2011 Anaheim 1 Monster Energy Ama Supercross Championship round 1 - Sx lites west round 1 - Part 2

>>> MARTIN DAVALOS WHO WAS SO QUICK EARLIER TODAY DID NOT MAKE A TRANSFER SPOT STRAIGHT IN TO THE MAIN. HE IS GOING TO GET A LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER. BROC TICKLE ON THE OTHER HAND, COMES OUT AND PUTS IN AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. AND ERIN CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. >> IT'S ALMOST CONSIDERED DAY JA VIEW WHERE BROC TICKLE LEFT OFF LAST YEAR. YOU WON THE HEAT AT ANAHEIM-1 LAST YEAR. THIS TIME, A NEW TEAM. ARE YOU AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU LOOK OUT THERE RIDING? >> IT FEELS GOOD. I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AND PUTTING IN TESTING I CAN'T THANK THE GUYS ENOUGH FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF SUCH A GOOD OPERATION. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN. BROC TICKLE, YOUR HEAT RACE ONE WINNER. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE KEEPING EYES ON KEN ROCKSON. BOY HUSBAND -- ROCZEN. HE WAS FAST TODAY IN PRACTICE. >> HE WAS IMPRESSIVE. THE OPENING PRACTICE, HIM AND DAVALOS WERE BATTLING IT OUT. IN THE SECOND PRACTICE, IT LOOKED TO BE MUCH OF THE SAME >> BUT THEN HE HAD A PROBLEM. LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO KEN ROCZEN AFTER IMPRESSING EVERYBODY ALL AFTERNOON LONG. THEN THINGS WENT WRONG. >> IT WASN'T HIS DEAL >> NO. >> OKAY? >> UNAVOIDABLE. >> YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE T ALKING ABOUT EARLIER. YOU HOPE THE GUY DOESN'T GO YOUR WAY. CHECK THIS OUT. >> UH-OH. >> THAT'S ROCZEN ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER RIDE THEY'RE CRASHED. YOU CAN TELL THERE IS PAIN THERE. >> HE WAS CLUTCHING HIS RIGHT ARM. AND HIS LEFT THIGH, I BELIEVE IT WAS. >> LEG. >> LOVE WHAT THE KID IS ABOUT. HE IS SO FULL OF ENERGY. >> HE SEEMS OLDER FROM WHAT HE IS. >> HE HAS A LITTLE MORE OF AN ACCENT. HE WILL SHOW US IN HERE AND I GUARANTEE, HE, TOO, SORRY, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. HE WILL TEACH US ENGLISH. THIS KID IS ALL OVER THE BIKE! IT'S EXCITING. >> YEAH. NO DOUBT. >> THE STARTING LINE-UP ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. JOSH HANSON IN THIS ONE AS WELL. NICK PELUSI. ANOTHER YOUNGSTER >> WEIRD WITH THE LINE-UP, A BUNCH OF NEW NAMES. >> JOSH HANSON TRYING TO GET IT DONE, VETERAN OF THE CLASS. YOU HAVE TO THINK THIS IS HIS LAST SEASON. >> ON ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS OUT THERE. TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE ALL KNOW HIS HISTORY. >> HERE WE GO. HEAT TWO [ENGINES ROARING ] >> JUMPING IN THE LEAD. HANSON ON THE 100. AND HANDSEN -- HANSEN GOES IN E LEAD. >> AND NICK POLUZZI. HE COMES OUT SECOND OFF OF HIS START. HE JUST GOT TO RIDE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. >> WHAT A STORY! >> NICK IN THE NUMBER 72. ANOTHER ONE OF THE YOUNGEST KIDS IN THIS CLASS. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. HANSEN IS A VETERAN THERE ARE YOUNG KIDS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. TIME TO GET IT DONE FOR NUMBER 100. LOOK AT THAT. >> I MEAN WHEN JOSH HANSEN IS ON, WHEN HE HAS SOME GOOD NIGHT, I REALLY ENJOY WATCHING HIM RIDE HE'S SO SMOOTH. WHAT I LIKE, TOO, YOU CAN WATCH. HE LOOKS COMFORTABLE. HE SETS UP FOR THE TURNS REALLY EARLY AND ROLLS THROUGH THERE REALLY FAST IT'S FUN TO WATCH HIM RIDE. NO DOUBT. >> KIND OF A FAMOUS MOTOCROSS FAMILY. >> YEAH, NO DOUBT >> HIS FATHER DONNIE IS A LEGEND OF THE SPORT >> ABSOLUTELY >> HERE TODAY, WATCH IT. >> WATCH HIM, COACH HIM, M AYBE. >> KEN WITH A ROUGH START HE'S BACK IN NINTH, TRYING TO WORK HIS WAY UP. >> THAT MAKES IT TOUGH. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO COMING IN A NEW SERIES, AND HE NEVER RACED THE SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP LIKE THIS BEFORE. YOU WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A CLEAN TRACK AND GET YOUR LINES DOWN. >> HIS TEAMMATE JUST GOING DOWN BEHIND HIM. ON THE 36. HE GETS UP AND GETS GOING AGAIN. HE IS TROMPING DOWN THROUGH THE POSITION. THERE IS THE 144. COMING THROUGH THERE. CRAIG. HE IS COMING UP AS WELL. CRAIG COMING FORWARD. SEELY GOING BACKWARDS. >> TEAMMATES THERE. >> ALL THREE OF THEM >> YEAH. >> FALLEN DOWN IN THE SECTION, AND THAT COULD BE CRAZY >> LOOK AT THAT! >> WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM IS HE WENT THROUGH THE WHOOP SECTION AND OVER THE CURVE. LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN P RACTICE. HE MADE A TURN AND CAME BACK UP OVER. >> YEAH. >> CHAMPION. ON THE 152. >> MAN! >> THERE IS ROSS WITH THE 194. KTM. ROCZEN IS UP TO SIXTH NOW. HE IS BATTLING WITH THE 374 OF GILMORE. >> THIS TRACK CAN BE SOMEWHAT HARD TO PASS. WITH SOME OF THE 90-DEGREE TURNS. YOU REALLY GOT TO COMMIT IF YOU WANT TO GET BY THE GUY OR PLAN OUT YOUR PASS TO KNOW A FEW TURNS EARLY. >> HE TOOK A CHANCE THERE BY TRYING TO GO TO THE INSIDE. THEN HE LOST THAT. HE'S JUST NOT WASTING ANY TIME AT ALL. HE RIDES WITH SO MUCH ENERGY. AND HE IS GOING TO LEARN A LOT. YEAH, HE WILL LEARN A LOT TONIGHT AND LEARN ABOUT SUPERCROSS THIS SERIES. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT HE STILL FEELS GOOD FROM THAT WRECK IN PRACTICE, BECAUSE I DON'T K NOW, HE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THERE THAN WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE TO ME >> YOU SAW BRANDON BRADY ON THE 879 HAVING ISSUES WITH HIS KAWASAKI GOING IN. >> YEAH >> HE LOOKS A LITTLE STIFF. HE LOOKS A LITTLE STIFF A LITTLE MISTAKE, AND A LITTLE HEAD BOB RIGHT THERE. NOW HE IS WORKING WITH ROGER D ECOSTRA ON THIS SQUAD. YOU SPENT TIME WITH ROGER. DO YOU THINK ROGER SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT WINNING THIS HEAT, JUST GET YOURSELF A TRANSFER SPOT? >> YEAH, I'M SURE ROGER SAID TAKE YOUR TIME, GET USED TO IT. IT IS YOUR FIRST RACE THAT'S WHERE HAVING A TEAM MANAGER LIKE ROGER DECOSTA BENEFITS YOU >> HE HAS BEEN WORKING HERE TO GET PAST THE 374. WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT HE DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE THE SUPERCROSS SAVVY OF THE LINE CHOICE OF WHERE TO MAKE HIS PASSES. HE FINALLY HAS MADE IT. HE STUCK A WHEEL IN THERE ON THE INSIDE TRYING TO MAKE A BLOCK PASS. IT MAKES IT TOUGHER FOR HIM TO COMPLETE THE NEXT SECTION >> YOU WILL SEE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY OF PASSING AND RIDING ONCE WE GET TO THE VETERAN, LATER ON IN THE SHOW WITH SUPERCROSS >> THE VETERANS WILL NOT MAKE A PASS, OR AN ATTEMPT TO PASS UNLESS THEY KNOW THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GO TO PUT IT IN ON THE INSIDE OF SOMEBODY, ON THE INSIDE OF A TURN AND YOU DON'T MAKE IT COUNT, IT'S LIKE YOU LOSE A WHOLE LAP TRYING TO REGAIN THAT MOMENTUM AGAIN. IF YOU GO FOR A PASS, YOU BETTER MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> HE GOT AROUND HIM PRETTY QUICK. HE IS ON THE KTM TEAM. JDR. >> JDR. YEAH. KTM >> ONE OF THE NEW TEAMS FOR THE SPORT THIS YEAR. >> YEAH >> MANAGED BY RAMS. >> COOL. OLD TEAMMATE OF MINE. >> ROCZEN GOT A BAD START. HE WAS IN NINTH HE FOUGHT HIS WAY UP TO F OURTH. >> WILL DO WELL IF HE STAYS THERE FOR THE MAIN EVENT. >> ABSOLUTELY THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT. GET YOUR FEET WET. MAKE ALL THE LAPS. >> REMEMBER, ROCZEN WALKED AWAY FROM THE FINAL PRACTICE, SO THIS IS A PRACTICE FOR HIM TO GET HIS RHYTHM BACK. >> THINK ABOUT THIS. HANSEN IS ON HIS WAY ON THE LAST LAP TO WINNING THIS HEAT. AND PAYTON DOESN'T SLOW DOWN ANY IN THE OFF-SEASON, DID HE? >> IT'S LIKE A BROKEN RECORD. EVERY YEAR WE COME BACK. >> THE CIRCUIT WILL GO 1-1 HEAR IN THE FIRST TWO HEATS OF THE 2011 SEASON. >> THAT IS THE BEST THING YOU WANT TO DO AROUND AN AREA LIKE THAT. STAND UP. IT ALLOWS YOUR MOTORCYCLE TO WORK MORE. LOOK, NICE! >> FEELING THE SLOW, BABY. >> THE NICE SECTION. >> JOSH HANSEN TO THE CHECKERED FLAG AND HE HAS HIS FIRST WIN OF 2011. >> THIS SECTION OF THE MONSTER ENERGY SQUAD WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE S TARTING OFF FOR THEM AT ON HALFTIME. >> ROCZEN WILL GET A TRANSFER. EXCELLENT RUN. HE WILL COME IN, SECOND. THE FINAL TRANSFER SPOT, NINTH GOES TO THE 965. THE HONDA ARE GOING ON! STRAIGHT TO THE MAZE. >> WHAT A DAY FOR TRAVIS BAKER, PALUZZI, AND A COUPLE OF LOCAL GUYS FROM THE 951. >> THESE GUYS ARE PREPARED. THEY HAVE GREAT RIDES THIS YEAR. FROM THE START RACING TEAM. >> YEAH. >> BAKER ON ONE OF THE TROY LEAD SQUAD BIKES. HERE COMES JOSH. >> I ALWAYS LIKED SEEING NEW FACES. >> THERE IS YOUR TOP NINE. HE WILL TAKE HIS KAWASAKI TO THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER AND HE HAS TO FIGHT THROUGH DAVALOS WHEN HE GETS OVER THERE. >> MAN! >> SO CLOSE. >> BUT SO FAR. YOU THINK HE IS THINKING THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE HE COULD HAVE DONE? >> I'M SURE. WE CAN GO TO ERIN. >> IT'S LIKE ALL THE EXTENSIVE TRAINING PAID OFF. ALL THE RACING THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE OFF-SEASON, JOSH. TAKE US THROUGH ONE MORE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE UNDER YOUR BELT. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO WIN TONIGHT'S MAIN EVENT? >> IT WILL BE SMOOTH IT'S ONE OF THE TRACKS THAT IS AN EASY TRACK, IN THE SENSE THAT EVERYBODY IS CLOSE ON PACE. I NEED TO DO WHAT I DO BEST, BEING SMOOTH. I FEEL LIKE MONSTER P RO-CIRCUIT, KAWASAKI, ALPINE STARS, MACK IMA, DUNLOP, SCOTT, MY DAD DONNIE. I REALLY FEEL LIKE I CAN PUT IT UP THERE TONIGHT >> CONGRATULATIONS ON TAKING THE HEAT-2 WIN. >> SO HANSEN GOES STRAIGHT. NOW WE GET READY FOR THE SUPERCROSS CLASS. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. YOU GOT RYAN DUNGEY, AND THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE. MEN ARD MAKING HIS DEBUT. GETTING READY, HIS FIRST SEASON AS SUPERCROSS. >> SO MUCH EXPECTED OUT OF THIS YOUNG RIDER AS WE GET READY. BRETT METCALFE, THE SAME T HING. METCALFE ON THE 24. HE'S READY TO GO AS WELL WE'LL HAVE IT FOR YOU. HERE WHEN WE COME BACK. >>> THERE IS THE REIGNING CHAMP, RYAN DUNGEY, GETTING READY FOR HEAT ONE OF SUPERCROSS. A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THIS YOUNG MAN. CAME IN, WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR, AS A ROOKIE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID HE HAS TO COME IN AND WIN THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP. TO LEGITIMATIZE IT. MAYBE THE PRESSURE GO IT TO HIM EARLIER TODAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PRESSURE. JUST A SMALL ERROR THE WAY I LOOK AT IT. MAN, HE IS GETTING LUCK Y. >> WATCH WHEN HE GETS UP HE'S LIKE OKAY, I'M GOOD. I DON'T THINK IT'S A PRESSURE THING. HE MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE. THAT LEGITIMIZES, THAT MAY BE A HEAVY WORD. BUT THERE IS A SENSE IF STEWARD AND REED DIDN'T COMPETE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. HE FINISHED THE YEAR. HE WAS THE CHAMPION. HE DID EVERYTHING THAT WAS ASKED OF HIM. BUT NOW, JUST LIKE YOU FOUND OUT, RICKY, YOU HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. >> HIS TITLE DEFENSE BEGINS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! >> GETS A JUMP ON NUMBER 10, THE JOE GIBBS RACING MACHINE. HERE COMES MILLSAPS, THE T EAMMATE. AND MILLSAPS TRIED TO JUMP IN THE LEAD. THROUGH THE RHYTHM SECTION. >> BACKING DOWN A LITTLE BIT THERE. BRAYTON HAD THE LINE. BUT WHAT A WAY TO START! >> THE TOYOTA TEAM, THIS WAS IT >> HE IS HERE TONIGHT WATCHING, COACH JOE GIBBS. THE SUPER BOWL WINNING COACH IS HERE. KEVIN WINDHAM RUNNING THIRD. >> OBVIOUSLY, JOE GIBBS RACING WANT TO DISPLAY THEIR HORSEPOWER. LOOK WHO IS IN THIRD RIGHT THERE. THE OLD MAN. >> THERE HE IS. >> I TELL YOU WHAT, KEVIN WINDHAM, HE SAID HE DIDN'T TAKE ANY TIME OFF. HE RODE DISCOVER CHAMPIONSHIP. DECIDED TO KEEP BUSY. HE DID A COUPLE OF RACES IN EUROPE. DURING THE FALL. AND THE WINTERTIME. KEPT ON PRACTICING. I WATCHED HIM A COUPLE TIMES AT THE HONDA TRACK. HE LOOKED AS COMFORTABLE AS I'VE SEEN HIM ON A MOTORCYCLE. LOOK AT THAT. LISTEN TO THE CROWD! [ APPLAUSE ] >> SOLID MOVE BY KEVIN WINDHAM, AS HE COMES CHARGING PAST. GETS HIMSELF IN TO SECOND PLACE. AND NOW SETS HIS SIGHTS ON GRAYSON. HE TAKES THE LEAD HERE T ONIGHT. THE ANAHEIM CROWD WILL GO CRAZY! >> THAT WAS FOR SECOND. AND SO ALL EYES RIGHT NOW ARE ON THE -- WHAT IS THIS? HIS 16th YEAR NOW? STARTING HIS 17th? IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME FOR KEVIN WINDHAM. >> I'M LIKING WHAT I'M SEEING. YOU CAN SEE HE TURNS HIS BIKE WITH THE FRONT END. YOU KNOW, HE RUNS HIS BIKE HIGH IN THE BACK. AND IT'S SO FUN TO WATCH. A LOT LOWER IN THE CORNERS, GETS UP FOR THE CORNERS EARLY. >> WHICH THAT BIKE SET UP YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS C OMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF HOW YOU RODE, RIGHT? >> YEAH. 100%. >> ESPECIALLY AT THE EARLIER, ONCE I GOT SMARTER. LOOK AT THAT DOUBLE RIGHT THERE. >> HE IS THE BEST AT GETTING HIS LEG OUT IN FRONT OF THE BIKE, SMASHING AND JUST SQUEEZING THE FRONT BRAKE. TIGHTENING IT UP. AND THE CROWD IS STARTING TO GET INTO IT, TOO. THEY CAN SENSE THAT WINDHAM IS REALLY THERE, CHASING DOWN JUSTIN BRAYTON. >> THIS GUY IS OUT ON THE TRACK AND HE IS SO CREATIVE. LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIDE THERE THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. HE IS A GOOD DRIVE. WATCH HOW LOW HE GOES RIGHT THERE. >> LOOK AT THAT. HE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING JUSTIN BRAYTON FOR THE LAST LAP. AND HE REALLY HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT A WHEEL ON IT. BECAUSE BRAYTON IS RIDING PROFESSIONAL. >> MOST OF THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU COMING IN THE SEASON THAT THE BEST SHOT FOR THE GIBBS TEAM WOULD HAVE BEEN DAVID MILLSAPS. BUT MAYBE BRAYTON WILL BE THE GUY. HE IS PUTTING IN AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. >> ONE THING ABOUT JUSTIN BRAYTON IS THAT EVER SINCE I FIRST SAW THIS MAN RIDE IN THE ARENA CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP, HE IS JUST, EVERY YEAR HE GETS A LITTLE BETTER, A LITTLE B ETTER. >> HERE COMES WINDHAM. >> LET'S GO LISTEN IN TO THE RADIOCOMMUNICATION, AS JUSTIN BRAYTON GOT GOING WITH THE JEFF JOE GIBBS RACING TEAM IN HEAT NUMBER ONE. >> WAY TO GO >> SIDE-BY-SIDE. >> I LIKE THAT. >> JEREMY, RIGHT UP TO THE SHOT, COMMENTS FROM THE TEAM MANAGER. >> THAT IS SO COOL >> ONE AND TWO. >> I LIKE THAT. >> I BET HE DOES >> GOOD FOR THEM. >> I'M SURPRISED, I'M S URPRISED THAT KEVIN HAD TO REEL HIM IN. TIP MY HAT TO BRAYTON. WHAT IS SO COOL, YOU WATCH IF BRAYTON CAN PULL THIS OFF. THIS HEAT RACE WIN, THE MORE HEAT RACE WIN, THE BETTER. >> WHY IS THAT? >> IT BUILDS YOUR CONFIDENCE. RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY >> YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. >> WE WATCH JUSTIN BRAYTON AND A COUPLE OF OTHER NAMES TO TAKE NOTE OF, RYAN DUNGEY IS HOLDING ON IN FOURTH AT THE TRANSFER SPOT. THE ONE WHO IS REALLY STRUGGLING IS CANARD. SHE BACK IN 12th. HE HAD A ROUGH OPENING LAP. >> THAT WILL SEND HIM TO LCQ >> GETTING PUT FOR THE TEST >> YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, THE RIDERS ARE COMING BY THE MECHANICS AREA. YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE TO PUT THAT PIT BOARD OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, THE RIDERS ARE COMING BY *** THE THROTTLE. ALL THAT NOISE COMING FROM THE MACHINE. >> YEAH. >> I HIT A PIT BOARD ONE TIME >> HERE IS DUNGEY. HE IS CLOSING IN ON MILLSAPS. >> YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE. A BOAT >> YEAH >> ALMOST HIT THE BOAT OUT THERE. >> HERE IS CANARD. ON THE NUMBER 41 HONDA >> ALMOST, DON'T COUNT. >> GOT A LITTLE WAYS TO GO. RIGHT NOW, SITTING IN THE 12th. GOT TO GET UP TO NINTH. >> RICKY, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HANDLEBARS BENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT END IS TWEAKED, MAYBE. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE BAR IS BENT DOWN. YOU CAN SEE. I DON'T REMEMBER HIS BARS LOOKING THAT FAR DOWN IN PRACTICE. TO ME, THOUGH, HE STILL LOOKS REALLY COMFORTABLE. >> WELL, HE IS HOLDING HIS COMPOSER. YOU KNOW, TAKING ONE AND GIVING TO HIM. THAT IS THE THING ABOUT PRACTICE, AND TESTING AND ALL OF THAT. IT'S NOT THE RACES YOU RACE. THE RACE IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT. SO MANY MORE VARIABLES OUT THERE. AND TREY CANARD IS EXPERIENCING ONE OF THE NEGATIVE VARIABLES. >> I AM LIKING BRAYTON. HE IS DOING WORK RIGHT NOW. LOOK AT THAT. >> HIS FASTEST LAP TIME IS 5 9.4. WINDHAM JUST A LITTLE QUICKER AT 59. 2. >> DUNGEY ALSO AT 59.4. >> IN TRAFFIC FOR DUNGEY THAT'S PRETTY GOOD LAP TIME IN TRAFFIC. >> SINGLE, SINGLE. WINDHAM DOUBLING THAT. >> HE IS STAYING REAL LOW. DIDN'T WANT TO GET HIGH AROUND THAT CORNER. THIS RHYTHM SECTION, WE WATCH THIS THING, WATCHED THROUGH ALL OF IT IN PRACTICE THERE IS A QUAD IN THE MIDDLE THAT'S JUMPING. HUGE. NO WAY BACK TO PULL THAT ONE OFF >> NO. WE WERE LOOKING AT IT. THAT IS A BIG GAP THEY'RE DOING WITH NO RUN AT ALL. >> DUNGEY, GOT AROUND M ILLSAPS. MILLSAPS DOWN TO DEAL WITH THOMMY HAHN AND THE NUMBER 12. THIS IS A BATTLE OVER FOURTH POSITION. >> SOLID RIDE HERE. >> YEAH. >> FOR THE NUMBER 12. >> YEAH. >> TOMMY THE BROTHER OF WIL HAHN WHO WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY >> INJURY IN PRACTICE, YEAH. >> THIS IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW TEAM AND A NEW BIKE FOR THOMMY HAHN. JUMPING ON THE YAM WHAT. THAT THE DESIGN OF THIS MACHINE IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE OTHER M ANUFACTURERRING. CERTAINLY, MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT, AND YOU KNOW Q UICKLY. YOU CAN TELL THAT HE PUT THE WORK IN. THE FINAL LAP. >> HE IS GOING TO GET HIM ON THE INSIDE. >> TOMMY ALLOWED HIM TO GET UP NEXT TO HIM >> YOU KNOW WHAT IS AMAZING IS MILLSAPS IS THE FASTEST PREFERRED LINE THERE. AND ON TO THE FLOOR AND HE REALLY DIDN'T LOSE ANYTHING. >> I THINK HE WILL SET HIM UP RIGHT HERE. >> THE BEST LAP OF THIS RACE, 59.073 BY RYAN DUNGEY WHO RUNS IN THIRD RIGHT NOW >> THIS IS COOL RIGHT HERE. I LIKE THIS. >> DOMINATED IT. >> JOE AND COY GIBBS WHEN HE GETS BACK TO THE HAULER. THE CHECKERED FLAG GOES TO JUSTIN BRAYTON. AND THE TEAM CELEBRATES! THEY GOT A HEAT RACE WIN. AND THEIR OTHER RIDER IS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN AS WELL. DAVID MILLSAPS WILL GO WITH A FOURTH PLACE FINISH. AND HAHN WILL JOIN HIM THERE. >> WHAT A RIDE! WHAT CONFIDENCE! >> THAT IS AWESOME >> HE IS WHEELING AWAY FROM WINDHAM BY 2-1 /2 SECONDS AT THE END. >> THEY DID. NO MISTAKES. JUST PERFECT. NEVER WAIVED. WHEN KEVIN WAS BEHIND HIM. >> PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. >> OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FOR THE RIDER WHO ORIGINATED OUT OF IOWA. JUSTIN BRAYTON NOW CALLS CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, HOME. THAT IS WHERE THE SHOPS ARE FOR JOE GIBBS RACING. HEAT ONE WINNER IN SUPERCROSS CLASS. TREY CANARD CAME UP TWO SPOTS SHORT. HE IS 11th. HE NEEDED NINTH. >> GET A LITTLE EXTRA TRACK TIME BY GOING THROUGH THAT LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER. >> I SPENT, I GOT -- I GOT THE PLEASURE OF RUNNING TWO LAST CHANCE. >> I RODE A BUNCH OF SEMIS. >> I FIGURED YOU WOULD. I FIGURED YOU WOULD >> THERE IS A LOOK AT THE NINE RIDERS THAT ARE GOING. THOMAS GETS THE FINAL TRANSFER SPOT. >> TAKING HIS SUZUKI TO THE MAIN. WE'LL CHECK IN WITH ERIN >> SMOOTH AND CONSISTENT RUN FOR JUSTIN BRAYTON. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU WERE ABLE TO SHAKE OFF THE FIRST RACE NERVES WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO THIS SEASON AFTER A SUCCESSFUL SEASON LAST YEAR TO ELEVATE THE GAME? >> ME AND THE TEAM WORKED HARD IN THE OFF-SEASON. I'LL BE A PLAYER THIS YEAR. I HAVE THE TEAM BEHIND ME IN NORTH CAROLINA, WE'RE DOING OUR WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. I MADE IT A BATTLE THIS YEAR FOR SURE. >> JUSTIN BRAYTON, CONGRATULATIONS, ON YOUR HEAT ONE WIN. >> HE IS READY TO GO. JOSH GRANT, THE 2009 ANAHEIM-1 WINNER. HE WILL BE READY TO GO HERE IN HIS AMERICAN HONDA RACING ENTRY WHEN WE COME BACK. WE'VE GOT A FEATURE ON JOSH FOR YOU TONIGHT. HE WILL BE RACING WITH RYAN VILLOPOTO AND JAMES STEWART AS WELL WHEN WE C >>> JAMES STEWART AND BEFORE WE DROP THE GATE AND LET THEM GO RACING, LET'S INTRODUCE YOU TO THE 2009, ANAHEIM-1 WINNER. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I'M JOSH GRANT, HERE IN BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AT MY HOME. I WANT YOU TO COME CHECK IT OUT. COME ON IN. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HEY. >> HEY. >> HI, GUYS. WELCOME TO MY HOME. THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE ASHLEY AND MY SON WHITE. WYATT. >> A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED. I MET ASHLEY A FOYERS AGO. SHE WAS A MONSTER GIRL FOR SUPERCROSS. WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER AND NOW HAVE A FAMILY AND EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT. >> WE'RE IN THE KITCHEN. >> IN THE HANG-OUT SPOT. >> ASHLEY MAKES A GOOD DINNER. >> WHATT GETS TO EAT IN HERE, TOO IT'S PRETTY COOL. >> I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIVING ROOM WHERE WYATT AND ASHLEY AND I HANG OUT FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. KIND OF GATHER AROUND. WATCH FOOTBALL MOSTLY. PLAY CARDS. >> WYATT GOT TOYS EVERYWHERE. THIS, THAT, PACK AND PLAY. I THINK I'M GOING TO MOVE THE COUCH OUT OF THERE AND JUST PUT A RECLINER IN THERE. THIS IS HIS LITTLE SPOT. RIGHT? >> READY, MISTER? >> OH! HERE WE GO. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> AHHH! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ALL RIGHT. NOW THAT WYATT IS CHANGED, WE'RE UP HERE IN THE GARAGE PLAYING PING-PONG. GET IT DIALED IN. WE'VE GOT A FEW TROPHIES. OFF-ROAD TRUCKS. YOU KNOW, PRACTICE, WELDERS, EVERYTHING WE DO FOR FUN IN HERE. THIS IS A BIG PART OF MY PROGRAM. I WANT TO WIN. CHECK OUT THE TROPHY ROOM. >> ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS KNOW I LIKE TO WIN. HERE ARE A FEW OF MY TROPHIES OVER THE YEARS OBVIOUSLY THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST IS THE ANAHEIM-1 TROPHY. I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE SHOW. >> WELL, YOU CAN TELL BY ALL THE TROPHIES HE IS QUITE A RIDER. HE IS ALSO GOOD ON THOSE DIAPERS. >> DEFINITELY. THAT IS JUST THE FIRST ONE. HE IS SETTLING IN THERE N ICELY. HE IS A RACER. AND ONE ANAHEIM-1 WIN IS NEVER ENOUGH. >> RIGHT. SO. >> THAT IS THE BOTTOMLESS PIT. YOU CAN NEVER WIN ENOUGH. >> WE TALKED ABOUT THE POLL QUESTION WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT. REMIND YOU OF WHAT IT IS AGAIN. WHICH PART OF THE TRACK TO ANALYZE IN THE INTERMISSION WHICH IS COMING UP. HOLESHOT, WHOOPS, CORNERS OR THE RHYTHM SECTION. GO TO SPEED.COM OR S UPERCROSSONLINE.COM TO LET US KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER IN THE SHOW. >> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOOK AT JAMES STEWART NOW. >> WELL, THE LAST TIME TO BE, HE THREW DOWN A 58.5 IN THE THIRD PLACE. IN HEAT ONE. >> DOES HE HAVE MORE THAN T HAT, RICK? >> I THINK SO. I THINK YOU WILL SEE 57s. WHAT DO YOU THINK, JEFF? >> I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT HERE PRETTY QUICK IF ANYBODY CAN DO IT, IT'S THE NUMBER 2, 7, AND 22 CXSGCAPTIONPASS THE NEW TEAM 2. >> WE GET TO SEE ANDREW SHORT OF THE NEW KTM. HERE WE GO! >> HE GOES FOR THE HOLESHOT IN THE NUMBER 9. >> COMES BACK INSIDE. WE'VE GOT A NEW LEADER. RYAN IS OUT FRONT! >> STEWARD GETTING BY THE INSIDE OF CHAD REED THAT WILL PUT STEWARD FOURTH AND REED FIFTH. >> YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING THAT THE GUYS AROUND THE FIRST TURN FIRST. IT SEEMS LIKE THE GUY IN SECOND AROUND THE FIRST TURN END UP GOING THROUGH THE RHYTHM LANE. AND GO INSIDE ON THE NEXT RIGHT-HAND TURN. >> BRETT METCALFE, RUNNING IN SECOND PLACE ON HIS NEW SUZUKI, MAKING HIS DEBUT. THEY HOLD OFF STEWARD AND THEY COME TOGETHER. JAMES STEWART NOW RUNS IN THIRD. >> I TELL YOU WHAT, IF ANYBODY WILL BE FIRED UP TO MAKE A MOVE ON JAMES STEWART, IT IS GOING TO BE IVAN THEY HAVE TRADED PAINT IN THE PAST. PODESTO ENDED UP ON THE LOSING END OF THAT. >> AND TORONTO A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK PRETTY MUCH ENDED PODESTO'S SEASON. >> THE NUMBER 22, JAMES STEWART. >> EVERYBODY. >> OH, THERE HE GOES! HE THOUGHT THEY HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER. AND STEWARD TRYING TO GET AWAY. HE DIDN'T NEED IT. BUT HE WASN'T SO SURE. >> HERE IS REED. >> RIGHT ON THE NUMBER 7. >> WE HAVE SEEN EXCITING RACES BETWEEN THE 7 AND 22. ONCE AGAIN IN 2011, THE TWO CHAMPIONS ARE RIGHT BACK AT I T. >> I WILL TELL YOU WIN THING RIGHT NOW YOU DO NOT WANT TO GIVE CHAD REED ANY CONFIDENCE. ONE TEAM KNOWS THAT HE CAN HANG WITH YOU, OR EVEN BEAT YOU, HE'S SO GOOD AT MENTALLY TELLING HIMSELF, MAN, I CAN BEAT THIS GUY. I CAN DO THIS. IT BREATHES -- IT BREEDS CONFIDENCE >> CHAD TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY AT THE TRACK HE USED TO LOVE IT WHEN HIS DAD WOULD CHALLENGE HIM WITH THINGS, IT GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO FOCUS O N. HE LOVED TO PROVE HIS DAD WRONG. HE IS READY WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON THIS YEAR TO PROVE ALL THE NAYSAYERS WRONG THAT HE CAN BE AN OWNER AND A RIDER AND A CHAMPION. WE'VE GOT METCALFE, STEWARD, AND REED COMING THROUGH THE RHYTHM SECTION. STEWARD, METCALFE, HE'S UP TO SECOND. AND VILLOPOTP. >> METCALFE, MAKES A TRIPLE THERE. HE GOT THE BLOCK PASS BY NUMBER 7. >> HERE IS HOW TEDESCO WENT AFTER JAMES STEWART. >> IT WASN'T CLOSE EITHER. >> OH! >> YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, I THINK IVAN WAS A LITTLE UNFAIR THERE. HOW JAMES GOT BY HIM. TRYING TO GET BACK AT HIM. >> I GUARANTEE -- >> IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR HIM. >> I GUARANTEE YOU THAT GOES WAY BACK TO TORONTO. HE DOES, YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T CLOSE. HE DELIBERATELY WENT IN THERE. >> I, I THINK RIGHT NOW JAMES IS GOING TO RIDE AS HARD AS HE CAN. AND HE WANTS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. AND SAY, HEY, YOU WANT TO BEAT ME. GET ON IT. >> VILLOPOTP WITH 58.8. STEWARD DOWN TO A 58.4. >> OFF OF THE 57 RIGHT THERE. >> LOOK AT THE GUYS GOING TO THE INSIDE THERE. THE TRIPLE. SO MUCH HORSEPOWER. AND GET THE POWER TO THE GROUND. ON THE 450. >> ANDREW SHORT, RUNS IN SEVENTH. AND THE TRANSFER. THE FINAL SPOT AND HIS BROTHER MIKE IS OUT OF IT. AND HERE COMES STEWARD AFTER VILLOPOTP. >> LOOK HOW MUCH GROUND HE HAS MADE UP. ONE LAP. >> IT LOOKS LIKE STEWARD IS RIDING REALLY EASY. AND JOHNNY IS THE TRAINER THIS YEAR. MAYBE JOHNNY AMARA CAN SAY SLOW DOWN AND GO FASTER. HERE COMES STEWARD. THE CROWD REACTING. >> YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, SO COOL. JAMES IS TOTALLY IN CONTROL RIGHT HERE. YOU GOT TO SEE HIM CRUISING AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE TURN. >> 57 SECONDS. AND 57.8. >> THE CROWD ON THEIR FEET, AS YOU CAN SEE! STEWARD APPLYING THE PRESSURE. WHAT A RETURN, THOUGH, FOR THE NUMBER TWO. OF RYAN VILLOPOTO. IN THIS SEASON. HE WAS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE, WITH AN INJURY AND HE COMES BACK TO LEAD THE HEAT RACE. >> STEWARD GETS A LITTLE OUT OF SHAPE >> STEWARD IS IN CONTROL RIGHT NOW. I'M LIKING WHAT I'M SEEING FROM HIM. I SEE A LOT OF WHAT OMARA USED TO TEACH ME A LOT. AND NOW HE IS WORKING TO STAY CALM AND BE THERE AT THE END. NO NEED TO PASS HIM RIGHT NOW. AND LET THE PASS PRESENT HIMSELF. >> STEWARD. TAKES THE LEAD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> RYAN VILLOPOTO HAS REALLY IN THAT MID-TURN, HE REALLY HAS BEEN TIP-TOEING THE KAWASAKI AROUND THERE. BUT LAST TIME, IN THIS TURN, THIS TURN HE WAS REALLY SLOW. JUST LIKE HE WAS AFRAID TO LEAN THE BIKE OVER. OKAY? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK JAMES IS COMFORTABLE ON THE BIKE. HE SET UP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR. DEFINITELY WANTED THE BIKE TO TURN GOOD. AND POSITION TO BE GOOD. TAKES THE INSIDELINE. AND MAKES IT LIKE WE DID. >> STEWARD OUT IN FRONT. 57. 8. LET'S SEE NOW, NOW THAT HE IS OUT FRONT IF HE CAN LOWER T HAT. >> 57.8. DUNGEY WITH THE FASTEST LAP IN THE FIRST HEAT. >> HERE IS HOW HE GOT IT DONE, JEFF. >> HE REALLY GOT IT DONE, I BELIEVE, RYAN VILLOPOTO REALLY DID NOT CHARGE THROUGH THE TURN. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE POSITION. BUT WATCH RIGHT HERE, HE WAS REALLY TIMID. AND ALMOST LET STEWARD HAVE THAT. HE DID NOT FIGHT FOR THAT POSITION. >> RYAN VILLOPOTO KNEW HE HAD THE PASS MADE AND HE WAS T RYING TO GET UP HIGH AND MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO COLLISION THERE. >> JUST DIDN'T LOOK AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH ON RYAN VILLOPOTO'S PART >> RYAN VILLOPOTO NEEDS TO KEEP ON THE BACK HERE OF JAMES STEWART TO SEE IF HE CAN LEARN SOMETHING, OR SEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGE IS BETTER THAN HIM >> THERE GOES VILLOPOTP. NEXT UP IS METCALFE. HERE HE COMES RUNNING HIS THIRD ON HIS SUZUKI. REED IS RIGHT HERE IN FOURTH ON HIS HONDA THEN GRANT ON HIS HONDA AS WELL, THE 33. TODESTO IS FIFTH. AND GILLESPIE RUNS IN TENTH. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE 33 HERE OF JOSH GRANT. COMING OFF ON AN INJURY. ONLY BEEN ON THE BIKE A FEW WEEKS. FOR HIM TO RIDE ALL THE LAPS, NOT MAKE ANY MISTAKES IS THE GOAL. BUT HE IS JUST BEHIND CHAD REED AT ONE TIME IN THE RACE TURNED A 59.3. THE LAST TIME AROUND, REED FIGHTING BACK UP TO 59. DETERMINED A COUPLE OF 1.02s IN THERE. THAT'S WHY HE DROPPED OFF OF METCALFE SO FAR >> THE BROTHERS, FIGHTING FOR FINAL TRANSFER SPOT. THAT'S JEFF, 58.01 IN THE BLUE AND BLACK. MIKE, ONE LAP TO THE SIDE. HE WILL GET THE TICKET STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN WHICH ONE IS GOING TO THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER? >> BOY, THAT IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION. HUH? >> ONE RIDER DOWN. STEWARD TAKING HIS WAY T HROUGH. FINAL LAP. >> MAN -- >> KAWASAKI SWEPT BOTH HEAT RACES IN THE LITE CLASH. IF STEWARD HANGS ON AND HE DOES. YAMAHA WILL BE IN THE MAIN SUPERCROSS CLASS. NOW THE FIGHT FOR THE FINAL TRANSFER SPOT. MIKE HAS IT OVER HIS BROTHER JEFF. COMING TO THE CHECKERED. WHICH ONE WILL GET THE FINAL SPOT? >> COULD THIS COME DOWN TO MIKE GILLESPIE'S WEAKNESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WHOOPS SECTION. HIS BROTHER BLEW BY HIM ON THE LAST LAP ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. SEE IF LITTLE BROTHER WILL TEE IT UP AGAIN. MIKE TO THE LEFT. OH! >> DONE! >> WITH THE ISSUES THERE, GETTING OVER THAT OBSTACLE. THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW MIKE, MIKE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN EVENT. JEFF GOES TO THE LCQ. AND TONY, THEIR DAD, GETS A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF. >> METCALFE WITH A FINE RUN TO THIRD. >> AND REMEMBER, HE IS ONE OF THE ROOKIES THAT WE WERE T ALKING ABOUT BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED TONIGHT. >> SO JAMES STEWARD TAKES THE WIN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO A NAHEIM. >>> SPEED DELIVERS THE BIGGEST ELECTRIC CAR CELEBRATION EVER. DON'T MISS THE ANNIVERSARY OF BARRETT-JACKSON SCOTTSDALE. LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS J ANUARY 18. 7:00 EASTERN, ONLY ON SPEED. >>> JAMES STEWART TAKES THE WIN IN HEAT NUMBER TWO. THERE ARE THE NINE RIDERS THAT GO STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN. RYAN VILLOPOTO. AND BRETT METCALFE. TEDESCO, BUT HE'S GOING TO TALK TO ERIN FIRST. >> JAMES STEWARD, LOOKING HUNGRIER THAN EVER. JAMES, YOU HAD ABBREVIATED SEASON AFTER YOU AND CHAD COLLIDED IN PHOENIX. HOW HARD IS IT TO RECREATE RACING AFTER BEING ON THE S IDELINES FOR SO LONG? >> IT'S PRETTY TOUGH. YOU KNOW, I JUST, I HAD A LITTLE, A COUPLE OF LITTLE BOBBLES. DIDN'T GET THE GREATEST START AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT SURE, I HAVEN'T RACED FOR A YEAR-AND-A-HALF. GOT THE GREAT SPONSORS BEHIND ME WITH YAMAHA AND RED BULL OAKLEY, ALL OF MY GUYS, NIKE AND TOYOTA ESCONDIDO. GOT A BAD TRUCK. I PROMISE. >> HEAT RACING IS COMPLETE. LAST CHANCE QUALIFIERS COMING UP. THEN OUR TWO MAIN EVENTS. YET TO GO HERE TONIGHT. MORE YET TO GO HERE LIVE ON SPEED. >> THE CROWD ENJOYING TONIGHT AT ANGELS STADIUM OF ANAHEIM. OPENING ROUND OF THE 2011, MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SEASON AND FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT YOUNG MAN SAW SOME GREAT RACEING IN THE HEAT. WE'LL TAKE YOU BACK AND SHOW YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS, HEAT NUMBER ONE FOR SUPERCROSS L ITE. EVERYBODY EXPECTED MARTIN DAVALOS ON ON THE SUZUKI YELLOW BIKE TO BE A CONTENDER HE WENT DOWN. >> IT WAS A BUMMER, BECAUSE HE WAS RUN SOMETHING GOOD IN PRACTICE. FOR THAT TO HAPPEN ON THE FIRST LAP, PRETTY UNFORTUNATE. >> BROC TICKLE LOOKED GOOD, JEFF. >> HE DID. DAVALOS' TEAMMATE HERE, MORAIS WAS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT WAS THE PROCIRCUIT RIDER THAT GETS TOO AGGRESSIVE AND FOUND OUT THE MOISTURE WAS COMING UP. >> BROC TICKLE COMES HOME AND TAKES THE WIN. TAKES THE MONSTER ENERGY PROCIRCUIT TEAM. NOW WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR HEAT NUMBER TWO. TEAMMATE HANSEN ON THE NUMBER 100. COMES ROCKETING THROUGH. >> EVERYBODY WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE RHYTHM SECTION. ROCZEN WAS A RIDER THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT COMING IN TO THIS RACE. AND IT'S HANSEN WHO TAKES THE WIN. AND SWEEPS THE HEAT RACES IN THE LITE CLASS. AND WE ARE SUPERCROSS LIVE ON SPEED. THIS IS RIGHT WHERE IT LIVES. RALPH ALONGSIDE RICKY CARMICHAEL AND JEFF EMIG, BACK WITH YOU AT ANGEL STADIUM. WE'RE OFF AND RACING. ANY BIG SURPRISES OUT OF THE L ITES FOR YOU? >> DAVALOS AND ROCZEN, THAT THEY HAD SOME ISSUES. BUT PROCIRCUIT GUYS, THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY THE FASTEST. BUT THEY'RE BACK UP AT THE FRONT AGAIN. SO NOT SURPRISING THERE. >> RICKY AND MITCH'S TEAM BACK AT IT. TICKLE TAKING A WIN AS WELL. >> I GOT A SECOND, JEFF, FOR SURE. MITCH AND COMPANY, MAKING IT HAPPEN. WHEN THEY NEED TO. OBVIOUSLY, THE GUYS JUST AMAZES ME. I'M IN SHOCK. HANSEN LOOKS LIKE HE IS HAVING A GOOD NIGHT TONIGHTMENT HE IS GOING TO BE LETHAL AND HARD TO DEAL WITH WHEN HE IS RIDING THAT GOOD. >> WE HAVE GREAT RACING COMING YOUR WAY ON SPEED WE'LL COVER THE ENTIRE SEASON WITH THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING. SHOW YOU THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS -- WE'RE GOING ON TO PHOENIX. CHASE FIELD IS OUR NEXT STOP, NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT. YOU WILL SEE THAT RACE LIVE AS WELL. THE BROADCAST PARTNERS AT CBS WILL JOIN IN, AT DODGER STADIUM IN L.A. THE FIRST SHOW THERE. OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO OAKLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE. OUR ONLY STOP IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SPEED WILL REJOIN YOU HERE AT ANAHEIM, AND MAKE SURE YOU GO TO SUPERCROSSONLINE.COM 2 YOU WANT TICKETS AND TAKE IN A RACE LIVE HERE IN THE STADIUM. CHECK IN WITH ERIN WITH A SPECIAL GUEST. >> I GUESS YOU COULD SAY "SPECIAL GUEST." I'M HERE WITH THE STARS OF THE NUCLEAR COWBOYS FRESTYLE CHAOS TOUR. VETERANS LIKE RONNIE, AND BRIAN. YOU BOYS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING, REVERSING FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS FOR THE NUCLEAR COWBOYS TOUR. WHAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE TOUR AND WHAT DO FANS EXPECT? >> MOTORSPORTS DID A AMAZING JOB PUTTING TOGETHER THE NUCLEAR COWBOY TOUR. AMAZING TOUR. WE HAVE THE BEST RIDERS IN FREESTYLE. PYRO AND LIGHTING AND AMAZING GIRLS THAT DANCE. WE HAVE ACROBATS. IT'S CRAZY. BEST SHOW IN FREESTYLE. CHECK IT OUT. >> THEY'RE CRAZY THEY ARE A LOT OF FUN, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TUNE IN FOR. BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, ERIN. NUCLEAR COWBOYS SHOW IS SPECTACULAR. CHECK IT OUT IF IT COMES TO A STADIUM NEAR YOU. WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER OUR POLL QUESTION WHEN WE COME BACK. WAS IT THE WHOOPS, THE H OLESHOT, THE TURN? I THINK IT'S THE RHYTHM SECTION. FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY, R.C., WHEN >>> WELCOME BACK TO ANAHEIM. SHOW YOU THE ANSWER TO THE POLL QUESTION. 38% OF THE FOLKS ARE WATCHING AND THEY WANT YOU TWO TO TALK ABOUT THE RHYTHM SECTION. IT RUNS ALONG -- IF YOU HEAR FROM THE BASEBALL STADIUM, ALONG THE THIRD BASE LINE H EADED TO LEFT FIELD. RICKY, WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT? >> IT'S TOUGH. YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY PRECISE. YOU CAN SEE ON, OFF, A VERY BIG QUAD THERE. TRIPLE UP ON THE TABLE TOP O FF. AND THEN INSIDE. SO HARD TO DO. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK, JEFF? >> IT'S AMAZING THAT THE R IDERS ARE ABLE TO DO THAT SECTION. AND YOU KNOW, SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF JUMPS, BUT THE TRACK HAS DEVELOPED. RICKY SAID THE QUAD IN THE MIDDLE. THE BIKES HAVE SO MUCH HORSEPOWER AND TORQUE IT'S A REAL QUICK BURST OF THE THROTTLE. THEN IT LAUNCHS OVER, BUT ALSO IF YOU NOTICE IN THE HEAT RACES NOW AT THE END OF THIS STRAIGHTAWAY, THE GUYS ON THE FOUR-FIFTH JUMP TO THE INSIDE BEFORE THE TRIPLE. CUTTING THAT WHOLE DUMP-OFF. SO THE TRACK HAS GOT TOGETHER AND IT'S BETTER FOR T HEM[ WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO HERE YET TONIGHT. SO WE GOT TIME FOR ANOTHER POLL QUESTION. PUT THAT UP FOR YOU, TOO REMEMBER, GO TO CROSS C ROSSONLINE.COM AND/OR S PEED.COM TO PUT IN YOUR ANSWER, FOR WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO US TALK ABOUT IS THE WAY TO SAY IT. WHICH RIDER DO YOU THINK WILL CAPTURE THE MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2011? WILL IT BE RYAN DUNGEY? JAMES STEWART? CHAD REED? OR MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE? YOU AT HOME CAN TELL US WHAT YOU THINK AND WE'LL HAVE OUR GUYS TELL YOU WHAT THEY THINK. BASED ON WITH A WE HAVE SEEN ALREADY TONIGHT. ANY THOUGHTS, RICKY? >> I JUST WANT TO WIN THIS ONE. JEFF BEAT ME ON THE LAST POLL QUESTION. >> ALWAYS COMPETITIVE. >> FIGHTING OVER EVERYTHING. >> WE'LL BE RI >>> LAST YEAR, RYAN DUNGEY JOINED ELITE COMPANY IN JEREMY McGRATH TO BECOME ONLY THE SECOND ROOKIE IN THE HISTORY OF SUPERCROSS TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THE 2010, MONSTER ENERGY, AMA SUPERCROSS, AND FIM WORLD CHAMPION, RYAN DUNGEY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DAVE, PRESENTING THE CHAMPIONSHIP RING TO RYAN DUNGEY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY. YOU GUYS BOTH HAVE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS. R.C., YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE. >> BIG DAY WHEN THAT HAPPENS. >> YEAH. VERY, VERY AMAZING A CCOMPLISHMENT TO DO THAT IN THE ROOKIE YEAR. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO T HAT. THAT'S FOR SURE >> FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HEAT RACES OF THE SUPERCROSS, LET'S GO BACK TO SHOW YOU WHAT TOOK PLACE. WITH HEAT NUMBER ONE. HE IS ON THE SUZUKI WITH THE BIG RED NUMBER PLATE >> GREAT START BY THE GIBBS BIKE, BUT TREY CANARD WAS DOWN SOMEWHERE ON THE FIRST LAP HE HAD TO WORK HIS WAY UP. UP FRONT, GREAT RACES. >> COMING PAST MIDDLESTAFF, BUT HE COULDN'T CATCH HIM >> HE CAUGHT HIM AND CLOSED UP TO HIM. I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT TIGHT, HE COULDN'T PASS HIM QUICK HE WON IT >> JUSTIN BRAYTON WENT ON TO TAKE THE WIN AND HE WON. WE MOVE TO HEAT NUMBER TWO. HERE WE GET THE FIRST LOOK AT JAMES STEWART AND RYAN VILLOPOTO AND CHAD REED. >> THIS WAS THE SHOWDOWN WITH CHAD REED AND JAMES STEWART. AND TEDESCO IN THERE AND IT GOT AGGRESSIVE IN THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE >> NO DOUBT. HERE HE COMES! >> WHOA! >> TEDESCO AND STEWARD HAVE HAD SOME BAD BLOOD AND IT SPILLS OVER TO HEAT NUMBER TWO. >> THAT IS FOR SURE. >> STEWARD MAKING THE MOVE HERE ON BRETT METCALFE, REALLY SHOWING THAT HE HAD COMMAND OF HIS MOTORCYCLE. ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER MOVE FOR THE LEAD ON RYAN VILLOPOTO. >> ONCE HE GOT PAST RYAN VILLOPOTO, THERE WAS NO STOPPING HIM YEAH MA WHAT SWEPT THE TWO HEAT RACES IN THE SUPERCROSS CLASS AND KAWASAKI SWEEPS THE HEAT FOR THE SUPERCROSS LITE CLASS. JAMES STEWART GETS THE WIN. IS HE REALLY BACK OR JUST A TASTE OF WHAT IS YET TO COME? >> IT'S A TASTE OF WHAT IS YET TO COME BUT HE IS BACK. NO DOUBT HE IS FIRED UP. HE LOOKS SMOOTHER AND MORE IN COMMAND OF THE MOTORCYCLE AT THIS STAGE OF THE EARLY ROUND THAN ANYONE I'VE SEEN. BAT NEWS FOR THE COMPETITION. >> IT SURE IS. BUT THERE IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE COMPETITION AS WELL THE THREE OF US HAVE BECOME GOOD FRIENDS WITH ANOTHER GUY WHO HAS BEEN ROCKING FANS FOR MANY YEARS AND ONE OF THE GUYS WE LIKE TO GO RIDING WITH A BIT. BRET MICHELS, THE LEAD SINGER OF POISON, STEPPED P. HE IS A HUGE FAN OF S UPERCROSS. HE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE SPORT HE HAS HIS OWN AWARD, CALLED THE ROCK HARD, RIDE HARD A WARD. BRET WILL BE IN LAS VEGAS TO PRESENT $10,000 CHECK, MONEY FROM HIS OWN POCKET AND A PERSONAL BRET MICHELS SIGNATURE SERIES GUITAR TO THE RIDER WHO COMES BACK WITH THE MOST ADVERSITY OF THE COURSE OF THE SEASON. YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND VOTE FOR THIS AWARD AS WELL. BETWEEN BRET AND THE POINTS AND YOUR POINT, WE'LL DECIDE WHO THAT RIDER WILL BE WHEN WE GET TO THE LAS VEGAS, AT THE END OF THE YEAR. BRET, AS FELLOW RIDE E VIDENCES, WE'RE GLAD -- AS FELLOW RIDER, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALONG. WE KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING. AND ERIN SITS DOWN WITH THE >>> THE CROWD GETTING READY FOR THE LAST-CHANCE Q UALIFIERS. THOSE ARE THE NEXT THINGS UP FROM THE ANGELS STADIUM OF ANAHEIM. EARLIER TODAY, ERIN SPENT TIME TALKING WITH THE MULTI-TIME CHAMPION ROGER DECOSTA. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE O FF-SEASON, ROGER WAS LEAVING TO MANAGE KTM. YOU WON EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO WIN LAST YEAR, YOU HAVE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO PROVE IT. WHY THE DECISION TO LEAVE SUZUKI? >> I WANTED AN AGREEMENT AND THEY COULD ONLY OFFER ME ONE YEAR. I HAD TO MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION AND MOVE TO KTM >> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU FACE SO FAR? >> TWO THINGS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAD. WE HAVE TO REFERENCE -- [ INAUDIBLE ] BECAUSE THE RIDERS, AND NEW TRACK. >> YOU LOOK GOOD IN ORANGE. BEST OF LUCK TO YOUR TEAM THIS SEASON. WE'LL FIND OUT IF ROGER AND THE AUSTRIAN BRAND MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURER HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO RIDE TO THE TOP. >> RICKY, YOU WON CHAMPIONSHIPS RACING WITH ROGER AS YOUR TEAM MANAGER. HOW MUCH OF A BLOW TO THIS TO THE FACTORY SUZUKI SQUAD? HOW MUCH WILL IT TAKE KTM TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GET? >> NOT MUCH OF BLOW TO THE SUZUKI TEAM AS PEOPLE THINKS. I HAVE RESPECT FOR ROGER BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD GUYS AND IT MAKES THEM HUNGRIER. THEY WANT TO WIN WITHOUT ROGER THERE. KTM, IT BOOSTS THEIR PROGRAM WITHOUT A DOUBT. WE KNOW THE HISTORY OF ROGER AND HE IS REALLY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES AND HE CAN PUT TOGETHER GOOD STUFF. HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. HE WILL BE A HUGE ASSET TO THE TEAM. DEFINITELY GOOD FOR THEM. WITHOUT A DOUBT. >> MIKE WEB B WILL BE THE NEW MAN IN CHARGE AT THE FACTORY SU SUE I CAN TEAM. 22 MAJOR OFF-ROAD TITLES FOR SUZUKI AS TEAM MANAGER UNDER HIS GUIDANCE THERE. NO REASON TO BELIEVE HE CAN'T DO THE SAME THING WITH RYAN DUNGEY AND BRETT METCALFE W ORKING WITH HIM AT SUZ >>> OPENING ROUND OF THE 2011 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SEASON WE'LL BE BACK HERE AGAIN. ANAHEIM-2 THIS YEAR. WE'LL BE IN AN ALL-PINK RACE. BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. >> COOL. >> IT'S VERY COOL WE DID IT LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IT'S A GREAT THING. >> GREAT CAUSE >> HOW ABOUT THE MAN IN BLACK RIGHT NOW. MARTIN DAVALOS. PRESSURE TIME. >> FANTASTIC ON THE NEW TEAM. EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT. >> GETTING NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. GOT TO GET THE START AND GET GOOD LAPS IN. HE IS IN THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER. WE WILL TAKE TWO OUT OF THIS RACE. HERE IS HOW HE GOT STUCK IN THIS EVENT. NUMBER 23. >> BEEN THERE. BOOM, HE HITS A TOUGH BLOCK. WHAM! >> YEAH, BUT HE DID A LITTLE SOMETHING, MID-TURN IN THE FIRST TURN. IT LOOKS LIKE HE GASSED IT. SENT HIM TO THE RIGHT. STILL NEEDED TO TURN. OBVIOUSLY. >> YEAH, NOT GOOD >> NO. THE TOUGH BLOCK ON A MOTORCYCLE DO NOT MAKE THINGS GOOD >> NO. >> I HIT MY FAIR SHARE. BACK IN DAY, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN MY MAN OVER HERE JEFF E MIG WAS RACING, THEY HAD GOOD OLD HAIL BAILS >> YOU HIT IT AND BLOW HARD. >> WOW! >> THIS IS IT. FOR THE WEST COAST RIDERS, HOPEFULS THAT HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK TO GET THEMSELVESES IN POSITION BY THE QUALIFYING LAP TIME. DIDN'T HAVE THE HEAT RACE THEY WANTED. A COUPLE SPOTS LEFT TO GET THROUGH THE MAIN. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE GUYS THAT'S ON THE BUBBLE. YOU SEE A RIDER LIKE DAVALOS WHO IS THE FASTEST RIDER IN THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER, YOU GO NOW MAYBE WE'RE ONLY RACING FOR ONE SPOT, RIGHT? >> CONSPIRACY SURE. >> WE TALK ABOUT JITTERBUG OF ANAHEIM-1. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE WAY MORE JITTERBUG TO MAKE IT TO THE MAIN THAN YOU DO FOR THE ANAHEIM-1 SUPERCROSS. >> TWO RIDERS WILL GO ON. THE REST OF THE FIELD WILL JUST HEAD TO THE GRANDSTAND TO WATCH THE MAIN EVENT. >> DAVALOS GRABS THE WHOLE SHOT. >> UNCONTESTED. ON THE 647. NOW HE IS GOING TO MAYBE LOSE THAT. HE HAS CHALLENGER. COMING AFTER HIM. HARD. ON THAT 149. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST RACES OF NIGHT RIGHT HERE. NICE PASS BY CRAIG ON THE INSIDE. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST RACES OF THE NIGHT. THIS GO-TIME, OR GO HOME >> YEP. >> RIGHT. >> CRAIG ON THAT MACHINE, RIGHT THERE. THE 144. >> TROY GAVE HIM A SHOT. REMEMBER, HE HAD A BAD INJURY NOT THAT LONG AGO IT LOOKED LIKE HIS RACING CAREER WOULD BE OVER. I SPECIFICALLY WAS WATCHING HIM EARLIER TODAY IN Q UALIFYING PRACTICE. 144. I'M TELLING YOU, HE LOOKED SO, SO FLUID ON THE BIKE. JUST SUCH NICE MOTION. WITH HIS TECHNIQUE. HE IS JUST FUN TO WATCH. >> THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS IS WHERE THE RACE IS AT. DAVALOS STARTING TO CHECK OUT ALREADY. >> HERE HE COMES INSIDE. TAKES OVER SECOND. AND THE TRANSFER. >> NOW LET'S SEE IF HE CAN GAP HIMSELF. PAST THE MECHANICS AREA. SHOW YOU THIS HERE. >> THIS IS WHY ALL THE YELLOW FLAGS WERE OUT. WATCH OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. SOME OF THE GUYS ARE ON THE OUTSIDE. NOT SURE WHO THAT IS ON THE SUZUKI. HE BREAKS LOOSE. THIS IS ANOTHER RIDE THEY'RE GETS IN THERE. EWING. GOES DOWN. AND ON THE -- >> SOMEBODY GOT IT, THE RED FLAG IS OUT THAT WILL BRING THIS RACE TO A STOP. THE MEDICAL CREW ATTENDS TO THE RIDER IMMEDIATELY. THERE THEY ARE, ATTENDING TO THAT RIDER. THEY NEED MORE TIME TO PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF THAT RIDER. THEN THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL D O. THEY WILL THROW THE RED FLAG, BRING THE RACE TO A STOP AND GET ALL THE ATTENTION THEY POSSIBLY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT RIDER. >> NO DOUBT. SAFETY FIRST. >> THE MEDICAL CREW DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH SUPERCROSS. LUCK Y TO HAVE THEM ON EACH AND EVERY TOUR. WHILE THEY TAKE CARE OF THE RIDER, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. >>> CHAD, NUMBER 329 WAS THE INJURED RIDER THAT THEY WERE ATTENDING TO. HE GOT UP UNDER HIS OWN POWER AND WALKED OVER TO THE RIDE. THEY WILL TAKE HIM OVER TO THE MEDICAL UNIT TO CHECK HIT OUT FURTHER. GREAT TO SEE THAT CHAD IS UP AND OKAY. LET'S CHECK IN WITH ERIN. >> I'M HERE WITH MONSTER ENERGY VICE PRESIDENT SPORTS MARKETING, BRUCE. WE KNOW THAT MONSTER ENERGY IS THE TITLE SPONSOR OF SUPERCROSS. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THE 2011 PROGRAM? >> WE HAVE A GREAT YEAR PLANNED THIS YEAR. ISN'T IT GREAT TO START OUT WITH A SELL-OUT CROWD IN A-1 AND HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK GO TO PHOENIX AND HAVE THE SAME THING. THEN COMING BACK HERE TO L.A. L.A. VENUE AT DODGERS STADIUM. GREAT TO SELL OUT AGAIN. GREAT TO SEE THE FANS SUPPORT THE SPORT OF SUPERCROSS. >> I HEAR THAT THERE IS A HUGE MEGAEVENT THAT IS BEING CREATED BETWEEN MONSTER ENERGY AND MOTOR SPORTS THAT WILL BE AT THE SANDBOYD STADIUM. CAN YOU ELABORATE? >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS NOW BUT WE'RE PLANNING A MEGAEVENT WITH THE TOP SUPERCROSS AND MOTO CROSS RIDERS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE ALL THE MARBLES. ONE-SHOT DEAL FOR EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE TO STAY TUNEED TO SEE WHAT IS IN STORE. >> I HOPE I'M NOT RACING ON THAT WEEKEND. IF I'M NOT, I'M THERE FOR SURE. >> ARE YOU GOING TO ENTER? >> IT DEPENDS WHAT THE STAKES ARE, MAN >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING. YOU KNOW, ONE SHOT, VEGAS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LOTS OF CASH ON THE LINE. >> AND IF EMIG IS GOING, I'M BETTING ON HIM. HE BEATS ME EVERY TIME HE GOES TO VEGAS >> STACK THE RECORDBOOK. >> I DON'T HAVE TO CHECK THE RECORD BOOK. SHE IS HAPPY TO REMIND YOU EVERY CHANCE HE GETS. >> YEAH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. LET'S DO THIS ONE HERE. HUH? >> WHICHEVER MEETING, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER, QUICK TO REMIND YOU. >> I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE BEAT BY ANYBODY BUT HIM. COULDN'T BE BEAT BY ANYBODY BETTER. >> ALL RIGHT. 32nd BOARD IS UP. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FULL RESTART HERE. WE'LL DO ALL FOUR LAPS, COMPLETE THIS LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER. >> THIS IS VERY INTERESTING, BECAUSE WHAT ABOUT THE TWO GUYS THAT WERE IN A TRANSFER SPOT THAT HAD IT AT THE BAG? IT COULD TOTALLY GO THE OPPOSITE WAY FOR THEM. >> IT HAS BEFORE. >> DAVALOS. HANSEN. >> MAN! >> LIGHT THEY NEED MORE BUTTERFLIES -- LIKE THEY NEED ANY MORE BUTTERFLIES. >> WELL, WE PICK BACK UP WITH DAVALOS AND CRAIG RIGHT UP THERE. DAVALOS IS BACK OUT IN FRONT. GETS BACK TO FOURTH. THERE IS THE FIGHT OVER SECOND. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS -- >> 793. >> YEAH. >> GOT THE SPOT. >> THAT WAS AGGRESSIVE MOVE. BUT THIS YOUNG MAN PUT ON TO GET IN THE FINAL TRANSFER SPOT. OBVIOUSLY, KNOWS THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER. HE SAYS LOOK, I HAVE ONE CHANCE HERE TO GET POSITION TO KIND OF ESTABLISH MYSELF THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. >> DAVALOS RIGHT BACK TO WHERE HE WAS, THOUGH, RICKY. HE IS ALREADY STARTING TO PULL AWAY. >> HE IS IN THE ZONE, PICKING UP TO WHERE HE LEFT OFF IN PRACTICE, FOR SURE. >> GOING TO HAVE A CHANGE FOR SECOND, AT LEAST A BATTLE FOR THAT POSITION. BREWING QUICKLY HERE. 61 OF AUSTIN HOWELL. CLOSING IN. THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RIDER. COMING AFTER HIM. CRAIG ON THAT 144. >> CRAIG, REALLY, THAT IS ONE LAP IN BOOKS FOR HIM THERE. HE HAD A SOLID SECOND OFF THE START. BUT HE COULDN'T GET TO THE INSIDE. I BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH THE CORNER NUMBER TWO, AND PROBABLY GAVE HIM A LITTLE T-BONE AND SET HIM BACK. HE LOST A POSITION. HE STARTED REALLY WELL. >> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I SEE HIM AT THE END OF THE TURN AT THE RHYTHM LANE. THEY WENT TO APPROACH THE TRIPLE JUMP. THERE HE GOES. AND GUY GOT IN THE WAY OF HIM. GOT BY HIM. >> YOU GOT TO GIVE HIM ONE MORE HERE. >> I THINK HE MIGHT GIVE IT TO HIM. >> LOOK IT. HE IS TRYING. >> GOT HIM! >> OH! >> OH! >> CRASHES RIGHT INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM. AUSTIN HOWELL. >> HOWELL CAME UP WAY SHORT ON THE TRIPLE JUMP. BOUNCED OFF. RIGHT IN TO THE CAMERA WE HAVE MOUNTED THERE. THAT WON'T DO ANYTHING TO AFFECT THE TRANSFER OF THE POSITION THERE, BUT WATCH THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN. DOWN ON THE CORNER HERE. >> OOOH. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT HOME, THAT IS NOT WHAT -- OH! >> OH, MAN >> OUCH. >> I BROKE MY WRIST LIKE THAT ONE TIME. THAT IS NOT FUN. THAT IS A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED CASE. >> YEAH, HE GOT REAL LUCK Y. YOU CAN SEE JUST STOP ABRUPTLY. >> YOU CAN SEE THE JAW HIT THE HANDLEBAR. >> CRAIG BLOWN HIS WAY ALL THE WAY UP TO SECOND PLACE. DAVALOS AND CRAIG NOW. RUNNING ONE AND TWO. INTO THE TRANSFER SPOT. YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG OF A LEAD MARTIN ALREADY HAS >> YES >> WHICH AT THIS POINT, I KNOW RICKY, YOU DIDN'T RIDE A LOT OF LCQs LIKE I DID, BUT NOTE LESS' JUST FIGHT -- LET'S JUST FIGHT OVER LAST IF YOU'RE IN THE LCQ, SOMETHING DID NOT GO RIGHT IN THE DAY. MAYBE THERE IS PRESSURE. FOR CRAIG, IT'S LIKE TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND LET THE BODY RELAX. FILL YOUR LUNGS, GET YOUR HEART RATE DOWN AND FOCUS ON WHAT LINE YOU WANT TO USE AND MAKE THE BIG DROP. NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, BUT YOU HAVE THE ADVANTAGE ON ALL THE OTHER RIDERS THAT YOU NOW HAVE ON THE TRACK, PLUS ALL THE OTHER QUALIFYING RACES HAVE BEEN RAN. >> FIND A RHYTHM OF THE MAIN EVENT AND GET IN THE GROOVE. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS WHAT HE IS DOING. >> IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A GOOD STARTING POSITION ON THE GATE. BUT IT GIVES YOU INCENTIVE. IT CAN BE DONE. >> MARTIN DAVALOS. HE IS GOING TO GO TO THE MAIN. PROBABLY GOING TO GET THE WIN HERE IN THE LCQ. CHECKERED FLAG. HE IS IN. CRAIG COMPLETES THE CORNER, GET OVER THE FINISH LINE JUMP. HE IS GOING TO THE MAIN AS WELL. NOW THEY GOT TO HUSTLE BACK TO THAT HAULER, GET READY. THE MAIN EVENT FOR THEM COMING UP SOON. >> THEY'VE GOT ONE MORE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER TO GO. MARTIN MAKES HIS WAY OFF THE TRACK. WE WILL HAVE THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER FOR THE SUPERCROSS CLASS AND THEN THE MAIN EVENT AFTER THAT. >> TELL YOU WHAT, THOUGH. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE HERE FOR CRAIG AFTER THE INJURIES HEE HAD AND BEING ABLE TO REHAB HIS BODY. GET BACK ON. TROY LEE GAVE HIM A SHOT ON THE LUCAS OIL BIKE. AND NOT QUITE THE WAY YOU WANT TO GET IN THE MAIN, BUT YOU ARE IN THE MAIN NONETHELESS. YOU'RE DANCING. >> THERE ARE THE TWO GOING ON. YOU WOULD HAVE HUNG IN THERE FOR A WHILE AND HE FINISHED FIFTH ON THE SUE -- ON THE SUZUKI. >> YOU RUN WELL AT THE END >> LONG WAY TO RUN FOR SUPERCROSS TAKE MY HAT OFF TO HIM, FROM JAPANMENT I MEAN THAT'S -- >> AS WE GET READY FOR THE SUPERCROSS LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER, THE GOOD NEWS FOR CAREY HART. ALL OF HIS HART AND HUNTING RIDERS ARE ALREADY IN THE MAIN EVENT. WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH CAREY ABOUT THE THINGS HAPPENING WITH HIS PROGRAM. >> IT'S A TOUGH MARKET TO GET INTO NOW WITH THE ECONOMY THE WAY IT IS. AND TEAMS GOING AWAY, IT'S HARD TO BUILD A TEAM IN THIS ECONOMY. I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT AND I THINK THIS YEAR IS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR US TO BRING IN A CORPORATE COMPANY LIKE DODGE. NOT JUST TO COME IN AND LITTLE LOGO ON THE BIKE OR COME IN AS HEAVY AS THEY ARE. I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. AND TO JOIN, BELL RAY COME WITH US WITH CHAD REED. WE HAVE GOOD THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON THEY'RE LONG-TERM DEALS. NOT THE STRESSFUL, ONE-YEAR PANIC SCENARIO. SO NOW WE CAN BUILD IT IN A SIX-YEAR PLAN. >> OBVIOUSLY, THERE THEY ARE A FACTORY TEAM. AND THERE IS THE INDEPENDENT TEAMS IN CAREYHART RUNS ONE OF THE BEST >> DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID? >> SIX YEARS >> THAT IS REALLY PUTTING IT OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO. AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE. IT'S NOT TO HAVE, I WISH WE COULD ALL HAVE A SIX-YEAR COMMITMENT. GOOD FOR THEM HE'S A GREAT GUY HE'S VERY SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT HE HAS DONE WITH HIS HART HUNTINGTON PROJECT. AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS, YOU KNOW, IN FREESTYLE. SO I'M A BIG FAN OF HIM. BIG FAN I WANT TO SEE HIM SUCCESSFUL >> ONE OF THE SHARPEST BUSINESSMEN YOU'LL MEET ANYWHERE. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. TREY CANARD. HE HAS TO FIGHT HIS WAY TO THE LCQ FOR AMERICAN HAND DA TO SEE IF HE CAN GET -- HONDA TO SEE IF HE CAN GET THE 41 IN THE MAIN >> THERE YOU GO. >> LOOK AT TREY CANARD'S LEFT HAND, HOW HE GRABS THE CLUTCH WITH HIS THREE OUTSIDE FINGERS. >> I I DID MY MIDDLE FINGER AND -- >> THAT'S TRENTY RIGHT THERE. >> LOOK HOW HIS INDEX FINGER IS POINTED OUT. >> OH! >> WELL, HE DOESN'T GET THE HOLD. >> TRYING TO FIGHT HIS WAY UP. >> TO THE EARLY LEAD >> HE WILL BE ALL RIGHT. GET THROUGH THE FIRST LAP HERE. AND THINGS START TO THIN OUT. HE WILL PUT IT TO WORK >> NOW IT'S WAY OUT FRONT. THE LEFT Y GOES. HOW ABOUT IT? NICHOLAS WEY, ONE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP VETERANS HERE. VERY POPULAR RIDER. >> YEAH. >> HERE COMES CANARD. >> CANARD TRYING TO FIGHT HIS WAY UP THROUGH, SITTING IN FOURTH. MARTIN NOW THIRD. >> JUST PICK THEM OFF. LITTLE BY LITTLE. NICHOLAS WEY, TAKING A LOOK BACK THERE. >> RACING FOR TWO SPOTS. >> ONLY THE FIRST LAP. AND OBVIOUSLY, HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN CONTROL OF THE BIKE. WHEN I'M WATCHING HIM, UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS, OR HE FALLS DOWN, HE IS GOING TO MAKE THE TRANSFER SPOT AND GO TO THE MAIN. WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW IS TO BE HOW CAN THE LAP DO, HOW COMFORTABLE I CAN GET. SO I'M OUT THERE READY TO GO. YOU KNOW, TRY TO BE UP ON THE BOX. THAT'S WHERE HE WANTS TO BE AND ACCUSTOMED TO. >> THAT PUTS HIM IN A TRANSFER SPOT >> YEAH, SO CANARD, HE JUMPED THAT QUAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RHYTHM SECTION. TO GET MORE MOMENTUM AND GOT TO THE INSIDE. NICE CLEAN PASS. WHEN YOU ARE IN THE LCQ, THISSANT RACE YOU WANT TO START BEHIND. YOU HAVE WANT TO MAKE A CLEAN AND NO CHANCE OF GOING TO THE BAR OR GOING DOWN. >> JEFF, I THINK HE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW. HE LOOKS FLUID ON THE BIKE. IF HE CAN RIDE LIKE THIS, HE HAS A GOOD SHOT. >> HE SHOWED US TODAY HE CAN RUN THAT FASTEST LAP TIME AS EVERYBODY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT NOW THAT THE HEAT RACE, LCQs ARE GOING, JAMES STEWART LAID DOWN THE GRANTLET OF WHAT IT WILL TAKE. SO HE -- GAUNTLET OF WHAT IT WILL TAKE. SO HE NEEDS TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, LQDQ WIN. THIS IS -- >> OH, MAN! >> OH, MAN! >> BOY! THAT IS A CLOSE RACE. CANARD HAS THE LEAD >> WOW! >> THREADED THE NEEDLE THERE. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE BETWEEN BOTH RIDERS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD THEIR LINE. NICK WEY WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK >> AND TRYING TO CLOSE THE DPOOR ON HIM. >> HERE THEY COME AGAIN. RIGHT IN THE RHYTHM SECTION. THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT POLL QUESTION. >> I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BASIC. BUT WOW! >> TREY CANARD HAS REALLY FOUND THE MOMENTUM. NOT ONLY IS HE EXECUTING THE RHYTHM IN THE FASTEST WAY BUT DOING IT FAST ETHAN EVERYONE ELSE. >> I WANT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF LAP TIMES HE CAN PUT IN THERE. I GOT TO GIVE IT UP TO HIM. I'VE, I GOT TO GIVE IT TO HIM FOR HOW SMOOTH HE LOOKS ON THE BIKE. NOT TRYING TO OVERRIDE THE BIKE. OF COURSE, DO NOT WANT TO OVERRIDE THE BIKE. HE IS DEFINITELY SHOWING ME THAT HE IS NOT DOING THAT. GOOD FOR HIM >> YEAH. SO LAST TIME AROUND WHEN HE HAD A HALF OF THE TRACK WAS CLEARED, THREE-QUARTER OF THE TRACK. HE WAS ABLE TO GET HIS LAPTIME DOWN TO 59.2. STEWARD WAS IN THE 57. SO HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO. >> WAIT A MINUTE, THE TRACK DETERIORATING. NOT AS GOOD AS IT WAS IN THE HEAT RACES. WE ALL KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HEAT RACES. WE ALL KNOW THAT. SO I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD LAP >> YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT? >> WE WATCH WHEN THE TRACK WAS BETTER AND CHAD REED WAS TURNING 59. >> THE TRACK IS WORSE NOW >> NICK WEY PUTTING IN A SOLID RIDE. MAY BE A FINAL TRANSFER POSITION, BUT IS IT A TRANSFER POSITION >> RIGHT? >> THE RIDER OUT OF MICHIGAN. WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE RHYTHM SECTION. >> RIGHT HERE, YOU HAVE TWO LAPS TO GO. A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO LAPS. RIGHT NOW, MENTALLY HE IS GOING I'M NOT REALLY GOING TO BE -- I'M NOT GOING TO MISS IT BY ONE. >> WHAT HE IS THINKING IS HE PUT THE BROTHER AWAY IN THE HEAT RACE AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THIS. >> SHOULD HAVE PUT HIM IN THE CHEAP SEATS. >> I'LL FIND ANOTHER RIDE HOME >> YEAH >> HE ACTUALLY TRY, HE DID. THEN HIS BROTHER MIKE, YOU KNOW -- >> MADE A PASS BACK >> MADE THE PASS BACK >> STILL, THOUGH. I BELIEVE THAT JEFF THIS SEASON,ERS I WAS WATCHING HIM EARLIER TODAY, QUALIFY IN PRACTICE AND EVERYTHING. >> THIS IS THE BEST I'VE SEEN HIM RIDE BUT HE IS COMING UP SHORT >> WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? HE WOULD HAVEN'T EXPECTED TO SEE TREY CANARD IN THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFY -- QUALIFIER ANYWAY, SO IF YOU TAKE TREY OUT OF THE MIX, HE MIGHT HAVE MADE IT >> WITHOUT A DOUBT >> WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET BRET MICHELS RIDE BOUNCE BACK RIDE HARD? >> YOU HAVE TO MAKE GOOD MOVES THROUGH THE SEASON, AND COME BACK FROM THE ADVERSITY LIKE BRET HAS DONE THROUGH HIS LIFE AND SHOW THAT YOU ROCK AND RIDE LIKE A CHAMPION. MAYBE JEFF MIGHT BE THAT GUY >> A REALLY COOL AWARD, MAN THAT'S COOL >> MAYBE TREY >> LOOK AT THAT! >> SEE A GUY LIKE TREY. -BEING IN THE LCQ, FIRST RAILS OF THE YEAR, COME BACK AND BE THE CHAMPION. THAT MIGHT QUALIFY YOU AS WELL. >> CHECK YOUR FLAG. TREY CANARD. >> LCQ WIN. AND NICK WEY. HE WILL ALSO GO TO THE MAIN EVENT. >> TREY DIDN'T WANT TO NECESSARILY GO THROUGH THE LCQ, BUT HE PUT DOWN THE WIN AND 59. 024. LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. HE IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A GOOD GAME PICKED UP. >> HOPE HE CAN PUT THE HONDA OUT THERE AND GRAB THE LINE. HE WILL BE LINED UP WAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OUTSIDE THE GATE >> WHAT KIND OF A PROBLEM DOES THAT CAUSE HIM WITH THE START? IF THAT WAS YOU, RICKY, HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH THAT KNOWING THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO FACE? >> IT PUTS YOU BEHIND LIKE YOU SAID. YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON GETTING THROUGH, GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST TURN GOOD AND SAFE. MAN, LOOK AT THAT PASS. NICK WAS TRYING TO CLOSE HIM OUT, TOO. >> HE WANTED TO A LITTLE BIT. >> IN SUPERCROSS IF YOU ARE GOING TO WIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMITLE. TREY CANARD SHOWED COMMITMENT. THAT TRIP AND THAT RHYTHM SECTION. HE WAS GOING FOR IT. HE GOT THE WIN. HE AND NICK WEY ARE GOING ON TO THE MAIN EVENT. ERIN? >> NOT EXACTLY WHAT TREY CANARD WANTED. YOU WAITED THROUGH THE LCQ AND MADE IT THROUGH THE MAIN EVENT. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT WRONG FOR YOU IN THE HEAT RACE BUT LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL LAP ON THE TRACK. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? >> I HATE TO GET THE LAP BUT I GOT EXTRA PRACTICE FOR THE MAIN. THANKFUL TO MAKE IT THERE. LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER IS NO FUN. ALL THE TIME, I GIVE AWARD TO GOD. HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD OUTSIDE GAME PLAN ON THE GATE TO GET OUT OF THE START AND GET GOOD LAP >> WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO WIN THIS THING TONIGHT? >> STEADY LAPS. MINIMAL MISTAKES. OBVIOUSLY, GOT TO GO FAST. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE AMERICAN HONDA MOTORCYCLE ON TOP OF THE PODIUM >> BEST OF LUCK IN THE MAIN EVENT. >> THE MAIN EVENT ARE NEXT UP HERE IN ANAHEIM. WE'LL BE BACK FOR THOSE LIVE ON SPEED. >>> THE OFF-SEASON IS OVER. TIME TO GO RACING. LIVEN SPEED FROM -- LIVE ON SPEED FROM ANAHEIM. >> THE RIDER IS DOWN. HE LOSES HIS SPOT. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> HERE WE GO. HEAT TWO. BAKER, JUMPING IN THE LEAD. THERE IS HANSEN ON THE 100. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WHEN YOU GO FOR A PASS, YOU BETTER MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> CHECKERED FLAG HE HAS GOT HIS FIRST WIN. ♪ ♪ >> TWO RIDERS WILL GO ON. THE REST OF THE FIELD WILL HEAD TO GRAND STAND TO WATCH THE MAIN EVENT. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF ANAHEIM-1. THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SEASON OPENER IN THE HISTORY OF SUPERCROSS. YOU CAN SEE THE GRANDSTANDS HERE AT ANGELS STADIUM OF ANAHEIM, PACKED ALL THE WAY AROUND. EVEN OUT IN CENTERFIELD, AND LEFT-FIELD WHERE THE STANDING ROOM AREAS ARE. LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT TO TAKE IN ALL THE ACTION OF THIS SEASON OPENER. ERIN BATES? >> IT'S BEEN SINCE 2007 THAT THE NUMBER 23 OF MARTIN DAVALOS HAS RACED THE AMA SUPERCROSS, LITE WEST COAST ROUND HE MADE IT IN TONIGHT'S EVENT BUT IT DID NOT COME EASILY. HE CRASHED IN THE HEAT RACE. HE WENT IN THE LCQ. HE WAS LEADING THE LCQ AND WAS RED FLAGGED WHEN A DRIVER WAS DOWN INJURED HE COMES BACK TO WIN THE LCQ AND NOW HAS LAST GATE PICK. HIS GOAL IS TO MAKE IT IN THE PODIUM EVERY ROUND. SEE IF HE IS ABLE TO PULL IT OFF TONIGHT HERE AT A-1. >> HE WILL HAVE A TOUGH GAME PLAN, BUT HE IS FAST ENOUGH TO WIN THIS THING IF HE CAN GET A GOOD START AND CATCH A BREAK. >> HE IS STARTING AT A DISADVANTAGE TONIGHT. BUT YOU HAVE 15 LAPS. THERE IS NO ONE SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T PULL THE WHOLE SHOT FROM THE OUTSIDE. DON'T, DON'T -- >> IT'S SWEEP THE ROUND. THE START THERE. IF YOU GET OUT THERE AND YOU'RE THRENE AND YOU CARRY MOMENTUM AROUND. IF YOU GET THE BIKE TURNED THIS TIME, TOOK A LEFT AND STAY OUT OF THE TOUGH BLOCKS, HE CAN PULL THIS OFF IF YOU WILL IT ENOUGH AND YOU FOCUS ENOUGH. AND JUST ARE TOTALLY COMMITTED -- SEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS A FAIR START RIGHT HERE. YOU COME DOWN HERE, HOW YOU CAN SWEEP AROUND. IT CAN BE DONE. FANTASTIC RIDERS HERE. COCZES SHOWS I'M BACK FROM THE TIP OVER THERE. -- ROCZEN SHOWS I'M BACK FROM THE TOUGH EVENT. TOUGH EVENT. >> SHOW YOU THE TRACK MAP TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY OF WHAT IS IN STORE. THIS TRACK IS THE 21st RIDER OF THE GAME EACH AND EVERY WEEK. >> THAT IS WHERE IT STARTS. NOT A FAN OF THE 90-DEGREE TURN, BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE GUYS FUNNELING DOWN. YOU ARE GOING SO FAST, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE TRACK AND THAT'S WHY WE RACE. >> THE TRACK HAS SHOWN THERE IS A LOT OF TURNS THAT THE RIDERS ARE RIDING HIGH IN THE BERM. AND THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM THAT IS LEFT OPEN. ESPECIALLY IN THAT SECOND TURN BEFORE THE RHYTHM SECTION. A LITTLE BIT MORE MOMENTUM TO GET FOCUSED ON THAT RHYTHM. I TELL YOU WHAT, STILL, A GREAT EFFORT. THAT IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE. 15 HARD LAPS. >> R.C., THESE TURNS. YOU WORK *** THE TURNS WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HOW THEY'RE SHAPING UP TONIGHT? >> YOU WANT TO STAY AS LOW AS YOU CAN. LIKE MIDDLE OF THE WAY THROUGH THE TURN. AND KEEP YOUR MOMENTUM UP. THAT TURN HAS A LITTLE -- YEAH, YOU CAN SHOW ON THE ISO THERE, JEFF. RIGHT THERE YOU WANT TO SAY CUT THROUGH THE MIDDLE THERE. AND STAY OUT OF THE LOOSE STUFF. YOU TART TO GET UP IN THE TOP. AND YOUR RISK OF FALLING DOWN DEFINITELY GOES UP. AND THERE ARE WAY MORE TURNS OUT THERE THAN RHYTHM LANES. THAT IS WHY I ALWAYS PUT MORE IN THE TURN THAN I DO THE RHYTHM LANE STLVMENT WE . >> WE HAVE WAITED ALL WINTER LONG. GOT THROUGH PRACTICE, THE MAIN AND THE LCQ. YOU CAME FOR THE MAIN EVENT THEY'RE UP NEXT. LIVE ON SPEED. >>> BROC TICKLE ALREADY HAS A HEAT QUINN IN THE NUMBER 20, KAWASAKI. LET'S SEE IF HE CAN GET A MAIN EVENT WIN. HE WILL HAVE TO FIGHT HIS WAY PAST ALL THE RIDERS, PLUS, THIS RACETRACK. >> IT CHANGES EVERY LAP. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE TRACK IS GOING TO THROW UP AT YOU. THIS WAS A TRACK WHEN WE GOT HERE TODAY, AT TRACK WORK, A LOT OF GUYS SAID YOU FOE, IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT TOUGH. I DON'T KNOW. MIGHT BE FAIRLY EASY. BUT THE WAY IT'S PLAYED OUT, IT'S ANYTHING BUT. 20 RIDERS, 15 LAPS. HANSEN WIN THEIR HEAT AND TICKLE AND ROCZEN WAS THE FAST GUY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. BUT HE HAD A LITTLE ROUGH NIGHT. >> I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT ROCZEN IS STILL HURTING FROM THE PRACTICE CRASH, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE SAME GUY. >> I AM TELLING YOU, THOUGH, OKAY, THE KEYS TO THE RACE. MIKES GET THROUGH THE START CLEAN. ALL THE NERVES, EVERYONE WILL BE GOING FOR IT AND THEY'LL HOLD ON TOO LONG. YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND TURN CLEANLY. >> WELL, I THINK THAT YOU GOT TO GET 15 SOLID LAPS IN, MISTAKE-FREE. AND YOU GOT TO GET THE START. YOU GOT TO RUN 15 SOLID LAPS. >> IT'S 15. NOT JUST A DRAG RACE. >> THE ROCK ISSUE MOUNTAIN KEYS TO THE RACE. OUR HONDA STARTING LINE-UP CONTROLLING ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. HANSEN AND TICKLE WON THOSE TWO HEAT RACES. POLUZZI, BOY WAS HE IMPRESSIVE IN HIS HEAT. LOOK AT THE CROWD ON THEIR FEET IT'S MAIN EVENT TIME IN ANAHEIM! [ APPLAUSE ] >> TICKLE. POLUSSI IS RIGHT THERE. HANSEN IS RIGHT THERE. THE 144. HERE COMES CRAIG. >> THE FINAL TRANSFER POSITION. IN THE MAIN EVENT. AND GRAY -- >> OH, BOY! >> IS THAT POLUZZI? >> IT WAS. >> HE COMES DOWN. >> WOW! >> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK. >> POLUZZI GOT DROPPED OFF THE ROOF OF THE STADIUM. >> HERE COMES HANSEN. FIGHTING HIS WAY PAST THE INSIDE OF CRAIG. >> YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. WHAT AN EFFORT BY CRAIG. OH, GOES DOWN. >> WITH THE LEAD. AS HE GETS PUSHED OUT BY ONE OF THE PRO-CIRCUIT RIDERS. >> IT WAS JOSH HANSEN. FORCING THE ISSUE. >> MAN! CRAIG IS TRYING TO LEAN ON HIM TO NOT LET HIM DO IT. BUT THAT INSIDE, HE ALWAYS HAD THE ADVANTAGE. >> HIS TEAMMATES, THOUGH. >> I DON'T KNOW. AFTER THAT MOVE, I HAVE NO CLUE. >> TAKES OVER. >> HANDSEN, ONE AND TWO. THE HEAT RACE WINNER. >> RIDERS, FOR 2011 >> YOU KNOW WHAT, GUYS? THIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO PHYSICAL CONDITIONING AND MENTAL STRENGTH, BECAUSE BOTH OF THE GUYS ARE FAST. SIMILAR APPOINTMENT TO SEE WHO CAN MENTALLY MANAGE THIS RACE. AND PHYSICALLY WITHSTAND WHAT THE TRACK WILL DISH OUT FOR THEM. >> YEAH. >> YOU WOULD THINK THAT JOSH HANSEN WOULD BE THE FAVORITE, JUST WITH HOW MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE HE HAS. BUT GOING AGAINST WHAT I SAID, BROC TICKLE WANTS TO GET THE FIRST WIN. >> LOOK AT HANSEN. COMING AROUND THE CORNER. >> THAT IS A QUICK LAP HE PICKED UP TWO OR THREE BIKE LANES RIGHT THERE >> HE'S CLOSED THE GAP. STAYING WITH THEM THROUGH THE SECTION. >> HANSEN REINVENTED HIMSELF. HE HAS HIT THE BOTTOM AND LOST ALL OF HIS GOOD RIDE. WENT TO AUSTRALIA. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. LOST HIS CELL PHONE AND GOT AWAY FROM EVERYBODY. PRETTY MUCH REINVENTED HIMSELF. HE HAS COME BACK FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR AND IS REALLY GOING WHAT EVERYBODY EXPECTED OUT OF HANDSEN. >> IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE IT IS PAYING OFF RIGHT NOW. GETTING ALL THE DISTRACTIONS OUT OF THE WAY. AND TRYING TO PUT THE PAST IN AND REINVENT HIMSELF, LIKE YOU SAID. HE KNOWS THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE AND HE WILL NEVER HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR WHAT HE HAS RIGHT NOW. >> THE RIDERS ARE ONE, TWO, AND THREE. TYLA RATTRAY IS RUNNING IN THIRD. MARTIN DAVALOS, HAS A HORRIBLE GAIN, SUGGESTS HE'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THE GREAT START. HE IS RUNNING IN FOURTH. P. >> A FIGHT FOR THE LEAD. >> FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, IT WAS CHRISTIAN CRAIG WITH THE FINAL TRANSFER POSITION. DAVALOS WITH THE WIN IN THE LCQ. BOTH OF THE RIDERS WERE INSIDE OF THE TOP FIVE. LET'S SAY, THE TOP TEN AT LEAST. THEY EXECUTED WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> FOCUSING ON THAT START. >> YEAH. WE WERE KIND OF COUNTING THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE ASKED TO START ON THE OUTSIDE OBVIOUSLY, THEY MADE IT HAPPEN. BUILT UP THEIR CONFIDENCE. THIS IS A REAL FAMILIAR SIGHT RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW? >> TOP FIVE RUN. >> YEAH. >> ONE, TWO, THREE. >> YOU GUYS SEE HOW HANSEN WENT ON THE INSIDE. NOT THAT GOOD OF A MOVE. JUST FOR THE FACT THAT HE LOST SOME TIME. NEVER GOING TO MAKE THE PASS. >> NO, BUT IT WAS CLEAN. IT LOOKED LIKE TO ME HE'S TRYING TO DEVELOP THE LINE. HE MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE AND HE DIDN'T DO IT CLEAN. BUT HE CERTAINLY CUT FOUR OR FIVE FEET OFF OF THAT TURN. SO, HE IS LOOKING FOR LINES. HE'S SEARCHING, PROBING. IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS STILL RIGHT THERE. >> HE HAS LOST GROUND. SHE A COUPLE OF LIPGHTS FURTHER BACK NOW THAN HE WAS. >> LET'S GO BACK AND WATCH POLUZZI. IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HANGING ON THE RACETRACK ON A BLIP AND JUST COMES FLYING OUT OF NOWHERE. >> BUT LET'S SEE, CRAIG -- OH, BOOM! >> POLUZZI COMMITTED THE TRIPLE AND HAS TO GO TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT. >> HERE COMES HANSEN. >> BOOM! YOU SEE. >> AND CRAIG WAS LATE, TRYING TO MAKE HIM, MAKE THEM BOTH FALL AT THAT POINT. >> CRAIG WAS PASSING FOR THE LEAD. >> HE WAS GOING FOR IT. HANSEN PUT A MOVE ON HIM. >> HE SAW A HOLE AND WENT FOR IT. IT DIDN'T LOOK AS OVERLY AGGRESS TIVE THAT TIME FROM THAT ANGLE AS IT DID WHEN IT HAPPENED. >> RIGHT. >> I'M LIKING WHAT I AM SEEING FOR BROC TICKLE. EXCITED FOR HIM TO GET A GOOD RIDE. SHOW HIS TALL -- SHOW HIS TALENT >> GOT HIS FIRST WIN A YEAR AGO. >> GOT THE HOP THERE THROUGH THE WHOOPS. >> BETTER KEEP THE PRESSURE ON. >> IT SEEMS LIKE JOSH DRAFTED BACK A LITTLE BIT. >> LOOKS LIKE HE IS RIDING AGGRESSIVE BUT MAYBE HE IS JUST MELLOWING OUT AND WILL PUT ON A LATE RACE CHARGE. I'M NOT SURE. >> RIGHT NOW, IT SHOWS HIM 1. 5 SECONDS BEHIND HIS TEAMMATE. ANOTHER 3. 5 SECOND FRONT OF HIS TEAMMATE. DAVALOS IS STILL FOURTH. ROCZEN BY THE WAY, RUNNING IN NINE. >> THAT SECTION. >> AND HE'S HAVING PROBLEMS. WATCH ON THE FRONT OF THE SCENE. >> LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. HE TRIPLED IN. AND DIDN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE HE CAME UP, YOU KNOW, TOO SHORT. BUT WE'LL GET A SECOND LOOK TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE. HE TRIES TO LEAN THE BIKE OVER. IT'S A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE ON THE TRACTION THERE. AND ALL OF THAT FORCE CAME AT HIM HE IS LEAVING THAT AND GAINING EXPERIENCE, SHOULD WE SAY? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU KNOW, A NOTE TO HELP. PUT IN THE MEMORY BANK AND GO ON NEXT YEAR. NEXT WEEKEND. >> YOU HAVE TO LEARN FAST. BECAUSE THIS IS A SHORT SEASON FOR THE RIDERS. OF COURSE, THE TWO REGION, THE EAST AND THE WEST. >> EVEN AT THAT, ROBSON IS STILL RUNNING NINTH, TURNING A 1:01.9. A SECOND OFF OF BROC TICKLE'S TIME OF 1:9. COMAC, ANOTHER RIDER WITH PRE-SEASON BUZZ. AND HE'S IN 13th POSITION. >> I DON'T THINK HE GOT TOO GOOD OF A START. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE ROOKIES AND TRANSFERS WILL LEARN HOW IMPORTANT THE START IS. YOU WORRY ABOUT THE TRACK SO MUCH AND THINGOUS CAN DO. IT COME BACK TO WHAT JEFF SAYS, HOW IMPORTANT THE START IS. >> THIS IS MORAIS AND CUNNINGHAM FIGHTING OVER SIXTH PLAIGHT -- SIXTH PLACE RIGHT NOW. MORAIS HAS IT ON THE YELLOW SUZUKI. >> THE STAR RACING YAMAHA TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE. >> HE DID A GREAT JOB IN THAT CORNER AND HE IS REALLY AFFLYING THE PRESSURE. >> CUNNINGHAM WITH AN INTERESTING RIDING STYLE. HE'S VERTICAL. THE UPPER BODY AND HIS SHOULDERS ARE BACK. HE DOESN'T LIKE TO LEAN OVER THE FRONT OF THE BIKE IT WORKS FOR HIM THIS RIDER, HE CAN REALLY LAY IT DOWN. HE IS AGGRESSIVE AND HE IS FEARLESS. >> GOOD BATTLE RIGHT HERE. I THINK HE IS GOING TO TRY TO GO ON THE INSIDE FOR ONE OF THE TURNS. I THOUGHT HE'D DO IT BEFORE THE WHOOPS SECTION IN THE LAST LAP. BUT I SMELL A PASS COMING ON HERE. >> YEAH. >> THERE IT IS. >> RIGHT THERE! >> WOW! >> WHAT A MOVE! >> AND WE SEE ROTHSTON AS WELL. >> YOU ARE GOING TO SEE, HE WILL WORK ON HIS START NEXT WEEK WITHOUT A DOUBT. >> HE IS BATTLING WITH P OLU.ZZI. THEY WERE FIGHTING OVER EIGHTH. POLUZZI HAD IT. ROTHSON GOT AROUND >> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, HANSEN HAS BEEN IN THIS, IN THIS DIVISION FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, MAYBE. ROTHSON IS ONLY 1578 STILL. HE TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY HE WILL BE 17 IN APRIL. I ASKED HIM HOW MANY OF THE CITIES THAT THE TOUR GOES THROUGH HAS HE ACTUALLY BEEN TO BEFORE? HE SAID OUTSIDE OF THIS ONE AND VEGAS, NONE. IT'S GOING TO BE ALL NEW TO HIM. >> WHAT A COOL STORY, THOUGH, FOR SURE. AND -- A LOT OF TALENT. >> RICKY, WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, TOO. WE HEARD OF A LOT OF GREAT SUPERCROSS RIDERS COMING FROM FRANCE, FROM BELGIUM AND AUSTRALIA, BUT NOT MANY FROM GERMANY. >> NO, BUT THERE IS ONE FROM COLORADO, 19 YEAR. >> JEFF, LOOK AT THIS! HANDSEN REELED IT BACK IN. AND HANSEN IS LEADING AT ANAHEIM! >> OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING. MENTALLY, CONFIDENCE, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? WHY HAS TICKLE ALL OF A SUDDEN FALLEN OFF THE PACE? HE WAS TURNING ONE MINUTE FLAT. HE TURNED 1:01.4 TO HANSEN'S ONE MINUTE. >> YOU ARE SEEING EXPERIENCE COME IN RIGHT NOW. HANSEN HAS BEEN IN THIS SPOT MANY, MANY TIMES, COMPARED TO BROC TICKLE. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY BIG BUILDING RACE FOR BROC. AND THE RACE STILL ISN'T OVER. >> HERE IS HOW HE DID IT. WITH SIX LAPS TO, GO HERE YOU SEE HANSEN WITH THE DRIVE UP THE INSIDE >> HE COULDN'T -- HE COULD HAVE TAKEN IT UP HIGH. I THINK BROC LET HIM HAVE IT TOO EASY. DID YOU SEE THAT? >> HE JUST DRIVES IN. DIP YOUR SHOULDER, COME IN WITH SOME AUTHORITY AND TRY TO HOLD THAT POSITION. THAT IS TICKLE, THE HEART RATE IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT HE WANTS TO BE. >> KIND OF BURNING UP A LITTLE BIT. >> OKAY. >> YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING I'LL TELL YOU HOW TFT FOR ME. >> THE BODY IS SCREAMING NO MORE! FOR HANSEN, HE IS LAYING IT DOWN. NUMBER 100. >> HE WAS DOWN, A SECOND-AND-A-HALF. >> HE IS NOW 1.7 SECONDS IN FRONT. OF TICKLE. >> YOU KNOW, IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS KIND OF, IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS TAKEN A STEP BACK THERE WHEN HE LET TICKLE PULL AWAY. NOW HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS RIDING TEN TIMES HARDER THAN HE WAS THE FIRST COUPLE OF LAPS. >> FIVE TO GO. HERE AT ANAHEIM. >> AND WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW, GET ON HIS WHEEL, FOLLOW HIM. HE WAS A LINE THAT HE HAS TAKEN AND SEE IF HE CAN GET BETTER. >> AS ALWAYS, NO MATTER HOW MANY BLUE FLAGS, THAT ARE WAVING RIGHT THERE, BLUE FLAGS FOR THE LAST RIDER. AMA DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THAT. BUT STILL, IN THE TIGHT RACE COURSES, AMA SUPERCROSS SAYS THIS IS REALLY TOUGH TO WORK AROUND LAPPED RIDERS. MOST OF THE TIME THE LAPPED RIDERS ARE GOING SO MUCH SLOWER THAN YOU, THAT YOU COME UP ON THEM SO QUICKLY THAT YOU SURPRISE THEM. >> JUST BEFORE WE STARTED THIS RACE, ERIN CHRONICLED THE PROBLEMS THAT MARTIN DAVALOS HAD HAD HERE TODAY. AND NOW HE IS RUNNING IN FOURTH IN THE MAIN EVENT WITH FOUR LAPS TO GO. >> THAT IS PRETTY SOLID RIDE FOR HIM. CONSIDERING WHAT HE WENT THROUGH, NOT ONLY GOING -- AND THE CRASH HE HAD IN THE HEAT RACE, I MEAN, THAT WASN'T -- HE DID THAT. >> HE WILL BE HERE AND HE WILL BE A TITLE CONTENDER. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. HE WILL COME OUT OF HERE WITH GOOD POINTS AND GO TO PHOENIX AND SETLE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. >> THE POINTS, STAYS WITH THE POINTS, THAT WILL BE 18 POINTS. I'D RATHER HAVE 18 POINTS THAN NO POINTS THAT'S A GOOD START IN THIS POSITION, BECAUSE IT'S A SHORT SERIES, IF YOU GO ON A LITTLE WIN STREAK, YOU WIN TWO OR THREE RACES IN A ROW, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR POINTS WILL COME BACK REAL QUICK. >> I THINK HE IS LOOKING SOLID. HE IS MAKING SOLID LAPS. HE WENT THROUGH A LOT. GOT THE LAST CHANCE HE WENT THROUGH AND GOT THE RED FLAG. >> IF YOU LOOK BEHIND DAVALOS HERE, YOU HAVE COLE SEELY. AND THE HONDA, SOLID RIDE. COUPLE OF TIP-OVER HERE TODAY. >> BEEN AND UP-AND-DOWN DAY FOR THE TEAM, HASN'T IT? >> YEAH. THEY'VE HAD GUYS TAKEN OUT. CRAIG LOOKED FANTASTIC AND HE ENDS UP GOING DOWN IN THE DIRT AT THE OPENING LAP OF THE MAIN EVENT. I THINK HE WILL BE PLEASED WITH THINGS OVERALL. THEY ARE SHOWING THAT THAT TEAM, ANOTHER INDEPENDENT TEAM, PRETTY SERIOUS. >> THEY HAD SUCCESS LAST YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, DAVID AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM MANAGER THERE. AND HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES. LOOK AT THIS GUY. HE IS JUST -- I MEAN, LIKE KEVIN WINDHAM. WHEN YOU ARE ON, YOU ARE ON. THEY JUST LOOK LIKE IT'S SO SMOOTH. EFFORTLESS. >> AND IT CANNOT BE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTATEED THAT THIS IS A DO-OR-DIE YEAR FOR HANSEN THIS IS IT. YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN THIS SEASON. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE BACK UP -- HE'LL HAVE TO MOVE UP TO THE 50 FOR NEXT YEAR. >> AND PAYTON, ALL GREEN ON THE TOP OF THE PODIUM TONIGHT. HE HAS THE TOP THREE SITTING THERE. WHAT COULD IT MEAN FOR HANSEN? HE NOT ONLY GETS A WIN IN ANAHEIM K, BUT LET'S JUST SAY HE GOES ON TO WIN THE WEST TITLE. IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE HE LOOKS INCREDIBLY STRONG HERE TONIGHT. >> I MEAN -- >> REALLY AN AMAZING REBIRTH OF HIM. >> YEAH. I'M SURPRISED HE GOT ANOTHER STAB AT IT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS TALL EPTD THERE. THAT'S WHY HE DID. AND IF HE GOES ON TO WIN IT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE RACES LEFT IN THE SEASON. IF HE GOES ON TO WIN IT, HE WILL GET ANOTHER RIDE. DOES HE IS A NUMBER ONE PLACE? A LOT OF MAYBES AFTER THAT. >> MITCH GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR. WHEN HE DID THAT, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY. I ASKED HITCH, WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THIS RIDE WITH YOU? HE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT? HE JUST NEEDS TO SHOW ME THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. NOT ONLY IS HE IMPROVING, HE IS ABOUT TO BE WINNING. >> I MEAN HE JUST, I MEAN HE IS SO SMOOTH. HE IS IN HIS OWN LEAGUE RIGHT NOW. >> PRETTY DOMINATING PERFORMANCE. I'M IMPRESSED. HIS DAD IS HERE. YOU AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SAY HELLO TO HIM EARLIER TODAY WHAT A THRILL FOR HIS DAD TO SEE HIS SON WIN AT ANAHEIM. >> IT DEFINITELY IS A MATURITY, A MATURE THING, SAYING FOR JOSH. HE HAS A BIT OF A REPUTATION, HAVING A BIT OF A WILD SIDE. IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE HIM BE ABLE TO HAVE HIS VICTORY, THE LAST LAP. AND GET HIS LIFE AND HIS CAREER ON TRACK. >> HIS NICKNAMES "LITTLE HANNY." AND LITTLE HANNY JUST WON ANAHEIM! JOSH HANSEN HAS DONE IT. HE COMES IN AND NOT ONLY THAT, HIS TEAM SWEEPS THE PODIUM! >> DID YOU SEE THAT OVER THE FINISH LINE? ONE-HANDED ON THE TAKE-OFF ALSO. ONE-HANDED. >> THAT WAS COOL. >> YEAH, THAT'S NOT EASY. >> LOOK AT THAT. >> PROCIRCUIT TEAM HAS COME IN AND DOMINATED ANAHEIM. AND THE SUPERCROSS LITE CLASS. THERE THEY ARE. JOSH HANSEN ON THE 100 AND TICKLE ON THE 20 AND TYLER ON THE 28. THEY WIN THE HEAT AND GO ONE, TWO, THREE IN THE MAIN EVENT AT ANAHEIM. IMPRESSIVE! >> THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE! >> CONGRATULATIONS THE ALL OF THOSE GUYS. >> WOW! THAT WILL SEND A LOT OF THE REST OF THE GUYS SCRAMBLING. WHEN THEY GO BACK TO GET READY FOR PHOENIX NEXT WEEK WE'LL TALK TO THEM WHEN WE COME BACK. # ♪ ♪ >>> THE MAIN EVENT FOR THE SUPERCROSS LITE CLASS CERTAINLY DIDN'T DISAPPOINT. NOR DID JOSH HANSEN, BROC TICKLE OR TYLA RATTRAY. THEY SWEPT THE PODIUM IT'S ALL GREEN ON TOP OF THE BOX HERE TONIGHT IN ANAHEIM. HERE IS THE WAY THEY FINISHED. TOMAC TENTH. POLUZZI. NINTH. AND ROCZEN AND THEN ALL YOUNGSTERS IN THE TOP TEN. >> I THINK ELI SHOULD BE HAPPY. HE IS GOING TO BUILD AND BUILD. EARN RESPECT. >> LET'S MEET THE WINNER WITH ERIN. >> JOSH HANSEN MEANS NOTHING BUT BUSINESS WITH A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT. YOU HAD TO MAKE AGGRESSIVE MOVES OUT THERE TO GET THE JOB DONE. SAFE TO SAY IT'S NEW IMPROVED JOSH HANSEN SHOWING UP IN 2011? >> IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT. I'VE BEEN PUTTING MY HEAD DOWN AND I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD. THAT SHOWS. I MEAN, I REALLY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT MY TEAM MONSTER MONSTER ENERGY, KAWASAKI, THOR, PARTS UNLIMITED, DUNLAP TIRES. I HAVE TO THANK DR. G. FOR HELPING ME. HE'S HELPING ME WITH MY FITNESS AND IVAN, MY RIDING PARTNER AND DAD DONNIE AND LORD JESUS CHRIST. I'M STOKED. NO RAIN AND I'VE NEVER WON ANAHEIM ONCE. AND THREE PEOPLE SWEEPING THE PODIUM ON THE TEAM IS GREAT. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON A FABULOUS DAY AND LEADING ANAHEIM-1 PACIFIC. DOING A GREAT JOB. >> THERE IS DAD. OH, DONNIE. YOU KNOW HE IS PUMPED. THE LEGENDARY MOTO MAN HIMSELF. >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, NEVER TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT THE POINTS, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE HOW IT BREAKS DOWN. 25 FOR THE WIN, JEFF. THEN YOU START BACKING IT UP FROM THERE. >> YEAH. I THINK IT'S SOLID. YOU KNOW, THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS ALL IN THERE. DAVALOS, SEELY, ROCZEN. THEY GOT SOME POINTS. >> LET'S MEET THE MAN WHO FINISHED THE SECOND PLACE. BROC TICKLE NOW ALONGSIDER RIN. >> IT WAS NEARLY A PERFECT DAY FOR BROC TICKLE. FINISHING UP SECOND, YOU LOST THE LEAD TO HANDSEN AND FELL OFF THE PACE A LITTLE BIT. EXPLAIN TO US WHAT WENT ON. >> I GOT A GOOD START, TWO GOOD STARTS AND THAT'S ALL I'M THANKFUL FOR. I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD. A GOOD WEEKEND FOR THE FIRST RACE. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT RACE-BY-RACE AND KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING. AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES ME. I CAN'T THANK EVERYBODY ENOUGH. MONSTER ENERGY, KAWASAKI, PARTS UNLIMITED, THORE, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. >> CONGRATULATIONS FOR BROC TICKLE, MAKING IT UP TO THE BOX ON ANAHEIM-1. >> NEXT SATURDAY YOU WILL SEE THEM AGAIN, ROUND TWO. HOLD ON IF THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE WITH MORE SUPERCROSS ON SPEED. RYAN DUNGEY AND JAMES STEWART AND THE WORLD'S GREATEST RIDERS GOING ALL OUT, DUAL IN THE DESERT. DON'T MISS THE MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS FROM PHOENIX, NEXT SATURDAY 9:30 EASTERN. LIVE ON SPEED. THE MOTO SPORTS AUTHORITY. BACK TO ERIN ONE MORE TIME. >> MAKING IT UP ON THE PODIUM FOR YOUR SUPERCROSS DEBUT ISN'T A BAD THING. TAKING THIRD PLACE IS TYLA RATTRAY. YOU HAVE BEEN TRAINING AND RIDING WITH RYAN VILLOPOTO. HOW MUCH HAS IT HELPED COME IN FOR THE EVENT? >> IT HELPS ME A LOT. WORKING WITH THEM AND PUSHING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL THE GUYS HAVE BEEN RIDING AWESOME. ALL SEASON. AND, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO BE UP HERE. THANK THE GUYS FROM THE KAWASAKI, AND JUST EVERYONE. THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE. >> THERE IS JOSH GRANT. THE 2009 ANAHEIM-1 WINNER. CAN HE GET ANOTHER ONE? WE'LL FIND OR THE WHEN WE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪ >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> CHARGES TO THE INSIDE. >> WOW, WHAT A GREAT START! >> GO TO SUPERCROSSONLINE.COM FOR DATES AND TICKETS. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> AND HIS TITLE DEFENSE BEGINS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THE CHECKERED FLAG GOES TO JUSTIN BRAYTON. >> I'M GOING TO BE A PLAYER THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW? >> HERE WE GO! >> THERE HE GOES. STEWARD GETS BY METCALFE. HE IS UP TO SECOND. THE CROWD ON THEIR FEET AS YOU CAN SEE. >> TAKE IT IN. >> AND STEWARD COMES OUT AND TAKES THE LEAD. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> UH-OH. >> OH, MAN! >> CANARD HAS THE LEAD. >> THE CHECKERED FLAG AWAITS TREY CANARD. >> GETTING READY FOR THE MAIN EVENT. THE RIDERS GETTING ONE LAST LOOK BEFORE WE GET THIS ONE STARTED. THERE IS JOSH GRANT. WE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A TOUR OF HIS HOUSE EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. NOW, WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THE 2009 ANAHEIM-1 WINNER TELL US ABOUT WINNING HERE. ♪ ♪ >> YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M BACK ON HONDA, WHICH IS GREAT. I'VE HAD A GOOD CAREER WITH HAND DA. FACTORY CONNECTION GROWING UP IT'S BEEN REALLY AWESOME TO HAVE LIKE JEREMY McGRATH AS A MENTOR, AND ALL THE GUYS ON THE TEAM HAVE DONE WELL BY ME. I'M HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON. ANAHEIM-1 IS SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I GREW UP RACING IN CALIFORNIA. BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE RACES WHEN I WAS A YOUNG KID, WATCHING McGRATH RIDE AND EVERYTHING, IT'S A HUGE GOAL OF MINE IT'S BEEN AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT AND RACE IN PROFESSIONAL RACING. WINNING ANAHEIM-1 TO ME IN MY FIRST 40 -- FIRST 450 RACE WASA HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. I WAS STOKED. HUGE FEELING. TO HAVE THE HYPE GOING ALONG WITH WINNING THAT RACE WAS HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ME AND EVERYONE. ESPECIALLY WITH THE STUFF THAT WENT ON, WITH THE BANNER GETTING STUCK. AND A LONG RACE. MY FIRST 450 RACE. STEWARD WENT DOWN. AND JUST SO MUCH PRESSURE. FOR ME TO PULL IT OFF AND BE IN THAT SPOT, AND WIN THAT RACE IS A FEELING I CAN'T DESCRIBE. IT WAS SO AMAZING TO ME. I'M GLAD IT HAPPENED. THANKFUL. ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> A CLASSIC ANAHEIM-1, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT WITH THE BANNER GETTING STUCK IN THE WHEEL AND JOSH FIGHTING THROUGH ALL THAT ADVERSITY TO COME OUT AND WIN AT ANAHEIM. >> IT WILL TAKE A SPECIAL RIDE FOR HIM TO DO THAT HERE TONIGHT. WE GOT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT HE HAS BEEN OFF WITH AN INJURY. AND HE HAS NOT BEEN BACK ON THE BIKE VERY LONG. DEFINITELY HAS BUILT SOME MOMENTUM AND PUT DOWN A LITTLE FOUNDATION HERE SO FAR. HE NEEDS TO FINISH ALL 20 LAPS, THOUGH. >> GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SECOND POLL QUESTION OF THE NIGHT. HOPEFULLY YOU GOT TO GO TO SUPERCROSS-ONLINE.COM OR SPEED.COM TO PUT IN YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS. WHICH RIDER DO YOU THINK WILL CAPTURE THE MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR? DUNGEY, STEWARD, REED OR MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE? HERE IS WHAT THE RACE FANS THINK. >> OUR ROCK Y MOUNTAIN KEYS TO THE RACE. THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WERE SAYING. >> I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TO GO FASTER THAN JAMES STEWART TONIGHT. I DON'T MEAN START IN FRONT OF HIM OR BE STRONG. YOU HAVE TO BE FASTER, BECAUSE HE IS FLYING. >> WITHOUT A DOUBT. AND THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING. HE'S THE FASTEST MAN ON A MOTORCYCLE, FOR SURE. YOU HAVE TO PUT IN TONY, I DON'T CARE HOW FAST YOU ARE. YOU HAVE TO EXECUTE ONCE YOU GET THAT START. THAT IS KEY, ESPECIALLY AT THIS LEVEL. >> THIS WILL BE INTERESTING. HERE WE ARE. ALL THE PRESEASON ANALYSIS, THE PRESS CONFERENCES, THE WORDS, THE INTERVIEWS, THE TESTING. THE TRAINING. THE WEIGHT LIFTING. CYCLING AND ALL THAT STUFF. >> SACRIFICES, MAN. >> YEAH. >> ALL THE SACRIFICES YOU MADE. >> AND THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT ANAHEIM-1, NOT ONLY IS THIS THE BIGGEST RACE OF THE YEAR, BUT IT'S ALSO A STAKES RACE. IF YOU COME OUT HERE AND WIN THIS RACE AND MAKE A BIG STATEMENT ABOUT YOUR SPEED, AND YOU CAN BE THAT GUY WITH THOSE KIND OF STATS, AND HE IS GOING TO KNOW HE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOU EVERY WEEK. >> TO BEAT HIM, YOU HAVE TO ROUGH HIM UP. GET THE BEST START. >> PRESSURE HIM THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I HAD A CHANCE. PRESSURE HIM. >> THE NEW 30-SECOND BOARD OUT THERE. >> SWEET. >> IT LIGHTS UP. >> MAN! >> MY ADRENALINE IS PUMPING UP HERE. >> TIME TO GRAB ANOTHER HOLD OF 20 PERFECT MISTAKE-FREE LAPS. CAN THEY REBOUND HERE? REED HAS WON IT. JAMES STEWART HAS WON IT. GRANT GRANT HAS WON IT. >> EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD BE A FIRST-TIMER HERE AT ANAHEIM-1. >> DEEP BREATHS THE GUYS ARE TAKING. THE LAST DEEP BREATH WHEN THE HEART RATE SHOOTS UP TO 190. >> HERE WE GO. >> HERE WE GO! ANAHEIM-1, THE MAIN EVENT. LIVE, READY TO DROP THE GATE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WHO IS GOING TO GET IT? >> JAMES STEWARD IS BURIED THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY BACK IN THE PACK. TEDESCO, VILLOPOTO. DUNGEY UP THERE. PROBLEMS FOR CHRIS. >> REMEMBER, THERE IS BAD BLOOD WITH TEDESCO AND STEWARD. >> CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? CAREY HART'S TEAM HAS A RIDER IN THE LEAD AND LAST PLACE THEY'RE SPLIT UP. >> YEAH, HE IS -- YOU CAN SEE TEDESCO HAMMERING DOWN THE BACKSIDE. HE NEEDS TO PACE HIMSELF HERE, NOT RIDE TOO FAR OUT OF THE ZONE. >> VILLOPOTO BOBBLED. HE WILL LOSE SECONDS TO METCALFE. NO. HE HOLDS HIM OFF. DUNGEY. THERE GOES WINDHAM AND MILLSAPS. OH, BOY, RIGHT AFTER. THERE IS STEWARD. >> STEWARD. >> WAY IN THE BACK OF THE PACK. >> YOU DO NOT WANT RYAN VILLOPOTO TO GET TOO FAR OUT. SO YOU KNOW DUNGEY. HE NEEDS TO GET BY THIS. HE NEEDS TO GET BY THE TEAMMATE BRETT METCALFE. >> THIS IS THE DEAL. THIS IS THE TYPE OF START THAT ALL THE OTHER RIDERS WERE HOPING FOR, THAT JAMES STEWART WOULD GET. THESE GUYS, A GUY LIKE TEDESCO, VILLOPOTO, WHO COULD TURN HOT LAPS, THEY NEED TO GET GONE RIGHT NOW. >> VILLOPOTO TO TEDESCO, FIGHTING OVER THE LEAD. BEHIND HIM, TEAMMATES FIGHTING OVER THIRD PLACE. METCALFE, JUST BEHIND HIM. >> HOW LONG CAN VILLOPOTO WAIT HERE? IS HE BETTER OFF IF HE CAN FORCE HIS WAY PAST HIM? >> HE NEEDS TO MAKE A SMART PASS. FOR SURE. HE NEEDS TO DO IT AS QUICK AS HE CAN, GET A CLEAR TRACK AND MOVE ON. HE DOESN'T WANT THE GUYS BEHIND TO CATCH UP. >> TEDESCO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE WILL MAKE IT EASY. >> HE IS RIDING FANTASTIC, RIDING WITH AGGRESSION. YOU CAN SEE. AND JAMES STEWART AROUND MILLSAPS. HE GOES AFTER MICHAEL. >> THAT WILL PUT STEWARD IN AT NINTH. >> BACK TO THE FRONT WE GO WITH IVAN TEDESCO, HOLDING OFF RYAN VILLOPOTO. AND DON'T FORGET, IVAN IS NO SLOUCH. TWO-TIME SUPERCROSS CHAMP BACK IN 2004 AND 2005. >> TRYING TO MAKE THAT JUMP. HE HAS BEEN IN THIS CLASS FOR A WHILE NOW. THE NEW TEAM HERE, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TEAM THAT'S REALLY AGREEING WITH HIM. A LOT OF HARD WORK AND THEY HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM. THIS COULD BE WHAT HE NEEDS TO FINALLY GET THAT ILLUSIVE SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT WIN. >> I TALKED TO TEDESCO AND HE LIKES THIS BIKE. HE STRESSED THAT TO ME SO MANY TIMES. AND I WAS TALK ABOUT HIM ON THE PRE-RACE SHOW. OUR PREVIEW SHOW EARLIER IN THE WEEK. >> HERE IS THE PASS FOR THE LEAD. VILLOPOTO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A BOBBLE BY TEDESCO! >> WOW! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? RYAN VILLOPOTO AFTER THAT HORRENDOUS CRASH THAT ENDED HIS SEASON LAST YEAR AND NOW HE IS LEADING THE MAIN EVENT. AT A-1. >> NOW VILLOPOTO ONE OF THE PRE-SEASON FAVORITES LEADING HERE IN ANAHEIM-1. >> I SAID IF HE CAN TAKE ON WHERE HE LEFT OFF BEFORE HE GOT HURT IN ST. LOUIS, HE WAS GOING TO BE STRONG. >> DUNGEY IS UP TO THIRD. >> HE HAS TO PUT IN SOLID LAPS. CLEAR TRACK AHEAD OF HIM BEFORE GETTING TO IVAN TEDESCO. HE NEEDS TO PUT IN LAPS IF HE WANTS A SHOT AT THE MAIN EVENT. HE NEEDS TO GET GOING AND NOT LET VILLOPOTO GET TOO FAR AHEAD. >> LAST YEAR, RYAN DUNGEY LED 17 OF THE 20 LAPS BEFORE STEWARD GOT AROUND HIM AND WENT ON TO TAKE THE WIN. JOSH GRANT, FIGHT FIGHTING IT OUT WITH STEWARD. >> I CAN TELL YOU WHAT, THE CROWD IS DEFINITELY RESPONDING TO WHAT THE NUMBER 7 IS DOING. >> THAT IS FAST. >> FASTEST CORNER OF THE NIGHT RIGHT THERE. >> NICE AND SMOOTH THROUGH THAT SECTION. >> WELL, OKAY, WE HAVE FIVE LAPS DOWN. >> OH, OH! >> OH! >> IN TROUBLE. >> JAMES STEWART. >> OH, MAN! >> GUYS GOING ON THE INSIDE OF THE URN, TRYING TO JUMP THE TRIPLE THEY ARE ALL DOING IT. YOU HAVE TO BE SO PRECISE. NOW, I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF THERE IS SOME PANIC SETTING IN. THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE -- >> HERE WE GO. TAKE A LOOK. REMEMBER, HFERS CUTTING -- HE WE TURN. WHAT DID THEY SAY? A CAT HAS NINE LIVES? THAT'S ONE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> MAN, THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO KNOW IF HE HAS BEEN WITH THE NEW COACH, AND THE MENTOR, HAVE PATIENCE. >> VILLOPOTO HAS A NEW COACH, TOO. AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH BOTH OF THOSE GUYS. >> JOHNNY AMAR AND ALDIN BAKER WORKING WITH VILLOPOTO. HOW IS THAT PLAYING OUT DIFFERENTLY WITH THESE TWO THIS YEAR? >> I DON'T KNOW. I THINK JOHNNY IS GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY STRONG ONE. AND THE SAME FOR RYAN. I KNOW BOTH OF THEM BECAUSE I WORKED WITH THEM FOR A WHILE. THEY BOTH HAVE STRENGTHS. NO DOUBT. >> AS THE RACE SHAPES UP, WE LOOK AT TEDESCO, SECOND. DUNGEY STARTING TO PUT IT DOWN RIGHT NOW. THE LAP TIMES GETTING BETTER. 59. 6. OH, TEDESCO HAS A PROBLEM. HERE COMES DUNGEY! INSIDE. >> C'MON, RYAN. >> OH! TEDESCO FIGHTING BACK. >> YOU CAN SEE DUNGEY. HE THOUGHT TEDESCO WAS GOING ON THE INSIDE. >> THERE IS TRAY IN FOURTH. >> AND HERE COMES JAMES STEWART. >> WE'RE NOT EP HALFWAY YET. >> I'M TELLING YOU. THE FANS AT HOME THAT ARE WATCHING. RYAN, IF I COULD TELL YOU THE WHOLE CROWD IS CHEERING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE NUMBER 7. THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE NUMBER 1 OF RYAN DUNGEY. AS THEY MAKE MOVES, THIS PLACE JUST BECOMES ELECTRIC! >> NOBODY IS SITTING DOWN. EVERYBODY IS STANDING. >> STEWARD WAS LOOKING DOWN AT THE RIGHT SIDE THE RIGHT FOOT AREA. NOT SURE IF HE GOT IN THE BRAKE OR FOOT PADS OR SOMETHING. >> YOU CAN SEE HIM MASHING ON IT THERE. >> LIKE THE BRAKES GOING AWAY, POSSIBLY? >> MIGHT BE HE HAS TO PUMP IT, MAY HAVE AIR IN IT. >> WATCH THE RIGHT SIDE HERE. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THE FOOT IS GOING DOWN A LOT. GOT TO SEE HERE. YEAH. >> THERE HE GOES. >> OH! >> MAYBE HE HAD A ROCK IN THERE OR SOMETHING. >> MILLSAPS WAS OFF HERE. MILLSAPS IN THE CORNER. >> LOOKS LICK HIS NIGHT IS OVER. 18 ON THE JOE GIBBS RACING TEAM. >> STEWARD, ONLY A STRAIGHTAWAY BEHIND. RIGHT NOW HE IS 12 SECONDS OFF THE LEADER, RYAN VILLOPOTO. WE'RE NOT EVEN TO THE HALFWAY POINT. >> VILLOPOTO IS 6.8 SECONDS IN FRONT OF DUNGEY. >> CANARD. TRYING TO CHASE DOWN THE NUMBER 9 OF SIGH VAN TEDESCO. CANARD COMING BACK FROM THE LCQ. MENTALLY STRONG, FAST, READY TO PUT IN 20 LAPS NO MATTER WHAT HE STARTED. HE WILL HAVE COMPANY, QUICK, BECAUSE WHOOPS SECTION IS COMING UP. STEWARD IS FASTEST THROUGH THE WHOOPS. >> THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON THE DOUBLE. YOU SEE HIM TAKE TEDESCO'S BIKE. >> TEDESCO IS GOING BACKWARDS NOW. TREY CANARD NEEDS TO MAKE THE MOVE, BECAUSE THE NUMBER 7 IS RIGHT THERE. >> HE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE STEWARD MIGHT MAKE THE MOVE ON BOTH OF THEM. >> RIGHT THERE. STRONG ON THE 9. CANARD ON 41. STEWARD ON THE 7. AND TEDESCO MAKES A MISTAKE AND STEWARD THE HONDA RIDER IS AROUND THE KAWASAKI RIDER. NOW HERE COMES THE BIG BLUE YAMAHA. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IVAN TEDESCO SITTING THERE FIGHTING, NOT IN A GOOD POSITION. THAT HE WANTS TO BE IN FOR SURE AFTER THAT AMAZING START. BUT STILL A GOOD RIDE FOR HIM. REBOUNDING FROM HIS INJURY THAT HE HAD. >> REMEMBER, TOO, THERE IS SOMETIME BETWEEN TEDESCO AND STEWARD. HE KNOWS WHO IS THERE. LET'S SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. >> SIGH VAN TEDESCO IS A RIDE THEY'RE WILL NOT HESITATE. STEWARD. OH! HE CUT HIM OFF! >> HE WENT RIGHT OVER THERE AND TOOK THE RIGHT AWAY. >> DID YOU SEE STEWARD RIGHT THERE, HOW CALM HE WAS? GO AHEAD, LET HIM GO. I HAVE THE PASSING. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT STEWARD'S BRAKE IS RIGHT STILL. I DON'T KNOW. >> HIS THROT IS RIGHT. WE'RE AT ONE MINUTE LAP TIMES AND WE'RE HALFWAY. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, TEDESCO COULD MAKE THIS A NIGHTMARE FOR JAMES STEWART. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> HERE YOU GO. >> HE GOT HIM THERE. >> DONE DEAL. >> DO YOU THINK IVAN CAN GO FOR THE KILL? >> IF HE DOES -- >> QUICK THROUGH THIS SECTION. >> IT'S OVER. >> VILLOPOTO, DUNGEY, CANARD, STEWARD, TEDESCO THE TOP FIVE THE GAP FROM VILLOPOTO TO DUNGEY IS SEVEN SECONDS IT'S 13 BACK TO STEWARD. >> 10 LAPS TO GO. >> HALFWAY. IT'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT, IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE ALREADY HAD A WHOLE MAIN EVENT. >> WHOO! >> I TELL YOU WHAT, THE KEY PLAYERS ARE RIGHT UP FRONT HERE. >> STEWARD, CANARD, DUNGEY, VILLOPOTO. THESE ARE THE GUYS WE EXPECT TO SEE UP HERE THIS YEAR. CHAD REED, THE OTHER ONE. RIGHT BEHIND WINDHAM. >> THERE IS A LOOK AT REED. HE'S ON THAT NUMBER 22 BIKE. HE IS RIDING IN SEVENTH RIGHT NOW. A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN THE FIELD. >> WINDHAM HERE, CLOSING UP ON TEDESCO AGAIN. >> THERE IS CHAD. CHAD REED RUNNING ONE MINUTE FLAT RIGHT NOW THE PROBLEM IS THE LEADER, THE TOP THREE ARE ALL IN THE 59-SECOND LAPTIME RANGE. WITH CANARD AFTER TURNING THE FASTEST LAP, LAST TIME AROUND. SORRY. STEWARD WITH THE 58-FLAT. >> WOW. >> STEWARD JUST TURNED IN A HOT LAP RIGHT THERE. >> THAT IS A FASTEST OF THE NIGHT. RIGHT THERE FOR THIS MAIN EVENT. THE SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT STEWARD HAS HAD A CLEAR TRACK. >> TRUE. >> AND DUNGEY, THOUGH, HAD TURNED A HALF-SECOND FASTER THAT LAST LAP COMPARED TO VILLOPOTO. SO MAYBE HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A SEVENTH INNING STRETCH HERE AT THE LAST HALF, THE LAST HALF OF RACE. WE KNOW DUNGEY IS GOOD. >> CANARD, ON THE AMERICAN HONDA RACING INDUSTRY, NUMBER 41. ON THE YAMAHA. JAMES STEWART, CLOSING IN. >> THAT IS A GOOD RIDE FOR CANARD, JEFF, WOULDN'T YOU SAY? >> OH, YEAH. >> FOR WHAT HE HAS GONE THROUGH TONIGHT AND LOOKS SMOOTH ON THE BIKE. >> STEWARD TO THE INSIDE. HERE HE COMES. OUT OF THE CORNER. >> CANARD BEATS HIM TO THE LEFT. TURNS FIRST. >> CANARD, FORMER SUPERCROSS CHAMPION AS WELL. >> AND LOOK, CONNECT THE TIME AND SCORING HERE. AND DUNGEY, TIES VILLOPOTO. ANOTHER HALF A SECOND THAT LAP. YOU DO THE MATH. >> EIGHT LAPS TO GO. SIX SECONDS BACK >> NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. IF HE DOESN'T PICK IT UP JUST A TAD. >> WHAT A RIDE, THOUGH, FOR JAMES STEWART. CAME FROM WAY BACK. A COUPLE OF -- >> HERE HE IS >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE CROWD FOLLOWING HIM ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE FIELD. UP TO THIRD. >> CAN HE CATCH DUNGEY AND VILLOPOTO? >> HE MAY HAVE MADE A HIS TAKE. >> STEWARD IS FIVE SECONDS FURTHER BEHIND DUNGEY. >> LOOK AT CANARD. PUTTING A HOOK IN THERE. >> I TELL YOU WHAT, STEWARD MADE A STATEMENT RIGHT NOW. HE IS FAST. RIGHT NOW, HE IS REALLY MANAGING THE RACE WELL FROM THE STARTING POSITION. ONLY ONE BIG MISTAKE THAT HE MANAGED TO, YOU KNOW, STAY OFF THE GROUND. BUT SO FAR, HE HAS BEEN VERY CALM AND VERY PATIENT. NOT TRYING TO RUSH TO THE LEAD. >> RYAN VILLOPOTO HASN'T APPEARED TO HAVE DONE ANYTHING WRONG TONIGHT. >> THE FACTORY RIDER. >> TALK ABOUT EXECUTION. GOOD START. LOOKING REALLY GOOD. PUTTING HIMSELF OUT OF HARM'S WAY AND REBOUNDING FROM HIS DEAL LAST YEAR. AND REALLY GOOD TO SEE. I LIKE THE KID, AND I LIKE HIS STYLE. GLAD TO SEE HE CAN REBOUND. >> LET'S REBOUND BACK TO LAST APRIL. VILLOPOTO SEEMED TO HAVE EVERYTHING GOING HIS WAY. HE WAS CREEPING UP ON DUNGEY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THEN HIS WORLD COMPLETELY FALLS APART. SO MUCH TIME THAT IS SPENT IN THE HOSPITAL IN RECOVERY, WHERE YOU REALLY SPEND TIME WITH YOURSELF. SOUL SEARCHING. I AM GOING THROUGH ALL THIS PAIN. WHY AM I DOING THIS? AM I WILLING TO REHAB MY LEG AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET BACK AGAIN? THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW INSIDE, YOU MAKE THE DEAL WITH YOURSELF. OKAY, I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET BACK ON TOP. >> SO FAR, VILLOPOTO HAS DONE THAT. >> YOU SAW DUNGEY. THERE YOU SEE STEWARD. FIVE SECONDS GAP BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED WITH RYAN ABOUT, VILLOPOTO. HE ADMITTED TO IT. HE SAID, NOT ONLY IS THERE PHYSICAL REHAND, JEFF, BUT YOU HAVE TO MENTALLY GET YOUR STUFF BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE WILLING TO RISK IT ALL. SO ONCE AGAIN, MAYBE TAKE THAT TYPE OF PAIN ALL OVER AGAIN IF THINGS GO WRONG, TO RIDE ON THE EDGE THE WAY YOU HAVE TO WIN AT THIS LEVEL OF SUPERCROSS. >> YEAH, YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT, RALPH. LOOK AT THIS. STEWARD ON THE RHYTHM SECTION HERE, COMING UP ON BRAYTON. BRAYTON WHO WON A HEAT RACE IS STRUGGLING. HE IS BACK IN 16th. BEEN A TOUGH MAIN EVENT FOR BOTH OF THE JOE GIBBS TEAM. >> AND STEWARD, TO DUNGEY. SIX SECONDS. THREE SECONDS BEHIND. YEAH. >> STEWART TURNED 59.4 LAST TIME AROUND. AND DUNGEY WAS ONE-MINUTE FLAT. A LITTLE OVER HALF A SECOND A LAP FASTER. BUT FIVE TO GO. GOING TO BE CLOSE RIGHT NOW. DUNGEY FEEDS TO KEEP HIS FOCUS -- DUNGEY NEEDS TO KEEP HIS FOCUS. DRIVE FORWARD. HE HAS HAD A HECK OF A DAY WITH THE CRASH AT PRACTICE AND ALL HE HAS GONE THROUGH. THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS TO HAVE STEWART COME UP ON YOU WITH ONE LAP TO GO, LET'S SAY. GOING TO BE TIGHT. >> WELL, HE HAD THAT HAPPEN A YEAR AGO. RIGHT ABOUT NOW. HE HAD LED 17 LAPS. HE RAN BEHIND HIM AND THAT'S WHEN RYAN CAME BACK, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUTN'T RIGHT THERE WITH HIM. >> AND THE 2009 WINNER RUNNING IN NINTH RIGHT NOW. >> AND DOING WHAT JEFF SAID HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD DO.