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00:00Rebs are out, gates down, Prado, drives it in deep, they're side by side, he went off the track to try to get Jett, Jett to the lead again, but Prado in second.
00:17Yeah, I guess it shows you what that confidence does with Jorge, he tried to get in there, but that right hand, he couldn't stop, Jett Lawrence is out front, Eli Tomat got a better start, looks like Hunter Lawrence slots up in their third place.
00:27Alright, here it is for these guys.
00:30We wanted to see, now Hunter putting pressure on Prado.
00:33Yeah, you can already see the gap that Jett's already able to get, it's going to be important for Eli to see if he can go past Hunter Lawrence up the inside, he makes the move.
00:42James, he's got it, can he seal the deal? Hunter's fighting back.
00:46Yeah, he's got to try to block, nice pass by Eli now, he's got to get around to number seven, he's going to be tough, but Eli knows he had the pace in the first moto, he believes he had the pace, now he's got to get up there and run with these guys.
00:57They made some work on the track, he made some of these lines that he easily, inside and outside.
01:04Hey, they both have a lot to prove. It's not just Tomat that wants Lawrence. Much better. Jorge Prado today. Can he keep the 18 in sight?
01:12This is as highly anticipated a battle as Tomat versus Lawrence. What does Prado have to offer? We're going to find out.
01:19Yeah, and the way Jorge's been riding all day long, we're kind of overlooking the fact that, you know, maybe Eli needs to get around him, but, man, Jorge's been around really good.
01:28He's got some pace, so can he get that pace going early this moto, this second moto, and keep Jett Lawrence in sight? We're going to find out.
01:34Yeah, this is a scenario everyone wanted to see. Jett with another hole shot, but these two have clear racetrack. Hunter riding well in fourth. Barsha fifth.
01:46And they are in full set mode of this first lap. Yeah, I mean, some of his track's starting to change up a lot, and I feel like with these guys, he just got to keep Jett within three, four seconds, even if he's able to break him here in the beginning.
02:03If you can keep it in, because that beginning part of that first moto, Jett got that huge lead, and then it stabilized. You know, you heard Hunter talk about, you know, it was just an opening couple lapses.
02:12Man, I know that hurt. Daddy Tomac right there, that overjump in there, but that lead stabilized, and those guys were able to hold that gap, but if he can get it, they keep stretching, it's going to race, it's going to be over.
02:23So it looks like Jorge's in a better position this moto for sure.
02:26Okay, so James, how does Eli play it in third? Is he as desperate to pass Prado if he sees Prado keeping Jett in sight? How does he play?
02:36No, I think if Jorge keeps Jett in sight, like you said, Eli would just sit back as long as he doesn't get that pressure from Hunter Lawrence.
02:43What he doesn't want is the A-team getting away from him, and it looks like Jorge right now actually has a really good pace, actually.
02:49He's kind of closing back in on Jett, so yeah, Eli, let him play, you know, pick and roll style.
02:53Let Jorge go after him. Jorge hasn't had any spares against Jett Lawrence, so let him go for it. Looks good.
03:01I want to show you this start. Prado just wasn't going to let Jett Lawrence have it.
03:07Yeah, and you wonder, Jorge, he actually had to jump, but Jett was on the inside, and this is that right-handed first corner.
03:13The reason he goes out so far is because he can't stop. You know, he's got to slide that bike before he has to turn, so you can tell by his attitude.
03:22Jorge wanted to be up front. That was the most aggressive I've seen him off the start, so look, it started from practice, been fast.
03:29Now you're starting to see that two-time champion that we've seen out here.
03:34So you can continue that.
03:35Well, remember back to the opening round of the championship where they didn't run that scoop tire, which is usually better for starts,
03:41and the word for the team was not ready to hole shot yet.
03:44I think we've seen a different style off the start today.
03:47Yeah, no, you're seeing a whole different rider out here today, just like we saw in Tom Bial in that 250 class.
03:53Once these guys get a sense of any kind of confidence, and I felt like with Jorge, yeah, he might be struggling on a bike, new tracks,
03:59but it really just comes down to he believes, and whether he finishes this off is a good sign of what we're seeing from Kawasaki.
04:05And that first moto, Jet Lawrence already had a seven-second lead by this point, so Jorge's finding his form,
04:12and I do believe if he stays here, we're going to have a race here.
04:16And we're going to go back to the question we've asked.
04:18It feels like 100 times.
04:20This 1.3-second gap, is that right where Lawrence wants them, or are they seriously applying pressure?
04:28It's been this way so many times.
04:30Now it's time to play the game with Prado.
04:33Yeah, I would say on this racetrack, that 1.3, this isn't where you want.
04:39I mean, we saw that.
04:40That's not enough.
04:40No, just because how quickly Southwick is, and you've got to think, it's going to be a difficult race.
04:45It's going to be tough, all three of these guys are in shape, but once you get in those lap traffic,
04:49there's a lot of places on this racetrack where you get stuck behind them, so that's a little too close for comfort.
04:55Interesting.
04:56That's your old buddy Chad Reed there, who, he lives at Club Amex.
05:00That's where Prado's been riding for the last week, and we saw Chad down at the starting line,
05:04talking to Prado before the Modos sent it to Will.
05:09Chad, you've been at Club Amex.
05:12Jorge Prado's been at Club Amex.
05:13There's been a lot going on there this weekend.
05:15Wow, have we seen some serious improvement.
05:18Are you officially working together?
05:20Give us the update on that, and what are you seeing in Jorge today?
05:23You know, I think Jorge's results and inaccurates speak for themselves,
05:28and I don't think that that's a representative of who he has been up until this point.
05:32So, yeah, I mean, I guess when you really look at the big picture,
05:37I've been to so many of those things that he's going through, you know,
05:39a new country, a new team, new people.
05:41If I can help, I would love to, you know?
05:45Like, you think about your 43-year-old self, and you wish that, you know, at 24 years old,
05:51you had somebody with knowledge that would help.
05:54And I'm just that passionate, crazy guy that loves coming to the races,
05:59and I have a wife at home that's just equally as passionate that allows me to do it.
06:03So, he's made big progress this week, and that's flowed over to this weekend.
06:08So, for me, as a friend, as a, you know, as a Club MX guidance guy,
06:14it's a real pleasure to see him take a step.
06:16And all that experience that you were talking about, all those laps,
06:19not only have helped Jorge, but they've also got you into the AMA Hall of Fame.
06:24So, congratulations on that.
06:25How does that feel to be in that situation?
06:27You know, that's a, it's not something that you achieve, right?
06:30Like, it's not a thing you chase as a kid.
06:32It's just something that, after years and years of committed, being passionate,
06:38you know, racing the best guys in the world, those are the, you know,
06:42the things that come your way, and it just makes me beyond,
06:45I can't even put it into words, how, like, proud I am.
06:48You know, like, my friends, my old competitors are all in there.
06:52I just raced too long, so now this was the first year that I was eligible.
06:56And so, I really am appreciative of what the AMA does, and I feel really honored.
07:02Very well-deserved.
07:03Thank you for your time, Chad.
07:04We appreciate it.
07:05Thank you.
07:06Yeah, congratulations, Chad.
07:08I mean, I know when he's get up there, it is a special feeling.
07:11And what he was talking about with Jorge, you know, just helping him out,
07:14you would think, in most sports, they're talking about coaching, you know,
07:17working on your basketball game, your jump shot.
07:18Now, I don't think Jorge needs any help on his technique or how he rides a motorcycle,
07:22but what Chad did say right there was that experience as Eli almost goes down.
07:27It's the experience of, like, just having somebody that, like, look, man,
07:30if you just stayed a course, I've been there through this.
07:33Like, look, I've experienced this.
07:35I've moved to a different country.
07:37Like, I've struggled like this, and I think that's what Jorge needs,
07:39and maybe that's the signs of life that we see in him today.
07:42Maybe he got that help from Chad, JT.
07:43Yeah, yeah, and I don't claim to have the answers.
07:47I mean, it could be the help of Chad.
07:48I mean, it could be Eli yelling at Jorge Prado because when Chad
07:51wasn't riding very well, I'll tell you what happened.
07:53Eli went in and gave him an earful and told him who he was,
07:57and he needed to remember that.
07:58So maybe there's a little bit of that going on.
08:00But regardless, the team testing, Jorge believing in himself,
08:03I'll tell you one thing.
08:04You can pull the pictures off the telephone poles.
08:06You can take his picture off of the milk jugs.
08:08Jorge Prado is no longer missing.
08:11He has arrived.
08:11He has held Tomac back, and he's only three seconds behind the lead right now,
08:15and I cannot express how different he looks on the motorcycle than the eight motos prior.
08:20Yeah, I agree.
08:21And to take it further, I don't think Jorge has been at these first four races.
08:25We've been seeing George out there riding.
08:27Jorge's back, so it's the first time he showed up all year long.
08:30It's good to see.
08:30But, you know, really, it does come off.
08:34We've got a red cross flag.
08:34Oh, wait.
08:35We've got a roll is jumped.
08:37Red cross flag.
08:38Meanwhile, back to this battle.
08:39This is Justin Cooper and Justin Barsha.
08:43That's eighth and ninth behind Webb.
08:44Closest fight on the track right now.
08:47Look at Jake Cooper on the outside on Barsha.
08:49Oh, that's a brave move right there.
08:51You know, Justin, he's just coming back from injury.
08:53So, you know, normally that pass wouldn't be able to be made.
08:56But, man, I know Justin Cooper is, he's obviously, he's got a lot of speed.
09:01And this might be a frustrating day to him.
09:03Because every time we've seen him, he's been moving his way up.
09:06But these stars have killed him.
09:07And that's not normal like Justin Cooper.
09:09At least one moto, he gets a good start.
09:10So, another bad start for Justin Cooper and making his way up.
09:15And he's going to have to go out this teammate next.
09:17Yep.
09:17They battled him moto one.
09:18Cooper Webb.
09:19Justin Cooper.
09:21Seventh and eighth.
09:22Oh, hold on to that, Cooper Webb.
09:24Yeah, that's a tough one.
09:27Then it looks like Justin Cooper goes off the racetracks as well.
09:31Look at Jake Cooper, though.
09:33He's hanging it out.
09:35No, he's looked really aggressive.
09:38And for whatever reason, it seems like the guys who's coming up through the pack,
09:41whether it was Joe Shimoda, Tom Biao, man, they have this riding style that you look at.
09:45It's like, man, they look really comfortable and aggressive.
09:48And Justin Cooper is another one where I've seen him today.
09:51It looks like he's hanging it out a lot more and he's got some pace.
09:53So, you just wonder if he was up front, what that would do.
09:57Well, you can learn more about these two.
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10:18who probably battle like this a lot during the week at that star racing facility there.
10:23Yeah, you can see Justin Cooper dropping back.
10:27And I do feel like, yeah, Cooper's made that mistake and Justin was able to close up.
10:31And I wouldn't say it's necessarily Cooper picking up the pace,
10:34but just rather where Justin Cooper knows where he's going to be able to pass him at.
10:37So, Justin's been really strong on this side of the racetrack.
10:41Once it opens up, gets closer to the finish line.
10:44So, maybe there's an opportunity to make some passes.
10:46We just saw the last lap.
10:48He was able to get around Justin Barsha.
10:50We'll see what happens.
10:52So, Hunter Lawrence has caught Tomac here.
10:55They continue to have to roll this jump with the red cross flag out.
10:59So, right now, here's how the overall would break down.
11:02It would be Chet Lawrence, Tomac, and Hunter.
11:07One, two, three.
11:08But if Hunter passes Tomac, that could actually put Prado on the overall podium today.
11:13And Hunter's putting in quite a charge.
11:16Yeah, I'm not going to lie.
11:17I'm a little, like, questioning what's going on with Eli.
11:21I mean, you know, he was right there.
11:23And you asked me earlier, was he sitting behind Jorge because Jorge was keeping him.
11:27But now he's 10 seconds back, and a couple laps later, you know, he doesn't even look the same.
11:32So, you wonder if it's he just realized Jet's on a different level, and that might be demoralized,
11:39or maybe something else happened, or maybe he hurt himself.
11:41But this is not the Eli that we expected to see, especially after listening to him on that podium.
11:46He knew what he needed to do, and he was able to somewhat do that.
11:50But it's a big statement here by Jet Lawrence, depending on what's going on at this moment.
11:57Yeah, we thought Eli might beast mode it here and get stronger late in the race.
12:00But instead, he's going the other direction.
12:02And Hunter Lawrence, he's not going anywhere, keeping the heat on the number three.
12:06Meanwhile, Jet has opened up an 8.6-second gap on Prado.
12:12But I would imagine if you're Prado, that's not demoralizing in the same way of at least this is a massive improvement.
12:18No, and truthfully, the only rider that's probably, you know, it's hurting and being demoralized right now.
12:24And, again, Eli's been here, done that.
12:26So, no offense, it is Eli because I feel like Hunter Lawrence, this is a good feeling for him.
12:31If he's able to get around Eli Tomac here at Southwick, that's a benefit.
12:34Jorge, it's a benefit.
12:35And, of course, Jet Lawrence is a benefit.
12:38So, all three of these guys are right here, but all of them are feeling completely different.
12:42Just feel like that number three, there must be something going on because, you know,
12:46I don't care beast mode or not, for him to run down Jet Lawrence, like if he's been saving that up,
12:51that would be probably his best ride ever in his whole career.
12:54I don't think Eli's that confidence to be able to give that gift this much gap to be able to pull him down.
12:59Now actually getting Prado back in sight, but here comes the 96 of Hunter.
13:03He's on the inside and makes the move.
13:06That was, like I said, you can tell by his body language.
13:11I mean, right now with Eli, there's definitely something going on.
13:15And, yeah, he looks tired, but I have a hard time believing that he's actually tired at this moment.
13:21So, difficult position.
13:23Now, by the way, over that jump, that red cross flag, that's why they're not clearing that jump.
13:26That is a wheels on the ground flag.
13:28You can't clear the jumps.
13:29So, they momentarily pause the charge, and then it's back up to speed for Hunter.
13:36Could be a Lawrence 1-2 again, because now Prado is in his sights.
13:42Yeah, and if you look at the overall, like you said, it moves Jorge up to third position.
13:47And the way he rode that first moto, this is well-deserved if he's somehow able to finish him off,
13:52hold on to this position.
13:55Now, I think if Hunter gets Prado, that could put Tomac maybe back up on the podium,
14:01depending on how this all shakes out.
14:06Man, the 96 looks good.
14:08Yeah.
14:08No, he looks good.
14:09I mean, even that first moto, he looked good.
14:11Yep.
14:11He was just unfortunate.
14:13His brother got out too quickly.
14:14But it just seems like these HRC Honda, these guys done figured out the way to really ride this racetrack
14:21by jumping around.
14:22And even Jorge, he looks good.
14:23But to me, it looks like Hunter's bike's not moving around that much.
14:26He's able to jump just far enough, being really patient in certain parts,
14:30and it's just saving a lot of energy.
14:32And the same thing that happened in the first moto, Hunter was in a position to save some energy as well
14:36because Jet was so far in front.
14:38Hunter had a good gap on third place.
14:40So maybe these two are probably the most fresh guys out here,
14:43and they went one and two that first moto.
14:44And saving some energy again because Jet Lawrence has opened it up to 12 seconds.
14:50So I'd assume that goes to your point of, yeah, this is not the day to manage the 1.3 second gap.
14:55Not on this track.
14:56He's opening it up at an alarming rate again.
14:58And he is.
14:59And now he has that gap.
15:01And just what we saw with Hayden Deegan and even Jet in that beginning part, first moto,
15:06now he's able to really patient and take all the risk out if there are some rough parts at his racetrack.
15:11He'll just go a little bit slower here.
15:13He can pick his way around this racetrack to where he's saving energy.
15:17And, man, these two motos have been by far the most dominant motos that he's had probably in his 450 career.
15:24And he came out here with a point and to have Eli Tomac in third place, Jorge Rodden, as good as he is.
15:30I mean, to pull the gap on this field, I don't even know what to say with this.
15:34This is dominant.
15:36And the domination trade continues for him.
15:39So we refocus on this.
15:41Prado versus Hunter Lawrence for second.
15:44And there you see the gap.
15:47JT.
15:48Well, just listening to James there, you know, talking about dominance.
15:51And it just feels like Jett's back to 100%.
15:54And I think we were fooled a little bit because he came out and he won right away.
15:57And we're like, man, he looks really good.
15:58But this is just the next year that he has.
16:01And, you know, there are a lot of Tomac fans in this world, me being one of them.
16:05But you just watch Jet ride right now.
16:07And he's starting to pull away and he's gaining more confidence as the rounds go on.
16:12And just wonder, is there a way for anybody to find a way to win here?
16:16Because I just think he's going to get better from here.
16:19And that's a very scary thing for 39 other guys.
16:21JT, to that point there, are we seeing Jet in his best light here?
16:27I was talking to his trainer, Johnny O'Brien, asked him that question earlier.
16:31And he said, yes.
16:32As an athlete, he's like, bike, bike aside, we're in a great place.
16:35But we're always working.
16:36We're always going to continue working.
16:38And so as an athlete, yes, I believe that you are seeing the best version of Jet Lawrence.
16:42And we're seeing the same sort of healthy version of him that we did see prior to the ACL injury.
16:49Scary thought for everyone if he's getting better halfway through this moto.
16:53Very monitor that monster energy available now.
16:57And let's see if Prado can prevent the Lawrence brothers 1-2.
17:02He certainly watched them quite a bit from afar, racing MXGP.
17:06Now it's going to be one-on-one and he goes down.
17:09Oh, that's a bummer.
17:10And that lap rider was in front and it looks like Jorge loses the front.
17:14And, man, this is the worst position because that bike has gotten really heavy at this time of the day.
17:19But they had a pretty gap, about 10 seconds, 12 seconds on air.
17:24Oh, and that's going to cost them the moto and overall podium.
17:29Should slide Tomek back up there with the Lawrence's.
17:32JT.
17:33And one of the things for those who haven't ever been in this position,
17:36when you're racing a crash late in a moto like this, and James, you and I both have done this so many times over the course of our life.
17:42It's the things you don't think about because as he's going around the track, you know, he's averaging 30, 40 miles an hour.
17:47You have this constant breeze.
17:49There's wind always on you, cooling you down.
17:51When you stop and you're standing there and you're trying to pick up a 250-pound motorcycle,
17:56you don't get any breeze anymore.
17:57and your body temperature immediately shoots up.
18:00And that's the hardest part is to get cooled down, get your body and your heart rate back down to be manageable again.
18:06So you see him shaking his head, his frustration, and it's also his body temperature is skyrocketing in that moment.
18:13Yeah, I mean, I agree.
18:15It's, I mean, and it's weird how it hits you.
18:17It's like an instant stop, and for sure, Jorge, how good he's been riding.
18:23I don't care if he pulls off the racetrack at this point.
18:25I mean, it's been a successful day for him, and I think he can just continue going.
18:28But definitely going to be hard to recover after that with all that heat.
18:34I'll tell you who's recovered here, James Stewart.
18:37Eli Tomac's back.
18:38Started to close back in on Hunter Lawrence, and he was three-tenths of a second faster the last time around.
18:44I don't know what happened there for a few laps, but he's going fast again.
18:48Yeah, I bet, like, maybe the mechanics or Eli saw something, but this was really pride kicking in
18:54because, you know, Eli's goal is not to beat Hunter Lawrence and get second place.
18:58His goal is to run with Jet Lawrence.
19:00So, you know, I don't feel like he was sitting back and just like,
19:04all right, I'm going to just make my way and just get second.
19:06There was probably some little bit of frustration going on watching Jet Lawrence pull away from him,
19:11and for whatever reason, he couldn't do anything with Jorge Prada.
19:14So now he starts dropping back, and that's not the Eli that we've seen for the last few years.
19:19So I'm sure this is a little bit of pride kicking in.
19:22Realize that this championship is still far from over, and, you know,
19:26we don't want to see those signs of where he goes missing at this point.
19:29So long race.
19:31He's got a long time to see if he can work on Hunter Lawrence.
19:34But there's just certain areas that watching Eli ride and even with Hunter that I see with Jet.
19:40Jet's just really attacking this racetrack, how he's just jumping out a little bit farther.
19:44That really makes the race a lot easier for Jet Lawrence.
19:47And unfortunately for these guys, they can't see that until they go back and watch the race tomorrow.
19:52But they'll see where Jet's really making his time up.
19:54But if you look overall as fast as lap time, I mean, Jorge with Eli, they're within a second.
20:00So it's not like he's going three, four seconds faster.
20:02But over time, jumping far and really picking his racetrack out has really gotten Jet that capped.
20:07And that's going to be frustrating for all those other guys.
20:10This battle here is Plessinger and Hampshire running fourth and fifth.
20:15These guys ride and train together during the week.
20:18So it's probably a familiar situation for them also to be season best for RJ already in fifth.
20:25He's had a lot of sixth place finishes this year.
20:28He's fifth, but he wants fourth.
20:31Good to get him in this mix.
20:33Remember, we have the story that it's been the same top five overall in every race this year.
20:39Brado is currently fifth overall.
20:41So he's going to break that.
20:42Because Justin Cooper is at some bad starts today.
20:45And RJ Hempshire is showing he can run with that group.
20:48Yeah, RJ has been looking really good all day long.
20:50I mean, to me, he's another guy that's been charging.
20:53And ever since he got on his 450, we were talking about him earlier.
20:56So maybe I'll just calm down a little bit because we were talking about it and he fell over.
21:00But, you know, I talked to him in between the race and he said he's just more comfortable.
21:05And he made some changes on the motorcycle.
21:07He felt better.
21:08And you can start to see it.
21:09And, you know, like you mentioned, like he gets used to riding with Aaron Flessinger.
21:13So at some point, you know, you just want to go get, I would say, his teammate, a rotten competitor.
21:18And he knows, you know, hey, Aaron's this close to him.
21:21Maybe I'll be able to get him.
21:22But I believe RJ and the Husqvarna team has stepped it up.
21:25And it's good to see him out here.
21:27Maybe he can break that spell at a top five.
21:28Yeah, surprised to see Justin Cooper as the one who might not be able to keep that end of the bargain going as far as the same five being top five at every race because he was so fast this morning.
21:42But a rare day of two bad starts.
21:44So he's fired at seventh.
21:46Even with the crash, Prado is sixth ahead of him.
21:49And then just ahead of that, these two.
21:52And what do you see in here?
21:57How much, how much gas is left in the figurative tank?
22:01Well, I think I would say Aaron delights on at this point.
22:06The lights on because if he's not easy.
22:08Yeah, when you saw him land off that drop, he almost hit his head on the crossbar pad.
22:12So, yeah, I know there's some breaking bumps out here, but that body's starting to fill.
22:16And, again, that's kind of, that's expected here at Southwick.
22:19He's still fighting.
22:20He's going to have some motivation fighting against his teammate, RJ, but, yeah, the gaslight zone for sure.
22:27Meanwhile, Anderson, Jason Anderson, who will talk to between motos.
22:31He has pulled out of this moto, dealing with the stomach issue, throwing up in the races.
22:35Tried, not going to be able to finish this one.
22:38Made it 20 minutes.
22:39Plessinger still digging.
22:42Actually opened it back up.
22:43As quickly as we were sitting here talking about Aaron and how quickly RJ got to him, you know, you look at that gap, and it's been like that all day long.
22:52Guys, once they close in him, that gap just stretches out.
22:54So, yeah, it seems like if Aaron would just jump out another 10 feet, it would make that racetrack so much easier.
23:01It would be a lot smoother, and that momentum would carry up.
23:03But, again, you know, not picking on him because, look, I've been in that same spot.
23:08But, just hindsight, you can kind of see it from this point of view, and it makes life easier for these guys.
23:16JT.
23:17Well, for AP here, James, you know, I watch him ride here.
23:20It's not like he's doing poorly.
23:21He's in fourth place.
23:22But I think AP is the classic example of a guy who really didn't grow up in the sand.
23:26Oh, JT.
23:28I mean, maybe the lack of experience showing there, we're cursing everyone with the announcer's curse today.
23:33Yeah, no, that wasn't JT.
23:34But I could tell when you saw when AP fell, he slid down.
23:38It was like he was in slow motion at that point.
23:40That body and that sudden heat that hits you, it's tough, JT.
23:45Yeah, and the point I was going to make before I jinxed him there was he just looks like a guy who is incredibly good,
23:51but is not a naturally gifted sand rider.
23:54Like, he's just fighting the motorcycle.
23:55He's fighting the racetrack.
23:57Because you think about a race like High Point, you think about Colorado.
24:00He was working with the racetrack.
24:02He looked so comfortable, and this is the exact episode of that, and now he's got Jorge Prado to contend with.
24:08Yep, they're all passing him now.
24:10That humidity catches up, and you can see the aggression is gone, and here comes Justin Cooper.
24:16Yeah, I mean, and when we talk about that heat and that Kawasaki signs of Supercross,
24:21this is what they're talking about, how that body reacts when the heat and all that stuff gets to him.
24:26Because I'm sure Aaron at this point is starting to feel lightheaded, like, you know, things that hit him,
24:30and, you know, that fall really just kind of caused that because he was already on the limit, as all these guys is.
24:37But when you stop, you've got to pick that bike up.
24:39It's really hard for him, but it shows you how dedicated all these athletes are because he'll recover,
24:44and he'll still stay out here for this moto, and, man, that's just tough.
24:51So we'll review some of these errors here.
24:53That's what's allowing Jacob to move toward the front.
24:55Here's Prado's troubles.
24:58This is the first moto battling with Tomac over the bars.
25:03Yeah, it loses that front end.
25:04I actually believe his front end went over that one.
25:09And then here, moto two, running second.
25:11Yeah, it looked like he actually might have ran into that lap rotter, or he was trying to get out of that rut that was built.
25:19But either way, two costly mistakes because, I mean, he was riding really good.
25:24But still, still two crashes, got the fight on really tough conditions.
25:29I mean, if you hear Kawasaki, you see how Jorge jumped out that distance.
25:35That's where I was mentioning with Aaron and those guys, and even Jorge came up shorter.
25:38So if he jumped out another half a foot, it would be a lot smoother.
25:41But what it really helps him, one, it's a lot smoother because you are jumping, but it carries your momentum up,
25:46so you don't have to pick that speed back up and fight that next corner.
25:49So it makes that whole section a lot easier, like I said, a lot easier on this side of things.
25:55It's just the difference between what you're seeing from these guys and Jet Lawrence,
25:58and I think that's where that gap really comes from, that 15-second lead this guy's got over these guys.
26:03Prado getting through lap traffic while dealing with the pressure of Justin Cooper.
26:07They just got around Josh Toth, who we mentioned earlier.
26:11It's the Rocky Mountain ATVMC Privateer of the week.
26:13He gets extra $2,000 to the local, but he's an off-road racer.
26:17Won the big GNCC at Snowshoe Mountain last week, but wanted to come out and race his local motocross qualified.
26:23The Toth is in 27th.
26:25They also just got around Joey Crown, who was once a big-time prospect for Kawasaki as an amateur.
26:31He was into retirement.
26:32He's coming back to race here and next week at Redbud.
26:35Crown now a lap down, and through that, Prado is having to negotiate those riders.
26:40Justin Cooper just not giving up.
26:43Bottom box is the leader, Jet Lawrence, who has lap traffic.
26:45More of it to deal with.
26:49Yeah, I mean, all these guys are out here surviving.
26:52The one guy that looks like he's having fun, I would say two guys, both Lawrence, Hunter, and Jet.
26:57I mean, Hunter was able to get around, I mean, pull away from Eli Tomac, actually passed him earlier.
27:02Now he's got a five-second gap on him, and Jet looks like he's having a Saturday cruise out here.
27:08It's a big day for all these guys.
27:12No cruise for Jay Coop, though.
27:15He is powering down to try to get Prado.
27:17And he's currently tied for sixth overall with Hampshire.
27:25Hampshire has the edge, so this would move him to sixth if he could make this path.
27:29But I don't know if it has anything to do with that.
27:31You just see someone in front of him, and just wants to make moves.
27:34Yeah, he wants to make moves.
27:36And, you know, sometimes you can feel it out, and you've got a guy in front of you.
27:40But I would say Jay Coop hasn't raced this.
27:43You know, he's been racing George, not Jorge.
27:45So for him, again, I still say this is a good win for Monster Ninja Kawasaki and stuff like that.
27:52And Jay Coop, it's going to be a good day the way he rode.
27:56But really just difficult position for him to be in, given all that track position up those first few laps.
28:03Yeah, not the typical good starts for him.
28:04But there he is, right there, on Prado's rear wheel now.
28:10This is for fifth.
28:11Hapshires fourth.
28:13Plus, he goes behind him because he crashed.
28:18Yeah, Jay Coop knows, like, all right, if I can get Jorge now, I might be able to pull away from him
28:23because I don't think Jorge have too much fight.
28:25There you go.
28:26No fight.
28:27So Jay Coop makes a pass into fifth.
28:32And he's still going to miss that top five overall.
28:37It'll still be fifth for Prado that's going to break that string with the same five.
28:43So Lawrence's, Tomac, Plessinger, and Justin Cooper, they've been top five in every race this year.
28:50It's going to be fourth overall now for Cooper.
28:53Wow, that changed in a hurry.
28:55Yeah.
28:57A couple guys go down.
28:58There you see on the left side.
28:59That's the overall.
29:01Lawrence, Lawrence, Tomac.
29:04Justin Cooper now tied with Prado, but the tiebreaker is that pass.
29:06Second moto.
29:07That's overall, I mean, kind of where he's been at all year long.
29:13Yep.
29:13Good start, Matt's starting.
29:16Now here's something incredible, James.
29:18I don't know if it's good news that you want to hear, but if Jet Lawrence holds on to win this overall,
29:23I mean, it's 20th career win.
29:25It's going to tie you for eight all-time in this 450 class.
29:30It's happening in a hurry.
29:31Yeah, I feel like we had such a good flow going today.
29:33Okay.
29:34It's just kind of something.
29:35Yeah, I mean, but look.
29:37Something changed.
29:38Hey, you know what?
29:39I mean, when the guy wins, what, it would be 20 out of 21?
29:43Yes.
29:43The way he does, I mean, eventually the record was coming down.
29:46So, man, I'm just impressed watching the kid ride.
29:50And I would say, again, this is probably the most dominant ride that he's had his whole career,
29:55by far the best.
29:56And just like we talk about at Supercross, going to somebody else's favorite track,
30:01I believe he showed up here meeting business life,
30:04and he gave him boys business so far today if he can keep it going.
30:08One other story I want to tell.
30:11They were lapping, let's see, 214 to the Lawrences right now, towback at 218.
30:17Qualifying, they were running 201 was the fast time for Justin Cooper.
30:22Just talk about that.
30:24Yeah, I mean, this track breaks down, and we saw the advantage that you can get from being the,
30:30you know, the beat practice, like we like to say.
30:32These guys have an opportunity to get out on the track and how smooth it is.
30:35But, yeah, a lot of that goes for the track's super rough,
30:37and this is the only racetrack you'll go to all year long that you'll see the differences in lap times.
30:43And, one, the track has gotten a lot rougher.
30:47That's one.
30:48But all tracks do that.
30:49They all start off smooth.
30:51But I really think it comes down to just the fitness and just how hard it is to race this racetrack.
30:56And not only are you dealing with all the bumps, but you're dealing with the bike moving quite a bit because it is so hard back and, you know, slippery.
31:04So just a lot of mental power.
31:06I think that's the lap times, Jay.
31:07Yeah, Justin Cooper, 19 seconds slower than he was in qualifying.
31:12That's not him.
31:12That's the track.
31:13This battle, now you've got Plessiger and Webb with Prado in sight.
31:17But Webb versus Plessiger is big.
31:20Justin Cooper, Webb, and Plessiger are 1, 2, 3 in the SMX combined playoff rankings.
31:26Webb's ahead of them, but they keep closing the gap.
31:30And I believe this would change that fourth place overall position because they're all tied at this point, too.
31:36Oh, that's right.
31:37They can take points away from Prado.
31:40Plessiger on the inside.
31:41Look at Webb.
31:42Hey, this is Cooper Webb.
31:44So, again, the last guy, just like Supercross, the last guy you want to have to deal with at the end of the race.
31:49And, you know, I'm sure Aaron's going to look back, see that number two, but, man, here we go again.
31:54Cooper Webb charging.
31:57Lap and a half to go at Southwick.
31:58Makes the pass.
32:01Yeah, when he sees the number 70 in front, you know Cooper's going to try to go out to him.
32:06Where was this?
32:08Cooper Webb all day.
32:09Now, really, these last two laps has uncorked it.
32:13He was good, but this is great.
32:15But isn't it Cooper Webb, though?
32:16Yeah.
32:16Like, exactly him.
32:17He's like, where was this guy?
32:19And all of a sudden, we've been talking about how good Jorge has been riding all day long.
32:23And that number two, pesky old number two, just comes through with the dab vibe.
32:27Come through, like, I'm going to give you guys out to business.
32:29But it shows you, man, Cooper's a champion.
32:31And it doesn't matter what position it is.
32:33He always goes out there and he races to compete.
32:36I love it.
32:39White flag should be coming out here.
32:40There's the gap.
32:41Actually, as they battled each other, Prado answered the call, pulled back away, just a tad.
32:52Yeah, Cooper knows he's got a, you know, lap and a half to kind of get him back.
32:57If he can kind of keep Jorge inside, keep this gap, then I believe he'll really go after him, that last lap for sure.
33:03White flag now out for the Lawrence's up front.
33:12Oh, Webb's still working.
33:19Oh, the foot came off right there.
33:22He's hanging on his bike.
33:24Something hanging.
33:25Yeah, on the bottom there.
33:27Yeah, even the bike's got the tongue out and chain, right?
33:29Okay, so there's Jet Lawrence.
33:34He looks fun.
33:35Yeah, and you saw over our drone shot right there where Jet jumped out.
33:41You know, again, man, I think it just shows you how focused and talented this kid is.
33:47Just all these little bit of jumps and hopping around this racetrack.
33:50I mean, that just takes dedication and talent, but also, you know, studying this racetrack and kind of knowing, you know, these positions and really kind of changing that up.
34:01I mean, this is poetry in motion.
34:03We just saw Cooper Webb go through that same section, and it looked like Cooper was in a whole different zip code, and this guy's just cruising.
34:09And last lap on the way at another 1-1, dominant, dominant.
34:15You say maybe his best ride ever?
34:17Yeah.
34:17Is that what you said?
34:18Yeah, just some of the circumstances, and, you know, you can look at it, and you'll be like, all right, all of a sudden, is he going, does he got a lot more speed than these guys?
34:27But when you look at the lap times, say it's the same speed that he has over these guys all year long, but just the way, the reason I say this is more of a dominant is because we know there are certain tracks hang down, you know, Southwick, where Eli Tomac is his biggest threat coming into this.
34:42And it just seems like when, just like, hey, Deacon had a 250 class, when anybody has, he goes to a place where they think they might have a chance, this dude just shows up.
34:51And the way he did it today by being super quick in the beginning part of the race is really impressive because that's not normally how he does it.
34:59But just over time, like, you just watch this guy build up.
35:02They were close to him, and all of a sudden, it gets up to 10 seconds.
35:06I mean, it's 20 seconds, 32 seconds over Eli Tomac on Southwick, second moto, and he looks like he's on a Sunday cruise.
35:11So if you're asking me, this is by far his dominant ride and the most complete I've seen this guy ride on his 450 career.
35:19Well, that's impressive if you are that impressed, but the numbers don't lie.
35:23Big gaps in both motos.
35:25Chet Lawrence, 1-1 on Southwick.
35:31Absolute domination for the number 18.
35:34And the cherry on the Sunday.
35:37Lawrence's and Honda are going to go 1-2 in both motos.
35:41Yeah, good route by Hunter, making those passes after getting passed early.
35:48Got to be impressed with the HRC Honda guys.
35:52Eli Tomac, I think this is going to be a little head scratcher for him.
35:58Be curious at what happened.
36:00Yep, ends up being a distant third.
36:03Had that one little surge get back to Hunter at one point,
36:05but he's going to be 12 seconds behind him at the end.
36:09The never-ending charge for Cooper Webb will get you back in touch with that.
36:14Prado is up the road now about six seconds.
36:17There you see them still battling.
36:20Checkered flag is waving.
36:21Racers are racers, man.
36:25Yeah.
36:26No matter what position it is, they're going for it right down to the wire.
36:29Yeah, and again, we've been talking about it all day,
36:32but I do want to give Jorge a shout-out, man.
36:35I mean, I know I've been in that position.
36:37I actually came to this track in 05, and because of what happened the first three rounds,
36:41I couldn't finish this race because I was so demoralized, though.
36:44Not being able to win, and it was such a change for me.
36:46So for him to be out here fighting, especially what we saw a couple weekends ago,
36:50shout-out to him, the whole Kawasaki team.
36:52I know a lot of those guys over there.
36:53They put the effort into it no matter what the results say,
36:56and I'm just happy to see this whole team just have some success with them.
37:01So good job, Jorge.
37:04Absolutely a sign of life there for Prado, who is fast in qualifying and in both modes.
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