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00:00We're ready to go with the first race of the night, Daniel.

00:02I am excited, and if I'm Max Anstey right now, I'm feeling pretty good about my situation, too.

00:08There's a championship that can be won.

00:10He's perfect in the season, but Ralph, he hasn't been perfect today.

00:12And you've seen the gate choices along the bottom here.

00:15You see where Anstey is over in gate 5.

00:17You see him right there just to the right of what is known as the doghouse,

00:21to the right of the big W there.

00:23What do you think?

00:24Well, I like where he's at.

00:26It's not a bad spot, but he's going to have to be perfect.

00:27All right, in Sweden is a significant part of the world known as Scandinavia.

00:32This is where the Vikings sailed from on their quest to conquer foreign lands.

00:36These modern-day Vikings have sailed their 250 and 450 Drakars,

00:40or Dragon ships, from the last round in Australia to Stockholm, Sweden,

00:44looking to plunder, ransack, and lay waste to the competition.

00:48This is the highly coveted World Championship crown.

00:51Skål and drop the gate!

00:57Headed into turn one, and Anstey thought he was going to get the whole shot instead.

01:02He's going to be back behind at least two different riders.

01:05He's got Hicks in front of him in the lead,

01:07and McElrath right there on the number one in second place.

01:11And this is Australia all over again.

01:14It's the same two riders, maybe even Enzo Lopes,

01:16but Ralph, the Stark Michael Hicks is up front.

01:19He has been good all day long here in Stockholm,

01:23and he is showing it again here as they rip into the whoop pad for the first time at speed.

01:28They are ripping right now.

01:30This track is perfect.

01:31You're about to see the most aggressive attack laps all night long.

01:35This track is going to change.

01:37Oh, it's going to change.

01:38But right now, it is good, and it is fast.

01:40This is by far the softest dirt anybody can ever remember racing on.

01:45When you talk to the riders, they say in their entire career,

01:48this is quite possibly the softest dirt they've ever been on.

01:52Daniel, I'd love to find a couch as soft as some of this dirt.

01:55Yeah, well, a couch with Velcro,

01:56because these guys are being sucked to the ground at all times,

01:59and there's parts of the track that stay pretty good,

02:02and there's parts that are just going to absolutely run up.

02:05Whoa, shame.

02:06Well, and Anstey sitting right now in third,

02:09as we see McElrath get a little too wide and up into the tough blocks.

02:13He has been absolutely perfect in every race we've had so far this year,

02:16coming into round four here in Stockholm.

02:19He hasn't lost a race.

02:21Could this be the first one as we approach the halfway point?

02:24This might be it, and look, he's got two things on his mind.

02:28Bummer for Enzo Lopes, your Super Bowl winner,

02:30but if you're Max Anstey, you've got the championship.

02:33That's the big picture.

02:34That's what you want the most,

02:35but he's also been perfect, and these riders are so competitive.

02:38They don't know anything but winning, especially when you've won nine straight,

02:42so a lot of the play tonight for Max Anstey.

02:45And for Hicks, what an upset it would be if he could win this one.

02:50Good timing, too.

02:51I mean, think about the bosses are in town, Ralph.

02:53This would be the night to do it.

02:55Watch this for Enzo Lopes here on the 16.

02:58He's running in fourth.

02:59Oh, he just gets a little wide, and the rear end comes all the way around.

03:02Yeah, the rear was going out, but then the front kind of did a little bit of a tuck there, too,

03:06at the very end.

03:07But, I mean, Michael Hicks, Ralph, is not just winning.

03:11He's pulling away right now.

03:13I mean, he looks flawless.

03:14He was great at the Super Bowl, so I'm not surprised.

03:16No, nobody should be surprised at the fact that Michael Hicks is at the front of the field.

03:20This is an arena cross.

03:21He's well more than comfortable leading and winning races and championships in that form

03:26of two-wheel motorsport competition.

03:29Racetracks are a little bit tighter than what we're racing on here tonight.

03:33Yeah, not just the racetrack, but the environment.

03:35I mean, if you're Michael Hicks, you've got the defending champ behind you.

03:39You've got a former World Supercross champ behind you.

03:41He's pulling away, but it's a big night for Max, and he's starting to make his way back

03:45up to second.

03:46I love the way this is setting up while the track is still in race conditions.

03:49He's closing in on McElrath.

03:51The fight for second has developed here in race number one for SX2.

03:56Max Anstey looking to be perfect still in 2025 World Supercross competition in this 250

04:02category.

04:03He's got to get around McElrath and Hicks if he's going to pull it off.

04:08Not the best lap for Hicks.

04:09Oh, and look at this.

04:10McElrath coming after Hicks now, which could help Anstey close that gap.

04:14Absolutely.

04:15It's better for Max Anstey if this thing tightens up and becomes a could-

04:19suggested battle.

04:20And for Hicks, he just had a rough lap right there, and Shane is starting to warm up.

04:24Here they come.

04:26McElrath right alongside of Hicks.

04:28Hicks has led all the way, but with two laps to go, is he about to get the challenge he

04:32can't handle?

04:33McElrath and Anstey closing in quickly.

04:37Anstey on the Team GSM machine.

04:39Number 99 back in third.

04:40Going inside.

04:41Trying to get McElrath.

04:43Into the whoops they go.

04:44McElrath on the inside.

04:46He's got the lead.

04:47Anstey gets second.

04:48The fight rages on here in Stockholm.

04:51That's a piece of World Supercross right there.

04:53We've seen it all season.

04:54One wide.

04:55Two, three, four wide at times.

04:57And great move by Max Anstey to take advantage quick there, and don't let Shane McElrath get

05:02too comfortable out front.

05:03The reigning World Champ leads right now.

05:05The points leader and former World Champion on the 99, Max Anstey, sits in second.

05:10He wants the lead.

05:11He wants to stay perfect.

05:13He's trying to get to the outside.

05:14McElrath takes the line away.

05:17Great defense by Shane right there to hold him up, check him up in the corner.

05:20But, Ralph, this is Australia.

05:21Race three.

05:22All over again.

05:23Oh, he makes a mistake, does McElrath.

05:25And Anstey pounces and capitalizes.

05:28Max Anstey back into the lead in an SX2 race here in 2025.

05:32Oh, push him.

05:33Bump him out of the way.

05:35Keep that lead if you can.

05:36Pretty physical in that last corner.

05:38But Anstey around the outside of the berm coming to the finish line jump here.

05:43Getting ready to get into the final lap.

05:46Great race craft by both riders.

05:48Oh, Shane's going to lose a bunch of time there.

05:50But this is Max Anstey, Ralph.

05:52We see it from the front.

05:54If he gets a mid-pack start, it doesn't matter.

05:57He finds a way every single race.

05:59And if he can hold on, we'll be at 10-0.

06:02What a start to the night.

06:04Here he comes.

06:05Max Anstey is going to have one to go.

06:08That was a great lap, too.

06:1050.8.

06:11Shane playing a lot of defense.

06:13Did a 53.6.

06:14Obviously a lot slower.

06:16But for Anstey to not only get the lead, but also make enough room to be able to comfortably take the lines that he wants in this final lap.

06:23I mean, well played by the undefeated Max Anstey.

06:28And he's a few corners away from continuing the perfect season.

06:33And another 10 points towards his championship that he's craving here in 2025.

06:41Looking to become a multi-time champ here in the SX2 category.

06:46Anstey hasn't been the quickest all night, but he has found a way again to get himself to the front.

06:56Here he comes towards the finish line, John.

06:58Max Anstey.

06:59Perfect still in 2025.

07:03And he weathers the storm of Hicks and McElrath here in race number one.

07:08And we didn't see Cody shock much in that race.

07:10He had to make some passes, but that's super valuable for him because he's the one 28 points down.

07:16And he can't give up too much tonight if he wants to take this title fight to South Africa.

07:19So a quiet off-screen great ride by Cody shock to get to third.

07:25That's what he had to do.

07:27Hicks slips all the way back to fourth.

07:30Colin Park was fifth.

07:33Cole Thompson right behind him, of course, in sixth.

07:36Those two can't get away from each other this year.

07:38And there again is Max Anstey, your winner in SX2 race number one here, the Swedish GP.

07:48And let's go to Kristen, who's standing by with Max.

07:52Max, a physical and aggressive GP race win to stretch your win streak.

07:58This is the most physically tired I've seen you after a GP race.

08:02You worked hard for that one.

08:04Yeah, it's tricky, man.

08:05And this track, I mean, it was dead flat for us when we started.

08:08And it's really gnarly.

08:10So I'm pleased with that.

08:12Made a few changes within the break.

08:13I was struggling a little bit earlier, but felt comfy then.

08:16We've got two more to go.

08:18Anything can happen tonight.

08:19It's a tricky track and a lot of mistakes will be made.

08:21But we're locked in and ready to go again.

08:24Max, we look forward to watching you in G...

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