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00:00Hayden Deegan, you just want to have a bounce back weekend, you know, all the stuff that's off the track, on the track, we see what happened when guys get confidence, so if you're Hayden Deegan, you want to get a bounce back, and for the other guys, when the door opens, you've got to walk through it, actually, when the door opens, you've got to kick it open and walk through it, because I don't think Hayden Deegan's going to let anybody get anything done, so, they know what they've got to do, looks like we've got some trouble on the track.
00:24Yeah, yeah, one rider cannot get the bike fired, mechanics are moving away from the start gate, because the gate is about to drop, so those are the KTM keys to the moto, there's the fly racing 30 second board, four straight hours of racing coming your way, here on Peacock, 450 moto one will be up after this, and each class runs two motos, 30 minutes, two laps to distance, and 40 riders on the gate, let's get it started here in Spring Creek.
00:54Jeremy Martin, are you kidding me, Jeremy Martin, are you kidding me, Jeremy Martin, in what will be his retirement race in his home track, the whole shot, if you can hear it, it's crowded right now, they're going nuts.
01:07And we just want to hear it, he couldn't have scripted that better, Seth Hatmaker, and Shimoda, second and third.
01:24Yeah, good start by Joe Shimoda, this is like exactly what he did last weekend, just kind of got there, let the race go, Seth has been fast all day long, but man, I can't believe how loud this crowd is right here, I feel like we're in the Supercross.
01:34And he was quick, right up to the top in qualifying, third fastest, so he has speed, the two-time champion of this class, in his final run leads.
01:45That is poetic, but now Hatmaker looking to make the pass, he's setting himself up on the inside.
02:06Yeah, Seth knows this might be an opportunity, Jay Martin needs to go down the inside, well I shouldn't tell him, he knows every way to go on this racetrack, but he should have went down the inside, I knew Seth was going to try to make that move, but let's see if Jeremy can slingshot around the outside, get back towards the inside over here, get him a lap.
02:22Almost, that's the old school corner speed there from Martin, not quite enough this time, Seth Hatmaker locks down the number one spot.
02:34It's love hearing the crowd here, so, Jeremy was going to race a couple rounds for his own team here, Star Racing Yamaha, crashed at Hangtown, said I'll be back for one more, and he's making the most of it at Millville.
02:48And as you mentioned earlier, Jeremy has been quick all day long, so it's not like he's one of those guys that shouldn't fade back, you know, he has the speed, he might get a little nervous, but hey, it's good to see him up there, and then that's Hayden Deegan's making his way up into that fourth place right now.
03:09Deegan, Moseman right behind him, Haram, but you've got to watch Shimoda there, last week's winner, who's up ahead of Deegan in third.
03:16Yeah, looking for Levi Kitchen, he's down in 14th right now, so him and Tommy out, 13th and 14th, not the start they wanted to get, but you can see these guys starting to get spread out, but if I'm Hayden Deegan, I'm in a great spot.
03:28He's probably going to try to make the move on Joe Shimoda early in the race and try to get him out of his normal routine, because as this race goes on, that number 30 on the HRC, I think he will get better, and with the confidence from last weekend, I feel like he actually believes he can beat Hayden Deegan, but he's going to get a shot right now.
03:45Yeah, Shimoda usually gets better, as he says, if the track gets rougher later in the moto later in the day, so right now, though, Deegan is going to put the attack on.
03:53And just up ahead, you see Martin and Hamaker, GT.
04:03Watching Hayden Deegan here, I just wanted to see if he would be able to push.
04:07You know, he's dealing with that injury, just not sure how sore he's going to be.
04:10He didn't ride all week.
04:11He went through those qualifying sessions, obviously looked great, but the upside here, the positive signs, he's willing to flatland jumps.
04:18He's willing to push and get way out of his comfort zone, as you see him make the move there on Shimoda, that is a great sign to the number one, that he's feeling a lot better than he did a week ago.
04:28Yeah, JT, and actually talking with Brent Duffy, his mechanic, they actually added some foam to the bottom side of those handlebars, just in case anything were to go wrong with his leg, if it was a bump it.
04:38They just want to avoid any extra hurt for him.
04:41Of course, after last weekend, there was some questioning as to what was really going on.
04:45It turned out, in talking with Brian Deegan earlier today, there was an issue with the fascia and the leg, a lot of bruising, a lot of swelling, but nothing that's going to be damaging long term.
04:56What a move by Deegan on that outside.
04:58I mean, he just saw what happened right in front of him, but I think for Joe Shimoda, like, he has, Hayden's been fast all day long, and Joe wasn't the fastest, but he's within a second.
05:08So for him, just follow him, you know, Hayden Deegan going around you is not surprising.
05:12You just don't want to lose toe, and if Hayden makes a move, you need to make a move, because I would say that's been Joe's only weakness is, Hayden gets through the pack a little bit quicker, and the next thing you know, Joe has to, you know, make those passes, and that gap's already gone.
05:25But you can see, Joe's even picked up the intensity, because he sees Hayden trying to get away as well.
05:30Yeah, Joe's sticking with him.
05:32There's Martin up ahead, and Hamaker has about a three-second lead on this pack, and then a little further back, bottom box, it's Bozeman and Harrop.
05:41That's next in line, fifth and sixth.
05:44Jordan Smith, Max Follin, Drew Adams, Garrett Marchbanks, right out the top ten, Kitchin, still 14th last year's winner.
05:51Yeah, I'm curious to see how Harrop, being this close to the front, you know, this early in the race, if he can run this pace, and the guy in front of him, Michael Moseman, last weekend, he had a great ride getting on the podium, and I think for him, he's been riding good, just has some bike issues, so if he can just stay with them, maybe they can just close up, or at least stay in that top five, but good ride so far.
06:14Good ride by Shimoda, the way Deegan stormed around him, but he was able to get back to him, but then just that little S-turn section there, now Deegan opens up a couple of bike lanes.
06:25Yeah, and I think this is a difference, Joe, it takes a little bit of get going, and that little bit of intensity is where that gap going, Hayden's willing to go down to that corner, slam into it, bike wide open, Joe's still trying to warm up, and that's what I mean, he needs to just stay on Hayden, not let him get too far, because as the race goes on, Hayden won't be able to hit those corners that hard,
06:43and I think it plays into Joe's hand, but he's got to stay with him.
06:51As for Deegan, now trying to track down Jeremy Martin, that is poetic in its own way as well, not only has Martin put together one of the best 250 careers ever, he's top five in nearly every statistical category in this class,
07:04but he, and also Cooper Webb at that time, really kick-started this team's run of dominance, they were not a team that was winning a lot of races, or any titles,
07:11until 2014, when those two came out, they were going one and two consistently, that kicked off two straight titles for Martin, and that run by Yamaha has continued through this day with Deegan,
07:23and now they're battling on track, and it's the Kawasaki boys who always seem to be hearing each other, battle in the bottom box, it's March Banks, Adams.
07:31Yeah, and I think it's good to see Drew Adams up here, he's had a good pace in qualifying, and yeah, just going back to Jeremy, as you were saying,
07:40like, it felt like it came out of nowhere, and for two years, I mean, this dude was dominant, you know, really getting his thing, and looked really comfortable,
07:47looked like the guy that we're watching on the screen, so no surprise, it's been a few years, so that memory, it's there, but it's been a while since he has,
07:54but I think he's enjoying it, having a good time, and he looks good, he's not holding Hayden up, and he's keeping Seth Braden in check, so
08:01he does have some pace going, but this Hayden Deegan, Hayden's got this outside figured out, see if he makes up for some time on him.
08:08I'll show you the career stats for Jeremy Martin there, and you see, he's only 16th all-time in starts, so when you're 5th all-time in Moto wins,
08:204th in overall wins, and 2nd in podiums, that says a lot about the kind of damage he did in this class, not just the two title years,
08:28but year after year is when Emotos was battling for the title, but he's about to pass that baton on, a little further back in the bottom box,
08:37see Tom Vial has now caught those Kawasaki's, he's in 11th.
08:41Yeah, and Jeremy's actually starting to close in on our leader, so he's about a half a second faster than Seth Handmaker, made a little mistake right there,
08:49and as I mentioned in his 250 class, this track's really fast, so any mistakes in the corner, you can lose a lot of time, especially on the bottom of Mount Martin,
08:57but Jeremy, I believe he stays here, he's only going to get more confidence, we know he's in shape, and he knows, he's done a few laps around this racetrack as well.
09:07Well, on the right side of this section is the house he grew up in, it's his parents on the track, back to JT.
09:14Well, James, I just wanted to add on to what you were saying there, and I agree so much, the toughest part, in my opinion, for J-Mart is to match intensity early,
09:22because the older you get, that's just a really hard thing to maintain, so you see him start to come,
09:27back towards Handmaker, and you think about J-Mart, he's been training for marathons, so fitness shouldn't really be an issue,
09:33and if he can hang in there early, that's right, guys might be in a little bit of trouble late.
09:38Yeah, no, I agree, I mean, the older I get, I used to hop out of bed, now I've got to hop out of, like, roll out of bed,
09:44and slowly get the coffee, and then we start getting it, so, but J-Mart, he's definitely figuring it out,
09:49and you can tell he's starting to get more confidence, and, I mean, how can you not?
09:53You're holding off Hayden Deegan, you're closing on the lead, and you know this, you know this place like the back of your hand,
09:59so, win this moto, go home, drop a trophy off, come back, and hang out for the moto right here.
10:05Look at the lap time, so, last three, Handmaker was faster twice, but the last time around, Martin was quicker,
10:12and I believe that's going to hold here, he continues to close the gap.
10:17Handmaker's career best in pro motocross is a third, and he had a high point a couple of weeks ago,
10:22and he hasn't led laps since 2022 until right now.
10:27Yeah, one thing Jeremy's always been strong at his whole career is corner speed.
10:32When he's in the zone, man, this guy can ride ruts in corners, and that's where I see him closing in on Seth Handmaker.
10:39I think the biggest thing for Jeremy, you've got to wonder where his mindset is.
10:43Is he worried about just trying to get out here and lead this race, or is he actually concerned about getting a finish?
10:47Because I believe a finish, a top five, is in his wheelhouse pretty easy, but you know he wants to go out with a bang,
10:54and you just want to make sure you manage those expectations and not really throw this thing away.
10:58But he looks more comfortable to me than even Seth, and he's starting to get away from Hayden as well.
11:03He's got to manage the expectations for his team 2-0 Bobby Reagan.
11:08The team owner is going to get excited and say, hey, you're this fast, can you maybe come back again next weekend?
11:15Watch Seagull.
11:16They already tried that at the beginning of the year, then the big crash at Hagtown kind of dampened any of the idea of him being back as a full-time racer,
11:23but what a way to go out, going to be one and done is the plan here, but I don't know, it might be one, as in winning and done.
11:31Yeah, go one and done, that's fine enough, but yeah, Jeremy, you've got to calm down.
11:37You saw you overshot that corner, but so far, so good, JT.
11:41Yeah, just watching Jeremy.
11:42Remember, he was in the booth with you, Weege, here in 2022, a part of the Legends Tour that we did that summer.
11:47James, your first race was Bugs Creek that year, so now the question is, James,
11:51if Bobby gives you a call this week, are you suiting up for Washington because it's going pretty well so far?
11:56Yeah, well, let's see how Jeremy finishes his moto.
12:00If he gets out there and wins, still not coming out.
12:03All right, spoiler alert.
12:05Yes.
12:06You're sure, Stu, we can encourage you like the pit boards are for Jeremy.
12:10They're saying just breathe and focus forward and talk to his mechanic.
12:13He's saying they know the track, he knows how to get the job done, he just has to make sure he's not looking behind him.
12:19Yeah, I think Jeremy right now is looking in front of him.
12:23I think for him, the closer he gets to Seth, then I see him starting to make some mistakes
12:28because I think he's getting excited, realizing that he's this close.
12:31If he just kind of calms down, let this race go, I mean, who knows?
12:35He might have a chance.
12:36But, again, he actually looks really, really good to me.
12:40The only time I see him making mistakes is when he does get that close.
12:43He gets excited, he almost runs off the racetrack, but Jeremy Martin is figuring it out.
12:47And every time he does that, he pulls away and closes in on that gap at the league.
12:51What's the take on Deegan here in third?
12:53Sometimes he closes, but then sometimes Martin actually pulls away from the champion.
12:57Yeah, I think it's because how good Jeremy's riding.
13:01You know, Deegan's, Joe's still close to Hayden, so it's not like Hayden's just sitting back.
13:06He doesn't want to have to deal with Joe at the end of the moto.
13:08So, Hayden's trying to get around him, but Jeremy is riding really good,
13:12and Hayden closes in when Jeremy makes that mistake.
13:15So, more about what Jeremy's doing.
13:16But Hayden does have a really good line right here.
13:18I think these outsides are still working for him.
13:22And it looks like Jeremy's going to let him go through.
13:24Wow, that happened in a hurry.
13:26And, yeah, not much fight from the number six.
13:28So, Deegan now in the second.
13:30By the way, we did talk to Jeremy yesterday.
13:32He just took a face full of roofs.
13:33He took a cleaner yesterday when we asked him about this weekend.
13:38I tendered my mind that it's my last race.
13:40It's bittersweet, right?
13:42And I think the biggest thing that I'm, like, holding on to
13:44and I've been thinking about a lot is I was four years old when I first learned how to ride,
13:48and it was on a PW50 with my brother and my dad right back there in front of the house.
13:54You know, it wasn't even on the track.
13:55It was in the field that the people are camping on right now.
13:57And, you know, 2013, I led my first laps, and I remember the crowd just erupting, and it was insane.
14:06I won't ever forget it to this day.
14:09And it was very similar to that today when he got the lead with that whole shot.
14:14Now back to third, and Deegan going to put the attack on Handmaker.
14:18And Jeremy looks over to measure the gap between himself and Shimoda.
14:24Set it to JT again.
14:26Jeremy here, you know, no one's more comfortable than him here.
14:29We know that.
14:30But I'll tell you, I would actually rather see him behind Deegan.
14:33I was watching him there.
14:34He was pressing really hard there to try to catch Seth.
14:37The front stepped out multiple times.
14:40So I think at this part of the race, you're approaching halfway.
14:42Settle in a little bit.
14:43Maybe look at where Hayden's going.
14:45Let the race unfold because he was getting really close to making a critical mistake there.
14:50You can see he's relaxed a little bit.
14:52Can you see Handmaker go down there?
14:54Good call, JT.
14:55We saw the yellow flags and then the green motorcycle.
14:57So now Deegan is in the lead.
14:59Martin second.
15:01Shimoda going to get by as well.
15:02And truthfully, that should give, you know, Jeremy more confidence because those guys were pushing.
15:08Seth was pushing it.
15:09So, yeah, you start to wonder, is that a little bit of arm pump from not racing or he's in a weird spot.
15:15Jeremy, that is, because he doesn't want to get in the mix and get into this title and hurt his teammate.
15:19But I do believe he has the pace.
15:22And let's see what happens, how he reacts to this.
15:24But still a good, strong ride.
15:26So then Handmaker gets behind Shimoda at this point.
15:30And we have the Handmaker crash on a replay here.
15:33Now, this is a very fast section.
15:35Seth goes in here.
15:37You can see him starting to lose the front end.
15:38And that's a pretty good save because he started losing the front end.
15:41It hooked up.
15:42But luckily for him, he was able to get the front tire off that jump.
15:45Otherwise, he wouldn't have a big high side.
15:47So tip over.
15:48It's going to be costly for losing that position.
15:50But he was able to get back up behind Joe Shimoda on the bat ball.
15:55Yeah, you're saying a good save.
15:57He still crashed.
15:58But he saved it from what could have been a big one.
16:01Yeah, it could have been a lot worse.
16:02As you can see, when he came in there, that front end started tucking, knifing on him.
16:06And it's because of how fast they're going in that section.
16:08But because that jump ran out, his front tire got off.
16:11It didn't hook him and slam him down.
16:13So he's going to be bummed out.
16:14But it would have been a lot worse if that thing would have high-sided him off that ramp.
16:19Yeah, you go back to 2013, Jeremy Martin mentioned leading for the first time here when he was a rookie.
16:24I think that was the same year Ken Roxton had a similar crash to Handmaker, but on the bat side.
16:29And he went flying.
16:31And it was a brutal one.
16:33Deegan now starting to pull away and giving a look back.
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16:46Yeah, now Jeremy is starting to settle down.
16:48Now he's got that pace.
16:49But you can see how fast they're coming into this.
16:51You get those braking bumps.
16:53All those bikes are going in.
16:55But you look at the whoops.
16:57That's where Deegan has made his time.
16:59Yeah, I believe where Hayden's really making his time is the end of the second set.
17:03He's going outside and he just carries his momentum around this.
17:06Like he still has the sweeping these corners.
17:09He's got a lot more momentum.
17:11And when these guys are starting to brake, Hayden's on the gas because he's going around this jump.
17:15And he's just carrying that momentum out.
17:18Which Jeremy followed that line.
17:20But you can see the gap that he's able to pull.
17:23It's like Shimoda now closing off Martin.
17:26Yeah, Jeremy almost lost the front end right there.
17:30I think when Hayden was looking back over that finish line, he was looking at Joe.
17:33Not necessarily Jeremy.
17:34He wants to see what that number 30 is.
17:36Because he knows he's going to be strong for the end of the photo.
17:39Katie?
17:39Yeah, Stu, they were talking about how good Joe's fitness was here this week.
17:44His pace has been good.
17:45Of course, it starts is what he needed to work on, which he had a decent one out there.
17:49However, they said around this track, the place to really keep an eye on are the hills.
17:54Joe was saying that this is one of his favorite tracks.
17:56And for that very reason, he feels he can make up a whole lot of time.
17:59So you two up there in the booth, JT, keep an eye on the hills and see if that is where
18:03we're seeing Joe make some of these moves here moving forward.
18:06That's her watcher right now, Katie.
18:08Tries to close on Martin.
18:10And it is, yeah, not that big a gap.
18:13Actually, it's only 2.9 between Deegan and Shimoda.
18:16This one not over.
18:17No, and you wonder how much Jeremy's going to bite Joe.
18:21Will he let him go around like he did Hayden?
18:23And I suspect he probably will.
18:24Once Joe gets to the point where he's all over, Jeremy's not going to want to hold him up,
18:28even though Hayden Deegan's his teammate.
18:30But at the end of the day, you've got to start wondering how Hayden's leg, you know,
18:35is that thing going to start coming into factor?
18:37Because for him, if I'm Hayden Deegan, I've got that injury, I need to get away.
18:41And this 2.5 seconds or 3.5 seconds over Joe Shimoda isn't big enough
18:44because we know how strong he is at the end of the motors.
18:48Yeah, Deegan added about two tenths to Shimoda the last time around.
18:53See the difference, 158.9 versus the 159.1.
18:56As they head to the sand wash again.
19:05Yeah, and these sand rollers is very important to kind of stay on top of those things.
19:09If you get dropped down in the middle, one in slows your momentum down.
19:13It beats you up as a rider, but you just lose a lot of time.
19:16Now this inside is starting to play in.
19:19And why that's starting to work is because it opens up that next lane.
19:22And if you notice, Joe went inside of that corner after the rollers.
19:25He cut down on the next corner, and he's starting to open up that whole section.
19:29So as the track gets rougher, that line that Joe's having is going to play in
19:33because he's starting to miss all those bumps.
19:34You can see him closing in on Jeremy right now.
19:36I've got to imagine that's a huge adrenaline rush when Jeremy gets out front of that first lap.
19:42Can that wear off?
19:43Oh, and there it goes.
19:45There goes Shimoda up to second around Martin.
19:47Right on cue, that's what I'm saying.
19:50Is there a moment where you think reality starts to sit in?
19:52We're 20 minutes in now.
19:54Or we know he's fit, so maybe not.
19:56Yeah, well, I mean, I honestly don't think it's about fitness.
19:59And all of a sudden, you come off the couch, and you go up against Hayden Deegan and Joe Shimoda.
20:04These guys have been the cream of the crop in this 250.
20:06I think he's starting to tighten up.
20:08And how fast this racetrack is, it's really easy to happen.
20:11And with this hard base, and I don't care if you live here or you don't,
20:14it's just still a tricky racetrack for him.
20:16So to me, it's not fitness.
20:17It's more of him tightening up and just holding your breath in in the lead,
20:21going that fast off coming off the couch.
20:23It'll make anyone tight.
20:24Maybe that's what he's experiencing.
20:25Yeah, a lot of riders talking about the track a little bit harder, not as deep.
20:29And fast, faster compared to previous years.
20:32So that's what you're talking about a little bit there?
20:34Yeah, and again, for Jeremy, it's like he jumped in the middle of this thing.
20:38He comes out, he holds shots, he's leading, and, you know, it just makes you tight.
20:42So they start holding on.
20:44And with this racetrack, we saw it quickly.
20:45Seth went down, especially this part of the racetrack.
20:48It is so fast.
20:49The front end's moving a lot.
20:50And because it is hard, like you said, Jason, the bike's always moving.
20:54So if you're a little tight on the arms, it's going to be a long moto for you.
20:58Let's see if Mark can hold on for a podium in this moto and see if Shimoda can make a run
21:04in the final 10 minutes toward Deegan.
21:08Yeah, to me right now, Joe is good around the whole racetrack.
21:11Just the entrance of his sand rollers, he hasn't figured that part out.
21:15So now he goes outside here.
21:18Let's see how this works out, JT.
21:20Yeah, Joe's trying to make a run here.
21:22And let's think about last weekend.
21:23Now, I know that was against Tom Bial.
21:25This is against Hayden Deegan, which might be a completely different conversation.
21:29But Joe had a game plan.
21:30He really wanted to keep Tom Bial in sight and withstand the intensity early.
21:36And then wait in the moto, Joe really showed up, and he was able to pass and displace Bial.
21:40This doesn't feel all that different than that moto.
21:43So the question is, is Hayden Deegan a completely different animal than Tom Bial here?
21:48Yeah, it may be a different person, but same story in that regards, JT.
21:51Actually, talking with the team, they were saying that they want to see the battle with Joe and Deegan,
21:56and so does everybody else here in the industry.
21:58We want to see these guys go head-to-head.
22:00And as you're saying, it's happening right now, kind of unfolding in front of our eyes.
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22:43Right now, it's all about this individual moto at Spring Creek,
22:46and Joe Shimoda and Hayden Deegan, they're digging the last two laps.
22:49Shimoda was actually about two tenths quicker than Deegan.
22:53Yeah, I think, Joe, you can start to see Hayden.
22:56Maybe at one point, if I was Hayden, if I'm starting to feel like I can't get away from him,
23:01you almost start waiting for him, you know, not slowing down,
23:04but, you know, start relaxing because you know that battle's going to come.
23:07And I feel like the difference that's going to be between last weekend,
23:10Joe battling Tom Bial and Hayden Deegan, once Joe gets there,
23:14Hayden's going to put up a fight, you know, a different type of fight than Tom did.
23:17So this race might not be over even if Joe closes him.
23:21I don't think he's going to get around him and just pull away like he did
23:24with Tom Bial without a fight.
23:25But he's closing the gap for sure.
23:27Yeah, that was a new theory I had not heard that you've explained to me many times.
23:31You almost save your energy for the battle.
23:33If you're not going to be able to avoid the battle, just be ready when it happens.
23:37It's like the Muhammad Ali, you know, fight.
23:39Sometimes you've got to do a rope-a-dope, you know.
23:41At the end of the day, if you don't feel like you knocked the guy out,
23:43well, you've got to do a different tactic.
23:45You wear him out.
23:46And at some point in his race, Hayden realized that Joe,
23:49he's not going to be able to pull away from him enough to where he's going to be able to relax.
23:52Joe's going to be there the whole time, so just kind of wait for him.
23:55And you can see how quickly Joe is closing his lap.
23:57And I can tell by Hayden's body position, he's not attacking the same way.
24:01Tracking is getting rougher.
24:03These outsides are going, but it seems to me he's just starting to wait for him.
24:13And Shimoda continues to close.
24:15He has taken 3.2 down to 1.3.
24:19That's the gap now.
24:22J.T.
24:25Just thinking about Deegan here and the theory that James has said,
24:28it reminds me of Top Gun a little bit where Maverick says,
24:31it's no good, I'm going to bring him in closer.
24:34And his navigator says, you're going to do what?
24:37That's probably what the team is thinking right now listening to James.
24:41I have to wonder also, James, what about the leg?
24:43Could this be strategy or could he just be hurting a little bit from that injury last week?
24:47Yeah, I mean, after looking at the Instagram post, he might be hurting.
24:51That leg looked pretty bad.
24:53So I would 100% say if it wasn't for his leg possibly hurting, he's doing no rope.
24:58It'll bring him in.
24:59And I know I've been there on both sides.
25:02The worst thing to do if you're on Joe Shimoda, as you see Hayden's leg comes out,
25:05is you catch a guy, then all of a sudden he picks up the pace.
25:08It's very frustrating.
25:09Oh, Joe goes right by.
25:11I think this might be different.
25:12Shimoda to the lead.
25:13Just like that.
25:15Yeah, okay.
25:16Then the way Hayden's body language, this is a leg.
25:18I think so.
25:19He would fight harder than that, right?
25:20Yeah, he would be fighting for himself.
25:24But that's why he does all the work, because now he's got a points lead,
25:26so he can afford to get this gap.
25:28But at the same time, Hayden's Hayden.
25:31He still wants to fight this thing with Joe.
25:35It might be mind over matter now for Deegan,
25:37if he can overcome the pain in that leg.
25:39Jeffrey Martin's only two seconds behind him,
25:43so good ride by the hometown.
25:48And the fans responding, by the way, to Shimoda,
25:51as he merges with the lead after the sand whoops.
25:55Well, any time anybody catches Hayden Deegan,
25:58that's an accomplishment itself, especially at the end of the moto.
26:01So they're giving them props for that.
26:04But you can see Hayden, when he's hitting some of these G outs going down the hill,
26:08it seems like his body's kind of collapsing.
26:10You're starting to see him sitting down.
26:11And if you've got any kind of leg issue, especially at this speed,
26:14that would be a problem.
26:17The left leg.
26:18Talked to his dad, Brian, yesterday.
26:20Actually tore some of the fascia off of the thigh.
26:25And I said, does that hurt just when you have an impact,
26:27or does it actually hurt squatting and riding?
26:29He said, no, it hurts.
26:30He's just got to try to grit his teeth, JT.
26:32Well, you can see it in his riding.
26:34If you look closely, I touched on this early in the moto.
26:36You can see how aggressive he was, his body language.
26:39He was overjumping everything, really manipulating the motorcycle with his body.
26:43Now he's much more relaxed.
26:44He's kind of working with the motorcycle.
26:46And what happens is your leg is just screaming out in pain.
26:49He doesn't want to take any hard hits.
26:51He's probably losing strength in that leg, pushing so hard early.
26:55It's just a completely different riding style.
26:57The important thing here, though,
26:58if he's going to find any way to try to win this moto,
27:01he's got to stay close here in the next lap or so
27:03and try to make a run out in the last two laps.
27:06There he saw some of the bruising of the Instagram post.
27:08And Jeremy Martin's still back in third.
27:10And by the way, we've lost Moseman, who was fourth and closing on Martin.
27:14He has now gone back to fifth.
27:16Martin has a big gap built up on Haram, who's fourth, Katie.
27:20Yeah, but you know, Deegan, he might be hurting right now,
27:22but the team is continuing to push him.
27:24They're saying reset and hammer.
27:26Both of those comments were on his last pit board.
27:28Meanwhile, with Joe Shibota, Ben Griffith, the mechanic over there,
27:31the pit board said, stay smart.
27:33So two very different conversations going for these two riders.
27:37And here's what's interesting, Katie.
27:38Look at this.
27:39Deegan is still right there.
27:41Joe has not pulled away.
27:42Yeah, and I agree with both those things.
27:45And I think Hayden's mechanic was telling him, like,
27:47Joe wasn't getting away.
27:49And Hayden, and his mechanic knows Hayden,
27:50if you sniff it, you're going to go there.
27:52And Hayden's going to keep pushing.
27:53So stay there.
27:55Joe should have put in a couple hot laps to break Hayden,
27:57because it looked like at one point Hayden was going to just take a second
28:00at this moto.
28:01But since he stayed there, relaxed, maybe got that leg recovered,
28:04now looking at him fast.
28:06What problem?
28:07What injury?
28:08What pain?
28:09Deegan back to the lead.
28:10Man, the way he passed Joe, and the way that Joe looked and responded,
28:14I don't even know if he knew he was that close,
28:16because Joe went outside, didn't really give any kind of fight.
28:19I mean, yeah.
28:23Okay.
28:24That's the second time Deegan has passed Shimoda in this moto.
28:27It was early, now late, and time is running out.
28:30Two minutes and two laps to go.
28:34Yeah, Joe needs to respond quickly here.
28:39Is it possible to relax for a lap and then feel a little better,
28:44then re-attack?
28:45Like, I've got a lot of questions now.
28:47Well, Joe ran a two-minute that last lap, and it looked like he...
28:50Oh, yes.
28:51It was actually Shimoda slowing up.
28:53Yeah.
28:53And because of that, Hayden was like, well, all right,
28:56I was going to take the second, but you're going to spin here.
28:59You know, I'm not about letting anybody go.
29:01So you can see Joe's intensity.
29:03He's starting to pick it up.
29:04But almost like if Joe thought Hayden gave up.
29:07Yeah.
29:08And, you know, Hayden was still right there.
29:10So, and this is what I was talking about, the difference between him and Tom Bial.
29:14I mean, they just ride differently.
29:16And I feel like with Hayden Deegan, if you allow him to stay there,
29:19he's going to fight you leg, one leg, no leg.
29:21He's going to continue to fight.
29:22And now you see Joe starting to pick up that pace and try to get back around him.
29:27And Deegan's bike, by the way, Martin and the rest of the team,
29:29they're all running white.
29:3170th anniversary edition of the Yamaha today.
29:34So they got the retro colors, and you can take an inside look
29:37at Yamaha's factory-supported race teams on their YouTube channel.
29:41That's at Yamaha Motor USA.
29:44New episodes of Beyond the Gate every week.
29:47Get to see Hayden Deegan and the rest of the squad
29:49that they deal with on race day and beyond.
29:51But the question is, will they be covering a Moda win or not?
29:55Because Shimoda is going to try one more time.
29:59Yeah, now the same thing is starting to happen.
30:01If Hayden would have got away from Joe, maybe he would have done the same thing.
30:05You know, Joe would have took second.
30:06But since he's right there, he's going to keep fighting.
30:08This race is going to go all the way down to the end, I believe.
30:13Yeah, look at the fastest lap times last time around.
30:15Shimoda, that two-minute, absolutely killed him and gave the lead back.
30:20Let's see what the time is at the end of this lap.
30:22Send it back, JT.
30:24Well, James touched on something really important there.
30:26I just want to reiterate it.
30:28When Joe got to the lead, if he did not put in his best laps
30:31and break Hayden right there, this is what you risk.
30:34And you'll see.
30:35You'll see the best of the best.
30:36Anytime they get to the lead, their best laps are soon to follow
30:39because they want to get a gap.
30:41They want to break the spirit of the rider behind them
30:43where they start racing behind them
30:44and they forget about that guy out front.
30:46This is what happens when you don't do that.
30:48You allow the rider to get back into the picture.
30:50Their confidence grows,
30:51and Hayden Deegan now fully believes he's going to win this moto again.
30:54Yep.
30:55Absolutely.
30:57Now, Joe's going to have to go to work
30:58because at the end of the day,
31:00if you let Hayden get to the two-lap board
31:03and he's still winning,
31:04then I believe he's going to go for the whole moto.
31:06You can see Hayden making some mistakes,
31:08I mean, as both of these guys are.
31:10But, yeah, Joe had an opportunity.
31:12He didn't take it,
31:13and now he's going to have to fight this whole race because of that.
31:16And I think Hayden was able to figure out some lines
31:18while he was somewhat relaxing.
31:20He was figuring out some better lines,
31:21maybe some smoother lines,
31:22figuring out a way to ride around that injury,
31:25not putting so much weight on it.
31:30Clock's ticking.
31:31Going to be two to go next time around.
31:36Check it in with Levi Kitchen here.
31:43Not the performance expected from the rider
31:45who won both motos here a year ago.
31:48Started 14th.
31:49That's taken a while to get going.
31:51Now challenging Max Bolin for 9th.
31:56Yeah, Levi was just in 12th.
31:57I looked down at him a couple laps ago,
32:00so either he went down again and we just didn't see it,
32:03but I thought he would move up a lot quicker,
32:05especially the last few weekends he's had a lot of speed.
32:08But that just shows you how fast this racetrack is.
32:11And we saw in practice all these guys are within, you know,
32:14a second, a top 10.
32:16So maybe it's a little bit harder to get around.
32:18As you can see, now Levi's starting to move forward.
32:20This is what I thought would happen when I saw him in 14th,
32:22at least getting up.
32:23But he stayed there for a while.
32:24And makes a move.
32:25Oh, no.
32:26Goes down and takes Bolin with him.
32:29And it's going to be Drew Adams going by.
32:33Oh, bad to worse for Kitchen.
32:36Wow.
32:38Yeah, bummer for Levi.
32:38It just seems like the last few weekends,
32:40that's been the issue, especially last weekend.
32:43That second moto, you know, a mistake, you know,
32:46a few mistakes and going into pits.
32:48He had the speed to win that race.
32:51But another issue.
32:53Yeah, and today Thrasher goes by.
32:54And now Kitchen has real problems.
32:57Not sure what has happened.
32:58He's trying to hammer on the motorcycle.
33:00Back to the leaders.
33:01Deegan with a lap rider between himself and Shimoda.
33:04Two to go.
33:06Very impressive.
33:06Going away.
33:07Yeah, very impressive race by Hayden right here.
33:09And this is where, guys, when you get into 450,
33:12he's been able to recover, not lose your patience.
33:15You know, Joe Shimoda's been on a roll.
33:16You know how fast he is.
33:17But Hayden's been able to recover.
33:18This is what he's been.
33:19I've been impressed with this kid his whole career.
33:22But to be able to do that while injured in mid-race,
33:25pretty special.
33:28Some serious grit
33:29from the 2024 champ right here.
33:38Lap and a half left.
33:39Yeah, you can see Hayden sitting down right there off those landings.
33:50Normally he would stand up, keep that bike light.
33:52But because his leg is starting to bother him,
33:54he's just starting to absorb that with his whole body,
33:56take that weight off that leg.
33:57So, again, these are the things that all these athletes,
34:00they are adjusting, not only in line, body-wise,
34:04how the bike is working.
34:06You know, you don't figure that stuff out until you're out here.
34:08And the one that can adjust the best is usually your winner.
34:12Hayden Deegan's figured it out better, quicker than everybody else.
34:15I think he's put Shimoda away.
34:16Yeah.
34:18Incredible.
34:20Shimoda had him on the ropes multiple times.
34:23Couldn't quite finish it.
34:25And now the white flag is flying.
34:28Now, so far today, Hayden's had a little bit more speed than Joe.
34:32And when I'm watching the race, Hayden can slow down a little bit.
34:35He's got about a second and a half on Joe.
34:37Oh, no.
34:37Hamaker from fifth.
34:39Early race leader.
34:41Down and down hard.
34:42Yeah, and I can tell where he's at right now.
34:44This is that triple uphill going up Mount Martin.
34:47And the way those handlebars look and where he's laying,
34:49I think he probably got cross-rutted.
34:52And now it looks like an endo there.
34:53So tough break for a guy that was leading this race.
34:57Yeah, and was headed toward a top five.
35:00And that has been the story for that Monster Pro Sert of Kawasaki team.
35:04Like you said about Kitchen, they've shown speed every time.
35:07They get a run together, though.
35:09Something seems to undo it.
35:12Marchbanks top on that squad.
35:13And this one's seventh.
35:14He has been mired in traffic, especially the last couple of weeks.
35:18Marchbanks, who's been fast all year.
35:20Vial has worked his way all the way to sixth.
35:23Moseman fifth.
35:24Deegan still looking back to see the gap to Shimoda.
35:26It's 1.7 now.
35:28Yeah, and what I was saying about Hayden,
35:29Hayden's had about a second and a half on Joe all day long at speed.
35:33So when Hayden slows down, he's got a little bit of gap to play with.
35:36Or for me, Joe's riding as hard as he can.
35:39And that pace that he's not able to catch Hayden, which is...
35:44Well, they've got to not jump here because of Hamaker.
35:46Good to see Hamaker getting back on the bike.
35:49Did Shimoda roll both of those or not?
35:51Yeah, he did, but where the cross flag was...
35:52Wait a minute.
35:54Oh, battle for the lead, James.
35:55Yeah, so what do you think happened on the jump with the flags out?
35:57Well, Hayden slowed down because he's the leader,
35:59so he rolled that first jump and the cross flag wasn't there.
36:02So Joe doubled.
36:04But it's going to be...
36:06I don't know.
36:06We're going to have to go back to...
36:07That's going to be a judgment call.
36:08Could be a penalty coming Shimoda's way.
36:10Meanwhile, he almost took the lead.
36:12We've got a battle on the last lap.
36:14Yeah, if Hayden can get to the inside on this next jump,
36:17he'll have Joe covered.
36:19He's there.
36:23One turn remains at the bottom of the hill.
36:27Hayden Diggins hurting and winning the first moto at Millville.
36:32And Jeremy Martin is going to put it on the podium.
36:43Yeah!
36:4690th career moto podium.
36:49And that might feel better than all of them.
36:54The home track hero literally in his retirement race,
36:58hole shots, leads, and finishes third.
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