2001 Las Vegas EA Sports Supercross Championship (Final Round) Part 1

RECORD BOOKS. THE GREATEST SUPERCROSS RAISER OF THE YEAR GOES OFF THE ALL-TIME RECORD. CAN HE GET A STRAIGHT FLUSH OR WILL A FULL HOUSE OF SUPERCROSS RIDERS BEAT HIM AT HIS OWN GAME. PLUS THE BESRIDE FROM THE EAST AND WEST FACE OFF IN A SHOWDOWN TO PROVE WHO'S THE BEST 125 PILOT IN THEOR IT'S EA SPORTS SUPERCROSS LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS. ■■ >> Ann: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO EA SPTSUPCROSS.■ ♪♪■ >> ■nnouncer: WELCOME TO SAM BOYD STAUM IN SKREAINGS NEVADA. IT'S EA SPORTS SUPERCROSS PRESENT TH B SPEED STICK. WEE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE FINAL ROUND IN WHAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY HISTORIC SEASON. I'M ART HE CANMAN AND WELCOME TO LIVOVERAGE O EA SPORTS SUPERCROSS. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO E TRACK FOR ALL OF THE ACTION PRETTY SOON, BUT LET'S CHECK OUT A PREVIEW OF TONIGHT'S SHOW. >> IT'S NOT ENOUGH CARMICHAEL HAS WRAPPED UP THE SUPERCROSS TITLE AND HEANTS McGRATH'S RECORD SET IN 13 IN A ROW BACK IN '96. RIY'S GOT 12 IN A ROW. THIS IS THE LAST ROUND. >> I'M DAVEY COOMBS. TO GET THAT RECORD CARMICHAEL IS GOING TO HAVE TOORRY ABOUT MORE THAN JUST McGRATH. >> ERNESTO FONSECA BEAT THE BEST OF THE WEST BUT CAN HE BEAST TRAVIS PASTRANA? WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT TONIGHT. >> I'M GOING TO CRASH THE BOOTH ATHJOIN DAVID AND ART TONIGHT. >> AND I'M ROBBY FLOYD. I'LL BE IN THEITS SHOWING YOU EVERYTHING GOING ON HIND THE SCENES, INCLUDING THIS GUY'S NEW RIDE. , I LIKE THE LAY. IT'S EXCELLENT. THERE'S THE START. LITTLE BIT SHORT OF THAT FST TTRGHTAWA JUST JUMP ALSO ALL DOWN THE STRAIGHTAWAY. IF YOU DO IT RIGHT, YOU CAN TRIPLE THROUGH THERE FOUR N GUYS MESS UP. EVEN RICKY CARMICHAEL MADE MISTAKES. A BIG TRIPLE ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE. THIS LONG LOOP SECTION, I ALWAYS LIKE IT BALLPARK YOU'VE GOT A LAST-DITCH EFFORT. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO MAKE IT L HAPPEN. THE SEPER,N YOU COMETE A LAP,UY THINK THEY'LL LL RIGHT IN THERE. >> ■■ YOU SAW TRAVIS PASTRA, THERE'S NATHAN RAMSEY, THE RUNNER-UP IN THE 125 EAST DIVISIONO PASTRANA.■ MICHAEL BROWN WAS COMPETITIVE AFTER COMING BACK FROM A COUPLE OF SEASONS, WHERE HE PLACED THIRD IN THE TWO YEARS HE RACED. LOTS OF EXCITEMENT HERE IN LAS VEGAS. WHAT I LIKE SO MUCH ABOUT IT IS THAT IF YOU LOOAT THE GATE. NORMALLY, YOU'VE GOT A HEAT RACE AND THERE'S THREE OR FOUR REAL HEAVY HITTERS IN THERE. THIS IS A MAIN EVENT, BASICALLY. HUGE GOT PASTRANA, RANDY BROWN, WEY. THAT RIGHT THERE IS A FIGHT. YOU GOACK IN, YOU'VE GOT GUYS LIKE KELLY SMITH. SELLARDS, THIS IS INCREDIBLE, THFACT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WEED THIS PACK OUT AND GO UP AGAINST THE WEST. IT COULD BE BETTER THAN A 250 CLASS. >> THERE'S THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTOPHER GOSSEL'S BIKE. >>HEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE SPARK PLUG. THEY HAVE HAVE A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES. YOU HAVE TWOUTES TO GET TO THE STARTING LINE. >> Reporter: >> THAT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING. DOWN IN THE FLORIDA SERIES, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND THAT'S WHEN THEY FIRST WENT TO THE WAT COONG. SO THE RADIATOR IN THERE, THE SHROUD THAT COVS ALL THAT, MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO REACH. LUCKILY, THE BIKE'S NOT REALLY HOT YET OR HE'D BE IN ERE BURNING HIS FINGERS. >> 30-SECOND BOARD WAITS. AND ALL THE RIDERS ARE LOOKING OVER AT THE HUSQVARNA TO SEE IF HE'S READY TO GO. ITS LIKE 51 MOVED INTO THE GATE AREA. >> LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON HIM OUT OF THE START. YOU KNOW HIS NERVES HAD TO BE RACING AND THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. A DISASTER RIGHT BEFORE THE START. ONE TIME, I FORGOT MY GOGGLES, REALIZED WHEN IT WAS TIME TO PUT THEM ON. I WAS SO■■ FLUSTERED. I ENDED UP GETTING THE WHOLE SHOT. >> GOSS LER'S CAPABLE OF GETTING A GOOD START. BUT YOU REALLY LOOK TO NUMBER ONE-E. NOT ONE IN THE EAST DIVISION. MIKE BROWN, NUMBER 100 NOW. THE BOARD IS SIDEWAYS FOR FIVE TO TEN SECONDS. THE GATE WILL DROP AND DAVE COOMBS SENIOR■ 125 SHOOTOUT IS UNDER WAY! KELLY SMITH, NUMBER 35 ON T KTM. AND THEN PTRANA'S RIGHT THERE WITH HIM. AND GOSSLER'S IN THIRD BATTLING IT OUT FOR SECOND PLACE! >> YOU SEE ALREADY THAT TOUGH RHYTHM SECTION. ALL THE WAY DOWN THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY THERE. THAT'S DIFFICULT ON THE FIRST LAP. THESE GUYS ARE JUMPING ALL THROUGH THERE DIFFERENT WAYS. REAL SCARY WHEN YOU'RE IN A PACK THAT THICK. >> PASTRANA HAS TAKEN OVER THE LEAD. HE'S A MON PLAYER. LAST YEAR, HE GOT EDGED OUT FOR THE 125 EAST TITLE AND STILL WALKED AWAY WITH A BANNER YEAR, WINNING THIS 125 SHOOTOUT HERE IN LAS VEGAS. >> WHAT THESE GUYS ARE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW IS THEY HAVEN'T RIDDEN THE TRACK. THEY PUT SOME WATER ON IT, AND THEE GUYS ARE THE FIRST ONE ON THERE. TRAVIS FINDING OUT SOME OF THOSE SLIP RESPOTS WHERE THE WATER HASN'T DRIED ALL THE WAY. >> REALITY BATTLE FOR SECOND PLACE. KELLY SMITH IS IN THERE. BUT LOOK AT MIKE BROWN, NUMBER 100 IN THE PRO CIRCU KAWASAKI. HE MAKES THE MOVE AS THEY COMPLETE THE FIRST LAP OF OUR QUALIFYING HEAT. PASTRANA IS SIMPLY PULLING AWAY AS MIKE BROWN MOVES INTO SECOND. AND LOOK OUT, HERE COMES FONSECA NEXT. >> ACTUALLY, NATHAN RAMSEY, NOT 28, ON THE FOUR STROKE, RIDING THE SAME BIKE AS FONSECA. >> SO IT'S PASTRANA, BROWN, SMIT, RAMSEY, WEY, GOSSLER, LIOTT, SELLARDS, RIDDLE AND HUFF MASTER. >> THE GUYS DON'T HAVE PASTRANA IN SIGHT ANYMORE. THE GUYS IN SECOND AND THIRD ARE THE KIND OF RIDERS THAT CAN CHASE THEM DOWN. WE GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP. I THINK IF THEY RIDE THE BEST THEY CAN, ALL THEY CAN DO I MAST TRAVIS' PACE. >> PASTRANA WITH AOUR-SECOND LEAD ALREADY IN OUR OPENING QUALIFYING HEAT. >> I WASN'T THAT IMPRESSED WITH HIM THIS AFTERNOON IN PRACTICE. PARTF THE REASON WHY, EACH TIME THEY WENT OUT THERE, HE WAS THE FIRST IN THE PRACTICE SESSION TO TOUCH THE TRACK SO HE WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ANY KIND OF A RHYTHM. BUT HE'S GOT IT GOING NOW. >> MIKE BROWN, THERE'S KELLY SMITH. ALONG WITH NUMBER 23, NICHOLAS WEY OUT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. >> SEE, NICK RAI HAD A REAL OPPORTUNITY TOET I AND MAKE A BLOCK PASS. A LOT OF THE CORNERS ON THIS TRACK, NICK COULD GO ON THE INSIDE, PUT A BLOCK PASS IF HE'S A LITTLE CLOSER. HE'S TRYING TO BE SAFER TO GET TO THAT MAIN EVENT. >> THE ONLY BATTLES FOR CONTENTION ARE FOR SECOND PLACE D THEN FOR FRT THIS IS THE FOURTHLACE, NICK WEY, TING TO CHALLENGE KELLY SMITH, GOING TO THE INSIDE. BUT KELLY SMITHAS GOOD ACCELERATION WITH THAT KTM. >> A PRETTY G LINE. NICK WEY REACHING UP TO CLEAR HIS VISION. THROUGH THAT LOOP SECTION. THAT'S WHERE YOU COULD MAKE UP A LOT OF TIME. HE GETS A GOOD DRIVE RIGHT THERE, BUT KELLY RECOVERS. IMPRESSED WITH SMITH. >> I'M ALSO IMPRESSED WITH NUMBER 51 GOSSELEAR. >>EE HIM CUT ACROSS THE INSIDE RIGHT HERE? NOT QUITE■ AS FAST TO THE LINE BUT IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO SOMEBODY, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO PUT ON A PASS. >> THERE'S OUR LEADER, TRAVIS PASTRA, IN THE UPPER RIGHT. LEADING BY 3.9 SECONDS. >> HIS LAP TIME IS JUST UNDERNEATH THE 53-SECOND BARRIER, 52.8. HIS LAST LAP, H BEST LAP, OF 52.5. AND THE NEXT CLOSEST REQUIRED IS BROWN AND RAMY, THOSE GUYS 53.1. A LITTLE SLOWER. I DON'T SEE THOSE GUYS ABLE TO CATCH THEM. TRAVIS HAS REALLY RISEN TO THE RACE. HE'S RECOVERED WELL. >> KELLY SMITH IS THE ONLY HOLDOVER FOR THE NEW KTM TEAM FROM LAST YEAR. WE GO TO THE BATTLE FOR SECOND PLACE NOW, MIKE BROWN WITH A LITTLE CUSHION. ON NATHAN RAMSEY. RAMSEY WON IN 1999, THE 125 WEST CHAMPIONSHIP. EVEN THOUGH HE HAD AN EXCELLENT YEAR THIS YEAR, HE WAS UNABLE TO PICK OFF ■HE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST TRAVIS PASTRANA IN THE EAST. >> BROWN COULDOT RELAXT L. MSEY IS RIGHT THERE. HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE HE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TIMINTHAN BROWN OUT FRONT. REST OF THE TRACK IS JUST TRYINGO AY AS CLO AS THEY CAN AND GET INTO A GOOD RHYTHM, THEHINK A WHAT HE'S GOING TO NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF THE BIKE SETUP, WHICH TI CHOICE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST. LOOK AT TH RUN HE HAS HE. >> HE COME RAMS SEE! RAMSEY CUTS IN AND BROWN RE-ESTABLISHES THE LD! WHITE FLAG LAP. FINAL LAP. >> WATCH THE DIFFERENCE, SEE BROWN HAS TO GO ACROSS THAT INSIDE AND PROTECTHAT LINE. WATCH THE DIFFERENCE IN TIMING RIGHT HERE. IF RAMSEY CAN TRIE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, HEHOULD BE ABLE TO PASS HIM. THERE HE GOES. >> RAMSEY■■,■ THEY'RE BLASTING AND RAMSEY SECURES THE SPOT IN THIRD. >> THAT WASN'T A DTY ME, IT WAS JUST AN AGGRESSIVE ONE GOING. IF I TURN TOO SHARP AND I'M TOO NICE HERE,ROWN WL GET ME BACK. SO HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THA PASS WAS MADE. >> RAMSEY MOVING FROM THIRD TO SECOND WHEN PASSI■■ BROWN. BROWN HAD A WIN HERE BACK IN 1995 IN THE 125 EAST BEFORE IT WA A 125 SHOOTOUT. HERE'S OUR LEADER. TRAVIS PASTRANA. BOY, HE THREE STRIKES WIN THE BIG ONES, DOESN'T HE? THIS IS OUR FIRST QUALIFYING HEAT FOR THE 125 SHOOTOUT. DOESHE CHECKERED FLAG. TRAVIS PASTRANA WITH HIS SEVENTH HEAT WIN OF THE YEAR. >> WATCH THIS. NATHAN RAMSEY COMING INTO THE INSIDE. HE'S GO THE LINE. HE JUST DOESN'T GIVE BROWN ANY ROOM. BROWN'S THE KIND OF GUY, IF YOU'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO NICE RIGHT THERE, HE'LL RIDE RIGHT BACK AROUND YOU. HE ALREADY DID IT ONCE. RAMSEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE GOT THAT SECOND PLACE AND A TTER GATE PICK FOR THE MAIN EVENT. >> SO PASTRANA HAS TAKEN THE FIRST QUALIFYING HEAT HER■ IN LAS VEGAS. THERE HE IS UP ON THE VICTORY PODIUM. LET'S GO TO DAVEY COOMBS. >> FOR A GUY WHO DIDN'T GET A LOT OF GOOD LAPS IN PRACTICE TODAY, MAN, YOU WE FLYING. >> STILL A LITTLE SHAKY. WE GOTY BIKE DIALED IN PERFT. GREAT START BUT STILL STRUGGLED WITH THE TRACK. INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT FONSECA CAN DO IN THE NEXT ONE. SHOULD BE A GREAT EVENT. >> LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT THE 125 EAST GUY'S HANDLES, RAMSE AND BROWN, BEHIND YOU. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE OTHER GUYS. >> HAVE NO IDEA. BUT NEVER HAVE ANYBODY HANDLED. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE HOLDING BACK OR STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'LL B 100% FOR THE MAIN. MYICHELIN'S HOOKING UP GREA SUZUKI, THANK YOU FOR WATING EVERYBODY. >> GOOD LUCK. >> CHECK OUT THE RESULTS PAGE. ■ REMEMBER, THE TOP NINE GRADUATE TO THE MAIN EVENT, SO 'S GOSSELAAR, WEY, ELLIOTT, HADSELL AND RIDDLE. THESE FANS WILL GET TO SEE THAT U.S. OPEN, AND IT'S QUITE AN EVENT HERE IN THE LAS VEGAS. THE MGM GRAND GARDEN AROUND OCTOBER 12th, 13th AND 14th. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH TICKETMASTER. THE CROWD ANXIOUSLY AWAITS OUR SECOND HEAT NOW, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF THE 125 WEST RIDERS. AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT MAIN EVENT SITUATION HERE, DAVID. >> YOU KNOW, THE WAIP WAS FOR ME, WHEN I HAD TO SIT ON THE STARTING LINE AND WATCH ORTH HEAT AND SEE SOMEBODY LIKE TRAVIS GO OUT THERE AND TURN 52-SECOND LAP TIMES. NO ONE WAS ABLE TO COME CLOSE TO THAT. AND JUST DO TRICKS ON THE LAST LAP. FINISH LINE JUMP, LOOK FULL OF ENERGY, NO MISTAKES. IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO BEAT. MAKES YOU MORE NERVOUS THAN IF YOU'RE IN THE FIRST HEAT. >> ERNESTO JUST OFF WINNING THE 125 WEST LAST WEEK IN SALT LAKE CITY. BECOMING THE FIRST REQUIRED TO EVER WIN A 125 TITLE IN THE EAST AND T WEST. AS HE WON FIVE OF THE EIG EVENTS IN THE DIVISION THIS YEAR. LET'S GO DOWN TO ROBBY FLOYD. >> I'M DOWN HERE WITH NATHAN RAMSEY. GREAT PASS OUT THERE. IT'S REALLY SLIPPERY. MAYBE A TIRE CHANGE TONIGHT? I KNOW IT MATE CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, MY DUNLAPS ARE HOOKING UP GOOD OUT THERE, I'M GOING TO STICK WITH WHAT I GOT. I WAS A LITTLE ANXIOUS. IT WAS A LITTLE WET RIGHT THERE. BUT IT'S REALLY TIGHT. IT'S HARD TO PASS AND WITHOUT MAKE AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. SO I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND TRY TO GET THE BEST START I CAN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. I'JUST GOING TO RIDE HARD FOR 15 LAPS AND I THINK MAYA MA HAD A BIKE WILL DO GOOD. >> I THINK HE'S READY TO PROVE A POINT. >> YOU THINK NATHAN RAMSEY WAS GIVING US A LITTLE PREVIEW, THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME BAR-BANGING HERE TONIGHT. >> I KNOW THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CASE. WE MIGHT SEE IT OFF IN THE FIRST TURN TO START THINGS OFF. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SO EQUAL. >> OUR FAVORITE OF COURSE IS ERNESTO FONSECA BUT HE'S GOT A TEAMMATE ON A TWO STROKE, JUSTIN BUCKELEW. GRANT LANGSON NUMBER 111. LAST YEAR, WINNING THE 1■■P MOTORCRO CHAMPIONSHIP IN THAT WORLDWIDE TOUR OUT OF EUROPE AND COMING RIGHT TO AMERICA TO GET INTO THE SUPERCROSS SUSTAIN. THE 30-SECOND BOARD IS UP FOR OUR SECOND QUAFYING HEAT HERE IN LAS VEGAS. IT IS SIDEWAYS. WE'RE ALMOST SET TO GO. PHOTOGRAPHS PRESTON, AND WE'RE OFF AND RUN BEING. TWO KTMs OUT IN FRONT. PINGREE 46, 111, GRANT LANGSTON. >> FONSECA TRYING TO WORK HIS WAY INTO THINGS. BUT HE GOT PINCHED OFF RIGHT AWAY. HE'S AHEAD OF HIS TEAMMATE BUCKELEW. LANGSTON AND PINGREE HAVE BEEN GETTING THE STARTS LATELY. THESE GUYS HAVE GOT IT DIALED. THOSE KTMs ARE HOOKING UP OFF THE GATE. TOOK PINGREE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET USED TO THAT. SAID HE KT WHEELING IN AND IT WAS HARD TO FIGURE OUT THE CLUTCH, THE TYPE OF PLAY THAT IT HAD. >> KTM WAS STRUGGLING A B. GRANT LANGSTON TRIPLES OVER DAVID PINGREE, PINGREE RIDING WITH VERY SORE RIBS. HAD TO PULL OUT OF THE LAST RACE IN SALT LAKE CITY AS GRAN LANGSTONIMPLY TAKES THISOUNG MAN IS PROBABLY THE MO IMPROVED RIDER IN THE 125 RANKS. >> HE IS. AND I DON'T KNOW SO MUCH IF IT'S THAT HE'S IMPROVED THATCH MUCH CREDIT IN THE FIRSTAT PLACE. BUT THE GUY, BOY, PINGREE ALMOST GOING DOWN RIGHT THERE. LANGSTON HAS REALLY GOT IT FIGURED OUT. IF HE ADAPTS TO THE OUTDOOR TRACKS IN THE U.S. COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND, AS FAST AS HE DID IN SUPERCROSS, W M SEE A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPION COME OVER AND WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. >> ERNESTO■■ FONSECA NOT A VERY GOOD START, IN SEVENTH POSITION. >> ERNESTO MAKING UP SOME TIME THERE, BUT, OH, SLIPPERY SECTION RIGHT THERE. WHAT MAKESHAT SO DIFFICU TO READ IS THEY GOT A LOT OF SAND RIGHT THERE BETWEEN THO TWO JUMPS. THESE GUYS ARE SPRAYING IT OUT OVER THE TOP OF WHAT NORMALLY WOULD LOOK SLIPPERY. HE DIDN'T NOTICE IT. AND WASHED OUT. >> A SURPRISE RIGHT OFF THE BAT HERE IN QUALIFYING. ERNESTO FONSECA, THE CHAMPION, GOES DOWN ON THE TRACK. ANOTHER LOOK. FRONT WHEEL, HE LOST IT. AS SOON AS HE TRIED TO LEAN INTO THAT CORNER, THE FRONT WHEEL JUST HIT A LITTLE NUB RIGHT THERE. IT W LIKE ICE. AS SOON AS HE WENT OVER THAT BUMP. FRONT WHEEL WASHED RIGHT OUT AND THAT WILL RUIN -- THERE'S NO WAY HE CAN COME BACK FROM THE LAPS THAT ARE LEFT AND WIN THIS HEAT RACE. TRAVIS HAS A BIG ADVANTAGE GOING INTO THE MAIN EVENT. >> GRANT LANG STAUNG HIS FIRST SUPERCROSS SEASON, LET ALONE HIS FIRST SEASON IN AMERICA, PROGRESSED REMARKABLY FAST. HE WAS 19th IN THE FIRST RACE THIS YEAR. HAD TWO PODIUMS IN MID-SEASON, A THIRD AT ANAHEIM, A SECOND IN PHOENIX. THEN HE LED THE ENTIRE RACE AT HOUSTON ONLY TO LOSE AND CRASH IN THE LAST LAP. HE KNEW HE HAD IT WRAPPED UP AND THEN CAME BACK AND WON IN IRVING, TEXAS. THE VERY FIRST KTM 125 SUPERCRO VICTORY IN AMERICA. >> HE LOOKS GOOD RIGHT NOW. THERE'S THE MECKE ANYMORE TELLING HIM JUST FLOW. JUST RELAX. HE'S GOT A BIG LEAD NOW. PRETTY GOOD BATTLE FOR SECOND GOING ON BEHIND HIM, WHICH HELPS HIM PULL AWAY. BECAUSE YOU SEE PINGREE RIGHT HERE AND TRAVIS PRESTON. THERE GOES PRESTON. THEY HAVE BEEN BLOCK PASSING EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT AND HOLDING UP THE PACE. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE LEAD BY LANGSTON LOOK SO GOOD. >> PRESTON MAKING THE MOVE.■ >> PRESTON'S GOING FAST. JUST LIKE WHEN HE WON IN HOUSTON. IF HE GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO LANGSTON OUT FRONT, THAT'S GOING TO INSPIRE HIM TO JUST PIN IT THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND TRY TO MAKE UP SOME TIME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FONSECA BEING WAY BACK IN THE PACK. SO IS HIS TEAMMATE BUCKLE U, 16th. SAW HIM GO BY. NOT A GOOD HEAT RACE FOR THE YAMAHA. >> THE TRACK IS IMPROVING. PINGREE HAS JOINED THE BATTLE UP FRONT. FONSECA WHO WAS RIGHT THERE, HE'S WORKED HIS WAY BACK UP IN THIS BATTLE. >> HERE COMES FONSECA. HOLD ON PINGREE. 8.7 SECONDS BEHIND LANGSTON YOU SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT. PINGREE AND TAIN STILL BATTLING IT OUT. LANGSTON LANGTON, PINGREE AND TAIN. >> THE LAP TIMES OF LANGSTON OUT FRONT, 52.4. .1 FASTER THAN TRAVIS IN THAT FIRST HEAT. THE TRACK GETTING BETTER. STILL, THAT'S FAST. YOU'D THINK LANGSTON HAD IT BUT HE'S ON HIS GAME RIGHT NOW. READY TO TAKE IT TO TRAVIS PASTRANA. LAST TIME THESE GUYS SQUARED OFF, LANGSTON WAS PRETTY TOUGH. >> WHITE FLAG IS OUT. THE FINAL LAP. LET'S CHECK IN WITH DAVEY COOMBS TRACKSIDE. >> YOU ASKED ME ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO JUSTIN BUCKLE U. HIS GLOVES ARE MUDDY. HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME HOLDING ONTO THE BIKE. >> THE FLAG COMES OUT FOR GRANT LANGSTON! >> GRANT LANGSTON PUTTING DOWN THE HAT AND GOGGLES AS HE MAKES HIS WAY UP TO THE VICTORY PODIUM. IT'S BEEN QUITE A MOMENT. A GREAT YEAR FOR THIS YOUNG MAN. LET'S GO DOWN TO DAVEY COOMBS ON THE PODIUM. >> GRANT, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU'RE THE MOST IMPROVED 125 SUPERCROSS RIDER WE'VE EVER SEEN OR IF YOU JUST IN A REALLY BAD FIRST NIGHT. >> WELL, I THINK A BIT OF BOTH. THE FIRST NIGHT DIDN'T GO AS GOOD AS I EXPECTED. AND AS THE■ SEASON'S GONE ON, I'VE STEADILY IMPROVED. EVERYONE'S DONE SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB TO GET ME UP WHERE I AM. WITHOUT THEM, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. >> AS FOR THE SHOOTOUT, YOU'VE ARRIVED WITH TRAVIS PASTRANA BEFORE. YOU BEAT HIM. CAN YOU BEAT HIM IN A SUPERCRO RACE? >> WELL, TRAVIS IS REALLY DOING WELL. HE'S REALLY FAST. AND HE'S PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED THE EAST COAST. HE'S GOING TO BE A REAL DIFFICULT GUY TO BEAT.■■ BUT I REALLY HOPE I CAN BEAT HIM. I'D LOVE TO DO IT TONIGHT. GOOD GOOD LUCK IN THE MAIN EVENT. >> THANKS VERY MUCH. >> HE DIDN'T SEEM TOO WINDED AT ALL AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS. LET'S GO DOWN TO ROBBY FLOYD. >> GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING HEATH VOSS HERE IN A LITTLE BIT IN THE 250 QUALIFIERS, BUT SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. HE'S NOT ON HIS NORMAL RIDE. HE STAYED BACK HERE ON THE PITS. HE'S GOING TO BE RIDING THE FOUR STROKE, THE ONE WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT. RYAN HUGHES HAS BEEN TESTING IT. WE GET TO SEE IT LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT. HE SAID HE HAD TO TAME IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, CHANGE THE POWER CURVE ON THE IGNITION. HE SAYS THAT THING DOESN'T WANT TO DO TRIPLES, IT WANTS TO DO QUADS. IT'S GOING TO BE A WILD RIDE BUT I THINK HE'S ENJOYING BEING PUT IN THAT SATELLITE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEATH SHOWING WHAT THAT FOUR-STROKE HAS TO OFFER. >> THE AMERICAN PREMIERE SUPERCROSS FOR THE NEW HONDA FOUR STROKE AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RACE FORMAT. HERE'S HOW THE POINT SITUATION IS GOING INTO OUR FINAL ROUND OF 250 ACTION. MIKE LaROCCO, I EXPECT HIM TO DO WELL IN THIS SITUATION. YOU SEE HIM ON THE NUMBER 5 RIGHT NEXT TO JEREMY McGRATH. >> JEREMY ON THE INSIDE. EVERY TIME THESE GUYS ARE STUCK TOGETHER, IT SEEMS LIKE LaROCCO IS ON THE INSIDE. TERRY FERRY ON THE FOUR-STROKE. RIGHT ON HIS ELBOW, THAT'S DAVID VUILLEMIN. >>HE 250 IS UNDER WAY! McGRATH -- FERRY GOES DOWN! >> YOU SEE NUMBER 15. HE'S EASY TO PICK OUT.■ >> A VERY ROUGH START HERE IN OUR FIRST QUALIFYING HEAT FOR THE 250. >> JEREMY GETS A GREAT JUMP. YOU CAN TELL RIGHT AWAY, WATCH HIM SHIFT WITH HISEEL. DOESN'HAVE TIME TPUT HIS FOOT ON THE PEG. HE LEANS ON FERRY AND NO WAY. FERRY LOOKED LIKE -- LOOKED LIKE JEREMY GOT SHOVED TO THE OUTSIDE. BUT HE HAD THE STRENGTH TO HOLD ON. LaROCCO JUMPS ON THAT. THE NUMBER 15 OF TORTELLI. FERRY WASHED OUT RIGHT AWAY. VUILLEMIN, NOTHING HE COULD DO. CHECK IT ON BOORPED WITH TORTELLI. SEE HIS HELMET HELMET CAMERA RIGHT THERE. >> HERE'S THE SIGHT FOR TORTELLI. >> WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO RIGHT THERE? HE HAD NOTHING -- JUST A FULL TRAFFIC JAM. >> LET'S GO DOWN TO DAVEY COOMBS. DAVEY? >> HE IS OUT THERE RIDING THIS WEEKEND WITH AN F A&M M BIKE. HE WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW FOR THE LAST RACE. HE'S GOT AN FMX EXHAUST SYSTEM ON FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> LOOK AT THIS TIMING DOWN THAT STRAIGHTAWAY, TRIPLES ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE CORNER. HIS LAST LAP, 49.5. THAT'S THE FASTEST LAP YET TONIGHT. LaROCCO IN SECOND, 50.3. THAT'S NOT GOI TO GET IT DONE. >> LaRCO IN SECOND PLACE WITH DAVID VUILLEMIN, WHO IS STARTING TO INCH UP ON HIM RIGHT HERE. WE MIGHT HAVE A BATTLE IN SECOND PLACE. VUILLEMIN IS VERY WELL TIMED ON THIS COURSE. >> YOU SEE THAT DOUBLE RIGHT THERE BEHIND LaROCCO BUT HE WASN'T ABLE TO GET TO THE INSIDE. McGRATH IS OUT FRONT. EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T JUMP, HE MADE UP SOME TIME. >> LaROCCO GETS HIS WAY THROUGH THAT LOOP SECTION. LaROCCO IS AMAZING WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS IS THE THIRD DECADE HE'S RACED 250s IN. IT'S HIS 177th250 SUPERCROSS START. AND RIGHT NOW, HE'S IN SECOND PLACE IN THIS QUALIFIER. TOP FOUR WILL TRANSFER TO THE MAIN EVENT. >> HE'S GETTING A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE. HE'S ALWAYS THEUY COMING THROUGH THE PACK PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON. BUT VUILLEMIN IS REALLY RIDING WELL. THE CONFIDENCE HE GAINED FROM LAST WEEK, WHEN THE SAME SITUATION, CHASING LaROCCO UP THROUGH THE PACK. HE WAS ABLE TO STUDY HIM. WATCH AND SEE IF HE GOES THROUGH THE DOUBLE LaROCCO IS DOING IT. HE SLIDES FORWARD, MADE THE CORNER A LITTLE QUICKER, STILL NOT CATCHING McGRATH. >> McGRATH ISSUING THE STATEMENT, RICKY CARMICHAEL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TIE MY SEASON RECORDS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EARN THEM TONIGHT. LaROCCO TRIES TO GET THE ADVANTAGE. HERE THEY COME OVER THE FINISH LINE JUMP. LaROCCO REALLY HOLDING ON. NOW, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER LAST YEAR, THE TRIPLE CROWN, THESE TWO REALLY GOT INT IT. VUILLEMIN NEEDED TO WIN TO WIN THE $100,000, $500,000, HALF A MILLION. >> WHEN YOU GET THAT MANY ZEROES, WHO CARES? THAT WAS -- THESE GUYS GOT SOMETHING TO PROVE TO EACH OTHER. VUILLEMIN DOES NOT WANT TO LET LaROCCO GET AHEAD OF HIM AGAIN. LaROCCO'S GOING, HEY, STAY BACK THERE. YOU DIDN'T DESERVE IT LAST YEAR, YOU DON'T DESERVE IT THIS YEAR. HE'S GOT TO RIDE PERFECT BECAUSE VUILLEMIN IS ALL OVER HIM. >> OF COURSE, NO ONE CAN WIN THE $500,000 THIS YEAR, THE VANS TRIPLE CROWN, SIMPLY BECAUSE McGRATH WON THE FIRST ROUND IN ANAHEIM AND RMICHAEL CAME BACK TO W THE SECOND ROUND. BUT THERE'S $25,000 FOR THE HIGH POINT MAN IN THOSE THREE RACES. WHITE FLAG IS OUT. IT'S THE FINAL LAP. >> YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOARD 50.5. McGRATH STILL HOVERING AROUND THAT 49-SECOND MARK. SO HE'S STILL GETTING AWAY FROM TEASE GUYS. LESS MISTAKES, LITTLE BIT AGGRESSIVE. MORE AGGRESSIVE HERE. COMING INTOHE SAND PIT. OVERJUMPED THAT A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S THE FIRST MISTAKES. STILL GETS OVER THAT DOUBLE JUMP RIGHT OVER THE INSIDE. BUT HE JUST LOOKS GOOD. YOU CAN TELL IN McGRATH IS ON. DOES THE KNACK-KNACK. HE'S FEELING IT. >> JERP INJURE, HE MIGHT HAVE COME IN SECOND THIS YEAR TO RICKY CARMICHAEL, BUT HE HAD A GOOD YEAR. FORMER CHAMPION, TWO WINS IN THE HEAT. THE CHECKERED IN FLYING FOR JEREMY McGRATH. JEREMY TAKES THE HEAT WIN, BUT MIKE LaROCCO HOLDING OFF DAVID VUILLEMIN ON THE YAMAHA. GREAT RACE FOR SECOND PLACE. AND THE TWO RIDERS ACKNOWLEDGING EACH OTHER. LOOK AT DAVID VUIEMIN, POINTED BACK TO LaROCCO SAYING, GOOD RIDE. >> I THINK HE'S HAVING FUN. I MEAN, HE DIDN'TIDE THE WHOLE SERIES. NOTHING REALLY AT STAKE HERE. HE'S JUST GETTING TUNED UP FOR THE OUTDOOR SEASON NEXT WEEK. >> THE COMMENTS FROM JEREMY McGRATH, LET'S GO TO DAVEY. >> JEREMY, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BEAT RICKY CARMICHAEL THIS YEAR. IF YOU RIDE THE MAIN EVENT, LIKE YOU DID THAT HEAT RACE, WOW, HE'S GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE. >> I HOPE SO, DAVEY. I GOT TO THANK SKIP AND YAMAHA AND THE YAMAHA TEAM. WE STRENGTH A LOT OF HOURS THIS WEEK WORKING ON THE BIKE. WE KIND OF BEEN CHASING OUR TAIL A LITTLE BIT. HOPEFULLY TONIGHT, CAN I SHOW WE MADE SOME PROGRESS THIS WEEK AND I WOULD LIKE TO STOP THAT STREAK FOR SURE. >> RIGHT NOW, THE SCORE IS 13-12. IS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO YOU RIGHT NOW IS JUST KEEPING IT FOR THAT RECORD? >> HONESTLY, RECORDS ARE RECORDS. AND, YEAH, I'M STILL STOKED TO HAVE THE RECORD. I'M NOT STOKED HE'S GOING TO TRY TO BEAT IT. BUT I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO WINNING RACES AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SO I'M READY FOR HIM. >> GOOD START SO FAR TONIGHT, JEREMY. >> TIM FERRY, WHO HAD HIS BEST FINISH OF THE YEAR IN SECOND PLACE LAST WEEK DID NOT. WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE SEMIFINAL ROUND. LIT'S GO TOOBBY FLOYDOW BBY? >> I'M A BIG MC FAN. HE'S GOT TO BE THE FAVORITE. THAT GUY IS SUCH A WINNER. HE'S WINNING SO MUCH, I THINK WE G TO WEAR SOME T-SHIRTS BY MC. YOU CAN CHECK ALL THIS STUFF T AT PACESUPERCROSS.COM. YOU CAN FIND OUT WHO THE LEADERS ARE IN THE RAISE WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING IT. JUST CHECK ITUT ON PACESURCROSS.COM. ONE THING YOU WON'T SEE OUT THERE, MC'S OUT IN FRONT BUT HIS ARCH RIVAL, EZRA LUSK, IS NOT GOING TOE OUT THERE. HE HAD A HARD FALL EARLIERER IN WEEK, HE MIGHT HAVE SOME BROKEN RIBS. IT'S A TOUGH BATTLE FOR YOGI, BUT HE'S LOOKING FOR THAT NATIONAL SERIES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE HIM OUT THERE TONIGHT AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM AER TCHING HIM IN SALT LAKE AND DALLAS. >> THAT WAS A BAD BREAK THAT CRASH IN PRACTICE, DAVID BAILEY, BECAUSE TOWARD THE END OF THE SEASON, HE WAS THE ONLY RIDING LOOKING LIKE HE BELIEVES MC CAN BE BEATEN. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I'M NOTICING HERE, WHEN YOU GOT SOMETHING WORKING FOR YOU, DON'T MESS WITH IT. BUT RICKISBVIOUS CONFIDENOUGH SEE THAT OUTFI LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING BRAND NEW. MAYBE THAT'S VOSS'S NEXT YEAR STUFF. I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SY WITH T ALL-ORANGE OUTFIT. AT'S WALL HE'S WORN FOR THE WHOLE STREAK. HE'S CHANGING HIS OUTFIT ON THE FINAL ROUND. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE THE NUMBER TO CHANGE. >> THERE'S HEATH VOSS ON THE NEW HONDA FOUR STROKE. HE'S BEEN SUPERSTITIOUSN THE PAST. HE NEVER LIKES TO CHANGE ANYTHING ON THE BIKE ONCE HE GETS IT SET DURING THE SEASON. >> THEY'RE TRYING TO MARK THE NUMBER 4 AND SHOW OFF THE NEW DU AND THEY LOOK GOOD. BUT, I DON'T KNOW. I INK I WOULD WANT TO STICK WITH WHAT BS HAS BEEN WORKING. A LOT OF STAKE. >> THE VETERAN KYLE LEWIS, MIAECRAIG, ANOTHER VETERAN AND WE'RE READY TO GO IN THE SECOND QUALIFYING HEAT IN THE 250s. VOSS ON THE FOUR STROKE AS RICKY CARMICHAEL HAD THE INSIDEN THE TURN, VOSS WENT TO THE OUTSIDE AND POWEREDY HIM! I QUESTIONED HIM COMING OUT ON THOSE FOR STROKE. HE HAD ONLY RIDDEN IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. THEY WEREN'T REALLY THAT COMFORTABLE. BUT HOW IS THAT FOR A FIRST SHOWING? THEY'VE EVEN RACED THIS BIKE TWICE. ONCE IN JAPAN, TORTELLI WON THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. BRIAN HUGHES TOOK IT TO FOUR-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT'S UNDEFEATED SO FAR, BUT HE'SOT CAR CAR IN HIS REARVIEW MIRROR. CARMICHAEL MAKING THE PASS ON A NICE CLEAN BLOCK PASS ON EPHANE RONCADA. RONCADA TAKING THE SECOND PLACE IN THE SHOOTOUT HERE LAST YEAR, THIS IS HIS FIRST FULL 250 SEASON. CARMICHAEL RIMS OFF THE WAY AS HE PURCHASE SUES HEATH VOSS. VOSS GETTING A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY HERE IN AMERICAN SUPEROSS. >> CARMICHAEL■ MIGHT NEED ALL THOSE BECAUSE THAT 450 F-HONDA IS GOING TO SHOOT A PRETTY GOOD ROUTE AND MAKE IT HARDER FOHIM TO SEE. >>OSS'S BEST PERRMANCE LAST YEAR W ON A TWO STROKE AND HERE IN L VEGAS. IN FACT, IT WAS THE TOP PERFORMANCE OF THE ENTIRE SEASON AS HE TOOK AN EIGHTH-PLACE FINISH IN LAS VEGAS. RIGHT NOW, HE'S QUALIFYING FOR A GREAT GATE POSITION WITH RICKY CARMICHAEL, THE ALREADY CROWNED CHAMPION RIGHT BEHIND HIM. HERE COMES CARMICHAEL! GOOD-BYE! HE JUST BLIPTS■D BY HIM. >> THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING ALL YEAR. DOESN'T MEANHAT THAT FOUR STROKE DOESN'T HOOK UP BETTER THROUGH THERE. IT'S JUST THAT CARMICHAEL HAS JUST BEEN ON A ROLL. YOU CAN'T STOP THIS GUY AND WHEN IT COMES TIME TO REALLY JUST GOING THROUGH A SECTION WI A LOT OF STRENGTH AND NERVE AND THE ROLL HE'S BEEN ON, HE'S GOING TO PASS YOU THERE, ESPECIALLY A GUY LIKE VOSS, WHO I NOT NECESSARILY A TOP THREE O FIVE GUYS, T TOP TEN GUY FOR SURE. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE AGAINST CAR MICHAEL. >> BUT THIS IS A GOOD TEST OF THAT MACHINE AS VOSS SAYS HAS NOT HAD A GREAT DEAL OF TIME ON THE FOUR-STROKE, NUMBER 26. >> THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE RON HUGHES RIDE IT AFTER HIS SUCCESS ON THAT FOUR-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR RYAN TO STEP INTO THE LAST RACE OF THE YEAR. IT'S NOT -- IT'S A REAL INTERRTION IN HIS PLAN TO COME INTO THE OUTDOOR SERIES REALLY STRONG AND REMAIN A LITTLE B OF A MYSTERY MISERY. ALL I HEAR IS HOW FAST RYAN IS. HE'S A COUPLE SECONDS OR LESS FASTER. HE SAYS HE LOVES THE BIKE. BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO RUIN HIS CHANCES OF MAKING A GOOD SHOWING NEXT WEEK. >> HERE'S THE NEW 250 CHAMPION, NUMBER 4, RICKY CARMICHAEL, IN THE LEAD NOW. HE'S WON WON 12 IN A ROW, 13 TOTAL IN 15 UNDS. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PASS, DAVID. >> CARMICHAEL GETTING AGGRESSIVE THROUGH THE LOOPS. VOSS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. HITS A COUPLE OF THE FRONT WHEELS SLOWS HIS MOMENTUM. LOOK AT RICKY JUST PINNED. MAKE SURE HE SERS CLEARF VOSS. DOESN'T HAVE TO CHANGE HIS LINE HALF ROADWAY THROUGH THAT LOOP SECTION. NO PROBLEM DOWN TO THE INSIDE. HE POSITIONED HIMSELF TO THE RIGHT. ONCE HE GOT AHEAD, EVEN IF HE JUST GOT EVEN -- NOW HE'S MOD ALL THE WAY BACK OVER TO THE LEFT, WHICH IS A SECTION OF THAT LOOP SECTION THAT HE LIKES A LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> THOSE FANS HAVE SEE TELECASTS IN THE PAST. WE'LL GO DOWN TO STEPHANE RONCADA AS HE'S TAKEN OVER SECOND PLACE. HEATH VOSS STILL IN QUALIFYING POSITION AT THIRD. AND WITH A GOOD LEAD ON KEVIN WINDHAM. BUT DOES HE HAVE ENOUGH TIME? >> THAT'S THE SECTION RIGHT THERE WHERE VOSS IS REALLY STRUGGLING. CARMICHAEL TRIPLED ALL THE WAY THUGH THERE. RONCADA THAT TIME HA A LTLE BIT BETTER TIMING. STILL A GOOD SHOWING FOR VOSS. JUST TO PUT THAT THING IN THE MAIN EVENT. HE'S STILL AHEAD OF WINDHAM. HE'S IN A TOUGH HEAT RACE. FOR A GUY WHO HASN'T RIDDEN THAT BIKE VERY MUCH, I'M IMPRESSED. OBVIOUSLY THE POWER. CARMICHAEL IS SO LIGHT. HE'S BEE GETTING MOST OF THE WHOLE SHOTS THIS YEAR AN SMOKED INTO THE FIRST CORR. >> VOSS GOES TO THE SEMIFINAL ROUND QUITE A BITS HE'S WON FOUR SEMIFINALS THIS YEAR, BUT HE HASN'T MADE IT OUT OF THE QUALIFYING HEAT A COUPLE OF TIMES TO THE MAIN EVENT THIS YEAR. >> THAT FIRST HT RACE, STEST LAP BY McGRATH, 49.3. CARMICHAEL HASN'T MATCHED THAT, 49.6. THAT LAST LAP 50 SECONDS. >> LET'S GO TO DAVEY. >> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HEATH VOSS. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT HIS AFTERNOON. TO BE THRUST INTO THE ROLE OF HONDA FACTORY RIDER WOULD BLOW MOST PEOPLE'S MINDS. HE SDIPEDED TO TAKE IN HIS OWN CAMPER. HE DECIDED TO STAY AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS. HE STAYED IN THE PRIVATER SECTION. TRYING TO KEEP IT REAL EVEN ON THAT SIERRA 450-R. >> HE'S GOT A GREAT DESIRE TO RACE. HE LOVES TO RACE. NO QUESTION. AS HE WORKS ON HIS OWN BIKE, HE DRIVES HIS OWN VAN AT MES. HERE COMES KELLY WINDHAM, NUMBER 14, ON THE TEAM SUZI. HE'S TESTING HEATH VOS NOW AS WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO LAMBS TO GO. >> IT'S HOT OUT HERE. IT'S DRY. EVERYONE'S MOUTH IS DRY. RIGHT ABOUT NOW, HE'S MAYBE -- EVEN A COUPLE OF LAMBSING A, THESE GUYS ARE RLLY STARTING TO FEEL THAT. FATIGUE ISOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM TONIGHT. VOSS IS PRETTY TOUGH. IF HE GETS ANOTHER START LIKE THAT, HE COU STILL STAY IN THERE FOR A GOOD FINISH. LAST YEAR WAS THE BEST FINISH HE'D EVER HA >> CARMICHAEL MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE LAPPERS, HAS THE POINT LEAD. VOSS STILL HOLDING OFF WINDHAM FOR THIRD PLACE. THIS IS THE ONLY BTLE LEFT. >> I THINK WINDHAM IS GETTING CLOSE. HE'LL GO THROUGH THAT LOOP SECTION, AND THAT WILL BE THAT. >> CAN HE HOLD IT? CAN HE PIN IT? VOSS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT VOSS, HE'S PRETTY SHARP. HE'S GOT TO HOLD HIM OFF ONE MORE TIME. BUT HE MOVED OVER TO THE RIGHT. OKAY, IF WINDHAM IS FASTER, EG GOING TO HAVE TO RIDE AROUND THE OUTSIDE. HE'S TAKING ALL THE RIGHT LINES TO GET KEVIN BACK THERE. >> LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE TOUCHING SOME PLASTIC AS HE HEADS INTO A STRONG PART OF THE COURSE FOR HIM. HERE COMES WINDHAM. NOT QUITE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE BLOCK PASS ON HEATH VOSS. >> HEATH'S HEART MT BE POUNDING. GOING, OKAY, HERE COMES THE LOOPS. WITH THE RIGHT LINE TAKE A GOOD RUN OUT OF THE CORNER. HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD KEVIN OF THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE I CAN SEE LEFT FOR KEVIN TO MAKE A PASS. >> CHECKERED FLAG FOR RICKY CARMICHAEL. TH BATTLE NOW AS RONCADA TAKES SECOND. HERE'S THE BATTLEOR THIRD. WINDHAM GOT INTO THE LOOPS, BUT VOSS WILL LIKELY QUALIFY HOLDING ON TO FOURTH. SO VOSS TWICE BEFORE HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE MAIN EVENT OUT OF QUALIFYING ON THE TWO-STROKE, PLACING FOURTH IN THE HEAT. HE TAKES THE FOUR-STROKE TO FOURTH PLACE HERE AND GETS THE TRANSFER. >> GOOD CHARGE BY WINDHAM THERE TO STAY IN IT. IMPROVES HIS POSITION TO THE GATE. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT LAST LAP WAS RICKY'S BEST, 49.4. STILL NOT AS FAST AS JEREMY'S IN T FIRST HEAT. SO McGRATH IS ON HIS GAME TONIGHT. HIS HEAT RACE WAS ALSO ONE SECONDASTER THAN RICKY. >> DAVEY IS WITH OUR WINNER. >> WE JUST WATCHED JEREMY McGRATH PUT IN A PRETTY GOOD RIDE. YOU CAME BAC OUT AND ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY. >> YEAH, I FEEL GOOD. TH KAWAKI IS RUNNING EXCELLENT TONIGHT. GREAT START. GOOD FOR ME. HEATH VOSS GOT MAROUND ME ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LET THAT HAPPEN IN THE MAIN EVENT. >> YOU HAVE THAT 13th WIN ON THE LINE. I GOT TO ASK YOU -- YOU EXCHANGED YOUR CLOTHES AFTER ALL THOSE WINS. >> YEAH. I DID. BUT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE WHAT YOU DO DURING THE WEEK IS GOING TO HELP YOU WIN, NOT THE COLOR OF THE CLOTHES. >> WELL, YOU'VE PROVEN THAT TIME AND AGAIN. RICKY, GOOD LUCK IN THE MAIN EVENT. >> THANKS A LOT. >> CHECKING OUT THE RESULTS OF OUR SECOND QUALIFYING HEAT FOR THE 250 ASUR SHOTS FROM THE PITS INDICATE -- THERE IS A NEW MOV OUT THAT OPENED YESTERDAY, "THE MUMMY RETURNS." SO WHAT DOES THIS MOVIE HAVE TO DO WITH SUPERCROSS? HOW ABOUT IT, ROBBY? >> CAN IT GET ANY MORE EVIL THAN THIS? SEBASTIEN TORTELLI RUNS THE NUMBER 13 PLATE. HE'S GOT THE MUMMY MOBILE OUT HERE. THIS DUDE IS LOOKING VICIOUS. CAN IT GET ANY MORE EVIL, ART, OUT THERE? I DON'T THINK THIS LITTLE McGRATH BEAR, THIS PASTRANA BEAR, IS GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE. NOT IN MY BOOK. COME ON YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. SEBASTIEN'S GOT TO BE HATING . HE HAS NO LU WHATSOEVER TONIGHT. >> HE DID COME BACK VERY WELL AFTER THAT FIRST CORNER CRASH TO QUALIFY. AND YOU GOT TO HAND IT TO HIM FOR FIGHTING THAT HARD. RICKY CARMICHAEL STARTED HIS PREPARATION FOR THE SEASON BEFORE THE NATIONAL MOTORCROSS SEASON WAS COMPLETED. A HEAVY CONDITIONING PROGRAM LED TO WINS IN THE U.S. OPEN RIGHT HERE IN VEAPINGS. HE WAS SANG SCHUSS TO CAPTURE THE LONE REMAINING TITLE THAT ELUDED HIM. BUT THE SPORTS ICON JEREMY McGRATH STOOD IN HIS WAY. >> HE'S A GREAT RIDER. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT HE'S JUST GOOD MENTALLY, HE'S A GOOD RIDER, PERIOD. SO THAT'S WHY HE'S TOUGH TO BEAT, YOU KNOW? I THINK JEREMY GETS TED OF THE PRESS MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF ME BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK JEREMY THINKS I'M GOOD. BUT HE PROBABLY THINKS I HAVEN'T PROVEN MELF YET■ IN SUPERCROSS. IF I WAS BEATING HIM, YOU KNOW, HE PROBABLY WOULD RESPECT ME A LITTLE MORE. BUT I THINK I NEED TO BEAT HIM. AND IF I DON'T WIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW I DIDN'T WIN BECAUSE I WORKED HARDER THAN ANYBODY. >> THOSE COMMENTS WERE BACK IN DECEMBER, DAVID BAILEY, WHEN HE WAS WEARING ORANGE. >> AND YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME, I HAD INTERVIEWED McGRATH ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE COUNTRY AND ASKED HIM WHO HE THOUGHT WOULD BE HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITOR, HE THOUGHT WOU BE VUILLEMIN. HE JUST THOUGHT IF HE GAVE ENOUGH PRESSURE TO RICKY, THAT HE WOULD SELF-DESTRUCT, MAKE HIS OWN MISTAKES, LIKE HE WAYS HAD IN THE PAST IN THE 250 CLASS EACH OF THOSE TWO YEARS. BUT RICKY REALLY SURPRISED EVERYBODY AND LIKE HE SAID IN THAT INTERVIEW, HE GOES, I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD LOSE BECAUSE I WORKED SO HARD AND I'M GLAD IT PAID OFF. >> FIVE MONTHS LATER, CAR BHIK AL HAS THE NUMBER ONE PLATE IN SUPERCROSS. HARD WORK, DETERMINATION, IT ALL PAID OFF. WE SAT DOWN WITH THE NEW CHAMPION FOR HIS THOUGHTS ON THIS CURRENT SEASON. >> WHEN I GOT THAT NUMBER ONE PLATE, IT FELT LIKE A BIG LOAD OFF MY BACK. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD FEELING. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR. I'VE GOT EVERY TITLE. I THINK EVERY KID THAT RACES 250 SUPERCROSS,HIS IS THEIR GOAL, TO WIN A 250 SUPERCROSS TITLE, AND I DID IT. AND NOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RECORD BOOKS. >> HOW DID YOU WIN THE THING? >> I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE TRAINING IN THE OFFSEASON AND GETTING THE BIKE RIGHT. THBIKE WAS A LOT BETTER THIS YEAR FOR ME. FOR SURE. WITHOUT A DOUBT. KNO KBOS AND STARTG TO WIN CONSECUTIVELY LIKE I DID, THAT'S HOW I WON IT. AND BEING MENTALLY STRONG. >> AND I SUPPOSE IT MADE IT EVEN BETTER BEATING JEREMY BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED TO JERP ME OR HE RETIRED. WHAT AUT BEATING JEREMY, THE FEELING? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, BEATING LIKE EARLI IN THE YEA WHEN I WASNING ALL THESE RACES, ALL THESE RACES WOULDN'T BE AWESOME TO WIN IF I DIDN'T WIN THE TITLE. IT WOULDN'T MEAN NOTHING TO ME. AND TO BEAT JEREMY BEFORE HE RETIRES, YOU KNOW, IS AWESOME. THAT'S THE ONE THING I WANTED TO DO BECAUSE EVEONE THINKS THAT I'M THE NEXT GUY AFTER JERP ME LEAVES ANN I DON'T WANT HIMO WIN A, YOUW, SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, JEREMY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WON IT IF HE, YOU KNOW, IF HWAS REACHING. SO NOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANYMORE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO BE THE GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD GET THE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM HIM ANI PUT A LOTF TIME IN AND IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I KNEW I COULDO IT. IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN ITASASASAS TO HAPPEN. I'VE WON QUITE A FEW CHAMPIONSHIPS OUTDOOR AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES AND I KNOW YOU NEED BE CONSISTENT AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. >> THE BIG CRASH COULD HAVE ENDED THE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN, BUT YOU REFUSED TO LET UP IN YOUR STYLE. >> YEAH. DEFINITELY. IT DEFINITELY COULD HAVE PUT A DAMPER ON THINGS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M OUT THERE, I'M RACING HARD. AND THAT'S MY RIDING STYLE. I WAS JUS TRYING TO GO FAST, TRYING DO GET THAT FAST HEAT RACE WIN. AND HEAT RACE TIME, EXCUSE ME. AND, YOU KNOW, ■I WAS JUS OUT THERE RIDING HARD AND I MADE A MISTAKE AND KRASHT CRASH. LIKE YOU SAID, IT COULD HAVE PUT A DAER ON THINGS. BUT, LUCKILY, IT DIDN'T AND I WAS ABLEO WIN THAT NIGHT IN THE MAIN EVENT. EVY TIME I DO SOMETHING LIKE THATYOU KNOW, WHAT I DID IN THE WHOOOO THERE AT DETROIT AND HOUON, EVERY TIME I MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THAT I LEARN. AT'S JUST PART OF MORE LEARNING PROCESS, YOU KNOW. IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS OF CRASHING AND LEARNING TOET TO WHERE I A TODAY AND EVERYBODY TIME I DO SOMETHING LIKE TT HELPS ME OUT M I LEARN MORE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I CRASH LE THAT, I SAY, KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET IT HAPPENGAIN. AND THAT'S WHAT I DO. I LEARN FROM IT AND TRY NOT TO LET IT HAPPEN. >> YOU JUST TOOK -- YOU JUST PUSHED THE BAR HIGHER. >> I THINK I RAISED THE LEVEL A LITTLE BIT AND I THINK NOW THAT I BEAT JEREMY QUITE A FEW TIMES THIS YEAR, I THINK OTHER GUYS ARE BELIEVING THAT THEY CAN BEAT HIM NOW, YOU KNOW? HE'S A GOOD CHAMPION. YOU KNOW, EELS NOT A JEALOUS PERSON. AND I'M SURE IT'S VERY TGH FOR HIM THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, HE'S KICKED EVERYBODY'S TT FOR A LONG ME AND EVERYONE IS, YOU KNOW -- I FELT NOT GOOD THE LAST TWO YEARS D,OU KNO, I C OY TAKE SO MUCH OFHAT. AND I WAS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO GET THAT FEELIN OF WINNING BACK. AND, YOKNOW, I'M JUST HAPPY TO BEHE GUY THAT COULD DO IT AND HE'S A GREAT CHAMPION. HE'S HANDLING IT REALLY WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEING A GOOD SPORT. LIKE SOMEBODY ASKED ME YESTERDAY, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE 13-RACE SEAK? AND I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND GET -- TRY TO GET THE WHOLE SHOT ANDEE WHAT HAPPENS. I HAVEN'T PSSEDHE ISSUE ON ANYTHING THIS YEAR. I LET THE RACE START AND TAKE IT AS THE CARDS FALL. FROM BEHIND THEN I TRY TO WORK AND PASPEOPLE AND TH'S THE THING. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND TRY TO RIDE CRAZY AND T TO WIN 13 RAC IN A ROW. I'M GOING TO GET OUT AND TRY TO GET A GOOD START AND TRY TO WIN. AND IF I CAN'T, WELL, THEN I'LL TAKE SECOND. BUT I DON' WANT T AND LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO FORCE ANYTHING. I'M JUST GOING TO LET EVERYTHING COME TO ME. >> RICKY CARMICHAEL WON AT EVERY LEVEL, INCLUDING MINI BIKES. AND THE KTM JOURNAL SUPERCROSS CHALLENGE PROGRAM HAS PROVED TO BE TO A HUGE SUCCESS THIS YEAR AT EVERYENUE, 8-YEARLDS EXPERNCING THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME BEFE SELLOUT CROWDS LIKE WE HAVE HERE AT LAS VEGAS. RIDING THE SAME TRACKS CARMICHAEL, McGRATH, TRAVIS AND THE OF THE PROS DO. >> HERE THEY COME TO THE FIRST TRIPLE. YOU THINK THEY GOT IT? THAT MUST LOOK SO BIG FOR THESE -- LOOK AT HOW TINY THESE GUYS ARE. YOU DON'T REALIZE, EVEN THE BIG BIKES, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO DOWN AND LOOK AT THIS TRACK UP CLOSE, WE'RE ALWAYS UP HERE IN THE PRESS BOX AND IT LOOKS PRETTY EASY. WHEN YOU GET DOWN ON FLOOR LEVEL AND SEE HOW HIGH THE FIRST JUMP OF THE TRIPLE IS, YOU CAN'T SEE PAST IT, ALL YOU SEE IS THE TOP IN THE DISTANCE. IT MUSTM HUGE FOR THE LILE GUYS. THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO T TRIPLE AND THE WHOOPS SECTION. THATHOULD B INTERESTING >> TS PROGRAM IS MORE THAN JUST AN ATHLETIC EVENT. YOU HAVE TO HE GOOD GRADES, GOOD ATTENDANCE IN YR SOOL, BEFORE THEY'LL ALLOW YOU T ENTER THIS EVENT IN VARIOUS CITIES. >> TRE THEY GO. EVERY ME THE FRONT WHEEL GOES DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND WANTS TO TURN, TAKES A PRETTY STRONG KID TO HOLD IT STRAIGHT. FEET DOWN JUST IN CASE. >> IT'S A REALAN FAVORITE. THERS NO QSTION ABOUT IT. PLACING INHIS PARTICULAR RACE IS NOT EMPHASIZED. BUT, OF COURSE, WHEN THE KIDS GET OUT THERE BATTLING, YOU CAN'T HELP THAT COMPETITIVE URGE. >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT'S NEAT IS YOU CRUISE TO THE PITS, THEY GET THE WTE FLAG, THEY CRUISE TO E PITS AND THEY'RE ALL LID UP IN THEIR GEAR AND THE LLEDP AND THEY'RE SIGNING AUTRAPHS. >> THE FANS ARE STANDING U HERE IN LAS VEGAS. TICKETS HAVE BEE SOLD FROM 50 STATES AND 26 COUNTRIES! AS THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PARTICULAR KTM PROGRAM. LET'S GOWN TO DAVEY COOMBS. >> ONEF NEAT THINGS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM ALSO, ART, IS THE FACT THAT A LOTF THESE KIDS ARE SECD GENEON SERCROS RIDERS. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH OVER THE YEARS TO SEE JEFF WARD'S SONIDE, CALIFORNIA PRIVATER CHRIS YOUNG'S SON RIDE AND BOBBY J. WAGNER AND HE AND HIS WIFE LISA, THEY'RE LITTLE BOY RACE. WE C TALK ABOUTYAN HUGHES EARLR HE TOLD ME AS SOON AS HISRO CARR IS DONE, HLL BE RIGHT BACK BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE A MINIBIKE DAD AND HIS SON IS GOIO BE RACING THIS KTM CHALLENGE. >> I NOTICE THERE'S A McKENZIE BAILEY ON THE LIST, DAVID. ANY RELATION? >> NO. I SAW MY NAME IN THERE AND I WAS A LITTLE BUMPED IT WAS PRETTY PAR DOWN THE LIST. T THAT A GOOD POINT. YOU KNOW, RICK JOHNSON'S KIDS, JEFF WARD'S KIDS, MY SON JUST GREW TOO FAST. HE DID REALLY START RIDING UNTIL HE WAS A LITTLE OLDER ANYWAY. BUT WENT DOWN AND WALKED THTRACK THIS AFTERNOON AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT, HE ROLLED HIS ICE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. I MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO OKAY UNTIL WE GET TO THE WHOOPS SECTN. THESE GUYS ARE FAST. OR KIDS, I SHOULD SAY. >> ZACK ERREY TES THE CHECKERED FLAG. >> TRIED STOOD A LITTLE STYLE IN THERE. >> LOOK AT THE SMILES ON THE FANS' FACES. YOCAN BET THERE'S GOING TO BE A SMILE ON NUMBER 11, ZACHARY'S FACE, WHEN HE GOES UP TO THE PODIUM THAT'S REALLY TERRIFICERE DURING THE INTERMISSION TIME AFTER THE QUALIFYING ROUNDS IN THE 125 SHOOTOUT AS WELL AS THE 250. LET'S GO BACK IN THE PIT AREA. I GUESS ROBBY FWLOYD, YOU'RE BACK THERE. >> YEAH, I'M COVERING ALL MY BASES TONIGHT. REMEMBER I TOLD YOU ABOUT PACESUPERCROSS.COM. YOU CAN FIND THE NEW RC SHIRT. THAT JUNIOR CLASS WE JUST SAW OUT THERE, IT WASN'T TOO LONGING A WE SAW RICKY CARMICHAEL ON THE 60s AND 50s AND STUFF. I THINK HE HAS THE SAME CUT-OUT SEAT HE HAS ON THE 60s AND 80s. CHAD REALLY DIALED HIM UP NICE. BUT SOMETHING ALSO DIFFERENT IS THE SAG. NORMALLY ON A BIKE YOU HAVE ABOUT 100 MILLIMETERS OF SAG. RICKY RUNS IT TOTALLY DIFFERENT. HE'S RIDING A CHOPPER OUT THERE. IT'SHAT RICKY LIKES. A HEED WHERE YOU MEAN OUT THERE. BUT THIS HAS BEEN ONE FAST KID AND YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, EVER SINCE DAY ONE HE'S BEEN GROOMED TO BE A CHAMPION. >> IT'S COMING UP THIS FALL. EA SPORTS SUPERCROS 2002. GHLYING MOAT OH-ADDED ALTITUDE. IT'S T CYBERSCAN RIDERS. THIS IS REALLY WILD TO WITNESS. IT IS SO REAL. STUNNING GRAPHICS, YOU CAN SEE THE WHITES OF THE RIDERS' EYES. YOU WANT TONS OF SUPERCROSS, MOTOROSS? YOU'LL GET IT. RACE A CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK OR THRASH YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD. REAL RS. DYNAMITE ANNOUNCERS, I MIGHT INCLUDE, DAVID BAILEY. >>E WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS. THAT WAS PRETTY FUN. AND THE GRAPHICS SINCE THE FIRST GAME HAVE IMPROVED SO MUCH. THE KIND OF TRACKS, THE HANDLING OF THE I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE PLAY THEM THAT MUCH BECAUSE IT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO DAY ON THE TRACK. BUT NOW, EVERYTHING WORKS MUCH BETTER. IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE DOING IT. >> EA SUPERCROSS 2002 COMING THIS FALL. VERY FEW SURPRISES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GRANT LANGSTON TAKING THAT RUN. ERNEST FONSECA HAVING TROUBLE. IT'S BEEN FEASTR FAMINE B MORE FEAST THAN FAMINE FOR ERNESTO, RLLY. >> INOW HE'S FRUSTRATED. YOU LOOK AT THE WAY HE STRUGGLED THROUGH THAT HEAT RACE, HE'S OBVIOUSLY GOT THE TOOL ENT TO WIN. REMEMBER NATHAN RAMSEY, IT WASN UNTIL THE VERY LAST LAP OF T LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING NEXT ON THE LIN >> GET A AHEAD START ON YOUR NEXT TICKET ORDER. SIGN UP FOR MY ACCOUNT AND EXPRESS ORDERING. WHILE YOU'RE THERE,HECK OUT THDEAL OF T WEEK FOR GREAT TICKET OFFERS IN CITIES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. MY ACCOUNT AND DEAL OF THE WEEK EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH TICKETMASTER.COM. SO THE CAPACITY CROWD HERE AT SAM BOYD STADIUM IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, ANTICIPATING ANOTHER ACH HUNDRED-PACKED QUALIFIED QUIFYING HEAT. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING REALLY THAT IVAN TEDESCO, FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, IS IN WITH BEN RIDDLE TEAM SUZUKI. JOHNNY MARLEY HAS BEEN IN SEVERAL MAIN EVENTS THIS YEAR ALONG WITH JUSTIN BUCKELEW, WHO STARTED OFF LIKE A ROCKET IN THE SEASON. HE WAS NUMBER ONE IN POINTS FOR THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS. THERE YOU SEE JUSTIN RIGHT THERE. GETTING SET. FOR THE LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER. THE 30-SECOND BOARD IS UP. NUMBER 88 IS RIDDL 531 IS BONIFACE. HE'S OUT OF FRAN. AND DR. MARTIN'S HONDA. MATT WALKER. ALSO A VERY GOOD STARTER IN THIS PARTICULAR RACE. LOOKOR HIM. ISAIAH JOHNSON. HE'S LOGGED MANY HOURS ON THE BIKE. AS WELL. >> LOOKS MORE LIKE A HEAT RACE, THE LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER. SIGN IS SIDEYS. >> AND THE LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER FROM LAS VEGAS FOR THE 125 SHOOTOUT IS UNDER WAY! FOUR WILQUALIFY. >> JOHNNY MAR LOW GOING DOWN BEFORE THEY EVEN GOT TO THE FIRST TURN. >> MICHAEL KAH ACTUALLY GOT THE WHOLE SHOT. ANOTHER PILEUP IN THE SECOND TURN. >> THAT'S BEN RIDE TEAM SUZUKI. >> AND MICHAEL K, 172. >> TEDESCO GETTING HUNG UP IN THEN PILEUP RIGHT AFTER MARY WENT DOWN. EVERYBODY'S UP AND OKAY. THAT'S -- LOOKED LIKE MARLEY GOT RUN RIGHT OVER. HE'S UP WALKING BACK TO H BIKE >> NUMBER 64 IS OUR LEADER. HE'S OUT OF THE STATE OF OHIO ON A YAMAHA. OK AT THIS. HERE COMESONNIFACE. 531! A BATTLE ON THE ROPES FOR THE LAST-CHANC QUALIFIER. >> HAD A GOOD RUN BUTHE WHOL DEAL WITH THAT WHOOP SECTION IS ONE MISTAKE THROUGH THERE, YOU HIT ONE OF THOSE BUMPS WRONG AND RUINS ALL YR MOMENTUM. THAT'S WHAHAPPENED TO HIM. GOOD PASS THE INSIDE. JUST CATCHES ALL OF I >>LAF, BONIFACE. TESS DES COMPANY BUT IT'S GIO AT THE DES GO, THE YOUNGER BROTHERIS IN FOURTH. IVAN HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO QUALIFY. WHAT AISAPPOINTMENT THAT WOULD BE AFTER A SECOND-PLACE FINISHAST WEEK. >> BUCKELEW TRYING TO WORK HIS WAY UP. HE NEEDS -- KIND OF RIDERERHAT CAN WIN THIS RACE. THIRD WILL NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH. THAT WILL PUT HIM IN THE MAIN EVENT. I'M TALKING ABOUT HIM WORKING UP. IT WILL NOT SIT WELL WITH HIM. HE'S TO THE INSIDE. THAT'S AN EASY PASS. >> BUCKELEW MAKING THE PASS IN THE SECOND PLACE. OL IS THE NEXT TARGET. >> WATCH THE TIMING OF BUCKELEW RHT HERE. >> I SHOULD SAY BONIFACE AND BUCKELEW ONE AND TWO. HOFMAST ON THE BUBBLE. >> TRIPLED THRGH AND THREE TIMES THROUGH THERE. I NEVER SAW BONIFACE DO TT. I THINK THAT'S BUCKELEW'S ACE. MAYBE THE WHOOPS, TOO. THAT'S COMING UP AFTER THIS TRIPLE. >> HERE COMES BUCKELEW. KING AIFFERENT ROUTE ON THE TRIPLE. THERE'S OLAF, 64. BONIFACE, 531, HAVING JUST A LITTLE TROUBLE. BETTER SPEED FOR BUCKELEW. BUCKELEW TO THE INSIDE. BONIFACE SLIPS THE BLOCK PASS. FINAL LAP COMING UP. GOOD BATTLE HERE IN THE LCHL CQ. >> BUCKELEW TRIED TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH IN THAT CORNER SO BONIFACE COULDN'T DO WHAT HE DID. A GREAT MOVE TO SQUAREACK UNDERNEATH HIM. AND I THOUGHT BUCKELEW WOULD TRY TO TRIPLE. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS HIM FOR THE LEAD. NOW HE'S GOT TO GO ON THE WHOOPS SECTION AGAIN. >> GREAT SHOT OF THE HEIGHT THEY GET ON THAT TRIPLE. BUCKELEW WITH THREE PODIUMS INCLUDING A WIN IN SAN DIEGO IN THE FIRST THREE RACES. THAT SEVEN WHOLE SHOTS IN A ROW IF YOUNTHE QUALIFNG AND MAIN EVENTS. BUT THEN HE HIT A FOUR-RACE SLUMP. LOOK THE TALENTE HAS TO BE ABLE TOOUBLE THAT THROUGH THE SAND PIT THERE ON A 125. NOT ON ON THE 250. THIS HIS LAST SHOT. >> BUCKELEW DID N GET IO THE WHOOPS FAST BUT BONIFACE TRIPS A LITE BIT. HERE COMES BUCKELE GOOD SLINGSHT EFFECT AND BUCKELEW WL WIN THE LAST-ANCE QUALIFIER. >> THAT'S A GOOD RIDE. THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. YOU GO BACK TO THE PITS, LOOK AT YOUR LAP TIMES, YOUT 53.1 THAT'SRETTY QUICK. >> HE'S PROBABLY PTTY DISAPPNTED BECAUSE HE GOT A THIRD PLACE PODIUM SPOT LAST WEEK IN SALT LAKE CITY. LOOKED LE THIS WERE COMING BACK. BUCKELEW QUALIFIES FOR THE MAIN EVENT. REAL ROUGH START. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE 125 LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER START. >> I'MOT SURE WHAT TO FOCUS ON FIRST. BU JOHY MARLE CLIPPED SOMEBODY RIGHT THERE. GOES DOWN. LOOKS LIKE HE AGAINST RUN RIGHT OVER. GOOD THING HE'S WEARING A LM. >>N THE LOGJAM IN THE CORNER. >> T AMAZING THING HE IS, HE GOT GHT UP AND KEPT RIDING. BE RIDDLE GETS COLLECTED. CAN'T TELL WHO THAT IS. THEY JUST GO RIGHT OFF OVER THE BE, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. CKELEW GETTING ON THE BRAKES, JUST MISSING THAT. IF HE'D HAD GOTTEN S ON A HANDLE BAR OR FOOT PEG, HE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A CHANCTO WIN. >> RIDDLE FAILED TO QUALIFY. >> I'M HERE WITH KEN HUTCHINS. ERYBODY LOVES COMING TO VEGAFOR THE FINAL ROUND OF SUPERCROSS. >> IT'S TRULY THEESTINATION OF ITS -- IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. WE'VE SOLD TICKETIN ALL 50 STATES, 26 COUNTRIES. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY OF LAS VEG IS OVER $38 MILLION. IT'S TRULY AN UNBELIEVABLE THING. >> THEY CAN ALSO SEE IT LIVE HERE IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 12th THROUGH 14th, AT THE MGM GRAND, THE U.S. OPEN. I KNOW I'M GOING. >> JOINING US HERE IN THE BROADCAST BOOTH, ROBBY, A GUY WHOSE WON THAT U.S. OPEN $500,000. WE WANT TO ASK YOU HOW■ YOU SPENT I■■, BUT WHAT A GREAT WIN THAT WAS. 'S EITING, THE FACT WE'RE OKING FORWARD TO IT READY AND IT'S OCTOBER WHEN THE RACE IS HELD. LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE MICROPHONE TRE, JEFF. THIS IS LIVE TELEVISION. 30-SECOND BOARD IS UP. AS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FIRST SEMIFINAL WIT JASON McCORMICK, TIM FERRY NUMBER 15. RIGHT THERE IN THE FOUR-SOKE. HE TOOK A SECOND PLACE LAST WEEK IN SALT LAKE CITY. PEDRO GONZALEZ, DAVID HUFFMAN, WELL-KNOWN NAMES LINING UP FOR THE SEMIFINAL. JASON THOMAS, AN IRONMAN LAST YEAR. ALSO BATTLING IT OUT HERE IN THE FIRST SEMIFINAL ROUND. THE 30-SECOND BOARD IS SIDEWAYS. JEFF JOINS US AND THEY'RE OFF AND RUNNING. THE TOP FIVE WILL QUALIFY OUT OF THIS HEAT. AND IT'S JASON McCORMICK NOW MOVING BACK TO SECOND PLACE. AS BRIAN MASON OUT OF COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS, IS OUR LEADER. >> JASON McCORMICK WITH ANOTHER GOOD START. LAST WEEK IN SALT LAKE, WON THE 250 SEMI. SO HE'S GETTING THE FEELING OF IT >> I MOVESO THIRD NOW AS PAY DROS GONZALEZ JUST COMING O THE ARENA CRO SERIES, HE PLACED THIRD. HE FOUND HIS NICHE IN THE ARENACROSS. AND, OF COUR, SUPERCROSS ISN'T FOR EVERYBODY. BUT ARENACROSS IS. >> LOT OF GUYS, KENNY STEVENN. WILLOW. BUT WITH DROONZALEZ TAKING THE LEAD HERE. >> AND HERE'S JASON McCORMICK COMING TO THE INSIDE FROM VANCOUVER, WASHINGN. >> HE'S LIKE, HEY, YOUNOW, I WANT TO GO RACE SUPERCROSS. T ME GOACE SUPERCRO ST. LOUIS POWERPOS IS A TI THI ALSO. >> JASON McCORMICK, P GONZEZ, ONEND TWO. >> I THINK McCORMICK IS GETTING LITTLE BIT OF CONFIDENCE GOINGOR THE SEMI70s RACES. >> MASON IN THIRD WITH TIM FERRY IN FOURTH. TO FE GRADUATE TO THE MAIN EVENT. HOFMASTER ON THE BUBBLE WITH DAVID HUFFMAN WHO HAS WON A RACE HERE BEFORE IN THE 125s, HE'S IN SEVENTH. >> AND A FORMER 250 MAIN EVENT NNER. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> 1997. ATLANTA SUPERCRS. >> HE UNFORTUNATELY■■KE HIS LEG IN PRACTICE THE NEXWEEK. >> YEAH. >> COULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MENTUM. >> DINITY. ME AND HUFFMAN WERE TEAMMATES AND HE PUT ON A■ REALLY GREAT RIDE. WON THAT RACE. THAT WAS ONE OF TS ONES THAT I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE HAD IT. BUT NONETHELESS, HE WAS IN THE RECORD BOOKS FOR AN EXCELLENT DE. >> JEFF OWNING A TEAM A LITTLE RUN THIS YEAR BUT THERE WERE SOME DISAPPOINTING MOMENTS HOPING TTEN THAT OUT. >> DEFINY. WE'RE ING TO WORKAR AND GET OUREW TITLE SPONSOR AND TA IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL ON AGAIN. KIND OF GOT A TASTE OF WHAT RUNNING A RACE TEAM IS ALL ABOUT. FIGURED OUT, HEY,T'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT YOU DO NEED IT FINANCIAY TO DO IT. BUT LOVE BEINGNVVED IN SUPERCROSS AND WE'RE GOING AFTER IT. >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE EXCITED T ,EFF, A THAT'S GREAT. HERE'S JASON McCORMICK LOOKING BACK TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S TIM FERRY ON T YAMAHA FOUR-STROKE. LOOK OUT. TIM HAD SUCH AREAT RE IN SALT LAKE CITY LAST WEEK. THROUGH THE WHOOPS TY GO McCORMIC HOLDING ON. HE'LL GO INTO KNEE SURGERY AT THE END OF THIS SEASON. HE'S RIDING HURT. HALFWAY THROUGH THE SIFAL ROUND. >> THE RACE THAT TIM FERRY HAD LAST WEEK WAS EXCELLENT. HE LED AT ONE POINT, BATTLED WITH CARMICHAEL, WINAM, McGRATH. THE FOUR-STROKE DOES REALLY GOOD AT THE LAS VEGAS TRACK. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S DRY AND STLIK. TELL FERRY SEEMS TO BEORKING HARD AND GETTING ADJUSTED TO THE 426 NOW. >> JASON McCORMICK A TRUE PRIVATER. TIM FERRY, OF COURSE, TEAM YAMAHA. THEY GO BAR TO BAR FOR A WHILE. FERRY ON THE INSIDE HAS GOOD ACCELERATION AND GD STICK-TO-IT-NESS IN THIS TRACK. McCOICK COMING BACK! GREAT RACE IN THSEMIFINAL ROUND! >> BOTH GUYS ARE GOING FOR IT. ETH THEYENT THROUGH TWO AND THREE CORNERS BAR TO BAR, AS YOSAY, SOME EXCITING RACING. >> TIM FERRY TAKES OVER AT FIRST PLACE HERE IN THE ■pSEMIFINAL. PROBABLY WHAT WE HAVE HAVE EXPECTED BEFORE THE GATE DROPPED. >> LIKE I SD, TIMMY REALLY SEEMS TO BE FINDINHIS OWN ON THIS BIKE AND HIS RID AT SALT LAKE WASO STRONG. IT WAS UNFORTUNATE HE WT DOWN CLOSE TO HAVING THE WHOLE SHOT IN THE HEAT RACE. THAT WAS IN THE SEMI, WORKING ROUGH, PASSING GUYS, BUT HE'S ALSO FINDING LINES AND HE'LL BE STRONG IN THAT MAIN EVENT BECAU THAT CONFIDENCE FROM LAST WEEK WILL CARRY OVER. >> LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO GET A GOOD PAYCHECK BECAUSE HE'S IN SECD PLA. PEDRO GONZALEZ IN THIRD. NOW AT THIS POINT, McCORMICK IS GOING, OKAY, FERRY WENT BY. I NEED TO SETTLE INTO A NICE SEND PLACE AND GET THE NUMBER 48 SUZUKI IN THE MAIN EVENT. MAIN EVENT PAYS MONEY, SEMIDOESN'T.■ >> FERRY AND GONZALEZ ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. D WE S THE WHITE FLAG. SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT'S NOW THE FINAL LAP. McCORMICK, AS WE MENTIONED EARLR, JEFF, H TOOKHE TOUGHEST ALTITUDE RACE IN THE BOOKS. SALT LAKEITY, TO QUALIFY■■ BORE FOR BOTH THE 1 AND 250. >> YEAH, DEFINITELY, IF YOUR LUNGS AREN'T WORKING HARD. HE DECID HE WANTS TO RIDE BO OF THEM. MAYBE THE IRONMAN AWARD FOR THAT. >> THE IRON LUNG■ ARD. >> YH, IRON LUNG. HE REALLY DID HAV AN EXCELLENT RIDE LAST WEEK. >> TIM FERRY, TOTTERS CHEERS OF HIS GAT FS HERE AT LAS VEGAS. HEEES THE FINISH NE. HE SEES THE CHECKERS. TIM FERRY. TAK THE CHEERS FOR THE SENAL CTORY.■ EEN HIS MECHAC RKG TH STOP F MEW■ ENHOUGHE TO RE THE SVENT WHAT ARE MY TIMES COMPARED TO GUYS THAT WON THHEAT RACES?■ >> SO TIM FERRY MAKES HISAY VEOMON HISAYDIUM. THERE. THETFF FIM.■■LENOW.■■■■ NIG'S STAING OUT PRE TGHRT FIT TURN, B■TAYEBOU IN THE■ BETTER. G LTL WIND UHDER THE BELT. ING THE■ FIRST■ A O PEOTALKING ■pDEER TO WIN OF T SUESLIN I REMEMBERHEN■ ERE FOR A WIN I'M JUST LOOKING TO GET ONHE PODIUM, RUN A STRONG RACE LIKE LASTEEND, AND PUT SOME PR ON CARMICHAE pIT WOU BE COOL. IF YOU LIKE YOUID IN SAAK YOUL FINE. GOT THEO GET GOOD START, WEL SE PPENS IN T MAIN. >> SO TIM FERRY PUTS THE CAPPER ON THE SEMIFINAL. ■ >> A LOT OF PRESSURE, BUDDY. SAME THING AS LAST YEAR. YOU WENT DOWN IN YOUR HEAT RACE BUT PROBABLY HAD ONE OF THE BEST RACES I'VE EVER SEEN. YOU BATTLED WITH TRAVIS THE WHOLE TIME. IS IT GOING TO BE ANOTHER REPLAY? >> I THINK SO. I FEEL REALLY GOOD OMY YAMAT'S WORKING GREAT. I NEED TO GET A LITTLE BETTER START AND GO INSIDE A LITTLE MORE AND TRY TO HUG THE INSIDE. I THINK I GOT PUSHED OFF TO THE OUTSIDE A LITTLE BIT. BUZZ I FEEL GREAT. I TURNED THE FASTEST LAP TIME OUT OF HE EVERYBODY. SO I GOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE GOING AND I'M READY FOR IT. >> GOT A LOT OF TEAMMATES OUT THERE, BUCKELEW, RAMSEY, WEY. DID YOU FAULK IN T PITS? >> YEAH, WER DISCUG EVERYTHING AND I THINK WE GOT TO GET A BETTER START AND WE'LL BE OKAY. >> ANY TEAM STRATEGY MAYBE? >> N, NOT REALLY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GOUT AND TRY TO TRY OUR BEST. ALL OF US. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TOH. TRAVIS MIGHT HAVE HIS HANDS FULL A HE WAS MAKING A COUPLE MISTAKES HERE AND THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REACHING. I DID, I MADE SOME MISTAKES, TOO. I CRASHED AND I THI WE JUS ED TO SETTLE DOWN A LITTL BIT AND PUT OUR HEAD TOGETH AND TRY OUR BEST. >> THE BIG BAFLT EAST VERSUS WEST. THE DAVE COOMBS SENIOR SHOOTOUT. I KNOW YOUANT THIS ONE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. I FEEL GREAT AND I'M READY FOR IT. >> TNKS A LOT, ROB. SITTING NEXT TO ME, JEFF, HE KNOWS HOW EXCG THE U.S. OPEN HERE AT THE MGMRAND GARD ANA I LASAS. IT COMING UP AGAIN OCTOBER 12th, 13th AND 14t TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH TICKETMASTER. GETTING SET FOR THE SECOND SEMIFIL ROUND. WE'V GOT KYLE LEWIS NUMBER 24, THE 30-SECONDOARD IS UP. JEFF EMING HELPING HIM STAYS A PRIVATER. NOT 990. YOU SEE MORGAN AND ALS MICHAEL CRAIG, TRAVIS HODGES, ROBBY SKAGGS, NAMES THAT WILL BE FAMILIAR TO FANS AS WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING FOR OUR SECON SEMIFINAL. >>■ AND IT'S TO SEE THERO CIRCUIT 250 TAKING THE LEAD. >> ANDOHN SEBASTIENOY, THE BLACKFOOT HONDA, RIGHT AFTER THE WHOLE SHOT, TAKES OVER THE LEAD. ROY MOVING OUT TO A NICE ADVANTAGE. BUT GIVE ME A LITTLE INSIGHT NOW. EUROPE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT BYRNE FROM AUS TRAIL WHAT AND HE'S A TERFIC KID, ISN'T HE? >> DEFINITELY. 21 YEARS OLD. A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM. ND OF UP HERE ON HIS O, OUGH. AS FAR A N HAVINGAMILY AROUND AND WHATNOT. BUI THK HE'S PUT IN AN EXCELLENT EFFORT THIS YR. HE'S NTH IN POINTS. GOING INTO TS FINAL ROUND. AND HIS FIRST EVER ATTEMPT TO WIN IN SUPERCROSS, I THINK HE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. >> MICHAEL BYRNE, 9, THE GREAT COTITUTION, AS HE TRED FM HIS HOMELAN LIA. SUFFERED A BIG SPHOYMT AND STILRIGHTHERE IN THE TOP 10 IN POINTS. I THINK HE'S NINTH IN 250 POINTS RIGHT NOW. >> AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WHEN THE SPONSORSHIP WITH THE TEAM WT LIKET DID, I SAID, HEY, LOOK, WE GOT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT RACING. LET' NOT WRY ABO THE BIG RI LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT SPONSORSHIP AND MEY. LET'S GET THAT TOP TEN IN POINTS BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR GOAL. EN WE SAT DOWN BEFORE THE SEON, THE GOAL WAS TO GET TOP TEN. AND HE'S ON HIS WAY. >> RIGHTOW, IT'S BACK AND FORTH WE GO WITH JEAN-SEBASTIEN ROY AND MICHAEL BYRNE. BYRNE CURRENTLY HOLDING THE EDGE HERE IN THE SEMIFINAL UND. NICE MOVE BY BYRNE AND GOOD PRESSUREY ROY. >> WE GOT LEWIS COMING U BEHIND HIM. >> KYLIS. >> THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN RIGHT TOGETHER. L YEAR. >> ROY BOBBLES IN THE LOOPS. KYLE LEWIS TES ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> I USED TO RACE AGAINST WIS. >> HE WA THE YOUNGEST EVER TO WI THE 125 SUPERCRS CE. >>UST A COUPLE D AFTER 16, I WOULD IMAGINE. >> NOW HE'S GOT A GRAY BEARD. >> YEAH, DEFINITELY, KYLE'S MY AGE. AND OU THERE, BEEN TO JAPAN AND BACK WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS THERE. AND COMING BACK RING STRONG IN SUPERCROSS THIS YEAR. I THK HE'S LOOKED GAT ALL YEAR ON T TRIPLE XEAM. >> AS THESE RIDERS LENGTHE OUT AND SEPARATE, JEFF, THERE'S A QUESTION I WANT ASK YOU BEFORE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE US. AND THAT IS, YOU HAVE SUCH GREAT CHAMPIONSHS UNDER YOUR BELT. THE 125 JUTE DOORS, THE 250 OUTDOORS, YOU SWEPT THE SEASON WITH A 250 SERCROSS AND T 25 OUTDOORS ONE YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS THE GUY THAT BROKE JEREMY McGRATH'S WIN STREAK THAT YEART 13, WINNING IN ST. LOUIS. T THE ONE I LIKE TO REMEMBER IS THE RACE BEFORE McGRATH STARTED THAT STREAK. IT WAS RIGHT HERE IN LAS VEGAS. YOU WE ON A YAMAHA. THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. SOME RIDERS DECIDED, HEY, IT'S NOT SAFE TO RUN. YOU SAID, HEY, M McCARTY, I'LL GO OUT AND RUN, AND YOU WON YOUR FIRST SUPERCROSS RACE RIGHT HERE. >> IT REALLY WAS, YOU KNOW, AN AWESOME NIGHT FOR ME GETTING MY FIRST SUPERCROSS WIN. AND AT THE TIME, WE WERE RIDING A LOT OF NIGHT TRACKS FOR PRACTICE. AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE GROWING UP IN KANSA CITY , YOU KNOW, A YOUNG MOTORCROSSER PENALTY OF TRACKS WHERE THE LIGHTING WAS BAD. AND I SAT DOWN WITH KEITH McCARTY, MY TEAM MAN, ON TEAM YAMAHANDE SAID, HEY, ALL WEEK TO WIN ISE?AININ I SAID YEAH, THEN HE SAID THERE'S NO REASON YOU SHOULDN'T RACE IT. IF YOU FEEL SAFE, LET'S DO IT. I WENT OUT AND GOT IN THE RECORD BOOKS AND MADE A BIG BAG FULL OF MONEY TO BOOT. >> IT OPENED THE DOOR FOR YOU TO FEEL CONFIDENT, TOO, IN OTHER RACES WHERE EVERYBODY WAS IN THE RACE. >> IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO REALLY BELIEVE THAT I COULD WIN50 SUPERCROSS. I WOULD WATCH THE GUYS ON VIDEOTAPE, McGRATH AND THE ROCK, ALL TSE GUYS BACK IN THOSE DAYSTHEY WERE JUST SO AWESOME. WHEN I SEE MYSELF, I DIDN'T SEE THE SAME, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING. BUT THEN ONCE I WON THAT RACE, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IT'S ON. AND THEN I REALLY STRUGGLE IN '96 GETTING A WIN. BUWE WENT TO ST. LOUIS, THAT WASWESOME STOPPING JEREMY'S WIN STREAK. >> IN '97, THE CHAMPIONSP IN KY LEWIS IN SECOND PLACE BEHIND BYRNE. BUT LOOK AT KYL LEWIS. HE WANTS THE CHECKERED FLAG. LEWIHAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE RIGHT THERE. >> THAT'S A NASTY WHOOPS SECTION. IT'S GETTING A LITTLE SKATE NOW THAT IT'S GETTING DRY AND THE GUYS ARE SLIDING AROUND. WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH T . THE BIKE'S IN THIRD GEAR MOST IME AND THE RE■R WHEEL IS SPINNING SO FAST. SO WHEYOU HIT THE EDGE, ILL WILL THROW THEIKE SIDEWAYS AND THAT' WHAT WAS HAPPENI TO LEWIS. >> JEFF, YOU LOOK IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE, YOU'RE GOING TOAKE A COMEBACK ONE OF THESE DAYS? >> THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION. >> HEY, IF IT'S WORTH A MILLION, I'D COME BACK. >> THAT MIGHT BWHAT IT TAKES. BUT, NO, PHYSICALLY, I'M LUCKY TO BE IN THE SHAPE THAT I'M IN. I'D LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO GET TO GO RACE A SUPERCROSS OR MOTORCROSS AGAIN, BUT IT'S JUST NOTOING TO HAPPEN. SO I'M HAPPY DOING WHAT I'M DOG AND CONTRIBUTG TO THE SPORT OF SUPERCROSS AND HOPEFULLY, I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS A YIKE MICHAEL BYRNEHAT CAN TAKE PLACEOME DAY. >> THAT'S GREAT. MICHAEL BYRNE HEADED TOWARD THE FINISH LINOW THE CHECKERS ARE WAGING. IT'S GOT TO BE A NICE THRILL FOR IS YOUNG MAN TO BE ABLE TO GO DIRECT LEAP TO THE MAIN EVENT NOW AFTER THE SEMIFINAL ROUND AFTER SEEING THAT CHECKERED FLAG. >> IT'S KIND OF CRAZY SEEING IT, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING RIGHT NOW. >> THANKS A LOT FOR JOINING US THROUGH THE SEMIFINAL ROUS AND BT OF LUCK IN FORMING THAT NEW TEAM. >> IT'S QUITE AN HONOR TO BE UP HERE WITH ART AND DAVID IN THE ANNOUNCERS BOOTH. I LISTEN TO YOU GUYS AND HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU DO. I HOPE THE FANS ENJOY THE MAIN EVENTS. >> LET'S GO DOWN TO DAVEY >> MIKE, YOUROACH, MANAGER, OWNER, JEFF WAS JUST UP THERE WATCHING THAT RACE AND HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED B THE WAY YOU RO. NOT BA >> IWAS A LOT BETTER THAN THE HEAT RACE. I RELAXED A LITTLE BIT MORE AND GOT A BIT MORE COMFORTABLE. AND MY CAR'S OFF TO A GREAT START AGAIN. >> IT LOOD LIKE THE TRACK'S SLIPPERY. VERY HARD PACKED. DO YOU HAVE TRACK■■ LIES THIS IN AUSTRALIA? >> WE HAVE HARD TRACKS BUT NOT HARD SUPERCROSS TRACKS, YOU KNOW? EVERYTHING'S USUALLY THIS HARD. THE PRETTY LIMEY AND STUFF, BUT THIS ONE'S TOUGH. >> GOOD LUCK IN THE MAIN. >> THANKS A LOT. >> CHECKING OUT THE RESULTS NOW IN OUR SEMIFINAL ROUND WITH MIKE AT RNE THE WINNER. JEREMY McGRATH CONTROLLED THE FORTUNES OF THIS SPORT FOR ME TIME. SEVEN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EIGHT YEARS. IT DIDN'T HPEN THIS YEAR, THOUGH. THE LAST TIME JEMY McGRATH HAD LOST AN EA SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP WAS BACK IN 1997. HE SAT DOWN WITH THE SEVEN-TIME CHAMPION, WE DID, TO HEAR HIS THOUGHTS ON THE SEASON. >> I THINK I WAS. I MEAN, I THINK GOING INTO THE SEASON, I HAD DONE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE BEFORE. I TRAINED AND I TRAINED HARD AND I RODE A LOT AND I TESTED A LOT. YEAH. I DEFINITELY WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD. >> WHEN D YOU -- WHEN DID IT ALL OF A SUDDEN DAWN ON YOU THAT YOU HAD A FIGHT ON YOUR HANDS? >> WELL, IT DIDN'T TE I LONG FOR IT TOAWN ON ME. I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST RACE WAS A BAD ELE OF WHAT WAS TO COME. AND THE SECOND RACWAS SAN DIEGO. AND THAT WAS IT. I MEAN RIGHT THEN, I KNEW. YOU COULD TELL THA RICKYAD GROWN UP A LITTLE BIT. AND KIND OF GREW -- WENT THROUGH THE GROWING PAINS AND HE WAS READY TO CHALLENGE THEN. REALLY IT WAS APPARENT TO ME AFTER, YOU KNOW, SO OF THE STUFF AT ANAHEIM AND SAN DIEGO. I MEAN, HE W -- HE'S REALL ACCUSTOMED TO RIDING ON THE ED. AND FOR ME, I'M NOT LIKE THAT. I GUESS OVER THE LAST, OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, YO KNOW, I'VE REALLY HAD TO RIDE ABO 85 90% TO WIN ALL THE RACES THEY'VE. AND NOW, YOU HAVE A GUY WHO IS REALLY NOT ONL DOING IT, BUT NOT SCARED TO DO IT, IS PUSH THE MITS. HEASETTING AWAY WITH *** THERE FOR A WHILE ANDT SMSIKE NOW HE'S A LITTLE MORE CALM. BUT THINK THAT'S JUST THE CONFIDENCE THING. >> ANAHEIM THREE, WAS TT A TURNING POT WHEN HE CAME FROM NINTH PCE, THI I WAS? >> YEAH, I THINK -- IT WASN'T REALLY A TURNING POINT. BUT, OBVIOUSLY, IT RONFIRM THE THOUTS OF HIM BEING UP FRONT ALTHTIME. I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK BACK AND I GO, THERE'S NO WAY I SHOULDN'T HAVE WON THAT RACE. I THINK I GOT MESSED UP BY A FEW LAPPERS AT THE TIME. AND I MADE MY O MISTAKE BY NOT JUMPING THE TRIPLE THAT ONE LAP WHEN I JUMPED TOO FAR INTO THE FACE OF IT. SOME UNCHARACTERISTIC THINGS HAPPEN TO ME THERE THERE'S NO DOUBT I SHOULD HAVE WON THE RACE. HE RE AN INCREDIBLE RACE.■ I KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE, TOO. I'D SAY IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A REASSURING THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE THERE THE WHOLE TIM I THINK I WA IN GOOD SHAPE. IHINK I -- MY BIKEAS GOO BN ETTY ROUNE. BUT IT JUST ND OFAME OUT OF NOWHERE, YOU KNOW? >> WAS BUILDING NEW TEAM AND GETTING ALL THAT STARTED A DISTRACTION? IN, BACK WHEN YOU WT TO SUKI,T HAPPENED SOATE. BUT YOU HAD SO PREPARAON TIME HERE. BUT STILL, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS TO TAKE CARE OF. >> I THINK FORUR, YOU KN, FIRST, WHEN YOU START DOING AL THIS STUFF AND MAKING THE DECISIONTOTART A NEW TEAM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DECISION. AND YOU THINK, OH, IAN HANDLE IT ALL. AND I THINK A LOT OF THAID KIND OF BOIL DOWN TO ABOUT HALFWAY THUGH THE SEASON, YOU KNOW. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS AND KNOW THEY'VE A LOT MORE TO DO A L MORE PROJECTS GOING THAN ANY OTHER RIDER OUT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW I PUTHAT ON MYSELF. THOSE A THE DECISIONS MADE TOURTHER MY MYSELF AND THE TEAMYOU KNOW. WE HAVE SOME GREAT TEAM SPONSOR■. MAZDA, YOU KNOW, HOT WHEE AND YAMAHA. WE HAVE AYCESSFUL THING GOING HE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THAT -- THOSE THINGS KIND OF PILING ON AND I THINK HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, IT WAS KIND OF -- A LITTLE BIT FUL. I THINK IT WAS, TOOK MY FOCUS AWAY A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, I W STILL ABLE TO FOS, BUT IHINK THAT IT WAS SO PRESSURE. >> THE MENTAL GAME, YOU BEING THE MASTER OF IT FOR YEARS. YOU HAD GUYS RUNNG FOR SECOND PLACE FOR HOW MANY YEARS, EIGHT, NINE TEN YEARS, AND THEY BECAME, HAD TO COME SATISFIED WITH SECOND PLACE. BUT WHEN DID RICKY GET IN YOUR■% AD? WHEN DID HE MAKE YOU START THINKING, LIKEHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT ANDY BACK IN THE OLD DAYS? >> I NEVER THOUG ABOUT EMING LIKE I THINK ABOUT RICKY BECAUSE I THINK RICKY IS JUST FASTER. JEFF IS MORE OF A METHODICAL KIND OF GUY, YOU KNOW. HE'D TRY AND USE THE HEAD GAME AND GET GOOD STAS. BUT I THINK RICKY'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S AN AWESO RIDER. HE WANTS TO WIN. THAT THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT HIM. HE WANTS TO WIN MORE THAN ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD S ANAHEIM THREE WAS PROBABLY THE TIME. WHEN HE CAME FROM BEHIND AND, IT FES. I'VE DONE THATND, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'SUNNY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME I' WON. ANI FORGOT WHAT THAT FEELING WAS LIKE WHEN I -- LIKE THE FIRST PEROSS I WON IN ANEIM, I PASSED JEFF STANTON AND PULLED AWAY FROM HIM, YOU KNOW. THAT WAS AN AMAZING FEELING. WHEN YOU GET A RUSH LIKE THAT, IT'S HARD TO SLOW YOU DOWN. SO, I MEAN, I WORKING AND OP TKID.ERYTHING CAN DO TO BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK I WOULD PREFER TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYG STOP, REGROUP AND START AGAIN. >> R.C.'S WIN STREAK -- HOW DO YOU STOP IT? >> WELL, IHINK -- I N'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO THINKHAT I CAN STOP HIM. BUT HE'S OA ROLL RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A PRETTY GOOD 98 TO STOP HIM. I THINK I CAN. LAST WEEK I DIDN'T HAVE TOO GOOD OF A RACE. BUT I'M STILL INTO IT. I STILL WANT TO GO OUT AND DO MY BEST. AND OF COURSE I WANTO STOP HIM. I WANT TO KEEP THAT RECORD ALONE TO MYSELF FOA WHILE. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. YOU GOT TO GET A START. >> THE SHOCK YOU'VE HAD AFTER THE RES. YOU'VE BEEN VERY GRACEFUL IN DEFEAT. LET'S FACE IT, YOU'VE NOT BEEN A BOB HANNA TYPE OR GEORGE STANTON TYPE WHO WOULD HF AND PUFF BACK TO THE TRAILER. T INSIDE HOWAVEOU DEALT WITH THIS? BECAUSYOU ARE USED WINNING ALL THE TIME. >> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF HARD, YOU KNOW? I'M IN A DIFFICULT POSITION. I'VE ALWAYS WON FOREVER. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT FOUR ME. AND I BURN INSID BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M VERY -I CAN'T FORGET THAT I'M NORMAL, TOO, YOU KNOW. I JUST -- TT'S MY ATTITUD D I'M NOT GOING TO GO CRY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED OR, OF COUR, I GET A LITTLE UPSET T THINGS. BUT I DON' HAVE AAD ATTITUDE AND THAT'S JUST ME. M A GRACIOUS WHEN I WIN AS EN I LOSE. THINK AFTER GETTING O MUCH THIS SEASON, KIF FOR ONG TIME, I' BEENMALITY. WIIN-- IT'S REALLY BECOME NORMAL FOR ME. AND EVERYONE ITY MH A LUXURY. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED HN ALL ME. AND IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR TEN SO I'M NOT- OF COURSE THERE'S A PT OF ME THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW THIS NOT GOOD. VE HAD MY SHARE. I THINK IT'S GOG TO GIVE M A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANG, B MOROF A SELF-MOTIVIOIOCHALLE U AUTOMNEHO IS NOT SO GRACIOUS IN DT, LOOK AT DAMON BRADSHAW. HE WASINNINGHATUPERCROSS TITLE THAT YEAR AND THE L TO JEF ET T THAT RUINED IT. THAT ATE AT HO BAD, HE RETIRED.OREUCCESSHAN VERGINED,N I EVER DREAMED. AND I CAN'T COMPLAINT ALL. AND I'M SECOND IN POINTS. IT'S FUNNY HOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S LIKE I'M NOT EVEN THERE. JUST BAUSE I'M NOT WINNING ANYMORE, IT'S LIKE I'VE BEEN DI F T RE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD. BUT I JT WORRY ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING AND NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE EE IS SAYIN AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORNT. I WORRY ABOUT MYSELF. RRYBOUT MY FRIENDS AROD ME AND WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS ABOUT KNEE, IN THE LONG RUN, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. M DEFINITELYNG TO COO ENSURE THS OF THE TM. WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WIAMAHA I MAY B TO DRAW A SALARY FROMAH, NEAR WHAT'M MAKIN IF RIDING.■ SO, YOU KNOW,LUS I DON'T WANT TGO OUT LES.WA INE MOR WH I WAS YOUNGER, IUGHT, I'BE DONE BY 26. BUU I'M 29 AND I'LL B 30 SO I DON'T THINK THE AGE THING IS SO MU OF A I MEANI WANTO WORK MY BUTT OFF AND TRY AND BEAT RICKY XTBECAUSE HE'S THE MAN TO BEAT NOW. WHOERE TIME. 72INS,EVEN CMPIONSHIPS, JEMY McGRATH I OUR LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER FOR THE 250s GETS UNDEWAY. TK SPOGRATHE IT LAST-CHANCE QUALIFIER REALLY >>HEDOOME FINANCIAL FUTURE. AB. TH'S A GOOD POINT. 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