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2025 Supercross WSX Australia 250 Race 2

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00:00Next two, race number two here, the 2025 Australian GP at Sipas Super Stadium.

00:10All right.

00:12Anstey, you can see him four gates over from the doghouse where the big W is to the right.

00:18He's got shock to the inside and Thompson to the outside.

00:22Are you ready?

00:23Here we go.

00:24Anstey with a good start on the inside.

00:32Gets tight to the bottom, takes the lead, and one rider down hard coming through the rhythm section right after the first corner.

00:41Didn't get a chance to catch a number in all the dirt that went flying up.

00:47But Anstey's out front.

00:49You got lobes right behind him.

00:51Then here comes shock on the 69.

00:54And Park.

00:57Cullen Park.

01:01Yep, that's Cullen right there back in fourth on the 43.

01:07And he's going to get around shock to take third away as they come into the whoops.

01:11And Max Anstey executed that start perfectly.

01:15He got the jump, made the shift, and Ralphie moved over.

01:17Hard-breaking.

01:18And now he doesn't have to pass.

01:20Anstey looks this moto.

01:21The battle is right behind him, though.

01:22Yeah, and we have to give credit to the 460 right behind them.

01:26That's Michael Hicks on the start, who got a tremendous start.

01:30He's up to fifth.

01:31Good ride by Cullen Park to get up front a little earlier than we've seen.

01:36He's had to make a lot of passes this year.

01:38But he's up front now in that top three in a fight with Cody Shock.

01:42This was a battle that was forming late in race one.

01:44We're going to get it here in race two.

01:46And Daniel, I believe that was Caleb Barham who went down, unfortunately, making his debut in FIM World Supercross competition here.

01:53As we saw Shock make a huge run.

01:56There's Barham right there.

01:58He's up and riding away.

02:00As Shock on the 69 gets back around Cullen Park.

02:04And then Park trying to find a way back.

02:07Pass.

02:07Oh, and another rider down.

02:08That would be Lopes.

02:10Yes, it is Enzo Lopes.

02:12Enzo Lopes gets off into the tough blocks.

02:16And down he goes.

02:17And out of second place.

02:20Dropping rapidly.

02:21So much going on right there.

02:23Cullen Park misses the triple but gets back by Shock.

02:26Now you've got McIlrath and Hicks in a battle with Shock.

02:29Lopes down.

02:30Anstey, nowhere to be found.

02:32He's gone.

02:32And Hicks is putting the heat on the reigning champion McIlrath.

02:36And joining the fray is Kyle Chisholm.

02:39Kyle Chisholm on the Pipes Motorsports Group.

02:43Suzuki, number 11.

02:45Gets around Hicks in all blue riding gear.

02:47And a big mistake by Cody Shock.

02:49That's where that tough block came from.

02:51Lost the rhythm section.

02:52Had to double through.

02:53Oh, look at Shock.

02:54Gets back around the 11 of Chisholm just like that with a huge twist of the throttle.

03:00This is not what it looked like a lap ago.

03:02Everybody has switched positions.

03:04Now Cullen Park's alone.

03:06McIlrath's alone in third.

03:08Shock had his issues.

03:09Chisholm joins the party.

03:10Here comes Thompson.

03:11Kalana Humphrey making his debut.

03:13Oh, no.

03:13And Lopes is off.

03:15Lopes is done.

03:16He rides back to the mechanics area to get the bike worked on.

03:21He'll be back for race number three.

03:24But no points for him here in SX2 race number two.

03:28Best ride of the season so far for Kyle Chisholm as he's up to sixth.

03:33And I love seeing Michael Hicks in fourth.

03:35Great start for him.

03:37Yeah.

03:37He was really good in Buenos Aires in race number two.

03:40Haven't seen him since.

03:41So good for him to get back up in that lead group.

03:43But Max Anstey is being rewarded for executing the perfect start.

03:48And the start isn't always just off the gate of the shift.

03:51It's what you do in the first corner.

03:52And he had great braking, moved over, a lot of awareness where the competition was.

03:57And that's why he's rewarded right now with a clear track.

03:59And he is long gone.

04:01We are up to lap five as the leaders fly over the finish line jump.

04:07It's Anstey, Park, McElrath, Hicks, Shock, Chisholm, Thompson, Peters, Humphrey, and Desprez the top ten.

04:14You know, Kristen mentioned the power of the motorcycle and how that's playing a role.

04:17And, Ralph, I think the chassis is as well.

04:19It's so slick.

04:21You want to soften up the bike so you can find a little traction.

04:23But this track's got steep jumps and big whoops.

04:26So finding that perfect balance of suspension, it's been a fight for these guys all night as well.

04:31Chisholm got back around Thompson, so put him back into six.

04:37And the Canadiens slipping back a spot, Thompson.

04:44Meanwhile, Anstey absolutely perfect.

04:46Oh, boy, gets a little loose there on the back end.

04:49And those are getting tougher.

04:51I mean, Enzo Lopes is one of the better riders in whoops.

04:53If we didn't see the crash, we saw the end of it.

04:56For him to go down, being as big and strong and talented as he is,

04:59you know the back half of that whoops section is getting cupped out.

05:03It's getting slick.

05:04We saw Max Anstey, who's been the best all season.

05:06He gets a little kick out.

05:07And we're still at sprint race number two.

05:09Those are going to get tougher, Ralph.

05:11We're not even halfway through this night.

05:13How long till we see them start jumping through those whoops, Daniel?

05:16Well, they didn't do it in qualifying.

05:18So if they're going to do it, they're going to have to find it in the moment.

05:21And that's really challenging.

05:22Justin Cooper was a wild card in the first two rounds of the season.

05:25He was always the first to find that rhythm.

05:27Without him here, I haven't seen anybody do it yet.

05:29So it's going to have to happen in the moment.

05:31But if they get any tougher than they are right now,

05:33the option will at least become available in their mind.

05:36But it's going to be tough to get it that first time.

05:37Here's the fight for second right here.

05:39The 43 at Park trying to hang on in front of Shane McElrath,

05:43the reigning world champion in this category.

05:46And you see Park and McElrath both get through that big whoop pad fairly smoothly.

05:55Different lines, too.

05:57I mean, that's what's telling you right now how challenging they are.

05:59These guys are looking around.

06:01Maybe the left works for a while.

06:02One bad lap, you start looking for the right.

06:05So at least there's two options moving forward.

06:07But these guys are going to be challenged for the rest of this night.

06:10It's only going to get tougher.

06:12And here's Michael Hicks on that 460.

06:14Thompson, Chisholm, and then behind Chisholm comes Kyle Peters on the 110.

06:21Pretty good ride for him as he sits in eighth right now.

06:24Yeah, making his way back through the pack and trying to find a way by Kyle Chisholm,

06:28who you said is having a great race right now.

06:30We've seen him kind of sitting in this area most of the season.

06:33But we had a few laps there where he was closer to the top five.

06:36They're all settling in right now and kind of spaced out.

06:39So less defense, a little less offense, more just survival as we go one lap down.

06:45Or, sorry, one lap to go in SX2 Race 2.

06:48Final lap underway here in race number two.

06:51Last year, Kyle Chisholm finished seventh overall in this category.

06:55His best finish on sixth at Cardiff, the very first FIM World Supercross race.

07:01And he matched that in Vancouver a year ago.

07:05That was beautiful.

07:06I mean, the way he entered that corner, the braking technique, his ability to roll up the throttle,

07:11a smooth delivery all the way around.

07:13You match that with perfect rhythm sections.

07:15He's not clipping anything.

07:17I mean, Ralph, he's really locked into this really nice pace where he's not having to take any chances.

07:22And it's just clean.

07:23You see that early shift right there?

07:24I'll bet it's another one going into the corner.

07:27This is just calculated and absolutely perfect fundamentals.

07:31And look how good he is through that whoops.

07:33And Max Anstey to the checkered flag.

07:36He's got another one here in 2025.

07:40Max Anstey wins race career victory number 17 here tonight.

07:46The Australian GP as he takes SX2 race number two.

07:54And another 10 points go into the bucket for Max Anstey.

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