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00:00heat race performance this is the time you talk about championship and what do you have to do
00:04and the mental resiliency forget about what happened go back to where you have been the last
00:10three weeks and carry on yeah i think he will too i think that heat races he understands what
00:15happened maybe i'm just going in but make no mistakes ken roxon just like these other ones
00:20are here to play today eli tomac has won here in nashville before for him to get a fifth win
00:28on the season that would do wonders for his championship chances watch lawrence got what's
00:33roxon got 450 main in nashville let's go joey savachi with a brilliant start justin hill on the outside
00:43hunter lawrence got a little sideways prado gets through but it's justin hill who leads the way
00:48look at kenny you talk listen to james have that explosiveness
00:53thought he was going to blitz through those woods but what a move by ken roxon he was buried off
00:59that start this is what he needed this is where he made the error in the heat race he's in
01:05the side
01:07just one rider to get by before he takes control of this race
01:10here he goes i asked him yesterday about that move on hunter lawrence early at st louis last week
01:16he said the opportunity presented itself so i had to go for it and here he's presented with the same
01:23opportunity justin hill looks over at justin and takes the lead of this race
01:30as i said ken roxon man you can just tell this guy just understands what makes him so good is
01:36it being so explosive and ken is out there doing what he's been doing over the last few weekends
01:42and just feel that aggressive to get past hunter lawrence get past justin's um hill right here
01:47catch the 94 jumping through the whoops picture perfect like james was saying how explosive he is
01:56these first couple laps his mo i would assume to come out here throw down some sprint laps
02:03four or five laps get a gap four or five seconds and just maintain from there and i haven't seen
02:10many
02:10people in this sport do it better than ken roxon that's what he did last week and then he was
02:15told
02:15to slow it down on the last lap and he said that got me out of my rhythm right he
02:20had a 10 plus second
02:21lead and why is this going to be really hard for these guys like hunter lawrence because we see how
02:26slippery this racetrack is anytime anybody's pushing it on this racetrack they've been making a lot of
02:31mistakes so this gap with kenny's getting just going to make it really really hard for hunter
02:35to make that time up this is where hunter he can't waste any time behind the 26 of jorge prado
02:44on that
02:44red bull ktm he's lost a lot of time oh no bottom of the screen malcolm stewart joey savachi here
02:50goes
02:51hunter lawrence on prado inside in the sand section which line works out better the inside one dog does
02:57for the honda hrc progressive rider championship perspective right here the two guys holding the red
03:04plate hunter lawrence and eli tomac right now the leader would be hunter lawrence hunter lawrence and
03:12ken roxon todd at the top that's right crazy this is chase sexton and eli tomac ninth and tenth tomac
03:22has
03:22made up three positions over the last lap though he's got a lot more malcolm stewart your little brother
03:27back in the mechanics area what a shame he wrote so well in his heat tomac was 12 that first
03:34lap so
03:35he's got some work to do here is honda lawrence on justin hill what a stardom what a ride by
03:43justin
03:44yeah go back a few years ago justin had a breakout ride here in nashville something about this soul in
03:49the stadium um he's doing pretty good but hunter lawrence is actually making some time back up on
03:57ken roxon ken didn't get away too much that's great for hunter we know how strong he is at the
04:01end of the
04:01race look at the lap times here hunter lawrence the last lap 53-1 to a 53-5 for ken
04:09roxon wow four tenths
04:12so watch that margin it's two and a half seconds roxon to lawrence with still plenty of time left
04:19in this main event now dude i don't know maybe kenny made a mistake but you can tell by his
04:25body
04:25language this isn't a normal ken roxon that we we see in these opening laps kind of looks a little
04:30stiff so i'm interested to see what happened here because hunter lawrence is making up a lot of time
04:35rc well i was down here in qualifying practice lee and i were on the track and i just
04:41could see and the track was a little bit different in qualifying practice earlier today but hunter
04:46just looked comfortable on his motorcycle and i said that to him and i'm like man so these next
04:52couple laps gonna be interesting i think if the 96 can get a hook in them it's game on jt
04:58oh guys
04:59watch next lap in the sand kenny's tripling to the outside which has been really good all day
05:05but they've done some track work in that inside line through the sand it's really starting to work
05:09watch hunter he triples to the inside and uses a lot less racetrack he's going to close it down
05:14even more than he already is yeah no he's i mean he's already on him and talk about this a
05:20little
05:20bit during the call it's been a few years since ken rock's been in position almost 10 years
05:25in this spot where he's riding this good do you think maybe the the pressure's starting to get to
05:31him because he's definitely riding really tight as hunter is going up the inside well look at this
05:35lawrence switches lines switches again has a shot at the lead of the race will he look at that inside
05:42option on rocks and he sure does but couldn't quite get it done yeah i can tell you this much
05:46james and
05:47you know it better than anybody when you're in hunter lawrence's position and you've made that much time up
05:52on your rival and competitor for the championship it is a great feeling because you're playing with house
05:58money on speed yeah and especially against ken rocks and again we know how good ken has been
06:04in the beginning of part of the race and hunter's almost strong he's stronger towards the end so
06:09we'll find out looks like kenny's starting to stabilize justin hill is right behind these guys
06:15but hunter's in a great spot as you can see right there hey while we're enjoying this fight up front
06:21let's
06:22just take a moment to praise team tetters justin hill that's a private tier bike ostensibly he's ahead
06:28of the factory ktm of jorge prado well done to the veteran
06:36if i'm hunter lawrence i think i'm gonna just go ahead and make the pass if i can are you
06:40yeah i i don't
06:42know man like this is where i love like bench racing with you i i myself personally i would if
06:48i knew that
06:48i had had him on speed if i if i was hunter and i had kenny on speed i would
06:53kind of leave him out
06:54there to hang and try to force ken into an error to maybe where i could not only pass him
07:00but maybe
07:01he like tips it and then i could gain more position by that no i mean it's a slippery slope
07:08yeah no i
07:09agree with you but i think kenny's so good that you know he's going to stabilize his race now he
07:13looks
07:13a little bit looser on what he was so i think you just kind of jump on him as we
07:17were watching the
07:17teammates but if cooper webb on the inside of justin cooper gets it meanwhile eli tomac has not
07:25been able to move any further forward than 10th place here is chase sexton in ninth there is eli tomac
07:3310th boom sexton pressing hard on dylan ferrandes on that troilly design red ball ducati
07:42yeah look how it's look pretty good this track is i noticed that when we had a shot on eli
07:46the last
07:47last time we had it he's kind of looking like chase sexton was in that heat race there wasn't really
07:53no sense of urgency kind of standing out laboring into the corners and the guy that we saw in the
07:58heat
07:58race isn't this guy right now it's like he's settled into these guys's pace even though like he's
08:07probably a bit faster it's almost like yeah he's just gotten into their yeah into their pace here
08:12and that's this is going to be huge for both kenny and hunter from a points perspective nice work from
08:18ferrandes there passes shane macklerack that's for seventh and that is exactly ferrandes's best result
08:27on this new ride aboard that troilly design red bull ducati keep in mind we haven't talked about
08:34it hardly at all today other than how it affects the track conditions it's been hot and not always
08:40do these guys race in hot conditions supercross so this is really going to come into play the sun has
08:47absolutely been beaming all day here today so as we get later on in this main event it's going to
08:53be
08:53fun to see how it works out for the top two guys that was weird um it's a savage yeah
09:00he's pulling
09:01over but he was a lap down so so back up front 1.2 1.3 seconds slices it back
09:08to one it's fluctuating
09:10but roxon's remaining resilient out in front i wonder if kenny kind of got into a slump there early on
09:17and
09:17maybe lost his groove and that's what allowed hunter lawrence to catch up to him but he's kind of
09:23pulled back out of gap now will i'm just down booking the mechanics area right now keeping an eye on
09:30camera camera you can see right there that's hunter lawrence's mechanic and billy hartle ken roxon's
09:35mechanic right now it's kind of alternating between just letting them know position on board
09:39position that everybody else is at on the track and obviously the time difference there but also
09:44every now and then we see them flash up messages uh right solid good that's what we needed so right
09:50now they're just keeping their guys honest on track as this battle unfolds oh man this is james i just
09:56go
09:56back to our days of racing and anytime you get down the stretch right here and it's almost
10:03when you're neck and neck like this and so close in time it just becomes a battle of the minds
10:08at this
10:09stage and who wants it more yeah hey prado's in trouble the red bull ktm rider there he is bottom
10:15box
10:15he was running in fourth challenging justin hill for third yep that wood section
10:22up there hunter lawrence almost one second advantage he gained here he comes
10:31all fitness right here oh kenny gets off sequence he doesn't triple out of that corner right there james
10:38it's lappers our lapper's going to come into account oh i like that inside to the right on the whoops
10:44looks like you're able to drive through a little bit faster yeah roxon takes the inside line hunter
10:50lawrence with a hard landing also on the inside lost a little time there we're just over the halfway mark
10:55quick reminder to stock up on monster energy drinks at your local kroger yeah it didn't it didn't look
11:02like hunter did anything to be able to close that gap up on kenny so you can tell he's in
11:07that spot to
11:07where he feels like he has that pace he can close that gap whenever so really just comes down to
11:12when
11:12he wants to make that move we talked about it earlier in the heat races when you get there
11:16you got to got a jump on that guy you know kenny's probably going to fight back so wherever you
11:21do it
11:21make sure it's in the spot kenny can't retaliate and slow this race down for you that's right you can't
11:25have an attempted fail close call right there by tristan lane and he almost ran into him but look
11:33at that right side see where hunter was at i believe that's going to be a really good opportunity for
11:38hunter if he can be close to make a move but i go back to fitness and how is that
11:43going to play a part
11:48this is fascinating yeah watching the ebb and flow between these two
11:52two and that gap kind of expand and contract who is playing the better game here is it roxon out
12:00in
12:00front or is it hunter lawrence just biding his time and you talk about game lee and i believe this
12:06james
12:06it is a it's a game of chess and what is the game plan yeah no i i agree with
12:12you and you will
12:13get it kenny a mistake by roxon he knew it he looked behind and lawrence was there to pounce now
12:18roxon comes back oh lawrence has got the inside line roxon can't set him up for a move there hunter
12:26lawrence in the lead of this race yeah kenny he slid off of that little single on the inside and
12:32he
12:33looked back almost if something happened and he was very respectful to hunter lawrence he right there he
12:38could have ran in a lot harder ricky ken kenny's a quality guy but these next couple laps are going
12:43to be so key ken is normally so explosive not only beginning of the races but to be able to
12:49get back
12:49by it but watch what happens ken gets a little sideways right there he's going to come out of this
12:5490
12:54sideways under braking yeah he just slid off and he must have looked back because he thought hunter
12:59might have been on the outside i'm not really sure but he could have put punted hunter off the
13:04racetrack i think even hunter was kind of surprised that he didn't do it but just showed you how much
13:08respect kenny roxon has but there's that gap now look at this hunter lawrence says thank you that was
13:14a gift and i'm going to take off there's no pressure on ken roxon from justin hill whatsoever so this
13:21is
13:21comfort zone if he doesn't have anything in response to hunter lawrence it's still going to be a good
13:27result that keeps him within one point of the championship lead a lot of racing left but you talk
13:33about the mental side a lot james and and i have to say if hunter is able to get this
13:40win and take
13:41it down to the checkered the confidence that that's going to give him going into these next four rounds
13:47i just think would be oh roxon's dropped it oh he's got a kick in two oh it gets back
13:54fired back quick
13:56this race is unraveling for ken roxon oh there goes cooper webb justin hill is second webb is third
14:03roxon demoted to form that was right before the finish line so we heard the crowd really not sure
14:11where where he was i'm not sure how he ended up that way maybe over rotated or something coming out
14:18oh
14:18oh hold on we've seen a couple of those moments right and he just even on the bike just really
14:24stiff and dude it seems like he's i don't know not maybe not as energetic even before you know he
14:30went
14:30down a little lethargic on the bike but never know six minutes to go plus a lap oh what do
14:39you see james
14:40well i mean he came out firing i mean we saw him get around hunter made those kind of passes
14:45and it
14:45looked like ken roxon i just got to go go back to just on the mental side either we meant
14:50something
14:50maybe he hurt himself over jumped something and he's kind of dealing with that or you got to look
14:55at the championship you know what i mean like that pressure of being there oh yeah by the way this
15:01is
15:01second in justin hill third in cooper webb and roxon is just to the right of your screen this is
15:07going to
15:07be close for those next two spots on the podium with honda lawrence leering out to a whopping 16 plus
15:14second lead love the resiliency to the cooper webb great run for justin hill but cooper webb
15:20defending supercross champ three times supercross champ at that as well here we go to never give
15:27up inside move cooper webb he hasn't been on the podium rc in the last three races justin hill fights
15:34back wow hill says i want this second place great move yes he does yes he does you know that's
15:42not going
15:42say well with the number one cooper webb but what it's doing is it's helping roxon yeah it's helping
15:48roxon and and you gotta look at fifth place dylan farandis isn't too far behind those guys same thing
15:54with chase sexton right there yeah oh no eli tomac drops it oh this is gonna be massive he was
16:05in eighth
16:05place and he is seeing positions and points go by he's gonna be outside of the top 10 or close
16:12to it
16:13right on that bubble 11th place for the day that started with so much promise with a heat win
16:21what happened to tomac watch bike three yeah i'm assuming he's going to air probably just going to hit
16:25the front brake and lose oh yeah there you go yeah you can just tell wow his troubles already started
16:33this kind of has insult to injury but he's looking he's back in 11th place now meanwhile cooper webb's got
16:42backed by justin hill so the defending monster energy ama supercross champion in the 450 class is up to
16:51second and a much needed second at that he had a really great run of podiums there mid-season and
17:00then
17:00he's been absent from the podium the last three rounds this will be a welcome relief return yep but
17:09but speaking of podium look at that number 14 on the ducati race and dylan farandis this podium might be
17:15for him as well oh kenny here comes farandis farandis on that ducati yeah kenny's kenny's struggling right now
17:25dylan farandis is relishing this opportunity oh just made a mistake and sexton's right there yep
17:33they sexton was there to capitalize that's gonna be no comment yeah the refs aren't gonna like that
17:43movement by dylan farandis he probably should have gotten back on or made a more effort to go to that
17:49corner yeah yeah dylan we kind of watching you right now that's right there's a lot of cameras
17:56in this building but he looks good out there he's riding really good yeah and still we still got two
18:02and
18:03a half minutes plus one lap this is where kenny right now you talk about his championship run and
18:08these last three weeks out they went he has got to get dig so deep how special were there's two
18:14wins
18:14well if he could be able to get on the podium this would be huge quality pass nice pass by
18:22kenny right
18:23there don't discount jay sexton here comes the monster energy kawasaki rider
18:32yeah yeah you know jay senses that as well like kenny might be struggling sure he would like to be
18:38able
18:38to get on the podium especially how his day's been going number four kawasaki chase sexton
18:45i think this could be as difficult as this race has been for kenny if he finishes on the podium
18:50it's like
18:51a win it's like a win you know yeah i agree with that it just shows you the mentality that's
18:57been
18:57different we can't rock the button doesn't get up that number four is closing yeah it's coming down to
19:03the wire too and lapper's coming into play sexton got a good try right here he's all over him
19:11i know these guys have been buddies in the past but it's gonna be interesting to see if the four
19:17really pushes hard to get that podium or he gives one to his friend here points wise roxson is 10
19:23adrift of honda lawrence now as they run with a minute plus a lap to go in this 450 main
19:30the 26
19:30year old australian bottom box honda lawrence on the honda hrc progressive machine he's looking at his
19:38fourth win on the season he had never won a 450 main until this year can he win his first
19:45450 main
19:46and a 450 title in the same year there's some legendary names in the sport like bob hannah
19:52and david bailey and jeff stanton jeremy mcgrath jet lawrence and others who have accomplished that
19:58feat hunter could add his name to that list in just four races time what an absolutely epic ride by
20:05the
20:06number 96 of hunter lawrence on that factory honda hrc that fall that he took two weeks ago in detroit
20:13he
20:14backs it up with the podium and then now an absolutely dominant ride bides his time it's by
20:21the man quality quality ride not i i agree with you on that and i would say every one of
20:28his wins this
20:29year right then like straight up he's beat the guy so talk about being believing in yourself he's got it
20:35done but this race ain't over yeah well look i i like to go back and think about the history
20:41that
20:41riders have in certain locations this is where hunter lawrence clinched his 250 east division title
20:48this is a special place to this guy and we just had his younger brother jet in the booth with
20:54us
20:54talking about what he's seen his brother accomplish this year and how he's seen his older brother grow
21:01and move into a different echelon of the sport which is yeah there's that brotherly pride but this is
21:08big time for honda lawrence one lap to go before he extends his championship lead and wins for the
21:15fourth time this year cooper webb is eight and a half seconds back ken roxson you're watching on your
21:20screen is in third with chase sexton chasing and then dylan ferrandes is poised to get the red bull
21:27troy lee designed jucati bike its best result in its maiden season quick reminder that the smx inside
21:34a post-race show presented by bass pro shops is coming up when we say goodbye in just a moment's
21:40time that's on peacock i know jet is happy for his brother but man wait hunter's ride there's gonna be
21:46some awkward uh dinners at the house when he's got to go up against him because hunter lawrence is a
21:52different man he stalked ken roxson at the beginning of the race roxson made a little
21:58mistake and hunter lawrence was there to capitalize on it hunter lawrence wins in nashville and extends
22:08his championship lead thanks so much for watching supercross on nbc we'll see on peacock for the post-race
22:15show what a day
22:35smx insider post-race show presented by bass pro shops as the race goes on we're live here with you
22:43on peacock
22:44and what an afternoon it's been in the music city we welcome you inside nissen stadium where we are
22:52congratulating hunter lawrence winning for the fourth time this year and extending his championship lead
23:03what a day it's been for him
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