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00:00Say they do. 50% of the time it works out. 50% of the time it's right. I think too when you're betting with a guy like Kenny. Yeah. I think it's a safe bet. Probably more than 50. Yeah. Yep. Eli Tomek had the bad start in the first race. Came from 9th to 3rd. Sexton 2nd. Cooper Webb came in right behind them.
00:21E.T. a side to go on that outside again. Yeah. Started there in race 1 but it wasn't a good start. It wasn't. Didn't really get to see him very well on that start. But this is a great view right here. Watch 3. Here it comes. Not a good one for Eli. This time Prado leads it in. Prado and Anderson. For a Prado hole shot. Here comes Hunter Lawrence.
00:48And that's the gamble you take if you're on the outside. That was a perfect view of what can happen.
00:54Oh, he's buried Tomek back there but his Red Bull KTM teammates out front. Lawrence locks down 2nd. Then it's Anderson Webb. And finally a decent start for Justin Cooper.
01:09And Lawrence all over Prado wants to make the move.
01:12And he's got to because Lawrence crashed in race 1. Only 7th. Needs to make up ground.
01:21I'll tell you who this benefits right now is from an overall standpoint and that's the 26th.
01:28If the race ended, I believe he would be the race winner.
01:32Wow.
01:33Overall.
01:33Yeah, Roxen is 7th and Sexton is 17th.
01:38Eli is 8th.
01:40Wow.
01:40He got Coop in there as well.
01:42So this could be good for Coop.
01:44Remember we talked about the opening show what the difference was from when I came into the 4th round.
01:5030, 24, 30 points down.
01:52Yeah.
01:53This is where I was saying he could use this to his advantage because there's so many guys from a points perspective
01:59that you can get in between him and Eli is exactly what I was saying.
02:03Yeah, it is all sorts of big stuff now.
02:06Anderson is all over Lawrence.
02:08Whoa.
02:09Then Anderson almost endos.
02:12So it looked like Hunter was looking to make moves on Prado, but now he's clinging to the number 2 spot.
02:20Must have made a mistake.
02:21He gets back away from his old rival, Anderson.
02:24What happened to Sexton early to be back there in 13th?
02:30That is a killer in this type of race.
02:32Yeah, well, he was 17th on the first lap.
02:37And there he is, buried.
02:39He's battling with Verandes right now, who also did not get a good getaway.
02:43The Troy Lee designs Red Bull Ducati.
02:46Yeah, this is where the Triple Crown, like, it really brings out the best in these riders for several reasons.
02:52One, it puts them in a position where they have to execute every race pretty much.
02:57And if they don't, they're going to be in the situation that Chase is in right now.
03:01And Chase has to be really careful when he's coming up through the pack right here.
03:05You can see guys are starting to turn down a little bit early.
03:07They're not bowling the turns quite as much.
03:10He's going to have to anticipate what that rider is doing.
03:12And, again, these races are so condensed and shorter.
03:15And they can ride with that intensity.
03:17Oh, great pass.
03:19Intensity from Webb making that move on Anderson.
03:22And Webb suddenly starting to stir here in the overall.
03:25Yeah, right up the inside.
03:27Makes the move.
03:29And you see points as they run.
03:31This is combining the results from as it stands right now.
03:34End race one.
03:35It'll be Prado winning the race.
03:37Oh, Anderson coming back on Webb, who's currently tied with Roxxon for second overall.
03:41So much racing left, though.
03:48There's Kenny.
03:51There are about five, six, seven bike lengths behind Anderson, pressuring Justin Cooper.
03:57Come back.
03:58Attacks and gets Roxxon.
04:00Costly mistake from Ken.
04:03Isn't able to triple out the corner that JT was talking about on the track point.
04:07That is a key section.
04:09I thought it was only going to be for the 250s, but I was wrong.
04:12Also playing a huge role for the 450.
04:16And Tomac has had the fastest lap on the track the last two laps.
04:20Now Justin Cooper a move on Anderson.
04:23And Tomac's looking to follow.
04:24Tomac is on fire.
04:25I thought Tomac was trying to get a two-for-one special, but watch Eli Tomac up the inside.
04:32Listen to this crowd.
04:36One pass for Tomac.
04:38Cooper tries to fight back, and here comes Roxxon again.
04:42Great racing in this triple crowd.
04:45And the triple again.
04:47Tomac gets a pass on Anderson.
04:49Roxxon follows him through.
04:52Oh!
04:53Anderson takes Kenny up to the tough blocks.
04:57Look at that.
04:58Oh!
04:59No!
04:59Tomac has gone down.
05:02He endos.
05:03Looks like he's at least okay.
05:05Oh, that was a brutal crash.
05:09Jumping onto that tabletop.
05:11Oh, wow.
05:13Incredible how quickly this can change.
05:15He had had three consecutive laps.
05:17That's the fastest man on track.
05:19And now Sexton has even gone by despite the bad start.
05:23Wow!
05:24Rarely do you see this replay.
05:28Everything is cool.
05:29He comes over.
05:31All is good.
05:34Oh, that's...
05:35It's almost like he hit neutrals.
05:37Right.
05:39No, he didn't hit.
05:40His bike is running.
05:42That is bizarre.
05:44Hard to tell from that angle exactly what happened.
05:47I mean, he got over that single just fine.
05:51So this is Cooper who's got around Anderson and now Roxxon.
05:55And Anderson waves him by.
05:58I guess he's not mean to do that.
06:00Oh, he didn't mean to do that.
06:02So...
06:02He knows Kenny's faster.
06:04He wants to give his teammate an opportunity.
06:06I mean, Kenny's in the running for the overall.
06:08So every position is going to be huge.
06:12Meanwhile, Prado has a 1.8 second lead.
06:15Hunter Lawrence and Cooper Webb not able to catch him.
06:19And Prado would be the overall winner right now.
06:23But he'd be tied with Roxxon.
06:25Now, the tiebreaker is the better finish in the last race.
06:29Right now, that's race three.
06:30But it would be race three.
06:31But the good news for Roxxon is he's got positions to gain here.
06:35Prado cannot go any further forward.
06:38And he's closing on Justin Cooper.
06:42What a wild one this is.
06:43Is Tomac?
06:44Yes, Tomac is back up and running.
06:46But he is in 18th place.
06:48I did not see that coming from Eli Tomac.
06:51Rarely does someone with his experience is so accomplished.
06:56Does that happen?
06:58And you just wonder if something went wrong with the motorcycle.
07:02Or does, again, everything look perfect as far as execution on that rhythm section.
07:09But I'm just glad to see him get back on that bike.
07:11That bike came back.
07:12Yeah.
07:12Landed on him.
07:13And again, these rhythm lanes are really fast.
07:17So, you know what happens when you have speed involved.
07:20The impact is at a higher rate.
07:23Is there any scarier feeling?
07:24No.
07:25There's nothing.
07:25Not at all.
07:26When you're in the air like that, and you know?
07:28And you know?
07:28Yeah.
07:28Yeah.
07:29A hundred percent.
07:30Yeah.
07:31Good to see Eli's relatively okay.
07:33But it is very costly in the results.
07:35But that's the Triple Crown.
07:36There's a whole other shot in race three to try to climb back up the order.
07:42Can Roxen make a move on Cooper, who's riding well?
07:45This is going to be a huge gift for guys like Cooper Webb, Munter Lawrence, Ken Roxen, and Chase Sexton.
07:53As far as the championship goes, and Eli going down.
07:57It is a great time to be a part of the SMX World Championship.
08:06With the depth of the field and just not knowing, Weege, you were talking about it, not knowing whoever is going to win the race.
08:13Oh, there's no way.
08:13Yeah.
08:13How could you know before these skates drop?
08:15It's just so close, and that's why it's so special.
08:19Yeah, and you've seen it in the racing.
08:20How many times has the rider caught someone?
08:22Okay, you think he's the one with the momentum.
08:24As Sexton has made it all the way up to Anderson.
08:27And the same thing here.
08:28Hunter Lawrence has closed for a second time now on Prado, and this is for the lead.
08:33Yeah, Prado getting a little dicey in the whoops.
08:36Still some racing left, and looks like the 90.
08:40Oh, there you go.
08:41He didn't get the triple.
08:42Oh, Prado cut him off.
08:45Wow.
08:46I'm going to say that Prado's tough to pass.
08:49Yes.
08:50He's tough to pass.
08:51Hunter just saw that firsthand as bottom box Sexton is trying to get Anderson.
08:55Had a better look at the tabletop there, JT.
08:58Looks like it was ruddy.
08:59Maybe it caught Eli's feet there.
09:02Yeah, this track is really getting tricky, but I'm going to tell you what.
09:05These guys keep making mistakes at the front.
09:07That number one there on the blue, that blue bike is going to be in this fight very, very quickly.
09:12And this is exactly what Cooper Webb needs.
09:15He has had an atrocious three rounds so far.
09:19He has got to find a way to get past these guys and claim his first overall win of the season.
09:23Well, JT, I go back to that triple crown we had several years ago at Detroit when Cooper Webb, I believe he won that race.
09:31And I feel like that gave him the momentum.
09:33The triple out of the corner.
09:35This time, Hunter able to finish the pass.
09:37And the crown responds to that.
09:41And Webb's going right with him.
09:46Man, that triple out of the turn has turned very difficult.
09:49100%.
09:50I think a lot of it, too, is because of the ruts.
09:53They're not getting good drives out of their will.
09:57Mickey, I'm just looking at Hunter Lawrence up front.
09:59He's obviously looking comfortable and able to push through.
10:02And I'm thinking back to what you were telling us during the week.
10:04And how you hope that Hunter can get to the point where they're not testing with the bike anymore and he's just able to run his laps.
10:11Well, I can tell you that that happened this week.
10:13He went back to Florida, which was planned.
10:16And they said for the first time they felt like they had a base that they could sit there and trust.
10:19And Hunter was able to get on with those laps.
10:21So maybe that's going to help him tonight.
10:24The team did tell me that it had definitely worked out as far as his kind of works go.
10:29They wanted to push further through the rhythms.
10:31They said they felt he accomplished that this morning in qualifying.
10:34So we're moving in the right direction.
10:36Well, that's right.
10:37And that's a great report, Will.
10:38So like we were talking and we talked about on the post-race show last week, when you've got a guy that's basically he's evaluating the motorcycle and racing at the same time.
10:48So he's not 100% focused on just racing because, again, he's feeling the bike and where it needs to be better.
10:55Now that he has a setup that he's comfortable with and can just focus on his riding, he's going to be a little bit better.
11:02And that's sometimes all you need to be at this level.
11:05And that's a reflection of how well he's doing right now.
11:07I get it that Eli is down and Sexton goes down.
11:11Sexton, yes.
11:12He was behind Malcolm Stewart.
11:13Now he's lost at least a spot to Christian Craig.
11:17Oh, no.
11:18We've got action all over the place.
11:20Here's the Sexton mistake.
11:22Push the front.
11:23Yeah, he pushes the front.
11:25He initiates the turn, leans the bike over.
11:27Hate to say it.
11:29Yeah, but pushes the front, asks too much out of that front tire.
11:33And the crowd response, that was Webb making the move on Prado exactly the way Webb does it.
11:39Just hanging in there.
11:41So now you go back, finishing my point on Hunter Lawrence.
11:45Now he can work on just being fast early on.
11:48Here's the pass.
11:49Seat Webb on Prado.
11:51Sets him up.
11:51Boom.
11:52Right up the inside.
11:53Uses him up.
11:54Ooh.
11:54Prado wasn't anticipating that.
11:56Feet come off the foot pegs.
11:58And he makes the move.
11:59Now this guy can just focus on being fast at the beginning of the race.
12:04You know he's got what it takes at the end.
12:07And this is a great bounce back photo for Hunter Lawrence.
12:14There's Roxen working on Justin Cooper who has been stingy with it.
12:18Roxen got to him a long time ago.
12:20But this is what we expect out of Justin Cooper.
12:22We haven't seen it because of the bad starts.
12:24But he can go.
12:25And he was number one seed going to the SMX playoffs last year.
12:28This guy, he ain't no slouch.
12:30And he's been better than what his box scores show on paper.
12:34Time running out.
12:37They just missed the white flag.
12:39It'll be one to go the next time around.
12:41And he rocks into the woods.
12:45And this pass could be everything for the overall at the end of the night.
12:50Man, could you imagine if somehow Webb's able to pull off this win?
12:55And what that would do for his confidence.
12:58Oh, Kenny almost goes off the track.
13:01He runs out of room coming out of that right-hander.
13:05Isn't able to triple.
13:07And that's a big relief.
13:09Pressure off of Jay Koo.
13:10A hundred percent.
13:12And time running out.
13:14White flag now in the air.
13:15Hunter Lawrence.
13:16What a bounce back.
13:17A crash and seventh in race one.
13:20And he is right back in this thing.
13:22If it ended now, it would be Webb over Roxen and Lawrence.
13:25But there's a third race to go, and they're all close.
13:29This is absolutely wild, Weege, watching this race and championship contenders.
13:37I mean, it is like musical chairs here.
13:40It is.
13:40And if you're one of these championship guys trying to manage, okay, which guy that you're going to have to deal with at some capacity each weekend.
13:51It changes every lap.
13:53Right, because they have strategies, I'm sure, on, you know, they know their strengths and weaknesses.
13:58What a ride.
14:00So Hunter Lawrence avenges the mistake in race one.
14:03He comes back and wins.
14:05Race two.
14:06Gets himself right back in position.
14:09It's a wild one.
14:10You see Malcolm Stewart.
14:11He's one of the ones that got ahead of Sexton when he fell.
14:14There's Roxen.
14:14He got close to Justin Cooper, but not enough.
14:18It's going to be Lawrence Webb, Prado top three.
14:21Then Cooper and Roxen.
14:23Stewart, a great ride.
14:25Anderson seventh.
14:27Craig eight.
14:28Sexton ninth.
14:29Craig Ferrandez tenth.
14:30And Tomac thirteenth.
14:32That ties a career low for Tomac in an individual triple crown race.
14:37But he did make some moves, so it appears he's okay.
14:40I can't believe he came back up that far.
14:43Honestly, I can't believe his bike wasn't more tweaked than it was.
14:46He's very fortunate he was able to do that, and he's all right.
14:52And there's Anderson explaining his side to Roxen.
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