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00:00Now to you, good Samaritan Marshall Welton on the Gizmo Mods Rock River Yamaha, hit a rough first moto with a crash, still got some points.
00:09Let's see if he does better here, he's lined up right next to Jett Lawrence and it seems like every time Jett's got to pull out a start, he does.
00:17Yeah, well he's going to have to do it and we know how important these starts are, I believe he can.
00:23Overall win streak, on the line, he's never lost it overall in a race and he didn't have a huge crash, that happened once at Hangtown last year, he's won them all, otherwise 22 out of 23 in his career.
00:36Tomac and Sexton beat him in moto one, we'll take the results of that with these results of moto two to determine the overall.
00:46Let's go racing, from Washougal.
00:49Hunter Lawrence leaps out of the blocks.
00:57And it's one-two, Lawrence is out front again with Prado and Sexton there.
01:02Actually a good recovery right by Chase Sexton, man, he was so late off the gate but able to go.
01:08You talk about the Honda boys talking about they need to get a start.
01:12Man, that was a massive start by Hunter Lawrence out front where he loves to be at with his brother in tow.
01:17Sexton able to clear Prado, that was key.
01:20Trying to get behind Lawrence and he did it.
01:23Yeah, now the track's going to be different.
01:25Got to be careful with these opening laps, especially here at Washougal.
01:28The shadows change with the sun being there and we know they put some water down.
01:32See how quickly he can make some mistakes.
01:34Sexton's really aggressive early here, James.
01:36Yeah, I like it, just confidence.
01:38As you can see, Jet Lawrence spinning up.
01:40But Chase knows he just wants to be in front.
01:43Got to believe that first motors game, he's got a lot of confidence that he can run with him.
01:47Not only that, he can beat him.
01:48He's going to have his hands full because they're starting in front of him.
01:51Justin Barsha aggressive.
01:52He gets around Prado for fourth.
01:55Sexton goes to work on the Lawrences.
01:59Did a little bit of work on their racetrack.
02:02See some more lines.
02:02Chase is going to try to run this outside and tell they did some work there.
02:07It's the area where Sexton was great in the first mode.
02:09He's fastest in the sector.
02:11Almost made the move.
02:13Yeah, I mean, that's when you talk about confidence.
02:15Chase is being quick in the early part of the races.
02:18And I don't think he's going to have to worry about what happened last weekend.
02:22This track's a lot different.
02:23He's going to tame these guys.
02:24So he's got to stay there and try not to make some mistakes.
02:30Eli Tomach down to fourth.
02:31He has made the move.
02:33Yeah, I didn't even see Eli in the beginning part.
02:36So Eli says, I want to get up in this action as well.
02:39I feel like I can get him.
02:41And a great setup, as Will said, has not been a race where Hunter Lawrence has had the best record for him.
02:49And now he's the one controlling the pace out front.
02:52He was 5-4 here last season.
02:55That was his worst results in his rookie year last year.
02:59Yeah, some of his parts in his racetrack, it's so slippery.
03:02I mean, they have to do that to keep this dust down.
03:04As Chase takes a look behind him, he probably heard the Yamaha wide open.
03:08You know who it is.
03:09There's no sense of looking back.
03:11You see ET3 there.
03:13Completely different rider, Jason, compared to Eli, that is, after what we saw last weekend.
03:20Bad starts and that first moto really hurt his confidence.
03:23But Eli came here to play.
03:24This is back to what we expected at the beginning of this season.
03:30We knew these four could really slug it out.
03:32JT.
03:33Just watching this battle set up behind both Hunter and Jett.
03:37If Jett wants to win this race, he's not going to be able to wait on Hunter.
03:41Now, credit to Hunter.
03:42He really doesn't have any pressure on him yet.
03:43But you can see how quickly Eli Tomac closed up to the back of Sexton, which is going to
03:47push Sexton forward to Jett, which Jett is going to, in turn, have to respond and go
03:52after Hunter.
03:52Tomac is the one pushing the pressure right now, though.
03:54And also, if Jett wins the moto, he needs someone to beat Sexton and push Sexton to third.
03:59Hunter and Tomac, there are so many factors out here.
04:03Don't even count Tomac out of winning the overall.
04:06He's catching them.
04:07Yeah, and you saw that smile with Eli Tomac on the podium.
04:10I think he was starting to believe again.
04:12Again, we know how good he is here.
04:14Eli knows how good he is.
04:15So, talking about Chase Sexton, can he close the door?
04:19Can Eli open it and get him a win?
04:21I believe because of Eli being behind him, he's going to push Chase.
04:25Let's see if he does the same thing.
04:26He's going to run down or with Jett.
04:28On a nice line by Jett.
04:29He goes outside, makes Chase think he's going to go there, switch it back.
04:35Eli Tomac has had 15 straight motos out while Shugal finishing first or second.
04:41He's fourth right now watching this battle.
04:44Lawrence and Sexton.
04:48Yeah, there are certain parts of the track.
04:49This is it.
04:51Sexton's got the move.
04:53Can he hold it?
04:54Jett's going to run it around the outside.
04:56Wheel to wheel.
04:57Oh, Sexton almost went down.
04:59Yeah, man.
05:00He had that pass.
05:01And you saw how aggressive Jett was getting to the outside.
05:04He wanted to block that number one.
05:06And he did a good job of doing it.
05:08I think Jett is trying to let this race kind of calm down.
05:11Might not be a bad thing to let your brother go away.
05:13Because you need somebody to finish in between you and Chase Sexton.
05:17But Chase came here.
05:18He wants to be in front of that A-team.
05:20And is the confidence growing for the one with every lap?
05:23Oh, absolutely it is.
05:24Now you can see how quickly they pick up on the 96.
05:27Wow.
05:29Oh, Jett's throwing the hammer down now.
05:30So at every couple of corners and changes, it was Hunter building a lead.
05:36It was Tomac on the charge.
05:37Now Jett sending off Sexton and going after Hunter.
05:41Yeah, now Chase got his hands full with Eli Tomac.
05:43So critical point in the race and all these guys.
05:46And Eli Tomac running in fourth.
05:48What's your fastest rider of this race?
05:50And Jett.
05:51Oh, I thought he had the move right there.
05:53He even revved it to let Hunter know he was there.
05:55Now be curious to see how much Hunter fights him.
05:58I mean, I know they're going, but he knows Jett is a little bit faster.
06:02And he knows he doesn't want to hold him up, especially with the two guys behind him.
06:06So Hunter wants to beat Jett, but he knows he'd rather have a Lawrence win.
06:11And if he's holding up his brother or letting his brother go by to help that, he probably will.
06:16Oh, spectacular setup here.
06:18Sexton and Tomac bringing their best today.
06:22Challenging the Lawrences who have been so dominant the last four weeks.
06:26Going one, two.
06:29It ends like this.
06:31Sexton would still have the overall, but that's almost warm-up math.
06:35You know it's going to change at some point, how close these riders are.
06:40Yeah, here we go.
06:40Let's see if Jett goes up the inside of his brother.
06:43He's got the line, James.
06:45Hunter fights back.
06:47Holds him off.
06:48Jett again.
06:52There he goes.
06:53Yeah, I mean, Hunter was racing, but you could tell he didn't really fight that too much.
06:58He could have closed that door.
06:59You know, for him, maybe the pace is just a little too hard right now.
07:03Better just follow some lines and stay in front of the number one.
07:07But J. Sexton, you can see that urgency.
07:09Let's see what he does.
07:10Oh, Sexton just powers through.
07:13And Hunter almost passed his jet back.
07:15Unbelievable racing.
07:16Sexton looks to make a move for second.
07:18Yeah, Chase wants to get around.
07:20What if he's unbelievable racing?
07:22I can't believe the last time I saw this.
07:27We're talking three, four wide in these corners.
07:29Sexton almost over Halls.
07:35Hunter, and Hunter's not letting Jett go.
07:37There you go.
07:38Nice move by Chase.
07:39That would give Chase the overall.
07:42I don't know if he's done.
07:47Hunter's going to fight back.
07:49Tries to get back to the inside.
07:52Wheel to wheel.
07:53Important for Chase to stay in front of the 96.
07:55You don't want anything slowing down.
07:57But Hunter got a good run on the inside.
07:59Chase just slowly started making his way out.
08:01Hunter did it.
08:03Pax is sexted back.
08:04Oh, Chase, that might be costly for you.
08:07You know how aggressive Hunter was trying to stay in front.
08:10Now that's letting his brother get away.
08:12So Chase has got to go to work.
08:14He's got to make his pass quick.
08:16And Tomek's still there as well.
08:24Back in view of the fans.
08:29Sexton in the split line.
08:31Is it enough?
08:32No.
08:32JT.
08:34Well, all of that, all of that chaos that went on,
08:36the fury that went on was caused by Sexton coming up.
08:39Tomek pushed to Sexton.
08:41Sexton pushed up.
08:42Now we have the benefit of a couple dozen cameras around.
08:45So we can see Tomek coming.
08:46We can see Sexton.
08:47Hunter had no idea.
08:48Jett was trying to let the race unfold, as Jane mentioned.
08:51As soon as the pressure got there, you saw Jett respond.
08:54He put in the best two laps that we've seen all day long from him.
08:57And then Hunter responded in kind, too.
08:59All of that was catalyzed, though, from the pressure from behind.
09:03They didn't see it coming, and they had to respond, which they have.
09:08Thanks, JT.
09:09Sexton, again, he had that overall win in his grasp just for a moment.
09:13Hunter fought back.
09:14Our outside line for the one, and he makes the pass.
09:17Get out of my way, son.
09:19I'm going around, man.
09:20Let's talk about confidence.
09:22The number one is not wanting to let that 18, and that was a power move by him.
09:27You don't see a lot of passes in that section.
09:29That's normally a harps.
09:31What?
09:31There is a red flag.
09:34It looks like, yeah, I thought I saw them slow the pace.
09:38There is a rider down on the track, presumably.
09:41And by the way, I'm not sure how deep we are into the clock.
09:46There is a staggered restart rule in Pro Motocross for the first time this year.
09:51They would take off from the gates, but they would take place and be released in the order they were.
09:56I don't know how deep, if we were deep enough into the race for that to be the restart rule at this point, about nine minutes in.
10:03And please put these boys back in a staggered position.
10:06Yes.
10:06I want this race to continue.
10:08We have exactly what we want.
10:11And hopefully whoever is down, bummer to see that, but Washougal bringing the heat.
10:19Some of the best races we've seen in a long time.
10:21And Chase Sexton making passes, as you said, in areas where you do not see passes.
10:25Yeah, I don't think I've seen anybody make a pass there without somebody else making a mistake.
10:29There it is.
10:33It will be a staggered start.
10:35This is the first ever staggered restart in a Pro Motocross race.
10:38Now, that format that you see is how they release the riders in the first practice every morning.
10:45So they've been preparing for this all summer long.
10:48Yeah, it just looks like it.
10:50But maybe again, maybe it's just my eyes.
10:52Getting old now.
10:54Eyes on what they used to be.
10:57I'm not going to say speak for yourself.
10:58Yeah, same way.
11:00There's John Starling.
11:00He will be the one that releases the riders, starting with the inside gate.
11:04And a lot of this was worn out.
11:05You remember the Buds Creek race two years ago where Hayden Deegan had a huge lead.
11:11Race this red flag restarted with the traditional gate drop.
11:14And Deegan went down on the first turn into being a bad day for him.
11:17A lot of people started saying, well, why don't they have a staggered restart like Supercross?
11:20So it took them a while to figure out, again, with 40 bikes, nearly twice as many as there
11:26are in Supercross.
11:27How could you do it?
11:28And this is what they've come up with.
11:30This is new for 2025.
11:32And it helps preserve this incredible race that was brewing for the first nine minutes.
11:3830-second card is up.
11:39They will release Jet Lawrence first.
11:41And the race will be on.
11:43I'll go out on a limb and say Jet's going to hold shot.
11:47Sean's going to hold shot here on the left.
11:49He's got to go.
11:49And that is the way it looks at practice every morning.
12:10But there's a lot more on the line here.
12:12As the battle resumes, it's Jet Lawrence, Hunter Lawrence, Chase Sexton, Eli Tomek, one,
12:17two, three, four.
12:18And Sexton immediately attacks Hunter for second.
12:22Yeah, nice move by Chase.
12:23I believe Hunter made a small mistake, but Chase wanted to get in front of him.
12:28Now the race is on.
12:29And Eli Tomek goes up the inside of Hunter Lawrence as well.
12:32I believe Hunter, whether he missed the brakes or not, surprised he went on the outside.
12:35But nonetheless, got the top three in reverse order.
12:38And that pass for Tomek was so critical, James,
12:41because Sexton can't rest for the overall in second.
12:44He needs to beat Tomek.
12:45This is going to get interesting.
12:47Tomek can go to the front.
12:48He can still win the overall.
12:50And Hunter's fighting back as well.
12:52Yeah, Eli knows he needs to get on Chase.
12:54Chase looks like he's the one that's the most aggressive.
12:56So is Eli.
12:58And they didn't put any water down, which is great.
13:00So these guys are going at it.
13:04I'm Chase Sexton.
13:04I'm exactly where I want to be at,
13:06especially if I can keep that 18 close to just give me some confidence.
13:11If Tomek were to get Sexton, he'd have a 2-2.
13:13Sexton's 1-3 would edge him by one point.
13:17You don't want to get into a battle in this situation.
13:20Tomek has nothing to lose, everything to gain.
13:24Same for Hunter.
13:26And all Jet Lawrence can do is hope for help.
13:28And he might be able to control it himself
13:31because I'm not sure that Sexton's thinking overall.
13:35Man, Chase got that KTM working through those whoops.
13:37He's able to get in there and get a drive.
13:39That bike is planted.
13:41So I think he wants to win the moto.
13:43Yeah, I mean, the good thing for Chase,
13:45he doesn't have the luxury just to sit here and just take the overall
13:48because you've got the number three pushing him.
13:50And Eli is just as fired up as Chase is
13:52because of what happened at first moto.
13:54So I believe these guys are going to continue to push each other
13:57and go for this win.
13:59Yes, if Tomek passes Sexton and Lawrence wins the moto,
14:02then Lawrence wins the overall.
14:04So Sexton has to hustle because here is Tomek.
14:06Yeah, they just got to be careful to Eli and Chase Sexton work together
14:12and try to continue to push.
14:14Because we see how quickly Jet Lawrence get away from these guys
14:16and look at the gap they already have on Hunter Lawrence.
14:21And Justin Cooper is in fifth.
14:24Hampshire, Barsha, Nichols, Stewart, Guillaume, round out the top ten.
14:29Tomek had a wheel on Sexton.
14:32Yeah, looking at Chase's body position,
14:34I don't know if he's trying to let the race kind of play out,
14:37but he's definitely not as aggressive as he was
14:40when we saw him in the opening laps before that restart
14:43and even after the restart.
14:49That is Hunter.
14:50And then that bottom box, then Hampshire, then Cooper.
14:55Hampshire in the middle with the blue gear.
14:58Jet Lawrence starting to get away.
15:01Yeah, Chase made a small little mistake
15:03and Eli made the same thing.
15:08Waiting to see which direction this will go.
15:13It could come down to this battle.
15:16Tomek versus Sexton again.
15:18Sexton can hold on up to this second.
15:20He wins the overall.
15:21He trips back to third.
15:23Lawrence wins.
15:24Lawrence wins the overall.
15:25JT.
15:26I firmly believe that Chase Sexton wants to go win this moto.
15:30You think how much time he's had to spend behind Jet Lawrence.
15:33This has been going on since the summer of 2023.
15:36Now, he's on form today.
15:38I think that KTM chassis works really, really well in this hard pack.
15:41You heard James mention how planted he looks.
15:44When you have an opportunity like this
15:46and Jet Lawrence looks a little vulnerable,
15:48you want to strike.
15:49The overall win is there.
15:50We all know that.
15:51But this is about a lot more than that for Chase Sexton in my eyes.
15:54Yeah, I'm with you, JT.
15:57And the way Chase is riding,
15:59I don't think he has a choice but to go win the race
16:01because Eli has the pace
16:03and how quickly he's able to close in on Jet Lawrence.
16:06You know, he's going to be stuck.
16:08He almost has to slow down.
16:09And, man, that KTM looks so good
16:11in some of these flatter parts of the racetrack.
16:13But if I'm Jet Lawrence, man, I want to get away from him
16:17because every lap of Chase Sexton stays here,
16:20he's getting more confidence.
16:21He was able to beat me in that first moto.
16:23I was the one that made the mistake.
16:24And you know how strong Chase has been in these second motos
16:27and how strong he is just physically.
16:30I kind of want to end him and have him start racing Eli Tomac.
16:32Race backwards, not forward, towards me.
16:36Nearing the halfway mark.
16:37Still a lot that can happen here at Washougal.
16:40Jet Lawrence's overall win streak is on the line.
16:44Sexton would have it right now.
16:50And for these guys, this moto's going to feel like a sprint
16:53because we're only a minute and a half before halfway.
16:55They were able to sit there on the gate for about 10 minutes.
16:59They're completely rested.
17:00So now you're all out, 17-minute sprint it feels like.
17:04And you can see Jet Lawrence trying to sprint away.
17:08Lead is about a second now for Lawrence.
17:11Man, Eli Tomac, though.
17:12He is riding well.
17:14What a difference compared to last week.
17:18We were just mystified as we watched Tomac just going backwards
17:21in both motos at Millville.
17:25And now we're back to a classic Tomac and Sexton fight.
17:29We've seen many times over the years they took the championship in 2022
17:33down to the final lap to the final moto.
17:38And they're duking it out again.
17:40Yeah, they're duking it out.
17:42Chase feels like he's pretty comfortable.
17:44I think if this gap stays, you know, a couple seconds,
17:46he'll be pretty comfortable.
17:48He's really quick here.
17:49Jet seems like he's better after the finish line
17:52until the mechanics there.
17:54He was quicker there in the first moto,
17:55but Chase is able to close in up on here.
18:04And these whoops have been good for the number one.
18:08Halfway through, a reminder,
18:10Monster Energy available at Fred Meyer.
18:12They have left Hunter Lawrence behind.
18:16It is down to these three.
18:17Some of the best racing you'll ever see
18:19in the early stages of this moto.
18:24Eli, see how this tire plays out.
18:26Now you see how quickly Chase was able to close in on Jet.
18:31Now Jet has stretched it out this next section right here.
18:35He's got a line figured out.
18:36Let's see if Chase has made that change.
18:38So you're looking for something different from Sexton here?
18:47I'm just admiring the talent, baby.
18:49I'm just admiring the talent.
18:51It is impressive.
18:52Yeah.
18:53Yeah, I'm just kind of looking at Eli's bike
18:55when he gets on some of these flattered corners.
18:57You know, if he can catch these guys,
18:59how can he pass them?
19:00I do believe it's going to be one of those.
19:02He got the cut out of the corner,
19:03right on that hard pack.
19:05And does he have the tire to be able to do that?
19:07We know that scoop tire is not necessarily a hard pack tire.
19:11Yeah, with the sand scoop tire there,
19:14it's going to be a little different.
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19:30Get down super close to it,
19:32including that right there.
19:33And you get up to the podium.
19:35Will?
19:37Well, looking at Chase Sexton and looking at that,
19:40what we're looking at there with the playoffs,
19:42teasing that,
19:43you've got to think the two here are connected for Chase Sexton.
19:46We're going into a break.
19:47He's said several times that he wants to be strong
19:50in these last three rounds of the pro motocross season.
19:54Then we go into playoffs.
19:56He's got his eye on the prize.
19:58I've spoken to several members of the team.
19:59I've spoken to his dad about it.
20:01They want to be in a solid position.
20:03Remember,
20:03this is why Chase Sexton came back.
20:06He didn't come back just to prove a point.
20:07He came back because he knew the Super Motocross playoffs
20:11were coming up,
20:11and he wanted to put himself in good position.
20:13So, James,
20:14what will this do for him?
20:15Two weeks off when he's left it like this,
20:18and then he's going to pick up on three strong tracks?
20:21It's got to be huge for him.
20:22Yeah, it's huge for him,
20:23and you can see the difference between the way he opened this second moto up,
20:28the difference between Chase being able to win that first moto,
20:30how aggressive he is, that confidence.
20:33And I do believe every lap that he stays here,
20:36eventually he's going to want to get around Jett Lawrence,
20:37but every lap he stays here,
20:39he's just getting more and more confident.
20:41Look,
20:41they all feel like they can beat Jett Lawrence,
20:43but until they go do it,
20:44you just really never know.
20:46So,
20:46if Chase can somehow do this,
20:47going into that two-week break,
20:49it's going to feel good on the fishing boat or whatever you like to do.
20:53It's good from a math standpoint, too.
20:54This is the combined SMX points as they run.
20:57You look at the lower left of the screen.
20:58Justin Cooper has taken control of the number one seed
21:01from the injured Cooper Webb,
21:03but it was going to be close between Sexton and Jett Lawrence
21:07at the current pace they were on.
21:08Sexton,
21:10he can win the overall,
21:10will claw a few points
21:12back
21:13from what Lawrence has gained
21:15over the last couple of weeks,
21:17and that could be the difference
21:18between Sexton being a higher seed
21:20than Lawrence going into the playoffs.
21:23Yeah,
21:23no,
21:23I agree,
21:24and we know how big that is.
21:25I mean,
21:25it came down to one point last year
21:27between,
21:27like,
21:27brothers,
21:28so,
21:29Jay Sexton knows how important it is.
21:30That's one of the reasons he's back,
21:32and now you're starting to see,
21:34look at RJ.
21:35Hampshire has caught Hunter Lawrence every week
21:38taking more steps toward the front,
21:39JT.
21:40I'll tell you what,
21:41Weech,
21:41RJ has been a revelation
21:43over the past month,
21:44and you think about,
21:45if you've ever watched RJ Hampshire,
21:47which I'm sure most of our Peacock audience has out there,
21:49if you think about RJ,
21:51you give him more horsepower,
21:53and less traction,
21:54that is a recipe for disaster,
21:56from what we've learned over RJ the past decade,
21:58not so much,
21:59this 450 has really smoothed him out,
22:01he doesn't have to ride it quite as hard
22:03to get up to speed,
22:04and he's really adapted incredibly well here,
22:06and he's challenging the second place in points here,
22:09this guy has really turned on to something
22:11on the 450 this summer week.
22:13Yes,
22:13he's had a couple fourth place finishes in a row,
22:15so right now he's running fifth,
22:17but he has yet to challenge
22:19the Sexton Lawrence Tomat group.
22:23He's caught Hunter now,
22:24if he can make this pass,
22:25this would be another big step.
22:27Yeah,
22:27it'd be a huge step,
22:28I believe last weekend was a huge step,
22:30even though Eli wasn't on form at first moto,
22:32but he was able to beat him,
22:34and any time you can beat these three,
22:36as you just mentioned,
22:37it's huge,
22:39and you know,
22:39RJ's riding with Chase Sexton every week,
22:41so during the week,
22:42so he knows that pace,
22:44but to be able to come out here in the race,
22:46to be able to do that,
22:47it'd be huge.
22:48I think Hunter Lawrence is stuck,
22:49because he doesn't have that toe in front of him,
22:52it's going to be hard for him to try to move forward,
22:54and I believe RJ will be here,
22:55that's whole moto.
22:57RJ keep working,
22:58show a little Day and City love,
22:59give it to him.
23:01Oh,
23:01that's all RJ does.
23:02Well,
23:02actually,
23:03they're both kind of from Day and City.
23:04Yeah,
23:04these days.
23:05One move there,
23:06one born there,
23:08but yeah,
23:08you know,
23:08RJ,
23:09it doesn't matter where he is on the track,
23:10he's going to give you everything he's got.
23:12Yeah,
23:13and he looks good.
23:14Nice inside line right here,
23:15standing in that nice fluff stuff.
23:19You know,
23:20Sexton riding well today,
23:22and Hampshire,
23:22our colleague Ricky Carmichael,
23:25a Supercrosser,
23:25when we get to those harder packed tracks,
23:27we'll talk about the steel chassis,
23:28sometimes works better.
23:29Do you think there might be anything to that today?
23:31Because we're definitely seeing an elevation,
23:33at least for two of them,
23:35with those Austrian bikes.
23:36Yeah,
23:36yeah,
23:37it is.
23:38I mean,
23:38I'd say,
23:39even if Chase had the same setup as he had last weekend at Millville,
23:42once he rolled that bike off the truck,
23:44it was going to be better here today,
23:46because of the way the hills were,
23:47and some of the struggles that he had,
23:49so he was going to be better,
23:50but if you go back to 2023,
23:51if you remember the second motor,
23:54Chase was able to run down Jet,
23:56on a Honda,
23:57at that point,
23:58when Jet,
23:58so Chase has always had that speed here.
24:01I think it comes down to the track,
24:04really when it comes to Chase,
24:05how this track is,
24:06how he rides a motorcycle,
24:08when he's in the zone,
24:09man,
24:09that guy rides better anyway.
24:11This track only tames these guys,
24:13so you got to be very patient,
24:14and we know Chase can't do that.
24:15He started to pull away from Tomac a little bit,
24:19as he watched his battle,
24:21between Hunter Lawrence,
24:24and RJ Hefshire,
24:25oh,
24:25RJ goes down.
24:26Yeah,
24:27it's easy,
24:28we saw Jet Lawrence do the same thing.
24:30Justin Cooper went by.
24:32I was just going to say,
24:33that's a good line by RJ,
24:34opening that corner up,
24:35now he'll be on the inside,
24:36and what it does,
24:37it straightens this whole next section off,
24:39but RJ got a little,
24:41RJ is,
24:42got on the gas,
24:43and that thing spun out.
24:45As Jet begins to stretch his lead,
24:47let's look at the Hefshire crash again.
24:49Yep,
24:50on the outside now,
24:51Hunter Lawrence misses that inside rut,
24:53RJ gets,
24:53you can see that back tire just slide out,
24:56easing a mistake to happen,
24:58Jet Lawrence did the same thing,
24:59but RJ was able to recover pretty quickly,
25:01in fifth,
25:02or sixth,
25:02behind Justin Cooper.
25:04Barsha,
25:04Nichols,
25:05Malcolm Stewart,
25:06Guillaume,
25:07Valentin Guillaume,
25:07right out of the top ten,
25:09let's look at the last couple of laps.
25:12Lawrence is pulling away,
25:14Sexton then put it in a 2.14 heater,
25:16and guess what,
25:17so did Jet.
25:18Yeah,
25:19Jet actually almost got it out,
25:20to about three seconds,
25:21so Chase is able to close,
25:22and right now,
25:24I'm not too worried,
25:25again,
25:26Jet has his parts of the racetrack,
25:28I think Chase is really strong,
25:29before that finish line,
25:30and let's see,
25:31how much he wants to go after this win,
25:33especially if he can continue,
25:34to pull away from Eli,
25:35I think the good thing for Chase,
25:37is that Eli is still pushing,
25:38pushing him,
25:39so he has no choice,
25:40but to continue to fight Jet Lawrence,
25:42and maybe these guys are closing the gap.
25:47Right now,
25:48Sexton looking at the overall win,
25:49with one,
25:50two scores,
25:51Lawrence,
25:51did not get,
25:54even Tomac in that first moto,
25:55and that was so critical,
25:56the third place finish,
25:58means he needs help,
25:59he needs someone to finish,
26:00between himself and Sexton,
26:01to keep the overall win streak alive,
26:04what we say,
26:05what we say about RJ Hefshire,
26:06he's always going to give you everything he's got,
26:07he's right back now,
26:08to battle Justin Cooper,
26:10yeah,
26:10it's going to be a long end,
26:11and they're not that far behind Hunter Lawrence as well,
26:13so,
26:14RJ continue on this pace,
26:16he can make short work,
26:17Justin Cooper,
26:18he might have a chance,
26:19to get back to the 96,
26:20can you pick a better time,
26:24for a guy like Sexton,
26:25or a guy like Hefshire,
26:26to have a good run,
26:26with a two week break,
26:27as a rider,
26:28you always want to go in,
26:30with any kind of break,
26:31with a good performance,
26:32because you'd be like,
26:33you know,
26:33live on that two weeks,
26:35I was the best,
26:38comes at a great time,
26:39yeah,
26:39honestly,
26:40even if Hefshire,
26:40doesn't get back to Hunter,
26:42he's still going to take something,
26:44out of the fact,
26:44that he caught him,
26:45I would imagine,
26:46right,
26:46yeah,
26:46I mean RJ,
26:47anytime he,
26:48I mean he's become a top five guy,
26:50now,
26:51and so,
26:52here we know at Washougo,
26:53it's a hard racetrack,
26:54to make up time,
26:55if you lose it,
26:56so if he's able,
26:57to get around Justin Cooper,
26:58I'm sure all the guys,
26:59at Husqvarna,
27:00will be super happy,
27:00RJ will,
27:02does a little RJ-ish,
27:03kind of kick,
27:03but nonetheless,
27:05man he's been riding,
27:06really good all year long,
27:08and only continue to get better,
27:09really impressed,
27:10by what he's doing,
27:10on that 450,
27:12how's it been going,
27:13for RJ as a 450 rookie,
27:15we asked him to take stock,
27:17yesterday,
27:19man it's been awesome,
27:21it's been a lot of fun,
27:22and it's nice,
27:23to back up your word,
27:25kind of what I said,
27:25from the beginning,
27:26it's just kind of,
27:26where I knew I could be,
27:28the good thing is,
27:29that there's still,
27:31you know,
27:32a lot of growth,
27:33that can happen,
27:33like I feel like,
27:34my bike can get a lot better,
27:35it's kind of,
27:36I got a lot faster,
27:37than what my bike,
27:38could have handled at first,
27:39so now it's,
27:39you know,
27:39changing settings,
27:40here and there,
27:41just trying to enjoy it man,
27:43like I said,
27:44you know,
27:44the past couple weeks,
27:45like a lot of motivation,
27:47I feel like,
27:48I should have been here,
27:49you know,
27:49a while ago,
27:50but I built my character,
27:53it's who I am now,
27:54and yeah,
27:54look forward,
27:55to keep progressing,
27:55and what's even,
27:59bigger with that,
28:00is that we weren't,
28:01really sure,
28:01if RJ could be,
28:02a 450 rotter,
28:04and so not only,
28:04is he impressed,
28:05you know,
28:05all of us,
28:06I think he solidified,
28:07you know,
28:08being on this team,
28:10a legit 450 guy,
28:12and even moving forward,
28:14having some other opportunities,
28:15and maybe options,
28:16to ride 450s,
28:17on another team,
28:18if that happens,
28:20in the future,
28:20so there's a lot of things,
28:21that have been positive,
28:22for RJ,
28:23but the best thing,
28:24he has screwed out,
28:25a lot,
28:26and he looks like,
28:27he fits on this motorcycle,
28:28which is a great sign,
28:29and Husqvarna,
28:30has had a rough couple years,
28:32so good to see,
28:32their guys up in,
28:34run as good as they have,
28:38back to the overall leader here,
28:40Sexton,
28:41two seconds down,
28:42on Jet Lawrence,
28:42but still sitting,
28:43on that overall win,
28:45which should end,
28:47the streak,
28:49Lawrence has not been beaten,
28:50overall this year,
28:51he's only been beaten,
28:51once in his career,
28:54Sexton fell out,
28:54of even the moto lead here,
28:56he's got it under,
28:56two seconds now,
28:58he's not,
28:59he definitely closed it in,
29:00you know if Jet got stuck,
29:01behind the lappers,
29:02and Chase is coming,
29:03in a good spot,
29:04as now you're seeing Jet,
29:06able to get around,
29:07that one lap,
29:09Chase looks good to me,
29:10I think if he just continues,
29:12on this pace,
29:13still a great moto for him,
29:15and at some point,
29:16he's going to start,
29:17thinking about that overall,
29:18because at the end of the day,
29:19he got him that first moto,
29:20it's a huge confidence booster,
29:22you're able to stay with him,
29:24I think he's starting to believe,
29:25that he can beat him,
29:26but he wants to get that overall,
29:27and he's get that streak down,
29:31and Tomac,
29:32has tripped it back,
29:33he's third,
29:34but he still would be third overall,
29:35that is massive improvement,
29:37from the last,
29:39week as we've watched Tomac here,
29:42now Tomac,
29:43it really started,
29:44got to third,
29:45in the first moto at Redbud,
29:46and then the engine let go,
29:48and then he had the bad gate pick,
29:49came through,
29:50to get about seventh,
29:51I think from a terrible start,
29:52give you the monster energy athletes running order,
29:56that's Tomac here in third,
29:58Cooper fifth,
29:59Prado all the way back in 20,
30:01it has not been a good moto for him,
30:02but he was third,
30:05he was a podium guy,
30:07potentially at Redbud,
30:08if the engine had to let go,
30:10so it was really a loss,
30:11about last week,
30:12with the six nine finishes,
30:13he said they had changed about a ton,
30:15after Redbud didn't work,
30:17much better today,
30:18yeah,
30:19much better,
30:20100%,
30:21and this looks like,
30:22I mean,
30:23we've seen Hunter Lawrence,
30:24lose that toe,
30:25I mean,
30:25Hunter was leading this race,
30:26so,
30:27it's not surprising,
30:28here at Washougal,
30:29if you don't have that,
30:30anyone to chase,
30:32that you end up,
30:32just being a no man's land,
30:33but I just like that,
30:35he was smiling,
30:37you know,
30:37on that podium,
30:38so there'd be a little bit of confidence,
30:39that goes out for Eli,
30:40if he finishes off,
30:41this second moto,
30:42back on the podium,
30:43and again,
30:45these top three,
30:46they're battling,
30:47I mean,
30:47they're all the same speed,
30:49so if he's fighting for a podium,
30:50he's fighting for a win,
30:51at this point,
30:52so,
30:54Jeff Perlain improvement,
30:55Will?
30:56I was just listening,
30:57to what you guys,
30:58were saying there,
30:59Jason,
30:59about the improvements,
31:00on the bike,
31:01and the difference,
31:01between Redbud,
31:02and I,
31:02I asked team manager,
31:04Rich Simmons,
31:04I said,
31:05why the changes,
31:06when you had success,
31:08at the beginning of the year,
31:09is this about the soil change,
31:10you know,
31:10what's this about,
31:11we come back to a hard pack track here,
31:12and he said,
31:13it's about always getting better,
31:15James,
31:16I wanted you to sort of,
31:17give me your opinion on that,
31:18if you're out of the championship,
31:21but you are used to battling up front,
31:23and that's what you do,
31:24the idea of not getting better,
31:25the idea of not trying,
31:27so that you're back up there,
31:28to them,
31:29is just not,
31:29seemingly not an option,
31:30yeah,
31:32and that's the hard part,
31:34for Eli,
31:34because he's so good,
31:36and we expect him,
31:37to be on the podium,
31:38so anytime,
31:38a sixth place,
31:39a fifth place,
31:40people are,
31:40what's going on,
31:41what's going on,
31:42because we expect so much,
31:43and then you start questioning,
31:45whether it's him,
31:46fitting his bike,
31:47and,
31:47you know,
31:48is he trying,
31:49well,
31:49he's trying,
31:50I mean,
31:50all these guys,
31:51are out here trying,
31:52but the level,
31:53of where Eli,
31:54wants to be at,
31:55and should be at,
31:55it's up front,
31:56and I keep,
31:57I continuously say,
31:59if these guys,
32:00who won championship,
32:01Jorge Prada,
32:02is going through the same thing,
32:03if you're not able,
32:04to compete,
32:04for a win,
32:05or a championship,
32:06it is hard,
32:07to be out here,
32:08and as I just said,
32:09him battling,
32:11for a third place,
32:12is the same,
32:12as him battling,
32:13for a win,
32:14and so,
32:15for me,
32:15I like what I see,
32:16but it's a tough position,
32:17with Eli,
32:17when that bike went out.
32:20I remember one time,
32:21at Supercross,
32:22you actually lost a race,
32:23and you went on Twitter,
32:24and said,
32:24hey,
32:24here's what happened,
32:25I got beat,
32:26Merry Christmas,
32:27because everybody's like,
32:28how could this be,
32:29you're like,
32:30I got beat.
32:31Yeah,
32:32exactly,
32:32just sometimes,
32:33the other guy's better,
32:35you know,
32:35sometimes,
32:36but a lot of times,
32:37it comes down to a lot of,
32:38like,
32:38nuances and stuff,
32:39but,
32:40but we asked the question,
32:41when riders were at that,
32:42that standard,
32:43the questions come,
32:44hot and heavy,
32:45as soon as that race is over.
32:46Yeah,
32:46I remember that race,
32:47I was so mad too,
32:48but I could say that,
32:49because I knew,
32:50at the end of the day,
32:51I was better,
32:52I was still going to come back,
32:53and win,
32:53I wouldn't have said it,
32:54if I'm like,
32:55no,
32:55this guy,
32:56I really feel like,
32:57he can't beat me,
32:57I'm like,
32:58oh no,
32:58the bike's not good,
32:59or something else.
33:00You would have gone to,
33:01you would have gone to the excuse,
33:02I would have gone to the excuse,
33:03but for sure.
33:04Didn't see Eli riding better,
33:06shout out to Marshall Welton,
33:07we mentioned,
33:08he's the Privateer Power Award winner from FMF,
33:12to watch Yamaha Riders,
33:13shout out to Yamaha's,
33:15show Beyond the Gate,
33:16you can watch at the,
33:17at Yamaha Motor USA YouTube channel,
33:20every week,
33:21gives you a look behind the scenes,
33:22both at the race,
33:23and during the week,
33:24for Yamaha's factory supported teams.
33:26Welton just an old fashioned grinder man,
33:29this guy races anywhere,
33:31spent some time in Europe,
33:32veteran out of Michigan,
33:35and just,
33:37this old school man,
33:38just trying to make a living on dirt bikes,
33:40and,
33:41the tip of the spear is so sharp in this sport,
33:43I mean,
33:43Welton,
33:44is so darn good,
33:45and we go back to Shock here,
33:46who actually hurt his ankle in that first moto,
33:49said he was going to give it a go in moto two,
33:5115th,
33:52going to score some points,
33:55stack those chips,
33:56yep,
33:56talked to Shock about the length of the season yesterday,
34:01and he's like,
34:01yeah,
34:01I'm starting to feel it,
34:02but,
34:03during this break we've got,
34:05I'm hopping on my two stroke,
34:07I'm going to go to some local tracks,
34:08and just ride for fun,
34:09so,
34:10the flame is burning,
34:11just in a different direction,
34:13yeah,
34:13for the break,
34:14yeah,
34:14and you wouldn't think,
34:15if they had an opportunity to take some break,
34:17you would think these guys would want to be off,
34:19but,
34:19right,
34:19we start feeling guilty,
34:21you know,
34:21yeah,
34:21you told me that this morning,
34:23yeah,
34:23you just like,
34:24the body sand,
34:25rest,
34:25rest,
34:26rest,
34:26but,
34:26one day off,
34:27you feel like you're losing ground,
34:28and,
34:29and,
34:29we know how important that mind is,
34:31so,
34:33Welton and Shock battling right now,
34:35Welton on the Gizmo Mods,
34:36Rock River,
34:37Yamaha,
34:3874,
34:39Lorenzo Licorcio,
34:41right there at Shock Nell,
34:43on the Wildcat Racing,
34:45Gas Gas,
34:46well,
34:46Lorenzo's been in a lot of the motos this year,
34:48right around that 14th to 16th spot,
34:5016th right now,
34:51and,
34:52I,
34:53I know the fans are always watching the battles up front,
34:55but these guys,
34:56this group,
34:57is kind of,
34:58nine through 15,
35:00they probably have better battles than anybody all week,
35:02we asked Lorenzo about being the owner of his own team,
35:04and racing as well,
35:05yeah,
35:07honestly,
35:08it's a,
35:08it's a lot to handle,
35:10uh,
35:10I've overestimated it,
35:12uh,
35:12underestimated it,
35:13sorry,
35:14uh,
35:14but yeah,
35:15no,
35:15it's,
35:16uh,
35:16I do whatever I can,
35:17uh,
35:17during the week,
35:18there's a lot of phone calls,
35:19emails,
35:20uh,
35:20sometimes I gotta go pick up stuff,
35:22come back,
35:23and,
35:23it takes a lot of my training away,
35:26uh,
35:26wish I could do a little more physical training,
35:29stuff like that,
35:30during the week,
35:30but,
35:31uh,
35:31my focus is more on the dirt bike,
35:33and then just having the team running,
35:34everything making sure it's all smooth,
35:36so,
35:37it's a,
35:37it's a big task,
35:39but nothing's impossible,
35:40so I'm,
35:40I'm having fun doing it.
35:42Yeah,
35:42well,
35:43the good thing is,
35:43he doesn't have to worry about getting fired,
35:45man,
35:45he looks like he ain't gonna fire himself,
35:47unless things go that bad,
35:49but,
35:49you know,
35:49you mentioned these battles,
35:51and as we look at all the,
35:52the different countries,
35:54um,
35:54that's racing here,
35:55truly an international,
35:56like,
35:57field,
35:57these guys who are battling it in these,
35:59like,
36:00Lorenzo,
36:00and,
36:01and,
36:01and,
36:01well,
36:01and Harry Coolis,
36:03these guys are in shape,
36:04because they,
36:05they're battling,
36:06oh,
36:06gosh,
36:0635 minutes,
36:08you know,
36:0830 plus two laps,
36:09and,
36:10I,
36:10I can guarantee you,
36:11Jet is riding easier,
36:13the race is easier for him,
36:15out front,
36:16than it is for these guys,
36:17because they're always fighting each other,
36:18it seems like every week,
36:19they're always hooking up,
36:20and they know it,
36:21oh,
36:22shout out to all of them,
36:24oh,
36:24there's no rest for these guys,
36:25absolutely,
36:25and what's on the line for them,
36:26are those SMX points,
36:27as we check in with the leader,
36:30Chet Lawrence,
36:31Guillaume,
36:32who did not race Supercross,
36:33is up to 20,
36:3430 combined points right now,
36:36so Harrison has been good all year,
36:38indoors,
36:38and out is 21st,
36:40and Harry Coolis,
36:41also didn't race Supercross,
36:42he's 25th,
36:43so the last six motos,
36:45that'll loom after the break,
36:48really could tell the story,
36:49of who gets into the playoffs,
36:50automatically,
36:51in the top 20,
36:52and who has to race the LCQ,
36:54and it pays a lot of money,
36:55so that's huge,
36:57for those privateer riders,
36:58back to Lawrence,
37:00looks like he has shut the Sexton charge down,
37:03but the overall win streak,
37:05is going to come to an end,
37:08barring disaster for Sexton,
37:10yeah,
37:10you notice Jed,
37:12you know,
37:12a few corners ago,
37:13he gave a little wave,
37:15to one of the lap riders,
37:16which tells me,
37:17he must have gave that guy to business,
37:19in one of the corners,
37:20you know,
37:21probably not on purpose,
37:22by him waving,
37:23but,
37:24what an answer,
37:25this guy,
37:25he ran a 213,
37:27a couple laps ago,
37:28and that was pretty much,
37:28sealed the deal for him,
37:30Chase is now,
37:32understanding,
37:32let me just bring this thing home,
37:34got to crawl,
37:35before we walk,
37:36at this point,
37:37a good day for all these guys,
37:38with a bounce back moto,
37:39for Jed,
37:39Jed Lawrence,
37:40he's not there baby,
37:41he's not there,
37:43yeah,
37:43he's taking a glass,
37:44and if it ends this way,
37:45it will be,
37:4622 wins,
37:48in 24,
37:49450 pro motocross races,
37:51but,
37:53look,
37:54the only one he lost last year,
37:55is Hank Tal,
37:55where he had a huge crash,
37:57on a downhill jump,
37:58and was definitely hurting all day,
38:00it's a little bit,
38:01he did fall on the first moto,
38:03it's a little bit closer,
38:04to what you'd call a straight up,
38:06you know,
38:06he was behind Sexton,
38:08when he went down,
38:09so,
38:10this is something,
38:11I don't know how much of a something,
38:12but it is something for sure,
38:15yeah,
38:15Jed wins his moto,
38:16Chase,
38:17hangs on to this overall,
38:19yeah,
38:20Jed really,
38:21had a bad race today,
38:22I mean,
38:23he's struggling so much,
38:24he lost an overall,
38:25I mean,
38:26that is,
38:26it's his stats,
38:28it's his own greatness,
38:28that makes you,
38:29we can really say that,
38:30like,
38:31whoa,
38:31what happened,
38:32and I'm going to tell you this,
38:33Jed,
38:34welcome to my club,
38:35son,
38:36welcome to my club,
38:37second place,
38:38and the first question is going to be,
38:39what happened,
38:40what happened,
38:41what a moto got second,
38:42here's what happened,
38:43Chase Sexton,
38:45conquers Washougal,
38:47and gets the overall win,
38:48with one,
38:49two scores,
38:51his first win,
38:52since the series finale,
38:53last year,
38:53and the only rider,
39:01who's beaten Jed,
39:01in those two overall defeats,
39:04is Chase Sexton,
39:05and Eli Tomek,
39:06a great ride today,
39:07those are three,
39:08great champions,
39:10of SMX,
39:12and respect,
39:13right there,
39:14hey,
39:15we had you,
39:15and your old buddy,
39:16Chad Reed,
39:17at a live show,
39:17for fans last night,
39:18and you talked about that,
39:19respect level,
39:20those three have it,
39:21for each other,
39:22you believe,
39:22as much as they want,
39:23to beat each other,
39:24it's there,
39:25no absolutely,
39:26like I said last night,
39:28I hated Chad,
39:29but you know,
39:30hey it's because I was,
39:31I wanted to beat the guy,
39:32I always had respect for him,
39:33and no matter what,
39:34all these guys got it,
39:35I even volunteered,
39:37you want to go for a latte,
39:38I even asked for it,
39:40you did,
39:40yeah you guys are good now,
39:41this is Eli Tomek,
39:43moto wins,
39:44he is second to all time,
39:46Lawrence started to move up,
39:48he has passed Jeff Emig,
39:50and if he wins,
39:51one more moto,
39:51anyway,
39:54great job,
39:54great job,
39:57Jay Sexton with the win,
39:59and he prevented Jeff,
40:00from winning two today,
40:01so,
40:01well the question was answered,
40:05can he close the door,
40:06he was able to close the door,
40:08yeah,
40:08say less,
40:09on some of these,
40:10stats here,
40:11as far as you're concerned,
40:12starting to get mad,
40:13at these graphics,
40:14yeah,
40:14hey look at this,
40:15Sexton,
40:15climbing the ranks,
40:16that's,
40:16and,
40:17yeah,
40:17yeah.
40:18We're doing this,
40:19we're hoping,
40:19yeah.
40:20And,
40:21every day,
40:22that's the goodề Πήды,
40:23yeah,
40:23on some of these,
40:24yeah,
40:25loving times,
40:26oh,
40:26hey,
40:27that's,
40:27on some of these,
40:28and,
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