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00:00the motorcycle and these 450s have so much power sometimes the easier you ride them the faster you
00:05go does it help or hinder him that his teammate and training partner is the championship leader
00:11well i think it i think it helps him sure anytime you're around a guy that's winning
00:15and a championship contender or two-time champ like cooper webb i mean how do you not use that
00:20as an advantage so one title rival has won the opening heat what's in store for us here
00:30in the second 450 heat top nine will automatically qualify for the main event coming up a little
00:35later keep your eye on bike seven as well aaron plessinger heat two 450s here in jersey gates down
00:46good start justin cooper watch the inside line though
00:49webb's trying to sneak through blessing is trying to sneak through yeah plessinger did a good job of
00:54blocking that inside freddie noran's off to a great start aboard his yeah look at freddie number 33 up
01:01front there oh look at christian craig goes off the track cooper webb on the inside try to make a move
01:08by the seven malcolm stewart aboard the 27th bogo he's in the mix but it's justin cooper who leads the way
01:19from cooper webb well you heard we just report about what cooper webb has been working on and that's
01:26the early race sprint laps and this is a perfect example of what he's been trying to do is early
01:33on in these races he's going to try to lay down as many fast laps as possible
01:38riding with a lot of intensity that's where chase sexton is so good
01:49a week on from philadelphia i'm still sparing a thought for aaron plessinger you see there
01:55on board bike seven who was in such great form he got a magnificent start in the main event only to
02:02collide with shane mckelrath and kind of got bounced off to the side of the track and
02:06he was playing catch up from that moment onwards and ended up rallying to finish eight at the end
02:11of the main so he'll be looking to cunning get something that he felt was his a week ago he's
02:17in a fight here with his training partner malcolm stewart go back to what chase sexton was saying
02:24on his podium interview and how this track has got drier and how you have to have patience and what he's
02:30talking about is because it's getting slicker you really have to be easy with the throttle and it's
02:36hard to do when you're in a position like malcolm stewart number 27 right there when you're trying to
02:42gain ground you want to twist the throttle so much but you know if you do you're going to light the
02:47rear end up and you lose forward drive oh
02:49now while we see malcolm stewart on screen and hassling aaron blessing we were meant to have his
02:58big brother sitting in between we were james and who was with us last week supercross legend
03:04and unfortunately js is a little under the weather so i know that you're watching mate yeah feel better
03:09and uh get better as quickly as you can and we'll see you a little later in the season that's right we
03:14miss you buddy hope you get to feel and say he was great on wednesday on our meeting and then
03:18heard he was sick so we're thinking about you bud
03:25you can really see the difference in whoop entry speed going into that first set of whoops the
03:30difference between the seven of mary plessinger the 27 of malcolm stewart malcolm has always
03:37been able to have incredible whoop speed whoop entry speed that is and it helps so much because
03:45rather than trying to build speed through the whoops you're able to maintain speed
03:53meanwhile up front justin cooper holds a 1.4 second lead over his championship leading teammates and a
04:01quick reminder that you can take an inside look at yamaha racing's factory supported teams
04:05after every race on yamaha motor usa's youtube channel i think it's going to be really really
04:11important and i talked about it a little bit the 250 heats is if you're a guy like cooper webb or you're
04:17a guy like chase sexton and you're in it for the championship it is going to be really really
04:23important to make sure you get a good feel engaged and try to predict what these conditions are going to
04:28be like in that main event and get that bike set up 100 will let him confidence he's coming out of
04:36justin cooper when i spoke to him earlier right how his setup was on the bike and just everything
04:41he's got about 50 to 80 friends and family he's from only an hour away and it just he talked about
04:47how everything was just sort of coming together when i asked him about how it would be to get a win
04:52here at his home race i mean his face just lit up so everything trending in the right direction i was
04:57also told that he had a great week battling cooper webb jason wagon talked about those sprint laps that
05:03i heard that justin cooper was right there
05:08here he goes coop up the inside look at this side by side the teammates cooper webb he's gonna have the
05:15outside option justin cooper keeps him out for now but here comes the points leader leaping into the
05:21lead to the joy of the crowd his teammate racing him hard justin cooper's on the inside preferred line
05:29coming into this right-hander gonna be tough for coop to get back by wow
05:39what an epic battle between the teammates it's only for a heat but a lot is being learned here
05:45that cooper webb can use against chase sexton in the event great ride justin cooper may have lost the lead
05:51but this one's been a great one yeah great riding by justin cooper to defend that position he ends up
05:57losing it but it wasn't for the lack of trying respectful but firm competition against his teammate
06:06well this is going to be huge for cooper webb if he's able to hold off justin cooper we talk about
06:12start position he'll have the number two start position going into the main event most likely chase
06:18sexton's heat race will be faster so that'll give him the advantage and i like that position going
06:24second because then that puts me in a spot where i can start on the inside of my competitor well with
06:31the clock almost down and a lap to go look in the background aaron plessinger has been clicking off some
06:37pretty speedy lap times and the red bull ktm rider is looming in the background behind him malcolm stewart
06:44joey cevacci coming off a career high result in philly and then dean wilson aboard the honda hrc
06:50machine dylan verandes christian craig freddie noren is in a position to go straight through to
06:55the main at the moment well you go back you talk about uh joey cevacci and that number 17 quad lock
07:00honda team he didn't make the main in foxborough he comes out gets fit last weekend he was really good
07:07in time qualifying practice earlier today and here he is sitting fifth in his heat race and this is just what
07:12confidence does for you and it's great to see from joey we know he has the ability to run up front and
07:18i'm pumped for him and that race team cooper web is on his way home that will be a satisfying heat
07:26victory had to work a little harder for it than he thought justin cooper's right there though
07:32who's gonna have to block the inside so perfect setup for the afternoon both championship rivals winning
07:40both the 450 heats chase sexton heat one cooper webb heat two it's game on here in new jersey tonight in
07:49the main event and this man here known for his dogged determination cooper webb