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00:00Race number three for SX2, the Swedish GP.
00:08Max with the best start he's had all night, and look at Loeb's come firing up the inside to take it away from him.
00:16And Schock is right there as well to try to get another spot, but down.
00:20Yes, he does.
00:21And Max, who looked like he was going to have a phenomenal start to this one, Daniel, ends up in fourth, maybe fifth.
00:27That's what makes Supercross so much fun.
00:30That was his best start.
00:32Off the pad, his ship, he cuts over, he breaks hard, and he gets pushed back to fourth.
00:38Shout out Enzo Lopeso.
00:39He shot up that inside.
00:41That was an aggressive move.
00:42You've got to do that to Max Anstey if you want a shot, and three riders have one now.
00:47This could be the best thing for Cody Schock.
00:50Max gets denied the win.
00:52Cody's in front of him.
00:53It could be the perfect point scenario for Cody to carry this on to South Africa if he can stay in the top three.
01:01We're going to have a fun one here because Max Anstey not only is chasing that championship, but he is perfect this season.
01:09He's going to have to go through the defending champ.
01:11He's going to have to go through Cody Schock, who was right there with him in Vancouver.
01:14And if he gets through them, he's going to have to go through Lopes, who's won the last two Super Bowls.
01:19This will be Max Anstey's most challenging race of this entire season.
01:23No doubt about it.
01:25Lopes and Schock out front.
01:27The Arby's Rick Ware racing team running one and two here at the Swedish GP.
01:32And Rick Ware back home in Mooresville, North Carolina, watching and cheering on his riders here tonight.
01:38And he's loving this with the two boys out front.
01:41And Lopes is on one early, trying to get away so that if the battle comes from Anstey, it's going to have to be from a, I mean, some super fast laps from Anstey to even get to him.
01:53Oh, is that Cody?
01:55Yes.
01:56Cody Schock goes over the bars.
01:59And that could change everything in this championship in one terrible moment for Cody Schock.
02:06He's up and going again, but he's got a long way to go to claw himself back into this title fight.
02:13Anstey winning with Schock eighth or worse, and the championship ends tonight.
02:19Anstey still has to get up there and win the race.
02:20Look how far Lopes is gone.
02:22Lopes is gone.
02:23And Schock has time to make moves.
02:25So we'll monitor this because there's two things happening at once.
02:28But this man wants, I mean, he don't care about the championship, the perfect season.
02:33He wants one for himself, but he's doing the right thing here early in this moto.
02:36Well, what Max has to be careful of is not worrying too much about being perfect, but just being smart, getting to the finish on this one, getting his max points that he can out of this, and maybe clinching the title when he gets to South Africa.
02:52Great point.
02:53Now, let's see Cody Schock here.
02:54Okay, he comes up short, leg off.
02:56Oh, yeah.
02:57That last buck right there, that is a flying W.
03:03And he's lucky.
03:04The ground is soft, and he did land, like, at his feet.
03:08Oh, Colin Park, that would have been one of the tougher riders to get.
03:11Oh, and he gets on course right in front of Cody.
03:13It doesn't help out at all.
03:15Cody Schock's quest to get to the front here tonight.
03:18That's a tough go, but Cody Schock is one of the toughest riders in this sport.
03:23I mean, he pops right up, back to the bike, back to fighting, while Enzo Lopes just pulls away.
03:30Okay, so your point, Ralph, Max Anstie's going to have to make a decision right now.
03:34Do I just be smart and put the championship as the priority, or do I chase the perfect season?
03:40Because if he does, he's going to have to send it a little bit right here.
03:42He may not want to do that in these track conditions, so this might be a mental test for Max Anstie more than a physical one.
03:49Yeah, he told me in Australia, when we talked about that very thing, he said, no.
03:54He said, you know what?
03:55I'm going to be smart about this.
03:57The world championship is what means the most to me.
04:00I've got to focus on the overall war, not all the battles.
04:04And right now, that appears to be what he's doing.
04:06As you look at the live championship standings, Anstie significantly out in front of Shock.
04:12McElrath and Lopes.
04:15I'll tell you who's going to be happy is the Brazilian fans, Enzo Lopes.
04:20He's got a fan base.
04:21They're passionate.
04:22They're going to love this as he continues to pull away.
04:26It's not like he's holding the lead.
04:29I mean, he's still chipping away.
04:30I mean, three-tenths better.
04:31He's up to 4.7.
04:34It's a great race.
04:35Cody Shaw continuing to make moves.
04:37He's mathematically still keeping this thing alive.
04:39That's the halfway point here in race three.
04:42That's Cody on the bottom.
04:43The championship is still open.
04:47The Max has one hand firmly grasping the trophy right now.
04:52Great bounce back from Enzo Lopes, too.
04:54He was your Super Bowl winner.
04:56And he didn't take the credit for Australia's because Max Anstie made a big mistake.
05:00He took the credit tonight because he was purely the fastest in qualifying.
05:04And then he goes down in sprint race number one but bounces back in the race that matters
05:08the most, executes an aggressive move in the first corner.
05:12He's being rewarded with clear track.
05:14I mean, the win streak, 11-0, is at jeopardy right now.
05:19Enzo Lopes has done his job.
05:20Enzo Lopes putting in a great ride here from the start as the laps wind down here in race
05:38number three, the Swedish GP.
05:42And Max is hanging in there, closing on Shane, but not by a ton.
05:462.7, the gap between first and second.
05:50Now we're being told if Max Anstie can get to second with Cody all the way back in 10th,
06:00that would be enough for him to wrap up the championship here tonight.
06:03But the problem is, how does anybody communicate that to him?
06:07Well, they're going to try, but he's lost the tail of Shane McElrath.
06:12Now, I feel like he's just settled in and saying, you know what?
06:15It's been a great night.
06:15I've gotten my points so far.
06:18I got this championship where I want it.
06:21But the tough part is, is he's not going to clinch if he doesn't make that pass.
06:24And he's also going to give up the perfect season.
06:26So it ends up being a race that maybe he looks back and says,
06:29a little more aggression, one more pass, and I can end this thing right now.
06:33But as it sits, we're taking the title fight to South Africa.
06:37Cody Schock has gotten up and survived the race, kept the championship alive.
06:42And a great ride for Max.
06:44So this has been very solid, very smart,
06:46which is essentially what you need to be a champion.
06:49So not his best individual race, but some of the best decisions he's made right now.
06:53Yeah.
06:54He didn't panic.
06:56He quickly came to the decision to not push overly hard.
07:01The gap is grown by two-tenths between him and McElrath.
07:09Here's the folks.
07:11Ralph, this is an individual sport when the gate drops.
07:14But when the gate doesn't drop, or before the gate drops, sorry, it's a team sport.
07:19And the Rick Ware Racing team was dealt some adversity this week.
07:22They had a bag get lost in luggage, or get lost on the way from Australia.
07:25They had to bind it, put some pieces together, make these bikes work.
07:29So shout-out to Rick Ware Racing on their ability to make things happen for this team very last minute.
07:35They're being rewarded right now.
07:36Yeah, and when you say a bag got lost, we're not talking about underwear and socks.
07:40We're talking about pieces and parts.
07:41We're talking engine parts and suspension parts.
07:44And for Cody Schock to get up and survive that crash, reward his team with some grit and some effort.
07:50Enzo Lopes to execute like he has.
07:53Rick Ware Racing team has done their job tonight.
07:56I'll tell you who's still charging, and that's Cody Schock here on the 69.
07:59He is going after Cullen Park.
08:02This is a fight for eighth right now with two laps to go here at the Swedish GP.
08:08Cody trying to get to the inside here.
08:10They've been battling for a while.
08:12I mean, when Cody got up, this is one of the first riders he came up on.
08:16And Cullen Park had his issue.
08:17So this has been a long dogfight of a race for both of these riders.
08:21Meanwhile, Cody's teammate, Enzo Lopes, picking away at it here, coming up to one lap to go.
08:30Line choice is everything.
08:31I see him on those far edges.
08:33Look, he's way on the left.
08:34See the tractor mark still there?
08:35That's a better part of the track.
08:37And he's got enough room in front of him to move over and find it.
08:40Look how far back Max Anstey is to Shane Baccarat.
08:44He saw Shane go over the finish line, jumping out of frame.
08:47And Max just picking his way along.
08:51Yeah, business decision for Max Anstey.
08:54The title is what's most important.
08:56The perfect season would have been nice.
08:58But guess what?
08:59He gives him something to chase next year.
09:00Try again.
09:01But that title, that's where the glory comes.
09:05That's where all the work comes into play.
09:07And he's mentioned all year how important it is for him to get that championship.
09:10So good decision.
09:12Final lap underway here at the Swedish GP in our SX2 category.
09:17250cc machines.
09:20McElrath trying to catch Lopes.
09:22See if he can steal the win out from underneath the Brazilian.
09:27He's pushing hard.
09:28Here comes Shane.
09:30Goes inside.
09:31Just can't get it done.
09:33Checkered flag.
09:34And Enzo lobs the Brazilian.
09:36Lights the candles here at the Swedish GP with the win for Rick Ware Racing.
09:42And Max Anstey, here comes the 99.
09:45The perfect season is over.
09:48But Max Anstey gets one hand firmly on the championship trophy and crown.
09:55Anstey will win the event here.
09:57He will take the overall victory.
10:00Lopes will win race number three.
10:04And Cody Schock will come across the line in ninth.
10:08And he will win the championship trophy.
10:25And he will win the championship trophy.
10:29He will win the championship trophy.
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