and
22:36With them bringing that extra sand on this racetrack the berms on the outside are getting a lot deeper
22:40So easy crash to happen, but costly one for Jorge caught in the sandbox Jorge Prado now back to fifth
22:47Plessinger a towback pass him it's still the lawrence's second hunter jet out front
23:17Oh
26:17Last year was battling for the championship again, had a big crash, tried to grind it out through injuries and then eventually broke his thumb and that ended his bid. And then in Supercross this year, the stadium racing, torn ACL. So he has had a lot of injuries over the last year. And there were some questions.
27:47He certainly does, James.
28:47He's riding really good. He's just caught behind these guys. And so for me, I think it's easier for Jet knowing I got to show up here and bring my A game because otherwise I'm going to get beat. And I've been beat twice this year. So he's really, as an athlete, you're watching probably the best he ever has written in this whole career because of the competition and him knowing that he's got to step his game up. So to answer your question, I just realized, I know he realized how good everybody else is. And he has to bring it to win.
29:13He's not having to imagine these threats. They are legitimate threats.
29:43And then what happens is now he's riding this whole race on his own terms and what he's really good at. Now he's been able to do that, you know, on his own. So really impressive the way he's going to attack in this whole racetrack and this race, particularly here today.
29:55The 21-year-old phenom out of Australia who is rapidly moving up the all-time charts statistically and rapidly moving up in this race is the veteran out of Florida here, the 24 of R.J. Hepshire.
30:08He crashed in the first turn of this race. He was essentially last around 40th and he has come all the way up to eighth now.
30:16Show you the start again. Yeah, this is that right hand at first corner I was talking about.
30:21And it looks like somebody in the middle, they start sliding because these guys can't get on the brakes.
30:26And yeah, when you've got a right hand at first corner and you've got guys going left, it's not good.
30:34Well, you mentioned why that you said that right hand is right hand first turn is very rare. Why is that so tricky? Why do we not see it more often?
30:42Well, it's one of the reasons it's difficult because the guys can't get on their brakes, you know, so they can't hit the rear brakes to slow down.
30:48So once you decide to put your foot out, you've got that roll speed. So that's when you have a lot of issues. But here at Southwick, it is an uphill start.
30:57So you have that momentum. As soon as you let off the gas, the bike slows down a lot quicker. And with that sand, so I think it just catches these guys out.
31:03They're running into it. The bike slows down. And the next thing you know, they can't hit the brakes and all the things go haywire up here.
31:09Yeah, their right foot controls the rear brake. But when you stick it out for a corner, you can't use it out.
31:13Caught several riders. Hampshire has made up a ton of ground. He's going about as fast now as he did in the opening laps of the race.
31:21Track is rougher. There's fatigue. It has not stopped at 24. He's been very good.
31:27Moving up to the bigger 450 bike. The 250 class will be up next. We're going to watch on Peacock or the SMX video pass.
31:34Be a full day of racing, even after this moto concludes. Now up ahead, Cooper Webb and Justin Cooper fighting for sixth.
31:41And that could have big numbers when it comes to calculating the points. This is that battle.
31:49Justin Cooper and a lap rider between he and Webb. No, he has caught Webb completely.
31:53And at the end of this summer, they're going to take the points from Monster Energy Supercross and the Pro Motocross Championship to create seeding for the SMX playoffs.
32:01And these are the riders 1-2 in the combined rankings right now.
32:05And Justin Cooper is looking to make a move and steal more points from his teammate.
32:10Yeah, I'm not sure what happened to Justin Cooper in that opening off the start because normally he's a good starter.
32:14But he was really far back and he's going three seconds a lot faster than his teammates.
32:19So the pass was going to happen at this point.
32:21And being our Monster Energy Fast Qualifier, you know Justin Cooper has some speed to play with.
32:25So for him, he's going to be another moto where he's fastest in practice, but the results don't show it.
32:30But overall, with two minutes, a little under two laps to go, it's good to see Justin Cooper with this much speed and looks pretty fit to me.
32:38Oh, and Hampshire has joined the party on that white Rockstar Husqvarna.
32:43He wants Webb as well.
32:44Yeah, RJ's got some good pace and I had a chance to talk to him in between practice and he said they made some changes on the bike.
32:50He feels really comfortable and ever since he's been on this 450, he feels like this bike suits him a lot better, his riding style.
32:57So some of the wild things that we used to say with RJ, maybe some RJ-ish things where he might hit the ground.
33:03He doesn't feel like that sketchy on this motorcycle, so it's good to see.
33:07He's definitely got some pace if he can work this number two.
33:09But we know the defending Supercross champion in Cooper Webb is not an easy guy to pass, especially when he realizes he's only got a lap left.
33:16He's going to try to hold that number 24 off.
33:18It's going to be grit in that battle for seventh and eighth as Justin Cooper looks to get away.
33:23The rider out of Long Island, New York, but did not come to Southwick that much when he was growing up.
33:28There's a weird situation where the New England riders race here all the time and the people from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania rarely enter their territory.
33:37Oh, and Hefshire dumps it on the last lap.
33:40RJ, come on.
33:42I was just talking about you being a lot smoother, so I'm going to just chalk that up.
33:45He was trying to make a pass on Cooper on that inside, just easy to fall out, but still a good ride by him.
33:51And I want to keep an eye on this battle right here for fourth place with Aaron Plesson and Jorge Prada,
33:56because we saw Jorge go down early in that race.
33:58Well, he's catching the number seven of Aaron Plesson for four.
34:01So it just shows you how much confidence Jorge has gotten in this motor, and he might be able to get him.
34:08Meanwhile, no one is catching Jet Lawrence.
34:13Just an incredible start to his career in three years.
34:17He has only been beaten one time in motocross on a 450.
34:21Now, missed the title last year, went out with injury.
34:23Rumors that last year's champion, Chase Setzen, might return to action next weekend at Redbud.
34:29He's been out after a big crash at the opening round.
34:34And there's that battle at the bottom box between Plesson.
34:38He's on the orange KTM and the green machine, the Kawasaki Prado.
34:41That is for fourth.
34:43Yeah, Jorge knows Aaron's stuck behind his lap rider, so you've got to try to get him.
34:47You've got to get him now.
34:48But, yeah, what can you say about Jet Lawrence?
34:50I mean, at this point, you hope when a guy has this big a lead, if you're Eli Toriak, you're like, man, maybe he was riding really hard.
34:57But you see him.
34:58He's recovering right now.
34:59So it's almost like he's going to be just as fresh as he was when he first went out there because of the lead he's got.
35:05And he's going to be trouble for these guys.
35:07Yeah, Moto too.
35:07He's definitely saving something for the end.
35:11Continuing to build a legacy even early in his career.
35:14He just keeps on winning.
35:16Jet Lawrence takes the first moto at Southwick.
35:20Prado.
35:20Leaving it all on the racetrack as he tries to get Plessinger.
35:26Yeah, if he stays close, he might have another opportunity.
35:29I think if it would be, it would be right here.
35:30So Aaron, you've got to give him number seven credit.
35:33He heard him and he stepped it up.
35:34But, yeah, he might have that gap right now.
35:36Jorge is not close enough for him.
35:38But still a great route for Monson to Kawasaki, especially what happened in these first four rounds.
35:43Oh, yeah, still going to tie his season best with a fifth.
35:46But remember, he was running further up than that for the first time this year in this moto.
35:50But now only one turn remains.
35:52The Lawrences have gone one, two.
35:54The brothers from Australia, Tomac third, fourth to Plessinger.
36:00And for the first time this year, some noise in the corner of Jorge Prado looking to show everyone
36:05that he could be a contender as he was expected to be all year long.
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