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00:00Early momentum, confidence in the championship
00:05As Tomac looks to reestablish himself
00:08The four-time 450 Pro Motocross champion
00:11Missed the season in 23 and 24 with injury
00:14Back now, so much on the line
00:17Rebs her up
00:18Gates down
00:20And the Hondas back to their usual tricks
00:27Hunter Lawrence, Jet Lawrence
00:28And where did Cooper Webb come from?
00:31Yeah, and Eli got a terrible start
00:33I think he got caught up with Jorge Prada
00:36But nonetheless, Eli was almost dead last
00:38Going into that first corner
00:39Not the start that he wanted
00:40And not what he wanted to see with that 18 out front
00:43And that's the usual position for Jet
00:46Who's going to try to jet away from Webb
00:49And Hunter
00:50Then it is Justin Cooper, Jason Anderson
00:52Next
00:53Tomac is 26th
00:58Oh man, that's going to be tough for him
01:01And we talked about the difference between Jet Lawrence being out front
01:04Dictating the race
01:05Man, this is going to be a tough moto for Eli
01:08Yamaha is battling here
01:11Webb and Cooper
01:12And look at Hunter Lawrence
01:16We might have on the right side of the screen
01:18Watch this replay
01:19The start for Tomac
01:21Yeah, didn't get the best to jump
01:24And then, yeah, there you go
01:25He gets cut off
01:26And man, he went in that first corner
01:28He was dead last
01:29Man
01:30And he started up front in moto one
01:32And he's got five less minutes
01:34To work forward here in moto two
01:36He's 21st now
01:37As you watch Webb
01:38Yeah, depending on where him and Aaron gets up
01:41Jet Lawrence can end up winning this overall
01:43But it's a long race
01:44And you've got to remember
01:45It's five minutes shorter
01:46So he won't have as much time
01:47But if Eli
01:48After that confidence he built in that first moto
01:50I suspect he'll be able to come up through this pack
01:52Kind of reminds me of the beginning of Monster Energy Supercross
01:55When Tomac was there and healthy
01:57He was super fast
01:58But he had bad starts
01:59Kept him off the podium quite a bit
02:01Got to make up for it now
02:04Yamaha boys still fighting
02:06Yeah, I got a chance to talk to both of them
02:10Yesterday
02:10They were up here watching
02:11The guys rot
02:14So Cooper Webb
02:15Supercross champion
02:17Out here
02:18He's like, man, it's too hot
02:19I'm ready to go back indoors
02:20And it looks like
02:23Justin Cooper has made the move on Cooper Webb
02:25Watch RJ Hampshire here in the replay
02:27Gets caught up on Jorge
02:29Yeah, just falls over
02:32But yeah, he ran in the back of Jorge right there
02:34Costly
02:34Especially in the beginning part of these races
02:36You lose so many positions
02:37Man, this track's got brutal
02:40Sorry, Tomac is now up to 18
02:41Trying to make as many passes as he can
02:43Early
02:44It's Justin Cooper
02:45Pours it on from second
02:47And yeah, Plessinger
02:49After the second in mode of one
02:51Starting sixth here
02:52So this is falling back into the hands
02:54Of Jet Lawrence for the overall win
02:56Yeah, and I'm just going to be curious to see
02:58The difference between Jet
02:59How he rides his race
03:01Being out front
03:02Now everybody's got to dictate
03:03If I'm assuming him
03:04He's wanting to put a little bit of gap
03:06Between these guys
03:07And manage it
03:08So
03:08Eli's goal is at least get up in that top three
03:11To try to salvage his overall
03:13Yeah, if Tomac
03:15Could get to second
03:16He could still win the overall
03:18With a
03:18One-two
03:20His Lawrence would be looking at it
03:22Three-one
03:22There is Tomac
03:23Bottom box
03:24Eighteenth
03:24Got a pack of riders in front of him
03:26Let's move up to inside
03:29Eli's got to be careful
03:30Because these guys are
03:31All over the place
03:32And when it's so hot like this
03:34You almost
03:34You want to be aggressive
03:36As RJ has issues
03:37In the same corner
03:38Almost goes down again
03:39He's being aggressive
03:41He's passed three, four riders right there
03:44Yeah, these guys
03:44He's passed them
03:45Before they even recognize he's there
03:46So
03:47And we'll keep watching this
03:50With the drone
03:51He's ahead of
03:52Patcheril and Hampshire
03:53Fourteenth
03:55Terry Koulos
03:57He's actually backed by
03:58The
03:58Michael Sereno Power Sports
04:00The same group
04:00That sponsors this race
04:02So
04:02A little home cooking
04:03For him and his squad
04:04Let's send it down to JT
04:05Watching Eli
04:07And he's headed up
04:08Towards the mechanics area
04:09Where I currently am
04:10And
04:10This is one of those moments
04:11For Eli
04:12Where
04:12You don't even care
04:13What the mechanics board is going to say
04:14When you come by
04:15You just press forward
04:16You know
04:17No matter where you are
04:18It's not far enough forward
04:20So he has essentially
04:21Twenty-one minutes
04:22And a couple of laps
04:23To minimize the damage here
04:24On what's otherwise been
04:26A fantastic day so far
04:27Yeah, absolutely
04:28You don't have to look back too far
04:30You remember what Chase Sexton
04:31Was able to do a year ago
04:32So
04:33Yeah
04:34Different circumstances
04:35Different heat
04:35Five less minutes
04:37But
04:37Almost
04:38I like what I see from Eli
04:40I think that first moto
04:41He's riding like he did in practice
04:42With that confidence
04:43And you know he believes
04:44Man, I don't want this thing to slip away
04:46Let me try to make my way up
04:47Yeah
04:48A year ago
04:49Chase Sexton went down right here
04:50And then came from last
04:52To first
04:53In an all-time ride
04:54And Tomac's trying to challenge some of that
04:56But how about Licorcio
04:57Who we talked about before the moto
04:59Not making it easy
05:00On Eli
05:01He's definitely not
05:02He's going down the inside
05:04They made some work
05:05He gave the business right there
05:08Yeah
05:08The younger Eli
05:10Might have slammed into him
05:11But
05:12That's Aaron Plessinger
05:13The bottom box
05:14He has caught
05:15Webb
05:16And Hunter Lawrence
05:17In a fight for third
05:19Behind Justin Cooper
05:20Yeah
05:21You know
05:21I mean again
05:22It's a big move
05:22For the overall standpoint
05:24Because Aaron's really
05:25In a tough spot
05:26Because the 2-2
05:27Won't beat a 1-3
05:28Or 3-1
05:29So
05:29He's really going to have to go up there
05:31And get Jet Lawrence
05:32And that's going to be a tough ask
05:33So it really comes down to Eli
05:35And how quickly he can move up
05:36But still
05:36Good route by Aaron
05:37Moving his way up to third place
05:38At this point
05:39Can Tomac get to that group
05:41He must get to second
05:42In the moto
05:43He could still win the overall
05:44Even if Jet Lawrence wins it
05:46And how much
05:48Does he have left
05:49He's going to just
05:50Leave it all out there
05:51On the racetrack
05:52Right now
05:53A patch rail right in front of him
05:56That is 11th place
05:58Yeah
05:59If he just keep that
06:00Being aggressive
06:01He'll make his way up
06:02Just because these guys
06:03Are going to start to fade
06:04So he'll make that time
06:06He just doesn't want
06:07That second place position
06:08To get too far away from him
06:10It's actually Colt Nichols
06:11Sorry
06:12Patrails' teammate
06:13On the Twisted T
06:14Suzuki
06:14Who Tomac's working on
06:15I feel like at these points
06:20In the races
06:20If you're Eli
06:21Anytime you're coming up
06:22Through the pack
06:22The one thing you want
06:23To just keep going
06:24Is momentum
06:25You don't want to get stuck
06:26Behind a guy
06:26Because then you'll start
06:27Running behind you
06:28And it's that belief
06:29Of being able to think
06:30That you can get up there
06:31It's going to keep him going
06:32And if he doesn't feel like that
06:33Then it's going to be
06:34A tough race for him
06:35It's 15 seconds
06:36Between Tomac
06:37And the second place rider
06:39Justin Cooper
06:40That is a huge gap
06:41But as we saw last year
06:42With Chase Sexton
06:44Late in these second motos
06:45If one guy's charging
06:47And everyone else is laboring
06:48Can make up big chunks
06:50That's what Tomac's looking
06:51To do right now
06:52Yeah
06:52There'll be some points
06:53In these races
06:54Because the difference
06:55Between a guy that's winning
06:56Or a guy that's charging
06:58In second and third place
06:59Could be five seconds a lap
07:00Towards the end
07:01So at 15 seconds
07:03On most weekends
07:04It's going to be hard
07:04But maybe not in this heat
07:06If he can keep that momentum going
07:07And now working on your brother
07:09There, Malcolm Stewart
07:10This would be
07:11Tenth
07:12And it's a long championship
07:17So even if
07:17He doesn't get all the way there
07:19For the overall win
07:20Every position
07:21Is a championship point
07:22It's been all counts
07:24Right now for Eli
07:25Yeah
07:26This outside's been working
07:28For him
07:29They can try to get over
07:30That hump
07:30There he goes
07:31Not losing that momentum
07:34No
07:35Now he's got Joey
07:36Sobachi right in front
07:37Of him
07:38Then Cody shock
07:39So he's closing in
07:41Sobachi on the quad
07:45Lock Honda
07:46That is ninth
07:48So track position
07:50He's making up positions quickly
07:52It's all about the clock
07:53He's 22 seconds off of Jet
07:57And that's going to make him
07:59About 18 off of Justin Cooper
08:01Yeah
08:02But as you mentioned
08:04Championship-wide
08:05Every point matters
08:06And at this point
08:07You know
08:07You were able to gain
08:08Five points on Jet Lawrence
08:10That first moto
08:11So big picture
08:12You want to just make your way up
08:13Not throw it away
08:14But of course
08:15Emotionally having a chance
08:16To be able to win
08:17Overall straight up
08:18Hot is appointed
08:19The year
08:20Second race of the season
08:21It'd be huge for him
08:22So
08:22You can keep going
08:24The bottom box there
08:25Plessinger catching
08:26Hunter Lawrence
08:27That is for third
08:29They have put
08:30Cooper Webb behind them
08:32And Tomac
08:33Working on Sobachi
08:34Oh, just listening to them go
08:43Yeah
08:44Yeah
08:45That was two laps in a row
08:48He jumped off the racetrack
08:50Still
08:50But Eli don't care
08:51Aaron looks like
08:54He's trying to get up
08:55The inside of Hunter Lawrence
08:56On the bottom
08:56For third place
08:57It's going to be tight
09:00Hunter able to get to the left
09:02And block it
09:03And they head downhill
09:05Tomac
09:06Next on his list
09:07Cody Shock
09:08Yeah, Eli's got a good pace
09:10Because even though
09:11He's getting caught up
09:12Behind these guys
09:12He's still in the 159s
09:14And it's about a little
09:15Over a second off
09:16Of Jet Lawrence
09:16Out front
09:17With clean air
09:17So
09:18Yeah, he's about
09:20Matching Justin Cooper
09:21He's not losing too much
09:22But he's not gaining
09:23But that could change
09:24We have not even run
09:2710 minutes of this moto yet
09:28Oh, wow
09:29Walking the tightrope
09:30And making the pass on Shock
09:32Yeah, you wouldn't think
09:33Making the pass for
09:35Eighth place
09:36To give you a lot of confidence
09:37But the way he's making
09:38These passes
09:38It's going to keep him going
09:39Because it's
09:40It's a good feeling
09:41To blow around somebody
09:42On the outside
09:43A second moto
09:44It's hyped you up
09:46It's hyped me up
09:46In the booth right now
09:47Watching this guy
09:48It's giving some
09:492024 Sexton feels
09:51Coming through the pack
09:51No doubt about it
09:53And now it's
09:53Jorge Prado next
09:54Plessaker
09:57Still trying to solve
09:58Hunter Lawrence
10:00They battled like this
10:01A week ago
10:01Doing it again
10:02Yeah, he's on a revenge tour
10:04See if Hunter can
10:05Keep that gap behind him
10:07But
10:07Rodden definitely
10:08A lot better
10:09Than he did
10:09With that first moto
10:10So you got to wonder
10:11Is that just
10:11Bike changes
10:13Or track position
10:13Either one
10:14For Hunter
10:16Yes, for Hunter Lawrence
10:17Yes
10:17Okay, so now
10:18Tomac
10:19To the rear wheel
10:20A Prado
10:20And then it's
10:21Webb up ahead
10:22It's a big pack
10:22And he has
10:23Coughed him
10:23Yeah, I don't
10:27I don't think
10:28These guys are
10:28Fight him too much
10:29Once Eli gets
10:30Close to him
10:30They know
10:31What's on the line
10:32And you can feel
10:32When a guy's just
10:33Rolling
10:33Either move
10:34Or be hit
10:35Either one
10:35Oh, I think
10:37Also with this heat
10:38He's motivated
10:40To get to the front
10:41They might be
10:42Motivated to just
10:43Get to the finish
10:44Back to this battle
10:47Plessinger made the move
10:49Yeah, Aaron's
10:50Rotting really good
10:51So
10:52Hunter tries to fight
10:55Back on the inside
10:56Can't do it
10:56So
10:57Plessinger
10:58Now looking at
10:59A
10:59Two-three
11:01That would be second
11:02Overall for the moment
11:03Justin Cooper
11:03Would be third
11:04Overall
11:04But Tomac
11:05Is going to
11:06Keep climbing
11:07Chet Lawrence
11:12Back to his old
11:13Tricks
11:13Managing the gap
11:14Six seconds
11:15Over Justin Cooper
11:16We're going to
11:18Show you the pass
11:19Plessinger
11:19Over Hunter Lawrence
11:22A.P. is going
11:27Around the outside
11:27I love this thing
11:29At hang town
11:30Because it
11:30Makes you have to
11:31Choose
11:31Whether he gets
11:32On the inside
11:33Here
11:33Hunter Lawrence
11:33Probably trying
11:34To sling up
11:34The inside
11:35But A.P. had
11:36Just different
11:36Plans
11:36They put a little
11:37Bit of water
11:38Down
11:38So they have
11:38More traction
11:39Up there
11:39Great move
11:40By him
11:40How about
11:41This battle
11:42Two teammates
11:42And another
11:43Two teammates
11:44Cooper Webb
11:44Eli Tomac
11:45Jorge Prado
11:46Jason Anderson
11:47To Yamahas
11:48To Kawasaki
11:49This could be
11:50The critical
11:51Juncture
11:51For Tomac
11:52Right here
11:52If he can
11:52Make quick
11:53Work
11:53Oh no
11:54He goes
11:55Down
11:55Yeah
11:56Tough one
11:56He was trying
11:57To get on
11:57The inside
11:58You could see
11:58All those
11:59Breaking bumps
11:59With that
11:59Sand on
12:00That was just
12:01More impressed
12:02With Jorge
12:02Prado
12:03Because the
12:03Last lap
12:04He was right
12:04In front
12:04Of Eli Tomac
12:06And he was able
12:07To get around
12:07All those guys
12:08In front
12:08So maybe
12:10The tire
12:10Situation
12:10Helped him
12:11Out
12:11Hey look
12:13You know
12:13Tomac
12:14Was going
12:14For it
12:14He was going
12:15For it
12:15That's the
12:16Bottom line
12:16He was hanging
12:17It out
12:17And this
12:18Happened
12:18Yeah
12:19I mean
12:19You could
12:19See the
12:19Front tire
12:20Just starts
12:20Pushing
12:21Right here
12:21Just starts
12:22Sliding
12:23And with
12:23This
12:23He
12:24Man
12:24That's
12:25Definitely
12:25A momentum
12:26Killer
12:26Now he
12:27Has to
12:27Refocus
12:28And think
12:28About the
12:28Championship
12:31Tough
12:32Break
12:32For him
12:32And
12:34Chet
12:35Lawrence
12:35Looking
12:37To regain
12:38Control
12:39In
12:39450
12:40Motocross
12:40Ascended
12:41The
12:41JT
12:41Well guys
12:43This is
12:43What
12:44Jet
12:44Lawrence
12:44Does
12:45Let's
12:45Think
12:45About
12:45That
12:46First
12:46Moto
12:46I
12:46Would
12:47Argue
12:47That's
12:47The
12:47Most
12:48Vulnerable
12:48I've
12:49Ever
12:49Seen
12:49A
12:49Healthy
12:50Jet
12:50Lawrence
12:50Was
12:50In
12:50Moto
12:51One
12:51Couldn't
12:52Close
12:52The
12:52Gap
12:52Didn't
12:53Have
12:53The
12:53Pace
12:53It
12:54Looked
12:54Like
12:54The
12:54Heat
12:54Was
12:55Definitely
12:55Getting
12:56To
12:56Him
12:56And
12:57Here
12:57We
12:57Are
12:57Moto
12:57Two
12:58He
12:58Gets
12:58The
12:58Start
12:59Eli
13:00Tomac
13:00Doesn't
13:00Eli
13:01Makes
13:01A
13:01Mistake
13:01And
13:02Now
13:02It
13:02Looks
13:02Like
13:02Jet
13:03On
13:03His
13:03Way
13:03To
13:04Find
13:04A
13:04Way
13:04To
13:04Win
13:04This
13:05Overall
13:05On
13:05A
13:05Day
13:06Where
13:06It
13:06Just
13:07Didn't
13:07Look
13:07Like
13:07He
13:07Quite
13:08Had
13:08It
13:08And
13:08That
13:08Has
13:09Been
13:09The
13:09Struggle
13:09That
13:09Chase
13:10Sexton
13:10Has
13:10Faced
13:10That's
13:11What
13:11Everybody
13:11Faced
13:12And
13:12Now
13:12Eli
13:12Tomac
13:13Is
13:13Having
13:14To
13:14Deal
13:14With
13:15What
13:15Jet
13:15Lawrence
13:16Does
13:16And
13:16That
13:17Is
13:17Exert
13:17Endless
13:18And
13:19Relentless
13:19Pressure
13:20Through
13:20Perfection
13:21It
13:22Hasn't
13:22Been
13:22A
13:22Banner
13:22Day
13:23For
13:23Jet
13:23Lawrence
13:23I
13:23Think
13:24He
13:24Would
13:24Say
13:24The
13:24Same
13:24But
13:24At
13:25The
13:25Day
13:25He
13:25Might
13:26End
13:26Up
13:26Winning
13:26The
13:26Overall
13:27Which
13:27Is
13:27The
13:27Same
13:27Story
13:28We've
13:28Seen
13:28So
13:29Many
13:29Times
13:29For
13:30The
13:30Last
13:30Two
13:30And
13:30A
13:30And
13:31To
13:31Further
13:31That
13:32Point
13:32JT
13:33Tomac
13:33Might
13:33Move
13:34Back
13:34Forward
13:34Again
13:34After
13:35Getting
13:35Up
13:35From
13:35The
13:35Crash
13:35But
13:36He
13:36Is
13:36Currently
13:36In
13:3612th
13:38Right
13:38Now
13:38He
13:38Is
13:38Going
13:39To
13:39Lose
13:3910
13:40Championship
13:40Points
13:41To
13:42Lawrence
13:42Today
13:42Lost
13:43A
13:43Couple
13:43Last
13:43Week
13:44As
13:44Well
13:44And
13:45This
13:47Is
13:47On
13:47A
13:48Day
13:48Where
13:48Tomac
13:48Might
13:48Have
13:49Been
13:49Better
13:49Than
13:49Lawrence
13:50Halfway
13:51Through
13:51This
13:51One
13:52A
13:52Reminder
13:52That
13:53Monster
13:53Energy
13:53Available
13:54Now
13:54So
13:55For
13:55Tomac
13:56You
13:56Said
13:56He
13:56Has
13:56Got
13:56To
13:57Shift
13:57The
13:57Championship
13:57Mode
13:58Yeah
13:59And
13:59I
13:59Think
14:00For
14:00Eli
14:00Okay
14:00I'm
14:01Going
14:01To
14:01Set
14:02It
14:02Up
14:02I
14:02Don't
14:03Really
14:03Think
14:03This
14:04Finish
14:04Right
14:05Here
14:05Where
14:05He
14:05Finished
14:05Is
14:05Really
14:06Going
14:06To
14:06Change
14:06Him
14:06I
14:06Think
14:07He
14:07Was
14:07Able
14:07To
14:07Find
14:07Confidence
14:08In
14:27He
14:27Is
14:27Going
14:28To
14:29He
14:29Is
14:29Going
14:29To
14:30Continue
14:30To
14:31Grow
14:31But
14:32Really
14:32Now
14:33I
14:33Just
14:33Think
14:33It
14:33Changes
14:34Jett
14:35Lawrence
14:35Oh
14:35These
14:36Guys
14:36Are
14:37Good
14:37But
14:37I'm
14:38Still
14:39Able
14:39To
14:39Win
14:40To
14:41Win
14:42To
14:43To
14:43It
14:43He
14:43Can
14:43Literally
14:44Say
14:44That
14:44I
14:45Didn't
14:46Get
14:47To
14:47To
14:48Because
14:48Once
14:48I
14:48Was
14:48Out
14:48Front
14:49I
14:49Pulled
14:49Away
14:49From
14:49These
14:49Guys
14:50And
14:50It
14:50Looked
14:50Like
14:50Everything
14:51Else
14:52And
14:53I
14:53Going
14:53To
14:53Win
14:53This
14:54Então, eu acho que com esse mindset,
14:56isso realmente muda a sua atitude
14:58mais do que Eli Tomax
15:00para o que está acontecendo.
15:03Ele disse que no começo do show,
15:05que esses riders vão dizer o que eles precisam
15:07para fazer a situação positiva
15:09para que ele possa tomar todos os positivos
15:11de isso agora.
15:12Sim, ele pode, absolutamente.
15:13E é uma situação que você tem a chance
15:15na rua, você tem que knock ele fora.
15:17Você não pode, você tem que
15:19ele para o 8ºC e ele dá para o 4ºC
15:21porque ele vai acreditar que ele tem a chance.
15:23Então, você tem que knock ele fora
15:24e isso pode ser uma oportunidade
15:26que pode ser perdido
15:27se ele terminou o que ele é.
15:29Tomax 11th agora, Haley?
15:32O que eu estou vendo no final do Eli Tomax
15:34no final do ano foi regroup.
15:36No final do ano, ele disse
15:39P6, então regroup
15:41e P6, que é o mensagem
15:43do Eli Tomax.
15:45Sim, nós vamos assumir que P6
15:46é apenas o máximo para o poder
15:47para o overall.
15:49Aqui é o que é estranho,
15:50agora, se você olhar para o campeão
15:52ele está 3ºC.
15:53Ele está 3ºC.
15:55Então, ele está 3ºC.
15:56Ele está 3ºC.
15:57Ele está bem
16:11por isso, ele está muito bem.
16:12E ele está 3ºC.
16:13Ele ainda está muito bem.
16:15Ele ainda está muito bem.
16:17Ele pode ser difícil de chegar a 6,
16:19mas ainda é um dia de rodagem para Eli.
16:21Ele parece melhor do ano passado,
16:23mas pode ser um oportunidade de miss,
16:25especialmente se ele enda 19 points.
16:29Então, vamos ao Tobaq.
16:31Veja essa aqui.
16:3317, Sovache, 24 de Hempshire.
16:35Isso é 8th e 9th.
16:37A boa rodagem da RJ.
16:39Ele foi na primeira vez que ele chegou.
16:41Ele estava and ele quase veio de novo.
16:43Ele chegou para o final de novo.
16:45Agora ele está indo para o joey,
16:47que ele está indo muito bem all day.
16:51E são riders como esse,
16:53que fazem isso tão mais mais difícil para Tomac.
16:56We mencionam o fundo do campo.
16:58Eles são grandes riders que estão batendo
17:00para o 8th e 9th.
17:02E eles são os pais que estão que ter para o JT.
17:06Olha o ponto de partimento.
17:08Joey's a 450 veteran, RJ making his second-ever 450 pro motocross race.
17:13He tries to make the pass in that slippery inside there.
17:16It would seem like Joey's the older guy and RJ's the new kid,
17:19but that's anything but the case.
17:21They're probably around the same age.
17:23RJ might even be older than Joey,
17:24so it's just an interesting wrinkle in what it doesn't feel like
17:27is there's the rookie versus the veteran.
17:29It's anything but that.
17:30No doubt about it.
17:31Hampshire's 29 years old,
17:33but just jumping into the 450 class full-time now and making the pass.
17:37Yeah, RJ, it's been riding really good all year,
17:40and as you said, whenever you can think around doing anything,
17:43it's always going to help you.
17:45Like what I see from RJ,
17:46and I think riding the 250 helps him out a little bit,
17:49just being aggressive, and those guys are just aggressive in that class,
17:52so we'll see.
17:53Haley?
17:54It's worth noting that Justin Cooper, he has not faltering.
17:58He is maintaining his position and not letting Jet run away from him,
18:02and this isn't the first time we've seen this kind of scenario
18:04from Justin Cooper this year.
18:06not just maintaining that position,
18:07but again, not letting the leader or the guy in front of him run away from it,
18:11so I think that's worth noting.
18:12I'm impressed.
18:13Yeah, thanks, Haley.
18:13Here's the 32, and he did go 159.5 the previous lap,
18:17which is faster than Lawrence.
18:19Now, I know people are going to hear that and say,
18:20but that's what Jet does.
18:22Jet manages, but what's really impressive is
18:24he's only a second off, Justin Cooper,
18:27from his best time of the moto.
18:28He is not fading in this heat.
18:31No, Justin, in that first moto last weekend, he rode good.
18:35It just really comes down to start for all these guys,
18:38and Justin is able to get out here, and he's seat at somewhat pace,
18:42and I don't expect him to get beat by 30 seconds by Jet Lawrence.
18:46He's fast enough, as Eli's not called Cody's shock,
18:49and this would be for our 10th play,
18:51so he's got a little bit of work to do.
18:55Should make a little bit of light work with him.
18:58He's there, and shock not fighting him off,
19:00so that will put Tomek into 10th.
19:05And it hammers down again.
19:07There is no one in the 450 class that abuses a motorcycle,
19:11clutch, and throttle like Tomek.
19:13Hop on the boats.
19:15Looks to be back up to pace.
19:17Yeah, he's seat's riding good.
19:19There's Savace up ahead at the top of the hill.
19:22And you know when he fell over that heat, got to him.
19:25Sandy Park, just the...
19:27Yeah, explain that.
19:28The riders always say, when you stop, that's what gets you.
19:30Yeah, no, it's the sudden stop on one when you hit the crash,
19:34but all that heat, you get that airflow,
19:36so everybody always asks, like,
19:37are you hot in the motorcycle outfit?
19:39Only when I'm sitting still,
19:41so when Eli falls over, the bike is hot,
19:43he's got to pick it up, it's in the sand,
19:45and then so now he's standing in 103 degree weather
19:48with all that gear, with no air,
19:50that's when it really catches up to you, so.
19:54Gutsy ride, about a four-time 450 motocross champion.
19:58Can he get to Savace?
19:59It's just pure point salvage at this point.
20:02And if you're a Tomek fan, we know there's a lot.
20:10Some more good news coming up,
20:12going to his home track next weekend in Colorado.
20:19And he catches Savace in a hurry.
20:22Yeah, you can tell Eli's moving forward.
20:24Joey probably won't bite him too hard.
20:26He did not.
20:32And Tomek, now a ninth.
20:35That start and a crash.
20:38Nice recovery by Eli.
20:42Just a little too reminiscent
20:43of those early Supercross races
20:44where he was arguably the fastest guy.
20:48I think he ended up with one podium
20:49in four races or five races
20:51because the starts were doing him in.
20:52It happened again today.
20:54And mentally, it eventually gets to you
20:56because, you know, no matter how good you're riding,
20:58if you're losing points,
20:59I mean, you think about what he was able to do
21:02that first moto win and the way he won
21:04and you come out in the second moto,
21:06I'm sure he felt good.
21:07I mean, obviously, he's riding like a guy
21:09that should be out front.
21:10And I'm sure he probably feels like he can.
21:12And you end up losing points to Jet Lawrence.
21:15So we know how consistent he is
21:17and how hard he's going to be to beat.
21:19You can't be giving these points away.
21:20I feel like the same thing happened in the Supercross.
21:23too many opportunities
21:24where you lose those points
21:25just mentally just changes your whole season.
21:28So hopefully that doesn't happen for Eli.
21:31He's ninth.
21:32Hampshire would be next up the road,
21:34but that's a pretty big gap.
21:35About six seconds.
21:36Webb at seventh.
21:37Anderson sixth.
21:39And a nice bounce back for Prado
21:40who is outside the top ten in moto one.
21:43He is fifth now.
21:44And Chet Lawrence back in control, JT.
21:48He sure is.
21:49And I just wanted to add,
21:50you know, Justin Cooper does deserve a ton of crap.
21:52He has rode a fantastic moto two here.
21:55But honestly, you know,
21:56Wade, you touched on it there.
21:58Jet with a six-second gap.
22:00I'm probably more nervous
22:01when I'm making my morning coffee
22:02than Jet is with a six-and-a-half-second lead.
22:05So it's just one of those things
22:06where it seems like the gap is tight
22:08and it seems like Justin Cooper
22:10is still in the battle here.
22:11but this is just what Jet Lawrence does.
22:14Like, he likes, you know,
22:16a two-and-a-half to three-second gap
22:17any more than that feels excessive for him.
22:19So incredible bounce back ride.
22:21But I'm just not sure that we've ever seen someone
22:24who is more comfortable with a small gap.
22:26And this isn't even a small gap.
22:27Well, guess what, JT?
22:28I'm glad you said that.
22:29I got a story to illustrate that point.
22:30I was talking to Darren Lawrence, Jet's dad, earlier.
22:34Remember last week,
22:35there was that one inside line that Tomac had
22:37where he's making up a ton of ground.
22:39And I said, did Jet not know that line was there?
22:41And he said, no, he knew in the next turn
22:43Tomac didn't have any room to pass him.
22:45So he wasn't worried about it.
22:46Yeah, I mean, the kid's smart.
22:47And the thing with Jet Lawrence,
22:49we were always,
22:50especially when he was going 22-0,
22:53we were always wondering, did he have more?
22:56You know, has he got more?
22:58Because he's just managing his gap.
22:59And I was always like, no,
23:00he's actually riding at the level.
23:02Like, he's trying really hard.
23:03Like, it's not like he's going to drop
23:05two or three seconds.
23:06And yes, he could,
23:07but he'd be taking a chance.
23:09No, he's doing exactly what he needs to do
23:11at the level that he feels like he could do it.
23:13And that first motor should prove it
23:15because I don't really see much difference
23:17in the way he's riding,
23:18except for he's out front.
23:20He can take his own lines
23:22and he's not having to run anybody down.
23:24So he's able to run these same lap times,
23:26which makes this gap at six seconds
23:28might as well be 30
23:29because it's going to be hard
23:30for a lot of people
23:31to go much faster than him
23:33and let alone catch him.
23:34And I think overall,
23:36if you had any questions
23:38whether the kid had more,
23:39I just think it's more about him
23:40being so smart when he's out front.
23:43And then also,
23:44the level of all these other guys
23:46because they're very close.
23:48Just shows you what a start does with them.
23:49And I think the question
23:50is being answered here today.
23:51So if I'm Eli Tomac
23:53and all those other guys,
23:53at least I found the ceiling for him.
23:56I found that, hey,
23:57he's not going to drop it down three seconds
23:59and come it up.
24:00So he doesn't have more.
24:01That's his level.
24:03But clearly his level is still good enough
24:04to win these races convincingly.
24:07You just got to be in front of it
24:08and make him push above it.
24:10And here's a startling stat
24:11as Jet is closing in.
24:13Again, he is,
24:14he holds on for this.
24:15He's going to have won
24:16all but one 450 pro motocross race
24:18he's ever been in.
24:20He is going to move ahead
24:21of Jeff Emig
24:22on the all-time win list
24:24in this class.
24:25And Emig had a great long career
24:28and Jet,
24:30who's not even two full seasons in.
24:33He missed a bunch of races last year
24:34and his sophomore year
24:36is going to the beginning
24:37of his third year
24:37has already,
24:39if he holds on,
24:40surpassed Emig.
24:40So that just gives you an idea.
24:41But when you start out,
24:42I believe this would be
24:4317 for 18 in wins.
24:46You're going to start
24:47passing people quickly.
24:49Yeah, I'll be pretty close
24:50on that list too.
24:51Oh, you got 20.
24:53Yeah, I'm glad you guys
24:54didn't highlight me.
24:54This is just active routers
24:55that's highlighted.
24:57Okay, all right.
24:58Well, we'll check in
25:00in a couple weeks
25:01if Jet keeps winning
25:01when he gets to 20
25:02and maybe 21.
25:05But yes,
25:06I like that point you make.
25:08Kind of wondering for a while,
25:09like, could he drop the hammer
25:11and find something else?
25:13But he had to do it
25:14in that first mode.
25:14It didn't quite materialize.
25:16So that's something
25:17to watch this battle
25:18between Shock
25:19and Malcolm Stewart.
25:20And that is for 10th
25:22of the Moto.
25:2210th is Shock right now.
25:24Yeah, I was talking
25:24to my brother last weekend
25:25as he makes a nice pass drive.
25:28Cody right there
25:29is that they were really
25:30struggling that first race
25:31on the bike setup.
25:32They made some changes
25:33and got some new parts,
25:35kind of got thrown at them
25:36at the end.
25:37Right before Paula,
25:38so very uncomfortable.
25:40So this weekend,
25:41I'm wondering how much
25:42through that change
25:42did he go back to his setups?
25:43Because to me,
25:44I believe Malcolm
25:45should be a little bit
25:46farther up right now.
25:47I mean, today it's hot.
25:48So there's a lot
25:49of things going on.
25:50But knowing that he was
25:52struggling with his motorcycle,
25:53they got to continue
25:55to work on it
25:55because clearly
25:56he should be up there
25:57with RJ's teammate up there
25:59and it's not today.
26:00So we'll see what happens
26:01as the races go forward
26:03to get more comfortable.
26:05Yep.
26:06And ahead of them
26:07is Tomac Knight.
26:08And I don't know
26:09if Tomac's got anything
26:10left to go after Hampshire.
26:12He'd have to gain
26:12six seconds on him.
26:14and you can see
26:15upper left of the screen
26:16three laps to go.
26:18Can he get any further?
26:20Incredibly,
26:21if it ends like this,
26:21Tomac is going to end up
26:22not on the overall podium today
26:24and third in championship points
26:26even though he's ridden
26:27incredibly well.
26:28Yeah.
26:29As you mentioned,
26:30reminiscent to the Supercross season.
26:32Yeah, the guy,
26:33he's like,
26:33wait, he's only had one podium?
26:35You know,
26:35like all these wins
26:37and how he won San Diego
26:38just passing jets
26:39straight up
26:40in a while.
26:41So just shows you
26:43how that margin
26:44is so close out here
26:45if you go down
26:47and how good
26:48these guys have been.
26:48But I don't think
26:49he's going to catch RJ.
26:50Actually, RJ is pulling
26:51away from him.
26:52So yeah,
26:54I think Eli's going to
26:55save it for another day.
26:57And again,
26:57that's the problem.
26:58This field is so much
26:59deeper than usual.
27:00You've got RJ Hampshire
27:01in eighth,
27:02Cooper Webb in seventh,
27:03Anderson and Prado
27:04sixth and fifth.
27:06These are good riders.
27:08Yeah, mentally,
27:09it's just a little
27:10tough for Eli
27:10because again,
27:11you know,
27:12he wants to be out here
27:12racing for wins
27:13and when he went down
27:14as I was talking earlier,
27:16just that momentum.
27:17If he was able to wait,
27:18he was passing people
27:19keeping that, you know,
27:20enthusiasm about him.
27:21Now he lost that
27:22and that's kind of
27:23what you see.
27:24So he's out here
27:24to win races,
27:25not being, you know,
27:27ninth place,
27:28but still overall
27:29a good day for Eli.
27:30I'm proud of him
27:30and looks good.
27:32He's going to be here
27:32to fight for this championship.
27:34Yeah, this is going to be
27:34what could have been
27:36because that was
27:36fifth place in his sights.
27:39This was a
27:39three riders
27:40right in front of him,
27:41Webb, Anderson, and Prado.
27:42And had he been able
27:43to get there
27:44before the halfway mark,
27:46could he have marched
27:46all the way up to second
27:47and got the overall win anyway?
27:50Shades of that ride
27:51from Sexton last year,
27:52not going to happen.
27:53Lawrence in control, JT.
27:55He is in control.
27:56We got it exactly right.
27:58And that's the toughest part
28:00about today
28:00for a guy like Eli Tomac
28:02to swallow
28:02because this was a racetrack
28:04where there was an opportunity.
28:06This track has not been
28:07very kind to JT.
28:08Lawrence.
28:09And now the question
28:10that all these guys
28:10have to pose,
28:12namely Tomac,
28:13who wants to win this title,
28:14is if I don't beat him
28:16at a track that has been
28:16very good to me
28:17and not so good to JT,
28:19how am I going to beat him
28:20at the tracks
28:20that he rides incredibly well?
28:22That is the toughest part
28:23of this scenario.
28:25Not necessarily the points,
28:26not necessarily the crash.
28:27It is that question
28:29where JT's going to have
28:30his good days
28:30and on his bad days,
28:31you still couldn't capitalize.
28:35Yeah.
28:36And one other rider
28:37that's going to leave here
28:38with a little bit better news.
28:40Jorge Prado,
28:41not great last week.
28:42Fox raceway out of the top five
28:44and then went back to,
28:45I think, 13th in Moto1 today
28:46or 12th.
28:48But fifth now.
28:50Is that a proven at least?
28:51No, I actually think
28:52it's a big improvement
28:52from what I saw.
28:54The first moto going backwards
28:56and this is exactly what he needs.
28:58This little bit of the way
28:59he was able to,
29:00when Eli caught him,
29:01because right before Eli went down,
29:02Jorge was right in front of him
29:03and then one lap,
29:05Jorge was able to get around
29:06his teammate and Cooper Webb
29:09and move forward.
29:10So good steps by him.
29:12Hot day.
29:13Everybody wondered his fitness
29:14and how he was going to do.
29:15Well, he's riding better
29:16this second motor
29:17than he did the first moto.
29:18So for the two-time MXGP champion,
29:21this is a good sign to see
29:22and this might kickstart his year
29:24to keep moving forward.
29:26Yep, they have said
29:27it'll be a learning year
29:28all season long,
29:29but this is a rider
29:30who is never not at the front,
29:31really not.
29:32His entire pro career
29:33is battling for a GP wins
29:35as a teenager
29:35in the 250 class over there,
29:37what they call MX2,
29:38won two titles there.
29:40MXGP was a title contender
29:41right off the bat
29:42and then eventually locked down
29:44back-to-back titles
29:45after a few seasons
29:46and that's another battle
29:48people would like to see.
29:49You know,
29:49he didn't come over here
29:50to finish it way distance
29:52off of Jet Lawrence.
29:53He wants to fight him.
29:54See if he can get there.
29:56Jet has it right now
29:58on the last lap.
30:00Very impressive.
30:02The rebound like this
30:03and still...
30:04All the one.
30:07It's the starts
30:07and he didn't have it
30:08in Moto 1
30:09and that's been rare
30:10to not see the Hondas
30:11leap off of that gate.
30:13Rectified it in Moto 2
30:14and nothing to worry about
30:16after that.
30:18Maybe the saving the energy
30:20in Moto 1
30:20that probably helped
30:21a little bit.
30:22Whatever it takes.
30:24Yep.
30:24This is it.
30:26Tomac,
30:27Plessinger,
30:28had Jet Lawrence
30:28on the ropes early.
30:31But Jet wins
30:32Hangtown anyway.
30:33He gets it done.
30:35Jet Lawrence
30:362-0 to start the year.
30:39Justin Cooper.
30:40Yeah, what a ride.
30:42Thanks second.
30:43Yeah, Howie's always
30:44at just quiet
30:45second place.
30:48And for Eli Tomac,
30:49it's the one
30:50that got away.
30:51Bad start in Moto 2.
30:53He had to hustle.
30:54Ends up crashing.
30:56And it is going to go down
30:57as a 1-9.
30:59And that doesn't tell
31:00the story really at all.
31:03of Eli Tomac
31:05at Hangtown 2025.
31:06No, definitely not.
31:07I said after the first
31:08Moto Baby was getting
31:09new crib.
31:09Well, he might put it
31:10on a little way
31:11for another week.
31:12Get back on the podium.
31:13We just stay
31:14with the diapers,
31:15but good ride by him.
31:17Start racing Yamaha.
31:19They got a teammate
31:20Justin Cooper
31:20on the podium.
31:22Justin Cooper
31:23way up top seven.
31:24I like Eli.
31:26He's good.
31:26He'll be back.
31:27I would say normally
31:30that he could take
31:30confidence out of that
31:31first Moto.
31:31Does it kind of like Tomac?
31:33Does he need that?
31:34Does he use that?
31:35Yeah, no, he will.
31:36Okay.
31:36Yeah, he will.
31:37All right.
31:37Well, let's have to look
31:38forward to as he goes
31:39to his home state race
31:40next weekend.
31:41Tomac going to go 1-9
31:42for fourth overall
31:45ahead of Hunter Lawrence
31:46behind.
31:47It's going to be
31:48Jet, Eric Plessinger,
31:50and Justin Cooper
31:51top three today.