250 Moto 2 - AMA Pro Motocross Ironman 2024
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00:00Well, Hayden Deegan has taken notes from that and he is on the second to very last outside
00:06gate.
00:07Remember, it didn't work out for him on the very inside.
00:09A lot of strategy, a lot of back and forth, but it's either very inside or very outside
00:13that seems to be the choice.
00:15That is unique.
00:16You very rarely see that outside gate work like that.
00:19That's one key.
00:20Let's give you another.
00:21K.T.M.
00:22Keys to the moto, James.
00:23What are we thinking here?
00:24Tom Bial got it.
00:25It ain't over.
00:26It ain't over for these guys.
00:27The championship wrapped up.
00:29Hayden Deegan is your champion, but there is a lot to fight for.
00:31It seems like all these guys are out there fighting.
00:35Got the playoff start in two weeks.
00:36Let's see if we can roll.
00:37It ain't over yet, K.T.
00:38It's not over yet.
00:39It's not over for Deegan.
00:40He wants to get this moto win.
00:42Of course, after that last moto, he has a bit of redemption to do.
00:45I was just talking to his dad, Brian Deegan, I said, what were some of the changes you
00:49guys made?
00:50He said, it is a big swing for Hayden for this moto.
00:53We had put a suspension in that was just a little too stiff for this track.
00:57He was totally uncomfortable.
00:58They went back and said they threw the kitchen sink at it and Hayden Deegan basically has
01:02a completely new setup for this moto to see if, you know what, let's get back up on the
01:06top of the box.
01:07That's the goal.
01:08He's earned the right to take chances because he already has the title wrapped up.
01:10That's why Deegan is running the number one today.
01:12You also saw, I think he's been getting smelling salts before the motos to get fired up.
01:17That's what you saw him doing there with his mechanic, Brent Duffy.
01:21So Bial all the way on the inside.
01:23Deegan all the way on the outside.
01:25The way it played out in moto one, those gates ended up about equal.
01:29Not sure if it will work that way now an hour and a half later.
01:31I wonder if the middle has dried out a bit.
01:34It might be quicker.
01:36Here we go.
01:37Final 250 moto of the year.
01:38Inside work for Bial.
01:39Can he hold it?
01:40Roderick going down in the middle.
01:41Tom Bial got a great jump on the inside.
01:42Executed that start right.
01:43A great start by Roderick and R.J. up there as well.
02:07You're Tom Bial.
02:08This is exactly what you wanted.
02:09Thank you very much.
02:10Had to clean that number plate all day long.
02:11Let's see if he can keep it that way.
02:12It was Pierce Brown who was down in that first turn that you caught there, James.
02:13Looking for lines to get around Bial.
02:14Yeah.
02:15Tom going on the outside.
02:16They put a little bit of water down but not too much.
02:17These guys got a pretty good racetrack.
02:18The only place they got to be careful is right here on some of these spaces.
02:19Looks like chances.
02:20Wants to get up the inside of Tom.
02:21Tom to have the momentum.
02:22Get on the inside.
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02:32the inside.
02:33Not able to complete the pass.
02:34DeFrancisco, though, is on the move.
02:35Up to third.
02:36Good to see Ryder D up here.
02:37Just like we saw Jordan Smith in that first moto.
02:38Maybe Ryder D can do the same thing.
02:39Hang on with these guys and get some confidence and see what it's like.
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06:05Some more sawdust and watered heavily on the inside and left the outside dryer, hoping
06:09that would speed the outside up.
06:11Yeah, I mean, they played out.
06:12I mean, they definitely have two different souls on this racetrack.
06:15The only part is if it's not into the ground deep enough, you have a hard base, and I think
06:20these guys are getting caught out by soft on the top and then really hard on the bottom
06:23and losing the rear and front end.
06:26They're pushing right now.
06:27Deegan, see if he can keep making moves.
06:30He's going to get into this Hymus and VL battle if he does.
06:34Same thing happened to first moto.
06:35Those guys were all over Tom.
06:38He got clear a couple laps, and now he's starting to pull away, and I think Hayden senses that
06:42he's going to be ultra-aggressive trying to get around his cooking teammate in chance
06:45Hymus.
06:46Kitchin, if he cannot get up into the points of this moto, might give up second in the
06:51championship to VL.
06:55But we'll see if Kitchin gets back up to race pace.
06:58VL is putting the hammer down.
06:59Yeah, I like Tom's lines, too, and I think what's allowing him to have that pace is
07:04the difference is once he's out front, he's running these outside lines, so he's carrying
07:08a lot more momentum than these guys, it seems like.
07:11He's just opening up the corners, as we were talking about in the 450 class.
07:15You can't do that when you have guys right on you.
07:17You got to keep blocking it, so it seems like when Tom gets that gap, he's able to pull
07:20away from these guys because of that.
07:23Kitchin is back going, but he is in 36, but back up to speed.
07:27We'll see if he can get into the top 21 where they pay points.
07:31In closing on Hymus, as you're watching Deegan here, I remind you to check out super motocross
07:38beyond the gate, the exclusive behind-the-scenes series that you can watch every Friday on
07:44the Yamaha motor USA channel of YouTube.
07:47That's Yamaha motor USA, and that's a behind-the-scenes look at the team that Deegan rides for.
07:52You can view things like this, the championship celebration last week.
07:57That is team owner Bobby Regan, his wife, Loretta.
08:01She even revved the bike to celebrate.
08:05Everybody is trying to blow that thing up over there, and she shall not.
08:08No, no one was able to do it.
08:10The engine survived.
08:12Deegan and Hymus about to hook it up here.
08:14Like that inside line from Hayden.
08:17Last couple of laps, he's been launching out of this.
08:20He thought a little bit better than that.
08:22Pretty hard hits, but Hayden definitely has a pretty good rhythm on this front part of
08:26the racetrack.
08:27Seems like he's able to close in on these guys.
08:28Chance is either closing in on Tom or just keeping that gap the same, but I like it,
08:34and Hayden is following him up there as well.
08:36You've got Defrancisco and Hampshire, 4th, 5th, Bastropoulos, 6th, Anstey, Roxton, Schoch,
08:43who didn't finish the first moto is 9th, and Jordan Smith podium in moto 1, 10th right
08:48now, J.T.
08:49We see Hayden Deegan make a mistake there, but I was very sure that we were going to
08:54see Hayden Deegan show up and bring it in the second moto, but when you watch Hayden
08:57Deegan ride, it's like he takes everything that everyone does or says personally.
09:02He races like it's personal, and you're seeing that effort.
09:05That first moto didn't go to plan.
09:07He was way back, much further back than he wanted to be, but he knows he won this championship,
09:11and he wants to show, just like James Stewart in that first moto, he doesn't want to give
09:14anybody any confidence, and he wants to show them exactly why he has that yellow number
09:19one on the front number plate.
09:21Absolutely.
09:22I always said, Hayden rides like a guy who comes from nothing.
09:26Pretty much if he doesn't win this race, he's not going to eat tonight, and that's
09:29how he attacks it, and every time he's out there, he just has that attitude, and to me,
09:34besides the talent and what he's doing and obviously all the race wins, that's what makes
09:39me impressed about this kid, because just to have that fight, as you heard him last
09:43weekend for that championship, yeah, you got the biggest championship of your career on
09:47the line, but, yeah, you just want to dominate these guys, and it looks like he's going up
09:51to inside of chance.
09:54Got it.
09:55Nice move.
09:56Kind of caught chance out.
09:59Not sure the exchange of that big Godzilla uphill.
10:02I think they all had a flag they had to slow down for, and that really allowed the pack
10:06to tighten up.
10:07What was that?
10:08That was the danger zone.
10:10I thought I saw that was the last lap.
10:13He's jumping four, five, six, all these numbers.
10:16Yeah, was that a quad?
10:17Was that a quint?
10:18Well, Hymus doesn't care.
10:20He's going back after him.
10:21Meanwhile, in the bottom, another battle there for fifth.
10:25Hampshire duking it out, and Vial trying to get away.
10:28Action all over the place here.
10:30This is great racing at Ironman.
10:34Hymus, not impressed with that move.
10:41He wants to get Diggins back.
10:43You know this is personal with chance.
10:45This is the first time these guys have been up front together, have a chance to build
10:48a race.
10:49So I suspect chance is going to be throwing all the haymakers out here, because this is
10:53his last chance before we go into the playoffs, and he's just got a great chance of defeating
10:59Hayden over that championship, over these next playoff rounds.
11:02But it starts today.
11:03See what he can do.
11:04This moto.
11:05Yeah, that's what's so cool about this.
11:06Pro motocross is done, but the playoffs begin in two weeks.
11:09So everybody has something to strive for.
11:12I think chance found a great line right there going on the outside.
11:15He made a mistake, and I don't know if he meant to go out there, but he closed in a
11:18lot of time on Hayden.
11:20Really smooth.
11:22And yeah, you can see chance trying to get up the inside of him.
11:26And another inside for Hymus.
11:28Not quite.
11:29Oh, he's close, though.
11:30Yeah.
11:31It's going to give chance a lot of confidence, too, just to be able to hang in here.
11:42So Diggins second, Hymus third as they battle here at pro motocross at Ironman.
11:47Is that going to allow him to be able to pull away a little bit?
11:51Well, I don't know if it allows Tom's either going to pull away or he's not.
11:54I don't think it really matters with these guys.
11:56He's got a pretty good pace, but I do believe that Hayden catches him.
11:59It's going to make Tom have to change his lines and be more defensive.
12:03And in that case, then I think Hayden and all these guys got a better shot.
12:07But yeah, that's what Tom's doing on the outside, railing these corners.
12:12And here's the what do you call it?
12:14The quint?
12:15It could be.
12:16Is it a five?
12:17I don't know.
12:22That wasn't quite it.
12:23We're going to check in with Ken Roxy.
12:24He didn't do the big jump that time.
12:26Roxon jumping out of a 250 today.
12:30First time since 2013 for the veteran out of Germany to race this class.
12:34He is in sixth place now.
12:36Yeah.
12:37This is going to be a tough moto for Ken unless he gets somebody in front of him because how
12:42he finished that first moto not having a rabbit to chase is going to be tough.
12:48Yeah.
12:49It was good for about half of the first moto.
12:51Then started dropping back.
12:52Let's send it back to Katie.
12:53You know, Kenny was one of those guys who's only had four or five days on this 250, this
12:59particular 250.
13:00But I want to make a note here and something that we kind of were all chuckling about earlier
13:04in the week.
13:05Hayden Degan was seven years old the last time Kenny Roxon was on a 250 back in 2013.
13:12Kenny made a note to say it's pretty cool that I've had the opportunity to race the
13:15past generation, the legends of the sport, but also I'm getting to race this younger
13:19generation.
13:20It's all for fun, as Kenny said, and obviously, hopefully, running in sixth, he thought maybe
13:26a top eight would be good, but hopefully he's pretty happy with the sixth right now not
13:29having been on this bike.
13:30I'm sure he is, and he realized these boys are crazy out here, these young millennials
13:35out here.
13:36But Kenny is doing a great job.
13:38And I'm sure it's going to help him in the 450 once he comes back in a couple of weeks
13:42here in the first playoff race.
13:45So let's check the gap now between the leader, Vial, and Degan, who has pulled clear just
13:51a bit from Hymus.
13:53There it is.
13:54And there's third.
13:55Yeah, and shout out to Roderick D. He's right behind these guys.
13:58So he hasn't lost too much time as Hayden takes a look back.
14:02Well, this definitely is a next generation to the point Katie is making about Roxon.
14:07I mean, Hymus, Degan, and DeFrancisco really only about two years of pro experience for
14:14each of those three, and Vial is new over here as a two-time champion coming out of
14:19Europe.
14:20We asked Vial yesterday to assess his 2024 season.
14:23Yeah, I'd like to say the supercross championships was pretty nice, obviously.
14:30I think it's the biggest 250 championships.
14:33I'm a little bit disappointed with the outdoor.
14:35I did a lot of up and downs, and I had some crashes that I think I could have managed
14:42another way.
14:43But, yeah, no, the supercross was nice, and I think I will be really good and ready for
14:49next year.
14:50I kind of struggled a little bit with some crashes this year, and hopefully next year
14:54I should be there.
14:56Well, here's a chance to prove what he can do next year, try to hold off Degan this year.
15:03Yeah, I think Tom's going to be the year of what ifs.
15:06There's a bunch of races where he's been up front and had a chance to win or at least
15:10be on the podium that he threw away himself.
15:12He's riding good as he has been all year, but this is the battle that we thought we
15:17would continue to see after the hang town and how this year started off.
15:22To me, it seems like Tom's a lot quicker on this part of the racetrack than Hayden.
15:25I think some of these inside, Tom's just got a better flowing line, better flow through
15:30this section.
15:31Let's see if Hayden picks up on that or Tom gets away from him.
15:38There's that hard base you were mentioning underneath the dirt.
15:40You can see it.
15:41Shiny stuff.
15:42But what Tom's doing, as I was mentioning in the 450 class, those inside lines, by just
15:47jumping out a little bit, he's jumping over that hard part, and even if he lands in it,
15:52he's not accelerating like these other guys.
15:54You just saw Hayden behind him having a hit, and you saw how much that bike was spinning
15:58up.
15:59I think Tom, by just being a little bit more open and keeping the momentum up, is allowing
16:02him to get away on this side of the racetrack.
16:10See Hyman is still there in third, keeping it interesting.
16:15Tom missed that tail top.
16:20That allowed Deegan to close up Matt.
16:22Great way to end the season to have a battle like this between two of the best.
16:29You know they want it so bad.
16:30The L doesn't need to beat Deegan to win the overall, but there's no way he wants Deegan
16:34to pass him.
16:35It's personal.
16:36This is really personal.
16:37Now Hayden is quicker on this side of the racetrack.
16:41Got some better lines.
16:43Been really quick down here.
16:46J.T.
16:47Remember, this was the title fight for the 250 east.
16:53These two took it all the way down to the wire, and early on in this pro motocross championship,
16:57think about races like hang town where Vial was really applying a lot of pressure to Hayden
17:01Deegan.
17:02So we're kind of back to where we started, if you will.
17:05We're going to wrap up this championship with a battle from the guys who started it.
17:09Halfway through, J.T.
17:10Yep, we are settled in for what should be a good one, and a reminder that monster energy
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17:17It's about as close as Deegan has been at the moment.
17:26Vials going outside.
17:27Deegan tries to run it in.
17:28They bump.
17:29And Deegan runs him wide.
17:30Oh, my gosh.
17:31Yeah, you're talking about domination.
17:32It's on now.
17:33And Deegan slow on the inside.
17:34Didn't want to give the inside back up.
17:35It allowed Vial to run the outside.
17:36Yeah, Tom should have the pass if he can get next to him.
17:37There it is.
17:38Yeah, you like that line the previous lap.
17:39Yeah, just because it puts you on the outside.
17:40He just has more momentum.
17:41But, man, did Hayden just come in there and just move him out of the way.
17:42Tom, I know you ain't going to take that, son.
17:58You can't take that.
17:59And because they slowed down playing the brake check game, look, Hymus is right there again.
18:04Yeah, and I'm sure if he had to choose sides, I know which side he probably will choose.
18:09He's got some action right here.
18:11Yeah, when I saw Vial move left on that straightaway, I knew what was coming next.
18:17Deegan's like, okay, I'm going to go all the way to the right.
18:20And now it's a three-rider battle.
18:21Yeah, you talk about that slippery spot.
18:23Tom slid out, went from the left to the right or right to the left on that part of the racetrack.
18:28But, yeah, as you mentioned, it's allowing chance to get back in here.
18:31They keep playing around.
18:32And number 48 is going to be in this battle as well.
18:38Ah, great stuff between these three and DeFrancisco hanging tough in fourth.
18:48Yeah, Tom's going to have to change this line right before the finish line.
18:51Hayden's the only one I see doing it.
18:53He's missing that inside run and able to get over that double.
18:56And that's why he's making a lot of time.
18:57So let's pay attention to that.
18:59We've come up on that section as Tom makes a mistake.
19:05Will Deegan get the big air here?
19:06He did it on one lap right here.
19:09No.
19:10And now Hyman's trying to set him up.
19:15These corners starting to get those hooks in it really bad.
19:22Now watch this line right here.
19:24Hayden's going to be out here and he's going to slow down and swing out.
19:29Watch.
19:30And that gets him in the inside, James.
19:35You saw it coming.
19:36He's got the lead at the moment.
19:37There it is.
19:38Fiala trying to get back to the right side and he does.
19:39Get some.
19:40Get some, Tom.
19:41Get some.
19:42What a move.
19:43And Deegan's going to try to move him again.
19:44Couldn't get there.
19:45Yeah, I was surprised.
19:46I mean, Hayden was in front of him.
19:47Tom just leaned on him.
19:48Well, it's a reversal of lines from the previous lap.
20:02Oh, they both spin coming out of that corner.
20:06This is fantastic racing.
20:07I love the fight from Tom.
20:10Like I mentioned, it ain't over yet.
20:12Deegan on the right.
20:13Oh, if he had gotten six inches further out of that corner, he would have got him.
20:23Yellow flags are out.
20:24Someone has gone down.
20:25Let's see how that affects them.
20:26Yeah.
20:27Heads up, Ryan.
20:28It was in the place.
20:29They couldn't see it until the last moment, but, yeah.
20:31Love this battle.
20:32Look at Hymus.
20:33Chance said, I want to have fun, too.
20:34Yeah, can I bang bars as well?
20:35Deegan on the inside.
20:36Oh, that line has come close but it's not worked yet.
20:37Fiala takes a look over at him.
20:38Yeah, I think he was just seeing how close he was.
20:39Tom's been pretty good here.
20:40He stays out of that corner.
20:41He's going to try to get back to the right side and he does.
20:42Oh, he's got it.
20:43He's got it.
20:44He's got it.
20:45He's got it.
20:46He's got it.
20:47He's got it.
20:48He's got it.
20:49He's got it.
20:50He's got it.
20:51He's got it.
20:52He's got it.
20:53He's got it.
20:54He's got it.
20:55He's got it.
20:56He's got it.
20:57He's got it.
20:58He's got it.
20:59He's got it.
21:00He's got it.
21:01He's got it.
21:02He's got it.
21:03He's got it.
21:04He's got it.
21:05He's got it.
21:06He's got it.
21:07He's got it.
21:08He's got it.
21:09He's got it.
21:10He's got it.
21:11He's got it.
21:12He's got it.
21:13He's got it.
21:14He's got it.
21:15He's got it.
21:16He's got it.
21:17He's got it.
21:18He's got it.
21:19He's got it.
21:20He's got it.
21:21He's got it.
21:22Don't get Hampshire in this one.
21:25He would love this type of racing.
21:27This is right up his alley, R J Tom.
21:31He looks over, sees Hymus.
21:35Now his son has to play defense against champions now.
21:41Might have a battle right here.
21:45This section right here?
21:46No, it's not.
21:49That's just outside of this battle.
21:57They are 6th and 7th.
21:59Actually helped out V.L. Because Deegan could not work on V.L. For the lead.
22:04Oh, he almost went down.
22:06He saved that.
22:07Did he dive in deep or did he almost crash?
22:11Which one was it?
22:12Both.
22:13Okay.
22:14He did both.
22:15Takes the lead.
22:16Here's that outside coming up for V.L.
22:18It worked once.
22:19Oh, he's got to get to that corner.
22:23He was too far back this time and now Deegan has secured the lead.
22:30Can Deegan now pull away?
22:31The fire extinguished.
22:32Or can V.L. come back?
22:43This is going to get interesting the next couple of corners.
22:45Can they keep him in sight?
22:47Yeah, they got to keep Hayden in sight.
22:51Just like we witnessed with chase X.
22:52You let him get a gap.
22:53Wait a minute.
22:54Okay.
22:55What just happened there?
23:00So Hymus has passed V.L. as well.
23:02Yeah, I mean, overall, Tom's got a pretty good gap on there.
23:08But this is personal.
23:09This is a lot more than it is overall.
23:12You can see it.
23:13I think that number 48 wants a piece of number one right now.
23:18So chance Hymus going to try to run Deegan down.
23:21Final motor of the year at just about pride.
23:23See how this one ends.
23:36So not sure what happened to V.L. There, James, but they've left him behind.
23:41Might just be down to these two.
23:43Yeah, I mean, we've been seeing a lot of back and forth, guys gaining and losing time.
23:49So maybe Tom can regroup and get these guys.
23:51But I think chance is on a mission right here.
23:55Katie, what has happened to Levi Kitchin in this moto?
23:58Katie?
23:59I can tell you his streak has ended.
24:00Coming out of that wood section right before Godzilla, he said his leg got twisted up underneath
24:05his bike and he pulled off the track for precautionary reasons.
24:08So no speculations here except for the fact that they are working on him.
24:12And we do now know that his streak has ended.
24:15Not going to win the overall today.
24:17That would have been three in a row.
24:18Just hope everybody is okay and healthy for the playoffs.
24:19One of the riders I mentioned, rider DeFrancisco is there with V.L.
24:25Fighting for third.
24:26And there's Hempshire also.
24:27Yeah, Tom needs to continue racing forward.
24:28As I mentioned, when these guys got close to him, now he can't run his own lines because
24:37he has to block.
24:38DeFrancisco, when they're doing that, slowing him down, not letting him be able to catch
24:43rider D. I mean, chance Hyman is in front of him.
24:46DeFrancisco, talked to him this morning, man, he was pretty pumped up on the racing license
24:50track.
24:52Things continue to improve for him.
24:55And as I also said in the first moto, this is the track he's raced the most at a national
24:59fourth time here.
25:02The fox raceway track, the opener, he's ridden a ton, but it's so different on a regular
25:06local practice day in California than the national.
25:09We're seeing some real improvement at our DeFrancisco right now.
25:13On that, Troy Lee designs, red bull gas gas.
25:19Yeah, I think what's happening with a lot of these guys, seems like that's the theme
25:24of the day as R.J. Tries to go around the outside of him.
25:28He's up front.
25:29So he's getting that confidence to be able to see these guys not run away.
25:32But he's going to see that 24 on the inside of you.
25:35R.J.
25:36Yeah, R.J.
25:37Time.
25:38Yeah, get him up in the mix.
25:41Fourth place for R.J.
25:43On the rock star Husqvarna.
25:45You would not think this is a guy who's coming back from injury.
25:48He's riding really well.
25:50Hampshire, coming back from a wrist injury.
25:55Has only ridden a few days really since then.
25:59He said the problem with the wrist is it's good most of the time, but just one wrong
26:02landing and you can suddenly just have shooting pains through it.
26:07It did happen, he said, during one of the motos last week at buds creek, hoping it would
26:12be better today.
26:13Now he has B.A.L. in his sights.
26:21While this is settled down for the moment, we can give you the motosport.com whole shot
26:25replay.
26:27Here it comes.
26:32That Tom Bial was cleaning.
26:34Chance was there close.
26:35Gets a better start than he did.
26:36Looks like he's on the, that wasn't him.
26:37That was like max.
26:38But it was Tom Bial.
26:39Out front.
26:40I also think kitchen got shut down by B.L.
26:41And he had to turn one almost last.
26:42Then he had that crash.
26:43Now he's out of the moto.
26:44That's the ride of the finish.
26:45Second in moto one.
26:46Oh!
26:47Well, you know what?
26:48I just can't tell anymore.
26:49I don't know what are mistakes and what are on-purpose moves.
27:03I don't think we all try to make a mistake on purpose, but we're going to make it seem
27:07like that way.
27:08He won't even remember what mistake.
27:10These guys are, just like we witnessed in the 450 class, these guys are losing all that
27:14time.
27:15Brad here in the finish line, Hayden is the only one making that inside line work.
27:18We saw him pass Tom right there, but I just watched him in front of us just gapping these
27:23guys quite a bit on that one turn as RJ is now starting to close in on Tom.
27:30He's about to make the pass.
27:31Now, the good thing for B.L. is none of the riders he's battling with had the first motos
27:37they would have liked.
27:38So he's still going to win the overall, even if he gets passed by Hampshire.
27:43I think even if he got passed by DeFrancisco, that's how flip-flop the order has been.
27:51But I believe Hampshire would be on the podium today if he can make the pass.
27:54Yeah.
27:55I was going to mention that.
27:57the podium puts RJ on and coming back from an injury, I'm sure he's probably pretty happy
28:03with that.
28:04I mean, he's got to be happy with the way he's riding today, even over last weekend,
28:08the improvement.
28:09Yeah.
28:10He only rode about five days before Buck's Creek and then pretty much rained out at home
28:19this week.
28:21Really got back up to speed quickly as he's challenging right now.
28:26When we come back from injuries, we always say we ride less than what we do.
28:30All right.
28:31Okay.
28:32During the off season, we ride way more than what we do.
28:35Letting up the truth serum up here.
28:37I'm sorry, guys.
28:38You just gave away the secret.
28:39I gave away.
28:40I'll be honest with the people at home.
28:43Yeah.
28:44He said, you wouldn't believe how little I rode.
28:49I'm like, well, I know how little you rode.
28:50You told me about it last week.
28:51And the week before, you told me how little you rode.
28:54Yeah.
28:55Yeah.
28:56We get stuck on two days for a long time.
28:58We've been around for two days for a month.
29:01Second day on the bike.
29:03Yeah.
29:04He is giving the all he can handle right now for third in the moto.
29:09And you never know with Hampshire, you'd say, oh, he must know this is an overall podium.
29:13I mean, Hampshire always gives you everything he has.
29:16He didn't even realize that.
29:20And almost made the pass as we head to the woods.
29:23He's got it.
29:24Yeah.
29:25You can see, Tom, like, he's starting to sit down a lot.
29:27So I don't know.
29:29It almost looks like he's either tired or maybe labored because, yeah, he's sitting down.
29:35It seems like he's trying to be light on the motorcycle, almost like he hurt a little bit.
29:39And you can see him looking back.
29:42I think there has to be something going on because usually he doesn't pay back that hard.
29:47Yeah.
29:48He's just got that insurance policy because the tough first moto for everyone else, he'll
29:54still be the overall winner.
29:56As you see the event total points on the left side.
29:59R.J.
30:00Hempshire up to third.
30:01That would be third overall.
30:03And it's settled down now.
30:10That was furious racing for about five, ten minutes.
30:14Now, we just caught this out of the corner.
30:16Our eye will give you the replay.
30:18Choo-choo.
30:19Julian Bumer went down.
30:22This is right before the finish line.
30:24This is where Hayden, he was off the track.
30:27Just an insult to injury.
30:29Getting back on the track.
30:31Yeah.
30:32He's like, man, they caught me on TV.
30:35All the people at peacock, they got me.
30:38No bondo is going to show that.
30:40There it is.
30:41Back up and ride.
30:42Sorry.
30:43He's up 15th.
30:44So he's okay.
30:45Eighth in moto one.
30:46It's been a very effective rookie season for the rider out of Arizona.
30:51The former jet ski racer, son of a jet ski mechanic.
30:57He moved on to the motocross bike to go back to Hampshire.
31:04Now he's hanging with him a little bit.
31:06Yeah.
31:07I mean, talking about dropping the hammer, these guys out front, you know, Hayden, obviously,
31:12and then chase Hyman.
31:14These guys dropped him.
31:16Almost 15 seconds over third place.
31:18Yeah.
31:19There was a moment where they were all in the same shot.
31:22Top five of them.
31:25I think R.J. Just looked over and made the same note we did.
31:28They're gone.
31:29Looked over and realized there was nobody there.
31:32The rest of the order, DeFrancisco, master pool, Amstey, smith eighth, smith the great
31:40first moto.
31:42With third.
31:43Roxan is ninth.
31:44So we're going to be looking at about a 9.9, I believe, for Roxan on the 250 today.
31:49Yeah.
31:50I think Kenny, I'm sure he's having fun.
31:53Maybe not right now.
31:54His second moto.
31:55But he's done a good job.
32:00Here's Mark Fittis.
32:02Oh.
32:04And this is pretty important in a way you might not even realize.
32:09Boomer's crash moved Mark Fittis from 18th to 17th.
32:14And that one point would be enough to move him into 29th and make it a lot easier.
32:20Last chance qualifier for the S.M.X.
32:23Playoffs.
32:24And if you're outside the top 30, you're on the outside looking in.
32:28So that might make all the difference right there.
32:31He and Miller, Henry Miller, would be tied.
32:35And they would both be into the last chance qualifiers.
32:38Fittis actually out of Indiana.
32:40Said about 40 minutes from here.
32:42I asked him about it this morning.
32:44But they don't have a lot of racing at this track.
32:48So he doesn't actually have a lot of laps here.
32:51He said somehow he snuck into the woods on a pit bike once.
32:54I don't know how he pulled that off.
32:57I just saw it on there.
32:59But, yeah, that position, as we just mentioned with Mark Fittis, it's like the golf when they're playing the FedEx cup playoff.
33:06You know, a putt is going to put you into the top 30.
33:09Same thing here in motocross with this playoff seating.
33:12These guys don't realize it.
33:14Every position really counts at this point to have a chance.
33:18Yep.
33:19Or else you're out.
33:20You don't even get to go to the L.C.Q.
33:22So we go back to Deegan, the leader.
33:24He just busted that jump out for reals.
33:26Just did it.
33:27Yeah.
33:28Well, I know it's easier.
33:29It really just comes down to if he can get over that jump before.
33:33But he's landed in a hole.
33:35So it allows him to save a little bit of energy.
33:38And he's just showing out, of course.
33:40Well, that's what he wanted to do.
33:42And buckle up.
33:44Because the podium time is usually get the popcorn time with Deegan.
33:49We'll see what he says after this battle.
33:51And that was knock down drag out with him and Vial for a while.
33:55And Hymus in it also.
33:57Yeah, I would say this is the first race, at least in a long time, that we had all three of these guys up here.
34:03Chance Hymus and Tom Vial.
34:05And outside of Levi.
34:07I mean, these are the top three in this class.
34:09As far as speed-wise in this.
34:13Top four in points.
34:14Yeah, and it was exciting for a bit.
34:16But down the stretch, this is what Deegan has done all year.
34:19No one's better in those final five minutes, those final couple of laps, than the number one.
34:27Up in the danger zone.
34:30Oddly, this will be only the third, second Moto victory for Deegan.
34:35He's done most of his damage in Moto 1.
34:37Seven Moto 1 wins.
34:39And honestly, when you look at this total, the 10 Moto wins on the year, 10 Moto wins and 22 Motos, that's good.
34:46But we've seen much more dominant seasons than that.
34:48It's really the consistency where Deegan did the damage in the points.
34:52Yeah, I mean, this first race, it was the first time he was outside of the top ten.
34:56Yeah, all year.
34:58Yeah, all year.
34:59And we've been talking about it, you know, throughout the shows and during the week,
35:02is that his points lead, it's a lot bigger than actually his dominance over the field.
35:08Last weekend's first Moto was, there's your Quinn.
35:11There you go.
35:12Whoa.
35:13Yeah.
35:14Let me know.
35:15Last time he was here, he had me jumping out of my seat, hitting the triple over the finish line.
35:18That's right.
35:19So he's got to show up.
35:20But yeah, Hayden's been able to answer the bell and win the races that he needed to win.
35:27And I think the times that he's won has made this championship a lot more dominant than
35:34actually what you would say on the race wins.
35:36But this kid, by no means, is the champion.
35:40And showing those guys again, they...
35:42Yeah, they have been battles like this Moto was.
35:46But he has been the strongest, no doubt.
35:48And it's momentum rebuilt as the playoffs loom.
35:51This is the scene last year.
35:53Hayden Deegan in dramatic fashion.
35:55Didn't get the finish he wanted in the first Moto in Los Angeles.
35:58But pulled it off to win the World Championship in the second Moto in L.A.
36:04Just edged out Joe Shimoda.
36:06And we expect that kind of drama again when the playoffs begin in two weeks.
36:15And we are on to the final lap of the season.
36:18And it's going to end in symbolic fashion as Deegan looks to get the Moto win.
36:23Won't be the overall today.
36:25And actually won't even be on the overall podium.
36:27Only going to be fourth.
36:29Yeah, you can start thinking like last year with this Motocross series.
36:34And then obviously having the playoffs.
36:36What is done for this kid.
36:38Because he would have ended Motocross having some DNFs and, you know, a bad finish.
36:42But because we have the playoff format, he was able to get in there and win this title.
36:46And ever since then, this kid's been rolling.
36:48He didn't have the Supercross season he wanted.
36:50But he was right there.
36:52Of course, when he gets to the Motocross.
36:54So it shows you having these playoffs and what it's allowed Hayden to be able to do by winning that title.
36:59Now you're getting a kid that's on a roll.
37:01And who knows where this boat might stop.
37:04Yeah, might not stop for a long time.
37:07And I would imagine he couldn't have drawn this Moto up better.
37:12He started behind those guys.
37:14They threw everything they had at him.
37:16And he was able to reestablish himself.
37:19The last two Motos that he's won.
37:22Last weekend at Butts Creek.
37:24And this one is probably the most satisfying Motos of the year for him.
37:28To be able to beat these guys straight up.
37:30And probably fun with the battle with Tom.
37:32And then the quint.
37:35I think.
37:37It might be a quad.
37:39I can't even count how many jumps are in there.
37:41Four or five.
37:43Whatever he says.
37:45He's gotten some air time at this track.
37:47Every year he tries something spectacular.
37:49Actually tried it as a pro in his debut two years ago.
37:51Went down hard back there.
37:53Boys, he improved since then.
37:55Not going to win the overall today.
37:57But a big second Moto win for Hayden Began.
38:01After he crashed twice and finished 11th in Moto 1.
38:04The door is open for the overall.
38:06And finally Tom Piala is going to get an overall win.
38:09Here the final day of Pro Motocross.
38:13Managed it in the second Moto.
38:15Interesting to find out what happened.
38:17Great in Moto 1.
38:19No doubt about that.
38:21Looks like he's got a little bit of labor.
38:23But what he's got is the overall victory.
38:25Tom Piala wins the Ironman national.
38:28With one of four scores.
38:30First win of the year in Pro Motocross for him.
38:33Said last week.
38:35Honestly I'm pretty pissed off.
38:37I haven't won one of these.
38:39And he gets it done today.
38:41Yeah, good ride.
38:42But it's going to be one of those bittersweet ones.
38:44You can tell he's a happy one overall.
38:46But there's something going on.
38:48Whether it's him or the motorcycle.
38:50He seems a little bummed.
38:56They show they have the speed.
38:58Yeah, wondering the body language here.