00:00Yeah, that's right, Ricky. He did actually go to Alpine Stars Medical there and get it x-rayed, and the
00:05x-ray was clear, but Proto himself did tell me that it's painful, so he is sore, so like he
00:11said, the biggest test coming up right here.
00:13All right, first time back on the motorcycle since that.
00:16Right, and what we mean by that is now he's riding injured and banged up, and that's the oversight that
00:22I think that people don't realize about Monster Energy Supercrosses when you get banged up, and then how do you
00:28respond?
00:29I mean, Supercross is already hard, but when you're doing it and you're not 100%, it makes it that much
00:34tougher, so that's what we're talking about, being tested.
00:37Uh-oh. Cooper Webb there, the number one.
00:39We are having some serious drama on the start here.
00:42He just stitched the goggles, yeah.
00:44Looking for a spare pair.
00:46Oh, boy.
00:47Got Chase Sexton next to him, Hunter Lawrence, Mechanic Peanut, as they call him, got it dialed, and again, just
00:55in the nick of time like Roxanne, here we go.
01:01And he might replicate this.
01:03Hunter Lawrence going to pinch him off.
01:04No, but he's up the inside.
01:06It worked again.
01:08Webb with the whole shot.
01:09What a move right there.
01:11He's probably anticipating for Hunter to sweep out wide, and look how hard they're fighting for this track position.
01:17Here comes Chase Sexton through the rhythm lane.
01:20He's going to challenge Lawrence.
01:23Cooper Webb leads block one.
01:24Man, great to see Chase Sexton up here in the mix.
01:29He has had a tough day.
01:32Just kind of behind the eight ball in practice.
01:35Love to see this fight.
01:36Oh, he misses the double, though.
01:38And Lawrence going after Webb again.
01:41Uh-oh.
01:41Prado is rolling back to the Mechanics and then pit area.
01:45Oh, and Lawrence makes the move.
01:47And this is what we wanted to see by Hunter Lawrence.
01:50We talked about the beginning of the races and the intensity of where he needed to improve in his game,
01:56which is that's about it.
01:57And this is what he has done.
02:01Oh, man, you hate to see it for Jorge Prado, who had been an absolute revelation in Supercross so far
02:07this year.
02:08The multi-time world champ from Europe, but really just in motocross.
02:11Not much Supercross experience.
02:13It made him that time.
02:15And Hunter Lawrence, what can you say?
02:16He's now rolling away from Webb.
02:20Oh, no, Sexton down.
02:23Oh, man.
02:25Yeah, just didn't look like the usual chase, Sexton, as you were alluding to in qualifying.
02:30Looked good early in this heat, but it's come unraveled.
02:34He's in 10th now.
02:35Let's look at the crash.
02:37So he messed up the left-hander before this corner.
02:40Same lap.
02:42Initiates the turn, and as he does that, tries to turn down early, asking too much from the bike.
02:47He couldn't make the corner that tight, a tight apex like that.
02:51Loses the front end, and down he goes.
02:53Hate to see that from Chase.
02:55Really feel like he needed a strong run for himself and that race team here early on in the heat
03:01race.
03:02On the back foot now, Sexton in 9th place.
03:05Man, you can see how tough this track is.
03:08Lawrence is leading.
03:09He cased a couple of the triples that last time around, and Webb has closed back in.
03:13This is one of those racetracks because everything is so much tighter.
03:18These back-and-forth lanes right here, and all the ruts completely different.
03:21The contrast from the last two weeks that if you rush it, kind of gets the bike upset at times.
03:28It can make the track a little bit different.
03:30Will?
03:31Just a quick update there on Jorge Prado.
03:33I spoke to the team.
03:34Nothing strategic at all about what he just did.
03:37It was simply discomfort in that shoulder that apparently has hardware in it from previous injury there.
03:43At this point, they're not sure if he's going to be lining up later in this unique thing.
03:47Thank you, Will.
03:49Yeah, had a shoulder surgery last year.
03:51Another case from Hunter.
03:54And Webb has closed in more.
03:56Brutal case.
03:58Look.
04:00Cooper just able to execute those rhythm lanes.
04:04Side-by-side for the lead.
04:07Oh, Cooper was going to try to come back underneath the inside.
04:10Watch this.
04:11Maybe he tries it right here.
04:13The whoops.
04:14If he wants to get by Hunter, right here is where he needs to make a move.
04:18But he's going to have to come in early.
04:20But look at Hunter moves to the left-hand side of the racetrack.
04:24Was anticipating Cooper to make a move for the lead right there.
04:27But he blocks his position.
04:29Brought his line.
04:32Yeah, Webb had to go all the way from left to right.
04:34Now re-fires in the sand.
04:36And there's that rhythm lane that Hunter's had a couple problems with lately.
04:40Got to get this triple.
04:42No.
04:42Double, triple.
04:45You know, we talk about how good Cooper Webb is at turning down early in the corners and going lower.
04:52And this is a track where he could really do that.
04:55Oh, he got underneath.
04:57Exactly like you said.
04:59Cut down.
05:02Oh, Hunter trying to come back.
05:04Let's learn more about Prado.
05:06Send it back to Will.
05:07Oh, Webb down.
05:09Sorry, Will.
05:09Oh, man.
05:10Just when you think someone has this track wired, it jumps up and bites even the three-time champ.
05:16Yeah, Hunter, a mistake there from Cooper Webb.
05:20And, man, this track is super difficult because of the ruts.
05:25But look at, I love the aggression that Cooper Webb has right now.
05:29Not backing down, getting up there, racing these guys hard.
05:33He's going to get by Aaron Plessinger up the inside.
05:36He will not be denied.
05:38And that's back up to second.
05:40Yeah.
05:41Let's see here what happens.
05:44Oh, he overjumps the double.
05:47Is it centered up for the ruts?
05:49Gets crossed up in between the transition.
05:53And the ruts take him down.
05:56And Webb has been the faster.
05:58Oh, right there.
05:59Same right there.
06:00I didn't mean to interrupt you.
06:01Yeah, you're good.
06:01Jason, but he overjumped the landing and landed right and right, similar to what he did here the lap before
06:06when he went down.
06:08And what this illustrates is, I was going to say, he has been the master of these conditions, winning the
06:12main here in Seattle the last two years.
06:15And even Webb having his struggles.
06:19Plessinger, Savace, and Ferrandez coming through next.
06:21Ferrandez closing in a hurry in the whoops on that Ducati.
06:26All right, well, what is the latest on Prado?
06:29Now, fortunate news.
06:30I've just heard that he will not be racing tonight.
06:33He is out for the evening, guys.
06:35Oh, man.
06:36And he was having an incredible season.
06:39Savace able to skip back away from Ferrandez in that rhythm.
06:43Tell you what, man, this guy is catching fire in this race team the last two weeks for that quad
06:49-lock Honda.
06:50Joey has been riding phenomenally, and it's great to see that.
06:55I feel like he's got some good confidence and good energy going up here battling, man.
07:00He was able to get that first rhythm lane there after the start.
07:04Executed perfectly.
07:05Pull up onto the rear tire of AP.
07:11Yes, the quad-lock Honda team doesn't have all the factory parts.
07:14But, man, has he been riding well?
07:16Hovered around that sixth-place spot week in and week out.
07:19And that means you're beating some really good riders on really good motorcycles.
07:23Yeah, Yuriev Konsky, the team owner, given Martin Davalos and the rest of that team personnel tangibles that they need
07:30and the assets that they need to perform at a high level here.
07:34And it's great to see.
07:36And now Sexton entering the picture after the early crash.
07:39Seaman green of the monster Kawasaki working on Ferrandez.
07:44Got it.
07:45Yeah, right up the inside.
07:47Simple pass made.
07:50I like this outside line these guys were able to do after the finish line right there.
07:57It's the second 450 heat.
07:59Is this about as bad as it's going to be?
08:01Yeah, this is how this racetrack is going to be later on here tonight.
08:06So now it's crucial, I believe, Jason, to get a good feel for what your bike is like
08:11because this is what it's going to be like similar to when it's points pay in time.
08:15Yeah, main event time.
08:16And that's where Hunter Lawrence has done his best work.
08:18He has not won a heat since 2024, his rookie season in Nashville.
08:24As great as his year has started, would be the first heat race win of the season for the series
08:30leader.
08:31Does it both ways.
08:33Made events.
08:33Heat races.
08:34There it is.
08:35Hunter Lawrence with the win.
08:37And battling to the line.
08:39Sexton.
08:41A challenge, but not enough to get Savace for fourth.
08:45It's going to be Lawrence Webb Plessinger, Savace Sexton, and then Ferrandez.
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