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00:03Beast mode needs to be engaged right now from the moment that that gate drops something has got to change
00:10for the number three here tonight
00:13Well, I want to talk to you a little bit about the power of belief
00:16It's a concept that sounds so simple but in reality
00:19It might simultaneously be the most fleeting and powerful attribute in an afterwards athletes repertoire
00:25To achieve a goal like winning a supercross championship the mandatory first step is to believe that it can be
00:30done
00:31For hunter lawrence 2026 has been a quantum leap on that front
00:34He believed he could win and now winning three out of four and holding a nine-point lead
00:39Even his fiercest detractors have been forced to believe to hunter's power of belief can be summarized by this quote
00:45from charlie wardle
00:46That I found a bird sitting in a tree never fears the branch breaking
00:50His trust is not in the branch itself, but in his own wings and his own ability to fly
01:00Tough one to follow JT incredible words but the 94 here of 10 rocks
01:05And maybe we just saw in the 250s with Cole Davis a little bit of what we might see here
01:11in the 450s
01:12Because Ken has been very strong through the works here all day and the more technical this track becomes
01:17Guess whose hand it plays into we've seen Ken Rotson do very well in these kind of conditions
01:23Detroit here tonight could play well for him and will when the gate drops Kenny
01:28Draws level with the king Jeremy McGrath for 10th on all-time starts at
01:36173 Supercross main events
01:39Incredible
01:42Three-time champion Cooper webb he won here last time out in detroit he desperately needs to win tonight
01:51To keep his hopes alive in this championship did well in his heat
01:56But he needs to get the result that his number plate reflects
02:02This is an important one for Cooper
02:10This is an important one for Cooper
02:16This is a guy that is more than capable of coming out here leading wire to the wire
02:21This is a guy that is more than capable of coming out here leading wire to the wire
02:22Or even just coming from a fifth
02:24Fifth fourth place start and winning keep your eye on him keep in mind how the 250 East main went
02:33it got unraveled it went crazy
02:35What do we see from detroit in the 450 main?
02:39Roxen with a great start Prado with another flyer
02:43The Spaniard out in front
02:45He is sensational when the gate drops. Yeah, watch Kenny Roxen right here. This guy
02:52Has been on it today. I saw some stuff on social media this week. He's tired of everybody
02:58Discounting his late season pushes and runs. He feels he's better than he's ever been
03:04And he is so fast and his sprint speed is incredible early on and he knows he's not going to
03:10waste any time
03:11Trying to get by Prado
03:13That was Prado's fifth hole shot of the season and he hasn't done every race
03:21Oh Kenny right there Prado been very very incredible this season
03:27Think about how last season went on that Kawasaki switches back
03:32To his old team that he spent so many years with
03:36He has done a great job and he's loving it and he still says look i'm learning i'm learning a
03:40lot about supercross
03:41As honda lawrence has some work to do bottom box see him on the inside of tomac
03:47Yeah, tomac comes up short and then isn't able to triple into the corner
03:54Hunter lawrence
03:56Goes right by him. This is going to be interesting to see you see tomac. This is the corner again
04:03Well the top two in the championship in unfamiliar territory back there honda lawrence has not been that far back
04:09on lap one in any main event this year
04:12Here's rocks and working on the inside right here
04:18Prado looks over he knows kenny's bringing the action and he does cooper webs moved into third position
04:25He gets by chase sexton
04:29And there is that gap from third to fourth it's on web has got a chance you're going to see
04:34some urgency from cooper
04:41Oh man totally miscalculated by the one of cooper web
04:49Oh that is going to hurt his championship hopes i was going to see you're going to see some urgency
04:55from these guys so
04:58Cooper's going to tuck up the inside yeah the momentum going prado is already turned down
05:06And they both hit the deck
05:10Yeah
05:11Meanwhile the door opened for chase sexton and in the background you may have noticed honda lawrence got a pretty
05:17easy passage through
05:18past malcolm stewart as well
05:20will
05:23Ricky you were talking about it you guys were both talking about it like ken how good he is right
05:28now and is this perhaps the best form that we've ever seen him in
05:31And i got to speak to him earlier on today and basically asked him that question like
05:35Where is all this coming from how is this kind of possible what makes this possible he said to me
05:40honestly
05:41It's tough to answer but he's like it's just all the pieces of life on and off the track
05:47He talked about his family life and how happy he is
05:50But he also talked a lot about the experience everything that he's been through and how he can put that
05:55into not only his day-to-day training
05:56But also on the track there he said the calmness his understanding of the bike he's been on it three
06:02years
06:02They barely touches it all these pieces come together basically to just make trust
06:07Because it's a low stress situation and that is what we're seeing out of ken roxson at this point in
06:13his career
06:13It's just um
06:15It's the puzzle everything just coming together working so well for the 1940s
06:20I mean you think about all the starts and the years that he's had too, right?
06:23I mean that definitely helps the situation not only not
06:27You take the consideration of how long he's been on this agp team
06:31I mean you all these things coming together at once and yeah, i'm sure he gets tired of hearing all
06:37you know
06:38A lot of people talking about he can't you know, he can't finish the season
06:41Well now is the point where he is he's got to do what he's doing right now late in the
06:47season
06:47He's got to get those good starts and put in those wins
06:51And silence the critics and he's doing a fine job at it right now
06:55A win in glendale earlier this year. Look at that gap there. It's three seconds to chase sexton
07:01Yeah, I go here to for as far as the championship goes and the battle between hunter lawrence and tomac
07:08and
07:08Hunter is absolutely making it happen seventh first lap used the fastest guy on the track last lap with a
07:1552.3
07:17Okay, and then going to eli he's a 53.2 his second
07:22slower
07:23And he's five seconds behind hunter. He has got to close in
07:28Big gap big gap between the top two in the championship
07:31How about the man making his return after missing three races chase sexton here he is?
07:35What are his goals for the rest of the season have a listen in his own words?
07:41Uh, my goals are obviously to get back into the into the mix. I think
07:45Prior to me crashing I was I wasn't really where I wanted to be so
07:49Trying to call my back into into the fight obviously not for the championship, but just uh race by race
07:55and
07:56Try and get some more race wins. I only have one this year. So yeah, hasn't been hasn't been great
08:01so far
08:02But hopefully we can change that and start off here in detroit
08:06And the challenges for chase six that have been obviously with that injury that's kept him out for four weeks
08:11But also just getting that bike set up
08:13It's been a lot of talk about that and speaking to the monster energy kawasaki team today
08:17They said yep testing has 100 percent continued through all of this
08:20But what they were most excited about guys is getting chased back out on track
08:24They said we learned the most in race situations and they all were extremely happy to see him back out
08:30here today
08:30Yeah, and honestly, he looks great right here
08:32He doesn't look like he's overriding the motorcycle the motorcycle looks good
08:37And uh not taking any chances and he just looks like he's out in a moto during the week just
08:42hitting his marks and he looks great
08:47A couple of days ago you and I had a really good conversation with honda lawrence
08:52He told you this is the best that he has ridden in his career period even during his 250 title
09:02And I asked him I was like is there any race that you have on the calendar where you're like
09:05oh
09:06This is going to be super challenging and if I can just get past this race
09:10And he told us it was last week. He wanted to come back from the break set the tone
09:16And get some momentum going and that's exactly what he's done
09:21Right here and even though he's not in the lead right now. He's putting in some great laps and look
09:25at
09:26I mean, you got section right in front of him and kenny's
09:30Right there right there
09:32We're not even halfway we asked honda. Where do you get this?
09:35Tenacity from and this determination where you are so strong the longer the race goes on
09:42And he said I I honestly don't know. I just I've always had it. It's in me. I don't think
09:47it's something i've learned
09:48That's just that's just who I am
09:52Meanwhile bottom box eli tomac nine and a half seconds off the lead in fifth place jt
09:58Yeah, we and this is more just posing a question than it is really insight on eli
10:04You look at last week. He loses by 30 plus seconds and you can kind of just chalk it up
10:09to hey
10:10You lost contact with the lead you brought it home with the safe third
10:13But now we're in our second week of kind of mediocrity
10:17From the two-time champ. It's the second winning his rider. This is the guy that a lot of people
10:22are like
10:22He's on his best form of his career
10:24Now we're in back-to-back weeks where just something looks a little off
10:28We talked about it the heat we're seeing it get in the main and I don't really know what to
10:33attribute it to
10:34But I can tell you the points that he's losing right now are going to be a big deal when
10:39we roll into salt lake city
10:40Well, I think jt like when i'm watching him. I just I just watch the corners in general
10:46And I just feel like he's not flowing through the corners and it doesn't look like it's one motion
10:52I mean the balance looks decent
10:54I don't think that the balance of the motorcycle from front end to rear end is much different than what
10:59we've seen all season long
11:00But it just looks like he's taking one corner and making it two corners
11:05And it's just again. It's not flowing and I don't know what that is
11:08But this is certainly a lot different than what we've seen all season long
11:12Well, look you're talking about a guy who's had eight podiums this year four of those eight podiums have been
11:17wins. Yeah
11:19and this
11:21I just i'm looking at the top of the screen right here and what an opportunity this could be
11:27For the 96 from a championship points perspective it can keep on the pressure right here
11:34The lawrence is down the whoops gets another one
11:39They have been savage tonight
11:42And that was a hard fall for hunter lawrence
11:45He stalls the bike
11:48Oh, this is massive
11:51Something's wrong something wrong with the front front brake
11:56Oh, you can see the front brakes down. Let's see if it's is it locking up
12:00That is going to be a that is his front brake is locking up. Watch the front wheel see it
12:05stopping
12:06Oh, I wonder if the rotor's bent
12:09This is a guy who has not finished any worse than fourth this year
12:16The championship leader he's gonna have to pull off
12:19And this bike is not working for his his front. Yeah, you can see he's kicking his he's kicking his
12:24front uh lever there jt
12:26Yeah, and the honda crew is scrambling. He's gonna have to pull in to get a wheel change here
12:31The problem is that's a really difficult thing to change you see them loosening things up
12:36Hopefully that's all it is
12:37But the way that wheel was walking up would lean into something more like a vent rider. Let's hope though
12:42that this was the fix
12:44Oh, this is gonna be scary. Yeah, I see pops a wheelie right there to see if the front wheel
12:49was still spinning
12:51It looks like it is he's probably gonna take it easy here to get a feel of it to make
12:55sure it's safe enough to go
12:56turning the wheel
12:59I watched his bike step out the lap previous and it kind of that so you probably heard me go.
13:04Oh, well, I saw him
13:06kind of step out and
13:08It was game over that next lap
13:12Oh
13:13That was scary stuff
13:15Meanwhile, we've just crossed the halfway mark quick reminder to stock up on monster energy drinks at your local kroger
13:22Let's go back and have a look at that the championship leader
13:26And three-time winner this season hunter lawrence running third chasing sexton down that bike is just whipping back and
13:34forth
13:34And that was a really hard impact. It's dancing side to side because they were so edgy
13:40There's large the team manager
13:43And it just caught that last whoop on the inside and just high sided him so fast and violently
13:51I can tell you who this is a gift for
13:54And that's ken roxon from a point situation
13:57Andy like tomac. Oh, yeah, I mean time for sure tomac, but this is I mean, I feel like kenny's
14:03the biggest gainer of them all
14:05So we've often spoken about
14:09Not not how many wins don't have many podiums, but your best worst result
14:14Tomac's worst is 12 now
14:17Unfortunately for hunter lawrence. He finds himself a lap down in 19th place
14:22As roxon keeps rocking
14:25He's now four seconds out in front of chase sexton. Let's talk more kenny with will
14:31Lee, I told you I was talking to kenny earlier today and something he mentioned to me
14:35He said I know I am still in this. He's like that self-belief is just a trust in the
14:40bike
14:41He said but I do know as well. I've been around I know that anything can happen in this sport
14:46Something happens and suddenly you're within 20 and you're right back in it
14:51And that is just what we have seen unfold here this sport. Wow
14:54It's incredible the consistency and the comfort with this bike and this team
15:02He's told us many times he hardly makes any changes to it. There's progressive insurance cycle gear x-star suzuki
15:10And kenny just go together
15:13He's uh
15:15Looking picture perfect right now
15:17He's got a little gap and kenny is really good at getting the four and a half five second lead
15:22and just maintaining only rides as hard as he needs to
15:28Great job another beneficiary has been malcolm stewart who was elevated to third when hunter lawrence
15:33Dropped his bike at the end of the warps and eli tomac jt finds himself in fourth
15:39Yeah, this is a huge moment for both eli tomac and ken roxson
15:43And it reminds me a lot of that
15:452023 championship going into nashville where cooper webb has that big crash
15:50He drops out loses a ton of points and chase sexton went into that round in third place in the
15:56championship
15:56And we know who won that championship. No one was thinking about chase sexton going into nashville
16:02And things started to unravel from there. So yes will's point is well made
16:07It's not over until it's over
16:10That's a violent violent one there man for hunter
16:16Eli's gonna have to pick it up a little
16:19Because justin cooper isn't far off and we still got six minutes
16:25Plus one lap so I mean you talk about you know getting a little gift here
16:31Kind of got to take advantage of that
16:36Oh man
16:39I'll tell you what this sport is just it throws you a curveball when you least expect it
16:44It's justin cooper sits in fifth. He might be able to catch eli. He's only 2.2 seconds back
16:50Want to give a shout out to some other riders further back dylan for anderson his comeback right after that
16:55thumb injury
16:57sits in
16:58Seventh joey cevacci on his return ride in eighth
17:03justin hill has been good all day long
17:06And justin finds himself in ninth and garrett marchbanks after a really violent crash in his heat race
17:12Wins the lcq and is in the top ten that's a terrific comeback incredible incredible job
17:22That's a great job
17:22Meanwhile what's the latest?
17:24With honda lawrence the man who took over the red plate and the championship points lead in glendale
17:30That was at round five we're in round 11 now
17:33And he's gonna kiss that red plate goodbye for the time being but thankful that he is not injured
17:40Yeah, I mean he's got to be banged up you would think and you just got to wonder okay moving
17:45forward just get through here
17:47finish the race, but then
17:50Are you banged up? What is how does that change your week and preparation and how you're gonna feel for
17:55next week?
17:56It's not just about tonight. What are the lingering effects?
17:59He could possibly have because I mean he hit the deck hard
18:03And we were down there today that section after the whoops is packed down hard yeah, you can hear that's
18:13where he landed
18:13You can feel the impact each time the wheel would hit the whoops and that thing was just violent
18:21Meanwhile the battle the battle for fourth has
18:25Ratcheted up a little bit because here comes justin cooper on eli tomac four minutes to go plus a lap
18:30told you
18:33Now that these whoops have become jumpers
18:35Justin cooper playing right into his hand. I like how he goes to the outside right here goes on off
18:42Oh comes up a little short, but still able to triple into the corner. That was a really nice save
18:48So watch we stick with him watch to see
18:52The difference in whoop speed and the lines that they're taking eli has been going to the left
18:58I thought coop was going to go the inside. He is
19:01And tomac did not fight that. No. He knew that that was coming tries to fight back through the wolves
19:08Kind of just gives way right there fights justin a little bit, but
19:14Yeah, i'm giving i'm giving eli the benefit of the doubt here
19:18This definitely doesn't look like the guy we've seen all year. So something might be going on jt that we
19:23don't know about
19:24Yeah, I was saying thinking the same thing
19:26There's something up here for him in this championship position with the points. He has just been handed to put
19:32up no fight there
19:34Screams that there's something else going on. Yeah an example. I kind of just expand on what jt's talking about
19:40You know when you're in that position and you see your main challenger for the championship go down
19:45You want to have an extra fight to get by the guys in front of you because you're just going
19:50to pad
19:51That points lead so to see him. I mean obviously he's trying the hardest that he is
19:57But yeah, it's just different
20:00Meanwhile up front things are getting better and better and better for ken roxson
20:056.6 seconds now ahead of chase sexton
20:12This guy man fantastic bride picture perfect all night long
20:22The great thing about riding this motorcycle this long
20:25Lee is he knows the ins and outs of it knows what it does well
20:31Doesn't do many things bad at all
20:34Got some good balance to it now he's oh oh no lawrence is down for the second time in this
20:40race this time with fellow honda
20:42rider christian craig insult to injury here they can't get the bike cranked
20:50That is weird what happened
20:57Oh, he hit neutral looks like looks like he might hit neutral
21:02Rare tires and spinning
21:05What has been a near on perfect season unfortunately for hunter lawrence has all come undone here tonight
21:12Just been one of those nights
21:15Well, you talk about it your championships are won on your bad days lee you've been saying his worst finish
21:20was fourth
21:22And you just wondered if a day like that would come obviously you hope not for anyone
21:30It's the big question about racing is like
21:33Not yet. Yeah, yeah, it's when it's gonna be a night to celebrate for this man here aboard the rockstar
21:39energy factory husband
21:40Malcolm stewart remember the way the year started in very inauspicious fashion
21:46Where he broke his scapula?
21:48He was involved in that big crash with justin basher
21:51It was brutal and he showed a lot of guts and strength and bravery to ride through that injury
21:58It's been a long while salt lake city last year since malcolm stood on a
22:04450 supercross podium, so this will be some relief some sweet
22:10But but he's been getting better each and every week and that injury has been healing
22:15Had an opportunity to talk to big james
22:17That track walk earlier today and he said now he's feeling pretty good and
22:22And he's getting better came off his season best last weekend in birmingham top five now. He's got one two
22:28steps
22:31Now the ailing
22:34Eli tomac is about to lose another position
22:39To his old rival
22:42And old teammate cooper webb
22:44This is now the fight for fifth webb coming back after that brutal crash earlier with for hey carter
22:52I go back to eli's early years in premier class
22:58And sometimes it just looked like he was off and you're wondering why and
23:03That's just i'm so perplexed right now
23:06This has been so good from the old eli life many many years ago
23:12Just definitely looks like he's like he lays up a little early in the corners
23:19All right back up whoa been up the gap cooper there it's just a little bit meanwhile kenny rogson is
23:24on his way home
23:26What an awesome night it was a pretty active period since birmingham as far as word spoken
23:33Kenny expressing his frustration and dislike
23:38For people counting him out and saying he doesn't have the longevity
23:46You can walk the walk and you can talk the talk and kenny's done both
23:52Right here tonight in the motor city hear the crowd loving it
23:58Hasn't had a multi-win season in five years wow that was back in the honda days right ken roxson
24:07look at that
24:07Look how much it means
24:10Roxson rocks detroit
24:15Kenny's back for his second win on the year
24:18Chase sexton a successful return to competition with second and malcolm stewart will grab the final step on the podium
24:27Ahead of justin cooper and eli tomac and cooper webb
24:32Well done kickstart kenny
24:35That's gonna mean the world ah he is back in this thing right now
24:40What a plot twist
24:42How do you like me now?
24:47Yes
24:55I
24:56Wasn't the fastest at the beginning
24:57But i'm like dude the track is
24:59Turned around
25:00It flip-off
25:00He said he wasn't the fastest at the beginning
25:03He said the track was the fastest
25:04A lot too after so i was just like
25:06Let's creep through the moves
25:07Yeah
25:08Give the rhythm
25:09Yeah
25:10Yes
25:10I feel the rhythm
25:12That's
25:13That's
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