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00:00you hear those revs rise drop the gate let's do it heat two of the 250s good
00:07start Nate Thrasher boy he bolted out of the gates gonna be tight on the whole
00:14shot there but he's got the inside line for the switch back here and Nate
00:19Thrasher he's already won this year in Birmingham Alabama and the Monster
00:25Energy star Yamaha racer is flying ahead of Hamaka this is like a sight lap for
00:31some of these guys and think about how fast that they have to go they haven't
00:34been on this racetrack for several hours the Sun has poked out track is a lot
00:40drier a lot harder than it was when they were previously on the track earlier
00:44today while maintaining an incredible pace Nate has been riding injured for the
00:51majority of the season he severely injured his finger there's metal work in there
00:56had to go undergo surgery he had very little grip strength he told me
01:00yesterday RC he is feeling fat and feeling strong yeah and Nate is just one
01:05of those guys I mean he's won a showdown race a triple crown race a regular race
01:10and he has a speed that's never been the problem it's just small little injuries
01:18that has slowed him down and some not to his doing well and he's had teammates
01:24with injuries too so right now Nate Thrasher is the sole 250 East rider under
01:30that under that Yamaha star racing tent and I asked today the team I said how's that
01:35on the pressure they said we are piling it on we're piling that pressure on some
01:39riders do well with that some do not they said Nate loves it when we tell him it's go
01:44time it's go time and so all that is on him right now maybe that has something to
01:48do with that great start it's clearly working on the team's planning there while we enjoy
01:52this action will in the 250 East division heat 2 let's check in with weeds Jason
01:57Weigamp where do we find you mate yeah I'm here under the triumph rig you saw that
02:02crash from Austin Fortner in the heat race and JT mentioned how his airbag system
02:07went off this is new to the sport of motocross the tech air system from Alpinestars he's got
02:12to swap that one for this one when you crash it inflates before you hit the ground to cushion
02:17the impact and it stays inflated for 25 seconds and then goes back to a normal size so the rider
02:23is not affected by the inflated airbag system it has one charge per race so he's going to swap into
02:28a new system and the good thing for Fortner after that crash he's a-okay that technology that we've seen
02:34in MotoGP road racing has come to the world of super motocross
02:40Nate Thrasher with a 1.7 second lead over Hammacher Tom Vial a little further back aboard his Red Bull KTM
02:49then Max Voland and Jack Chambers and in that final transfer position in ninth Trevor Colock at the moment
02:57there's Tom Vial earlier today when the track was a bit ruddier I felt like it was playing right into
03:05Tom Vial's hands of the championship contenders he is the only guy that hasn't won yet this year
03:12lacking a little bit of speed however he's only two points back whoa whoa some wild stuff going on further
03:19back that was Carroll believe yep Brighton Carroll went down
03:32local rider here from New Jersey oh that was rough to watch it's so hard to get it gathered back up when
03:43you make a mistake through the whoops because you're so committed watch what happens top of your
03:48screen oh no that wasn't it was as a rhythm lane next oh oh yeah I mean just a racing incident if
03:58one guy makes a mistake and isn't able to say triple into the corner the other guy behind him is
04:04committed there's really nothing for you to do at that stage Henry Miller let's hope that he is okay
04:12after that heavy crash meanwhile it's a little more stable up front the nate thrasher
04:21let's hear some thoughts of the star yamaha racer on what he needs to do to build a little bit more
04:27his nate thrasher in his own words
04:30yeah I think uh last weekend I felt good on the bike just to start starts weren't there
04:34and on the restart of the main event so uh yeah we just worked on starts this week and I think uh
04:39it's gonna take a good start here there's a lot of good guys so uh yeah just get off the gate and I
04:44think we'll be a good spot and even though Ricky that his hand is pretty much 100% healed I asked him
04:50yesterday why do you still have the hand guards on he said believe it or not where I've got my scar
04:54and where I had the sore finger the roost still really hurts my hand yeah I mean the these tires put
05:02off a massive ruse it's like sitting in front of a paintball gun and uh it's hurt so any little
05:08protection helps so that's why he has those black hand guards covering up his hands and there are
05:15little rocks out on this racetrack he's down there walking the track earlier today during qualifying
05:21practice watching these guys as they were taking laps trying to get their best time and there's small
05:27little pebbles out there nice to see a dry track for once in a few weeks right we've been uh the
05:34weather mother nature has been keeping us on our toes nice to have the sunshine 25 seconds left plus
05:43a lap nate thrash has been in control since the start over co-championship leader set hammock other
05:49then tom vial max volan start of the day pretty speedily and then jack chambers headed for a career
05:59best heat result if he can stay there in the top five chan baker holds on to that ninth and final transfer
06:06position sometimes it's difficult when the track changes from qualifying practice to the heat races right
06:16now and then later on to the main event you have to really be on top of it be trying to you have to
06:23forecast what that track condition is going to be like so you can make the appropriate changes to your
06:28motorcycle and the setup whether it be suspension engine tires so the rider that is most in tune with
06:35how their bike works and the necessary changes they may need to help them the best lap times have the most
06:43comfort to race with as much speed as possible
06:47here's the second place set hammock up that big win that will alluded to earlier this season in
06:57indianapolis broke a four year drought and behind him coming to the white flag who is a long way back
07:05tom vial more than 10 seconds jason thomas behind set hammock up runs third and this is a little worrisome
07:13for tom vial because the way he had been in this championship lead was through consistency it
07:18hadn't been through raw speed as ricky mentioned now with that foxborough debacle he has lost the
07:23lead and it's going to be up to him to find the speed that it takes to win and in this heat race so
07:28far he has not been able to do that so somewhere between now and the main event he's going to have
07:32to figure this out but the points are only going to get worse from here he's getting some serious heat
07:36from the 92 of max boland and that blue and white yamaha i was watching max boland earlier today and he
07:46looked really comfortable had incredible whoop speed there we go checkered flag for nate thrasher well done
07:53right from the drop of the gate nate thrasher was out in front and put together a really comprehensive
07:59heat victory over set hammock up and then tom vial will cross the line third with a little bit of
08:07head scratching to do