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00:00What can he do when that gate drops?
00:04Well, for Joe Shimoda, if the story was him coming back from a huge injury
00:08and almost winning the opener, being in this championship fight,
00:11there would be a footnote of the points he has left on the table.
00:15That Red Cross incident in Arlington, getting passed twice on the last lap
00:20last weekend in Birmingham.
00:21If he wants to get in this championship fight for real and maybe get the red plate,
00:25you've got to start picking up the points you're leaving out on the table.
00:31For Casey Cochran, fifth in his heat.
00:34Pretty good result.
00:35An incredible result when you think that it's been nine months
00:38since any sort of gate drop for Casey,
00:41and it's been just shy of two years since a Supercross gate drop.
00:46Knocking off the rust is how he explained it to me.
00:49So to be at this position here coming into the main tonight
00:51is an incredible effort here for the 19-year-old.
00:54It really is.
00:55He got injured in February,
00:56and that kind of put paid to his chances of doing what he wanted to do,
01:00which was maybe rookie of the year and to complete every race.
01:05But it's great to see him back before the Supercross portion
01:08of the SMX World Championship is over and starting off positively.
01:13Now, how about this 16-year-old from Texas, Caden Dudney?
01:18If you weren't with us earlier, have a look at what happened to him
01:21when leading the heat race.
01:25This was brutal.
01:28Yeah, and that's a tough position.
01:30I mean, there's really nothing that you can do.
01:32He was trapped.
01:32He just had to hope for the best, keep the power on,
01:36and luckily it kind of worked out.
01:39Could have been way worse.
01:41This kid is tough.
01:42He rebounded from that, not only to get up,
01:45get back up and get on his bike,
01:46he still finished fourth in the heat,
01:48which was an incredible performance.
01:51He's yet to break in in his maiden season in the big time.
01:55He's yet to break through to get a top 10 in a 250 East main event.
02:00Tonight could be the night.
02:01That would further that incredible comeback.
02:04He certainly has the most speed, I would say,
02:07that he's had all season long.
02:11Here's his teammate, Nate Thrasher,
02:14told us about that shoulder nerve situation
02:17that has been plaguing him.
02:19He's kept that quiet until now, publicly.
02:21Yeah, there's a lot of these racers.
02:22They don't like to comp up information like that
02:25and play close to the vest,
02:27but since he's been going through that,
02:29some of the results are a little more understandable.
02:32Start was key in his heat victory.
02:34If he can do it again, let's see what he can come up with.
02:36But then again, he's up against his teammates.
02:38He's up against Seth Hamaker.
02:40He's up against Daxton Benick and Casey Cochran
02:43and Joe Shimoda.
02:44What a stacked field.
02:46It's Detroit.
02:47It's the Motor City.
02:48And this is the 250 East Main.
02:54Oh, look at the 10.
02:55Great start, Nate Thrasher.
02:59Did what he did in his heat.
03:01Here comes Hamaker.
03:02We talked about the starts, Lee,
03:04and in the main events,
03:05what is Cole Davies going to do?
03:07And he is mid-pack right now,
03:10and then when it matters most,
03:11these guys, the championship contenders,
03:14Seth Hamaker, Joe Shimoda,
03:17execute perfect starts.
03:20Devin Simonson, fourth bike in shot,
03:23the white, blue, and light blue Yamaha
03:26from Club MX off to a great start.
03:29And great to see Nate Thrasher having a good night so far.
03:35One thing bad, feel bad for Cole Davies getting a bad start,
03:40but it's going to be great for us watching
03:42because we're going to be able to see him go to work.
03:43What round number last year did Nate Thrasher win?
03:49Fifth round.
03:50Round five.
03:51Tonight is round five.
03:54He's hoping history can repeat.
03:56Seth Hamaker told JT earlier
03:58he's going to stop his run of bad luck here in Detroit.
04:01And he sits second, doing the chasing.
04:04Where is Cole Davies?
04:06He's buried in eighth.
04:08That's one of the Phoenix Hondas down.
04:12I think it's Gavin Towers.
04:16Evan Ferry running up there, having a good run.
04:20Got off sequence on that rhythm lane.
04:22He's going to get passed by both Shock and Cole Davies.
04:27All right, keep this time check in mind.
04:30Five and a half seconds.
04:31Davies is in arrears of his teammate
04:34and race leader Nate Thrasher.
04:36Oh, one of the passing spots for Cole Davies
04:38is definitely going to be the whoops right here.
04:41Watch the time that he'll make.
04:42Somebody's down.
04:43Who is it?
04:44It's Nate Thrasher, the race leader.
04:47We talked on the Yamaha track report
04:50how gnarly these whoops were.
04:53JT gave us a great explanation of just why they were.
04:57But look at Joe.
04:58Joe hanging tough.
05:01Let's have a look at what happened to Nate Thrasher.
05:03All right, everything's good.
05:04Comes out of the corner.
05:06Good entry.
05:07Dips the front.
05:07A little bit of a seat.
05:08He misses one with his front end.
05:11Oh.
05:12Wow.
05:13Mike just pile drives him in.
05:17All when it was going so well.
05:20Right.
05:20So the two guys doing the chasing
05:22in the championship situation.
05:24Second and third in the points.
05:26Seth Hammocker, Joe Shimoda
05:27on your screen right now
05:29trying to eat into that points deficit they have.
05:34With Cole Davies.
05:37Great view of the whoops there from behind.
05:40They've been able to see these riders
05:42and the lines they're taking.
05:45You can see Hammocker
05:47was able to gap Joe Shimoda there
05:50just by a few bike lengths that last lap.
05:53It's going to be really, really exciting
05:56to watch these guys
05:57as this race shapes up.
06:01Track's going to get a little bit gnarlier too.
06:03The ruts are going to get
06:04a little more challenging.
06:05Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
06:06Cole Davies blasts his way through on the inside.
06:10Past the two Club MX Yamahas.
06:13And Cody's shot gets by his teammate
06:14because of that as well.
06:17Oh!
06:19Oh!
06:19Wow!
06:20Uh-oh!
06:21Oh!
06:21Oh, my goodness.
06:22That was a stroke of luck.
06:24Whoa!
06:25How...
06:25What did we just see?
06:27I cannot believe
06:30that he saved that.
06:32That no one else...
06:34Hit him?
06:34Hit him.
06:35Devon Simonson going by a lottery ticket.
06:38Oh, man.
06:38That was incredible.
06:41Wow.
06:43Obviously, Cody didn't mean to do that.
06:45Uh-oh.
06:47This is Cole Davies and Joe Shimoda.
06:51Pushes his way through to second.
06:53Joe couldn't do anything about that.
06:56Or can he?
06:57He responds.
06:58Here comes the Honda rider.
07:00Takes the fight back to Cole Davies.
07:02There's that on-off we talked about,
07:04but you can get caught up in it.
07:06And it's high risk right there.
07:08They're going back and forth.
07:09But this is a good charge by Cole Davies.
07:12Really important for him
07:13to not let those two guys get too far ahead.
07:16When they have the track position,
07:17he has turned it on.
07:19Davies told us yesterday
07:21he knows how good
07:23Seth Hamaker and Joe Shimoda are.
07:25And he knows
07:27that they are going to fight hard
07:28for this championship.
07:31120%.
07:32I mean, you go think about Seth Hamaker again.
07:35The one that got away last year.
07:37He was so close to the championship
07:40down at the last race
07:43at Salt Lake City.
07:46Time check.
07:47Ten minutes plus a lap to go.
07:49Four seconds the difference.
07:51Hamaker to Davies.
07:53Can Cole make that up
07:55to get his third win in a row?
07:57He's got to settle in right here.
08:00Now just hit his marks.
08:01Make sure he executes the whoops.
08:04And the whoops are a bit easier
08:06than they were
08:07that first time qualifying practice.
08:09So he'll lose a little bit
08:10of advantage there.
08:12However, oh.
08:13All right.
08:13Here comes Joe Shimoda.
08:14Looked like he stalled the bike.
08:15As we take you back
08:16and show you
08:17the Simonson Shuffle.
08:19The UFO Plus moment of the race.
08:22How did Devon get away with this?
08:25I mean, I don't even know
08:26how to explain it myself
08:28watching.
08:29I mean, the fact
08:30no one coming back
08:31on that other,
08:32that first lane.
08:34Incredible.
08:36Oh.
08:38He probably can't believe it himself.
08:41That was wild.
08:43That was something
08:44out of a Travis Pastrana video.
08:47Yeah, I mean,
08:48when you think about it,
08:49you know,
08:49like people say
08:50he couldn't do that again
08:51if he tries.
08:53Exactly.
08:53And that is one thing
08:54I wouldn't want to try again.
08:56Wow.
08:59And we've just been informed.
09:02Unfortunately,
09:02Devon Simonson's luck
09:03has run out.
09:04He tangled with somebody
09:06and went down in the whoops.
09:08and that's where
09:09race leader Seth Hamaker is.
09:11How is that time check going?
09:13What's the difference
09:14between the two?
09:15It was at four seconds before.
09:17Yeah, I mean,
09:18it's four seconds right now.
09:19So far,
09:21Hamaker is keeping it,
09:22holding it strong.
09:25Will, what you got?
09:28Lee, I'm thinking back
09:29to that conversation
09:30that JT had there
09:32with Seth Hamaker before
09:33when he talked about
09:33just going out there
09:35and doing me.
09:36And what that really means
09:37for someone like Seth
09:38is just,
09:39here's Marks,
09:40he's a very calculated rider
09:41and he knows his capabilities.
09:42He also knows
09:44how good Cole Davies
09:45is in the work.
09:46So whilst he's been working
09:47in that area there,
09:49he said,
09:49look, I know everywhere else
09:50on the track
09:51I'm as good
09:52if not have an advantage.
09:54So what Seth is doing right now
09:55is going about doing him.
09:57Can he keep that gap there?
09:59Well, we'll see.
10:00But he's definitely got
10:00the skill set in his own mind
10:02to get that done.
10:03Sadly, the night is over.
10:05The comeback ride
10:05for Casey Cochran
10:08aboard the Rockstar
10:09Energy Factory Husbana.
10:11But the night is far from over
10:12for Cody Shock.
10:14Look at the 22.
10:16He's starting to apply
10:17the pressure to Joe Shimoda.
10:19That's for a spot
10:19on the podium.
10:21Yeah, he's been working Joe here.
10:23He's just as fast as Joe.
10:26So he's got time
10:28to make a move.
10:29Joe's a little off pace
10:30right now.
10:32He had that hiccup memory.
10:34Lost a lot of time
10:34when he stalled.
10:36As we've crossed
10:37the halfway mark,
10:38quick reminder to stock up
10:39on Monster Energy drinks.
10:41At your local Kroger.
10:44Kind of twofold right here
10:46for Joe.
10:48You know he's a little bit
10:49better than this,
10:50but Cody Shock
10:51riding exceptionally well.
10:52And he had so much momentum
10:54the last couple of years.
10:55And now this is
10:56the kind of ride
10:57it's so cool
10:58to see him doing well.
11:00This is what we do.
11:01He was capable of
11:01to watch him build.
11:03He's going all over the place.
11:05Going to the left
11:05hand side of the Wooks
11:07and doing that
11:08all race long.
11:11Look at this for a move.
11:13Beautifully set up.
11:14Top box.
11:15Cody Shock
11:16gets ahead
11:16and then blocks
11:17Joe Shimoda.
11:19So now
11:20it's up to Joe
11:21for the return of serve.
11:23See if he can come back
11:24and grab that podium,
11:25that last step
11:26on the podium.
11:27He's got to fight hard.
11:28Uh-oh.
11:29You can see
11:29Hamaker
11:30misses that on-off.
11:32Isn't able to triple.
11:34Cole Davies
11:34just reels him in.
11:38I think if you're
11:39Hamaker right now,
11:40you really got to
11:41play it cool
11:41and just ride your,
11:42you know,
11:43ride your race
11:44a lot like he told you,
11:45JT.
11:46Yeah, watch Cole Davies
11:47entry speed right here,
11:49Ricky.
11:49He is blitzing
11:50through these loops.
11:51Whoa!
11:52And he goes right past him.
11:54To the roar of the crowd.
11:56Cole Davies
11:57takes the lead.
11:58Yeah, that was
11:59a really good pass.
12:00No, uh,
12:00no surprise
12:02whatsoever.
12:03He carried so much
12:04speed into the whoops
12:06that he was able
12:06to maintain
12:07and it looked as though
12:08because Seth didn't
12:09have this much
12:10entry speed
12:11that he was
12:12trying to get
12:13drive through the whoops
12:14but maybe the tire
12:15was spinning too much
12:16and he lost
12:16his forward momentum
12:17and that's all it took
12:18to give you a replay
12:20and show you
12:21exactly what happened.
12:22Just look at the speed
12:23that he comes in.
12:25Seth is going
12:25sideways.
12:27Great job
12:28by Cole Davies
12:29right there
12:30to not just
12:31make huge contact
12:33just kind of
12:34checks up
12:35shows some patience.
12:37Now this is a great
12:37opportunity for Seth
12:38to really
12:41follow
12:42and watch Cole
12:43and look at that
12:44man
12:44unbelievable.
12:46It's whoops speed.
12:51this happened a little
12:52earlier
12:54Daxton Benick
12:55in the top box
12:59Oh no
13:00front end
13:00washes out
13:01on him
13:01looks like
13:02maybe the front
13:03just over rotated
13:04that was Nick Romano
13:06who went by
13:06Nick sitting
13:07in a 5-6 spot
13:08Henry Miller
13:09is in the top 5
13:10that's a great
13:11ride from Henry
13:12and then Daxton
13:13dropped to 7th
13:14just ahead
13:15of Evan Ferry
13:18How about Kyle
13:19Peters
13:20via the LCQ
13:21and runs 9th
13:26Barry
13:27putting in a good
13:28ride
13:28this would be
13:28his best finish
13:29he's had a great
13:31day all day long
13:32and he crashed hard
13:33earlier today
13:34in practice
13:42check out
13:43the whoop times
13:44Cole Davies
13:456.4
13:472 tenths
13:48faster than
13:49Cody Shock
13:50the biggest thing
13:51is his competitor
13:52for the championship
13:54Kamaker
13:55see the difference
13:56there
13:56that's an eternity
13:58add that up
13:59in 15 laps
14:00and see what you get
14:02and the points
14:03leaving Detroit
14:04if the positions
14:05stay as they are
14:06for another
14:073.5 minutes
14:08plus a lap
14:09Davies extends
14:10his lead
14:10from 6 to 9 points
14:12heading to St. Louis
14:14next weekend
14:15and heading
14:15to the next
14:16East-West showdown
14:18oh this would be
14:19some good momentum
14:23check this out
14:24we were talking
14:25about Phoenix
14:25Honda's Evan Ferry
14:26what happened
14:27to the youngster
14:28in the whoops
14:29seems like it was
14:30going pretty good
14:31and oh it looks
14:32like his front end
14:33another good save
14:34remember the same
14:36that's 2 on the 9
14:37remember
14:39yeah he did
14:40the same thing
14:40there
14:41but it looked
14:42like his front end
14:43started to push
14:44and washed out
14:45but then grabbed
14:46and ejected
14:47some great strength
14:48to hold on
14:49to that thing
14:50wow
14:56this man here
14:57looking smooth
15:00and well
15:01in control
15:02JT
15:035 seconds
15:04out in front
15:04yeah he's just
15:06making up so much
15:07time in the whoops
15:08every single lap
15:09Lee
15:09and it's such a high risk
15:11high reward move
15:12he's making
15:12you know we did that
15:13Yamaha track map segment
15:15and I talked about
15:16how cuffed out they were
15:17he's on the very top edge
15:20of the whoops
15:21and he's above
15:22that cuffed out section
15:23you can see
15:24he's above that cuffed out
15:25he's skipping right
15:26across the top
15:27the trouble is
15:27if you miss one
15:29the way Nate Thrasher did
15:30you were immediately
15:31going over the mark
15:33it is such
15:33an advanced maneuver
15:35but that's again
15:36that's how you win races
15:37the way Cole Davies
15:38well and the thing
15:38that's impressive
15:39another thing
15:40that's impressive
15:41about the whoops
15:42with Cole Davies
15:43as he has
15:44oh no
15:45Cody Shock
15:46crashes into the tower
15:48at the end of the whoops
15:50while fighting Joe Shimoda
15:52for a podium spot
15:54yeah when the whoops
15:55get cuffed out like that
15:57Cole Davies has so much
15:59discipline of not
16:01missing the whoops
16:02a whoop
16:03like JT was saying
16:04and that's what's so impressive
16:05especially with how fast
16:07he's going through there
16:08hate to see that
16:10for Cody Shock
16:10man he had a good run going
16:12but hey he's still
16:13in great position here
16:16that was
16:16he was fighting
16:18for just his second
16:19career podium
16:23but he's still riding
16:24that could have been
16:25a whole lot worse
16:26100%
16:27another thing about
16:28when you're able to have
16:29good entry speed
16:31to the whoops
16:31you're able to maintain
16:33that
16:34through the
16:36through there
16:37instead of trying
16:37to build speed
16:38therefore
16:39you can kind of
16:40manipulate the throttle
16:41make sure that your tire
16:43doesn't spin
16:43you're always getting
16:44forward drive
16:45whereas if you don't
16:46come in fast
16:47now you're trying
16:47to build speed
16:48then you start getting
16:49further back on the bike
16:51and you run out of leverage
16:53there you go
16:54these things are
16:56absolutely brutal
16:57how about
16:59this man here
17:00yeah
17:01aboard the MX6 Kawasaki
17:03Henry Miller
17:04is headed
17:05cross your fingers
17:06for it
17:07because he's headed
17:08for a career
17:09best
17:10fifth place
17:11yeah he's been sneaky
17:12looking good
17:14that is awesome
17:16yeah
17:17he's got
17:18Daxton Benick
17:19about five seconds
17:21behind
17:22time is running out
17:24for Benick
17:25that is
17:25to get back
17:26up into the top
17:27five
17:28well
17:29you think about
17:30this ride
17:31for Miller
17:32and think about
17:32the guys
17:33that he's racing
17:33I mean
17:34the Davies
17:35the Hammackers
17:36the Shimotas
17:37and even Shock
17:37we talk about
17:38them so much
17:39I mean Henry's
17:42putting on a great
17:42ride here
17:44solid
17:45looks really
17:46really comfortable
17:46on his motorcycle
17:49and a big
17:49congrats
17:50to Nick Romano
17:51and his second
17:53race
17:54aboard that
17:55Monster Energy
17:56Pro Circuit
17:56Kawasaki
17:57he runs
17:58seventh
17:59for Kyle Peters
18:00and Derek Kelly
18:01who came by
18:02in the LZQ
18:03they're in the
18:04top ten as well
18:05here's Nick Romano
18:07really good stuff
18:10yeah
18:10huge bounce back
18:11for Romano
18:12as well
18:13after last week
18:15a little less
18:16chaotic here
18:17just being a regular
18:18divisional race
18:19rather than the
18:20East-West showdown
18:21for sure
18:21he finished
18:2218th last weekend
18:23in Birmingham
18:24and his seventh
18:25is really good
18:26but how about
18:27the teenager
18:28from Waitoki
18:29New Zealand
18:29and it has
18:30a tiny population
18:33this was an
18:34excellent ride
18:35to be able
18:35to come from
18:36you know
18:37sixth, seventh place
18:38he was ninth
18:40on the first lap
18:41past his main
18:42competitors
18:43there's been
18:44no fluster
18:45or panic
18:46he's just
18:47been in control
18:47and this is
18:49going to be
18:49win number
18:50three
18:51in a row
18:53how about
18:54this
18:55Cole Davies
18:56nodding his head
18:58saying
18:58look at me
18:59Davies wins
19:00Detroit
19:01and extends
19:03his championship
19:03lead
19:04in the
19:05250
19:05East Division
19:07and Yamaha
19:09continues
19:10it's incredible
19:12domination
19:13tenth win
19:14this year
19:17and finally
19:19we see
19:21Cole Davies
19:21release some
19:23emotion
19:23he's been a little
19:24bound up this year
19:25he's been frustrated
19:26at times
19:28almost angry
19:29but he looks
19:30absolutely delighted
19:31with that victory
19:32yeah I mean
19:33again
19:33we talked about
19:34it was a quality
19:35win
19:35he was able
19:36to come from
19:36behind
19:37not only come
19:38from behind
19:38and just get
19:39to win
19:40but to put
19:4012 seconds
19:42on Seth
19:43Hamaker
19:43closest defender
19:46for this
19:46championship
19:47and that's
19:48got to give
19:48you some
19:49serious confidence
19:50going into
19:51the showdown
19:52won't
19:52have
19:52to
19:52the
19:52win
19:53win
19:53win
19:53win
19:53win
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