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00:00keys to the moto, James Stewart.
00:02These guys have been hearing me talk about it all day or maybe they haven't, but roost
00:06and patience.
00:07We see what a good start, how it allows these guys to have that clean vision and be able
00:11to breathe and get out there, but also being patient on this racetrack and that second
00:15moto at 250.
00:16We saw Hayden Egan close that gap, but got a little antsy, eventually was able to get
00:20around after Tom went down.
00:22These guys have got to be patient and try to get a good start and get that clean vision
00:26out front.
00:28Let's go around the berm.
00:29Top stories.
00:30Adam?
00:31Guys, for Chase Sexton, I think this is as big of a mental battle as it is physical,
00:38and I really think his best chance to beat Jett on a day like this is to get out front
00:42to get a start.
00:43I know we talk about it all the time, but if he can make Jett push, make him get out
00:48of his comfort zone, battle with him a little bit, be a little bit aggressive, I think that's
00:52his best bet, and I believe he has the ability to do it.
00:56Just got to execute.
00:58Well, similar story for the number 96 of Hunter Lawrence.
01:01He's been phenomenal.
01:02That's why he has a red plate.
01:04That's why he has the points, but he needs to take the fight to his little brother.
01:08He's been a little bit too patient, in my opinion, and I think he has a very methodical
01:12approach to these races, and that's why he's doing that, but if he wants to start winning
01:16these overalls, I think he needs to up the intensity and take the fight to baby brother
01:20Jett.
01:21And speaking of baby brother, if I'm him, everybody's talking about beating me and doing
01:26this to beat me.
01:27Well, they can't.
01:28And if they can't, if I'm starting out front, I'm usually going to win this race, so my
01:31key is to get off this gate, be in front, and keep hearing them talk about what they
01:35should do to try to beat me, because it can't happen if I'm out front.
01:39And hard work pays off for the 21, the veteran Jason Anderson left his beautiful home in
01:43Orange County, California behind to go back there in the off season, brought the whole
01:47family to South Carolina to ride at club mx in the deep sand of the humidity of the east,
01:52and he was solid in the first moto.
01:54But now it's time for moto two, revs are up, gates down.
02:07Big pileup on the inside.
02:10And no change up front.
02:12Hunter and Jett Lawrence great starts again.
02:14It's Jett out front.
02:15It's like darn clockwork with these two.
02:17They are on clockwork.
02:18Jett got a jump.
02:20That gate was, I mean, he hole shotted before they even lined up on the gate.
02:23He was so far gone.
02:25Good move by him.
02:26Just like the first moto.
02:27Let's see if chase can get up in the third place and keep in tow, which he does.
02:31Nice move by chase.
02:33On the number 4, just around Justin Cooper, carnage in the first turn.
02:37I think that's Austin 290 in that battle for top ten in moto one.
02:43He's down.
02:45Chase is working his way around trying to get around the 96 already.
02:49Let's see if he goes up the inside.
02:51Trying.
02:52Jason Thomas, what happened there in the first turn?
02:54Hopefully we'll get a replay of it at some point.
02:57Nice pass by Sexton.
02:58He goes off the track.
02:59You see them going for it.
03:01In that first turn, Barsha and Anderson kind of started it.
03:05They got together and went down early.
03:07Everything just pushed outside.
03:08You saw Malcolm Stewart down a handful of riders.
03:11It all started from Barsha and Anderson getting together on the inside.
03:14Interesting.
03:15That's some big names in the back of the pack.
03:17Chase Sexton going for it early here, James.
03:20He's going for it.
03:22He tried to get in earlier.
03:23He made the pass on Justin Cooper.
03:25We saw this a couple weeks ago in Colorado.
03:27Chase made some strong passes.
03:29One on Hunter Lawrence.
03:30Let's see if he can do the same thing to Jeff.
03:32As we've been talking, he needs to be in front of him.
03:35Chase knows that.
03:36He said after that first moto that he needs to go out there and ride better.
03:40Let's see if he can do that.
03:42The crowd loves it.
03:43They want to see someone challenge the number one.
03:45Sexton is the man to do it right now.
03:48Chase is important for him to get.
03:51He almost had it.
03:52Then he almost lost the front as well.
03:53He almost tucked the front.
03:55Not on purpose right there.
03:56He wanted to get on the inside.
03:57That thing started tucking on him.
04:00Good job.
04:01Good save.
04:02J.T., what's happening weather-wise down there?
04:05Starting to rain.
04:06We got a pass for the lead.
04:07Maybe a little bit more important.
04:09The good news about this racetrack, this late in the day, being sand, it would have to absolutely
04:14deluge to make a difference here.
04:16Maybe for vision it would have an effect, but I think the racetrack would be protected.
04:20All that being said, it is starting to rain a little bit down here.
04:22Throw that in the mix as well.
04:24Sexton a couple of pass attempts didn't work.
04:26Hunter Lawrence still lurking.
04:28Chet out front.
04:29Send it to Adam.
04:32I saw that pass that chase made on hunter.
04:36I could tell, oh, as hunter gets around him on the inside, I could tell that hunter really
04:41didn't like the pass by chase.
04:42It was really aggressive.
04:43I saw him posture up right after.
04:47You can tell hunter is on a mission now.
04:49It's going to be a big battle at least for a second.
04:52Or can they keep jet in sight?
04:54This is changing in a hurry.
04:56About a lap and a half and an entire motor's worth of stuff is taking place here with Sexton.
05:01He just got passed.
05:03Really going on the outside.
05:04We were talking about roll speed.
05:05It looked like chase Sexton, something was wrong with his bike.
05:08He was just kind of standing up.
05:09To me that tells me he's not comfortable on that high speed part of that racetrack.
05:14Hunter just rode around the outside of him rather than he did anything differently.
05:19Chase was just not on the pace.
05:21Got passed.
05:22Do you think the tighter stuff, chase, is okay?
05:24It looked like he's more aggressive in the tighter parts.
05:26He was standing up, going down the inside.
05:29That particular part, right past the mechanics there, is really high speed.
05:32You have to lean the motorcycle.
05:34The bike is trying to slide away from you.
05:36If you're not comfortable on the lean, you're not going to push it.
05:39He didn't push it and he got passed.
05:42He's pushing it right back up to hunter.
05:45This half of the track is great for the number four.
05:47It's a little bit slower.
05:48He can sit down.
05:50The bike is not moving at so much high speed.
05:52I think for sure on those higher parts of the racetrack, higher speeds, he's a lot quicker.
05:57He's going to have to pick that up.
05:59He lost a lot of time to hunter Lawrence and Jett in that spot.
06:02Hunter going after Jett for the lead now.
06:04Same scenario it was a lap ago but a different rider challenging him.
06:08They both know they got to get Jett before he settles into the pace right here.
06:13That's why it's important for these guys to try to make the move.
06:16If not, it's going to be a long race for him.
06:20About to click off the second lap here.
06:26Hunter getting aggressive.
06:29Hunter to the inside.
06:32Almost got it.
06:33Not quite enough.
06:34What are you thinking, Adam?
06:37Based on the body of work we've seen from Jett Lawrence so far, what I'm seeing in his
06:40riding right now is a very conservative mindset.
06:44Of course, he's in the lead, leading the race, so he has to have a certain amount of speed.
06:48He's definitely managing things more than he was in the first moto as hunter Lawrence
06:51makes the pass.
06:52Maybe not aggressive enough.
06:54Hunter to the inside.
06:55He's got his brother.
06:56I take that back, chase.
06:58Hunter's just sending it down that straightaway.
07:00I thought you were laying up.
07:03Hunter's just laying on the gas.
07:05Strong move.
07:06Now let's see what happens.
07:07Let's see if Jett's comfortable following his brother.
07:10It's going to be hard here in the sand.
07:12Maybe chase Sexton woke up.
07:14Little demon and hunter Lawrence.
07:15He's on a mission.
07:16Hey, in the podium, moto 1, he said I want to get out in front of my brother and ruin
07:21his tear-offs.
07:22Ruin the goggles.
07:24He's got an opportunity to do it.
07:26He is pushing.
07:27J.T.?
07:28Yeah, I think for Jett, he just does not look comfortable.
07:33All that intensity, all that first lap burst he had in the first moto, he doesn't have
07:37right now.
07:38I agree wholeheartedly with Adam here.
07:40I don't know if it's a conservative approach, he's uncomfortable with the motorcycle or
07:44something is going on with him himself.
07:45You see him looking back there, too.
07:47This is not typical Jett Lawrence behavior.
07:49Something is up with the number 1.
07:51James, I want to go back.
07:54Right when they were lining up to go to the gate, about 15 minutes before this moto, we
07:57saw the look on Jett Lawrence's face.
08:00Didn't look exactly like I'm so pumped to get back out here.
08:03Maybe his shoulders bother him a lot more than he led on.
08:07It's weird.
08:08He felt pretty comfortable in that first moto, so, yeah, a lot of track conditions and change,
08:12but this race is still 23 minutes left.
08:15We'll see what happens.
08:16Yeah.
08:17Can he grind through this as hunter Lawrence tries to get the overall?
08:22on here at southwick.
08:39How about this?
08:40Aaron Plessinger has hitched a ride with the front group.
08:44He has kept his red bull KTM teammate in his sights.
08:48Top four within four seconds.
08:51And the rider that this helps more watching Jett Lawrence get past is chase Sexton.
08:55I think this maybe gives him confidence because now hunter Lawrence is in front of him.
08:59Jett Lawrence is still right there.
09:02Sometimes in these motos, when it's a hard day like this, all the lack to exit from just
09:06doing the hard work and how hard it is to ride this racetrack, sometimes your legs and
09:11your body just doesn't respond in the beginning part of the race, so I know I've been there
09:16to work.
09:17I almost feel really lethargic out there riding a motorcycle, and that's hard to believe.
09:22But it looks like Jett Lawrence is in that stage, and it takes you a few laps for the
09:25body to kind of wake up, and then you'll start pushing it forward.
09:28So maybe it's more of that than anything else, and let's see if he can start closing that
09:33gap back down on his brother once his body kind of wakes up from it.
09:36Okay.
09:37So you think he might actually, even though he looks tired now, could potentially get
09:40stronger as the race goes on.
09:42Yeah.
09:43It's just something about, you know, what happens to the body after, you know, the first
09:47moto.
09:48This racetrack is super hard.
09:49You're standing up all day long, and just the acid and all the energy it takes for the
09:55body to finish these motos, sometimes you come out on the next one, and your body just
09:59doesn't respond, and if you have Hunter Lawrence, chase Sexton, those guys are attacking you,
10:03the best thing you can do is almost let them go by because you're not ready to go at that
10:07pace, warm up, and then attack them again, and maybe that's what we're starting to see
10:11with Jett Lawrence as this race goes on.
10:14We'll find out here pretty quickly.
10:16Yeah, we were talking yesterday about that burn in the legs when you're standing up on
10:19this sand.
10:20Let's go back to Adam Cianciarulo.
10:23And with Jett laboring out there a little bit right now, this opens up a great opportunity
10:28for chase Sexton to get around him, and just from a confidence perspective, James, just
10:32from a mental perspective, it makes such a big difference if you can just straight up
10:37pass a guy, whether he has a little injury or whatever it is, if you can get past a guy
10:42mentally for the rest of this championship, this is a huge moment right now.
10:47Yeah, absolutely.
10:48But you look at chase's body position, to me, it doesn't look like a rider that's ready
10:53to move forward.
10:54Kind of what we were saying about Jett Lawrence, it looked like chase came out firing, and
10:59then I don't know what happened, but now you can look at his body position, he's really
11:03kind of, I wouldn't say laboring, but he doesn't have any attack to move forward compared to
11:09what he had that first lap.
11:12You saw him overjump that double after that finish line jump, so I don't know if he hurt
11:17something or maybe he's just feeling the conditions up south, but he definitely doesn't have a
11:21rider that's, okay, Jett Lawrence is in front of him and attacking that same position he
11:25had that first lap.
11:26Yeah, you're not seeing it from Sexton either right now, yeah.
11:28You can tell by his body position, he's not in attack mode.
11:31He looks like the mode of, like, I want to just finish this moto, and it could be the
11:36bike maybe is uncomfortable, maybe overjumped something, or maybe just as all these guys
11:41are, they're a little bit tired, and you just don't want to push that much.
11:44Adam?
11:45And we always talk about bike setup.
11:49We're always talking about testing, chasing settings and all this stuff, but what happens
11:53when you do that?
11:54What happens when you're constantly changing the motorcycle as chase Sexton has been very
11:58vocal of this year?
12:00You're riding a different bike every week, so there's different characteristics.
12:03You're not necessarily used to it.
12:06Sometimes it's better to just stay on something that you're a little bit uncomfortable on,
12:09but it's predictable, and maybe that's some of what's happening.
12:12He's gone out there, and now he's very focused on what he doesn't like with the bike.
12:20Pro moto cross here.
12:21Final race of the day.
12:23The WIC 338, and guess who just woke up?
12:27Hunter Lawrence in the blue got the drop on his brother, Jett, but it looks like Jett's
12:31putting it back together, James Stewart.
12:33To me, it looks like now the legs are starting to fire, and he's back on.
12:37A lot of these guys, they try to stay calm, and sometimes the beginning part of the race
12:42is the hardest part, no matter who you are.
12:44Jett Lawrence, James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael, that hard part to be able to dump the throttle
12:48off that gate is difficult, especially when you have a guy like Hunter Lawrence and chase
12:52Sexton going after EJT.
12:53I wonder if it was just a situation where Jett didn't feel comfortable.
12:57He knew his lines weren't very good because these guys were all over him in those early
13:01laps.
13:02He backed up, let Hunter by, followed him around for a minute until he found his flow
13:05because he just looks like a different rider.
13:08Maybe not the rider from the first moto, but his intensity is better, and he looks like
13:11he's refound some confidence he didn't have two laps ago.
13:14I'm curious of the lap times.
13:16They were all at 216 the previous lap.
13:18Now as they come across, let's see.
13:22All in the 217s.
13:23All within a second, though, Sexton and Plessinger hanging in there, but it looks like Jett's
13:27ready to attack.
13:28I think at most places J.T.'s right, and I think Jett did do that a little bit, but
13:35I also think the reason why I'm maybe a little hesitant that it was more about him just firing
13:40was because chase Sexton was right there, and if chase Sexton wasn't as close, then
13:44I think he would be content to hang around his brother, but you allow Hunter to get around
13:49you.
13:50Chase Sexton might come up and pass you.
13:51I don't know if that ends well for you, but now they're starting to wake up a little bit.
13:56He's pushing his brother, and they're starting to separate themselves from chase Sexton,
14:00and I don't think Jett Lawrence is going to follow his older brother just because here
14:03at Southwick, as I mentioned, vision is a big thing, and you can make a mistake just
14:07because you can't see.
14:08We do have some rain coming down, so how does that affect the vision?
14:12It affects it, and especially with the sand now, usually sometimes the sand hits it and
14:16it falls off, but when it's wet, it hits you and it sticks, and not only, one, you run
14:20out of tear-outs, but even with roll-offs, now you have to worry about that happening,
14:24and they're getting stuck, and the roll-off is not working, so as soon as I say that,
14:28Jett Lawrence falls back, chase Sexton is closing back in.
14:32Aaron Plessent was right behind him, too, so this race is far from over.
14:35Does it just depend on what section of the track we're in for Sexton?
14:39This half, he starts closing right back up, and he's done it again.
14:42Any parts where the track slows down, it seems like chase Sexton is a little bit more comfortable,
14:47and he might just be patient.
14:49Maybe he's trying to ride this thing and just be there for the end now that Jett is not
14:53getting away.
14:55From weeks past, it seems like chase has been the stronger rider.
14:58He's been able to close in on Jett, so for him, maybe he's thinking, well, he's right
15:02in front of me.
15:03I'm going to get to halfway and then try to attack him, and maybe that will work almost
15:06like it did a couple weeks ago.
15:09Now it's going to open back up, fast section here.
15:20Chase pulled away a bit, also.
15:21Yeah, and a part of that, Jett likes to he doesn't want to be too close to Hunter in
15:25these tighter parts because of what I was mentioning with vision.
15:28As you can see, the rain is coming down quite a bit more on that side of the racetrack than
15:32it is over here.
15:37Another lap clicks off.
15:38We have the lap time.
15:402.17s for Hunter and Sexton and a 2.18 for Jett.
15:45Every lap is different here.
15:47Let's call out the 32, Justin Cooper, riding well in fifth behind that battle and Dillon
15:53Ferrandez fighting him right now from sixth in the Phoenix Honda and Cooper on the monster
15:58energy Yamaha star racing machine.
16:01Back to the leader, Hunter Lawrence looking for the overall win and trying to stretch
16:04that points lead.
16:10Going to be interesting.
16:11Can Hunter hold on and deliver an overall win?
16:29Chase Sexton back to the rear wheel of Jett Lawrence.
16:31Adam Seen, Cirillo, what do you see in trackside?
16:34I'm anxious to see what Chase Sexton's pressure does to Jett Lawrence's disposition out there.
16:41Is he going to use, when Chase gets close to him, is he going to go after Hunter?
16:45Is he going to use that to spur him on?
16:47Right now it looks like he's content.
16:50He's just out of the roost right behind Hunter, just out of the roost.
16:54As Chase comes up on him, we'll see how bad he wants to win this thing.
16:58I have a feeling he'll start going after Hunter when he feels that pressure from Chase.
17:03Yeah, absolutely.
17:05I think with that, out of all the riders, I feel like Jett Lawrence, he doesn't want
17:10Chase Sexton to have any kind of confidence.
17:12We saw what happened a few weeks ago when Chase gets the confidence.
17:15He can come from 40th to first.
17:17With Jett following his brother and being content there, I don't think he would be doing
17:21this on purpose if he felt like he had more pace and he could run with Hunter Lawrence.
17:25I think Hunter is riding strong and maybe Jett is not feeling as good.
17:29As soon as we say that, you see that gap pull out and it really comes down to a mistake
17:33here and there.
17:34This is where Jett likes to stretch it out.
17:36I like this outside line.
17:38It seems like it's a lot easier for him and he keeps his momentum up.
17:41You can see the distance he's lost, how Chase Sexton has lost to Jett in that one section.
17:46Back to J.T.
17:47I'm going to throw another theory because I've thrown everything else against the wall.
17:51It seems like every time he pulls up to Hunter, he tries to make a move and he can't see.
17:55He gets roosted and he's got to fall back.
17:57I'm wondering now if he's going to wait and wait and wait and make another run at it,
18:01try to get him all at once.
18:02As you said, with the rain and the sticky sand, you just can't sit behind him.
18:07You won't be able to see after two laps and then your race is really done.
18:13Here's Christian, the mechanic for Jett.
18:15Yeah, I mean, by Christian's expression right there, it looks like even he knows, he's telling
18:21his rider to push.
18:22Hey, if he felt comfortable, if this was all part of the plan, I think he would be calm
18:27just throwing the lap times out there.
18:29He's telling Jett to dig in there and keep pushing.
18:31Maybe there's a little bit more, maybe with the shoulder or he doesn't feel good that
18:35he knows his rider pretty well to know that, yeah, something's not off.
18:38As soon as I say that, they're pulling away from chase.
18:42Maybe he's going to worry about his older brother at the end of the race as long as
18:46that number 4 stays away from him.
18:48And Ferrandez has made the move on Cooper now.
18:50Up to fifth.
18:51They told the story of moto 1, Ferrandez saying yesterday, they've had some engine troubles
18:55and been down on power the first couple of rounds.
18:58This is the first time this Phoenix racing Honda team has raced 450 motocross full time.
19:04Thought they'd be better after the weekend off.
19:06Definitely has been today.
19:09Hunter Lawrence in the top box, that is your leader.
19:11He's actually not won one of these races overall.
19:14He's had the point lead for a while now but has not gotten an overall win.
19:18He's in position to do it now.
19:20We have been mystified the way this race has gone.
19:24Every half a lap, it seems like the plot changes.
19:28Is Hunter going to be able to bring this home?
19:30He looks pretty good to me.
19:32This is where sitting down, you notice he's sitting down a little bit more.
19:35So if Jeff's legs are a little bit tired and Hunter, because he sits down and that's his
19:40normal riding style, it probably helps him and he feels a little bit more comfortable
19:44doing that.
19:45Probably has a little bit more energy.
19:46But both of these guys look really good.
19:48I think Hunter has a pretty strong pace.
19:50Obviously he's out front.
19:51They're pulling away from chase Sexton.
19:53Might be a battle down to the brothers as it's been the last few weeks.
19:57Anything to me, it looks like Hunter is starting to pour it on here.
20:00That was impressive.
20:01Yeah, that was a nice slip that bike in there.
20:03Sometimes here at Southwick, a mistake, you can turn that into actually a speed gain.
20:07You just let that thing rot out.
20:09Hunter looks comfortable to me.
20:11Doesn't look like he's laboring at all.
20:12The bike looks pretty good.
20:14It's moving around a lot but looks like he's flowing with it.
20:17Now he's starting to tow younger brother along as well.
20:21That inside.
20:22Do you think he's helping Jeff move forward or is he pulling away?
20:26He's got it up to three seconds now.
20:27He was three-tenths quicker than Jett last time around, J.T.
20:32I think Hunter is sensing a little bit of weakness here.
20:35These guys, they manage their energy and they'll kind of save up for when the timing is right.
20:40They're so intuitive.
20:41They're instinctual in what's happening.
20:43If he senses that Jett can't really go with him, he will absolutely try to sprint and
20:48try to what they would say in cycling, they would try to break Jett here where Jett's
20:51not thinking about the win anymore.
20:53If he can put in his best laps, build that lead out to five, six, seven seconds, that
20:57will absolutely change the way that Jett is thinking about this second moto.
21:03One thing I can say for Hunter is as a rookie in the 450 class, at the start of the year,
21:09you're happy with podiums.
21:10You're happy with top fives.
21:11But as he makes a big mistake here, getting a little wide in that turn, you're happy with
21:15those finishes.
21:17But as it gets later in the year, he's been building momentum.
21:21He clearly has the ability to be on the podium and even win consistently.
21:26So all of a sudden he's not so content sitting behind Jett anymore.
21:29He wants to win one of these things and I don't think he's going to let this one go
21:32easy.
21:33It's not going to be easy, Jett closing back in after that mistake.
21:39So Hunter Lawrence on the 96 looking for his first ever overall win in pro motocross as
21:44a 450 racer.
21:46Last year's 250 champion.
21:49But his brother Jett, last year's 450 champ is starting to close back in.
21:54He's starting to close in and Hunter made a big mistake which allowed Jett back in there.
22:00If you watch some of these roller sections, some of these big breaking bumps, watch these
22:04guys sit down.
22:05They're almost sit down in these bumps and start bunny hopping and it allows them to
22:09keep the front end up but also picks their rear end up.
22:13So we were talking as this day goes on, these bumps you allow to just hit you in the butt,
22:19makes you stand up.
22:20Now it seems like Jett Lawrence is starting to find his flow and maybe wants to get around
22:23his brother.
22:24Bottom box track and Justin Barsha riding through pain today inside the top ten of moto
22:28one.
22:2914th now in moto two.
22:31Jett bringing the challenge to Hunter for the lead.
22:35See what Jett does.
22:36He's going to have to funnel in.
22:37As soon as Hunter had that three second lead, that one mistake, he allowed Jett to close
22:42in and now look at him.
22:44It's like the dog waving a stake in front of him.
22:46Now he sees it and he's going to try to attack his brother but here Hunter has been quick
22:50all day long.
22:51Especially the second moto.
22:52He's a lot faster than anybody on that racetrack in this section and he's pulling away from
22:57Jett again.
22:58Passed both Sexton and Jett Lawrence in that area.
23:04Use it to pull back away.
23:06Jett goes back to work on him.
23:12Clearing the lap.
23:13He just barely was Jett.
23:16Hunter almost tossed it down.
23:17Hunter almost lost.
23:18He wanted to get back to the inside and both wheels slid from underneath him.
23:22Nice save but, you know, as many say.
23:26Another mistake for Hunter.
23:29Jets right there.
23:30Jets right there.
23:31Hunter makes another mistake on there.
23:32As a rider you're sitting there watching like, okay, I got him now.
23:35I got him.
23:36He's making mistakes.
23:37Just as soon as he makes one, you make one as well.
23:40This is Southwick, baby.
23:42They pulled away from the Sexton-Plessinger battle.
23:45They have nearly seven seconds.
23:48But who's going to get the overall?
23:50Jett setting himself up on the inside.
23:52Wheel to wheel.
23:54Jett had it.
23:55That was that seat bounce.
23:56You saw when Jett landed off that jump, he sat down and almost used it as an advantage
24:00to get over that table top.
24:02Now let's see what he does.
24:03If he puts in a couple of hot laps, now he can have a chance to break Hunter.
24:07if he can get away and this race can be over.
24:13Chase Sexton is still hanging around.
24:15He got it back down to five and a half.
24:19Hunter having his troubles there.
24:20Got sideways on the takeoff of that jump.
24:23Yeah.
24:24It's second moto Southwick.
24:27They're both feeling it.
24:28Jett is feeling it as well.
24:29I think by him hanging back, maybe this is the part where he was letting it save energy.
24:35It looks like chase Sexton may be doing the same thing because he's closed this down quite
24:39a bit in this last lap.
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25:01Maybe one man might know what's happening.
25:03How about the boss there for Honda?
25:05Let's go to J.T.
25:06Well, Lars, we've been trying to figure out what's been going on here.
25:09The strategy of Jett Lawrence.
25:10He'll fall back.
25:11Pull back up to Hunter.
25:12He finally made the move back there.
25:13Was there anything pre-moto or going on between motos that would have led you to kind of help
25:19us understand what's been going on in moto two here?
25:21Yeah.
25:22I mean, I think Jett's just not 100% yet from that crash he had a couple of races ago.
25:26And I think he's got to pick and choose what he can do, especially on a track like this,
25:31you know?
25:32So getting the rhythm and having a good flow is always important, especially here.
25:37And I think Hunter just lost it a little bit there.
25:39He lost the lead.
25:40So good battle for the lead with both our boys.
25:42But hard to know who to cheer for.
25:44But I'd like to see Hunter get one.
25:47Thanks for the insight.
25:50He's allowed to pick.
25:51I mean, look, Hunter hasn't got one of these overall yet.
25:52That would be really cool.
25:53And I don't think Jett would be that bummed if he hears Lars said that, but he'd like
25:57to win it himself.
25:59And that's chase Sexton.
26:00They're talking about following him.
26:01Yeah.
26:02Gets around a lot broader.
26:03And it's going to get chase confidence because, one, he just saw how quickly Hunter Lawrence,
26:08they both dropped him in the first moto.
26:10So and it was starting to happen in this one.
26:12So maybe chase Sexton now is waiting to that end mark, and he definitely looks a lot more
26:17comfortable to me.
26:18And he was 219, and the closest person to that was Jett or Dillon Ferrandez at a 221.
26:25Jett Lawrence and Hunter Lawrence was 222 and 223.
26:28So chase Sexton's definitely looking like he's got more pace than he needs to if he
26:33wants to catch Jeff Lawrence.
26:35Yes.
26:36He is two to three seconds faster than the Lawrences.
26:39The last time around is Sexton, and he is right there.
26:42Blue jersey is Hunter, and Sexton is looking to make the pass.
26:48Now earlier when I was saying when you looked at chase Sexton's body position, I was like,
26:51it didn't look like a rider that was in like an attack mode.
26:54Now look at him.
26:55Now he's down.
26:56He's crouched over.
26:57He's super aggressive, yeah.
27:00Now he's going to make this line.
27:02Not quite enough.
27:03It would have been a little bit more aggressive to push Hunter off, but, yeah, look at his
27:07body position.
27:08It's a lot more in attack mode.
27:10That's how it was in the first lap.
27:11So maybe he was just sitting back, waiting.
27:14Chase is on the roll now.
27:15And he's way on the outside now.
27:17Power move coming from the 4.
27:19Can he make it happen?
27:21Does.
27:22Chase Sexton up to second.
27:23And I don't know if he's done there.
27:26I believe that's Jett Lawrence right in front of him.
27:28Oh, wow.
27:29Okay.
27:30So right now, if it ends like this, Hunter and Jett are tied for the championship lead.
27:37But stay with us.
27:38There's still four minutes and two laps to go, and chase Sexton wants his shot at the
27:43moto win.
27:44And Lawrence looks over.
27:45He knows he's coming.
27:52Chase Sexton hammering right now, Adam.
27:58One thing we know about chase Sexton is the man is not going to get tired.
28:02He looks like a Mack truck out there.
28:03He's about as wide as my sprinter van at home.
28:06So this thing is not over until the checkered flag.
28:08And I think with Jett, whatever he's dealing with injury wise, chase may be the strongest
28:13physically at the end of this moto.
28:15Thanks, Adam.
28:16And this is a rematch of the second moto at our last race.
28:19It looked like Sexton had him, and he threw it away.
28:21He's got another shot at it here.
28:23It would not be for the overall win.
28:26He's sitting on a 3-1.
28:27Jett would have a 1-2.
28:28But it would be huge if Sexton could just make this pass.
28:31Yeah, I don't think the overall really matters at this point.
28:33I think what's happening is that now you see that attack mode for chase Sexton, and to
28:38me, if he has a chance to win this race, he needs to pass Jett instantly.
28:41We don't want to get behind him and get sucked into that pace and get out of your rhythm.
28:46So you can see him being very aggressive, probably trying to do whatever he can to get
28:51around him.
28:52So, one, he doesn't have to worry about the roots.
28:53But two, Jett doesn't slow down his pace and the opportunity to pass might be right here.
28:59He's right there.
29:00Oh, Jett almost crashed.
29:02Just able to hold on, and now Sexton's got a line.
29:05Jett moves over to block it.
29:06Yeah, he moves over to block it.
29:07Nice move.
29:08But chase, now, there you go.
29:10He's got it.
29:11Chase Sexton.
29:12Now, Jett's on the inside.
29:15Can he fight back?
29:16He's going to try it.
29:17Jett's got the inside.
29:18Gets it back.
29:19Now, we haven't seen Jett run that pace all day long.
29:22And that's what I mean with him.
29:23He's so aware.
29:25He knows he doesn't want chase Sexton in front of him.
29:27So, nice move by him.
29:29Oh, lap rider falls right in front of him.
29:31That's going to really slow Sexton up.
29:33Almost got caught with him.
29:35Sexton goes back to work.
29:36Now, let's see what chase does.
29:39He had a lot of energy trying to catch Jett.
29:42But we've got a race here, people.
29:46What a battle.
29:47Chase Sexton.
29:48Now, Jett back around on the inside.
29:49Who's going to jump further?
29:50It's Sexton.
29:51That's the first time chase jumped that far all day long.
30:00Hopefully, he continues to do that.
30:03But he knew he needs to be in front of Jett Lawrence.
30:06Now, if Jett has anything, he's going to try to attack him again, just like he did a couple
30:10weeks ago.
30:11Just like he did a moment ago.
30:12But chase Sexton might be rolling away from him.
30:16We just see a school in energy management from Sexton who waited and then poured it
30:21on J.T.
30:22What are you seeing down there?
30:23Guys, Jett pulled up and just absolutely let that happen.
30:28Something that he gave that spurge of energy right before the finish line, held chase off.
30:32But as they came right before the mechanics area, he sat up and backed out of it.
30:36I just think he understands his body is not going to let him push here and he's not going
30:39to try to throw this championship away trying to push too hard to battle chase here.
30:42J.T., I'm going to go back to you.
30:44You've been mentioning, when you see these guys come in after the motos, how strong Sexton
30:49looks even at the end of a tough day.
30:51Yeah, and I'm on record saying I think chase is the fittest rider in the class right now.
30:55So for him just hanging in there, getting late in the moto with a chance is his best
31:00strategy.
31:01And we saw that at high point and then he crashed right when he got Jett where he wanted
31:04him.
31:05He's got to avoid that same mistake here.
31:07But I don't think there's any doubt about who the fittest rider in the 450 class is
31:10at this very moment.
31:12Yeah, and I agree with J.T., but the one thing chase did this moto is that he was very patient
31:18because southwick, no matter how strong you are, you can't just ride 30 minutes hard out.
31:24Just because you show up here and you're in better shape doesn't mean you're going to
31:26win.
31:27What we saw chase Sexton is realize that, look, I might be the fittest guy, but I got
31:32to save some energy and be the fittest guy towards the end of the race and hopefully
31:35those guys are not too far gone and I can run it down and that's what you're seeing.
31:39So for me, I love the strategy.
31:42It was looking a little grim there for a little bit, but with Jett kind of laboring and Hunter
31:47Lawrence getting out on the pace, chase Sexton played this thing to the fullest.
31:50What he has to do is not repeat what he did last weekend, a couple weekends ago.
31:55I would take a look back, realize I got five seconds and now manage this race just like
32:00those other guys do when they're out front.
32:02He just ran a 2.16.5.
32:05Jett ran a 2.24.
32:09Eight seconds faster and he's only a half a second off of his best lap from early in
32:16the moto when the track was smoother and you would assume he was fresher.
32:20There's Anderson who was down early off the start about to go a lap down.
32:25Best moto win for chase.
32:27That beautiful 1-1 last to first ride at hang town and he has rebuilt it here.
32:35Two races ago.
32:36Now he's got to get around Cullen Park, the lap rider doing him no favors, but here's
32:40the problem.
32:41When you're up to park, he probably is only realizing now, oh, wait, that's the leader.
32:46That's not someone I'm battling.
32:48He's battling with Anderson for 22nd place.
32:50I know Cullen.
32:51They're friends, too.
32:52Getting away.
32:53Your friendship might end real quick.
32:57Just like chase Sexton.
32:58To me this is just as impressive as that 40th to first the way he's doing it and the way
33:02he managed this race.
33:04He played it out.
33:05He knew he had to have a plan going into this race and he knew he just couldn't go out there
33:09and just outrace those guys.
33:11He showed up.
33:12He is the fittest.
33:14Almost ten seconds the last lap.
33:16And I'm going to throw another one at you.
33:18Of all the races last year that Sexton was in, this was probably the weakest against
33:22Jett.
33:23He had moments in almost every moto last year where he matched him, maybe caught him.
33:27We did not see that at this track last year.
33:30This is a huge step.
33:31No, it's a huge step and chase Sexton, I was actually kind of happy for him and feeling
33:38pretty confident after that first moto when he said, look, I just got to ride better.
33:42He didn't say it was the motorcycle.
33:44To me, it looked like, okay, he knows he's just got to ride better, have a better plan
33:48that the motorcycle is there today to be able to do it.
33:51You're right, Jason.
33:52Last year was the only race that when chase Sexton came back in this series against Jett
33:57Lawrence, Jett Lawrence was able to pull away from him towards the end of the race.
34:01Every other moto, chase Sexton would close him in and that's what I said, look, you got
34:05to have a plan here at south wick and chase Sexton realized that and was able to execute
34:09that.
34:10He's got three laps or two laps left to pull this off.
34:13The battle for overall isn't over because Jett Lawrence looked back once chase Sexton
34:17passed him and was looking back at his brother and now you got to see Hunter Lawrence and
34:23if Hunter Lawrence gets around him, that gives chase Sexton the overall victory.
34:26Oh, and he's going for it right now.
34:30There's Hunter in the blue jersey trying to catch back up to Jett and, okay, let's try
34:35to do the math here.
34:37We would then be looking at a 2.2 for Hunter.
34:41A 1.3 for Jett and a 3.1 would get the overall win for Sexton.
34:46Yeah, and Jett's weakest part of the racetrack I would say is right there in that mechanics
34:52area.
34:53So if Hunter Lawrence is close to him, just what he saw with chase Sexton, I think he
34:56would be able to ride around him on the outside and to me, the reason Jett isn't going that
35:00fast there is because his shoulder is bothering him and if you don't feel comfortable doing
35:06that, you're not going to go fast there and Hunter has a chance if he's close.
35:10And the wind has really picked up out here.
35:13We had some rain in this moto.
35:15Southwick throwing everything at these riders as this racetrack usually does.
35:21A lap and a half to go.
35:22Can Hunter close back in?
35:24He was close.
35:25Jett pulls away.
35:26Jett is in between two lap riders there in red.
35:30These guys are feeling it here and Hunter's best chance to get back, as you can tell,
35:34he's laboring as well.
35:35I mean, these guys are tired.
35:37All of them are.
35:38He's sitting down now, yeah.
35:39He's sitting on the seat right there.
35:41That's just Southwick.
35:42These guys are the best athletes in the world.
35:45It's not like they're out of shape.
35:46It's just a brutal racetrack and they're feeling it.
35:49Well, that's standing up.
35:50We were talking yesterday.
35:51I mean, that's basically like just squat position for, what, 30 minutes?
35:55Yeah, go up against the wall and sit there for 30 minutes and let me throw some sand
35:59on your face and move around.
36:01By the way, you have to carry this 250-pound motorcycle as well.
36:05There's a lot going on with these guys and that's why I'm impressed and that's why this
36:10racetrack is like none other.
36:13Was that the last flurry that Hunter had in him?
36:15He's dealing with lap traffic now and Jett has pulled back away.
36:19We'll know in a moment when we see the lap time.
36:22Yeah, the only way Hunter is going to come back on Jett, if Jett makes another mistake,
36:26I think that was the last flurry.
36:28Once Jett got through to his lap, you saw Jett stand up and kind of push.
36:33He jumped a little bit farther where chase was able to pass him because he knew Hunter
36:36Lawrence was coming and he wanted to get that gap and now it's about three seconds,
36:40Jason.
36:41So this would be the end of the brief moto win streak by his standards.
36:44Four moto wins in a row.
36:45It should be enough for the overall.
36:49He'd have a 1.2.
36:50He'd still get the overall win.
36:52There are the moto positions and event points.
36:54That's your overall on the left side.
36:55He would beat Sexton for the overall but this still.
36:58To go out there and pass both Lawrence and the Southwick, that's something from Sexton
37:03even if it's not the overall win.
37:04No.
37:05If they finish like this, they're going to be within three points.
37:08We have top three within three points of the championship leader and all of them feel like
37:13they got a chance.
37:14I think with chase Sexton, even though he's going to be tied with Jett, it was important
37:18for him to beat Jett like he did this moto.
37:21If he can wrap this off, I think moving forward, chase will really feel like he can beat him.
37:28He was able to pass him multiple times last time out at high point then crashed.
37:34This time he makes the move and he's a half a lap away from finishing the job.
37:38Again, it's not the overall.
37:40Jett doesn't have to beat him for the overall.
37:42This was the thing that Sexton couldn't do last year.
37:45He would get to him over and over.
37:46He couldn't make the passes.
37:48He couldn't seal the deal.
37:49And chase has been fast all year long.
37:53He's been fastest like he was the last few motos.
37:57To me, this race is different.
37:59It's even different than the one he won in hang town.
38:02The reason that is because Jett Lawrence was out front.
38:06Chase Sexton dropped back.
38:08He came up and he passed him.
38:09Not only did he pass him and chase him, he dominated him on the toughest track, on the
38:14roughest track of the year.
38:16Jett just dominated the first moto.
38:19There's no excuses.
38:20Chase Sexton came to this gate, this second moto and just laid wood to these guys.
38:24Moving forward, now he has that I beat Jett Lawrence straight up and I dominated him when
38:30I did.
38:31I don't think he's been able to say that his whole time since he's been with Jett Lawrence.
38:35That's why this moto is different.
38:38We head to red, bud.
38:39That is the home track for chase Sexton next Saturday from Illinois.
38:44He's ridden a ton of laps on that track in the Indiana-Michigan state line.
38:49The Southwick faithful happy.
38:52What a show.
38:53These riders put on.
38:54Plessinger was in there as well early in the moto.
38:56A great battle, a great race.
38:59And chase Sexton wins a clutch second moto at Southwick.
39:07That is Jett.
39:08I believe lap riders between him and Hunter.
39:10There is Jett.
39:11Another hard-earned overall victory.
39:13He has figured out every way to engineer, manage, scratch, claw, patch it together for
39:19overalls the last three races.
39:22Respect between all three of these.
39:26These boys are tired right there.
39:29Great motos.
39:30Great second motos.
39:33We thought that shoulder might have been back to 100%.
39:36He had the weekend off.
39:37I don't know if it's there yet.
39:38He said moto one.
39:39It was still not quite there.
39:41You have to give props to Sexton for being this strong on this sand track.
39:46Jett keeps finding a way to get the overalls and claw the points back.
39:52One-two is going to do it today.