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00:00Oh, this man right here is the man of the hour.
00:03Listen to this.
00:04He's won the Triple Crown race, won six times now,
00:07but only once has he gone on to win the overall,
00:10and that was way back in Glendale in 2020.
00:12I like the momentum here.
00:14You think about he won here with that.
00:16Let's start to call him Kickstart Kenny.
00:18Epic win.
00:19I think he can do it here tonight.
00:24All right, you got Huncho Lawrence there.
00:26What's that saying?
00:27You want to be the man, you got to beat the man.
00:29Well, he did just that in race one there.
00:31He passed champion Cooper Webb.
00:33He passed Eli Tomach.
00:34And no, he didn't get to Ken Rockson,
00:36but that is the kind of step that Hunter and Lawrence needs to take
00:39if he wants to win this championship,
00:40is to be able to come from behind and pass the championship contenders.
00:47And what kind of a response, JT,
00:49are we going to see from the number three Eli Tomach?
00:52Because that pass that you talked about,
00:54chatting to Eli yesterday before racing got going,
00:57I asked him about the championship chase.
00:59He said, my eyes are on Hunter.
01:01He knows who his closest competitor is,
01:03and he would not like that pass that happened in race one.
01:06He'll be looking to correct it here in the second 450 of the night.
01:09If you didn't see this on social media,
01:11or you weren't with us for the SMX post-race show
01:14presented by Bass Pro Shops last week,
01:17Eli Tomach's night couldn't get any better,
01:19but then it couldn't get any worse.
01:20As the trophy broke,
01:22smacked him right in the face,
01:24in the mouth,
01:24and broke his tooth.
01:26That's what happened.
01:28Well, let's hear what he said about it
01:30and how he got it remedied.
01:34So, Daytona,
01:35I lifted my trophy up the first time for the photos,
01:37and the second time we went up there
01:38to do another photo walk,
01:41I picked up the bike,
01:42and it popped off the face of the trophy,
01:44and I broke my tooth.
01:46Somehow,
01:48my tooth chip is bonded back on now,
01:51so now it's like nothing happened.
01:53The dentist said,
01:54hey, this thing could last a month,
01:55it could last 15 years.
01:56I've seen both outcomes,
01:57so I'm hoping for the later.
01:59Oh, my goodness.
02:00He's mechanic-bound.
02:02Jade Dungey is mechanic-bounders, too.
02:04Good job, Jade.
02:05We should give a shout-out
02:06to Daytona International Speedway
02:08President Frank Kelleher as well.
02:09Frank said he will get him a new trophy.
02:12There you go.
02:14All right.
02:15Finishing our round-the-burn,
02:17Cooper Webb.
02:18Let's keep this in mind.
02:19He finished fourth
02:21in race one here earlier tonight.
02:23Well, he also finished fourth in Arlington
02:25at the Triple Crown,
02:27and won
02:29overall.
02:31So,
02:32sorry, Houston, pardon me.
02:33Houston, not Arlington.
02:34I think my Texas City's mixed up,
02:36but you know what I meant.
02:36Yeah, that second race
02:38in the 450
02:38was pretty wild
02:41at Houston,
02:42so if that's any consolation
02:43of what might happen here,
02:45for a treat.
02:47And the champions,
02:47the championship rivals
02:49going at it in
02:49Hunter Lawrence
02:51and Eli Tomac.
02:52Let's see what's going to play out
02:53race two here in Indy
02:55on a night
02:56of Triple Crown action.
02:59Hunter Lawrence
02:59with a really good start.
03:01Tomac with an even better one.
03:03It's the championship contenders
03:05and then Cooper.
03:06Justin Cooper
03:07on the inside.
03:13Oh,
03:14it's going to be key
03:15right here
03:15for the 96
03:16to stay right
03:17on the rear tire
03:19of Eli Tomac
03:20not letting get away.
03:24Talk about these whoops,
03:26how they're becoming...
03:26Oh, look at this.
03:28Inside.
03:29Hunter Lawrence
03:29is saying,
03:30yep,
03:31I don't want to give up
03:32this red plate.
03:33I'm happy to have it
03:35and I want to keep it.
03:36He's tried a couple times
03:37to make a move there.
03:38Oh, no.
03:39Kenny goes down.
03:40Roxen
03:41on the ground
03:41at Plessinger.
03:42Oh, Plessinger's hurt too.
03:48Oh,
03:49massive blow
03:50for Kenny.
03:52Race one winner
03:53on the ground.
03:55Rarely do you see
03:56Kenny make a mistake
03:57like that.
03:58You just have to wonder
03:59if that,
04:00if he had help there.
04:02Oh,
04:03such a bummer.
04:05Now these whoops
04:06becoming jumpers
04:07right there.
04:09It's time.
04:10That's going to help
04:10Justin Cooper.
04:13You know,
04:14this is going to help
04:15actually
04:16if Justin Cooper
04:17is able to kind of
04:18slow up Eli.
04:20That's going to allow
04:21Hunter Lawrence
04:22to close the gap here.
04:27This is really good stuff
04:30for Justin Cooper.
04:31How long can he stay
04:33out in front?
04:33How long can he
04:34sustain this pressure?
04:35Let's have a look.
04:36Center of your screen.
04:37Oh, Kenny messes up.
04:38Oh, he looked around
04:39for Plessinger
04:40and oh my goodness.
04:43Wow.
04:44Kenny was looking back.
04:45He knew that he had
04:46made a mistake
04:47and there was nothing
04:49nowhere that
04:51Plessinger could go.
04:51Oh, he gets sideways.
04:53That's what happened.
04:53So he slows down.
04:54He's like,
04:54I'm not jumping.
04:55And look at this.
04:56Oh, goodness.
04:58Just nowhere for AP to go.
05:02Thank goodness
05:03no one hit Aaron after that.
05:05That was tough.
05:06It was shades of A1
05:08between Malcolm Stewart
05:09and Justin Barsha.
05:11Meanwhile,
05:12this goes on
05:13at a really high rate of knocks.
05:15This fight for the lead
05:16between Justin Cooper
05:18and Eli Tomac.
05:19Tomac's been able
05:20to gap Hunter Lawrence
05:21just slightly
05:22to give himself
05:22a bit more breathing room
05:23as he works
05:24on the lead
05:25of this race.
05:26Again,
05:26these are old teammates
05:27last year.
05:30Eli looking good.
05:31Let's see if Eli
05:32can rail this berm
05:33and make a move
05:34down to whoops.
05:36Ah, look at that.
05:37Great riding
05:38by Justin Cooper
05:39to guard on that
05:41and block Eli's run
05:42through the whoops
05:43to make a pass.
05:45Important for Justin Cooper.
05:47These are his first laps
05:48that he's led this year.
05:49It's a big confidence boost.
05:51Here's Tomac.
05:52Look at him
05:53square that up.
05:54He's been working
05:55this line right here
05:56for three laps in a row.
05:57Little bit of hip
05:58and shoulder
05:59and get out of my way.
06:01The crowd love it
06:02when that famous number three
06:04hits the lead.
06:11Nice pass
06:12by Eli Tomac.
06:15Redemption
06:15from that first moto.
06:17Her first race,
06:19he is not going
06:20to be denied.
06:21Now the pressure
06:22will shift to Hunter.
06:24See what Hunter
06:25can do.
06:26He's lost some ground
06:28to the top two runners.
06:30Meanwhile,
06:31let's not lose sight
06:32on the fact
06:33that Cooper
06:34Webb's fourth.
06:34Joey Savace
06:35is in the top five.
06:36Prado after another
06:38really good start
06:39is sixth.
06:40Then Malcolm Stewart,
06:42Christian Craig,
06:43Garrett Marchbank,
06:44and Mitchell Harrison
06:45in the ten.
06:47Really impressed
06:48by Prado again
06:49just coming back
06:50after a couple weeks
06:51off
06:52and to really
06:53just jump back
06:54into where
06:54it didn't look
06:55like he lost
06:56anything.
06:56Pick it up
06:57where he left off.
06:58Will?
07:00He talked
07:01earlier,
07:01we heard that
07:01soundbite,
07:02Ricky,
07:02where he talked
07:03about kind of
07:03being good enough
07:04if you like
07:05after the shoulder
07:06injury,
07:06that AC separation
07:07to ride.
07:08But talking to him
07:09earlier,
07:09I mean,
07:10he's not healed
07:11from it.
07:12There's still pain.
07:13He talked about
07:13some pain
07:14that developed
07:14a week after
07:16the initial injury
07:17that led to
07:17another MRI.
07:18He said he's got
07:19a little bit
07:19of instability
07:20in that shoulder
07:21so he's going
07:21to have to
07:21sort of sit
07:22on the bike
07:23a little bit
07:23more sensual
07:24as he put it
07:24to not put
07:25too much pressure
07:25on that shoulder.
07:26So what he's
07:27dealing with now
07:28he even surprised
07:29himself with.
07:30He told me
07:30I wasn't expecting
07:31that out of qualifying
07:32so to get
07:33through the night
07:33and to do it
07:34the way he's doing
07:35I think is surprising
07:36everyone including
07:37himself.
07:38I mean,
07:39well,
07:39another thing too
07:40Will is,
07:40you know,
07:41he's been pretty
07:41open about
07:42how he needs
07:43to get this experience.
07:45You know,
07:45a lot like last year,
07:46listen,
07:46I know it was
07:47a rocky road
07:48with the team
07:48he was on last year
07:49but at the same time
07:50he got hurt
07:51at round two or three
07:52and those are
07:53lost opportunities
07:54that he can never
07:55get back
07:55so even though
07:57he's 100%
07:57I normally don't
07:58think it's great
07:59if the riders
07:59don't come back
08:00if they're not
08:01100%
08:02but in his case
08:03I feel like
08:04he has the ability
08:05to ride at 80%
08:07and not overdo it
08:09but still again
08:09get that much needed
08:10experience in Supercross.
08:12This is on his
08:1212th Supercross race,
08:14right?
08:15That's what we have
08:15to keep in mind.
08:16All right.
08:18Man,
08:19how about
08:19Justin Cooper
08:20JT?
08:21He's sticking with it.
08:23I'm so impressed
08:24by this ride,
08:25Ricky,
08:25because,
08:26you know,
08:26his whole career
08:27it's been about
08:28getting really good starts.
08:29He has so much sprint speed
08:30that that typically leads
08:31to a good result
08:32but in this 450 class
08:33he's struggled
08:34at times
08:35to match pace
08:36at the very tip
08:37of his spear.
08:38Not so much right now
08:40because I really figured
08:41the way that race one went
08:42Hunter Lawrence
08:42would be able to close
08:43and put pressure.
08:44He hasn't been able to
08:45but that's really credit
08:46to Justin Cooper's pace.
08:48He really hasn't let
08:48Eli Tomac get away.
08:50And he's close it up
08:51in fact
08:51in this last half
08:53a lap or so.
08:54By the way,
08:54points as they run.
08:57Tomac leading the way
08:58over Hunter Lawrence.
09:00This is going to be interesting.
09:01There's still
09:01six minutes left
09:03in this
09:03plus a lap.
09:04Tomac missed
09:04that very inside
09:06after the finish line
09:07and look at
09:08the 32
09:09just reels him
09:09right back in
09:10and again
09:12I go back
09:12to the whoop section.
09:13I mean
09:14it is going
09:15to be super important
09:16and it's going
09:17to become
09:17very difficult
09:19later on
09:20here
09:21in this race.
09:22Look at Justin.
09:23Check this out.
09:23Here we go.
09:24Cooper
09:25saying hey
09:27power move.
09:27He may have been the hero
09:28at Daytona last week
09:29but I'm not done
09:30with it here.
09:31I want to get a race win.
09:32I don't want to speak
09:33for Eli
09:34but I don't think
09:35that Eli could ever
09:36have seen that move
09:37coming.
09:37I wasn't anticipating
09:38that as well
09:39but Cooper
09:40is absolutely
09:41Justin is absolutely
09:42feeling it right now.
09:45Wow.
09:46And look in the background.
09:48The longer this race
09:48goes on
09:49the closer
09:50Hunter Lawrence
09:51is getting as well.
09:53Let's talk more
09:54about the leader.
09:55Will?
09:56You guys talked
09:57about the confidence
09:58that Justin Cooper
09:59needs and the team
10:00were talking about
10:01exactly the same
10:02thing earlier
10:02and they said
10:03this might be
10:04the one
10:04that gives him that
10:05and they cited
10:06the fact that
10:06he'll be able
10:07to jump through
10:07the whoops
10:08and that's kind
10:08of his more comfortable
10:09option
10:10and as you said
10:10Ricky
10:11that's kind of
10:11happening to most
10:12of the riders here
10:13but he also said
10:14that ruts
10:15are something
10:15that he seems
10:16to be a very
10:16technical rider
10:17very intelligent rider
10:18and that he talked
10:19after qualifying
10:20about how he's able
10:21to pick the rut
10:22he's able to see it
10:23and finesse the bike
10:25with that technically
10:26good form
10:27that he has
10:28and put his will
10:29right in it
10:29so just a lot
10:30of reasons
10:31why this is going
10:31to be a confidence
10:32boosting weekend
10:34for Justin Cooper.
10:35Never won a race
10:36in 450 competition
10:37that a triple crown race
10:39and of course
10:39not a main event
10:40so this is huge
10:41for him to go
10:42past Eli Tomac
10:44he's got four minutes
10:45left
10:46if he can hang in there
10:47this would be incredible
10:50there you go
10:50look at the left side
10:51of your screen
10:52Justin Cooper
10:53fastest man
10:53through sector two
10:55that three pack
10:56of jumps
10:58look at that
10:59now Eli Tomac
11:01starting to jump
11:02through the ropes
11:03whoops
11:03wherely do you see that
11:05and again
11:06I think they just
11:07become too difficult
11:08and too risky
11:09to blitz them
11:11like that
11:11incredibly hard
11:13to keep your balance
11:13and stay in a straight line
11:15and I think this is going
11:16to help Eli
11:17in this situation
11:18oh he misses that inside
11:19again
11:21I think the way
11:22that also
11:23that Justin Cooper
11:24rides
11:24is he doesn't
11:25push the bike
11:26super hard
11:27compared to a rider
11:28like Eli
11:29so in these
11:29difficult conditions
11:30where you have to
11:31kind of be patient
11:33because of all the ruts
11:34the bike actually
11:36works better
11:36in that situation
11:38which I think
11:38tailors
11:39to how Justin Cooper
11:40rides
11:41and look
11:41think about last year
11:43when he was teammates
11:44with Eli Tomac
11:46and Cooper Webb
11:47he's the kind of
11:48the quiet guy
11:48in the background
11:49but he's a fighter
11:50and it's like
11:52just because I'm
11:52the quiet guy
11:53in the background
11:53doesn't mean I can't
11:54be on the podium
11:55which he was multiple times
11:56or I can't win
11:57whoa
11:58Tomac
11:59dude
11:59that was close
12:01with Vince Friese
12:01Friese has been
12:03taken up the main line
12:04after the whoops
12:05all the way through
12:07that could have been
12:08super ugly
12:09oh man
12:10great save
12:12by the three
12:12of Eli Tomac
12:14and that just
12:15brought Justin Cooper
12:16a ton of time
12:17well
12:18and it helped out
12:19Hunter Lawrence
12:20as well
12:20a little bit
12:22man
12:24that was close
12:27in the first race
12:30Hunter Lawrence
12:31is down
12:33how bad
12:34is the damage
12:34how far
12:35has he dropped
12:35uh oh
12:36he's looking at
12:37his
12:37something
12:37he's looking down
12:38at his bike
12:40looks like the
12:41shifter's good
12:43see here
12:44keep it
12:44he had time
12:45to play with
12:46what happened
12:47oh
12:48oh my goodness
12:49wow
12:50what
12:52a save
12:53that was
12:54that could have been
12:55way worse
12:57and that's
12:58again
12:58it is a tough
13:00racetrack
13:00for the best
13:01in the business
13:03and especially
13:04the lappers
13:05I talked about it
13:05a little bit
13:06on the first race
13:07it makes it so
13:08difficult
13:08these ruts
13:09for these guys
13:09to move from
13:10one side of the track
13:11to the other
13:12and give way
13:13Vince Friese
13:14was on the inside
13:15Cole Thompson
13:15was the bike
13:16immediately ahead
13:17have another look
13:18at that
13:21and again
13:22for him to get
13:22away with it
13:23that could have
13:23been super ugly
13:24watch this
13:24boom
13:25just smashes
13:26into Cole Thompson
13:27yeah Cole Thompson
13:28just goes right
13:29to the inside
13:31I don't think
13:32that Hunter
13:33was anticipating
13:34him to do that
13:35I certainly
13:36wasn't either
13:38and wrong place
13:39at the wrong time
13:40meanwhile
13:42let's rejoice
13:43this special moment
13:44for this 28 year old
13:46Justin Cooper
13:47aboard his
13:48Monster Energy
13:49star Yamaha
13:50he has about
13:51two seconds
13:52over Eli Tomac
13:53with a minute
13:54left on the clock
13:57as he's
13:58as this track
13:58continues
13:59to go away
14:00remember what
14:00Kenny said
14:01about how
14:02how fast
14:03it gets ruddy
14:04and gets torn up
14:05I think it's going
14:06to play into
14:07Justin Cooper's hands
14:08so as long as
14:09he is able to
14:10maintain this pace
14:11right here
14:11navigate
14:12the lapper
14:15he is going to be
14:16in a great spot
14:18to possibly bag
14:20his first
14:20450 Supercross win
14:23bottom box
14:24Ken Rockson
14:25coming back
14:26after that
14:26early race fall
14:28an awkward incident
14:29with Aaron Plessinger
14:31as he is working
14:32on Shane McElrath
14:33yeah for the overall
14:35though
14:35this is really
14:36going to hurt
14:36Kenny
14:37sadly enough
14:38because he looks
14:40so good
14:40in that first race
14:41it looks great
14:42now
14:42just too much
14:43time
14:44spent down
14:45picking his bike up
14:46luckily he was
14:47okay
14:47and then these
14:48races being
14:49abbreviated
14:49only 12 minutes
14:51plus one lap
14:51just not enough
14:52time to get
14:53the job done
14:54this is such
14:55a special moment
14:56as the clock
14:57goes to zero
14:58for Justin Cooper
14:59what a ride
15:00he's been on the
15:01podium six times
15:03but he's never
15:04in the premier
15:05class seen that
15:06checkered flag
15:07first
15:07he's got one
15:08more lap to go
15:09and then he will
15:13I can tell you
15:14if I'm any of
15:15these front runners
15:16coming into that
15:17third race
15:18diff
15:18I am lobbying
15:20these lappers
15:21and just saying
15:22hey be aware
15:24be aware
15:24but look at your
15:25screen
15:25on the left
15:26hand side
15:27look at how
15:28close the points
15:29are
15:30right there
15:31I mean it's
15:32anybody's race
15:33setting up for a
15:34beautiful third
15:35race
15:35and that's why
15:36these triple crowns
15:38they are just
15:38undisputed
15:39the drama
15:40and the excitement
15:41that they bring
15:42and the riders
15:44have openly spoken
15:45about
15:45the mindset
15:47factor
15:47of going into
15:48that weekend
15:49off next weekend
15:50in the best
15:51possible position
15:52the highest
15:53no
15:53well it doesn't
15:54get any higher
15:55than this
15:56Justin Cooper
15:57you're finally
15:58a race winner
16:00at the highest
16:01level
16:01and he did it
16:03with a beautiful
16:04comeback move
16:04on Eli Tomac
16:06Eli finishes
16:08second
16:08Cooper Webb
16:10third
16:10Hunter Lawrence
16:11recovers for
16:12fourth
16:12but the spotlight
16:14and the attention
16:15is finally
16:16on this man
16:18here
16:18yeah
16:18you
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