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00:00Cody Shock trying to get one for Rick Ware.
00:05He's been great in race threes all year.
00:08He's usually at his best at the end of the night.
00:10Yeah, that's just very true.
00:13Some guys just take a little minute to get warmed up, you think?
00:16Is that kind of the deal there?
00:17For sure, but I also think with him it's the power of his mind right now.
00:21He's really made a change on the way that he thinks about things
00:24when they're not going right.
00:25So he's becoming one of those late night, late lap, just tough mental guys.
00:31It's just part of his development and he's finding that right now.
00:34Hey, I always do pretty good late at night.
00:36So, you know, some people are night owls, right?
00:38That's right.
00:40Maybe that's the deal.
00:42All right.
00:43We're 20 seconds away from the final SX2 race of the night.
00:49Can Max Anstey stay perfect in every race so far in 2025 and SX2 racing?
00:57Let's find out and drop the gate.
01:05Anstey not first to the corner, but he's on the inside.
01:08He's going to come out in about third.
01:10He's got McElrath in front of him and Hicks in front of him.
01:18And Kyle Peters with a great start right up the inside on Max Anstey.
01:26McElrath out front.
01:27Hicks running in second.
01:29Anstey looks like he's holding down third.
01:31But he will keep this clean streak going.
01:34There's no way Anstey just goes south to third to get the jump down.
01:39Peters with a great start on that Venom Bud racing entry.
01:44That's his best start of the night, too.
01:46McElrath way to bounce back.
01:48He's had a rough one.
01:49Anstey just gets him right there with Hicks on the inside.
01:52He got through those whoops so good, Daniel.
01:54Yeah, that was a great run.
01:56That's pretty much what he's done all season long.
01:58But now let's go champion on champion.
02:01Alright, Anstey's won this thing.
02:03McElrath is your defending champion.
02:05This is a battle that we expected coming into the championship.
02:08And if you're Shane right now, maybe a little frustration is going to give you that fire
02:12to get one on Max Anstey while Cody Schock tries to find his way into third.
02:16This could be exactly what McElrath needs to end the win streak for Max Anstey.
02:22And this might be the race where Anstey has to make that decision
02:26because this is going to take a lap or two to get going.
02:29And maybe he just gets him really quickly because that's what he's been able to do.
02:32But maybe he starts second guessing because this track has been tough.
02:35We've seen a lot of crashes tonight.
02:37Well, the best thing Max can do is get up there and put some heat on the backside of McElrath.
02:42Shane has made some mistakes tonight.
02:45He's one that doesn't normally succumb to pressure.
02:48But that's probably the best thing Max could do right now.
02:51And here's Cody Schock, the late arrival on the night as we predicted,
02:55making the move on Hicks.
02:57This will be for third.
02:58Schock trying to get to the inside.
03:00Not there yet.
03:01Schock on that 69.
03:03And hey, look who's back.
03:0543, Colin Park just in front of Kyle Peters.
03:08Peter's teammate, the Canadian Cole Thompson.
03:11Yeah, Schock needs to make this move very, very fast.
03:14And he's faster, so he has the speed, but Colin Park also has the speed.
03:19So for Cody Schock, find it, be aggressive, do something because Colin Park has been great tonight
03:24and he's right there in the shadows.
03:25Well, Hicks is a champion, not at Supercross, but at Arena Cross.
03:28So he knows what it takes to be a big winner.
03:30Yeah, and Arena Cross racers have Kraft because you have to have it to be successful there.
03:35So this might be a battle of Kraft versus power.
03:38He gets a little out of shape through that whoop section and Schock right there.
03:43That's the move he was waiting on.
03:45Very aggressive, cut under.
03:47Hicks is going to go off the inside, but Schock very smart there.
03:50Schock has the momentum around the outside and now Colin Park starts to size up the 460.
03:57Okay, so we're a couple laps in and Max Anstey is not winning.
04:02He's still sitting back about a second.
04:041.3 on Shane McElrath as Colin Park now tries to be the one making moves on Hicks.
04:09So two battles going on on this track.
04:15It's Park to the outside of Hicks.
04:20He's around.
04:21Big mistake by Hicks there.
04:22Doesn't get that three in the rhythm section.
04:24Colin Park moves a little to his left.
04:26Good work, good instincts.
04:28And now the battle is on for that podium.
04:30Those two are coming in very close in points.
04:32Peters trying to think if he can get his Cowie around that 460.
04:40Hicks on the start.
04:41The electric motorcycle.
04:42Anstey wins.
04:43Making his debut in World Supercross competition in 2025.
04:47You can see at the top of the screen Anstey's closing a little.
04:51He went from 1.3 to 1.1.
04:53Now it's back to 1.2.
04:54So still sitting in that same spot.
04:56And he's getting those times from his mechanic as they go past the mechanics area.
05:01He can sense that he's closing but he's getting confirmation on it and encouragement to keep digging.
05:06He's there now.
05:07He's there now.
05:08He's there now.
05:09The fight is on for the lead and the win here.
05:13And what could be the overall as well for Max Anstey.
05:16And another clean sweep.
05:17Get that big quad out of the rhythm section too which is what cost him in the Super Bowl.
05:21So he's not afraid to go back to lines that gave him issues.
05:24But good job Shane McElroy hanging in there.
05:27He's improving the whoops in this main event.
05:29Shane is not going to be easy to get around that's for sure.
05:32The rider out of North Carolina has that number one play for a reason.
05:36He's a two time FIM World Supercross champion.
05:45Anstey looking for his second world championship.
05:49Going back to what you said about taking risks.
05:52Instead of just being aggressive and forcing it.
05:55He's going to have to be a little bit more calculated with a champion like Shane McElroy.
05:59So I see a rider who is taking his time because he's going to have to make a smart move.
06:03Maybe not an aggressive move.
06:05That seems to be the play here for Anstey.
06:07You see the live GP standings.
06:09Anstey has got a couple of points up on McElrath.
06:14Cody shocks his form back behind that.
06:18Cullen Park in fourth.
06:19Oh Anstey to the outside.
06:21Cutting back inside.
06:23Can't get him just yet but McElrath senses him right up alongside.
06:27Yeah Anstey's being very patient.
06:30Very smart.
06:31Not forcing the issue.
06:33Right on him.
06:35Separating these two right now in those live standings.
06:38Anstey trying to shake that up a little bit if he can get around for the lead here.
06:42Tries to come back in.
06:44Can't get it squared up enough.
06:46He'll follow him over the wall for now.
06:48You know this is fun to watch too because Max has spent so much time alone this year.
06:52But now to be in a position where he has to play this game.
06:55It's a test of his craft which we haven't seen much of because he doesn't have to ever use it.
07:00So I really like watching him work the track.
07:03Move around.
07:04Get to see that other side of Max Anstey.
07:08In order for McElrath to win the overall here tonight.
07:11Anstey's going to have to fall all the way back to fourth.
07:13Which the way he's riding right now means he'd have to crash.
07:16Anstey to the outside.
07:18Watch the speed.
07:19New leader.
07:20So smart.
07:22So smart.
07:23Instead of cutting under he knew he had just the space.
07:26He also knows that Shane is not a super aggressive rider.
07:30He's not going to put him over the berm.
07:31And you saw him just kind of sit back and then shoot around that berm.
07:35I mean that's just some smart race craft by a guy who's got his game together.
07:39Well as you said we've seen his speed all season long.
07:43Tonight we're seeing the race craft.
07:45And there's a reason why Max Anstey's a world champion.
07:48That's it.
07:49And he's on his way maybe to his second world championship.
07:52That's fun to watch.
07:56You know I mean we get these chaotic battles where we're just like can't believe our eyes.
08:00But it's fun sometimes to see a one on one with two respectable smart calculated riders play the game.
08:07And that was a lot of fun to see them both execute.
08:09Shane was playing great defense too.
08:11But sometimes one guy's just got a little bit more than the other.
08:14And we saw that there.
08:15Yeah Shane didn't really do anything wrong.
08:17No.
08:18But we've still got a handful of laps to go here.
08:24And anything is possible.
08:26Yeah.
08:27And if you're Shane McElrath.
08:28Look this is a massive bounce back to the front.
08:31But a win would feel so much better.
08:33And he's got less to lose for sure.
08:35So Shane's not going to give in on this.
08:37If he can keep it close.
08:38If something presents itself he'll go for it.
08:40But starting to lose a tenth at a time.
08:43Now you can see the speed out of Anski.
08:47As he's out front.
08:49Clean.
08:50Of McElrath.
08:51Putting in quick laps.
08:53And opening up that gap to 1.6 seconds in what?
08:55A lap and a half?
08:56Yeah.
08:57And this is starting to look like he did late in that second race.
09:01Where he just went into calculation mode.
09:03He just went into you know perfect fundamentals.
09:05Just execute.
09:06But this battle is still on.
09:08Good recovery by Hicks also to stay with these boys.
09:10But the Park shock battle that's been on tonight.
09:13Max Anstey has already claimed 135 championship points here in 2025.
09:21Stunning season for sure.
09:24Englishman just putting on a heck of a show.
09:27And Park.
09:28Colin Park on the Moto Concepts Racing Honda sits in third.
09:32Number 43.
09:33His best ride of the year for sure.
09:36It's a great opportunity for him to stack those points too.
09:41With Enzo Lopes who is in front of him in championship points.
09:44I mean he's back in 15th right now.
09:46So two bad races in a row.
09:48Gives Park a chance.
09:49Oh shock for the big quad right there.
09:50But it gives Park a chance to now move up in those standings.
09:53Shane McElrath is still in there.
09:55So this battle for second with Shock McElrath Park.
09:59That's going to be a fight all the way to the end of this championship.
10:02And Lopes really really tough night that started so well.
10:06Oh Park really struggling through the whoops that time.
10:12Getting close to the final lap here.
10:16Cody Shock.
10:21On that number 69.
10:2328 years of age.
10:25Out of Delaware.
10:29And Cullen Park just in front of him.
10:33This track has produced some great racing.
10:36This soil being dry and slick.
10:38It really challenges the riders to find the balance.
10:41They're wired to be aggressive.
10:44They practice aggressive.
10:45They train aggressive.
10:46They think aggressive.
10:48And then you have a track that you have to give some respect.
10:51It makes things go wild.
10:52That's what's happened tonight.
10:54Yep.
10:55No doubt about it.
10:56Anstey on his way looking for his career 18th race victory in FIM World Supercross competition.
11:11He can hang on here on this final lap.
11:14It will be his fifth overall win in FIM World Supercross career victories.
11:23Just perfect.
11:26Well guess what Max.
11:27You're going to have to hear us talk about it a little bit longer.
11:30Yep.
11:31Max Anstey on his way to being perfect on another night here.
11:34This time at the 2025 Australian GP on the Gold Coast.
11:39And he showed us another trick up the sleeve.
11:43And that's his race crap tonight.
11:44Which has been every bit as good as his race speed.
11:48As he comes around the final corner.
11:50Max Anstey perfect again as he lights the candles here at the Australian GP.
11:56McElrath will be second.
12:00Here's Park.
12:01Quick look over the shoulder.
12:02Shock nowhere near.
12:04Park will get third in this one.
12:06Shock will cross the line in fourth.
12:09And we await the arrival of Michael Hicks over the finish line jump.
12:13There it is.
12:15No.
12:16Kyle Peters gets him.
12:18Hicks is dropping.
12:19He must have gone down somewhere.
12:21Yes, he did.
12:22He's on the far side of the racetrack.
12:24Big problems on the final lap unfortunately for Michael Hicks as he continues.
12:29To do his play.
12:30That's me.
12:31How the most of those play is good.
12:32Like Paolo Cotton rồi in the minute.
12:33To end the last one.
12:35Oh, my Lord.
12:36My whole goal.
12:37That's what Michael Hicks the two is for Hicks as he continues.
12:38Tiggs scoring only goal being scored.
12:39Anduss前 threw their own goals for high cloud.
12:40Now he incredibly outlined at his own play,
12:42right now he was 3-2.
12:45He did win.
12:46He was gonna win.
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