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00:00Be ready for the first one of the night, the world title and the balance. Let's go racing.
00:09Deegan, a good start, but he's too far outside. Levi Kitchen had it. No, it's Shimoda to the lead.
00:16Yeah, I liked that position of Joe being on the inside, Ricky. He was able to block it, let Deegan push forward, and it was Levi.
00:22So, great start by Joe Shimoda.
00:24Yeah, definitely. Great job by Joe starting on the inside and putting in a clutch performance, getting that hole shot key on a track that's going to be very tough to pass on, especially early on in this race.
00:36Track has been watered.
00:38Hemacre in second, the third ranked rider in the championship standings. Has to win the race tonight to have a shot.
00:44Then it's Kitchen, so controversial last week with the aggressive pass on Deegan.
00:49Then rider DeFrancisco, and Deegan is fifth.
00:51Yeah, I think if Joe Shimoda, I'm going to try to go around. We see Kitchen goes down. He buries that front end and that sand.
00:58Easy to do on these opening laps with it being a little bit worked on, but tough break for him, especially coming off last weekend.
01:04Well, we talked about what's going to go down with Hayden Deegan and Joe Shimoda, but remember, this guy right here, Seth Hamaker, has a shot to win the SMX World Championship.
01:15Maybe he does something crazy, or not nothing crazy, but maybe he pulls a punch by chance.
01:22Yeah, well, he might, but right now, Joe Shimoda is pulling a punch by running away, and, you know, you kind of start wondering how Joe was going to race this race.
01:30If I'm Hayden Deegan, I want to be behind him, but if Joe continues to route forward, that's what he needs.
01:34And you can see that gap he has over Hayden Deegan now.
01:37Deegan working on DeFrancisco on the rock star, Gas Gas.
01:40We have not seen Ryder D with the starts.
01:43He's had speed in qualifying throughout the year, and that's what makes this race so intriguing.
01:47There's big money on the line for all the positions.
01:49So even though DeFrancisco probably not a title contender between the three title contenders, he has no reason to do anything but try to stay up front.
01:57No, absolutely, and he comes back to a place that he had success last year.
02:01So I think for him, you know, Pierce Brown, excuse me, his teammate, I think they feel good, and obviously Ryder D has that speed,
02:09but right now he's got his hands full with Hayden Deegan behind him.
02:11There's the gap.
02:15Deegan in fourth, and only 10th quickest in qualifying.
02:19James, do you think that was the difference?
02:20He had a good jump, but he only had the 10th gate pick.
02:23Was that why he ended up wide?
02:25Well, yeah, I mean, you could say that.
02:26I think Hayden was in a good spot, but, you know, watching that qualifying,
02:30and considering all the things Hayden has done, I think he was laying up in qualifying
02:34just to make sure he wanted Joe Shimoto to pick first and maybe get on the inside of him.
02:38So nonetheless, he pushed a little bit wide, and Joe Shimoto's taking full advantage.
02:41Well, Hayden on the gas here.
02:43Yeah, what do you think of that 10th in qualifying there, R.C.?
02:45Yeah, I mean, I think what James was saying, and he's exactly right,
02:49one thing we do know is that he's better than 10th place as far as fast lap goes,
02:55and I'm not taking any respect away from the guys that he races against.
03:00Oh, Cole Davies, who had a huge crash in qualifying.
03:04He has gone down again.
03:05Well, look at his handlebars on the right side are definitely tweaked down.
03:10Yeah, Cole Davies has had a rough day, and unfortunately for him, he's coming back from injury,
03:16won a couple of Supercross, one of Hayden's biggest threat in that championship.
03:20It's a bummer to see him out, but his teammates are running in fourth right now.
03:24Hopefully Cole's okay.
03:25Yeah, Young who brought her out of New Zealand, so a tough close to what was a breakthrough season for him as a rookie.
03:30The focus still on Deegan, who's got to make a couple of moves to even get Shimoto in sight.
03:35He's about five seconds off the lead early.
03:37Yeah, this is, I will say, somewhat surprising.
03:42When I'm watching Hayden, I anticipated him to kind of move up the field.
03:47I mean, he knows exactly what's at stake.
03:50I mean, he has to win, and he's got a lot of work to do.
03:54Shimoto, if you ever was questioning his mental capacity, this guy has shown up here.
03:59Here's the start.
04:00Watch Deegan next to that starter's box with the number one in the middle.
04:04Looks like he might have the hole shot.
04:07Yeah, he wanted to lean in there, and they had that little roller going into it.
04:11So Hayden was smart by not trying to cut those guys off because he would have instantly got hit.
04:15And last weekend, he probably sensed that number 47 on the inside of, probably didn't lean.
04:20But overall, I think he's in a good spot.
04:22I mean, it's a long race.
04:23He's still got 15 minutes left.
04:24And then that lead of Joe Shimoto is stabilized, and Hayden can see that.
04:28And I don't think he's too worried at the moment.
04:31RC, you mentioned the mental capacity there for Shimoto.
04:34Talk about you have to get that start that he did.
04:36And what does it show that he did get it?
04:38Yeah, I mean, it just shows the confidence of how he's not phased with the pressures of possibly winning an SMX World Championship.
04:46If there's ever a time that pressure could get to an athlete, one of these great racers, it would be in that situation.
04:52South front right now, Will.
04:53Yeah, and those attributes, Ricky and Joe Shimoto, that you were talking about when I was talking with the Honda HRC team about him and where that comes from.
05:01They said, like, this isn't just kind of his race mode.
05:04This is who Joe is.
05:05So that's kind of an easier situation because he doesn't have to try to be anything.
05:09He is just an even-heel kind of guy.
05:12And they said it's partly cultural.
05:13It's just he's calm.
05:14He goes about things very methodically, and that's who he is.
05:17So it's very easy, they said, for him to stay in that mode when race time comes.
05:21Well, and I've spent a lot of time, just like you have, around the Japanese culture, racing for Japanese brands.
05:28And, I mean, being around the engineers and management, I mean, they are really cool.
05:34You know, they don't get overly excited.
05:36And I think this has helped.
05:37I think this is what you're seeing in that part of Joe.
05:40I think it's helping him in this situation.
05:42Yeah, I agree.
05:42He's going to have to beat Joe Kuhl today.
05:44Kuhl is the backside of the pillow.
05:46So far, so good.
05:47But, you know, Ricky, it's a hard position to be in where you are, where Joe Shimoda is.
05:52But so far, so good.
05:53Mom and dad there watching.
05:55And I remember being on the infield for the first SMX World Championship back in Los Angeles, 2023.
06:00Shimoda and Deegan battling for it there and seeing the emotions of both families.
06:06His family was there that night, but Joe was not able to get the championship.
06:11We asked Joe yesterday about being the point leader and potentially the favorite coming into this year's final.
06:16I did excited to get the red plate again, even though it was kind of gifted last weekend.
06:24And also, I was really sick, so kind of just wanted to get through and still got the red plate for this round.
06:30So I'm excited for that.
06:31But my goal for this weekend is to just go and win.
06:36I think it's a triple point.
06:37So really, red plate doesn't actually matter that much.
06:41You just go out there and win.
06:43Yeah, Joe, I spoke to him yesterday at the press conference.
06:45And he was exactly like that, really cool.
06:48And he told me that he actually rode a 450 during the break.
06:51He felt better on that Sunday.
06:52He rode a 450 because he's racing to motocross the nation.
06:55So when you think about the pressure, most guys wouldn't change anything.
06:58Joe was thinking about the future and riding for his country.
07:01Right now, he's riding for his team.
07:03And so far, so good.
07:05Yeah, motocross the nation is coming up in a couple weeks.
07:07That's the team championship you race for your team.
07:10And he'll race the bigger 450 at that event.
07:12But it was impressive with this much on the line that he did also keep mind on that.
07:17Then gets back on the 250 for the race.
07:19And what a ride he's putting together right now.
07:21He's pulled back away from Hamaker.
07:24Man, what a finish it would be if he's able to hold off and get this win and that the field stayed the way that it was.
07:29I know we have a lot of racing left, but that would definitely give him some insurance going into that final moto.
07:37Now, how about Hamaker in second?
07:39This is the rider that was in this situation earlier this year.
07:42The end of Monster Energy Supercross in May, battling for a title with Tom Vial and RJ Hampshire.
07:48He got knocked down by Hampshire.
07:49It was a desperate championship situation that was a heartbreaker for Hamaker.
07:54And as they were on the ground together, that allowed Tom Vial, who's running fifth right now, to roll by them and steal that title.
08:00That was a heartbreaker and a lesson learned for Hamaker.
08:05Could he be the aggressor tonight, JT?
08:07Well, for Seth Hamaker, Jason, I think he comes in here in a really nice vibe.
08:12Yes, he lost those five points for jumping on the Red Cross flag in Charlotte.
08:17But other than that, he doesn't have the pressure that's facing a Joshimotor or Hayden Deegan.
08:21He can really approach this race loosely, ride forward, not think about the points so much.
08:26And we talk about how can he attack this race.
08:29Deegan has gotten in the back of DeFrancisco.
08:33DeFrancisco down hard.
08:35Deegan back to the motorcycle.
08:36And that's shaking things up.
08:39Oh, Ryder De.
08:40Francisco's leg is hung up in the back of the tire.
08:43Yeah, and he's in a bad spot.
08:44He's in the middle of the racetrack.
08:46So I'm curious to see what happens here because I don't know if they can move him.
08:50He's moving around, but that was a tough hit by him.
08:53Oh, wow.
08:54Oh, man.
08:55Well, certainly, but hope the 25 there, DeFrancisco, who is riding so well in third, is okay.
09:00And then how will that affect Deegan De?
09:03How many positions did they lose back there?
09:05Deegan, you can see, is back up to speed.
09:08Let's look at this again.
09:10Well, he tries to jump.
09:11Hayden does.
09:11And as he tries to jump over into that single, there's nothing that he could do because Rider
09:17De Francisco loses the rear end.
09:19Watch.
09:19He's going to come out here.
09:20Slides out.
09:22And that was just, oh.
09:23Oh, yeah, that's tough.
09:25And the way Rider-Dee falls off, I hate to speculate, but that's not good.
09:29Hayden didn't do anything, as you mentioned, Rick.
09:31He lost that traction.
09:32He was already committed at that point.
09:34And there was nothing he could do there, and I, oh.
09:37Well, that's tough to watch.
09:40Certainly, we hope the best for the young man out of California, DeFrancisco, who was,
09:47like many, like we said, was maybe not quite in reach of the title, but there's money on
09:52the line in every position.
09:53So he was going for it up there in third, ninth in points coming into this race.
09:58As for Deegan, he actually lost a spot just to Tom Biel.
10:03So he's fourth.
10:03But the problem is, at one point, he was about four and a half seconds behind Shimoda.
10:09It's nearly nine seconds down now.
10:14And one other thing to note, if those red cross flags are out in a do not jump safety scenario,
10:19because it's a triple points race, they actually tripled the penalty as well.
10:24That would be a 15-point penalty.
10:27And Ryder DeFrancisco is up, and you can hear the crowd respond.
10:30Unbelievable.
10:32Yeah, that's good to see.
10:33Yeah, you heard the crowd going now.
10:35You know, it may be all right.
10:36He's walking off.
10:37But, Ricky, if I'm Hayden Deegan right now, I'm so focused on just getting back up to second
10:41at this point.
10:42I got to at least finish second to have a hope.
10:45Once again, it doesn't matter, but I got to have that second in case Joe Shimoda goes on
10:49to win this race and have a shot at this overall, and hopefully chaos.
10:53Yeah, I agree 100%.
10:55And I think one thing that is really challenging about this track is we're not seeing a lot
11:00of passing going on.
11:01It's because of the long straightaways and the 90-degree corners.
11:04It's hard to make up time.
11:07And that's why, you know, every single weekend, I know people get tired of hearing about it,
11:10but the starts are so important.
11:12And this is why, I mean, it's almost impossible to, you know, almost impossible to make up
11:18time on those long straightaways.
11:20But R.C. Deegan's going to have to.
11:22It's 10 seconds now.
11:23The damage done almost doubled the gap that he was in before that crash.
11:28Shout out, by the way, to a couple of privateer riders.
11:31Lux Turner, Gage, Linville running fifth and sixth.
11:34They want to make some money tonight with the triple points, but Deegan has work to do.
11:38Yeah, there's DeFrancisco.
11:41Yeah, good to see that.
11:42And, you know, in the last lap, Hayden Deegan went 131.9.
11:47He was the second faster than the leaders, Joe Shimoda.
11:49So he didn't lose any positions.
11:51He's in the same spot, but that time, as you mentioned.
11:53But good thing for him, Seth is only a few seconds in front of him.
11:56Right.
11:56With only eight minutes left, I do believe Hayden Deegan can get back up.
11:59And you can tell the way he's riding.
12:01He's ready to go.
12:03Man, I just want to talk about Joe Shimoda as well.
12:06I mean, with authority, whole shot, checking out.
12:12Deegan pressing the L, the two-time Supercross champion, the Frenchman, JT.
12:17Yeah, Weejan, for Hayden Deegan here, there's so much pressure coming into this race
12:21and so much to think about, the strategy and the points.
12:23I can tell you, as horrific as that crash was, it eliminates all of that.
12:28He's not nervous anymore.
12:29He's not thinking about points anymore.
12:30He goes into full instinctual mode here about, I have to get to the front at all costs.
12:36So, thankfully, we saw Ryder D get up.
12:38But for Hayden, if he can move forward, I can promise you, as a former racer,
12:42it eliminates all of the pressure he was feeling before that gate dropped.
12:45Yeah, JT, you just crushed right there.
12:47It was the next thing I was going to say, as we were watching this battle for seventh down here.
12:50Hey, Deegan.
12:51Trying to come back through.
12:52Yeah, go ahead.
12:52Yeah, because of that thing, it does allow, man.
12:55You can see by Hayden's body language, he is moving forward.
12:58He caught Tom really quick.
13:00He's really loose.
13:01And Tom better watch out.
13:02Hayden, Deegan's going to slide up.
13:03Oh, I thought he had it.
13:04That was sneaky, jumping on the top, onto that tabletop right there.
13:09This is where he tried to make a move.
13:11He's giving it everything.
13:13Trying to make passes even where you can't, Deegan, right now.
13:16Yeah, that line's going to work out.
13:18If Tom wasn't there, unfortunately, he went Ryder D.
13:20But that line's going to be really fast because he doesn't stop that momentum.
13:24So what we saw with Ryder D spinning up, losing that traction.
13:27Hayden's not going to have to worry about that.
13:29Guys, he's rolling now.
13:30He's everywhere that Vial is.
13:32Inside, outside, outside there.
13:34And now up to third.
13:36Power move on the outside right there.
13:38He took the inside on the corner before.
13:41He's been running the outside.
13:43Goes to the inside.
13:44Sets himself up perfect.
13:45Able to keep the momentum passed.
13:47These next couple laps are going to be crucial.
13:49Like you were saying, James, he's at least got to get to that second position.
13:54Yeah, but making his way around Tom Vial, he's going everywhere.
13:57He didn't lose any time to Seth Endmaker.
13:59So that just shows you how quickly Hayden Deegan is rolling at this moment.
14:03And I've got to believe in the next lap or two, he's going to be back up on that 56 Kawasaki in the set.
14:09And the reason we're saying he needs to get the second, the overall format,
14:12they take the two motos that they'll race together.
14:14If you finish second in moto one and win moto two, you're still the overall winner of the event.
14:19And Deegan would score maximum points.
14:21So this is a critical juncture.
14:23If he can get to Hamaker and get to second by the finish, he could win moto two and still win the race
14:29and maximize at least his attempts to catch Shimoda in the standings.
14:33He's rolling right here.
14:35Watch this line.
14:36Go back in there.
14:37So he's going to come out.
14:38So we got Watt set at this point and take a little break and then jump out.
14:41You're going to watch him close in.
14:43And if he's close to these guys, he's going to get around them.
14:45Oh, he's taking up mega time.
14:49He was the fastest guy on the track.
14:51Last lap by in traffic, mind you.
14:54He was at 131.1.
14:56Second fastest was Joe Shimoda at a 132.5.
15:01So he's definitely picked up the pace tremendously for the first half of the race.
15:07He has set in sight already.
15:10Will.
15:13Guys, I was talking to Brian Deegan, Hayden's dad, there earlier today.
15:16There's been so much talk this week about strategy.
15:19How is everybody going to handle the point situation moving forward?
15:23And he said, look, Hayden knows.
15:25I know that Hayden knows.
15:27He doesn't have five championships for nothing.
15:29He's like, so we could talk about it.
15:30And he's like, but the fact is, he's done this before.
15:34I trust that.
15:35And he makes his own decisions.
15:37And that was the message from his dad.
15:38And, you know, the sort of riding of a scene here, right, guys?
15:42This is why he is who he is.
15:44And he's in the position that he is with those five championships.
15:47And, yeah, he's doing what he wants to do right now, making his own decisions.
15:51He's going under Havager, Will.
15:54There's no doubt about it.
15:55But time's starting to run out.
15:57Four minutes left.
15:58I don't know if there's even a shot to get to Shimoda.
16:01There's a couple sections.
16:03He's going to need some help.
16:04I'll just say it straight up.
16:06But definitely second is possible.
16:10Yeah, he's got, if you don't make another mistake, he's got second at this point.
16:14I mean, clearly, and it's hard for a rider like Seth and even with Joe to try to pick up that pace.
16:19Now, Hayden's in the road.
16:20So to all of a sudden find that speed, you don't know where it's coming from.
16:24And Hayden at this moment, he's got nothing to lose.
16:26And one thing he can do by at least closing that gap on Joe, maybe Joe start looking back and things might happen.
16:33But I love what I see from the star race in the Yamaha Hayden.
16:37Oh.
16:39Had it some really cool shot in the back of the motocross section.
16:43High speed.
16:44Love the drone shot right there, especially going into these corners.
16:47You can see the contrasting lines.
16:49Even if it's just like by five inches, eight inches, inside, outside.
16:55He's making some serious time.
16:58Seth, of course, but also Joe Shimoto.
17:02Yeah, it was an 11-second gap to the lead at one point.
17:05It's now about seven.
17:06Yeah, he's made up time on everybody.
17:09He's definitely clicking gears for sure right now.
17:11But this is where it gets tough to make passes.
17:14And when you're on a track like this, James, you know to make a pass,
17:17you almost have to get out of your comfort zone because it's so tight.
17:21Yeah.
17:23All right.
17:24This is what Deegan would say to his fans.
17:25Time to lock in.
17:26Chat, standing on business right now.
17:29Hamaker still has a shot at the title as well.
17:31So he wants to hold them off.
17:33But Deegan's got a couple tricks up his sleeve right here.
17:35This is one of them right here.
17:36If he gets on the inside.
17:38There it is.
17:39Deegan takes second.
17:40Yeah, there it is.
17:41And he set that up after the finish line by swinging wide.
17:44And quality pass.
17:46Quality pass at a crucial time of the race.
17:49Listen to the crowd.
17:51There are so many Deegan fans everywhere you go.
17:54Southern California dated maybe even more so in Las Vegas.
17:58So now I ask you, James will go to you first.
18:00Second.
18:01Does he play it?
18:02I'll take second in the moto.
18:03Try to win the overall next time out.
18:05Or does he try to run down?
18:06He's going to try to run down, Joe, at this point.
18:09Because I don't think he can slow down.
18:10Once the rider gets in his own, it's just easy.
18:13And watch.
18:13Hey, Deegan's going to pop in the screen.
18:15He is making a lot of time on Joe.
18:17They probably got two laps after this.
18:19Yeah.
18:19But you never know.
18:20At least send that message.
18:22Oh, he is sending it for sure.
18:25Send that message.
18:26JT.
18:28Well, you know, the funny thing about momentum here is that it's a two-way street.
18:32You can see Hayden Deegan has it on his side.
18:35He's found new lines.
18:36He's opened up the racetrack, and he is on form right now.
18:38For Joe, it is so critical to maintain his best lap time.
18:43Because if the gap starts coming down, it starts working against him.
18:47Hayden will start feeding off of it, and Joe will start riding behind him.
18:50So these next two laps are so critical to keep Hayden at bay to where he's not thinking win anymore.
18:56And he's going to have to lay up and get second.
18:57Interesting, Joe is still going 100%.
19:01He's able to take a look at his peripheral vision, you know, on some lanes where he goes back by the previous lane to see and just mark where Hayden is.
19:12Although I wouldn't be rolling out too much if I was him.
19:15No, he's not.
19:16You can see that line where Joe rolled that double.
19:20And then you can see how much time it took him to build that momentum up where Hayden is jumping out.
19:24And I bet he's making a lot of time.
19:26Adam is down there, the rookie.
19:29What do you see, RC?
19:30Well, I'm looking at timing and scoring, everybody.
19:32Hayden ran a 130.4 to Joe's 132.1.
19:38He's only four seconds behind him.
19:39If he continues on that pace, he does have a realistic shot to pull up right on Joe with a lap to go.
19:48And he's doing all the damage, Matt, here.
19:49He literally took it from five seconds to 4.1 in those sectors.
19:53Out back in the motocross section.
19:56And Joe has some traffic in front of him.
19:58So hopefully, if I'm Joe Shimoda, I've got to get past these lap riders before I get to that tight section, that sand.
20:04I'm going to lose it.
20:05And that gap is going to come down really quick.
20:07Once Hayden sees him, you're going to see that 3.9 seconds go to zero really fast.
20:15Max Anstey would be the next rider that Shimoda has to get by.
20:18That is the rider that won the supercross race and led the points earlier in the year.
20:23So they're getting into the thick part of the field here.
20:25Oh, white flag out.
20:28And the clock worked in Shimoda's favor there.
20:30Big time.
20:32It's just expired.
20:34Joe's got to just stay focused right here.
20:35Make sure he gets by these lappers in the back section.
20:40It's going to be very difficult to do it here.
20:41Oh, here's Hayden, though.
20:43Now, that's one of Deegan's teammates there in Anstey.
20:46Oh, Hayden's coming.
20:48Yeah, right there.
20:49I mean, even Hayden made a mistake.
20:50But if I'm Joe Shimoda, if I'm winning this race, hopefully, the guys from HRC are going to tell me about that line.
20:55Because Hayden is making a lot of time.
20:57And you don't want to think about it.
20:58But that is Hayden's teammate, Max Anstey, right in front of him.
21:01I don't think Max would do anything.
21:03Besides, he might not move out of the way just easy.
21:05But Hayden's right there, Ricky.
21:07Yeah, he is.
21:08It's going to be really close.
21:09Again, Joe doing an incredible job.
21:13Getting that whole shot like that.
21:15Checking out.
21:18Very, very impressive.
21:20Ooh, Hayden went off the track right there.
21:21He saved it.
21:23Probably when he asked Joe after the race if he wins this, he'd probably say he's one of the hardest races he ever had because of what's going on.
21:29But he's executed so far.
21:30Just a few more corners left.
21:31Also, an incredible comeback by Hayden.
21:34You know, you think about what that crash looked like at the beginning.
21:37And Steve giving way.
21:40Made it easy on Shimoda there.
21:41This is it.
21:42Last lap.
21:43So the clock told the story.
21:45Could have been two to go.
21:46The clock is fired.
21:47One to go.
21:47Not enough time.
21:49It appears for Deacon to get there.
21:51If Shimoda can hang on, it'll be a huge and clutch.
21:56First moto win.
21:57Joe Shimoda answers the question.
21:58He comes through and wins the first moto in Las Vegas.
22:04Very, very, very impressed by Joe Shimoda right now.
22:08Great job from both these guys.
22:11One step closer to the world title.
22:14They're riding around to Japan.
22:15Joe Shimoda.
22:15Eventually, the movie was made by Joe Shimoda.
22:28I will die of its鹿land in Las Vegas.
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