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00:00Yeah, think about this championship. It's a global series that's moving all over the world.

00:04We're in Buenos Aires. Then we went north to Vancouver and it was really cold out.

00:08Bike's going to run a certain way. It is hot. It is humid.

00:11We're in an open stadium here, so a complete change.

00:14And yes, the fuel plays a role. The mapping, everything plays a role.

00:18And this track's tough. There is some tricky rhythm sections.

00:21And when your bike's not working exactly how you know it to be, you second guess a little bit.

00:25So that's going to play a role as we get into this night.

00:28But one thing about being down a little bit on power, if we do have a slippery racetrack like we do,

00:34being down a little bit of power can help you get off the corners.

00:37Yeah, it might actually help in areas where you need it to be a little mellow or find a little bit of traction.

00:42So the jumps, that might be an issue when you're trying to navigate the power you need off of each obstacle.

00:47But maybe a little bit of uptick in aggression on the flat corners and the dry slick parts

00:52if your bike is operating at a little bit of a deficiency.

00:55There's the Arby's back number 16 of Enzo Lopes.

00:58The Brazilian rider.

00:59We know everybody down there in Brazil tuned in watching him, even though it's very early in the morning over there right now.

01:05But they're huge fans of Supercross and huge fans of Enzo Lopes.

01:09And they are supporting their guy who's having a good night racing for Rick Ware, riding the Yamaha number 16.

01:16Here's Shane McElrath, the reigning champ on the number one.

01:21And we are 30 seconds away from the start of SX2 race number two here.

01:28The 2025 Australian GP at Seabus Super Stadium.

01:34All right.

01:38Anstey, you can see him four gates over from the doghouse where the big W is to the right.

01:44He's got shock to the inside and Thompson to the outside.

01:48Are you ready?

01:49Here we go.

01:50Anstey with a good start on the inside.

01:58Gets tight to the bottom.

02:00Takes the lead.

02:00And one rider down hard.

02:02Coming through the rhythm section right after the first corner.

02:07Didn't get a chance to catch a number in all the dirt that went flying up.

02:11But Anstey's out front.

02:15You got Lopes right behind him.

02:17Then here comes shock on the 69.

02:21And Park.

02:23Cullen Park.

02:27Yep, that's Cullen right there back in fourth on the 43.

02:32And he's going to get around shock to take third away as they come into the woods.

02:37And Max Anstey executed that start perfectly.

02:40He got the jump, made the shift.

02:42And Ralphie moved over.

02:44Hard braking.

02:44And now he doesn't have to pass.

02:46Anstey loves this moto.

02:47The battle is right behind him, though.

02:49Yeah, and we have to give credit to the 460 right behind them.

02:52That's Michael Hicks on the start.

02:55We've got a tremendous start.

02:56He's up to fifth.

02:58Good ride by Cullen Park to get up front a little earlier than we've seen.

03:02He's had to make a lot of passes this year.

03:04But he's up front now in that top three in a fight with Cody Shock.

03:07This was a battle that was forming late in race one.

03:10We're going to get it here in race two.

03:11And Daniel, I believe that was Caleb Barham who went down, unfortunately, making his debut

03:16in FIM World Supercross competition here.

03:19As we saw Shock make a huge run.

03:22There's Barham right there.

03:24He's up and riding away.

03:26And Shock on the 69 gets back around Cullen Park.

03:30And then Park trying to find a way back.

03:32Pass out another rider down.

03:34That would be Lopes.

03:36Yes, it is Enzo Lopes.

03:38Enzo Lopes gets off into the tough blocks.

03:41And down he goes.

03:43And out of second place.

03:46Dropping rapidly.

03:47So much going on right there.

03:49Cullen Park misses the triple but gets back by Shock.

03:52Now you've got McIlrath and Hicks in a battle with Shock.

03:55Lopes down.

03:56Anstey, nowhere to be found.

03:58He's gone.

03:58And Hicks is putting the heat on the reigning champion McIlrath.

04:02And joining the fray is Kyle Chisholm.

04:05Kyle Chisholm on the Pikes Motorsports Group.

04:09Suzuki, number 11, gets around Hicks in all blue riding gear.

04:13And a big mistake by Cody Shock.

04:15That's where that tough block came from.

04:17Lost the rhythm section.

04:18Had to double through.

04:19Oh, look at Shock.

04:20Gets back around the 11 of Chisholm just like that with a huge twist of the throttle.

04:26This is not what it looked like a lap ago.

04:28Everybody has switched positions.

04:30Now Cullen Park's alone.

04:32McIlrath's alone in third.

04:33Shock had his issues.

04:35Chisholm joins the party.

04:36Here comes Thompson.

04:37Kalana Humphrey making his debut.

04:39Oh, no.

04:39And Lopes is off.

04:41Lopes is done.

04:42He rides back to the mechanics area to get the bike worked on.

04:47He'll be back for race number three.

04:50But no points for him here in SX2 race number two.

04:54Best ride of the season so far for Kyle Chisholm.

04:57As he's up to sixth.

04:59And I love seeing Michael Hicks in fourth.

05:01Great start for him.

05:02Yeah.

05:03He was really good in Buenos Aires in race number two.

05:06Haven't seen him since.

05:07So good for him to get back up in that lead group.

05:09But Max Anstey is being rewarded for executing the perfect start.

05:14And the start isn't always just off the gate of the shift.

05:17It's what you do in the first corner.

05:18And he had great braking.

05:19Moved over.

05:20A lot of awareness where the competition was.

05:23And that's why he's rewarded right now with a clear track.

05:25And he is long gone.

05:27We are up to lap five.

05:30As the leaders fly over the finish line jump.

05:33It's Anstey, Park, McElrath, Hicks.

05:35Shock, Chisholm, Thompson, Peters, Humphrey, and Desprez.

05:39The top ten.

05:40You know, Kristen mentioned the power of the motorcycle and how that's playing a role.

05:43And Ralph, I think the chassis is as well.

05:45It's so slick.

05:47You want to soften up the bike so you can find a little traction.

05:49But this track's got steep jumps and big whoops.

05:52So finding that perfect balance and suspension, it's been a fight for these guys all night as well.

05:57Chisholm got back around Thompson.

05:58So put him back into sixth.

06:03And the Canadiens slipping back a spot.

06:05Thompson.

06:10Meanwhile, Anstey absolutely perfect.

06:12Oh, boy, gets a little loose there on the back end.

06:15And those are getting tougher.

06:16I mean, Enzo Lopes is one of the better riders at whoops.

06:19And we didn't see the crash.

06:20We saw the end of it.

06:21For him to go down, being as big and strong and talented as he is, you know the back half of that whoops section is getting cupped out.

06:28It's getting slick.

06:30We saw Max Anstey, who's been the best all season.

06:32He gets a little kick out.

06:33And we're still at sprint race number two.

06:35Those are going to get tougher, Ralph.

06:37We're not even halfway through this night.

06:38How long till we see them start jumping through those whoops, Daniel?

06:42Well, they didn't do it in qualifying.

06:44So if they're going to do it, they're going to have to find it in the moment.

06:47And that's really challenging.

06:48Justin Cooper was a wild card in the first two rounds of the season.

06:51He was always the first to find that rhythm.

06:53Without him here, I haven't seen anybody do it yet.

06:55So it's going to have to happen in the moment.

06:57But if they get any tougher than they are right now, the option will at least become available in their mind.

07:02But it's going to be tough to get it that first time.

07:03Here's the fight for second right here.

07:05The 43 at Park trying to hang on in front of Shane McElrath, the reigning world champion in this category.

07:14And you see Park and McElrath both get through that big whoop hat fairly smoothly.

07:18Different lines, too.

07:22I mean, that's what's telling you right now how challenging they are when these guys are looking around.

07:27Maybe the left works for a while.

07:28One bad lap, they start looking for the right.

07:31So at least there's two options moving forward.

07:33But these guys are going to be challenged for the rest of this night.

07:36It's only going to get tougher.

07:37And here's Michael Hicks on that 460.

07:41Thompson, Chisholm.

07:42Chisholm, and then behind Chisholm comes Kyle Peters on the 110.

07:47Pretty good ride for him as he sits in eighth right now.

07:50Yeah, making his way back through the pack and trying to find a way by Kyle Chisholm,

07:53who you said is having a great race right now.

07:56We've seen him kind of sitting in this area most of the season.

07:59But we had a few laps there where he was closer to the top five.

08:02They're all settling in right now and kind of spaced out.

08:05So less defense, a little less offense, more just survival as we go one lap down.

08:11Or sorry, one lap to go in SX2 Race 2.

08:14Final lap underway here in race number two.

08:17Last year, Kyle Chisholm finished seventh overall in this category.

08:21His best finish, a sixth at Cardiff.

08:24The very first FIM World Supercross race.

08:27And he matched that in Vancouver a year ago.

08:31That was beautiful.

08:32I mean, the way he entered that corner, the braking technique,

08:35his ability to roll up the throttle, smooth delivery all the way around.

08:39And you matched that with perfect rhythm sections.

08:41He's not clipping anything.

08:43I mean, Ralph, he's really locked into this really nice pace

08:46where he's not having to take any chances.

08:48And it's just clean.

08:49You see that early shift right there.

08:50I'll bet he gets another one going into the corner.

08:53This is just calculated and absolutely perfect fundamentals.

08:57And look how good he is through that whoops.

08:59And Max Anstey to the checkered flag.

09:02He's got another one here in 2025.

09:05Max Anstey wins race career victory number 17 here tonight.

09:13The Australian GP as he takes SX2 race number two.

09:19And another 10 points go into the bucket for Max Anstey.

09:23As he works his way towards the 2025 championship

09:29and his second FIM World Supercross title.

2025 FIM World Supercross Round #3 | Australian GP - SX2 Race 2

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