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00:00Sexton é flanked by the Quad Lock Hondas
00:03Who have been getting phenomenal starts
00:05Shane McElrath, Joey Cevacci
00:07Don't be surprised to see either the 12 or the 17 up there
00:11Great start, Cooper Webb!
00:13Oh, watch him ride that bank
00:14Oh! Down!
00:16One or two riders went down hard and fast
00:18So you have a checklist, James
00:21On a championship night
00:23And this is checking off one of the boxes right here
00:26Getting that start in the heat race
00:28Just putting yourself in a great spot
00:30And get it to the main event
00:31Yeah, absolutely
00:32But I want to get another shot off that start
00:34Because that was really close for Chase
00:36Chase is one of the ones that actually kind of caused that crash
00:39But I think it was because Cooper might have came over on him
00:41Maybe just to set up for that angle
00:42We'll see if Chase was fired up last weekend
00:45Oh!
00:46How about the start from Dean Wilson?
00:48Dino runs second
00:49He's riding with a sore back, too
00:51You see the strength of number four, Chase Sexton
00:54He almost went down
00:56Clipped his front wheel on the back of Cevacci's rear wheel
00:59I believe that's who we made contact with
01:02That was close
01:03That boy's strong
01:04Yes
01:04So Webb leads Wilson, Sexton, Cevacci
01:09Han, McElrath, then Benny Bloss
01:13Yeah, Chase has been riding so good these last few weeks
01:17And what he's been really good at is being patient
01:19Just letting the track come into him
01:20Like someone's like he knows he has to speed
01:23Eventually he'll catch him and he's starting to close up the gap on him already
01:26Yeah, there's no disputing that he has the speed
01:29And he told us, you know
01:31That was one of the things that he's really worked on
01:33Especially in the latter part of the series
01:35Is having that calmness about him
01:39And not making those mistakes
01:41And he's done a fantastic job in improving in that area
01:45Yeah, fantastic job
01:46Dean Wilson, look at him go in second
01:48Yeah
01:48Filling in aboard the Honda HRC 450
01:51For the Lawrence brothers
01:53And he told me he jacked his back up earlier this week
01:57So when he compresses, it really bothers him
01:59Sexton through to second
02:01Well, from what I've seen from opening ceremonies
02:03It's an old man on that bike
02:05That's where I'm from
02:05So I'm back on there
02:07But nice move by Chase
02:08And he's already on the back wheel of Cooper Webb already
02:11You'll watch Chase's bike looks a little bit softer
02:15And the happy part of the suspension stroke
02:18James, just a little more compliant
02:20Especially in areas like this
02:22Where it's slick, hard packed
02:23Look at that drive
02:24Yep, wow
02:25Wow
02:26His Sexton
02:27He's on the scene rapidly
02:30It's going to tell you all you need to know
02:31If Chase feels like Cooper was involved in that
02:34That first turn incident or not
02:36But again, it's nice to have that speed
02:39And he looks easy doing it
02:41And it's been like that for the last few weeks
02:43I don't expect for Chase to do anything here
02:48Especially in the heat race
02:50I just think he's a great competitor
02:52But that's why they race, James
02:58Man out in front
02:59Cooper Webb
03:00Five wins on the season
03:01Second place Chase Sexton
03:04Six wins on the season
03:06Inside
03:07And here we go for the lead
03:08Now watch this
03:09Now Cooper gets the jump
03:11And there he goes
03:13Now I think he'd probably have to come back
03:16Yeah
03:17From the angle
03:17But yeah
03:18It looked to me like he was trying to close out Savace maybe
03:22Early on
03:22Yeah, it looks like he goes into Joey
03:24And then he cuts back
03:26And then obviously catches Chase's front wheel
03:27Chase almost goes down
03:29And he gets it in those other guys
03:30So Freddie Norrin and Tristan Lane
03:31Yeah
03:32Maybe from a different angle
03:34It looked different
03:35But yeah, I was wondering with Chase
03:37How he felt about that
03:38Feels good about it
03:39Started pulling the weight
03:40And look, Cooper Webb knows
03:46We spent some time
03:48Talking to each of the title contenders
03:50Ricky James and myself did earlier this week
03:53And Cooper knows where he's at
03:55What's at stake
03:56And how it can be managed
03:58And he knows that
03:59He holds the upper hand in this situation
04:01He said, I'm not going to change a whole lot
04:03Of what I do
04:03How I ride
04:04Just going to go out there
04:05And do what I do
04:06And we'll see what happens
04:08Yeah, and he's going to have to
04:10He's going to have to race forward
04:11Because as you can see
04:12Dean Wilson's not that far behind him
04:13If you go back to that other heat race
04:15With Malcolm Stewart
04:17And Aaron Plessinger
04:18Cooper's going to have to keep fighting forward
04:20So we'll see what happens
04:21JT
04:22Yeah, James
04:23I think for Coop
04:24He's just going to be situational
04:26And he's said as much
04:27But the big key here
04:28Is like Ricky said
04:29I think you just have to
04:30Keep things going the right direction
04:32Get a good qualifying position
04:34In the afternoon
04:34Which is going to give you
04:35A good gate pick for the heat
04:36You get a good start in the heat
04:38Which is going to set you up
04:39For a good gate pick in the main
04:40Hopefully you get a good start in the main
04:42And things just continue
04:44To snowball your way
04:45And so far, so good
04:47JT, I'm thinking back
04:50To the pre-race press conference
04:52When both these guys
04:54Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton
04:55Were asked a lot of questions
04:56About each other's racing
04:58And the mutual respect
04:59That they seem to have
05:01And they both suggested
05:02That each was making the other one better
05:04So Cooper Webb was saying
05:06That the speed
05:07The ability of Chase Sexton
05:09Was just forcing him
05:10To be the best version of himself
05:12That he thinks he's ever been
05:13And Chase Sexton said
05:15Well, this guy doesn't make any mistakes
05:17So you're forced to be perfect
05:18And he suggested
05:19That was why
05:20These last handful of rounds
05:21He'd been that much better
05:23So incredible to watch
05:24These guys on track
05:25Not only the heat racing now
05:26But in the main two
05:28And just the race craft
05:29The guys that comes with it
05:29Well, kind of what Will
05:31Is talking about too
05:32James
05:32Is it really brings me
05:33To the days when I was racing
05:35You and Chad and McGrath
05:36And, you know
05:37You guys made me better
05:39And I would watch what you did
05:41And I'd watch what Chad would do
05:43Or what Jeremy McGrath would do
05:45And that would help me
05:47In areas that I needed
05:49To improve
05:50And I felt like
05:51When you and I were racing
05:53There were certain things
05:54That maybe you learned
05:55From me and Chad
05:56Yeah, no, 100%
05:57And these guys can also think
05:59Jett Lawrence
05:59I defend the champion
06:00Who's elevated all these guys
06:02Because he came in as a storm
06:04And, you know, won this championship
06:06He elevated Eli Tomac
06:07Chase X
06:08And all these guys have gotten better
06:09So, yeah
06:10It's been a really cool
06:12To watch all of them
06:13And, yeah, you're seeing it
06:15Play out here on the racetrack
06:16Watching number two
06:17That's right
06:18They all had to step their game up
06:20For sure
06:20And they have
06:21They ride faster
06:23Their technique
06:24What they do on the motorcycle
06:26Certainly have elevated the game
06:28Looking in that bottom box
06:29Dean Wilson
06:30Shane McElroy at third and fourth
06:32Three Honda riders all in a row
06:34There with Joey Savace
06:35In fifth as well
06:36Going back to the top box
06:38On the final lap
06:39This guy
06:40Looking at the lap times, James
06:42And he's just laying it down
06:43Right now
06:44Fastest guy
06:44Obviously
06:46He put a 46.9 in
06:48Last lap
06:49He was a 47.2
06:50And there's no one even
06:51Within a second of that
06:53Fastest
06:54Next fastest guy
06:55Would be Savace at a 48.1
06:59So, well
06:59Right under a second
07:00There's a little bit of frustration
07:02That seeps in
07:03For Chase Sexton
07:05For what happened
07:05With those unforced errors
07:07Earlier in the year
07:07And putting himself
07:08He said
07:09In a situation
07:09Where I had to win
07:10But, look
07:11I'm proud of myself
07:12For how I've turned the season around
07:13And the way that I've written it
07:15To notch up six wins
07:16On the season
07:16Checkered flag
07:17Is out
07:18Sexton wins
07:19Is he two of the 450s
07:20Bike two position two
07:26So there you have it
07:28There's only one race left
07:30In the Supercross portion
07:32Of the SMX World Championship
07:34The 450 main coming up
07:36Head to head
07:37Yet again
07:38Sexton V Web
07:39Yeah
07:40Carvels on rails
07:42We'll hear from Chase
07:44When we come back