2002 Joliette Canadian Motocross National (250cc Pro Round 5 of 8; 125cc East Round 1 of 4)

THERE IS A RHYTHM SO THIS TRACK IS KEEPING THE RIDERS ON THEIR TOES, IT IS GOING TO MAKE FOR AWESOME RACING THIS WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE LEADER BOARD. LOOK AT THAT BATTLE FOR SECOND PLACE. THE WE ALL KNOW ABOUT LANGE. SUFFERING A SEPARATED SHOULDER, GETTING THE OKAY TO RIDE FOR TWO WEEKS. HEY, WAS UP IN PRACTICE THIS MORNING. YES, THEY WATERED IT. THAT IS A STEEP FATES. HARD TO GRASP, JUST HOW STEEP IT IS. DIPS INTO A SECTION WHERE NO SPECTATORS ARE ALLOWED. YOU GET A SNEAK PEEK OUT HERE. COME AROUND THE NICE LOOSE SOIL. AND LOOK AT THIS, A TECHNICAL TABLE TOP INTO A HUGE DOWNHILL 1YRKS LOOK AT IT FORMING THERE. IT IS GOING TO OPEN UP AS THE RACE PROGRESSES. THERE IS AN EXTERIOR SHOT AS HE COMES DOWN YET ANOTHER ONE OF THESE JOLIETTE HILLS INTO THE CORNER. YOU CAN JUST SEE LOTS OF OPTIONS HERE. IT IS SO WIDE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO -- AS IT GETS IN IT IS MORE TECHNICAL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HERE IS THE SECTION THAT IS GOING THROUGH LEADING UP TO THE MECHANICS AREA. THIS IS A RIGHT HAND SWEEPER. MECHANICS WILL BE HANGING OUT. DROP BACK TO THE MIDDLE SPECTATOR SECTION AND EVEN THE BEST RIDERS GO DOWN OCCASIONALLY. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT RIDING THE 125 WITH THE NUMBER 1 PLATE IN YOUR BIKE. TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU WILL BE RIDING DIFFERENTLY. >> FOR SURE, EVERYBODY IS LOOK AT YOU AND YOU ALWAYS LIKE -- YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO WIN. BUT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE PRESSURE AND PEOPLE LOOKING AT YOU BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY OWN THING AND AFTER EVERY LAP, DOING -- THAT IS IT. >> SO, WE WILL SEE IF OUR CHAMPION REPEATS. A GREAT SHOT. THERE IS THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR NUMBER 26. WAVING TO HIS MECHANIC. >> WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE PARTS OF TRACK, IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE YOU RIDE THE TRACK. >> I THINK JUST THE TURNS. I LIKE TRYING TO PICK DIFFERENT LINES AND TRYING TO BE CREATIVE WITH MY LINES AS FAR AS THE TURNS GO. THE JUMPS, PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IS DOING THE SAME THING ON THE JUMPS, SO, IT IS JUST MAINLY GETTING A GOOD START AND FINDING SOME REALLY GOOD LINES, BEING CREATIVE OUT THERE. THIS IS THE FIRST 125 MOTO. THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS AN EXCITING START. SOME GUYS WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE SPEED COMING. I THINK IT IS A PRETTY COOL LAYOUT MYSELF. LOOK AT THIS BABY, THEY ARE COMING AROUND THE CORNER. THERE WERE NO CRASHES IN THAT START PROVING THAT IT IS -- HASN'T RACED ALL YEAR. >> LIGHTNING FAST START. HERE IS TREADWELL IN THIRD. EVERY TIME WE COME TO QUEBEC IT IS A GOOD START. JUST HAS GREAT REFLEXES. A BIG PART OF THE START IS MENTAL. THERE IS OUR GUY NUMBER 40. HE PUTS IT IN BEHIND HOMANS. NOW IT IS CALLED THE BIG 5, NOT JUST THE BIG 4 ANYMORE. KTM NOW PART OF PROGRAM. LOOKS LIKE TREADWELL WAS IN FIRST. >> RIDING AWESOME IN THE 250,? IS HIS CHANCE TO SHINE IN THE 125s. >> HE GOES INTO FOURTH PLACE RIGHT NOW. EXCELLENT START. YOU CAN SEE THE TRACK STARTING TO DRY UP IN PLACES. STILL A ONE-LINER, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS GETTING LIGHTER. NUMBER 40, CALLED IN FIFTH PLACE, LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING TO -- TRYING TO FIND NEUTRAL. >> WE TALKED EARLIER ON, YOU CAN SEE THE LINES. >> STAYED NICE AND LOW. A GREAT PASS FOR HIM. >> HE IS STARTING THEM OFF THE CHARTS HERE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. NOW MOVING OFF, LET'S SEE THE LINES. HAS GOT SOME PEED, NICE PASS. AND TOOK THE LINE AWAY. SLOWLYOVING BACK. THERE IS OUR■ LEADER. TEAMMATES HAVE JUST PULLED A HUGE LEAD ON THE FIELD. IT IS INTERESTING HOW THE TRACK HAS STARTED TO DRY UP. HE GETS BY. WHEN HE GETS ON THE CHARTS, HE FALLS OUT. HE IS AN AWESOME RIDER. HE HAS GOT SOME ISSUES. FISHER AGAIN NOW THAT PUTS HIM UP INTO FOURTH PLACE. HE WAS CARRYING A LOT OF SPEED THROUGH THE RHYTHM SECTION. >> I KNOW HE IS LEFT. LOOKS LIKE HIS DAY IS OVER. >> OH, RIGHT THERE. HE IS IN FIRST PLACE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT HE WENT BACK AND IT SLID OUT. SEE IF HE CAN SALVAGE ANYTHING. BUT THIS IS THE GREATEST RACE SO FAR, THIS MOTO. SEE THE LINES. >> THERE WAS COUPLE OF ISSUES THERE. >> LOOK AT THAT. THAT IS SUCH A GREAT CORNER THERE, THAT LEFT-HANDER. THE GUYS ARE JUST BUSTING THROUGH. LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME. HERE WE HAVE A REPLAY. YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT LINES COME IN AND IT IS JUST FURTHER IN. GETS A REALLY GOOD EDGE ON IT AND JUST MAKES A REALLY GREAT FAIR AND SQUARE PASS. >> LOOK AT THAT. 134 PROBLEMS FOR JACK JOHNSON. JUST SHOVED HIM RIGHT OUT OF THE WAY AND■ GAVE HIM A SHOULDER. LOOK AT THIS, THE SPEEDS ARE STARTING TO PICK UP NOW IN THAT SECTION. THERE IS OUR LEADER NUMBER 7 TREADWELL. >> OH, LOOK AT HIM. THAT TAKES CARE OF TWO. HE IS GOING WAY FASTER THAN THOSE GUYS, PUTS HIMSELF DOWN. THAT HAS GOT TO BE■ FRUSTRATING. >> HOMANS MOVES BACK INTO SECOND PLACE. HE LIKES THAT SWEEPER DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. VERY DIFFICULT OFF CAMERA, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. AND WE HAVE HIM WAY OFF TRACK. SHOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN. IT IS SO PRECISE. >> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO GET THE RUTS, YOU TO HAVE RIDE IT OU■■■■■■■■■■ >> JOHNSON OVER, BUT JUST GETS ON. GOLDIE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO BLOCK HIS LINE AND GOT OFF SIDEWAYS. >> IT IS DISASTROUS. THAT MEANS THAT HOMANS AND TREADWELL ARE NOW BACK IN THEIR LAST LAP. JOHNSON GOES IN. GOLDIE TAKES THE HIGH LINE. >> OH, GOLDIE DOUBLES THROUGH. HANGS IT ON TO THAT RUT AND PASSES JOHNSON. >> LOOKS LIKE JOHNSON GOT SIDEWAYS. >> THESE TWO GUYS GOING AT IT. TREADWELL IS ON HIS LAST LAP. HAS A NICE CUSHION OVER HOMAN. HE GETS INTO THAT RUT. THINGS COULD GO CRAZY AS IRON MIKE TREADWELL GETS IT. >> GOOD FOR IRON MIKE. >> OBVIOUSLY GETTING OUT IN THE SERIES AND WINNING IS VERY IMPORTANT. POINTS ARE SO HARD TO COME BY. I KNOW YOUR STRATEGY TO WIN BUT TALK ABOUT HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL. >> I DID THE SAME THING LAST YEAR, I WON THE FIRST ROUND AND THEN ENDED UP BEING OUT AFTER THREE SERIES. I JUST WANT TO WIN RACES. IF I WIN RACES, I FIGURE THE CHAMPIONSHIP WILL COME TO ME. >> THERE HE IS. >> I KNOW YOU WANTED TO WIN THIS HOW DID THAT WORK OUT FOR YOU? >> SECOND PLACE NOT TOO BAD. I MEAN, IT IS THE FIRST ROUND AND MOVE OUT TO SECOND, I GOT IT BACK BUT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD RACE. >> MY HONDA GOT ME OFF THE GATE, I CAN'T THANK HONDA ENOUGH, SUPER BIKE. MAX'S TIRES, AND I PICKED MY WAY THROUGH THE PACK AND I GOT BY HIM AND I PUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NEXT MOTO I'LL BE USED TO IT AND I HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEM. >> LOOK GREAT IN >> MISSED ONE ROUND DUE TO TEN DENNITIS, YOU STILL SITTING AT 11. >> YEAH, FORTUNATELY, I HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD ROUNDS BEFORE I MISSED THE LAST ROUND, SO I HAD LIKE A FULL MONTH OFF, SO THAT WAS GOOD FOR ME. YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY DOCTORED IT. WE DID A LOT OF THERAPY AND I GOT A CORTISONE SHOT IN MY WRIST. IT FEELS 100%. HOPEFULLY IT STAYS LIKE THAT AND I CAN RIDE TO MY FULL POTENTIAL. >> GOING TO THE LINE, THIS IS THE FIRST 250 MOTOR FROM JOLIETTE. GREAT SHOT FROM THE BACK HERE. A COUPLE VERY MECHANICS. THE HUMID SIT SETTING IN BIG TIME. NATIONAL NUMBER 2, LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL ON HIS HELMET. >> WOO, WHAT A START. HE GOT A GREAT COUPLE. A WHOLE SHOT. LOOKS LIKE STARTING TO OPEN UP THE GAP. LOOK AT THIS. BATTLING FOR SECOND PLACE. WE HAVE ALSO GOT BLAIR AND CHAD DUKING IT OUT IN THE TOP 10. AND ONE OF OUR RIDERS LOOKS LIKE HE LANDED REALLY *** THE BARS. A GREAT START INTO THIRD PLACE PAST TREADWELL. LOOKS LIKE HE IS TRYING TO OPEN UP THE GAP. >> HE IS NOT IN A BIG HURRY. A BEAUTIFUL STEP-UP. NOBODY CAN REALLY CLEAR THA SO HE LANDED THE BOUNCE AGAIN. VERY TECHNICAL. REALLY SEE HOW THE TRACK STARTED TO GET NICE OUT THERE. MOVING INTO FOURTH PLACE, HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK OUT. HE GETS THROUGH CORNER OR DO THEY? YES, THERE IS MORGAN. THIS IS A FAMILIAR SCENARIO. WE HAVE SEEN THIS MANY, MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, MARK. >> WELL, WE HAVE AND WE ALL KNOW HOW GOOD DUBE IS. >> LOOK AT THE LINE FOR MORGAN AS HE BLOWS BY. >> TRYING TO KEEP AN EVEN THROW ON TOP. ONE FALL AND IT THROWS OFF YOUR MOMENTUM FOR THE WHOLE SECTION. >> YESTERDAY IN PRACTICE, HE WAS BY FAR THE FASTEST. THERE GOES TREADWELL. YOU CAN SEE GOOD BATTLES SHAPING UP. COMPLETELY OFF TO THE SIDE. SEE ALL THE REST. LOOK AT THESE LINES. OH, WHAT A GREAT CHECK TO DUBE. BUT HE LEFT HIM SOME ROOM THERE. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A NAGSTY COLLISION. >> REALLY GOT ON THE GAS AND GOT IT. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. A SUPER STRONG TEAM HAVE MORGAN. DUBE ON IT. HOLDING UP AS WELL AS THE TEAMMAS. THOSE YS HAVE ALL BEEN ON FIRE THIS YEAR. LET'S REMEMBER THAT DUBE IS ON THAT -- OH, I SEE THAT. >> I TELL YOU WHAT, HE HAS GREAT BALANCE AND HE IS NOT AFRAID TO GET ON THE GAS. THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL CITY ■■STAKES. HE WILL NOT LOOK BACK, MAINTAIN THE DRIVE AND WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD OFF THE CHARGE. OH, LOOAT E SKIRK ON THAT TRACK! >> OH! LOOK AT THAT! >> GETS A LITTLE MUD BACK IN THE CORNER.■ >> SEE IF HE CAN HOD UP THE CHARGE BECAUSE MORGAN IS GOING TO MAKE THIS THING INTERESTING. >> HE IS CRISSCROSSING. MORGAN IS JUST SOAKING IT ALL IN. LOOK AT MORGAN UP THE MIDDLE. YOU BETTER GO. TWO POSITIONS AND IT WILL GO 10 FEET. IS NOT FOLLOWING THERE. HE WAS RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE RIDERS. THE DOOR OPENED, HE TOOK IT. A GOOD MOVE FOR PLAYER. COMING INTO IT -- DUBE JUMPS IN, REALLY FAR. BUT LOOK AT HOW FAR MORGAN JUMPS IN THERE, REALLY AWESOME. DUBE IS GETTING ALL SIDEWAYS. LOOK AT THAT. BLAIR HOLDS HIS LINE AND JUST GETS IT ON THE BEAUTIFUL KIND OF LEFT HAND OFF. >> DID YOU SEE THE WAY HE WORKED HIMSELF IN THE LINE THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE.■ HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB. EXCELLENT JOB. HE IS GETTING REALLY CREATIVE. LOOK AT THIS. HIGH SPEED DOWNHILL INTO THE BIG ST■■P. TAKE FIRST PLACE AWAY. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW THAT STRAIGHT AWAY IS. IT IS SHOCK. IT IS A DIFFERENT KIND. IT IS VERY CHOPPY AND THE RUNS MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT YOU KNOW TO STAY UPRIGHT. >> WHAT YOU GET IN THE LINES, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED THERE. BATTLING OUT FOR FOURTH PLACE. ISRAEL WITH PIECES FALLING OFF. HE ACTUALLY HAD A BAD CRASH EARLIER. NICE TO SEE YOUNG JAMIE. STAYING UPRIGHT, THAT IS WHAT HE HAS GOT TO DO. YOU CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THESE GUYS TO GET THAT OUT OF THEIR HEADS. STILL IN FRONT■ OF MORGAN BUT HE IS NOT GETTING IT. OFF THE GAS IN A BIG WAY. IT IT IS BALLOT FOR SIXTH PLACE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOOD OR BAD. IRON MIKE TAKING SIXTH PLACE. >> IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THE LINES. WITH DUBE COMING THROUGH STRAIGHTAWAY IN THIRD PLACE, YOU KNOW, ONE MISCALCULATION AND THEN YOU GOING DOWN. IT IS ROCK SOLID GOING THIRD. MOUNTING SOMETHING, AND HE PASSES IT, IT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WELL, IT WAS INTERESTING, THAT SECTION IS SO LONG. AS WE GET BACK TO THE LIEDERS. COMING THROUGH, HE ARE LAPPING. LOOK AT MORGAN'S CROSSOVER AND TAKE THE LINE AWAY FROM HIM AND MOVE INTO FIRST PLACE. >> WHAT A PASS! >> WHAT AN AWESOME PASS FOR MORGAN. JUST SET HIM UP AND TOOK THE LINE AWAY. HE HAD NOTHING TO DO THERE. MORGAN IS SO AGGRESSIVE. YOU SEE THESE GUYS RACE ALL THE TIME. HE PASSES DUBE. FLOWING, JUST YOU A SONL THE TRACK. THIS IS WHAYOU WANT TO SEE. WE SAW AND TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR OPENING. LIGHTNING FAST, LOSING THE THIRD PLACE DUBE. IT IS GREAT. TAKES A LOOT OF MENTAL STRENGTH. >> OH, LOOK AT THAT SECTION. SOLID THROUGHOUT TODAY. >> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW ROUGH IT IS GETTING. LANCE SMAIL TAKES IT RIGHT AWAY. >> SMAIL A FLY IN THE OINTMENT. LIKE DUBE, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOPECTS FROM THESE GUYS. >> THE TEAM HAD A BIG LOSS BUT PHIL LAWRENCE IS PICKING UP THE SLACK THIS WEEKEND? >> YEAH, PHIL IS HAVING A GOOD RIDE SO FAR. HE IS COMING BACK FROM A LITTLE BIT OF AN INJURY. TOOK SOME TIME OFF, GOT HEALED UP AND I THINK THINGS ARE GOING TO BE GOOD. >> YOU THINK ICE HISS ARM IS BUGGING HIM? >> I DON'T KNOW IN PRACTICE HE SAID IT IS FEELING OKAY. I THINK MAYBE HE SLID OUT A LITTLE BIT. >> HOPE IT WORKS OUT. >> THANKS. >> SEE LAWRENCE BACK UP. LOOKS LIKE DEHAAN HAS GOT A LINE ON TREADWELL. >> A LITTLE SIDEWAYS, MAKES IT WORK FOR HIM. NO STRANGER TO ONE ANOTHER, YET AGAIN. TAKES IT BACK. LOOK AT THIS. HE HAS GOT SOME ISSUES. GRASS ALL OVER THE PLACE. GET BACK TO THE STEP DOWN. MORGAN IS GOING IN FRONT. AT THE 8 PLACE MARK. TAKES IT AWAY RIGHT THROUGH THIS FIELD. REALLY UNBELIEVEABLE. BUT LOOK AT THE LINE CHOICES. VERY INTERESTING. SOMETIMES IT IS FOLLOWING, MOST OF THE TIME IT IS NOT. HE CAN'T FALL. YOU HAVE IT INSIDE. HE HAS GOT TO LET THESE GUYS BY. SIDE BY SIDE. LOOK AT THIS RACING. >> THIS IS SPECTACULAR. YOU CAN SEE ROY FINDING THE TRACTION WITH HIS WHEEL. >> HE FINDS TRACK SHON WHERE NOBODY ELSE CAN. >> EVERY SEEMS -- EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE -- THESE RIDERS ARE SO IN CONTROL. WE COMING AROUND. LOOK AT THE STYLE. PHIL IS A BIG MAN. YOU CAN REALLY PUSH THAT BIKE AROUND. THE STEP-UP. ALL RIGHT, BACK TO THE BOYS IN FIRST PLACE. ROY WITH THE INSIDE LINE. WE KNOW HOW FAST MORGAN IS. IF HE GETS SQUIRRELY, DOES HE HAVE IT? TAKES FIRST PLACE WITH A GREAT PASS. >> TERRIFIC JUMP FOR MORGAN. THE SUSPENSION GETS REALLY HOT. YOU SEE THEM AT THE START OF THE RACE JUST TRACKING. TOWARDS THE END, THE SHOCK ABSORBERS GET SO RED HOT. LOOK AT THIS, THEY ARE SIDE BY SIDE. THROUGH MECHANICS AREA, AGAIN, LOOK AT THE RUN. LOOK AT MORGAN, LOOK AT ROY. UNREAL. OKAY, HERE WE GO. MORGAN SQUARES OUT, DOES HE HAVE IT? HE IS COMING AWAY FROM ROY. MORGAN PASSED ROY. A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAT TIME. THERE WAS NOBODY THERE TO INTERFERE. MORGAN GOES RIGHT FOR IT. >> HERE IT IS. LOOK AT THIS IN SL SLO-MO. HE COMES UP RIGHT BESIDE HIM WITH A WHEELIE POSITION. LOOK AT IT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY -- WHAT IS AMAZING HOW CLOSE HE IS. >> DID YOU SEE MORGAN? THAT IS WHERE IT HAPPENS. RIGHT THERE. MORGAN BRINGING IT AS THE STAR OF MOTOCROSS. >> THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT ON THE FINAL APPROACH. CR 250 TAKING THE CHECKERED FLAG. THIS GUY HAS GOT TO BE ON TOP OF THE WORLD. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS. WITH THE RIDE OF HIS LIFE. >>> ALL RIGHT, BLAIR, FIRST OFF, AWESOME RIDE, THAT IS THE BLAIR FROM OLD DEFINITELY. PUT ON A SHOW, YOU GUYS WERE 30 SECONDS AHEAD OF EVERYBODY. YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME GUYS COULD GET IN BETWEEN YOU BUT YOU GOT THOSE POINTS. >> YEAH, IT HELPS. I JUST WANT TO WIN SOME RACES. I FEEL REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW. >> THE BIKES ARE AWESOME AND YEAH, IT IS DIFFICULT OUT THERE. IT IS MUGGY AND HUMID AND THE TRACK IS WET AND RUDDY SO IT IS DIFFICULT OUT THERE. >> THE LEADER BOARD. MORGAN AND ROY, NO KIDDING, HOW ABOUT DUBE STEALS THIRD FROM LAWRENCE, LAWRENCE CRASHENS TO LAST LAP. WHAT ABOUT HAGSETH BACK TO 10. >> A GREAT START BUT I GOT -- I FEEL PRETTY TIGHT OUT THERE AND KIND OF CRASH BETWEEN MY WRISTS AGAIN. I WAS SORE. YOU KNOW, IT IS FRUSTRATING WHEN THE GUYS LIKE THAT PASS ME IN >> MOVING INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF THEIR FULL ASSAULT ON CANADIAN RACING, KTM IS STARTING TO FIND THEIR MARK. KTM CANADA HAS ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS NOT ONLY A CONTENDER BUT ALSO A TEAM THAT CAN WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP. ON THIS TEAM ARE A PAIR OF AMERICANS. WHILE EAST COAST LEGEND IRON MIKE TREADWELL WILL TEST HIS MEASURE IN THE 250 CLASS. MIXED IN WITH THE VETERAN AMERICANS IS A FIELD OF FIERY CANADIANS WITH THE LIKES OF WESTERNERS HOW ABOUT EAST COAST SPECIAL HAYDEN. THE KTM HAS A MIXTURE OF EXPERIENCE AND RAW TALENT. KTM CANADA HAS SETTLED IN WITH FOX APPAREL, SMITH GOGGLES AND A LONG LIST OF QUALITY HELPERS. WHILE THE PAST MAY BE LITTERED WITH THE REMAINS OF THE FOUR IT COULD BE HISTORY. >> THE SPORTS TEAM >> YOU WERE HOT COMING IN LAST YEAR I DON'T THINK YOU FINISHED WHERE YOU WANTED. >> I WANT TO COME IN THE FIRST ROUND AND COME IN SWINGING. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO INTIMIDATE ME, PUT ME DOWN. I WILL RIDE MY OWN RACE. FOR THE FULL 20 MINUTES AND I'M GOING TO RIDE A 250 AND SEE. >> GOT TO LOVE THAT. HERE WE GO. FEEL THE POWER. RAIN IS COMING DOWN. UMBRELLAS IN THE SKY, PRETTY DAUNTING. LOOK AT ALL THE OPEN GATES. GUYS OPTING NOT TO RIDE. USUALLY IT IS A FULL LINE. BUT A FEW GUYS SITTING THIS ONE OUT. >> AND THE GREAT IS -- AND THE GATE IS DOWN. IT IS STARTING TO GET MESSY HERE ALREADY. >> THOSE GUYS WILL GET SHUT OUT HERE IN THE SECOND TURN. FISHER WITH THAT ON HIS HELMET TO KEEP THE MUD OFF. >> YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT GETTING A GOOD START, THIS IS THE RACE WHERE YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD START. >> TREADWELL IS OUTPOURING THEM UP THE HILL. >> LOOK AT THE MOVE HE IS MAKING ON FISHER. IN THE OUTSIDE, TAKES IT. YOU NOT EASY TO GET BY FISHER. >> JUST TOO SLIPPERY, NO TRACTION AVAILABLE. FROM THIRD TO FIRST, WHAT A GREAT JOB. >> SO TREADWELL IS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE VALLEY. IN SECOND, ALREADY STARTING TO GET DICEY. WHICH YOU KNOW IT IS STARTING TO GET TRACTION. YOU CAN SEE IT RAIN. IT IS STARTING TO COME DOWN HARDER AND HARDER. THIS CAN GET TRICKY AS IT GETS MUDDIER. TREADWELL WILL LOOK PRETTY GOOD. FISHER WITH THE NICE LINE. FRIRBER CAN RIDE IN ANY CONDITION AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE STRONG POINTS. HE DOESN'T CARE. LOOK GOOD IN THIRD PLACE. >> YOU KNOW OFF THE TRACK, THERE IS A STEEP ANGLE OFF THE SIDE OF THIS SECTION DOWN TO THE DOUBLE. THIS IS A SPOT YOU DON'T WANT TO CRASH. HAS SOME BIG PROBLEMS. IN THE LEAD, FISHER ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE HE HAD TO DRIVE, THROUGH THE RAIN AND THE MUD, FISHER TAKES THE LEAD. THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION OF THE SPEED. TREADWELL ON THE OUTSIDE, GETS A LITTLE BIT OF AIR OFF THE JUMPS, THERE IS NO WAY THEY COULD JUMP THAT STUFF IN THESE CONDITIONS AS THE RAIN HAS NOT LET UP. IT IS POURING DOWN. LOOK AT HOW DEEP THAT RUT THAT HE IS IN. >> GIVE ME THE LINE ON FISHER. COMING INTO THE KAWASAKI CORNER IS WHERE IT HAPPENED HE DOVE IN, KEPT THE GAS ON RIGHT HERE. HE HAS SO MUCH MORE MOMENTUM THAN MIKE. THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT, KEEPING A MOMENTUM UP. IF YOU SLOW DOWN IT IS SO MUCH HARDER TO GET YOUR SPEED BACK UP BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH WHEEL SPIN. >> LOOK AT THIS AT THE TOP OF THE DOWNHILL, TREADWELL IS GOING DOWN AS HE GETS HIS BIKE IN, HE IS BACK IN THE RACE. I DIDN'T SEE HOMANS ANYWHERE. THAT WAS A BIG CRASH. HE WENT OVER THAT THING IN MIDAIR. >> IT WAS A HARD LANDING. HE GETS UP. LOOK AT THIS, FISHER WITH A BIG SWATH. LOOK AT FISHER OUT THERE. >> FISHER WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF LEADERS DOUBLING THE MARK. >> LOOK AT THE RAIN COMING DOWN AS WE GET BACK TO MIKE TREADWELL. THEY HAVE MAPD ALL THE GROUND AS THEY DOUBLE THROUGH. THERE GOES THE FOAM ON FISHER'S HEAD. I DON'T THINK HE NEEDS IT, HE IS SO FAR IN FRONT. >> WELL, THAT FOAM PAD WOULD HAVE BEEN SO HEAVY. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A DEEP RUT. HE WAS MAKING AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE. ALMOST CRASHED. YOU SEE IT BACK IN. A COUPLE OF GUYS DOWN. GUYS ARE STARTING TO GET LITTERED ALL OVER. THE FLAGGERS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OUT OF THE WAY. SHOULDERING THROUGH THAT ROUGH STRAIGHT AWAY SECTION. IT HAS GOT TO BE TOUGH OUT THERE WITH NO GOGGLES BUT IS TOUGHER WITH THE MUD. I BET YOU 90% OF THE FIELD HAS THEIR GOGGLES OFF. YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU LOOK AT THOSE GUYS AND THEY ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS. THEY ARE GETTING ON THE GAS, FINDING THE LINES. GETS A BIT OF A SLIDE. HE IS GOING OFF TRACK. HE IS OUT OF THE GAS, LOOK AT HOW MUCH HE HAD TO SLOW DOWN, LOOK AT THE GROUND HE LOST. >> HE DID. BUT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. OH, LOOK AT THAT! HE IS A REAL UP AND COMER. BUT THAT SHOWS YOU HOW EASY IT IS TO GET OUT THERE. IF YOU LOSE MOMENTUM ON THAT UPHILL, YOU TOAST. BACK THERE, TREADWELL AND HOMANS. ALL OVER THE PLACE, THREADWELL ONE OF THE LAST HOLDOUTS. DOESN'T MATTER HOW GOOD YOUR SYSTEM IS, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN TAKE. LOOKS LIKE HE IS TRYING TO GET IT. TREADWELL MAINTAINS THE LINE. WATER FLYING EVERYWHERE, THE PUDDLES ARE STARTING TO FORM ON THIS TRACK. ALL THESE SECTIONS ARE STARTING TO POOL. LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT HOMANS, RIGHT THROUGH THE DEEP SECTION. MANAGES TO PADDLE ALONG. MAKES HIS WAY OFF. THESE CONDITIONS ARE SO HARD ON THE MOTORCYCLE. ESPECIALLY THE 125 VERY, YOU SEE A LOT OF SEIZURES ON THESE 125 BIKES. SUZUKI IS HOLDING UP WELL. WELL IT IS INTERESTING TO WATCH FISHER RIDE. HE HAS WAY MORE SED OUT THERE. I THINK FISHER HAS JUST CRASHED LESS. EVERYONE OF THESE GUYS CRASHED. OH, HE COMES TOGETHER WITH A FLAG PERSONNEL. SHE IS UP, SHE IS OKAY. THAT WAS JUST A GLANCE THERE. >> A LITTLE CLOSE TO THE TRACK. YOU GET INTO ONE OF THE SECTIONS, YOU CAN'T SLOW DOWN. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO. LOOK AT FISHER GOING UP THE UPHILL. >> OH! THAT IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. HE MAY DO I IT. I CAN SMELL THE CLUTCH FROM HERE. HE MAKES IT. THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE HARDEST PART OF THE TRACK RIGHT NOW. WHEN DEREK FISHER WATCHES THE TAPES. -- >> YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! >> THE WATER PRESSURE BLEW HIS LEG RIGHT OFF THE BIKE. HE WAS COMING SO FAST. >> IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME. IT KNOCKS YOU RIGHT OFF NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU HANGING ON. >> HE ALMOST FALLS OFF THE BIKE. >> OH, THESE HILLS, THIS IS ATROCIOUS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO HERE. THE 250 RACE, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO BUY PASS THE HILL BECAUSE THIS IS CARNAGE. >> HAS A COUPLE OF GOOD LINES. OH, TREADWELL GOES DOWN. HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH SPEED GOING. JUST SHOWS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS OUT HERE. IRON MIKE THROWS THE MOTORCYCLES AROUND, THE GUYS ARE AWESOME TALENTED RIDER FALLING DOWN LIKE A RANK AMATEUR. CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW DIFFICULT THESE CONDITIONS ARE. >> YOU SAID IT OFTEN THAT THE RAIN IS THE BIG EQUALIZER. THERE ARE GUYS ALL OVER THE PLACE. HE JUST GETS UP LIKE NO PROBLEM. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS NO PROBLEM, BUT HE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. OH, IT IS JUST MAYHEM. MAINTAINING WHATEVER BALANCE HE CAN. IT IS SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. THE LEADERS HAVE CRASHED SEVERAL TIMES BUT ARE STILL LEADING THE RACE. IT IS BRUTAL OUT THERE MY FRIENDS. FISHER WE SAW GETTING HIS LAST LAP. ONE MORE LAP TO BRING IT HOME TO VICTORY. NO, FISHER FINALLY GOES DOWN. IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG. LOOK AT HIM, HE IS COVERED IN MUCK AND KEEPS THE BIKE GOING, BUT HOW ABOUT THOSE APPLES. >> HE HAD THAT THE WHOLE RACE. >> OH, NO, MIKE, HE PROBABLY WISHES HE WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE TODAY. >> UNBELIEVABLE. DID YOU SEE THAT? HE WAS JUST LYING THERE WAITING FOR SKIES TO OPEN UP SAYING TAKE ME OUT OF HERE. SEE HOW HE HANDLES THIS LAST RUT. RIDERS ARE LITTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE. ONE MORE AND THERE HE IS. OVER THE EDGE. TAKES THE CHECKER. THE SUZUKI TEAM HAS GOT TO BE HAPPY THAT. HE IS A MAN WITH A FUTURE. >> IRON MIKE, UNBELIEVABLE OUT THERE FOR YOU, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE SUCH A MUD SPECIALIST. >> I DIDN'T REALLY. >> WELL I THOUGHT BEING IN NEW ENGLAND WE HAVE A LOT OF MUD RACES, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT I WOULD DO BETTER -- I MEAN, I DID GOOD, FALLING THREE TIMES, I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD FALL THREE TIMES. BUT I JUST TRIED TO GET UP THERE AND GET SOME VALUABLE POINTS. >> COMING INTO THE WINNERS■■ CIRCLE ARE YOU SURPRISED THEY LET IT GO AS LONG AS THEY DID? >> I KIND OF WAS BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY GUYS ALL OVER THE TRACK AND JUST MAYHEM EVERYWHERE, THE RUTS ARE SO DE AND THE PUDDLES ARE SO DEEP AND THEY SPLASHED US IN THE EYES AND YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHINGIT IS KE A GY HAZE YOU ARE JUST GOING LIKE■ THIS TRYING TO SEE, AND IT IS TOUGH. >> PACKING■■■■■ >>> NUMBER 20 DEREK FISHER A YOUNG HOPEFUL FOR THE EASTERN TITLE WINS IN AN ABSOLUTE MT EXTREME CONDITIONS. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? >> WEL, MY MAIN FOCUS TWOOS GET A GOOD START, THAT IS WHAT I DID. I KIND OF MOVED INTO■■ SECOND BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO STAY THERE, SO I CHARD HARDER AND I GOT BY -- I KNEW IF I GOT BY TREADWELL THAT I WOULD HAVE■ CLEAR SAILING, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MY GOGGLES GETTING CLOGGED UP OR ANYTHING. THATA THE MOST INTEREST. LL I WAS FREAKING I WAS LIKE OH, HERE WE GO. SO I JUST TRITE TRIED STAY AS SMOOTH AS I COULD AND I KNEW IF I STAYED UP I COULD WIN. >> IT WAS NIGHTMARE. LaPOINTE -- >> THIS IN THE RAIN WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THE TRACK WAS TREACHEROUS. YOU MANAGED TO PULL OFF A THIRD WHICH WAS AWESOME. >> I TRIED TO BE SMART. I WAS UP IN THIRD AND THEN I FELL SWIS TWIS BUT I STARTED TO RIDE AND PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND THEN IT WORKED OUT. >> YOU KNOW EVERY GUY ON THE PODIUM CRASHED AT LEAST ONCE IN THE RACE SO YOU WEREN'T ALONE. >> YEAH. I SUNK MY BIKE ONCE BUT WE JUST GOT IT GOING AND KEPT MY HEAD UP HIGH. >> HOW ABOUT THE RIDERS LITTERED OVER THE TRACK WAS THAT A FACTOR, DID YOU HIT ONE AND RISK FALLING? >> YEAH, THE STEEP YUM HILTON TRACK, LANDED ON ONE GUY FOR TRACTION. BUT I HAD TO STOP AND MAKE MY WAY THROUGH. MY TIRES HELD UP GOOD ON THE KAWASAKI. >> MEMORIES, THE BOYS ARE HAVING FUN ON THE HILLS. >> WELL, WE WITH HEAD REFEREE FROM THE FRENCH CMOC, THE GROUNDS HAVE TURNED INTO A QUAGMIRE, YOU HAD TO MAKE A DIFFICULT DECISION, HAD TO CANCEL THE LAST. GIVE US YOUR TAKE ON IT? >> WE ARE VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS REGARDING SAFETY AND BY HAD LIGHT NIMG SO WE CAN'T TAKE ANY CHANCE. WELL, WITH THE CANCEL, HE WAS ASKED TO TAKE A BRAND NEW SKI DOO ON THE TRACK. NO STRANGER TO THESE MACHINES, SIT BACK AND ENJOY. CRANK UP THE VOLUME, AIRBORNE, BLAIR MORGAN IS GOING TO PUT ON A SHOW. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, FINISH OUT THE DAY AND WHY DON'T WE GET RID OF MOTORCYCLE. >> THERE IS SO MUCH WATER OUT THERE. IT DIDN'T OVERHEAT OR ANYTHING, JUST COOLED THE HEATING UNDERNEATH. HE WANTED ME TO RIDE IT, SO I DID. >> QUICK QUESTION, WHAT DO YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ON, THE MOTORCYCLE OR THE SLED? >> IT IS A TOSS-UP. THE BIKES YOU STICK IN THE RUT AND MIGHT GO OVER, BUT THIS >> AS LEADER BOARD SHOWS THE RACERS IN THE 125s. MOVING INTO THE 250, THE INSIDE MOTOR SOCKLE IS A LOCK WITH ROY AND MORGAN. >> LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE SAYING A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT WOULD HOLD HERE EXCEPT THAT WE ARE INSIDE THE BLACK FOOT TENT. IT IS SWAMPED UNDER THE AWNING. THE BLACK FOOT TEAM ARE HAPPY THE RACE WAS CALLED TODAY. IT CAME DOWN TO THE WIRE. THE REFEREE SOUNDED THE AIR HORN 15 MINUTES TO THE LINE, THE GUYS STARRED MARCHING OUT AND THEN LIGHTNING OPENED UP AND THE THUNDER. THE RACE WAS CALLED RIGHT AT THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. >> THE 125s WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH, THOUGH LAST ONE WAS INTERESTING. MIKE TREADWELL SHOWING HIS DOMINANCE. HOMANS FELL IN THE SECOND, AND DERRICK FISHER WAS THE BIG SURPRISE. >> KNEE NEEDED THAT. HE NEEDED TO HAVE THE RIGHT BEHIND HIM AND THE RIGHT BIKE AND HE NEEDS CONFIDENCE. THAT WIN IS GOING TO DO SO MUCH FOR HIS EASTERN SWING, I THINK HE IS A FAVORITE TO UPSET HOMANS AND TREADWELL. >> I THINK SO TOO. WHAT WE WANTED WE SAW, NOW WE HAD THREE ROUNDS IN A ROW, GOING BACK TO BACK, SWAPPING THE LEAD. COULD IT GET ANY BETTER? I THINK WE ARE PERSONALLY WITNESSING HISTORY. WE HAVE WAITED YEARS FOR THESE TWO TO MIX IT UP. IT NEVER SEEMED TO WORK. ONE GUY WOULD GET A GOOD START, ONE GUY WOULD GET A BAD START. ONE GUY WOULD GET STANGLED UP AND WE HAD NEVER SEEN THEM RATE RAIS LIKE THAT. IT IS THINKS HISSTRY AND MAKING MY WHOLE SEASON SEEING THOSE GUYS SWAP LEADS. SOMEONE MADE A COMMENT THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE FANS. ABSOLUTELY NOT, THESE GUYS ARE HAMMERING HARD. THERE IS A RIVALRY UNDER THIS TENT. THEY EACH WANT TO BE TOP DOG FOR BLACK FOOT, NO QUESTION. >> AND MISSING DARLY LANGE, IF HE WAS HERE, HE WOULD BE IN THE MIX SO WE WILL NOT SEE HIM NOW PROBABLY NOT FOR A COUPLE MORE ROUNDS. LET'S PUT A CLOSE TO THIS WET MESS. THEY PUT ON A GOOD SHOW BUT MOTHER NATURE RULES. WHAT A GREAT DAY RACING. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON THE EAST COAST.