00:00450 heat one let's go who gets the jump web's looking pretty good justin cooper's looking even
00:06better justin cooper's gonna get the hole shot oh sexton goes down he was getting beaten up
00:15guys hitting him and ran in the back of somebody's rear tire i watched that whole thing happen great
00:21job by justin cooper though getting that lead and man like every single year i feel like he
00:27gets stronger as the season goes on
00:33his teammate right behind him really good start from shane macklerath joey cevacci his teammate
00:39leaps into the scene as well cooper almost loses it in that corner pushes the front they took a
00:45different line through that rhythm lane as well great to see joey back joey had a great finish
00:50last week teammate on teammate here let's go back keep your eyes on bike number four yeah so he gets
00:56a good jump out of the gate and then starts to go to the right a little bit probably had
01:00to pull
01:00the clutch but this is where it starts to go his teammate runs into him he goes sideways and then
01:05watch when he cuts back to the left boom goes down hits the back tire of jeremy hand nothing he
01:12could
01:12do there oh so back to it we'll see what kind of comeback that chase sexton can build he's in
01:1912th
01:20at the moment look at this teammate on teammate justin cooper in search of his first heat win of
01:26the season while cooper webb wants to build on that qualifying speed and feel good going into the main
01:33event here at a place where he's never won yeah there's the oh that's the rhythm lane i was telling
01:38you that they were doing different compared to the uh practice jt uh watching justin cooper here and he's
01:45been progressing you know just off the podium last weekend there one of the things that's not talked
01:51about a lot is justin cooper's looking for a contract for 2027 and beyond so rides like this
01:56proving that he can get to the front you think about that race when he got at the triple crown
02:01in
02:01indianapolis they are so pivotal to prove to the decision makers that this is a guy that can win
02:07races in the future and he deserves to remain on factory equipment again jt you talk about that remember
02:13the regular season he was he was top position he went in the number one seed to the playoffs last
02:19year
02:25he's got the one podium on the season so far this year but you know just think back to last
02:31season
02:31in the second half is when justin cooper really came to prominence well and he started battling for
02:37heat race wins he's battling for pole position and qualifying practice and podiums and the mains and
02:43and i think he's doing better than last year because quite frankly i believe that the the field is more
02:49stacked this season yeah it was quite depleted through injury last year for sure
02:56really good quadlock honda scrap here between shane mackle rat and joey savachi let's dig deeper into
03:02these guys and specifically savachi jt yeah it's incredible let's think back to indy we saw joey
03:08ride off the racetrack in a lot of pain we weren't really sure what happened that he misses the birmingham
03:14round and we started to get more information as he was back for detroit he's out there racing with a
03:19broken bone and it's just behind his big toe uh speaking to some medical professionals this week about
03:24the pain involved in that so you see him chasing here putting pressure on mackle rat can't be all that
03:30comfortable out there for the number 17 while he's doing it bottom box come back update on chase
03:38sexton so he's worked his way up into the top five nice comeback and then there you go savachi makes
03:44the pass on his teammate mackle rat great to see mackle rat up here fighting haven't seen him up front
03:51in
03:51a while so another guy that brings a lot of speed and was once a title contender in the 250
03:58division
04:00how big a deal rc did you think that podium was for chase sexton last week coming back
04:04uh it was nice to hear some freshness in his voice some excitement and he comes straight back after
04:11missing several rounds after that practice crash puts it on the box he said he would he was a little
04:17gassed he needed uh he needed some more race fitness and for an elite athlete like him it's always
04:23strange to hear stuff like that but feeling good feeling better this week and uh we'll see what he can
04:29do
04:29in tonight's mind yeah great boost not only for him for that race team and everybody involved it uh
04:34hasn't been that great that easy of a season some tough times and uh to come back and get on
04:40that podium
04:41really honestly is no surprise i mean chase is that good of a rider and athlete and uh it was
04:48a job well
04:49done like you said especially sitting off a few weeks with an injury that he couldn't really ride because
04:54of the severity of the injury and there he is man he is making up a lot of time second
04:59fastest rider
05:00on the track last lap at a 56.1 look at him coming here look at him flying up on
05:05the quad lock honda duo
05:06threading the needle mackle rap could hear him coming you saw shane look around
05:10and that monster energy kawasaki is flying this ought to give him some good confidence these guys that
05:18he's passing aren't easy to pass they're incredible riders so just goes to show you how well chase is doing
05:31almost out of time 30 seconds plus a lap to go justin cooper still leads the way and look at
05:38this the
05:39teammates are fighting over the final transfer position well you got grant harlan in front of
05:46the boss man and moran so let's see what happens here you think uh kevin's gonna play nice and let
05:52his his rider transfer before he does ain't no way these guys are so they're stuck together not only in
06:03this race but in the championship harlan is 22nd here goes chase sexton putting a move trying to put
06:09a move on joey cevacci oh did you see that joey cross ruts on the takeoff for that triple out
06:18that was an incredible save by joey final lap and at the moment grant harlan has the upper hand on
06:26kevin
06:26moran's these guys are 22nd and 23rd in the championship they both have the same best result
06:35and now they're fighting over that final transfer position meanwhile this first heat race of this
06:402026 season this all feel good for justin cooper i mean i i was paying attention to the other battles
06:47i
06:47mean this was a great performance by justin cooper i mean kind of a surprise when you consider that the
06:54three-time supercross and defending monster energy supercross tramp right behind him great job by
07:01justin cooper and he looks pretty comfortable because he has almost a four second buffer over
07:06cooper webb this is it he'll turn right and head to home justin cooper wins heat one of the 450s
07:14nicely done the teammates continue to go at it aboard the champion tool storage ktms
07:22grant harlan kevin morans and grant has the upper hand
07:28grant's gotta grease this rhythm section if he does it is game over
07:35oh he over jumps that he's got to guard the inside which he'll do it when we get to the
07:40lcq we'll tell
07:41you an interesting story about kevin morans he's about to become a tv star big time and not in sport
07:47television either we'll save that for the last chance qualifier we will hear from justin cooper
07:53when we come back about his first heat race victory of the season tonight is the saint jude
08:00night the special night it's all about raising much needed and important critical funding for the kids
08:06and look there is country star singer darren warren he sang the national anthem earlier this evening
08:12morning along with the saint jude families
08:16you
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