2006 St. Louis Amp'd Mobile Ama Supercross Championship round 7 - Wsxgp round 9

♪. >> WORLD SUPERCROSS GM AND AMP'D. MOBILE AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES. LEFT THE PALM TREES AND WARM TEMPERATURES OF THE WEST COAST BEHIND. TONIGHT, IT'S FRIGID OUTSIDE THE EDWARD JONES DOME HERE IN THE GATEWAY TO THE WEST, ST. LOUIS. AS THE EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR THESE MIDWESTERN SUPERCROSS FANS ARE EXPECTING A ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN RICKY CARMICHAEL AND JAMES STUART. I'M RALPH SHAHEEN ALONG FORMER SUPERCROSS LIGHTS CHAMPION. DENNY STEPHENSON. NEXT THREE WEEKS THE TOUR WILL RACE INSIDE A TRADITIONAL DOME STADIUM. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THESE COMPETITORS. >> THE HARD PACK TRACKS ARE GONE. CLAY IS GONE. SOFTER BASE DIRT. RUTS WILL DEVELOP AND TRACKS WILL BREAK DOWN. RICKY AND JAMES ARE PUMPED TO BACK EAST. >> LET'S SHOW YOU POINT STANDING BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOYOTA. AMP'D MOBILE SUPERCROSS GP STANDING. RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS TWO POINT LEAD OVER JAMES STEWART. RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS A LITTLE BIGGER LEAD. 11 MARKERS OVER JAMES STEWART. WITH MORE ON JAMES STEWART HERE IS THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR BROADCAST CREW, KRISTA VODA. >> TWO WHEEL FOUR STROKE GAME OF CAT-AND-MOUSE. WAS IT SMARTEST RACE OF YOUR CAREER LAST WEEK IN SAN DIEGO? >> IT WAS GOOD. AID GOOD PACE GOING. RICKY WAS RUNNING GOOD. BIGGEST THING I WAS NOT TRYING TO OVERRIDE THE TRACK LIKE I DID IN ANAHEIM. IT WAS SLIPPERY. ENDED OUT COMING ON TOP. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND. >> IS THAT KIND OF TO BE THE STRATEGY LAY BACK IN SOME OF THE RACES SHOW YOUR PATIENT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE YEAR? >> I WANT TO GET OUT FRONT AND RUN. I KNEW WE BOTH HAD THE SAME SPEED LAST WEEKEND. FELT LIKE I HAD BETTER LINES GOING THROUGH THE TRACK. THIS WEEKEND I WILL TRY TO GET OUT FRONT AND GO AWAY WITH IT HOPEFULLY. >> WE HE WITH OUTRIDE HIM. HE MAY BE OUTTHINKING HIM TOO. THIS MAY BE A MONUMENTAL POINT OF THE SEASON. >> KRISTA, THANK YOU. EARLY TODAY, TYLER EVANS ONE OF THE TOP PRIVATE TEARS ON HIS SUZUKI TOOK US FOR A LAP WITH THE HELMET CAM AROUND THE TRACK AT ST. LOUIS. >> COMING INTO ONE SECTION. LITTLE SMALLER THIS YEAR BECAUSE TWICE HAV BEEN GETTING HURT. DOUBLE-TRIPLE. COMING INTO A DRAGON'S BACK. LEFT-HANDER OFF-CAMARA RIGHT HERE. GONE INTO A STRAIGHTAWAY. THEN A DOUBLE AND TRIPLE COMING UP. LEFT-HANDER. DOUBLE. JUMP JUMP. LEFT-HANDER ANOTHER BIG TRIPLE. FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE SET OF WHOOPS. WE'LL BRING IT HOME TO THE FINISH LINE. >> SHOW YOU TONIGHT'S ROAD TO THE MAIN EVENT. WE WILL HAVE TWO HEAT RACES. FIRST FOUR FOURTH WILL GO TO THE MAIN EVENT. EIGHT LAP AFFAIRS WITH 20 RIDERS IN EACH OF THEM. THERE WILL BE TWO SEMIS. TWO LAPS WITH 16 RIDERS. FIRST THROUGH 5th PLACES TRANSFER MAIN EVENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T TRANSFERRED YOU HAVE A SHOT THROUGH THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER TO GET THERE. HERE IS THE AIR FORCE HEAT NUMBER 1 STARTING LIST. LET'S HEAD DOWNSTAIRS TO KRISTA WITH THE PROGRESSIVE DIRECT PRERACE REPORT. >> LAST WEEK IN SAN DIEGO A MEMBER OF THE SUPERCROSS FAMILY WAS INJURED IN A BAD WRECK. THAT BEING JAMES MARSHALL. THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR SUPERCROSS HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH JAMES MARSHALL'S FAMILY ALL WEEK. SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY. HE SAID JAMES IS STILL IN INIVE CARE IN SAN DIEGO. HE UNDER WENT SURGERY LAST WEEK. HIS PROGRESS TOO EARLY TO TELL COMING OUT OF THE SURGERY. BUT OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO JAMES MARSHALL AND HIS FAMILY. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH REPORTS. >> KRISTA, THANKS. OF COURSE ALL OF US HOPING FOR THE BEST WITH JAMES MARSHALL. THERE IS TYLER EVANS. ONE OF THE TOP PRIVATE TEARS ON THE TOUR. TYLER WILL CARRY THE TOMB BLOOD SHOT CAMERA OUT OF CORO, CALIFORNIA REAL HARD CHARGER. >> BY PRIVATE TIER HE IS NOT GETTING FACTORY. HE IS NOT GETTING THE BIG SALARIES. >> CHAD REED ON THE BACK OF A YAMAHA. GETTING READY TO. -- TO GO. JAMES STEWART WITH THE A GREAT HOLE SHOT. STEWART ON THE NUMBER 7 GRABS THE EARLY LEAD. CHAD REED RIDES IN SECOND ON THAT FACTORY YAMAHA AND HERE COMES A FACTORY SUZUKI OF IVAN TEDESCO, NUMBER 9. THE YELLOW BIKE BEHIND HIM. >> JAMES STEWART IS AHEAD OF■ WHERE HE WAS LAST WEEK IN SAN DIEGO. LAST WEEK IN SAN DIEGO. JEREMY McGRATH GAVE HIM A BIT OF A LOVE TAP IN FIRST TURN. JAMES HAD TO START THE HEAT RACE DEAD LAST PROCEEDED TO WORK HIS WAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PACK. PASSED CHAD REED EIGHT LAPS FROM THE LAST. JAMES OUT FRONT EARLY AND CHAD IN THE SECOND PLACE. >> YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY A FAN OF TOUGH LOVE. THAT WASN'T VERY FRIENDLY LAST WEEK. HERE IS ONBOARD CAMERA WITH TYLER EVANS. HE IS CHASING TRAVIS PRESTON ON THE 11. LOOKING TO SEE WHERE HE IS AT. KYLE LEWIS TO HIS RIGHT ON THE 2 BIKE. RIGHT NOW THOSE RIDERS, FIGHTING OVER, -- 23 BIKE. OVER 11th POSITION. EVANS SITS IN 12 DHth. >> AGGRESSIVE MOVE BY VOICE IN FACTORY HONDA. RUNNING UP INSIDE OF TYLER EVANS. THAT SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK. A LOT OF AGGRESSIVE PASSING. YOU NOT OY■ HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOURSELF BUT THE GUYS AROUND YOU. >> SO FAST. SO SMOOTH IS JAMES STEWART. >> JUST LIKE THAT, RALPH, HE OPENS UP A 2.7 2nd LEAD ON CHAD REED. THROWS DOWN 1 ALMOST FLAT. THROWING DOWN FASTER LAP TIMES THAN HE WAS AT PRACTICE. -- 51. >> REED AND TEDESCO WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE RYTHYM SECTION. SPEAKING OF TOUGH LOVE, THERE IS NO LOVE LOSS BETWEEN THESE TWO. >> ABSOLUTELY NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN THESE TWO RIDERS. FEW WEEKS AGO AS I MENTIONED CHAD REED CALLED. TED:. TED: A CHUMP ON I'VE VEN TEDESCO ON THE PODIUM. HE HAS BEEN RIDING CHAD ROUGH AND AGGRESSIVE. CHAD REED IS GETTING BEST OF IVAN IN THE MAIN EVENT. IVAN THROWING IT DOWN AT CHAD. NOT AFRAID TO PUSH HIM AROUND. >> I SPOKE WITH THE GREAT RICK JOHNSON EARLIER TODAY, MULTI-TIME SUPERCROSS CHAMP MEAN -- CHAMPION IN HIS OWN RIGHT. RIDER COACH FOR THE SUZUKI TEAM. HE SAYS COMMENTS CHAD REED MADE THIS SEASON HAS BEEN INPIR RACE OVER COMMENTS MADE BY CHAD REED. SOMEBODY CALLING YOU IT GIVING HIM SOMETHING TO SHOOT FOR. >> IVAN DONE A GREAT JOB IN THE SUPERCROSS CLASSIC. IT'S BIG TRANSITION TO GO FROM THE LIGHTS TO THE SUPERCROSS CLASS. WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT RIDER LIKE CHAD REED IN FRONT OF YOU CAN REAL IN IT'S GREAT INSPIRATION LIKE YOU SAID. >> TOP FOUR RIDERS TRANSFER STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN. THAT'S STEWART, REED, TEDESCO AND WHEY. >> JAMES STEWART, CONTINUES TO LEAD HERE IN ST. LOUIS IN HEAT NUMBER ONE. KAWASAKI TURNS AROUND AND HEADS THE OTHER WAY. >> WHILE WE WERE AWAY AT THE BREAK THE STEWART LAID DOWN A 50.5 LAP TIME. OVER A SECOND QUICKER THAN PRACTICE. HE IS TRYING TO STEP UP HIS GAME AND SHOW WHAT HE IS CAPABLE RICKY CARMICHAEL HIS BIGGEST COMPETITOR SITS ON THE START LINE WAITING FOR HEAT NUMBER TWO. >> COUPLE LAPS LEFT TO TO IN THIS HEAT RACE. THE RIDERS NAMES SKROLING ACROSS THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. THOSE IN GREEN HOLD THE TRANSFER SPOTS TO THE MAIN EVENT. THOSE IN RED STILL HOPING TO IMPROVE THEIR POSITION. JAMES STEWART HAS NOT BEEN A BIG FAN OF THE WHOOPS SECTION SO FAR. HE BLASTED THROUGH ONE. THESE GUYS ARE CHANGING UP. WATCH CHAD REED. IVAN WILL TRIP AGAIN. IT'S MUCH FASTER IF HE JUMPS THE INSIDE AND PUTS AGGRESSIVE MOVE ON CHAD REED AND MAKES THE PASS FOR SECOND. GREAT EXAMPLE OF DIFFICULT WAY TO GET THROUGH THE RIL OF RYTHYM THISM SECTION. >> REED TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK. AUSTRALIAN RIDER HAS BEEN STRUGLY TO FIND THE RYTHYM. HE WILL STRUGGLE EVEN MORE LOSING SECOND PLACE TO ONE OF HIS BIGGEST RIVALS. IVAN TEDESCO. >> CHAD REED IS UP IN FRONT WITH THE NUMBER SEVEN KAWASAKI. IT'S NOT WORKING OUT. >> JAMES STEWART DOING WHAT HE HAS TO DO WINNING HEAT RAISE. MOVING ON STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN. HE WILL GO BACK TO THE CALL TALK SKI HAULER AND GET READY FOR THE MAIN EVENT. STEWART, TEDESCO AND REED AND WHEY HAD THE A GREAT RUN. IS GOING STRAIGHT ON TO NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT. KRISTA? >> FIRST PRACTICE SESSION DIDN'T GO ACCORDING TO PLAN BUT THIS HEAT RACE CERTAINLY DID. DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING IN THE FIRST PRACTICE. WHAT ABOUT YOUR PARDON MEANS IN THE HEAT? >> WE'RE DIFFERENT ON THE EAST COAST NOW. JUST A DIFFERENT TRACK. YOU GOT TO GET USED TO IT. AND THOUGHT I WAS RUNNING PRETTY GOOD. I JUST, WANTED TO GET THROUGH THE PRACTICE GOOD AND COME OUT SWINGING IN THE HEAT RACES SEE WHAT I HAD. SHOULD BE A GOOD NIGHT. >> COME OUT SWINGING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR IN THE MAIN EVENT. >> ALL RIGHT. KRISTA. JAMES STEWART IS MOVING ON. RICKY CARMICHAEL IS GETTING SET FOR HIS HEAT RACE. AS HE PREPARES WITH HIS, MECHANIC, MIKE DPOS LAR ALONGSIDE OF HIM EARLIER WE TALKING TO RICKY ABOUT HIS SEASON TO DATE. >> I'M REALLY HAPPY, I WANT TO KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING. GOT A GREAT START LAST WEEKEND. SO, I THINK IF I CAN, NAB ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE. THAT IS JUST GOING TO HELP MY SITUATION. FIVE RACES DOWN THE ROAD. SO, I'M NOT LOOKING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. >> HERE'S THE THOR START LIST FOR HEAT NUMBER TWO.■ RICKY CARMICHAEL. MIKE LAROCCO WL B HERE. ERNESTO FONSECA IS FACTORY HONDA RIDER AS WELL. STRONG LINEUP IN HEAT NUMBER TWO. RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS SEEN WHAT JAMES STEWART WAS CAPABLE OF DOING. THERE IS THE 30 SECOND BOARD GETTING RED DID I TO GO SIDEWAYS. WE'LL BE UNDERWAY IN A MINUTE. THERE IS RICKY CARMICHAEL. >> HE WAS .7 ALMOST A SECOND FASTER THAN JAMES STEWART IN PRACTICE. >> NOT A GOOD START FOR CARMICHA. >> THAT'S UNDERSTATEMENT. A TERRIBLE START FOR RICKY CARMICHAEL. BURIED IN THE BACK OF THE PACK. QUICKLY GETTING THROUGH THESE OTHER RIDERS. IF HE HAS ANY CHANCE OF, RUNNING UP FRONT THE MAIN EVENT YOU CANNOT GIVE UP THAT DIG DISADVANTAGE AND START THAT FAR BACK. >> JACOB SAY LETTER ON THE 198 ON KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE HONDA RIDER. TAKES EARLY LEAD EVIDENT. HE HAS ERNESTO FONSECA ON THE FACTORY HONDA NUMBER 10. THERE IS CARMICHAEL MADE HIS WAY BACK UP TO THIRD ON THE NUMBER 4 SUZUKI. UNBELIEVABLE HOW FAST HE GOT BACK TO THE FRONT. HE IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MICHAEL ■YRNE ON THE FACTORY KAWASAKI NUMBER 26. THOSE FOUR WOULD HAVE THE TRANSFER SPOTS RIGHT NOW. >> RICKY GOT THROUGH THE PACK VERY QUICKLY OPENS UP THE DOOR TO LOT MORE, A LOT MORE RISK BEING BURIED BACK IN THE BACK. SO MANY THINGS CAN GO WRONG JUST LIKE THAT. MICHAEL BYRNE CLIPS THE REAR WHEEL OF JACOB SAYLOR. PERFECT EXAMPLE WHEN YOU■ GET UP CAUGHT HYPED RIDERS YOU'RE NOT USED TO RACING CAN. >> HERE COMES CARMICHAEL TO THE INSIDE A GREAT MOVE. CARMICHAEL IS RIGHT OUT FRONT. >> THAT'S THE KIND OF FOCUS RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS. HE LOOKS AT THE -- DOESN'T LOOK AT RIDERS IN FRONT OF HIM. TO HIM THEY'RE OBSTACLES. HE WILL GO THROUGH FAST AS HE CAN. ONLY GUY HE CONCERNS HIMSELF IS JAMES STEWART. THAT IS ONLY GUY HE GETS ANY RESPECT. I DON'T RESPECT IN THAT SENSE. HE DOESN'T CARE WHO IS? FRONT. WILL BLOW THROUGH THE GUYS. LAY DOWN THE TRACK. LAY DOWN FAST LAP TIMES AND FOCUS ON MAIN EVENT. >> LOOK AT THE HOLE SHOT. >> RICKY CARMICHAEL DOES NOT GET OUT OF THE GATE IN TIME. JUST BURIED BACK IN THE PACK. >> ONE THING RICKY CARMICHAEL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO TONIGHT, DENNY, HAVE A POOR LIKE THAT WHEN WE GET IN THE MAIN EENT. STEWART WILL BE LONG GONE. >> THEY'RE SO COMPARABLE EVERY RACE YOU CANNOT GIVE SOMEONE THAT CLOSE TO YOU THAT BIG ADVANTAGE IF HE HOPES TO WIN THE MAIN EVENT. HE NOT HAVE THAT SAME MISTAKE HAPPEN. >> CARMICHAEL WILL WORK ON THE STOP WATCH.■ >> THAT'S ERNESTO FONSECA. THE TRIHONDA RIDER LEADING ONCE AGAIN IN HEAT NUMBER TWO. WHAT HAPPENED TO RICKY CARMICHAEL. LOOK AT THIS AMAZING TURN OF EVENTS. >> THIS WAS A CRAZY CRASH. WATCH THIS, RALPH. HE HAMMERED M INTOHE OOPS. GETS A LITTLE BIT AND HE IS RAG DOLLED INTO THE GROUND. MOTORCYCLE PUNISHES HIM. SHOWS HOW CRAZY MOTOCROSS AND SUPERCROSS IS AT THE FLICK OF A HAT YOU CAN DROP THE FRONT END AND HANDS COME OFF THE HANDLE BAR. FACE-PLANTED. BIG TURN OF EVENTS FOR RICKY CARMICHAEL. >> CARMICHAEL NOW DAZED GETTING UP. AND CARMICHAEL, EXITING THE RACETRACK. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF HE'S OKAY. TALKING TO MIKE GOSSELAR HIS MECHANIC AND IF THE BIKE'S OKAY. DENNY, HE WILL B LOOKING AT E SEMIS NOW MAKING HIS ROAD TO MAIN EVENT MUCH LONGER TRIP. >> MUCH LONGER TRIP. JUST A DEVASTATING CRASH. HE RAG DOLLED INTO THE GROUND. HE HAS TO GO BACK REGAIN HIS COMPOSURE. ASSESS NOT ONLY HIS MOTORCYCLE BUT HIS BOD AND SEE IF HE CAN TURN THINGS AROUND IN THE SEMIFINAL AND MAIN EVENT. >> MEANWHILE, FON SECOND KASHGS, MICHAEL BYRNE, BRIAN CLARK ON THE 3 AND TIM FERRY ON THE 15. LOOKING TO TRANSFER TO THE STRAIGHT TO THE MAIN EVENT NOW. THERE IS MICHAEL BURN ON THE FACTORY KAWASAKI. >> BEEN BURIED IN THE BACK. HE GOT A 7th LAST WEEKEND. TRYING TO COME BACK FROM INJURY HE SUFFERED AT ANAHEIM WHEN HE BRUISED HIS HEEL. TRYING TO TURN THINGS AROUND IN ST. LOUIS. >> HE IS BOUNCING PA BACK FROM A HORRIBLE START TO THE HEAT RACE. WE'RE ON THE LAST ATTACH ENNECESSARY TOE FONSECAS HAS BEEN GETTING QUICKER. >> HE STARTED OUT THE ANAHEIM 1.■ WENT DOWN COUPLE TIMES. CAPITALIZIN ON THAT RICKY CARMICHAEL CRASH. TALK ABOUT RICKY CARMICHAEL'S CRASH AGAIN THE BIG THING NO ONE, WOULD EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF GUYS MIGHT HAPPEN TO JAMES STEWART. THAT JAMES RIDES ON THE EDGE. YOUNG IRGUY. HE MIGHT BE THE GUY TO FALTER MAKE THAT MISTAKE. WHAT WE SAW WERE RICKY CARMICHAEL WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND, COULD IT CHANGE THE WHOLE SERIES RIGHT NOW? >> THAT'S REAL WHAT EVERYBODY HAS THOUGHT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR WHO WINS THE CHAMPION. CHECKERED FLAG FALLS. ERNESTO FONSECA WINS HEAT NUMBER TWO. HE WILL GO STRAIGHT ONTO THE MAIN. HERE ARE LOOK AT THE TOP FOUR RIDE THAT'S TRANSFER TO NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT. RICKY CARMICHAEL CREDITED WITH 1th PLACE FINISH IN HEAT NUMBER TWO. >> NOT THE WAY HE LIKE TO WIN A HEAT WITH RIDER GOING DOWN. YOU TAKE THE HEAT TALK ABOUT ■JYOUR BIKE? >> I WILL TAKE IT ANY WAY I CAN. CR F-4 50 IS WORKING GREAT. GIVE IT THE HIGH SIGN. HONDA WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING REALLY, RLLY GOOD RESULTS. WE KNOW WE HAVE THE BEST BIKE OUT THERE. IT'S GOING TO, THANK THE GUYS AND BIG E AND, JUST, LIKE I SAID, TAKE IT ANY WAY WE CAN. >> ANY WAY YOU CAN. WE'LL SEE IF HE HAS THE BEST BIKE COMING UP LATER TONIGHT. >> EVERY POINT IS GOING TO COUNT THIS SEASON AS JAMES STEWART HAS FIVE WINS TO RICKY CARMICHAEL'S THREE. ♪ ♪. >> CBS 50. >> RICKY IS SORE. AND HIS MOM SAID HE WILL PROBABLY BE EXTREMELY SORE TOMORROW. HIS NECK IS A LITTLE SORE RIGHT NOW BUT HE WILL BE OKAY. AND THIS PIKE WILL BE READY FOR THE SEMIS. >> OF COURSE, ROGER, FORMER WORLD CHAMPION IN HIS OWN RIGHT, NOW TEAM MANAGER FOR THE SUZUKI FACTORY TEAM. HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO WATCH IN SEMI NUMBER 2 AS HIS RIDER RICKY CARPAL CARL HAD TO BATTLE TO THE MAIN. >> WE'RE NOT SURE HE WOULD RIDE THIS RATE AFTER INTENSE CRASH. HE WORKS OUT THE BUGS IN THE MOTORCYCLE AND BODY. PUTS HIMSELF IN THE MAIN EVENT WITH VERY FAST LAP TIMES. >> RICKY BATTLED FOR THE WIN AND TALKED TO KRISTA AFTERWARDS. >> RICKY CARMICHAEL NOT USED TO HAVING TO RACE IN THE SEMIS. OBVIOUS QUESTION HOW DO YOU FEEL? >> THAT WAS SCARY, KRISTA. IT I TELL YOU IT WAS, THAT WASN'T FUN. THAT WAS FOR SURE. I WAS GOING OR AND THE FIRST THING I COULD THINK OF, TRY TO TUCK AND WHEN I DID TUCK I LANDED RIGHT IN THE FACE AFTER WHOOP. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT SUDDEN STOP IS, BAD NEWS. BUT, I'M A LITTLE SORE. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S FINE. THE PRESSURE IS OFF TONIGHT. JUST DISAPPOINTING THING IS I FEEL REALLY GOOD. I FELT GOOD ALL NIGHT. MY SPEED BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD. I'M GLAD I'M SAFE. >> MAIN THING HE IS OKAY. WE'LL SEE HOW QUICK HE CAN GO IN THE MAIN, GUYS. WINNERS REONIGHT IN SEMI NUMBER ONE. KYLE LEWIS ON UNBOUND ENERGY MOTO *** HONDA. JEFF DETOOK THE OTHER WIN. HERE IS THE YAMAHA START LIST FOR MAIN EVENT. 20 RIDERS FOR 20 LAPS. HOW STRONG IS RICKY CARMICHAEL AND HIS SUZUKI OF THE? CAN YOU GET UP AND BALT WELL JAMES STEWART? CAN CHAD READ THE SPEED HE'S BEEN SEARCHING FOR AND PICK UP THE WIN HE IS TRYING TO DESPERATELY GET. HERE IS KRISTA■ITH■@■ PRERACE REPORT. >> ST. LOUIS IS GATEWAY■ THE WEST. SUPERCROSS HEADING TO THE EAST. WHICH MEANS COLDER TEMPERATURES. THANK GOODNESS THE DO■E AND■ SOFTER DIRT. HERE IN THE WEST COAST,OU IT WAS GLASS, A HARD SURFACE. IF I DID THIS WITH MY FOOT IT WOULD HAVE STUCK IN CALIFORNIA. LOOK HOW IT SQISHS■ IN. MUCH SOFTER. THATTED IS A ADVANTAGE TO SOME RIDERS. GUYS, SINCE MISSOURI IS THE SHOW-METATE WOULDN'T BE FAIR FOR ME TO HAVE ALL THE FUN. HERE IS THE DIRT AND DIRT. >> WHILE KSTA HAS BEEN PLAYING IN THE DIRT A LOT OF THE FANS HAVE BEEN HAVING FUN PLAYING HERE AT THE MANUFACTURER MIDWAY. WE'LL HAVE THE MAIN EVENT FROM ST. LOUIS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS ON CBS. >> WELCOME BACK TO ST. LOUIS. RALPH SHASHEEN ALONGSIDE DENNYTEPHENSON. WE'RE GETTING SET FOR THE MAIN EVENT. WE'VE SHOWN YOU ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM HEAT 2 AND SEMI 2 AND TROUBLES AND TRIBULATIONS OF RICKY CARMICHAEL HERE TONIGHT. DO YOU THINK HE WILL BE READY TO COMPETE FOR A WIN IN THE MAIN EVENT? >> WE SAW HIM LAY DOWN REALLY FAST TIMES INHE SEMI. WE'LL SEE RICKY CARMICHAEL TRY TO DO WHAT HE CAN REAL QUICKLY. IF HE GETS A POOR START WE'LL SEE HIM SETTLE INTO SECOND PLACE. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND. IS 6 POINT SWING. IF HE HAS TO SETTLE FOR SECOND I SEE■■ HIM TAKING THE POINTS AND MOVING ON TO ATLANTA. >> WE'LL SHOW YOU THE HONDA STARTING LIST AND RIDERS THAT MADE IT INTO TONIGHT'S MAIN■ EVENT IN ST. LOUIS. IT'S BEE A ROAD FOR RICKY CARMICHAEL. MIKE LA ROCK. THEY'RE IN. JAMES STEWART WONDERING IF IT WILL BE EASY ROAD TO THE WIN JUST LIKE HE HAD LAST WEEK IN SAN DIEGO. ■> STEWART HAS TO WONDER WHERE RICK■ CARMICHAEL IS. THAT'S THE PER THING. YOU CAN NEVER COUNT RICKY CARMICHAEL OUT. I WILL EXPECT HIM TO THROW AS MANY FAST LAPS AS HE CAN.■■ SEE WHERE THE CHIPS LAY.■ WE'LL S @HAT HAPPENS. EVENT AUL BANGED UMAIN÷ STIFF CK. BIKE ISOOKING 100%@ SOLID. THEY HAVE THAT I TUNE. NOING A BIG CRASH TO THE STA F ENI. >> CAN HE KEEP THE FRE STRE OF 37 CONSECUTIVE PODIUMS. JAMES LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ONE TONIGHT. CHAD REED CAN HE FIND THE SPEED HE'S BEEN SEARCHING FOR?■ IVAN TEDESCO ON THE NUMBER 9. RIG CAN I CARMICHAEL DOWN IN THE FIRST TURN. A HORRIBLE NIGHTO■TINUES HERE IN ST. LOUIS FOR RMICHAEL. >> CARMICHAEL LAROCCO, BOTH NOTHING WORSE THAN GNGIBLE DO IN THE FIRST TURN. STAGE HAS BEEN SET. CARMICHAEL WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN RIGHT NOW TO PUSH HIS WAY THROUGH THE PACK AND TRY AND SAVE AS MANY POIS AS HE CAN. >> DENNY, A TERRIBLE START FOR JAMES STEWART IS UP TO 6th AFTER FALLING BACK TO 10. >> CARMICHAEL CENTER OF YOUR SCREEN. HE TOPPED THE FRONT END WENT DOWN. LAROCCA, EVERYBODY ELSE PILED INTO HIM. POPPED CLUTCH. ALMOST WENT AGAIN. TROUBLES FOR RICKY CARMICHAEL CONTINUE HERE JN ST. LOUIS. >> MEANWHILE HIS TEAMMATE. IVAN TEDESCO LEADS ON THE MICK KEITH AT THAT BACKED SUZUKI NUMBER 9. COULD HIS PROBLEMS IN TURN ONE HAVE ANYTHING TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BIKE IN THE CRASH EARLIER TONIGHT? >> I THINK THE MOIG IS FINE. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO TO THE SEMI FINAL YOU GATE PICKS IS LITTLE BAD. HEADBOUT -- -- GET CAUGHT U WITH RIDERS YOU DON' USUALLY HE TO DEAL WITH. CARMICHAEL STARTS THE MAIN EVENT ABOUT 17th. >> JAMES STEWART MOVED HIS WAY UP TO 5th. HE WILL TRY TO RUN DOWN IVAN TEDESCO. THIS SHOULD BE A■ GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STEWART IT HE CAN GET TO THE LEAD AND TA A WIN TONIGHT TO REALLY STRENGTHEN UP HIS PS FIGHT OVER RICKY CARMICHAEL. BUT■ WITH TEDESCO OUT FRONT IT WILL NOT BE EASY. >> CARMICHAEL CAME INTO THIS TONIGHT WITH AN 11-POINT ADVANTAGE IN THE AMA STANDINGS. HE WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN, TO TRY AND CATCH UP.■ >> AND TWO IN THE WORLD POINTS. >> TWO IN THE WORLD POINTS. VERY CLOSE BATTLE OBVIOUSLY. RICKY CARMICHAEL DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN KIND OF LIKE JAMES STEWART HE DID THE OTHERENED TO MAKE UP AS MUCH GROUND AS HE CAN. >> WE TALKED EARLIER ABO IVAN TEDESCO AND HOW FAST HE'S BEEN AND HOW FAST HE IS GETTING AND BOY, SHOWING TONIGHT. THERE IS FONSECA RUNNING IN SECOND. CHAT REED IN THIRD. TEDESCO CONTINUES TO LEAD. BOY THE SPEED THAT IVAN TEDESCO IS GAINING, JUST SO IMPRESSIVE. CHAD REED RIDING IN THIRD. ALSO WITH TITLE ASPIRATIONS A FORMER CHAMPION HIMSELF. AND STEWART HAS CAUGHTHAT PACK. YOU CAN SEE HIM RIGHT BACK THERE IN THE GREEN FACTORY KAWASAKI. RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS PULLED OFF THE RACETRACK. WE'RE TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP TO HIM. CARMICHAEL CALLING IT A NIGHT. HERE IN ST. LOUIS. AN UNBELIEVABLE TURN OF EVENTS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT. ST. LOUIS, CARMICHAEL IS OUT. LET'S SHOW YOU. THERE IS CARMICHAEL PULLING OFF THE TRACK. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE WITH RICKY CARMICHAEL. HE IS SHAKING HIS HEAD. HE DOESN'T KNOW -- HE'S LITERALLY PULLING OFF THE MOTORCYCLE TRACK. SUPER CROSS TRACK. THAT COULD COST HIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT THERE. UNBELIEVE ACIAL TURN OF EVENTS. >> JAMES STEWART, LOOK AT THATWO RIDERS IN ONE CORNER. STEWART GOES FROM FOURTH TO SECOND AS HE GETS AROUND THE 10 OF FON SECOND CAN AND 22 OF CHAD REED. WHO MOVES UP O POSITION. >> THAT RYTHYM SECTION IS CHALLENGING SECTION CAME UP SHORT. OPENS UP DOOR FOR CHAD REED TO GET BACK IN INSIDE. SHOWS HOW DIFFICULT THE SUPERCROSS TRACK IS IN ST. LOUIS. IT'S VERY SOFT. RUTS ARE DEVELOP. SHOWS HOW DIFFICULT THESE GUYS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE TRACK. >> UNBELIEVABLE CHAD REED TRYING SO HARD@■ TO FIND THE SPEED. HE'S DONE IT. LET'S CHECK IN WITH KRISTA WHO CAUGHT UP WITH RICKY CARMICHAEL. >>á RICKY CARMICHAEL HAS TAKEN HIS BIKE OFF THE TRACK. WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. HEADING TO THE PITS. RICKY, WHAT HAPPENED? >> I WENT DOWN ON THE START. MY BIKE BROKE. THE SHOCK COLLAR BROKE. IT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FIRST TURN CRASH. AND, REST IS HISTORY. >> WELL WINNINGOUR CHAMPIONSHS. RICKY CARMICHAEL LEARNED A LOT ABOUT OVERCOMING ADVERSITY. APPARENTLY HE WILL HAVE TO DO THAT ONE WHO ARE TIME IF HE WANTS CHAMPIONSHIP NUMBER FIVE. IVAN TEDESCO, OUT FRONT. LOOKING FO HIS FIRST WIN HERE THIS YEAR. THIS COULD BE A HUGE WIN FOR IVAN TEDESCO. IF HE CAN HANG ON PULL THIS OFF. >> HE SETTLED INTO A GREAT PACE. IVAN TEDESCO, FORMER LIGHT SUPERCROSS CHAMPION. SUZUKI WENT OUT AND HIRED THIS GUY IT BE THE SECOND FIDDLE TO RICKY CARMICHAEL. IVAN TEDESCO PROVING HE WILL BE SECOND FIDDLE TO NO ONE. HE PUT UP WITH NO ATTITUDE FROM CHAD REED. LAID DOWN BIG HAMMER IN HEAT RACE. NOW OUT FRONT RUNNING A SOLID PACE KEEPING IT EVEN, TWO TO THREE SECOND LEAD OVER CHAD REED AND JAMES STEWART. >> THREE GREATTORIESING WITH THE TOP THREE RIDERS. IVAN TEDESCO LOOKING FOR THE FIRST ONE. CHAD REED CALLED IVAN TEDESCO OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR BUT HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR MORE SPEED. HE'S RUNNING FASTER THAN WE'VE SEEN HIM ALL SEASON IS CHAD REED. BUT, DEN I IN, HE IS CHASING THE GUY THAT HE CLAIMS SHOULDN'T BE OUT THERE RACING IN THIS SERIES. BEHIND THEM IS JAMES STEWART WHO HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BLOW THE POINTS WIDE OPEN OVER RICKYARMICHAEL AND HE CAN'T CATCH THESE TWO. >> IT'S AMAZING RIGHT NOW. THESE TWO RIDERS, IVAN TEDESCO, CHAD REED, ARE TRUM PING THE BATTLE WITH JAMES STEWART AND RICKY CARMICHAEL LIKE YOU SAID. RIGHT NOW CHADEED IS TRYING TO PROVE A POINT THAT I CAN GET A MAIN EVENT WIN. HE HAS BEEN STRUGINGING STRUGGLING SO MANY H SO MUCH. IVAN TEDESCO OUT FRONT LAYING DOWN SOLIDAP TIMES JAMES STERT SETTLING INTO THIRD TRYING TO AVOID SOME MISTAKES. BIG PICTURE IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. HIS NUMBER ONE CONTENDER, RICKY CARMICHAEL, HE IS IN THE PITS RIGHT NOW. >> ONE THING ABOUT JAMES STEWART WE'VE SEEN HIM IN RECENT WEEKS, ESPECIALLY SAN DIEGO HE IS VERY, VERY PATIENT IN RIDING BEHIND RICKY CARMICHAEL TO THE VERY LAST MINUTE. KIND OF LAUGH 1/2 GO. HE MADE THE MOVE, PULLED THE TRIGGER AND TOOK THE WIN. MAYBE THAT IS WHAT HE IS DOING HERE. WE'RE NOT HALFWAY THROUGH. MAYBE HE IS SIZING UP THE COMPETITION WITH CHAD REED AND IVAN TEDESCO. >> WE'VE SEENAMES MAKE SOME MISTAKES. HE MADE PRETTY BIG ONES THROUGH THEHYM STION ALL THESE GUYS HAVE. THIS IS VERY DEMANDING TRACK. SEEMS LIKE YOU SAID HE IS SETTLED IN. HE WANTED TO REGROUP. GATHER HIS THOUGHTS. WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY POINT OF THIS 20-LAP MAIN EVENT. HE IS TURNING THINGS AROUND. HE IS LOOKING FOR COME COMFORTABLE. CHAD REED IS MAKING SOME MISTAKES. >> HE IS CLOSING IN ON CHAD REED, 1.3 SECONDS. JAMES STEWART WILL TELL YOU LOVES TOP OF THE TRACK IS BETTER HE LIKES T HE BUILT HIS SUPERCROSS■ TRACK BACK IN FLORIDA AOUGH AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY MAKE IT FIGURING IF I CAN RUN FAST ON THIS TRACK WHEN I GET TO THE ACTUAL RACETRACKS I WILL BE EVEN BETTER SHAPE. >> EXACTLY. NOT, THAT CAN BE VERY TOUGH AS WELL, YOU'REUTTING YOURSELF AT RISK EACH AND EVERY DAY WHEN YOU'RE PRACTICING. THE TRACKS ARE THAT TOUGH. THEN AGAIN COMES MAIN EVENT TIME OR SATURDAY NIGHT YOU'RE ALREADY COMFORTABLE. YOUR BODY IS FEELING GOOD. YOUR BIKE IS TUNED IN. CULT STRIKE LIKE IT IS IN ST. LOUIS PLAYS INTO A GUY LIKE JAMES STEWART'S HANDS. >> LOOK AT CHAD REED ON IVAN TEDESCO! CHAD READ ALL OVER IVAN TEDESCO. >> THAT RYTHYM SECTION BECOMING VY DIFFICULT. TRIPLE TRIPLING IN. TRIPLING JUMPING THREE JUMPS AT A TIME INSTEAD OF TWO. THAT'S USUALLY FASTEST WAY THROUGH T SECTION SEEMS TO BE BREAKING DOWN. RUTS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP THAT IS BECOMING A TRICKY SECTION. >> WITH MORE ON THE LEADER IVAN TEDESCO HERE IS KRISTA. >> I TALKED TO IVAN TEDESCO AFTER HIS FINISH IN THE HEA HE SAID HE KNOWS WHERE HE IS BETTER THAN CHAD. OBVIOUSLY WHERE HE PASSED HIM ON THE FAR SIDE RYTHYM SECTION BEFORE THE JUMP ON JUMP OFF. CHAD HAS HIM IN THE WHOOPS. THIS IS THE MOMENT OF THE SEASON FOR CHAD REED. HE HAS TO BE ABLE TO CATCH IVAN TEDESCO A■ JUST DID. >> CHAD REED MAKES A GREAT PASS! HERE COMES TED KES CORIGHT BACK. STEWART SITS READY TO CAPITALIZE IF EITHER ONE OF THE TWO MAKES A MISTAKE. CHAD REED MAKES TAKES THE LEAD IN ST. LOUIS. >> CHAD OUT FRONT RIGHT NOW. NEEDS TO SETTLE IN GET COMFORTABLE. CAN'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE NOT ONLYILL IVANEDESCO PUT THE CHARGE BACK ON HIM AND LOOK FOR LITTLE REVENGE JAMES STEWART IS LAYING DOWN FAST LA■ TIMES HE KNOWS WITH RICKY CARMICHAEL ON THE SIDE HE KNOWS HE HAS TO GETS POINTS REED SCOOTS BACK UNDER I AM. TEDESCO TRIES TO PINCH THE DOOR. TEDESCO SWEEPER ON OUTSIDE. TRIED TO LEAD PTIM STEWART IS DN. >> JAM S JAMES STEWART HAS CRASHED. CHAD REED IS OUT FRONT. THERE IS STEWART TRYING TO GET RESTARTED. RICKY CARMICHAEL MIGHT GET LUCKY HERE. >> THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, RALPH. HE IS SMACKING HIS HANDLE BARS. TRYING TO GET THE CLUTCH LEVER. UNABLE TO GET THE KAWASAKI 455 FIRED. THIS UNBELIEVABLE TURN OF EVENTS. I CANNOTELIEVE THIS IS ENIN HETETHE BE HE I WHAT HAPPE TO HIM. OH HE -- >> LIKE STARTED TO SLIDE A LITTLE BIT.■ JAMMED HIS FOOT IN THE GROUND. SEND HIM HIGSIDING. HE IS BURIED -- H IS OUTSE THE TOP T AS OF R■GHT NOW. HE STILL CANNOT GET THE MOTORCYCLE FIRED. >> HE IS STILL SITTING ON THE SIDELINES. MEANWHILE CHAD REED CONTINUES TO LEAD HERE IN ST. LOUIS. UNBELIEVAB! CHAD REED, IS LEADING. MAYBE ON HIS WAY TO A WIN■ IN >> CHAD REE■■■■ FORR■■ SERIES CHAMPION. ON HIS WAY TO MAYBE HIS FIRST WIN OF 2006. DENNY, IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT, CHAD WILL ADMIT IT UP FRONT TO YOU, THAT IT'S BEEN A HUGE MENTAL GAME FOR HIM THIS YEAR TO FIND THE SPEED THAT HE NEEDS, TO CONTEND FOR WINS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. TONIGHT, HE SEEMS TOAVE DUG A LITTLE DEEPER. >> CHAD, LE I SAID, FIRST TO ADMIT, HE HAS BEEN LT■ THIS SEASON. WHEN CHAD REED IS LOST IT RELY BEATS ON HIM.■■ NO ONE IS HARDER ON THAN HIMSELF. RIGHT NOW, HE IS CAPITALIZED ON RICKY CARMICHAEL BEING OFF THE TRACK.■ DNF. JAMES STEWART BEING IN 19th. >> RICKY CMICHAEL AS YOU MENTIONED, OUT, CREDITED WITH 20th. JAMES STEWART HAD A CRASH. COULDN'T GET THE BIKE STARTED. HE IS LISTED IN 19th. UNBELIEVABLE WITH THE@■ POINTS. IF REED CAN HOLD O■ FOR THE WIN, HE COULD COME OUT OF TH■■ THE POINTS LEADER. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THE WORDS ARE COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH RIGHT NOW. EFENTS. UNBVABLE TURN@@ OF■■ TH IS WHY SUPEROSS■úO THEOST DEMANDING SPORTS IN THE WORLD. THINGS■■AN CHANGE WITHIN,A■ ■■MENT■■@■2.■ CHADD HASAPITALIZED ON TWO OF THE BIGGEST STARS MISTAKES. >> LET'S SHOW YOU THE■■ PROGRESSIVE DIRECT HOLE SHOT HOW THIS ONE BEGAN AS■■ THE GATE DROPPED HERE IN ST. LOUIS. >> RICKY CARMICHAEL CENTER OF YOUR SCREEN. WILL COME FLYING OUT OF THE FIRST TURN. HE WILL CLIP THE REAR WHEEL OF HIS TEAMMATE. HE HITS TRAVIS PRESTON ACTUALLY. DOWN HE GOES. OUT FRONT HIS TEAMMATE. IVAN TEDESCO WILL GET THE HOLE SHOT A COMPLETE OPPOSITE TURN OF EVENTS. IT ONLY GETS CRAZIER. >> TEDESCO CURRENTLY RIDES IN SECOND. NICK WEY IS UP TO FOURTH. AND TRAVIS PRESTON UP TO 5th ON THE FACTORY HONDA. ONE OF THE THINGS TT COULD BE HELPING CHAD REED AND I THEY WENT WITH TIRES THEY THOUGHT WITH DIFFERENT TREAD PATTERN THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM A BETTER GRIP. THEY WORKED ON IT IN THE FINAL PRACTICE THAT. COULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS PAYING OFF. MEANWHILE WHAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG WITH■@ JAMES STEWART. >> SIMPLE MISTAKE. UNABLE TO■ GET 450 MOTORCYCLE REFIRED. CHAD REED HAS BEEN RIDING -- UNABLE TO OPEN IT UP TO GO THE EXTRA INCH TO GO A LITTLE FASTER PROVING TO BE THE SMARTEST GUY ON THE TRACK RIGHT NOW. >> NOT ONLY IS HE SMART, BUT OWE IS THE FASTEST RIDER ON THE TRACK. THE ONLY RIDER TO DIP INTO THE 50 SECOND RANGE. WE TALKED ABOUT ALL SEASON HOW CHAD STRUGGLED TO FIND THE EXTRA LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING HE DID IT TONIGHT. MAYBE HE BEA■ THE MENTAL DEMONS AND EXORCISED THEM OUT OF HIS BRAIN. MAYBE THIS GUY CAN GO ON TO WIN HIS SECOND CHAMPIONSHI >> LAST YEAR SAN DIEGO WAS A TURN OF EVENTS. REELED IN RICKY CARMICHAEL GOT THE WIN. WENT ON A TERROR. WENT TO BUNCH OF WINS TO FINISH OUT THE SEASON. LOOKS LIKE CHAD REED IS ONLY WEEK OFF WHERE HE WANTS TO BE. HE IS STRONG FINISHER AND RIGHT WHERE HE WANTS TO BE. >> ONE THING THAT JAMES STEWART AND RICKY CARMICHAEL CANNOT AFFORD TO GIVE CHAD REED MOMENTUM. >> EXACTLY. CHAD REED WITH CONFIDENCE CAN BE TROUBLE. THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING ALL ALONG. WE WANT TO SEE MORE. HE WILL KEEP IT TOOING WORKING WITH HIS TEAM. MAKE THE MOTORCYCLE BATTER. HE HIMSELF WILL BE BETTER. LI YOU SAID HE OUT FRONT WITH THE TWO BIGGEST COMPETITORS DOWN AND OUT. HE COULD COME OUT OF HERE WITH THE POINTS LEAD. >> LET'S TAKE YOU BACK TO 10th PLACE. YOU WILL FIND TYLER EVANS WE'RE ONBOARD THE TEAM BLOODSHOT HELMET CAM. ONE OF THE BEST PRIVATE TEARS. RUNNING 10th. TOOK US FOR ONBOARD TOUR OF THE RACE TRACK EARLIER TONIGHT. HE WILL GET ANOTHER SOLID PERFORMANCE. >> TYLER■ EVANS, VERY COLORFUL PERSON IN OUR SPORT. BIG HUGE ASSET. FRIENDS OF THE MENTAL MILITIA IN THE FREESTYLE WORLD. TYLER EVANS GETTING IT DONE > CHAD REED WILL BE BEAT HIS ARCH NEMESIS IN THE SERIES. IVAN TEDESCO TONIGHT IF HE CAN HOLD ON FOR COUPLE MORE LAPS AND HE WILL OUTPOINT, JAMES STEWART AND RICKY CARMICHAEL AND, QUITE POSSIBLY TAKE OVER THE POINTS STANDINGS. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE THE FINAL TABULATIONS WHEN WE'RE DONE. HE KNOWS HE HAS A LITTLE, WAYS TO GO. ONE MORE LAP. LOOK HOW PUMPED CHAD REED IS THE. ■E'RE SEEING, A NEW CHANGE IN THE GUARD, IN THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW WE WENT FROM TALKING ABOUT HOW, AWFUL HE LOOKED INTO HEAT RACE. IVAN TEDESCO PASSED HIM. IS CHAD REED EVEN GOING TO FINISH THIRD IN THE POINTS STANDINGS. NOW LOOK AT THIS, OUR NEW POINTS LEADER. >> DEN I IN, HE IS 15 SECONDS IN FRONT EVER TEDESCO. HE IS REALLY FOUND INCREDIBLE SPEED. >> HE GOT CONFIDENCE. YOU'RE OUT FRONT THIS COULD BE NEW CHANGE OF EVENTS. ON THE PARTS UNLIMITED AUTHORITY YAMAHA. UNBELIEVABLE TURN OF EVENTS. >> LOOK AT CROWD STANDING UP IN THE EDWARD JONES DOME CHEERING HIM ON. THEY KNOW HOW BIG IT IS FOR CHAD REED. HE HAS COUPLE JUMPS TO GO. ONE FINAL TOUR. WHIPPING IT UP FOR THE CROWD. CHAD REED'S GOING TO GET HIS FIRST WIN OF 2006 AND TAKE OVER THE POINTS LEAD HERE IN ST. LOUIS!■ HIS MECHANIC■■S CELEBRATING. >> PERFECTIO STORM GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE PERFECT. >> WOW! WHAT A STORY. REED TAKES THE WIN. TEDESCO IS SECOND. LET'S HEAD TO KRISTA. >> MIGHT BE THE MOST EMOTIONAL WIN OF THE SEASON. WINNING MECHANIC ALAN OLSON, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? >> THIS IS TURNING POINT. WHEN WE CAME BACK EAST, CHAD LIKES THESE TRACKS A LOT BETTER. WE WERE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING IN QUALIFYING. BUT HE PUT IT TOGETHER IN THE MAIN. >> HE CERTAINLY, PUT IT TOGETHER INDEED. >> TALKING TO THE CREW, THEY SAID WE JUST GOT TO KEEP GIVING HIM EVERYTHING HE CAN NEED TO GET A INWITH. IT'S ALL UP TO HIM. >> WELCOME BACK TO ST. LOUIS WHERE CHAD REED IS CELEBRATIN HIS FIRST WIN OF THE 2006 SEAN. CHAD, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR. HOW GOOD DOES THAT FEEL? >> I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAI.■ IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. , I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN PULLING MY HAIR OUT. I MEAN, THIS AFTERNOON IN THE TRUCK I LITERALLY IN TEARS, YOU KNOW, LESSER MAN WOULD HAVE GAVE UP. I WASN'T GOING TO GIVE UP. I KNEW THIS IS LONG■ SERIES. I KNEW WHAT IT TOOK TO WIN. AND,■j WITH MY WIFE'S SUPPORT MAN, WE GOT IT DONE. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. SHE'S, SHE'S A LEADER AND SHE TOOK CONTROL AND TOOK ME TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL TONIGHT. AND, WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT, THE TEAM FOR BEING PATIENT. THOSE GUYS HAVE, UNBELIEVABLE BIKE AND, I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN RIDING IT VERY WELL AT ALL. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HAPPY FOR EVERYONE. EVERODY THAT IS ON TEAM REED.■ GU FROM PARTS UNLIMITED TO THOR. SCOTT, BRIDGESTONE. UNBOUND ENER. AMP'D MOBILE. THE FANS. I STILL HAVE A GREAT LINE COMING THROUGH MY, THROUGH THIS SEMI EVERY WEEKEND AND IT FEELSOOD. IT FEELS HORRIBLE TO BE ON THE BOTTOMND FEEL LIKE, YOU JUST NEVER GOING TO GET THERE AND, TO HAV A LOT OF■ PEOPLE TELLING CAN AND THEN >> WILL THIS BE■ THE TURNING POINT IN CHAD REED'S SEASON? HE CTAINLY THINKSHINKS SO. >>STA ONLY PERSON DOUBTING WHETHER HE COULD WIN WITHIN OF THESE WAS CHAD REED EARLY ON■■■ THIS SON. TONIGHT HE PROVED HE COULD DO IT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY PROBABLY TO HIMSE. HE WAS RUNNING LAP TIMES A FULL SECOND FASTER THAN ANYONE ON THE TRACK. HE IS CERTAINLY A THREAT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. JAMES STEWART, 17th. RICKY CARMICHAEL 20th. LET'S HEAD DOWNSTAIRS TO KRISTA VODA. >> WITH TROUBLE RICKY CARMICHAEL HAD TONIGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE THE NIGHT JAMES STEWART WOULD CAPITALIZE THE NO. NOT THE PARDON MEANS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR. WHAT HAPPENED? >> I HAD A GOOD PACE. I DON'T KNOW. LORD DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WAY. I WOULD HAVE EASILY TAKEN OVER THE POINTS LEAD. MAKE IT GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. IT SUCKS I TELL YOU. BUSTED MY BUTT ALL WEEK. TONIGHT WAS A GOOD NIGHT TO MAKE UP POINTS IT DIDT HAPPEN. I HAVE TO GIVE UP TO MY TEAM, KAWASAKI, SOX, OAKLEY. MOM AND DAD. WE'LL TRY NEXT WEEK. >> HE WILL TRY TO DO IT INX ATLANTA. >> HERE IS THE■ TOYOTA MOVING FORWARD MOVEMENT IT'S ALL ABOUT CHAD REED. >> LITTLE DID WE KNOW WHAT THIS WOULD HAVE MEANT. MAKES A MOVE ON IVAN TEDESCO. LAYS DOWN THE FASTEST LAP TIMES OF THE NIGHT AND GOES ON FOR THE WIN. NOW LEADS THE POINTS. UNBELIEVABLE NIGHT. >> ANOTHER GUYHAT MADE UP A LOT EF GROUND IN THE POINTS PUT OUT A VERY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT, IVAN TEDESCO WHO IS WITH KRISTA. >> YES HE DID MAKE UP SOME GROUND. WE SAW HIM ON THE PODIUM IN ANAHEIM. BACK HERE IN ST. LOUIS. YOU'RE MAKING A CHARGE IN THIS SIES. >> I'M GETTING BETTER AND BETTER EVERYEEKEND OGRESSINNG HAS BEE ONLYAY TRN HOW TO WIN GETP FRONT AND LEAD. I GOT ARM PUMP WASN'T QUITE USED TO IT. IT WAS GOOD NIGHT. LIKE TO THANK H THANK TEAM. -ONSTE. MY WE, FAMILY, EVERYBODY THANKS A LOT. >> IVAN TEDESCO SECOND HERE IN ST. LOUIS. >> THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WILL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SEAS FE IN VEGAS IN MA HERE'S A LOOK AT AMP'D MO WORLD SUPERCROSS GP POTANDINGS. BROUGHT TO Y TOY CARMICHAEL LEADS BY ONE OVER JAMES STEWART. IN AMA POINT STANDINGS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TOYOTA. REED LEADS BY NINE OVER RMICHAEL. COMING UP NEXT SNOWBOARDING■ SOUP ARE STARS FACE OFF IN THE JEEP KG MOUNTAIN. MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR CBS SPORTS CONTINUING COVERAGE OF AMP'D MOBILE SUPERCROSS. APRIL■ 30th12:30ASTERN FROM SEATTLE. FOR DENNY STEPHENSON D