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00:00Let's go!
00:02Joey Savace with a brilliant start.
00:05Justin Hill on the outside.
00:07Hunter Lawrence got a little sideways.
00:08Prado gets through.
00:10And it's Justin Hill who leads the way.
00:12Look at Kenny. You talk, listen to James.
00:14Have that explosiveness.
00:17Thought he was going to blitz through those ones,
00:19but what a move by Ken Roxton.
00:22He was married off that start.
00:25This is what he needed.
00:26This is where he made the error in the heat race.
00:28He's in the side.
00:30Just one rider to get by before he takes control of this race.
00:34Here he goes!
00:35I asked him yesterday about that move on Hunter Lawrence
00:38early at St. Louis last week.
00:40He said the opportunity presented itself,
00:42so I had to go for it.
00:44And here, he's presented with the same opportunity.
00:48Justin Hill looks over at Justin
00:51and takes the lead of this race.
00:53As I said, Ken Roxton, man,
00:55you can just tell this guy just understands what makes him so good.
01:00It's him being so explosive.
01:02And Ken is out there doing what he's been doing over the last few weekends.
01:06And just to be able to be that aggressive to get past Hunter Lawrence,
01:08get past Justin's hill right here.
01:11I'm catching 94.
01:14Jumping through the whoops.
01:15Picture perfect.
01:17Like James was saying, how explosive he is.
01:20These first couple laps,
01:22his MO, I would assume,
01:24to come out here,
01:25throw down some sprint laps,
01:28four or five laps,
01:29get a gap,
01:30four or five seconds,
01:31and just maintain from there.
01:33And I haven't seen many people in this sport do it better than Ken Roxton.
01:36That's what he did last week.
01:37And then he was told to slow it down on the last lap.
01:41And he said, that got me out of my rhythm.
01:43Right.
01:43He had a 10 plus second lead.
01:46And why is this going to be really hard for these guys like Hunter Lawrence?
01:49Because we see how slippery this racetrack is.
01:51Anytime anybody's pushing it on this racetrack,
01:53they've been making a lot of mistakes.
01:55So this gap with Kenny,
01:56it's just going to make it really, really hard for Hunter to make that time up.
02:02This is where Hunter,
02:03he can't waste any time behind the 26 of Jorge Prado and that Red Bull KTM.
02:09He's lost a lot of time.
02:10Oh no, bottom of the screen.
02:12Malcolm Stewart, Joey Savace.
02:14Here goes Hunter Lawrence on Prado.
02:16Inside in the sand section.
02:18Which line works out better?
02:19The inside one does for the Honda HRC Progressive Rider.
02:23Championship perspective right here.
02:26The two guys holding the red plate.
02:29Hunter Lawrence and Eli Tomac.
02:31Right now, the leader would be...
02:35Hunter Lawrence.
02:35Hunter Lawrence and Ken Rocks have tied at the top.
02:38That's right.
02:39Crazy.
02:41This is Chase Sexton and Eli Tomac.
02:449th and 10th.
02:45Tomac has made up three positions over the last lap though.
02:48He's got a lot more.
02:49Malcolm Stewart, your little brother,
02:51back in the mechanics area.
02:52What a shame.
02:53He rode so well in his heat.
02:55Tomac was P12 that first lap.
02:58So he's got some work to do.
03:02Here is Hunter Lawrence on Justin Hill.
03:04What a stardom.
03:06What a ride by Justin.
03:08Yeah.
03:08Go back a few years ago.
03:09Justin had a breakout ride here at Nashville.
03:12Something about this soil in this stadium.
03:15He's doing pretty good.
03:16Hunter Lawrence is actually...
03:18Did you see that, James?
03:20Ken Rockson.
03:21Ken didn't get away too much.
03:23That's great for Hunter.
03:24We know how strong he is at the end of the race.
03:27Look at the lap times here.
03:29Hunter Lawrence, the last lap.
03:3053-1 to 53-5 for Ken Rockson.
03:34Wow.
03:34Four tenths.
03:35So watch that margin.
03:37It's two and a half seconds.
03:39Rockson to Lawrence with still plenty of time left in this main event.
03:44Now, dude.
03:45I don't know.
03:46Maybe Kenny made a mistake, but you can tell by his body language.
03:49This isn't the normal Ken Rockson that we see in these opening laps.
03:53It kind of looks a little stiff, so I'm interested to see what happened here.
03:57Because Hunter Lawrence is making up a lot of time, RC.
04:00Well, I was down here in qualifying practice.
04:03Lee and I were on the track, and I just could see...
04:06And the track was a little bit different in qualifying practice earlier today.
04:09But Hunter just looked comfortable on his motorcycle, and I sent that to him.
04:14And I'm like, man.
04:15So these next couple laps are going to be interesting.
04:18I think if the 96 can get a hook in him, it's game on.
04:21JT.
04:23Guys, watch next lap in the sand.
04:26Kenny's tripling to the outside, which has been really good all day.
04:29But they've done some track work, and that inside line through the sand is really starting to work.
04:33Watch Hunter.
04:34He triples to the inside and uses a lot less racetrack.
04:37He's going to close it down even more than he already is.
04:40Yeah.
04:40No, he's...
04:41I mean, he's already on him.
04:42And talk about this a little bit during the call.
04:45It's been a few years since Ken Rockson's been in position.
04:47Almost ten years in this spot where he's riding this good.
04:52Do you think maybe the pressure's starting to get to him?
04:55Because he's definitely riding really tight as Hunter is going up the inside.
04:58Well, look at this.
05:00Lawrence switches lines.
05:01Switches again.
05:02Has a shot at the lead of the race.
05:04Will he look at that inside option on Rockson?
05:06He sure does, but couldn't quite get it done.
05:09Yeah, I can tell you this much, James, and you know it better than anybody.
05:12When you're in Hunter Lawrence's position and you've made that much time up on your rival
05:17competitor for the championship, it is a great feeling because you're playing with house money on speed.
05:23Yeah, and especially against Ken Rockson.
05:26Again, we know how good Ken has been in the beginning of the part of the race.
05:30And Hunter's almost strong.
05:31He's stronger towards the end.
05:33So, we'll find out.
05:34Looks like Kenny's starting to stabilize.
05:37Justin Hill is right behind these guys.
05:39But Hunter's in a great spot as he can see right there.
05:43And while we're enjoying this fight up front, let's just take a moment to praise Team Tedder's
05:48Justin Hill.
05:49That's a private tier bike ostensibly.
05:51He's ahead of the factory KTM of Jorge Prado.
05:55Well done to the veteran.
06:00If I'm Hunter Lawrence, I think I'm going to just go ahead and make the pass if I can.
06:04Are you?
06:04Yeah.
06:05I don't know, man.
06:06Like, this is where I love, like, bench racing with you.
06:09I, myself, personally, I would, if I knew that I had him on speed, if I was Hunter and
06:15I had Kenny on speed, I would kind of leave him out there to hang and try to force Ken
06:21into an error to maybe where I could not only pass him, but maybe he, like, tips it.
06:27And then I could gain more position by that.
06:30I mean, it's a slippery slope.
06:32Yeah, no, I agree with you.
06:33But I think Kenny's so good that, you know, he's going to stabilize his race now.
06:37He looks a little bit looser than what he was.
06:38So I think he just kind of jumped on him as we were watching the teammates.
06:42But Biff, Cooper Webb on the inside of Justin Cooper.
06:45Gets it.
06:47Meanwhile, Eli Tomac has not been able to move any further forward than 10th place.
06:53Here is Chase Sexton in 9th.
06:55There is Eli Tomac, 10th.
06:58Boom!
06:59Sexton pressing hard on Dylan Ferrandes on that Troy Lee-designed red ball Ducati.
07:05Yeah, look at where his track is.
07:07I noticed that when we had a shot on Eli the last time we had it.
07:12He was kind of looking like Chase Sexton was in that heat race.
07:15There wasn't really no sense of urgency, kind of standing up, laboring into the corners.
07:20And the guy that we saw in the heat race isn't this guy right now.
07:25It's like he's settled into these guys' pace.
07:28Even though, like, he's probably a bit faster.
07:32It's almost like, yeah, he's just gotten into their pace here.
07:36And that's, this is going to be huge for both Kenny and Hunter from a points perspective.
07:41Nice work from Ferrandes there.
07:43Passes Shane McElrack.
07:44That's for 7th.
07:47And that is exactly Ferrandes' best result on this new ride.
07:52Aboard that Troy Lee-designed red ball Ducati.
07:56Keep in mind, we haven't talked about it hardly at all today other than how it affects the track conditions.
08:02It's been hot.
08:03And not always do these guys race in hot conditions in Supercross.
08:07So, this is really going to come into play.
08:10The sun has absolutely been beaming all day here today.
08:14So, as we get later on in this main event, it's going to be fun to see how it works
08:19out for the top two guys.
08:21That was weird.
08:23Was it Sabaji?
08:23Yeah, Sabaji's pulling over, but he was a lap down, so.
08:27So, back up front, 1.2, 1.3 seconds.
08:31Slices it back to one.
08:33It's fluctuating, but Roxanne's remaining resilient out in front.
08:37I wonder if Kidney kind of got into a slump there early on and maybe lost his groove.
08:43And that's what allowed Hunter Lawrence to catch up to him.
08:46But he's kind of pulled back out of gap now, Will.
08:50I'm just down, Vicky, in the mechanics area right now, keeping an eye on Cameron Cameron.
08:54You can see right there, that's Hunter Lawrence's mechanic and Billy Hartle, Ken Robson's mechanic.
08:59Right now, it's kind of alternating between just letting them know position on ball, position that everybody else is at
09:05on the track, and obviously the time difference there.
09:07But also, every now and then, we see them flash up messages, right solid, good, that's what we needed.
09:13So, right now, they're just keeping their guys honest on track at this battle unfold.
09:17Oh, man, this is James, I just go back to our days of racing, and any time you get down
09:24the stretch right here, and it's almost...
09:27When you're neck to neck like this, and so close in time, it just becomes a battle of the minds
09:32at this stage, and who wants it more?
09:34Oh, hey, Prado's in trouble. The Red Bull KTM rider, there he is, bottom box.
09:39He was running in fourth, challenging Justin Hill for third.
09:44Yeah, that one section up there, Hunter Lawrence.
09:49Almost one second advantage he gained.
09:53Here he comes.
09:54All fitness right here.
09:57Oh, Kenny gets off sequence, he doesn't triple out of that corner right there, James.
10:02Lappers, our Lapper's gonna come into account.
10:05Ooh, I like that inside to the right on the whoops, looks like you're able to drive through a little
10:09bit faster.
10:11Yeah.
10:12Robson takes the inside line.
10:13Hunter Lawrence with a hard landing also on the inside.
10:16Lost a little time there, we're just over the halfway mark.
10:19Quick reminder to stock up on Monster Energy drinks at your local Kroger.
10:24Yeah, it didn't look like Hunter did anything to be able to close that gap up on Kenny,
10:29so you can tell he's in that spot to where he feels like he has that pace, he can close
10:33that gap whenever.
10:34So, really just comes down to when he wants to make that move.
10:37We talked about it earlier in the heat races.
10:39When you get there, you gotta jump on that guy.
10:42You know Kenny's probably gonna fight back.
10:44So, wherever you do it, make sure it's in the spot.
10:46Kenny can't retaliate and slow this race down for you.
10:48That's right, you can't have an attempted fail.
10:50Close call right there by Tristan Lane.
10:54Kenny almost ran into him.
10:56But look at that right side, see where Hunter was at.
10:59I believe that's gonna be a really good opportunity for Hunter if he can be close to make a move.
11:04But I go back to fitness and how is that gonna play a part?
11:12This is fascinating.
11:14Watching the ebb and flow between these two and that gap kind of expand and contract.
11:20Who is playing the better game here?
11:23Is it Roxanne out in front or is it Hunter Lawrence just biding his time?
11:26And you talk about game, Lee, and I believe this, James.
11:30It is a game of chess.
11:32And what is the game plan?
11:35Yeah, no, I agree with you.
11:37Oh, Kenny!
11:38A mistake by Roxanne!
11:39He knew it.
11:40He looked behind.
11:41And Lawrence was there to pounce.
11:42Now Roxanne comes back.
11:45Ooh.
11:46Lawrence has got the inside line.
11:48Roxanne can't set him up for a move there.
11:50Hunter, Lawrence in the lead of this race.
11:53Yeah, Kenny, he slid off of that little single on the inside.
11:56And he looked back almost as if something happened.
11:59And he was very respectful to Hunter Lawrence.
12:01He ran there.
12:02He could have ran in a lot harder, Ricky.
12:03Ken, Kenny's a quality guy.
12:05But these next couple laps are gonna be so key.
12:08Ken is normally so explosive, not only beginning of the race, but to be able to get back by it.
12:14But watch what happens.
12:15Ken gets a little sideways right there.
12:16He's gonna come out of this 90 sideways under braking.
12:20Yeah, he just slid off and he must have looked back because he thought Hunter might have been on the
12:24outside.
12:24I'm not really sure, but he could have punted Hunter off the racetrack.
12:28I think even Hunter was kind of surprised that he didn't do it.
12:31But just showed you how much respect Kenny Roxanne has.
12:33But there's that gap.
12:35Now look at this.
12:36Hunter Lawrence says, thank you.
12:37That was a gift and I'm gonna take off.
12:39There's no pressure on Ken Roxanne from Justin Hill whatsoever.
12:44So this is comfort zone.
12:45If he doesn't have anything in response to Hunter Lawrence, it's still gonna be a good result.
12:51That keeps him within one point of the championship lead.
12:54A lot of racing left, but you talk about the mental side a lot, James.
12:59And I have to say, if Hunter is able to get this win and take it down to the checkered,
13:07the confidence that that's going to give him going into these next four rounds, I just think would be...
13:13Oh, Roxanne's dropped it.
13:14Oh, he's got a kick in two.
13:17Oh, it gets back, fired back quick.
13:20This race is unraveling for Ken Roxanne.
13:23Oh, there goes Cooper Webb.
13:25Justin Hill is second.
13:26Webb is third.
13:27Roxanne demoted the fourth.
13:30That was right before the finish line.
13:31So we heard the crowd.
13:34I'm really not sure where he was.
13:36I'm not sure how he ended up that way.
13:39Maybe over-rotated the corner or something coming out.
13:42Oh, hold on.
13:44We've seen a couple of those moments.
13:45Right.
13:46And he just, even on the bike, just really stiff.
13:48Dude, it seems like he's, I don't know, maybe not as energetic.
13:52Yeah.
13:52Even before, you know, he went down.
13:56A little lethargic on the bike, but you never know.
13:59Six minutes to go, plus a lap.
14:02Oh!
14:03What do you see, James?
14:04Well, I mean, he came out firing.
14:06I mean, we saw him get around Hunter, make those kind of passes, and it looked like Ken Roxanne.
14:10I just got to go back to just on the mental side.
14:13Either we meant something, maybe he hurt himself, over-jumped something, and he's kind of dealing with that.
14:17Or you got to look at the championship, you know what I mean?
14:21Like that pressure of being there.
14:24By the way, this is second in Justin Hill, third in Cooper Webb.
14:27And Roxanne is just to the right of your screen.
14:30This is going to be close for those next two spots on the podium.
14:33With Hunter Lawrence leering out to a whopping 16-plus second lead.
14:38Love the resiliency, too, of Cooper Webb.
14:42Great run for Justin Hill, but Cooper Webb defending Supercross champ.
14:46Three times Supercross champ at that, as well.
14:50Here we go.
14:51To never give up.
14:52Inside move.
14:53Cooper Webb.
14:54He hasn't been on the podium RC in the last three races.
14:57Justin Hill fights back.
14:59Wow.
14:59Hill says, I want this second place.
15:02Great move.
15:03Yes, he does.
15:04Yes, he does.
15:05You know that's not going to sit well with the number one Cooper Webb, but...
15:09What it's doing is it's helping Roxanne.
15:11Yeah, it's helping Roxanne.
15:13And you got to look at fifth place.
15:15Dylan Ferrandez isn't too far behind those guys.
15:17Same thing with Chase Sexton.
15:19Oh, he's right there?
15:19Yeah.
15:23Oh, no!
15:24Eli Tomac drops it.
15:26Oh, this is going to be massive.
15:28He was in eighth place, and he is seeing positions and points go by.
15:33He's going to be outside of the top ten, or close to it, right on that bubble.
15:39Eleventh place.
15:41For the day that started with so much promise with a heat win.
15:45What happened to Tomac?
15:46Watch bike three.
15:47Yeah, I'm assuming he's going to air.
15:48Probably just going to hit the front brake and lose.
15:51Yep, there you go.
15:51Yeah, you can just tell how his troubles already started.
15:57This kind of adds insult to injury, but...
16:00He's looking.
16:01He's back in 11th place now.
16:04He's back in 11th place now.
16:04Meanwhile, Cooper Webb's got back by Justin Hill.
16:08So, the defending Monster Energy AMA Supercross champion in the 450 class is up to second.
16:15And a much-needed second at that.
16:20He had a really great run of podiums there mid-season, and then he's been absent from the podium the
16:26last three rounds.
16:27This will be a welcome relief return.
16:30Yep, but...
16:32But, speaking of podium, look at that number 14 on the Ducati race and Dylan Ferrandez.
16:38This podium might be for him as well.
16:40Oh, Kenny!
16:41Here comes Ferrandez.
16:43Ferrandez on that Ducati.
16:44Yeah, Kenny's...
16:46Kenny's struggling right now.
16:49Dylan Ferrandez is relishing this opportunity.
16:52Whoa, whoa, whoa!
16:53Just made a mistake and...
16:55Sexton's right there.
16:56Yep.
16:57They Sexton was there to capitalize.
16:59Ooh.
17:00That's going to be...
17:01No comment.
17:02Yeah.
17:03The refs aren't going to like that.
17:05Yeah, the refs aren't going to like that movement by Dylan Ferrandez.
17:10He probably should have gotten back on or made a more effort to go to that corner.
17:15Yeah.
17:16Yeah, Dylan, we're kind of watching you right now.
17:18That's right.
17:19There's a lot of cameras in this building.
17:22But he looks good out there.
17:23He's riding really good.
17:25Yeah, and still, we still got two and a half minutes plus one lap.
17:28This is where Kenny right now, you talk about his championship run and these last three weeks,
17:32how they win.
17:33He has got to dig so deep.
17:36How special were there's two wins?
17:38Well, if he could be able to get on the podium, this would be huge quality pass.
17:45Nice pass by Kenny right there.
17:47Don't discount.
17:48Chase Sexton.
17:49Here comes the Monster Energy Kawasaki rider.
17:56Yeah, you know, Chase senses that as well, like Kenny might be struggling.
18:01Sure, he would like to be able to get on the podium, especially how his day has been going.
18:04Yeah.
18:05Number four, Kawasaki, Chase Sexton.
18:09I think this could be as difficult as this race has been for Kenny.
18:13If he finishes on the podium.
18:14It's like a win.
18:15It's like a win, you know.
18:16Straight up.
18:17Yeah.
18:18I agree with that.
18:19It just shows you the mentality that's been different when you hit Rockson, but he doesn't
18:24get up.
18:24That number four is closing.
18:25Yeah, it's coming down to the wire, too.
18:28And Lapper's coming into play.
18:31Sexton got a good try right here.
18:33He's all over him.
18:35I know these guys have been buddies in the past, but it's going to be interesting to see
18:40if the four really pushes hard to get that podium or he gives one to his friend here.
18:45Points-wise, Rockson is 10 adrift of Hunter Lawrence now as they run with a minute plus a
18:51lap to go in this 450 main.
18:54The 26-year-old Australian, bottom box, Hunter Lawrence on the Honda HRC progressive machine.
19:01He's looking at his fourth win on the season.
19:04He had never won a 450 main until this year.
19:07Can he win his first 450 main and a 450 title in the same year?
19:13There's some legendary names in the sport like Bob Hanna and David Bailey and Jeff Stanton,
19:19Jeremy McGrath, Jet Lawrence and others who have accomplished that feat.
19:22Honda could add his name to that list in just four races time.
19:26What an absolutely epic ride by the number 96 of Hunter Lawrence on that factory Honda HRC.
19:34That fall that he took two weeks ago in Detroit, he backs it up with the podium.
19:39And then now an absolutely dominant ride bides his time.
19:44It's by the man. Quality, quality ride.
19:48No, I agree with you on that.
19:51And I would say every one of his wins this year.
19:53Right.
19:53And like straight up, he's beat the guy.
19:56So talk about believing in yourself.
19:58He's got it done.
19:59But this race ain't over.
20:01Yeah.
20:02Well, look, I like to go back and think about the history that riders have in certain locations.
20:07This is where Hunter Lawrence clinched his 250 East Division title.
20:12This is a special place to this guy.
20:15And we just had his younger brother Jet in the booth with us talking about what he's seen his brother
20:21accomplish this year.
20:22And how he's seen his older brother grow and move into a different echelon of the sport, which is that
20:29brotherly pride.
20:31But this is big time for Hunter Lawrence.
20:33One lap to go before he extends his championship lead and wins for the fourth time this year.
20:40Cooper Webb is eight and a half seconds back.
20:42Ken Rockson, you're watching on your screen, is in third with Chase Sexton chasing.
20:47And then Dylan Ferrandez is poised to get the Red Bull Troy Lee designed Ducati bike its best result in
20:54its maiden season.
20:55Quick reminder that the SMX insider post-race show presented by Bass Pro Shops is coming up when we say
21:01goodbye in just a moment's time.
21:04That's on Peacock.
21:06I know Jet's happy for his brother, but man, the way Hunter's ride, there's going to be some awkward dinners
21:12at the house when he's got to go up against him.
21:14Because Hunter Lawrence is a different man.
21:17He stalked Ken Rockson at the beginning of the race.
21:21Rockson made a little mistake and Hunter Lawrence was there to capitalize on it.
21:27Hunter Lawrence wins in Nashville and extends his championship lead.
21:34Thanks so much for watching Supercross on NBC.
21:37We'll see you on Peacock for the post-race show.
21:40What a day.
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