00:00By the way, at the last East West Showdown, Crockett Myers made it into the main through the LCQ, so
00:05he might get that bonus.
00:07Daxton Benick is in there. He's one of the big names in this last chance qualifier.
00:11He gets a terrific start, but he does not get the whole shot.
00:16That goes to the 105.
00:18Phelps. Yeah, that's Marcus Phelps.
00:21He's looking around, too. He knows the pressure's coming.
00:24Here comes Daxton Benick back on the inside on the Rockstar Energy Factory Husqvarna.
00:28And he does it, gets through that rhythm lane perfectly, gets to the lead now these next couple laps.
00:35He's really going to have to be patient here, but at the same time hold his position.
00:41And if he's able to build a little gap, then he can put it on cruise control and get this
00:45thing into the main event.
00:47Derek Kelly is in this last chance qualifier, and earlier today, Derek had some really good rides.
00:53He was showing great speed. He got caught up in that, just that kind of...
00:58Oh, yeah. It was just a mess.
01:01And unfortunately, he's been pushed into this last chance qualifier.
01:05Speaking of unfortunate, let's get an update on Joe Shimoda. Here's Will.
01:10Yeah, thank you, Lee.
01:11Right beside Joe's bike right now, over here in the paddock at Honda HRC.
01:16And I just spoke to Lars Lindstrom, team manager, to get an update.
01:19And he said that Joe did go to Alpine Stars.
01:21They x-rayed his ankle, that left ankle that he was holding, as he got impacted by the bike.
01:27And they said they don't see any brakes, but they couldn't rule out any ligament damage.
01:31So he is going to have to go for further evaluation.
01:34That won't be tonight. That will be in the coming days.
01:36Oh, I hate to hear that.
01:39And hopefully it's nothing too severe.
01:42But Garrett Kelly made two great passes right here.
01:45He's P2 now.
01:47Ooh.
01:48Aboard that MX-6 Kawasaki.
01:50See Phelps coming up short.
01:52Brandon Ray.
01:53And that triumph trying to make it happen, getting into the main event.
01:56This is an honor to get into the East-West Showdown.
02:00Oh, yeah.
02:00Very difficult to do.
02:04Keeping an eye on Revan Gordon.
02:07Because he's only a couple of seconds back, too, from a potential transfer position.
02:11We will see.
02:12Still plenty of time left.
02:14There's Revan just at the bottom of the screen.
02:16And Brandon Ray trying to get by as Marcus Phelps.
02:20He does.
02:21It just takes the pressure off because now you're not on that bubble.
02:24Oh, he cuts back underneath.
02:27This rhythm lane, like JT was talking about.
02:30It's going to be very difficult, especially in these main events.
02:33How ruddy it gets.
02:33Makes the move.
02:34Lovely move there.
02:37Perfect from Ray.
02:39Looking a little further down the order.
02:41Crockett Myers.
02:41There's no chance of getting that bonus 1,000, unfortunately.
02:44He's down in 19th position.
02:46And Evan Ferry right at the back of this field.
02:51They must have fallen.
02:52They had to.
02:53Yeah, on that first rhythm lane there.
02:54I heard the crowd reaction.
03:01Meanwhile, Kyle Peters is making some good headway.
03:04He got by Revan Gordon.
03:05JT.
03:09JT, what's up?
03:10Lee, just thinking about Peters, this is exactly the opposite situation he found himself in a week ago in Detroit.
03:16He had that coveted for spot and just had to hold off John Shortwood.
03:20And now he has to be the aggressor.
03:22He has to go chase down that final qualifying spot.
03:25The upside is this guy is in the top 10 all-time in main events as he makes the move
03:30right there and looks to add another one to the list.
03:33Boom.
03:33But the experience that he has, too, JT.
03:36No surprise that Peters gets into transfer position.
03:40Having an opportunity to ride for this race team.
03:44I'm glad that Jason brought up last week because it was super memorable for Kyle because not only did he
03:50get that fourth and final transfer position, he went on to get his best results all season with a top
03:5510 in eight.
03:56So did it the hard way through the LCQ but then really capitalized in the main.
04:00Yeah, I mean, he has some experience and he's done well in his career.
04:05Great to see him up here riding well tonight.
04:08Obviously, he doesn't want to be in the last chance qualifier, but he gets a feeling good here.
04:13These last couple laps, you'll be able to take that momentum and forward it on to the main event here
04:18shortly.
04:20Partzilla Rocket Racing Kawasaki looking good.
04:23Meanwhile, Daxton Benick has cleared out as expected.
04:28He's six, seven seconds in the lead.
04:30Almost seven, now it's seven.
04:36There goes Kyle Peters, gets another position, moves up to third.
04:40Justin Rodbell is just a little too far back at the moment to be challenging for that fourth and final
04:47transfer position.
04:48Time's almost up.
04:49They'll do another lap after that.
04:52To go through to the second East-West Showdown main event of the year.
04:57Man, if you're Brandon Ray, oh, he misses a triple.
05:01What I was going to say is if he can stay as close as possible to Peters, he'll be able
05:06to maintain that gap of Rodbell, who's closing in on him.
05:10He is.
05:12He's got a quick glimpse of the SLR Honda.
05:14Yeah, this is going to come down, it's going to come close because Rodbell had a 1-0-1 last
05:19lap to Brandon Ray's 1-0-4.
05:24He's going to have to turn it loose here.
05:26Another lap and a quarter to go.
05:29Getting into some lappers right here.
05:33It's been a little while for Brandon Ray's last main event.
05:37That was back at A1, so this will be a breath of fresh air.
05:41This will be very rewarding.
05:42And again, yeah, like for the showdown as well.
05:45Yep.
05:46A little bit harder, I believe, to qualify.
05:49There he is.
05:50We haven't seen much of the race leader, Daxton Benick.
05:52He had to work hard for it at the beginning up against Marcus Phelps, who got the whole shot.
05:58But then once he got some clear space, Daxton Benick cleared out.
06:02Talking about the guy who's fourth in the championship standings.
06:06Yeah, I was going to say, he's had a great year for the most part.
06:10And, you know, I think for him going to the last chance qualifier, I think you use this as an
06:15opportunity to maybe get a feel,
06:17make some last-minute adjustments to the bike where he could use it to his advantage.
06:21As weird as that might sound.
06:23I was asking Malcolm Stewart about him yesterday, and Malcolm's a big fan.
06:29There's the sheckered flag.
06:30LCQ win for Daxton Benick.
06:33No problem at all.
06:35Comfortably, it's across it.
06:37Anyway, Mal was saying that he's just a great kid.
06:40Really likes him.
06:40He's excited about his future.
06:42Meanwhile, pressure's on here because Justin Rodbell has a sniff of maybe making it.
06:49Just misses out.
06:50And Brandon Ray's pumped.
06:53Stoked.
06:54Like you said, been a while since he's made it to the main.
06:57Great job.
06:59Hung tough.
07:03Well done.
07:04Daxton Benick.
07:06Had to do an extra race in what he planned, but no worries.
07:09See you in the main event.
07:10We'll see you in the main event.
07:10We'll see you in the main event.
07:11We'll see you in the main event.
07:12We'll see you in the main event.
07:13We'll see you in the main event.
07:13We'll see you in the main event.
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