450 Moto 2 Budds Creek Motocross AMA National
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00:00You don't want to do is start to unwind all of the great work he's done
00:04You don't want to give hunter Lawrence confidence
00:05You don't want to give anybody else confidence the guys like Eli Tomac and jet Lawrence on the horizon that are coming back
00:10He really needs to show up in moto 2 and let everybody know why he has that red plate
00:16And Eli Tomac welcome back. We got a fourth place that first moto
00:21Can you imagine if you come out here and you win this moto of what that's gonna say and everybody's gonna be worried about you
00:26So Eli you've been at home on the couch. You well rested. You got a smile on your face
00:30Let's see what we can do to second moto
00:32Maybe we get a victory and what's key here is we have heard the AMA has delayed the decision on who gets to ride for
00:38Team USA at MotoCross of Nations. They want to see what Tomac has and the position that's probably up for grabs
00:44I would think sexton's a shoo-in. Maybe Aaron Plessiger would be the second 450 guy
00:49I think he's got to be Tomac in this moto to assure that position
00:53It wouldn't guarantee it but it would go a long way, and you know, he wants to represent Team USA badly
00:58And they were third and fourth
01:01Advantage Plessiger and the first moto earlier
01:04Today so now about 90 minutes later. They're back on the gate again
01:08Can hunter Lawrence get his first overall win of the year and the first ever on a 450?
01:13How will Eli Tomac do can he bounce back? He's got two motos in the tank coming back after a long injury break
01:20Yeah, it'll be fun. Yeah interesting point about the Aaron you mentioned earlier about the Captain America
01:26I think he has to be he has to be Eli pretty soundly
01:30I think Eli's close then it's probably gonna be delayed out. You got to expect Eli's going to be better, right?
01:36So he's just getting back. Yeah, it can't be close. So yep
01:41But we're really fun out here in a few minutes
01:43All right, Christian Craig and the 28 had the good start in moto one
01:47That's another one to watch and we mentioned the SMX playoff bubble battle
01:52Chisholm and Kulas Nicoletti Welton a lot of guys fighting for that
01:55Yeah, and I noticed chase didn't go to that far inside gate even though he's a few positions over
02:01No, yeah, that's probably four gates out. Yeah
02:08So this is it can hunter Lawrence or someone else in the win streak that stands at four in a row
02:16Overall for chase Sexton
02:20It's time to bring it at work, but scrape reps are up gates down
02:29Hunter Lawrence again lights out on the starts this year
02:34Plesinger right behind him in the Malcolm Stewart
02:38Better start for chase Sexton Eli got buried in the pack. He was in a mid pack tough start for him
02:44But hunter Lawrence exactly where you wanted to be now that tire that scoop tire paid off now
02:49You got to figure it out and deal with it around this racetrack
02:52But great start for the 96 and the fever first time he's been up here and top three hang on to your training teammate
02:59Aaron Plesinger good to see him out there. It looks like chase Sexton in fourth place. All right. Yeah, that's Malcolm Stewart third JT
03:06What do you see it? Well for hunter? I think it's gonna be important
03:08You saw him spin that rear tire up trying to stick that inside line. He's gonna want to stay in the rut, right?
03:14He's gonna be searching for berms searching for ruts
03:16The last place he wants to be is on the hard inside where there's no real dirt to lean into so watch here
03:22They'll probably make adjustments
03:23He may have to go from lines that he wants to into lines where that tire will work
03:27But he's gonna be sourcing that or something that out here in the first lap. Yeah, that's a great point
03:31I was gonna mention that the good part is he if he's out front he can dictate
03:35So the way this track is he has an opportunity to figure it out while he's out front
03:40But as you can see him
03:41He started he losing the rear end once he tries to get out of some of these corners
03:44So I'm sure he'll make the difference and make those adjustments as Aaron Plesinger trust. Oh, it's gonna be tough
03:50Yeah, he's like it was on the inside. Yeah, he might be and I think he actually has this pass
03:56Sevens got the lead Plesinger. No, the 96 fights back over the triple
04:01Yeah, Aaron really should have closed them off at that point. Maybe the angle is a little bit different from what we saw, but oh
04:06But a leg off we had a runner throwing it sideways
04:09You're gonna see hunter slowly start moving back over if he feels like Aaron can get to that inside
04:15He does and he successfully seals it off. Meanwhile
04:19Sexton has made the move on Stewart. So he's the third
04:23Chase is a lot better now
04:24I think he can go back into how he's been
04:27Black past few weeks or past few motos were second moto just kind of wear him out. He's right here
04:31So I don't think hunter would get away too far
04:34So I don't think hunter would get away too far and while hunter is sussing out that tire maybe chase can close in on these guys
04:41And you mentioned eli tomac buried 18th place for the four-time champ in his return to racing
04:47So job one done for the 96 get the scoop tire take advantage of the start
04:53Seventh whole shot of the year for him
04:56And here we go. Can he hang on and finally get this overall win?
05:01Yeah, i'm curious to to wonder is hunter the one and only ones on the top
05:06With that paddle tire or is it aaron's on the same thing and chase because if so then they're all in the same boat
05:12Well, he's put it together now here in lap two a lot better than the first lap
05:16Yeah, I mean he'll figure it out. I mean it's back up to speed and this is the first time they've ridden this track
05:20Being this dry so it's different. So not only he's got to figure out the tire
05:24He's got to learn the track and how different it is as well
05:26And hopefully whatever changes that you made if you did in between motos is the right way
05:32with track being drier
05:36And how critical is it a lap ago it looked like plessiger had the pass made
05:41Hunter was able to fight back and this race looks a lot different than it did just two minutes ago a lap earlier
05:47Yeah, you notice hunter took that outside line. He felt what happened last. Um the last lap with aaron coming around
05:53He almost loses rear end
05:55That's a smart rider been able to adapt change
05:58jt
06:00Just spoke with uh team manager ian harrison on the red bull ktm's and both of them went to the traditional tire
06:06And I think that's who hunter warrens was referencing, right? He's going to reference his biggest competition
06:10So that's going to be a little bit different. They're going to be able to choose different lines
06:13They're going to be a little bit more aggressive in the harder sections of the racetrack
06:16But mission accomplished so far for hunter
06:19He got out front and we know how important track position has been it's been the most dominant factor of the day thus far
06:25Yeah, but he's gonna have company. It looks like the number four chase sexton is starting to roll toward the front from third
06:38Now another thing I want to ask you james we talked so much about the nabi tire and the scoop tire spinning up under acceleration
06:44What about breaking some of these downhills?
06:47Well, is there a drawback there, too?
06:48Well, I think the if it was more of the front tire then I think the braking would come more into it
06:54The only difference is with the the tire that hunter has the more not not kanavi
06:59But the scoop tire is that under braking that the bike would want to slide more
07:04Yeah more of a chatter so you can have it where the back end starts losing the you know
07:09It doesn't have a good side grip and so you start losing the rear end which will push the front end
07:15So sometimes like because the rear is not hooking up it actually can affect your front and being around so hunter has to pay attention
07:21to that
07:23But that being said he's just gonna have to be open to be able to change these lines and keep that bike off that side
07:28Try to be straight up and down ac
07:31Yeah, guys
07:32I think that the biggest thing with the paddle tire is anytime you're on the lean angle anytime you have the bike leaned over
07:38The traction is compromised. So it's more of a point and shoot
07:41Uh type of style around the track and that's what you're going to see from hunter lawrence
07:46And unfortunately, it is colton nichols just getting back to racing last weekend at unadilla who is down
07:53Will hon there is actually his trainer even though hon works for the charlie designs red bull gas cast team, man
07:59You hope colt's okay
08:00That guy has been through some big ones in his career
08:03Yeah, it looks like he's starting to get up
08:05But yeah, and you know to your point about the braking
08:08That's really the only part that he really would affect it just on the braking would be the drier parts of the race track
08:14But I think with him
08:16It's he can rot it. Obviously. It's fine
08:18He's just got to know how to and obviously he's starting to figure that part out
08:22But as this track goes on
08:24He's just got to be careful on on these lucid parts
08:26I mean the harder parts of the racetrack like coming up where they're about to come here on that sideline angle
08:32get through these rollers that
08:34Paddle tire probably is not going to be as good as chase x's or the ktm's because it's still at a lingo at an angle
08:41He's turning going through this section
08:42So as the race goes on hunter's got to be careful not losing a rear and over that
08:46And the whole reason we dance this dance of the nabi tire versus the scoop is because the dirt off the start is so much
08:52Deeper than it is around most of the rest of the track
08:55That's why one tire can be better for the start but worse around the track
08:58And vice versa as we catch up with eli tomac now at the bottom of this group
09:03Made his way from 18th to now 13th working on the french veteran
09:08roman pope
09:10And eli can't quite make the move
09:13Yeah, this might actually help eli
09:15I mean, I don't know how he felt physically coming into this race
09:18Like does he feel like he has endurance?
09:20So is it better to kind of get a a bad start and just get used to passing people getting used to being around guys
09:26Maybe having some fun compared to being up front with hunter laurence chase x and then starting to fade because you're not
09:32Ready to be back just because you haven't raised so who knows but I think eli's smart
09:37He did a good job of being here. He has the pace. He looks pretty good
09:41So overall no matter how this race finishes, I think eli be pretty
09:45Satisfied that he has the tool still to compete against these guys
09:49Yeah
09:50And it's all a building process for the number three coming back from a thumb injury and really coming back from a massive injury
09:55From last year with the torn achilles and just trying to log time build a base
10:00And maybe be that much stronger in the future
10:03I got to imagine 2025 is part of the goal here. Although they haven't officially announced that he's back yet
10:09I got a sneaking suspicion. He will be as he works on pope
10:13Yeah, eli's being super patient around there and even though he's battling with this guy. He's saving energy
10:18Sometimes when you get close to these, uh, these tighter parts when you know
10:22You can't pass you just take a breath like whether you're behind the guy in front of them and then just keep saving it
10:27So it might help eli as this race goes on and save that energy and have it for the end
10:33Makes the move on pope
10:36So
10:38Watching eli tomac here
10:40The veteran out of colorado living legend of the championship
10:45five-time champion of pro boto crossing the 250 and 450 classes
10:49Making his return from injury not the start. He wanted in this one and just working his way into the top 12 now
10:58And next on his list will be phil micheletti
11:01He is fourth all-time tomac in points
11:06in
11:08Career points fourth all-time only three riders ever have scored more points than eli tomac just to give you an idea that living legend status
11:17Now the battle up front tightening with all three
11:20Not just sexton plessinger is back as well
11:23And you got to wonder is this part track or these guys picking it up?
11:27Because we saw the same thing happen in the 250 class guys have been able to catch them
11:30But once they get to them, they lose the time. So it's hunter lawrence
11:34This is all he got is he struggling with the rear tire or is he just playing the game?
11:39And just waiting for the battle. I love this outside here because nobody's going to be able to go around the inside of you that quickly
11:46Oh, let's see here's there
11:48Yeah hunters. He's got a good point now as long as he doesn't mess the corner up, which he came close to
11:54He would be fine
11:57Now he's got to be very patient around here. This corner is really off camber see him
12:04You can slide the back end. Oh, you can slide you there
12:06Yeah, slide the back end
12:08But what hunter did he actually went a little bit farther out banked off that berm put that bike straight up and down
12:13So he didn't have to have that lean angle jt
12:16That's exactly right hunter used the berm to make the pivot where ap
12:20His trajectory was a little bit different where he pivoted off the flat hard ground and that's really the difference in reality
12:25You see him trying to get up the inside to make a pass there
12:27But it's the little nuances like that
12:29Where they want to or don't want to be on the lean of the side of that knob of that tire
12:34And plessinger is back guys. He almost made that pass as you saw there jt
12:38He is all over the 96. You knew sexton would put in a push
12:43The seven is doing it as well
12:45Yeah, and I think aaron he can sense hunter's body position
12:48We talked about last weekend riders know when the other guy's not feeling it
12:52So aaron probably knows i'm sure his team probably say hey hunter or he senses hunter's not that comfortable in these lean
12:58Uh these harder packs. So once aaron gets close to him
13:01He's going to try to attack him because you can tell by hunter's body position. He's not attacking four
13:06He's really just waiting for that battle to come and he needs to just going faster once aaron's there
13:11So the opportunity is to pass because you know that number four is going to try to come up and get around you if you don't
13:17Oh, yeah, sexton is all over him now tomac
13:20In a battle with nicoletti for 11. Oh, here's sexton
13:26Challenging plessinger
13:32Oh, what's that line?
13:33Uh, no chase was stuck. He wasn't really sure if aaron was going to go outside or inside and I think he just got fooled
13:41And then he chases out just go down the middle new line
13:44Well, he gave a shout out to my brother he's only about three seconds behind chase right here as he pops in
13:50so
13:51Yeah, as I was mentioned earlier, he'll continue to get better as the year goes on and on and this is another step to that
13:57Yeah, good job malcolm. And by the way, it's startling as it seems for hunter have not has not won an overall yet
14:03Plessinger has still never won a 450 moto. It seems shocking that is shocking to me to hear how good this guy's been
14:09I think he's had some close ones
14:11um, but
14:12He's also been in in the era of some pretty good road cross routers of his time
14:19But aaron plessinger's getting better. He's riding the best. He's asked probably his whole career
14:23And that moto win is coming soon enough. I believe yeah couldn't even be right here, but he's got to deal with his teammate sexton
14:30Hunter lawrence building a small gap at the moment while these riders battle. Oh, what a crossover from sexton
14:37Oh, I saw it coming you can see where chase went on that outside
14:41See if aaron can get back up the inside, but that was a power move and that was set up by chase
14:46Seeing what aaron was doing
14:49Nice move by him. You're you lit up when you saw that one. Oh something I can't I get happy when I see beauty like that
14:55That was just beautiful
14:57Now sexton then almost crashed away right after that good job holding on and now we're into the critical juncture sexton versus lawrence again
15:05Moto one sexton was not able to make it happen. He went down
15:10Yeah, but I think chase knows he's a lot closer
15:13He's got more time and there's a there's a significant difference where hunter might be struggling
15:18But here's the point so you see uh chase going on outside right now now he pivots
15:23Jumps on the inside. He's just double
15:26Man, now that was a nice move. I lit up then he almost crashed and I sat down but
15:31And I believe we heard chase went down right wait, let's watch this
15:36Watch the four does he lose the front end here? There it is
15:42Now so it looks like what happened
15:45Here we go real speed
15:48Oh, yeah
15:50looks like he wanted to get to that inside berm tire just goes over that's a tough break for him, but
15:55Malcolm stewart up to third now sexton has a lot of work to do
15:59It's the opening that hunter lawrence has been looking for to try to get that overall win
16:11And
16:13Yeah credit like you said malcolm stewart hanging in there able to take advantage at least for the moment sexton like a freight train
16:20Going back toward the front. You're talking about some braking power. Did you see?
16:24Chase almost lose the front end because he was so hard on the brake
16:27he knew he wanted to get around my brother right before he got to that pivot and
16:31As much time chase went down just like he did in that first moto
16:34But I believe chase is going to come back up and he still has a chance to win this race
16:38It's not too far back. No 6.8 seconds. That is workable because we're still not even to the halfway mark
16:45That was pretty
16:46Look how much time he was able to gain if he can pull that off
16:48He's going to gain a second just in that section right there
16:51And it's a lot easier because he's not going through all those rollers he's missing them
16:55So don't be surprised. Is this number four back on that seven here?
17:00In the next lap or so and how about hunter lawrence couple of attacks from plessinger and now stretching it to 3.7
17:07seconds
17:09Scoop tire for the win at the moment. Let's see what the number four can put together hunter lawrence hanging on
17:16Now you wonder if hunter's in this position, he's got two options either, you know, it's still 15 minutes left
17:21Do you feel like you can hold this thing on or do you feel like chase is going to come because?
17:26If you feel like you have some pace then maybe you try to attack right now make chase have to push it
17:31Like kind of what your brother does put him in a situation where he has to take the chances
17:35Or you just keep riding your ride your deal
17:38Let him come back up and then keep putting these flurries attacks once he closed try to attack him then
17:43Attack him then make him frustrated that way
17:46So we'll be interested to see what happens here in the next couple laps
17:49We'll tell the story with hunter and you see plessinger lurking in second, but right now the 96 trying to put it together
18:02And credit to the perseverance of hunter in this team
18:04I mean it looked like things were falling away by the time we got to washugal missed the podium for the first time
18:10and
18:12Could have easily thrown in the towel just said all right. It's not gonna happen this year, but he's come back much better
18:17after the time off
18:24Hunter lawrence
18:26Trying to deliver 14 minutes left says his mechanic
18:30camera camera and that's a
18:33Critical point that's halfway through the moto. So still plenty to play for and sexton is closing taking it from 6.8
18:41to 5.9
18:46Hunter's pulling away from plessinger a bit set it down to adam cincerello
18:51And it's a critical part of the race like you guys said for for hunter lawrence having the first win
18:56Dangling in front of your face as I said before the start of the auto
19:00It's really easy to let your mind wander to that
19:03You know to think about popping the champagne and thinking about how happy you'll be when you win this race
19:08But and it's okay if your mind wanders, but you have to bring it back to the present moment as quick as possible
19:14And um, yeah rooting for hunter here
19:18Yeah, let's see if he can do it the smx track view giving an idea where the two ktm's are
19:25Here's the gap and sexton is back to his teammate
19:28Yeah, as I mentioned I felt like chase was going to be back on that 96 now
19:33He has a little bit of open room
19:35So chase has been able to close in on these guys, but once you get close, it's been hard to pass
19:40So if you have the pace you can catch him which that's what he's doing
19:44The hard part is once you get there getting around them
19:46but before that I saw hunter lawrence lose the front end in that sweeper section right after uh,
19:51You go up the old finish line jump and I think a part of that's because of his rear tire being on the lane
19:57He started losing a rear started pushing on the front. He did a good job at saving it
20:01But number four just like he has in the previous weekend he is coming
20:07Yes, but how quickly can he make this happen or can they at least match the pace of lawrence while they battle
20:15i'm going to try the inside
20:19Oh elbow to elbow plasticers on the inside sexton not able to get out of that run
20:26Coming up to the section where chase passed him earlier in the moto
20:30If aaron doesn't watch out chase gonna do it again and see if aaron goes on the defense
20:34Which he should just slow down right here. No, he did it again. Ah, come on. Come on aaron
20:40See if he can get on the outside
20:42and
20:44Oh this outside actually has worked. Let's see if plesker can use it
20:48He wasn't far enough ahead and sexton's got him again. Yeah, chase was too he was too even with him
20:54But yeah, what aaron should have done was slow down right there
20:57May chase have to slow down to not hit that double jt
21:00I've been talking all day about when riders get there. They have to have a plan. You can't just wing it on this racetrack
21:06It's too difficult to pass for that
21:08So I don't know if hunter lawrence has picked up on that line his lap times and tell me he has it
21:12So chase sexton, that's where he'll make this move. He knows that lines work. He knows he's got it in his back pocket
21:18So all he's got to do is get to the rear tire of hunter lawrence set him up right there
21:22And he'll fly right by and the lap times jt yes a
21:27157
21:28Seven for sexton a 159 five there you see it on screen
21:34Nearly two seconds quicker with sexton than lawrence the last time around
21:39Oh a little mistake there. Yeah, that's why I was mentioning if hunter has more pace
21:43Then just try to go fast because chase has to catch you and he's going to take some chances to do it
21:48The hard part for hunter is that he is on that paddle tire
21:51So he's got to be careful not to override this track where chase does have the regular paddle tire
21:56I mean regular scoop tire. So as you can see hunter if he tries to go fast
22:01Did you notice that rear end sliding all the way up that face?
22:04And it's only going to get worse as this moto goes on and it seems like he's really starting to struggle with that
22:09And the drier the track gets the tougher. It will be sexton
22:14continuing to rally
22:21So
22:26And this is a section where he's made up a ton of time and made passes right there putting the power down
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23:04They're up along the fence
23:06It's going to be close
23:09Yeah, I mean hunter's doing a great job and when we're talking about that section where uh chase passed aaron
23:14I don't even know if hunter could do that because that takes a lot of lean angle
23:18And you got to have trust on your rear your bike
23:20So I don't know if hunter would do that. Anyway because of the tire choice that he made
23:25well that might make it easier for sexton to make a pass if
23:29He can get there
23:31We're down to eight minutes and two laps
23:34I'll give you the motosport.com whole shot replay while this battle is settled for the moment
23:38So
23:46Hunter out of the gate. It's been the story all year
23:49Yep
23:50So same thing as the first moto had a clear jump was at the first corner
23:55first
23:56Let's see chase
23:59So
24:04Got pulled by his teammate plessiger there
24:07And had some work to do but the big problem was the crash after it
24:11And he has had to do everything to re-bridge the gap
24:15to the 96
24:17Hunter lawrence, can he deliver his first ever overall win on a 450?
24:29And he's saying it was four tenths the difference in lap time
24:32Sexton dropped off but hunter dropped off even more now a two minute versus the 159
24:37Did you notice when hunter leaned that bike over he lost it and he actually ended up burying it in the corner
24:42So as I mentioned, I don't think he feels comfortable enough because he was going to try to hit that double
24:47But as soon as he leaned it on the side, he started losing the rear tire and as we're talking about these tires
24:52It's not like the dunlop's a bad tire
24:54What just the difference between the what tire chase has on the scoop tire compared to the regular navi tire?
25:01Uh one works better on that lean and he needs that lean angle to hit that double where chase is getting past aaron
25:07Yeah, the tire that hunter has is designed for mud or sand
25:10But it's just good off the start so they use it even when we don't have sand man
25:14That was beautiful what chase did he doubled into that?
25:17A little corner kept his foot on the pegs. That was nice. Oh, and it worked because look how close he is
25:23To the 96 thor battle box showing the fight for fourth
25:28anderson
25:29Has caught stewart, so that'll be another one to watch
25:32But the battlefield lead is tightening
25:37Sexton is right there now. Yeah chase is there
25:41Oh
25:43This track's drying out and
25:45Even more I like these lines here because once you get in one rut
25:49You got to kind of got to stay there and that's where it allows somebody like chase if you catch them
25:54To be able to pass him because the guy has to stay in his line
25:56where in other parts of the racetrack you can cut back and forth, so
26:01But hunter has done a great job as quickly as chase caught aaron. He didn't catch hunter that uh quick
26:06So hunter probably tried picking up the pace. He realized chase is coming
26:10And I believe chase has one opportunity
26:13if he's going to make the pass up here because
26:15If he shows hunter that line and he doesn't make it then hunter can actually start blocking it by slowing down. Oh, okay, so
26:23I think hunter's very smart and well aware of being able to dictate where guys are
26:29And be able to change the lines up and adapt them to the track
26:33And sexton is not close enough to use that jump right there this time
26:38Yeah, chase goes a little bit farther inside
26:40So maybe there's a rut that's getting kicked on there because he didn't even try to take that line
26:45Maybe he just knows that he's it's going to happen
26:48As we say malcolm down in battle for four. Yeah
26:52He's actually pulled back away from jason. That's right
26:54Yeah, they're in those rollers now and he has pulled away from the monster kawasaki rider of anderson there
27:00steward of the rock star husk varna
27:03so as a rider if you're sexton, do you
27:06Try to hide that line until you're really really close
27:09Well, I think I think really hunter won't be able to see it
27:12So the only way hunter would even notice that's there. Oh, he's going to try right now james. You just do that
27:17Do that moment right there hunter is like wait, wait, wait, where did he come from? Look at this sexton to the lead
27:25Wow, you gotta hide nothing. You know, you gotta pass but
27:28The hard part for hunter if he's going to get around
27:31He's got to try to get around chase now because the way chase is rolling
27:34He might build up he might just roll away from him
27:37But it's gonna be hard from hunter because he has to stick to his lines, which chase knows all of them
27:41because of the tire situation
27:44Yeah, do you have fewer options on the racetrack when you have that tire 100%?
27:48You got a fewer options and really the options come from is when you you need a pass
27:52so being able to get on the inside of chase or doing what chase did to
27:56Um aaron it's gonna be hard for hunter because he doesn't have the lean angle and as you can see
28:01Hunter didn't even know that he was even there
28:05Because he looks over and he's like, where did that come from?
28:07That's because chase went 100 miles an hour around that race to that corner. Yeah, that was like nascar turn here
28:14There we go
28:15Hunter's like whoa
28:17Seriously, that was a great move caught about surprise as jt was mentioned and once he got there you got to make it happen
28:23Adam, what'd you see?
28:26Guys, I see the growth with chase x and you see a couple years ago
28:29He had this pace, but he would turn that mistake that little tip over he had earlier
28:34He would turn that into more mistakes and and end up going the other way and now it almost looks like it's just made him mad
28:41And he's going faster than he has all day. So just the evolution of chase sexton
28:46Yeah, and I and I agree and we talked about last week chase is a different rider out front than in the back
28:51Sometimes when he's behind like he was early in his race, it looked like he was just getting stuck in their pace
28:57So but when he went down he lost that time and I think it was somewhat put him back out front again
29:03Where he had to go fast he could see the whole racetrack
29:06And it's not surprising that he got that confidence and he was able to close on these guys jt
29:11Yeah, sometimes you get in this thought process and and that's exactly what you're thinking too much
29:16You're thinking about the title you're thinking about where am I going to catch up to hunter?
29:19You're thinking about why can't I find a way to get the whole shot?
29:21Your brain is doing too much and then you have a crash like that and your brain shuts off and I don't mean
29:27Literally, but you don't worry about any of that anymore and you just ride purely on instinct a lot of that's anger
29:33And it's just reacting to the moment and you can see it change for chase his intensity picked up
29:39He didn't seem to really care about what was going on and that pushed him forward
29:42We've seen it at times from him go back to hang town. You go back to these great rides
29:47He's had it was almost always caused by something tipping his hand
29:52He was able to just take those thoughts out of his head and ride the way he knows how
29:58Yeah, absolutely
29:59Just like hang town and maybe this race the sense of okay
30:02You show up in this photo like you're expected to win once you go down or you have a first corner crash now
30:07There's nothing to lose
30:08So you're riding out there just free because everything's lost for you and when chase is in that spot
30:13He can come from last and win the race
30:16So he's just got to figure out how to do that more often when it's out front
30:20When he's close to these guys, which is a lot easier said than done
30:23But clearly when the dude decides he wants to go beast mode
30:26There ain't nobody out here in this field as he even run that pace
30:36And just a thing of beauty to watch now as the four
30:41Tries to extend the overall win streak to five races
30:52Yep, and he has put hunter in the rearview mirror. Let's take her a distant third
30:57Malcolm stewart hanging in there. Yeah, malcolm's hanging in he's had pressure from jason and justin cooper. So
31:05I think jason somewhat was probably
31:08Gonna like let malcolm happen until justin came in. So man chases him. He's in his own right now
31:16I'm gonna ask your brother about this track
31:19Has one promoter cross top five that was at this track
31:232013
31:25And looking to do it again
31:27This is probably the best track for him
31:31Yeah, I remember that 2013
31:33Actually
31:35I was stuck behind him for like seven laps. Oh, you remember that race? I remember the race because I think he took me out
31:41Oh, wow. Yeah, we had to
31:43Had a little family meeting afterwards
31:49Oh fourth overall that day third in the moto, well, he's motivated he's got to keep you behind him one way or another
31:54Yeah, I know he did it was in this corner
31:56I was yelling at him for eight laps and he was like, I didn't even know you i'm like bro. Come on
32:00I was like the only suzuki out there i'm yelling at you every race and pops is coming out for both of us though
32:06It was good. You were yelling in the corners. I was yelling at him and eventually I was so tired
32:10I couldn't yell. I didn't have no breath. So
32:14Oh, that's one way to if I can get him so tired he can't yell at me anymore. I warm my own self out
32:21Yeah cardio
32:22The heart rate was through the roof from all the yelling
32:25So malcolm looking to hold on anderson had caught him
32:29It's like something happened to jason he dropped back but oh, yeah, justin cooper up the fifth now
32:34Yeah, this is good
32:35I mean malcolm's been we talked about earlier slowly getting better and better and this is what a start does
32:40So this is where he feels like he belongs and he wants to be and it's good to see him back up here
32:46Best finish outdoors for a while. Here comes jacob, but
32:50Number 32 he's trying to get on the captain america team as well
32:54And he's battling with aaron in the third and point so justin has a lot to fight for to try to get these extra points
33:00Let's see if malcolm's gonna hold him off with two laps left
33:03Yeah, justin cooper could be in play for team usa boat across the nation as well
33:08as for tomac
33:10It never really materialized. He did eventually pass nicoletti
33:13It's up to 11, but that's going to be it for the number three and that might end up being seventh overall for him
33:20And
33:22The good thing is we'll see the three back at ironman
33:25Yeah, i'm looking at the lap times on the eli. I believe nicoletti might have fell and eli would have got around him because
33:33Nicoletti did a 211 eli did a 206 and there's only a three, uh second gap between there. So
33:40Uh-oh cooper is right there on malcolm right now. They got the lap rider in between them
33:45the 93 of bryce shelley
33:48So they get around shelley, here we go looks like malcolm's been out front with that number plate
33:53It's nice and clean
33:55They spray on that thing seven gear out there
34:01Either way fourth or fifth it's going to be the best
34:04Not him. This is good
34:06The best part is beginning part of the season and malcolm
34:10This is when you know as a rider
34:11You've gotten better because it's sekimoto at the end of this championship and you're still fighting against a guy who's you know
34:17close to third in points
34:20Hey justin, you know that ain't that ain't gonna happen
34:24He took the line away he might he'll let you go by but not around the outside come on so yeah this part
34:31Oh, he fought. Oh, he's not letting him do it. Justin. I just told you that he wasn't gonna do it. Come on
34:38Not going around the outside
34:40Oh, it's a good battle. Justin cooper malcolm stewart. There is hunter lawrence second
34:45Way out in front of plessiger now
34:48Yeah, good route for hunter, but you you want wonder
34:52Does the tire did that play into this, you know, because he actually looks like he's still pretty good
34:57But you can tell there was a little bit of traction issues some things that he wanted to do that
35:00He couldn't so maybe in the past that next time they're in this situation. The bike has gotten better hunter has gotten better
35:07So maybe we'll rely and have that confidence like chase x and believe
35:11look, I need the bike that works on the track because I
35:14Whether start or not
35:15I feel like I can come up here and maybe race against this guy where I think
35:18He feels like he needs to be in front of chase. And um, I think that might have hurt him in this second moto
35:23No doubt sexton was able to put it together down the stretch
35:27And it's going to be the second week in a row where it's two one one two between lawrence and sexton
35:34And this is chase sexton taking control
35:37It was a three rider fight both jet and hunter lawrence in an early jet went out with a thumb injury
35:42We hope to get him back for the playoffs in september
35:46Starting september 7th and then what a battle that is going to be as eli tomac gets stronger
35:51cooper webb will be back
35:53But they all got to go through the number four who will be the number one seed when the playoffs begin
35:59Looks good
36:00We're getting a shout out to ktm. They got two riders up in the top three looking good
36:05Tom bial's riding really good. So their whole program
36:09Future looks good with julian vermeer and the rookies rj winning the championship
36:14So a lot of stuff is going good for these guys, but man
36:18The take chase sexton some of the issues that he's had in the past come over here to ktm
36:23The way the season started not like it was a struggle because he was on the podium in the first race at anaheim
36:28Um, but to get at this position the way he has and be dominating this championship
36:33I've got to give him props and the whole team ktm and austria board. Yes
36:37This is a long game
36:37There were many frustrating nights in monster energy supercross and to now be where they are in pro motocross
36:44Just never giving up on it. That has always been his motto and it has paid off
36:49Five straight overall wins chase sexton conquers butts creak
36:56Even with the crash
36:59And I think that's why he's even more pumped on this one
37:04Yeah, you start to think sometimes the crash is what made you come back and win the race the crash spun off you being free
37:11But hunter lawrence did a good job. I still see a lot more fight in him
37:15Um, he's a lot closer than this but man when chase gets rolling as I said, he is hard to beat
37:22Well, just imagine the lessons hunter lawrence as a rookie is learning right now
37:25I mean he is being pushed to his limit and giving it his all every week
37:29He's going to be formidable in the years to come. Yeah, and say that again. He's a rookie. Yes, exactly
37:34He's a rookie, but he's with his brother and how good he's been all year long. It's surprised as we're watching grand harland
37:42So you're running we're all about the points here at smx 15th
37:45Yeah, he has been around the top 10 and most of the motos as of late 15th is actually below par for what he's been
37:50Doing recently
37:52But he is rallying
37:54Last year, he was great supercross kind of ran out of energy
37:57It's pretty fried by the time the playoffs began this year. It's the opposite. He's getting stronger late
38:04Yeah, I think they know right now. Yeah, and he's still trying to fight for positions
38:08I mean these guys are they're prepared now they went through this last year was the first time of these playoffs
38:12So they kind of know how to work and especially like this
38:15They know what they need to do and you can see it. That's both the frenchman. Yeah riding the wide motorcycle
38:21He was like look the race is over we shouldn't be battling but
38:25As we say these single points they matter as grant buries it in this corner
38:29Maybe I thought he was going to try to do a chase x to move in these rollers, but I kind of messed that corner out
38:35A 17th and smx points. I'm glad we got to show this
38:38This is one of the things that you usually only see as a fan at the races
38:42in
38:42Pro motocross you will see a battle for 14th
38:45And you would swear it's the smx world championship or daytona supercross or anaheim one on the line
38:51Yeah, I mean he's just finished that race. He's just as tired as the guy