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00:00Well, for Tom Vial, you say you want to get the start and you want to run with Hayden Deegan.
00:05Well, he's sitting about a foot and a half from you right now, so you need to keep it that close
00:09until late in the moto and see where you end up. Last year, in this second moto, you guys battled
00:14to the last lap and you made a mistake. Otherwise, you could have won that second moto. So that's
00:18what I want to see. I want to see the same fight, the same heart, but it's got to start with a good
00:22start. And Hayden Deegan, Tom Vial said, what? Okay, you see me up here. You know, I'm always
00:29motivated to go out here and win, but you know, I feel good. This is where I love to be at. Second
00:34moto Southwick is starting to warm up. That track is rough. Oh, you guys are in my homes. Maybe it's
00:39time for the danger zone. We're going to find out here. Well, Levi Kitchen and Deegan had some words
00:45during the off season on social media, but Kitchen hasn't been playing that game lately. He's been
00:50slowly ramping back up to his normal form. Second in the first moto is more like it. You see, he has
00:56been back on the box. Hasn't quite been contending for the wins yet. Maybe if something breaks
01:01his way, he could. But can't talk about it. You got to do it. Don't want to get Deegan even
01:06more angry. Flat racing. 32nd card is up. And there you see, as JT mentioned, Deegan and
01:14Vial lined up next to each other. This is it. Roughest track of the day. Maybe the year.
01:23Refs are up. Gates down. Unreal start out of the box for Deegan.
01:30What a great start, man. It's a great feeling. Get a little, like, whip over. Just to let
01:36Tom Dial know. Just close him off. And man, hey, Deegan's out front again. Let's see what
01:40it is. But Tom Dial, top five start. But he's also going backwards as well. But Joe Shimoda
01:45looks like he's up in that third place. At Jalees Swole. Good to see him up there in that
01:49top three. Wow. Much better for Shimoda from down to the first turn in moto one. Third place
01:55start here in moto two. And he's already making moves. Yeah, Joe riding really good. He's
02:02been riding good all year long. So he knows it. Look, man, I'm always strong at the end
02:06of the motors. But as quickly as I do that, Levi Kitchen makes an inside move on him. Nice
02:10move by Levi. Try to get around him. He knows how good Joe is. And Tom Dial is the one guy
02:15that needs to start making some moves because we're already starting to see that number one get
02:18the way. Yeah, that was surprising. Dial, a couple of those first couple of turns didn't
02:23work to his advantage. There he is battling with Shimoda. And Kinshin, he might be the
02:29rider to watch now. He is hauling the mail. Yeah, what Levi said, he needed to get around
02:33those guys a little bit early. He kind of made it hard for himself. See if he can get up
02:37the inside. Yeah, Jaleek leaned on him. He ain't too worried about him. I think that's where
02:41you've got to know which rider you're riding again. So love it. These guys are really aggressive
02:46and early in this moto. They like to smooth some of these tracks out. So you've got to make
02:51him now before he starts branding out. A little mistake by Swole. Can he hold it? Kinshin
02:56got a power around the outside. There you go. Throw a spatula at him. Let him know. So
03:01yeah, Kinshin Sink throwing it all at him right now and set him up on the inside of the next
03:06quarter. All right. I was impressed with the aggressiveness early of Shimoda, but it's
03:10actually Kinshin who maybe wants to run with Deegs. Yeah, Levi actually made a few passes
03:15that first lap. And look, it's probably the first time he's seen Haydeegan around since the
03:19routers meeting. So good to see him back up there. And Levi had a good pace to go in
03:23that first moto. And the one thing you have to do with Hayden, as we heard in the 450 class
03:27with Eli, look, you've got to be able to see these lines. And now they'll get a chance to
03:31see maybe where Hayden is really quickly, where Hayden's been fast all day long. We'll see.
03:37Swole right here in this group of riders that you knew would be quick. Kinshin, Shimoda,
03:41NBL. He's in the middle of that fight on the Triumph. Then Hamaker and the Kawasaki Six.
03:46DeFrancisco, Smith, Moza, and Masterful Top 10. Look at those results. Moto won for the Triumph
03:52squad in their second year at this game. Fifth and seventh with Harrop and Swole.
03:58And then it was 14th and 19th there for Smith and Forkner. Go ahead.
04:03Yeah, and I would say like Jalik Swole, to his, you know, his credit, you know, the one place
04:08that he might struggle with is in the beginning part of the race that he's been injured all
04:12year long. So it's not, it's not surprising that maybe some of these guys get around him
04:15because this is his third moto back or fourth moto back after coming off that Achilles injury.
04:20So might struggle a little bit in the beginning part and then settle in. But that seventh place,
04:24that first moto was really good. Let's see what he can do the second one.
04:30Shimoda on the Honda HRC Progressive Machine working on Swole, returning from an Achilles injury.
04:36And that's honestly pretty early for that. It was November where he was injured.
04:41Back to the racetrack, the last event at High Point.
04:48And Swole told me that was a little early, but he knew any kind of fitness he could build
04:52before Southwood would probably be to his advantage. So that's why he raced High Point.
04:57Figured it'd still be tough today, but he is a bit tough in his own right and not relenting
05:02to the 30. Yeah, I mean, I, I'm really impressed by Jalik ever since he's been on this triumph
05:07for the last couple of years. Like, I mean, he's obviously gotten better and better, but
05:11this year, uh, to see how he came back at, um, excuse me, High Point, really impressed
05:17there. And today just equally as impressed to be able to get that second, uh, seventh place,
05:21that first moto. But he's got his hands full with the number 30. You can tell Joe is trying
05:25to move forward and the pass might be done right here. Shimoda on the outside. Long way
05:32around. Those lines that JT have been talking about all day long, that inside versus outside.
05:37It worked on the outside. Yeah, it worked. I mean, it is one of those things. Once you
05:40go out there, Joe had to commit. That bike was jumping all over the place, but he knew he
05:45had to go. And we talked about the last two years, the second moto has been Joe time.
05:49So, um, for whatever reason, maybe it is that Joe time. He's only seven seconds back,
05:55but in Southwick, that's actually not too far back. Shout out to Levi Kitchen, keeping
05:59Hayden within three seconds.
06:03And, you know, Kitchen does not have a great record here at Southwick. Four overalls
06:08is best ever at this track going back to 2022. Will.
06:14He didn't, but I don't think that's what's playing into today. I got to have a good sit
06:19down with Levi earlier, and we talked about confidence a lot. And he said, look, he's
06:22just waiting. He's building. And he's just waiting for that kind of breakthrough ride.
06:27And then he sort of corrected himself. I said, waiting is the wrong word. He's like, because
06:30I'm going after it. He's like, but I know that that confidence boost is what I need.
06:35He talked about starts, obviously initiating that. He didn't actually go on the first turn
06:39in a great position. But what he did do, which he said he wanted to do, was attack early.
06:44And he said, I know if I feel that, I'll be getting back to that race pace. I'll be able
06:49to keep that going throughout the moto. And James, he's tackling two different things
06:53right now when it comes to confidence. He's getting back into racing after a very serious
06:57injury, a back injury at Daytona Supercross this year that took him out for the rest of
07:01the Supercross season. But also the mental side of that too. He said, I've got to get over
07:06that as well. So it's like physically getting back into race pace and mentally just getting
07:10past all of that and getting back into his spot too. And it's great to see him make the
07:14gains that he is today.
07:15Yeah, no, I agree. And those two, they come hand in hand. The more confidence that you get,
07:22the back just seems better. But if you go back to last year, Levi was really one of those
07:27guys that was given Hayden. All he wanted was opening few motos. So he knows how to do
07:32this. As we saw Tom Vial finally make his way around Jaleek Swole. Jaleek made a mistake
07:37over there. But yeah, I think Levi's rotten really good for him to be this close. It is
07:42that confidence. And I feel like when a guy doesn't get a jump, when they make those moves
07:46early in the moto, that's all confidence. Because, you know, again, you just got to
07:50be able to risk it and feel comfortable taking that risk. And obviously Levi did. And it's
07:55showing out. He's in that second place. But Tom Vial is probably going to be the one
07:58guy that's a little disappointed on those opening laps. Because the way he wrote that first
08:01moto, you can't be spotting Hayden Deegan 10 seconds and then thinking that you're
08:06able to close that gap up. And now Vial is going to try to go back after Shimoda JT.
08:11Well, Luigi, you and I got to speak with nine-time MXGP champion Tony Cairo, and he said one of the
08:18toughest things for MXGP riders coming over to America is the early laps, the sprint speed,
08:23where riders in Europe, they like to settle in. They kind of build up like a diesel engine,
08:27and they really get going late in the moto. Where American style, they sprint early. They have
08:32so much speed at the beginning. And I think that's maybe what Tom Vial is suffering with
08:37a little bit, because he's getting going late. We saw how much speed he had to wait in the moto.
08:40The problem is a guy like Deegan already has an 11-second lead by the time he gets warmed up.
08:45JT, we did see more of that from Vial, I feel like, in that first moto. And you had a discussion
08:51there with the guys in the booth talking about, you know, what did they work on here in this off-weekend.
08:56And Carlos Rivera, the crew chief, that was one of the things that he said he wanted Tom to focus in on,
09:01was that first lap to fifth lap. He said when we look at the lap times, that sprint speed,
09:07that up front stuff is late. They're late in the moto. That's not a problem. But we need it to be
09:13there up front. And I think we saw some of that. Obviously, like you said, we didn't really see it
09:17here in the second moto as much, but it is definitely on their radar to work on.
09:20Yeah. And that's not an easy thing to change, RJ. I was going to say, easy to say. Hard to do,
09:27right? Yeah. I mean, because it is. I mean, it really comes down to, you know, especially if you
09:32got the pace, you know, maybe that Hayden does, or at least the pace to run up front. It's a,
09:37it's one of those things that you got to start from getting up in breath. It's like every,
09:41everything that you have to do before you get on the track. And once you get on the track,
09:45has to be a really, everything has to be shortened. For me, I would always go out there and I wouldn't do
09:50any warmup laps. I would just go straight out there, check the track out, look at it,
09:54and visually just go out there and attack it. And I felt like that helped me. So Tom Vial,
09:58he is working on that, but that is something to be able to, um, be able to overcome in a race.
10:03It's going to be difficult. It's going to take time more than a week.
10:06Well, Vial has got work to do now at that 11th second gap to Deegan.
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10:30get track side. Reserve your camping area today at supermotocross.com. Has Deegan answered the bell?
10:38I think so. Suddenly the gap is seven and a half. Yeah, where he's answering is where you just saw right
10:43there. I mean, we just talked about, um, I'm sure we'll get a shot at other guys in that same section.
10:48And yeah, Joe is coming, but the gap where Hayden jumps out just seems like he had so much more
10:55momentum than those guys in that same thing. And Levi didn't even fight Shimoda there.
11:01Yeah, I mean, I think it was really more Joe had a good pace. Levi lost a toe with Hayden,
11:07so now he's starting to run backwards. And you know, sometimes it's a risk getting up there.
11:12You want to get up there and you want to run with Hayden or whoever it is. And if you can't hold that gap,
11:16and you're especially like Levi, who feels like, I want to win these races. You saw what happened
11:20in Eli in that 450 class, man. It's almost more demoralizing to be up there and watch the guy
11:25pull away from you than just starting fifth. And he was just gone in the beginning. And
11:30sure, it's tough for Levi, but Joe has a good pace going on at the moment.
11:35Well, you see the tails of the lap times here. Kitchener 2-12 at one point. He's keeping Deegan
11:40in sight and then 18 last time around. So we'll see if he can rebuild. Was that a bad lap? Or is it
11:45just trending the wrong way all the way to the end? We'll find out soon. Shimoda not going to ask
11:49questions to try to get away. Yeah, no, no, one thing with Levi not saying that he's here,
11:57the one fear as a rider. Uh-oh! Wow, Joe, hold on to that. That's just Southwick. He won't even
12:03remember what happened. You'll be like, what were you talking about? But I don't know. It was mentioned
12:08a one fear that you have as a rider is that you get out front and you try to run that pace and then
12:13you blow up, you know, and then you look up, you got 20 minutes left and you're like, oh man,
12:17I don't even know how I'm going to finish this race. So there's always a risk. And Levi's just got to
12:22refocus, settle down, let everything slow back down and then, um, you know, try to finish his
12:27ride out. Well, that's the opposite side of what we're saying with Vial. He had the sprint laps
12:32kitchen, but now Vial has caught him. Now you say blow up. Is that arm pump? Is that heart rate too
12:37high? Are you just out of energy completely? Mental? I mean, it could be all of both. Okay. It depends.
12:44I mean, arm pump. You got arm pump. Don't matter how good a shape he is, you can't hold on to it. And if
12:48you're out of shape, it doesn't matter how your arms are pumped. So, you know, it really just comes
12:52down to where, which one of these riders. And again, you can look at Levi. See, his
12:57weekend is like asking what's going on. So, um, there's your answer right now. We all don't know,
13:03but you know, I know Levi, you got to get a guy out there credit. He went out there and he's trying to
13:07compete and, you know, maybe things are just starting to happen fast. And here at Southwood,
13:12as Tom Vial goes around the outside, um, definitely frustrating for him. But at least he went out
13:17there and he went out there to fight. He did. And now back to fourth. Only about four seconds. Oh,
13:25a mistake by kitchen. And that has come unraveled. They're going to be double question marks next
13:30time. Yeah, and I know that that little slide out right there. It's just as bad as having to pick the
13:35motorcycle up. And as I like to say, sometimes you just go to start to fight. You realize the guy's big.
13:40Well, sometimes you just got to get knocked out. And so, you know, Levi is going to figure it out,
13:45JT. You know, it's deceptively humid down here, guys. And we've had a threat of rain all weekend
13:50and the skies finally cleared and the sun came out. Well, that humidity stuck around. And okay,
13:56it's maybe only 80 degrees, but you can really feel the thickness in the air right now, whether it's AP
14:01and 450 Moto 2 or Levi kitchen here. I think it's taking a toll on these guys. You can see kitchen
14:07laboring. And to me, it just likes like the prototypical overheating. Yeah. Yeah. No,
14:12I agree with you on that, JT. You can tell like things are really starting to happen. It's a,
14:17I believe this is more body and that mental fatigue, probably even more than like physical
14:23and all that. It's a combination of all things. But you can tell by Levi, the way he's rotting,
14:27he's sitting down a little bit more. But you can recover from this. He's just got to just slow
14:32things down. Maybe take a couple of laps because you still got a long, long race. You're in fourth
14:37place. Just recover, man.
14:43Well, the rider to watch that could be the next one to catch him. Swole is behind him in fifth,
14:48but Michael Moseman is back and he is charging in sixth. And a few spots behind that, you got
14:54Hamaker seventh, Jordan Smith eighth. And in this battle, Roderick Francisco and Derek Marchbank.
15:00Roderick, down to the first turn of the first photo. And there's a move from Marchbanks.
15:06Yeah, another strong ride by Garrett. Seeing him coming through the pack a lot this year,
15:11just starts have been kind of costing him, but he's been running really good. And yeah,
15:15going back to Levi, the unfortunate part, once you get down into the, you know,
15:19your teammate's handmaker, then it seems like from there to almost Julian 14th,
15:26you're going to have guys just continue to come at you over and over. That's how deep this 250
15:31field is. So they'll be coming. You got to have something to fight with.
15:34Oh yeah. You hear that from these riders all the time. It is no less intense back in 12th than it is
15:39first and second as Marchbanks makes a move. I mean, Marchbanks has been podium level speed all year,
15:45and he is ninth today. DeFrancisco 10th. Now his teammate of the Rockstar Gas Gas, Casey Cochran,
15:51had crashed earlier today and looked like maybe a dislocated shoulder they were trying to get back in.
15:57So a get well soon. Tim is really showing some speed early this summer. Here you see the Alphard
16:04Stars Medics trying to help him get that back in. Yeah, that's a bummer for Casey. He's been
16:09running really good all year long, so hopefully they get back. But yeah, I want to say something.
16:16We were talking about the section around the mechanics area where I was mentioning Jett was
16:20jumping out and so is Hayden Deegan. And we just saw like the shot of Marchbanks. And if we have him the
16:27next lap or another rider, you can just see the difference between the momentum that by not
16:31jumping out. How much time did he lose this in that whole section? I bet he probably loses two seconds
16:36in that one area right there from not jumping out. And again, it's a blind jump. And if you haven't
16:42seen it, you really wouldn't know. But just those little things, they add up. And especially here at
16:46Southwick, not only you're losing time, but it's a lot of energy to build that 250, especially on the
16:51250 bike, really costing these guys. Well, I mentioned Michael Moseman on the chart,
16:56second half of the moto could be his halfway through. A reminder, Monster Energy available
17:02now. Moseman has been strong here. He is closing on Swole about a second faster than him the last
17:09time around and nearly five seconds quicker than Kitchen. Moseman making a bid for it. Yeah,
17:16it's interesting to see what, to know what actually happened that first moto, because usually if a guy
17:20drops off and, you know, that first moto, the way he did to be able to get past by those guys those
17:26last two laps, he wouldn't come out the second moto be fired, you know, like he is right now. So maybe
17:31it was a tip over something that must have caught him, because he definitely looks like a rider who got
17:35a bad start, but is in shape and moving his way forward. And he looked like that the whole moto,
17:40except for the last two laps when we was looking somewhere else. Yeah, he looks great on the
17:45motorcycle right now. Moseman, as he has Swole in his sights. That's for fifth for now, but they're
17:52circulating faster than Kitchen. You just saw up ahead at the bottom of the screen,
17:57something has gone wrong with Kitchen. So they're in the hunt for the fourth place spot, actually.
18:02Yeah, but they, Levi was, those guys were a lot faster, five seconds right now. Levi brought it
18:10back down to 220, and Michael was still two seconds faster than him, but Levi went almost four seconds
18:15faster this last lap. So that's what I'm saying, that whole recovery part. And he's still only about
18:21five seconds behind Tom Bial as quickly as things look like they were coming to unravel for Levi.
18:25He hasn't lost that much time. And now they're going to battle each other, Swole and Moseman.
18:34This is going to be digging deep for Swole, just coming back from that big injury in so much time
18:39where you cannot train at all with the Achilles. And it is late in the day, and this track is rough.
18:43You watch Deegan dominant in the bottom box, and Moseman looking to make the move. Let's find out what
18:49happened to Moseman as he makes his pass. What did happen to Moto One Will? Did you get info on that?
18:54I did. I just asked, and apparently the bike got hot and started to lose power. So to you,
19:00what you guys were saying there, it wasn't him. So that's why we're seeing so obviously a strong
19:04showing here in Moto Two. Ah, that's a bummer because that podium has been close for him a couple
19:10of times this year and might get away because of that. Southwick tough on the bikes, right? Yeah,
19:15Southwick really tough. And like I said, the way he was riding, to build a whole Levi off
19:20on that whole Moto and then a drop almost 10 seconds, you know, those couple laps didn't
19:24seem that and then way he's fighting. So bummer, but you never know. He's he's moving up and the
19:29way this field is, there's a lot of up and downs. The way these guys finish in the Moto,
19:33they might not have a chance. It's got the gap between he and Kitchen down to three seconds.
19:38Moseman told this story many times again, coming back for the broken deck and near retirement,
19:43really strong here in the sand. Can he track down Kitchen as Deacon's lead is 7.7 over Shimoda.
19:52Vial is third. There's Kitchen up the road. A rough road. See if Moseman can get there.
20:01Yeah, Michael's about a second faster than Levi at that point. And yeah, you know,
20:07you're going to back up to the lead with Hayden Deacon. Yeah, it's seven seconds. Joe's been able to kind
20:13of close that gap. He actually got it down. Now it jumps back up to nine and wonder if that was
20:16a mistake. But since Joe's been in second, that gap hasn't gotten any bigger. In fact,
20:21it was closing down for a while until I just mentioned it. But it's been the story kind of
20:27Joe when he's been able to be up front and he's on that podium, man. He's the only one that I would
20:32say to have the speed of Hayden Deacon all year to when he's into the race. He's just as fast.
20:39That's why he's actually second in the championship. Whoa.
20:47Wow, a couple of woes there. Some of it good, actually. Yeah, I mean, that's just that's just
20:53fun. But the only reason he's able to do that is because he has a lead like that. And that's
20:57an experiment that he's like, all right, well, because nobody's pressure me, I can slow down.
21:01And maybe if I can hop this and get this clean, then it's way faster. If not,
21:05I just almost fallen. I just want to do that again. Hop in the bumps and almost losing the
21:10front and blowing out the berm, but actually made it look cool somehow. Big leap there.
21:17We talked about it in Moto one. He chased a little bit of the ghost of the 18 right now.
21:23I mean, all the viewers at home, you tell me. I mean, we just saw what Jet does and we know
21:29Hayden's hopping, goes hopping over to bumps and doing all that stuff. Jet was really the one that's
21:34recently we've seen do that. And now you're starting to see Hayden do that as well. So
21:39whether he's chasing him or not, he's definitely paying attention on how to get,
21:42um, you know, go around this racetrack fast. But I just love this next section he does. He's so good at this.
21:49Oh, you want this big jump here? So we asked Hayden yesterday about, he hits this jump coming up,
21:54about that. Is he thinking 250 class or is he already getting ahead, I think, in 450s?
21:59He's put him on the spot yesterday.
22:03Definitely on my goal set pretty high. And, uh, right now where I'm at the 250 class,
22:08um, I, I don't feel like there's someone that I still have to beat. I feel like I kind of
22:13placed that I'm the guy these last two years. And so now it's like, what's next? And I feel like
22:17that's the 450 class. So my goals are high. Um, just got to work towards it though.
22:23You're seeing him do that in real time. 10 second lead over Shimoda. And you knew Moseman was going
22:28to, was going to get to Kitchen. So it's a rematch of Moda 1, but in reverse order. Now
22:33can Moseman pass Kitchen? Kitchen was trying to get Moseman a little over an hour ago.
22:39Yeah. But I mean, you look at Levi's body position compared to where it was about four laps
22:43ago. It's not a day difference. Yeah. Uh, that's where you got to give Levi credit because it can
22:49really unravel really quick. So for him knowing that position, I can't fight with Joe
22:55or even Tom at this point, I got to be able to recover because it's a long moto. So shout out to him
23:00for being able to do that and at least put up a fight. And he's still running really good. He's in
23:04fourth place. Michael's been running really good all day long. So I wouldn't be too bummed if he gets
23:09around. Trying to outside. Yeah, now Kitchen's fighting for sure. But is it enough? Couldn't stay
23:17on that left side and Moseman's got it. Look at this. Kitchen gets it back. Wheel to wheel.
23:24Yeah, man. I love that because that's the one thing as a rider you're doing. Michael probably
23:29thought, all right, I got him. You know, fish on the hook, got him. And Levi makes that pass back.
23:34It's so frustrating for all these guys. And a lap rider now. Yeah. Get out my way, son. Yeah.
23:40Oh, Moseman's got to be super frustrated then. Yeah. But again, these two were doing this,
23:46the first motor hook. Maybe Levi's doing a little bit of payback to him because Michael was, uh,
23:50he was hounding Michael the whole first motor and couldn't get around him. That's right. I mean,
23:56just look at the difference. But Shimoda got to him. He went right around. Yeah, right around. But no
24:00question about it. Kitchen is back to fighting. So what is that? You take off. Well,
24:05Mare, he's had a rough one today in the sand. He has gone down. He is in 15th place.
24:11So Kitchen, can you relax two laps, three laps and get a little something back in the system?
24:17Get the heart rate back down? Yeah, no, you absolutely can. Because I mean,
24:21truthfully, this is what we train for. These guys train for during the week. That's why they do
24:24those interval training to be able to get the heart rate up to the 180s and then drop it down.
24:29You know, so that's why you you do that to so your body can learn to recover in these
24:35situations. And so that's what you're watching with Levi. It's basically what he does during the
24:39week, those interval training. So his body, you shut it down when things are starting to happen.
24:43There's no sense of even keeping it up at that heart rate. Shut it down, recover, and you're having
24:49to fight because four laps ago, five laps ago, Michael would have just rode around him and
24:53that would have been into that. But that's why these guys train.
24:57Those minutes caught him again, though. It won't affect the overall podium. It's looking like
25:02it's going to be Deegan Vial Kitchen in order, even if this pass is made. But these are just
25:07racers just fighting for every position. Yeah, no, this is this is pride on the line. And
25:12you know, if I'm Michael, I'm definitely getting frustrated at this point. And you know,
25:15I was thinking when we showed the picture of Julian, he's probably like, man, I don't want
25:19this sandbox anymore. I'm over it. No, absolutely. Yeah, the some lessons going to have to be learned
25:26there. Not his best condition for sure. Oh, my gosh, that track was rough. Yeah. And if you're
25:32Levi, this is what you want. You know, Michael thought he had the pass and then you get around
25:37them with a nice pass. I would say nice cut cut on the inside. Now he's starting to make mistakes.
25:43These bumps seem like they got ultra big over these last two laps. And you want Michael to be
25:47like, you know what? Now I'm just I'm happy with a fifth place after that first moto. So
25:51I don't want the bike to overheat. Never doubt you can let Freep in because yeah,
25:56he's got a little gap over him right now. And if you look right in front of Levi,
26:00Tom Vial is only a couple seconds right in front of Levi. So
26:03if he catches Vial, Vial is going to say, how? I saw what you looked like 15 minutes ago. There's
26:10no way you're going to catch me. Yeah, I mean, again, shout out to Levi to be able to recover
26:16like that. I mean, all these guys can do it at a certain point, but you've got to have that mental
26:20strength to be able to do it, JT. Yeah. And I was wondering a little bit and I didn't want to
26:24doubt him, but Tom Vial put in such a charge in moto one. And James, you've talked about, you know,
26:30saving energy for moto two. If you can rest the second half of the first moto, it's so valuable
26:35because you just saved those energy stores for when you need it in moto two. And I just wonder
26:39if Tom Vial struggling to carry this intensity after putting in such a heroic effort for 35 minutes
26:44in moto one. Yeah, I would say JT, you know, I agree with you. The way Tom looked that whole moto,
26:52like he definitely put that effort in, but I don't think he's tired. You know, he didn't bring
26:57anything. And it's not saying that you're saying that. I think what if he's down on the energy,
27:01you would see it in those opening laps. He didn't have that same intensity as you just said.
27:06And because of that, he can't see anybody. You know, Joe Shimono's, you know, 25 seconds in front
27:11of him or however long the map's not that great, 20 seconds in front of him. So he doesn't have that
27:15rapid chase. So I think he's more caught into maybe the beginning part and all that,
27:19the work that he did that first moto. He didn't have the fresh legs to jump out
27:23and hang with a Joe Shimono and run that pace that Peyton had. But now he's caught in the spot.
27:29He's almost starting to race behind him rather than racing forward because there's nobody in front
27:33of him. So maybe that's what it is rather than, you know what, he put so much effort in that first
27:37moto. He doesn't have anything in the tank because to me, he still looks okay. The shots that we got,
27:42he's not like he's hanging on. I just don't think he has anything to push forward to JT, but great point.
27:47Well, they can erase the question mark of the pit board because he's pulled back away from
27:52Moseman and yes, has Vial in his sights. Now, I'll give you some stats that are crazy here. Deacon
27:58looking to go back to back at Southwick for the first time in 11 years, 11 years in a row,
28:04we had had different winners. This 250 class to go back to Tyler Rattray, the South African who owned
28:10this track two years in a row. But that was over a decade. Someone's gone back to back. Deacon is
28:17going to knock that off if he can hold on. But the journey of Levi Kitchen is going to keep this
28:23interesting to the end. You know, that question mark that his mechanic put on the pit board might
28:28have been the thing that woke Levi up because usually, you know, mechanics, they're probably like,
28:33man, fight, hang in there, just keep grinding. Well, you can't even put question mark on there
28:38like, that's your guy. And he's like, dude, I don't know what's going on. I don't even know what to
28:42write on this thing. And it seems like ever since Levi saw that question mark, he's really answered it.
28:47And, you know, if he was tired, I think his mechanic would be putting more motivation on there to keep
28:52him going. He probably was wondering herself, so. Seem to always see teammates on this monster
28:58pro circuit Kawasaki team battling right now. It is Hamaker and March Banks. That is for seventh
29:04and eighth behind Smole. And it's Jordan Smith and Harrop. And they're right there with them.
29:11Yeah, you can see some of these shadows that are starting to creep in the track just makes another
29:16obstacle that makes this track really difficult. And, you know, the hard part is if, you know,
29:22what I love about this 250 class, you look at these guys and you look at Levi and outside of their top
29:28two, they look like they're riding exactly the same, you know, but that just shows you where to start is
29:32and that opening lap position, especially here. You know, you can ride just as good as the guys up and
29:38running third place, but you're back in, you know, seventh and eighth battling just deep.
29:43Oh yeah, that's what's on the line right now. Teammate pride and Jordan Smith railing on the number 19.
29:52That's the triumph. See that hive is the yellow helmet and he's got his teammate Harrop right with
29:57him. So two triumphs, two Kawasaki's in formation. Yeah, Jordan might have an opportunity to sneak
30:04up on Seth at the moment because Seth might have been thinking that it's still Mikael behind him and
30:10you start to learn your guys tendencies, especially with a guy behind him. Jordan might have a
30:15surprise attack as his lap rider doesn't really know where he wants to go,
30:18maybe hold Seth up and looks like might get a BOGO special off the racetrack.
30:22Oh Harrop, he took advantage. He made the move on Smith.
30:26Yeah, I wouldn't say that was suggested, Mark. He just ran out of real estate out there.
30:31Now look at him, he's around him. So he just got passed while his teammate made two passes and
30:36ended up making up the position. So Southwick, baby. Oh, we love the BOGO special up here.
30:41So two passes made by Harrop. So that's going to put him in the overall eighth at the moment.
30:46He had a good run going for most of the first moto. And he's not done.
30:53I know he's already in front of him. Oh, this is back to Smith. Yeah, this is Smith. Yeah,
30:58a lot of bikes that are covered in sand and they're the same bikes. Jordan Smith powering down.
31:06And it's just going to run him out of real estate. No. Hamaker fights back. Oh, man.
31:11I could tell you, like you question a lot of friendships after that move, because you know,
31:16and you George Smith, you're like, look, man, I know you're starting to labor and we just got
31:19passed by my teammate. I'm going to have to run you off the racetrack on that one,
31:23because you're supposed to just give me that position. But he's got their all fighter,
31:27and you know, Seth, he ain't giving it up easy. Deegan there in the bottom box.
31:32Gap is eight seconds over Shimoda as we continue to watch.
31:36Jordan Smith and Hanemaker battle. Harrop has gotten away. And then March Banks is up ahead.
31:44And it's one of the great things really that maybe you don't get to see on the show every week.
31:49I mean, there are battles everywhere. You talk to these privateer riders who are back in 28th and 30th.
31:54The battle for the top 10 further up. What we have going right now just inside the top 10.
32:00Well, I believe the reason we created the battle box is because it's 250.
32:04Because there is battles everywhere. So, uh, nonetheless, it's cool to get these guys out here
32:09shouting. And honestly, the way they're riding, I mean, they deserve to shine.
32:16Oh, yeah, they are giving you everything they have. And George Smith's actually been pretty darn quick
32:22outdoors. But for whatever reason, he's a great starter at Supercross. You never see the good starts
32:26outdoors. But boy, can he come from behind. And he might have a pass made right here.
32:31Yeah, I mean, Seth couldn't do anything about it. There's parts of this, this racetrack that opens
32:36up to a four lane highway. And that was it. And you can't control the whole thing. And
32:40see, Jordan knew once he got beside him, he stayed close to him. That mechanics there, he had it.
32:45Otherwise, you have to bust out seven iron on him, give him the business. But
32:48see if he can get away. Otherwise, Seth would fight back.
32:51It's a four lane, but it is, this ain't no highway, so it's a sign.
32:55Yeah, you're right about that. Got some potholes in there for sure.
32:58I wouldn't disrespect Southwick like that. I apologize.
33:01Well, shout out to all the legends of this track who helped work on it. The Johnson family,
33:06Keith and his dad, Rick, who run the track. And then, of course, you've got
33:10John Dowd and Doug Henry, former winners here, champions. They helped work throughout the weekend.
33:17Got to see Doug this morning. So they want it to be rough because that's the legacy of this place.
33:22And only the strong can survive. And there have been very few doubts of the strength of Hayden Deegan.
33:29There's the mechanic. Brent Duffy.
33:34Seems like it's been an easy day for him. That beautiful breath. Jump over that. So smooth.
33:40Wow. Now that looks fun. Yeah, it looks fun. But that's skills. And that's where Hayden,
33:47got to give him credit for learning how to ride this racetrack. Find a nice inside line right there.
33:52One corner, JT. Yeah, I just, finding some irony here. You know, I think that both
33:57Hayden and Jet Lawrence put in their most dominant days of the season. And you wonder
34:02if Hayden is responding a little bit to Jet like you kind of hypothesized there, James. But,
34:07I mean, he's really been the class all day today. Two seconds faster in qualifying.
34:11Both hole shots. And really, I mean, let's be honest, he's been uncontested this whole day. So,
34:16really, this is a world-class performance from Hayden Deegan.
34:21Yeah, no, it is world-class. And, man, this is a great shot from our drone pilot, Chris Budd.
34:28Because you're really getting the opportunity to see what I've been talking about all day. How,
34:33when you're out front and what Hayden is doing and what Jet was doing, really smooth this whole
34:39racetrack out. I mean, our drone almost ran in the back of Hayden because of his lines going to the
34:43inside here, really far inside. And really noticing that he's making his track smooth. You know, he's
34:50going smooth. But the only way you can do that, you've got to be out front to be able to choose your
34:53own lines. And it's a weird situation to be in because the farther out front he is, the smoother this
35:00racetrack becomes. Because he'll actually start going slower, which will ultimately end up going
35:04faster. I know that makes no sense at all. But by his line selection, I mean, how can anybody ever
35:10come up and catch him? Because, one, he's saving energy. And he's finding new lines around this
35:15racetrack. It's just really cool to see. As you say, when do you say Southwick second moto hot in
35:21the day? Man, that looks fun. You did right. Yeah. Yeah. It's fun. We could go back and we were watching
35:25George Smith and Seth. We really wasn't saying that. No, it looked brutal for them. Yeah.
35:31And it really just came down to, you know, and have the vision to be able to see that. And
35:36man, it's really cool. It's really one of his great strengths, the alternate lines, man. I would
35:40say he can run second and third best line as well as everyone runs the main one. Talking to his dad,
35:45Brian, about that after High Point. And I mean, Brian could have taken the credit, said I taught him that,
35:51but he's like, I don't know. I think some of it is just innate riders that are able to look around,
35:56see things that other guys don't see. Some of it you can teach, but some of it you can. Yeah,
36:01but I also think this is Hayden studying, you know, like he's got to be a student in the game to notice
36:06this because, yeah, he didn't always ride like this. And this comes from studying and working on how to
36:13get better. I mean, the kid loves to try to fast cars and hang out in danger zone. But this stuff right
36:19here, this is a veteran move, like to be able to do that because, again, you're saving your body,
36:24you're finding smooth lines, but you're also saving your motorcycle. And the only way you can do that
36:28is by knowing and studying Jet Lawrence, studying, you know, the student of the game. And Hayden
36:34obviously is that because, I mean, this is not normally what you see in a guy in a G50 class
36:40power. He's not just beating these guys with speed. He's beating them by line selection. And
36:44what do I say? Who does that sound like? You know, so, Jet Lawrence, absolutely. You say it
36:50every week about him. And again, that's no disrespect to this group or the group in the 450s. Certainly,
36:56Eli Tomac, Hunter Lawrence is close. Get Chase Sexton back, hopefully next weekend at Redbud. But
37:03just another chapter in the, oh, it's brewing. Deegan winning most weeks in the 250s. Jet has won every
37:10week in the 450s. What could the future hold for those two? But right now, focus on the
37:16time being. Deegan working on another win. Yeah, well, and as you mentioned, like, there's no
37:21disrespect to Chase Sexton and Eli Tomac because those guys have been in the same position. I think
37:26what Hayden's been able to do, he's got the luxury of being out front, you know, so he can work on
37:31these skills out front. Because if you're chasing somebody, you cannot route these lines because
37:36you're always pushing it, watching something special. To be the third perfect day of the year
37:42for him, he was fastest qualifier, actually fastest in both sessions today. Then winning both
37:48logos, did it a high point, and is going to do it for the second race in a row here at Southwick.
37:57Hayden Deegan, building a legacy of his own in the 250 class. Deegan 1-1 at Southwick 2025.
38:06Joe Shimoda, second best in the championship, second best in the second moto. And for the third
38:17year in a row, a rough first moto in the sand is going to hurt him in the overall. Probably won't
38:23even be on the podium today. But he ran well in that second moto, 8.8 seconds, the final margin.
38:29Yeah, looking at lap time, looks like we lost Jalik out there. He was running fifth. Oh, went to 10th.
38:35Yeah, now he's in, in 10th, but.
38:39Tom Vial, third place. Yeah, and through all this, I think he's going to end up second overall.
38:45Free three. Levi's right behind him too.
38:48And Vial has been on the podium every time. He's raced at Southwick and a nice recovery for
38:56Kitchin. He couldn't get Vial back, but he kept him honest right to the end.
39:00He's in.
39:01He was talking to him over the first mulheres that he kept the fortuitous good to be doing.
39:06Yeah, I think he was the one who lives together or he walks away.
39:09And basically, they never went from home if he possibilites.
39:11But he's just a good person take care of him because of himself.
39:14I'm not once one.
39:16So that's a good place.
39:17Thirty43 times the so-calledximity.
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