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00:00most talented riders in the country. It's the 125 main event. Now this is the proving ground for
00:06young professional motocrossers aspiring to be full-fledged factory riders. The country is divided
00:11into two regions east and west for supercross purposes. In earlier ESPN shows we watched the
00:18western region going at it. This is the first race for those riders in the east and the 125 class is
00:24underway and for at least one rider it's just about over. That looks it is it's rider number
00:3036 Mike Jones. Just one year ago Jones finished second overall in the eastern point standing.
00:36He's going to have a rough way to go and a long way to go to make up for that loss in points
00:41this year. Meanwhile the leader is rider number 22 out of Hesperia, California. He's a former
00:46Suzuki Tai Davis. Number 45 is Damon Bradshaw. Bradshaw has to be considered one of the three
00:52race favorites. Bradshaw gets sideways coming off that jump and goes down. Now he's quickly up and
00:58picking up his bike but he is going to lose ground. Let's look at that again. There's Bradshaw. He tries
01:03to turn in midair. He comes down off balance. He may have saved it had he not collided with that
01:08Kawasaki. That is going to hurt Bradshaw's drive for the 125cc championship. Earlier in the year
01:15on other ESPN shows we have shown you, you have seen Bradshaw riding while the 125s were competing
01:21in the western divisions. You've seen Bradshaw aboard a 250. He had made quite a name for himself
01:27this youngster from Charlotte, North Carolina. He has got his work cut out for him today. Here he is.
01:32He's underway at the back of the pack. Bradshaw picked himself up. He was dead last. Let's see
01:38what he's made of. Meanwhile Suzuki rider Tai Davis, rider number 22 from Hesperia, California
01:45has nothing in front of him but the empty Joe Robbie track. He took the whole shot coming out
01:50of the first corner and he's never looked back. He's putting a tremendous amount of distance between
01:55himself and rider number 360, that's Denny Stevenson from Omaha, Nebraska. Davis meanwhile has mastered
02:02this tough sand Joe Robbie stadium track. Stevenson holding out the number two position has company now.
02:08Chris Coleman, Coleman aboard a Kawasaki, rider number 554 has come from out of the pack to make
02:15his presence felt. Earlier this evening Coleman had made the statement that being from upstate New York
02:21that sand was unfamiliar to him. Now what he meant was he had never ridden on a track made entirely
02:27of sand. Look at this around the outside he's at home in the sand right now. He got a good drive
02:33on the outside of Denny Stevenson but Stevenson took Coleman all the way to the edge of the track
02:38and Coleman had to back off the throttle. Now if that pass attempt had been made late in the race
02:43I rather doubt that Coleman would have backed out of it. I think he would have tried to pull his way
02:48past Stevenson. Both of the riders, second and third place are aboard Kawasaki. They are not
02:53however teammates. Coleman is a privateer from upstate New York while Stevenson receives help
02:59from Kawasaki as a member of the Kawasaki factory support program team green and now we have our
03:05eyes on Damon Bradshaw, rider number 45 and look at Bradshaw slash his way cutting his way through
03:12traffic. On the opening lap Bradshaw was running about fifth or sixth and he crashed. He looked to
03:18be out of this race. I cannot believe what I'm seeing. Bradshaw has worked his way well up inside
03:24the top 10 and he is still going strong. Now earlier we mentioned that Bradshaw had been riding 250.
03:30He asked this rising young superstar what is the difference between the two on a supercross track.
03:37Well he got to ride a lot harder just to do anything on a 125. A 250 you got a little bit
03:42of forgiving to it but uh you know my bike's running really good. My mechanic Mike Chavez and
03:47Yamaha and all the guys Yamaha helped me get my bike really strong so I think it should be good.
03:52Good indeed. Whether Bradshaw is aboard a 125 or a 250 there is no question in my mind that he'll
03:58handle it. Stay with us we'll be back with the conclusion of the 125 right after this for the
04:03discoveries of the Camel Supercross Series. You're watching the 125 main event. That's young
04:08Damon Bradshaw has fallen again. Damon Bradshaw from Charlotte, North Carolina aboard a Yamaha
04:15rider number 45 for the second time today has fallen. Watch the replay. Bradshaw in that left
04:21hand turn just loses it goes down in the sand. He's all right he's quickly up he's back on the
04:27racetrack but he's got his work cut out for him one more time. Now there's your leader Ty Davis
04:33rider number 22 on the yellow Suzuki. Davis had been getting signals from his pit area his mechanic
04:39that Bradshaw was coming and indeed Bradshaw had worked well up inside the top five.
04:44Now Bradshaw is chasing in the number three position he's chasing rider number 554 Chris
04:51Coleman who is certainly in second. That's the kind of charge that Bradshaw has made. Bradshaw fell
04:57to tell you in the opening lap and found himself almost dead last and now now look at that. Bradshaw
05:04converts a couple of single jumps into one big double and he takes over the number two position.
05:10Here it is again. Coleman simply rides through that jump. Bradshaw grabs a handful of throttle
05:17a lot of air and he's hauled it to the number two position and now he's within striking distance of
05:22Ty Davis. Davis has got to be worried and they've got to be worried in the Suzuki pit. Since the
05:28opening round Davis has circulated this track at his own speed. He's not been challenged for that
05:33number one spot. He has used the lines that he wants to use on the track. Bradshaw on the other
05:38hand has had to ride full bar the entire distance. He has tried every line on the track. Bradshaw
05:45has the adrenaline flowing. Davis has to pick himself up now by the bootstrap and force himself
05:51to try new lines to go faster. An example of what I'm talking about is that double jump where
05:55Bradshaw passed Coleman and here it is. Bradshaw is the only 125 cc rider on the track to make
06:02that jump. Every other rider is riding through it. There is no question that my mind with just a
06:08couple of laps to go that if Ty Davis wants to hold down that number one spot he is going to
06:13have to attack that double. If he doesn't Bradshaw will take over that number one spot. He'll pass
06:20there just like he passed Chris Coleman just a lap and a half ago. Now Bradshaw is approaching
06:25that spot where he fell just a few moments ago. Bradshaw though is not even thinking about Brad.
06:31It's the furthest thing from his mind. Right now he can read the writing on Ty Davis's tire.
06:36Bradshaw wants this win. He's got the adrenaline flowing and he's going after it full bar. A right
06:42hand corner. A lap rider in between the two. Bradshaw quickly disposes of that rider and sets
06:48his sight once again on Ty Davis. Now comes the double and Davis rides through it. Bradshaw jumps
06:54it. Look at this. Bradshaw double jumps at the end of it and he's balled him in front of Ty Davis.
06:59Here it is. There's the double. Now watch Bradshaw. He's setting up for another huge jump
07:04and that one carried Bradshaw into the number one spot and here he is less than a lap to go.
07:10The man of the hour being chased now by Ty Davis, rider number 22. The man that up until just
07:16one half lap ago has led this entire race. Davis out of Hesperia, California has got to be wondering
07:22what he did wrong. Here's that double jump and it's Davis's first opportunity to see exactly what
07:28he did do wrong and Bradshaw with a brief wave to the crowd takes the checkered flag and here is
07:34Davis. He led every lap of this race except the one that counted. Here are the final results of
07:39the 125 cc main. Bradshaw and Davis of course finished in the one-two position. Chris Coleman
07:45was third. He was followed by Denny Stevenson and rounding out the top five Mike Trudowski from team
07:50Honda. A look at six through ten shows Derrick Rowe in the number six position. He's followed by
07:57in seventh Stevie Childress. Eighth place Bill Wallin. Then comes Barry Carson and Brian Carroll.
08:03Let's go to Gary Bailey who was with Bradshaw. Damon no doubt an excellent ride. Two fall downs.
08:10I mean what what else could go wrong for you? Well I don't know. I just I'm glad my bike was running
08:15really good. After I got up that second time I said you know I don't know if I have a chance.
08:19I ain't got a couple laps left but I got up and my adrenaline was just flowing so good that I just
08:23I had my mind on Ty and it really worked for me that everything went good. It couldn't win
08:27any better. I like to win with dirt on my number plate. It makes me feel a lot better.
08:32Great excellent ride. No thanks a lot Gary. Next on ESPN the 250 supercross main event.
08:38Stay with us. We'll be right back.