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[Assistant] Uhm, the way he's riding, hit the skill level, the speed he has, he's got these guys, uhm, right where he wants them. Uhm, I think that


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[Assistant] Uh, this, this, the type of track that we just had there in Birmingham was, was actually really tight, was, was...


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[Assistant] Um, you know, you had the ruts coming through, uh, you had to put yourself in a, in a good starting position off the line. Like we always say every show, um, but especially something like this track without one, without a whoop section.


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[Assistant] Um, a lot of full one eighties type little straightaways. Um, so it can become one line.


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[Assistant] Uh, so I honestly, I think that, uh, right now he's got these guys, uhm, trying to, trying to, their heads are spinning. They're trying to figure out how to bridge that gap, stop these wins. I know it's, it's, he's only, he's only got a handful of wins this season, but he's got the most of anybody and he's been the most consistent. So these boys are going to have to get their, uh, get their button gear, yeaah.


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[Assistant] Honestly, it's, it's after this weekend, put a big old wedge in between, uh, our point standings. As you see right now, we're showing 185 for Jet Lawrence. We're showing 13 down for Coop. So in my opinion, yes, is Chase still in the, in the championship hunt? Yes, he is, but he's 20 down. So life support is from Chase down to,


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[Assistant] Uh, let's, let's call it, uh, Aaron Plesinger. We only had a few races ago that Aaron was six or seven points out of the lead in inside, you know, inside 10 points for the lead, but now we're, we're, we're looking right now. He's sitting seventh and he's 39 points down.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so really, honestly, everybody out of second place, uh, is life support. I mean, we're closing down towards the end of this season.


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[Assistant] We have some, as we just saw, as you said, Ricky, Friday was a total, um, uh, rainfest. They had the track covered. Dirtworks did an amazing job with keeping that and getting it up to snuff on what they needed. But we're going to Seattle. We're going to some more open stadiums.


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[Assistant] These guys have to figure out how to bridge that gap to, uh,


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[Assistant] To uhm, close this points up. Coop does. He's got to. He has to get inside. I would say running down to the last, last three or four rounds, Coop needs to be within, let's, let's call it eight. I'm gonna throw a number out there. Let's call it eight. He needs to bridge some more points up to really keep this thing alive.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and, and, and like I said, you want with two to three to four rounds to go, you know, if you're inside of three or four rounds to go, you need to have, you need to be close enough in striking distance. And why I say that is because.


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[Assistant] At this level, you're going to pick up two to three points per round, right? Let's call it, let's, I'm just guessing, I'm just throwing it out there. You're not, unless there's a big mistake by Jet, a mechanical or a major mistake, you know, then sure, you could pick up 10 points on a weekend just like that. We all know it can happen. It's, it's, it's motorcycle racing, but the way Jet's going right now,


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[Assistant] These guys, Coop needs to get himself in the game. So are he, where it comes down to these last three, where the pressure cooker really comes in, now he's within striking distance. One little mistake. Yeah. If you've got two or three rounds left and you make up two points this weekend and three points next weekend, now you're within two or three for the championship coming down to the last round. And that's what he's got to do.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know, Ricky, I think that Coop being in that position, being able to ride behind Jet, uh, for that, for that whole moto, for that whole race, uhm, it's probably a little bit of the intensity, the intensity everywhere on the track. Look, Coop's a phenomenal top, top rider, two-time supercross champ, he knows


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[Assistant] Uhm, how to win. He knows how to do this, but he hasn't really put himself in a position to really be able to kind of really study what Jet's doing and the intensity in between the rhythm sections and also him being crafty. Jet's very crafty on a track like that. Uhm, so it's those little things. It's not, yes, did he learn something?


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[Assistant] I think he did and I think a lot of that is also a mental learning. It's not like, hey, I learned where the line was and I learned how to jump this and no, no, no, it's just up top here in your head. You can get, you can bridge that gap mentally. You're like, okay, no, he just said it. He goes.


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[Assistant] I kinda, I saw what happened. I saw where I need to be. I saw the pace, uhm, the intensity. Uhm, and I think that's where, this is kinda the first time Coop's kinda been in that position to really sit there and second for that long.


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[Assistant] Those are the things you need to be able to see and the more that it happens, uhm, the closer I think, uh, Coop will be able to get to bridging that gap.


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[Assistant] Exactly, because Coops, Coops, uh, where he is strong is, is from, let's call it halfway till the end of the race. You know, he's one of those late kind of chargers. It takes him to build up some steam and then he, then he keeps going. But with a kid, right, you're, you're talking, let's talk an age gap, let's talk a career gap in between, um, you know, like,


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[Assistant] That's where Koop need, like you said, I agree, needs to be better. He needs to be more explosive in those first five laps and be able to.


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[Assistant] Put uhm, Jett on the defensive right away. Not let him get, I mean, one and a half to two seconds is enough for Jett to be able to ride. As you turn around a whole 180, you look, okay, he's right there, you can mark him. Uhm, he's not under pressure, but you need to put him under pressure for 20 minutes.


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[Assistant] No, it is totally. Look, we got the points. Thanks, Aaron, for getting the points up for our viewers. But we got Eli at 26 down. Uhm, yeaah, he's another major life support right now with being 6 rounds to go.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I, look, I'm still going to say that I don't know if we have seen the best of Eli, but if we have, uhm, you know, like, what a hell of a career, uhm, you know, come back from a major, like,


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[Assistant] I think, I've had three ACL surgeries, I've had collarbones, I've had multiple, my, you know, my, my tib, fib and all these, but I've never done an Achilles. I've, and I, but I've only heard a lot about them and they're very, they are very tough to come back.


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[Assistant] I don't know if it's this Achilles tendon. I said this a couple shows ago.


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[Assistant] I think it's him being 31 years old. I think it's him having three kids or two kids at home. Money in the bank, maybe he hasn't realized yet because he's still in the racing scenario. He's still in the toilet bowl, let's call it.


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[Assistant] But I think that his, his mentally, he might be just not wanting to push that, ride that limit that we saw every year past to this point, which is totally okay.


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[Assistant] Could I run the pace of, of, of James, um, for maybe a few laps or, or half the race potentially, um, you know, and we're talking two or three tenths, but two or three tenths a lap on a 53 second lap time track.


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[Assistant] You know, you start compounding every lap and it's pretty soon you're a second and two seconds and three seconds behind. Uhm, you let those guys like that, especially to your point if there's a quad on the track or if there's something that is


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[Assistant] Very technical that he's jumping. Um, I can remember Anaheim two, one of the races that, uh, he jumped a quad. He ended up winning that night. I jumped it twice. I jumped at the, uh,


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[Assistant] Lap two and lap three and then at lap three I did clip it, luckily made it out.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but I stopped jumping it. That was my race because I stopped jumping it. And you have to be in this position. You have to be smart. You have to know like, hey, today I'm not laying down. I'm not laying back, but you're going to play a different hand of cards, uhm, on nights like this. But being that we're six races.


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[Assistant] Uhm, his moral of the story, his season started off a little too slow.


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[Assistant] Uhm, very tight stuff, so it makes it hard to pass, and when you start around 10th place, like, you're not coming, you're not gonna bridge the gap to the podium guys, you know? Uhm, I mean, he did, he made it to the podium, but,


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[Assistant] Far off a coop, far off of, off of Jett in any position to race with those guys. So to where we're at right now, you cannot give up that many starting positions.


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[Assistant] Uhm, most of that race, I'm sure he got maybe a little tight, blew up the lungs and the arms maybe, whatever it is. Uhm, but that was his first, his first main event in that position, being stuck in between those guys, racing, he rode well, yes there was no whoops.


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[Assistant] But everybody had to deal with the same thing. It's all, everybody's on the same track. So deal with it, race with it. And he, he rode, he rode really well. He's kind of, I think he's finding himself on that 450, on that star young.


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[Assistant] Look, you could take any one of those, those top guys and you put them on, let's call it soft suspension, uhm, they will ride around and jump all over one of those jumps, uh, and look like a professional.


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[Assistant] To your point of being soft suspension, if it was a touch soft or it is soft, maybe they're trying to get that thing to get compliant and better traction and work better through the bumps.


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[Assistant] Typically that's what you do because we run our suspension so, so stiff, especially the forks and the shock. Anytime you have either a little bit of sticky dirt, chattery, tight turns like we had this weekend, and the track breaking down like you do,


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[Assistant] Uhm, it is, it's harder to ride the motorcycle when it's that stiff. So, if it is a little bit soft, now you go into the main event, you have all these ruts, you have things getting deeper every lap, the ruts and the turns getting deeper, the track breaking down.


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[Assistant] That's soft, if it is soft, like you said, we don't really know, but uhm, if it is soft,


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[Assistant] It's going to be massively drastically, uh, exagerated on a, on a, on a beat up track, like we saw in the main event. If you are a little bit stiff, I've, I ran into that problem myself. Um, another Anaheim two race before I retired. Um, it's when I lost my gas cab, lost my glove.


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[Assistant] Uh, I ran too soft of front forks. I literally went only about, I don't know, maybe 12 inches, a foot too deep into a rhythm section where my forks glue out on me and I just, I crashed, went down. That's what, that's why we run these things so stiff, which it's, it's, it's a give and take. You have to have it stiffer for the, for the amount of load.


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[Assistant] So maybe that's what they're fighting with. I know we talked about some internal fork changes last, uh, last week with the KYB internals. Uhm, you know, uh, I think he's still got some work to do, to your point.


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[Assistant] With his experience, his level, past champion, you need to be able to make moves. You watch Kenny, he sat behind him, he didn't sit too long. What I saw from Chase was exactly what Dunge would do in a lot of scenarios when it came down to crunch time to passing somebody.


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[Assistant] Quick on your feet, when you see that hole, the first time you see it, you need to capitalize on it. And that's what Chase didn't do. He rode behind him for too long. If you watch Kenny, he came out, he put himself in the right position, tripled into that turn, and ran him up high and was able to go underneath.


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[Assistant] Uhm, if you can, if you are controlling the turn, like Hayden had, yes, did he come over? Did he chop? Yes, he did. Uhm, but he, number one, he controlled the turn. Uhm, coming in.


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[Assistant] Uh, I also, at first glance, didn't see that, uh, Seth had to go around, uhm, Dax, right? Like right here, we're showing replay right there, they come over.


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[Assistant] That's I think ultimately what started it. Him having to readjust, go around Dax, right? Here you see him go around, he actually drops his left elbow.


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[Assistant] But at that point it was too late, they were coming into the turn, Hayden was on his way over, uhm.


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[Assistant] So I think it's no, no, no, no fault, no, no harm on either side. In my opinion, it was a racist incident, but well,


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[Assistant] Everybody else is subject behind him to watch what's happening and to be ready for somebody to cut you off. If you don't have


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[Assistant] I'm talking one grip length on anybody. You're not in control of the first turn. So you are now subject to have.


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[Assistant] Who's coming up the inside? Who's coming, who's coming from the right? Who's gonna come in behind me? Uhm, if I get on the brakes too hard, am I gonna get, uhm, rear-ended? Uh, so there's a lot, a lot of things going on.


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[Assistant] Um, I don't think it was ultimately, it was Seth's fault, but I think it was a racing incident. I'm not going to sit here.


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[Assistant] I do think it was SesFault because he was behind so he should have hit the brakes. He was behind Dax and he should have hit the brakes. He should have noticed.


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[Assistant] That's my opinion, but I do think there's a lot of things that are happening and so fastly.


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[Assistant] Yes. So be light. I'm going to say light on whose fault it was because it is a racing incident.


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[Assistant] And at that point, you know, as soon as that gate drops, you know, as soon as that gate drops, if you have a start or not.


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[Assistant] Um, and at that point, if you know you don't have that start, it is, um, how do I salvage making through this first turn without ending up on the ground and coming out, um, in a, in a respectable position. That, that's, so you gotta make so fast, quick decisions in that scenario.


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[Assistant] Uhm, to, to come out, uh, you know, not on the ground and that's not what happened.


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[Assistant] Well, that is a fine line and I was telling my father-in-law yesterday, uhm, about that and, you know, look, I agree with what you, everything you just said, but what I, what he has to be careful, he's walking a fine line right now.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, it's a first turn pile up. Half the time you don't know where it comes from. So, uh, but I do think he needs to...


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[Assistant] I don't want to say clean up his act a little bit, because I like who he is, I like who he's being, I like who he's betraying, but also, uhm, there, like I said, it's a fine line, you know, you need to keep, you gotta keep your fans happy, gotta keep everybody, everybody on your side, and you also need to have a few friends out there on the track if you're in this championship positions as it runs down.


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[Assistant] Look, if you're watching right there, we'll run this replay a couple times.


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[Assistant] Dude, Hayden did have the inside. Was he closing on him super fast? He was. But look where Shock went, he made a little mistake in the rut, and at this point right there, they're almost equal. So.


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[Assistant] I'm taking a look over my shoulder right there, especially last turn, uhm, the scenario how, how opened it was. Like I don't, I seen that it hurt, he had a crack in the collarbone and now his season's over, it broke the collarbone after that or, you know, like I've seen some of that stuff on the internet.


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[Assistant] But here's the deal. He was able to bridge that gap.


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[Assistant] Before the turn, it wasn't a T-bone. They were still going straight and they hit each other. Yes, can you be pissed at Hayden?


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[Assistant] I mean, yeaah, I guess you could. My issue, my, what I see is, is the compounding of


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[Assistant] Like I said, every other weekend or every weekend, he seems like he's getting himself into mud holes.


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[Assistant] I'm taking a look over my shoulder. Maybe Cody didn't think he was that close because the gap right now is huge and all of a sudden he sucks him up. Maybe he had no time to look over.


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[Assistant] No, not at all. And I can, I'm looking at my board, my sheet right now. I can give you about four guys that would have done the same thing in that scenario. I can give Hayden Deegan number one, right? He just, he showed us, we have the replay.


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[Assistant] I think Julique Swole would have done the same thing. I think Pierce Brown would have done the same thing in that scenario. If their closing gap is that quick and they know they can get up the inside.


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[Assistant] It is, but I think, like I said, with Hayden getting kind of stepping in mud a few places prior to this, I think it's now he's under the magnifying glass. It seems like every couple weeks or every weekend or every other weekend, he's kind of in.


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[Assistant] In some type of conflict, uhm, you want to try to avoid that at all costs. I think you should race hard, you should


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[Assistant] Play into the fans and you should, you should give the fans what they want, but there's a way to do that.


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[Assistant] Well, I mean, look, Tom wrote phenomenal. Uhm, like you said, no whoops. Uh, I think that, I don't want to say the track.


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[Assistant] was in his favor because we all ride, have to ride the same thing. Some are, some are, some tracks you like, some tracks you don't. I do think that this particular track, being that how tight it was, the condition that it was, it did maybe lend a little, uh, a little favor to him. But bottom line is, is he put himself up front right out of the gate and he rode


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[Assistant] A 15 minute moto out there, completely perfect. Uhm, so yes, I do think he's only got a one point lead, but at this point...


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[Assistant] Uhm, we're not talking about somebody that hasn't won a championship before. We got Tambia with 74 points, Cameron McAdoo down 1, Pierce Brown down 5, and then Hayden down 12, Cody Shock down 12, and Seth down 15. So to my point,


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[Assistant] Uhm, we're not dealing with a rookie, we're dealing with a rookie to supercross, but we're not dealing with a rookie, uhm, with this type of pressure.


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[Assistant] Uhm, the kid's got two world champs, world championships under his belt already, MX2 over at, uh, for MXGP. So he is very, uhm, aware of the situation. He's been in these positions. So yes, I would say he is 100% a title threat.


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[Assistant] Uhm, if you get him inside the top 5 round 1,


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[Assistant] How would we be sitting right now? He would be sitting with the points lead, right? So uhm, I will say that, uh,


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[Assistant] You know, this is a little bit of uncharted territory for Cameron being in a points position like he's at and being, starting to close down toward the end of the season. He needs to say, stay consistent and he needs to also mentally keep his head in the game and not let it get too overwhelming being only one point out and push to the end.


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[Assistant] Footpeg deep ruts everywhere. So, could lend a helping hand to say Tom in that condition, being from Europe, being that they see


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[Assistant] Uhm, it could, it could be a good race for Tom next weekend if he puts himself in a good position off the start because he's really, really got to take your time, balls to your feet, really, really navigate that track because it can be treacherous.


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[Assistant] No, and his, his, here's, here's how he resets. He resets, they go back, they show back up at the last round, the last bit of rounds that they have, and he tries to get a couple wins out of this season, and, and, and secure something for next year, maybe bigger things, uhm, you know, that Firepower Honda has done.


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[Assistant] Uhm, all these teams that are factory backed, big budgets, uhm, and to be or


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[Assistant] Was in the championship, holding the red plate coming into this last weekend. Uhm, is, is, I mean, that's a win in itself. Yes, it's, it's so heartbreaking to see what happened.


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[Assistant] Uhm, for him especially, like I'm a fan. I'm just watching. I've been in that position, but I've only been in that position as a, as a call it a factory rider, never as a privateer to put myself in a position to win a championship. So total bummer.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but I think what, where he can rebound and where he can come back out and salvage, uhm, you know, uh, a hell of a season is to, is to get a couple wins before this thing ends.


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[Assistant] Exactly, and he may be able to do that now, you know, like who knows what the pressure was coming into this last weekend with the red plate, um, you know, like in this championship hunt.


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[Assistant] He, he could go home, yes, like you said, totally.


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[Assistant] I said off air that the kids got skills, if he can, if he, number one, we just watched in the replay, stay off the ground, make a few better decisions as a racer, uhm.


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[Assistant] But as we've seen in the pet, the kid has speed. It just goes over, like you said on the broadcast, he went into that left hand rut and, and uh, the front wheel just came pop, popped out of it. It looks like it was shallow towards the, towards the middle part. Oh, it just gives a beautiful finish there.


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[Assistant] Look, it's good and Chance even said it on the, on a recap or podium or whatever, whatever it was, like, hey man, uhm, I had it coming, uh, right there, we just watched it again right there, so it was, it was coming and he knew it, uh, but no, I think that, that


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[Assistant] The whole Triumph team, uhm, to be in the position that they're in, number one, brand new motorcycle, uhm, uh, look, I mean,


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[Assistant] I think a lot of people were expecting maybe some mechanicals. I mean, I know from my, from my side, honestly, like I'm like, hey, a new, a new brand coming in.


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[Assistant] And to develop this motorcycle in the, I would say short time that they had and then to put it on this stage, I think they're making huge strides.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I think Julique just needs to clean up his racing, uhm, put himself in better positions because he's too inconsistent, uh, on his starts. Uhm, and I think you'd have a, you'd have a potential podium guy on that motorcycle.


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[Assistant] Look, now don't go, now Jaleek, if you're with you watching the show, don't go looking to step in the doo doo. If the doo doo comes towards you,


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[Assistant] I don't think it affected the outcome of the race at all. Uhm, I do believe that, uh, Dirtworks has the best intentions, uh, and so does Supercross on how to have the best program on a, on a situation like they had on Friday. Uhm, you know, I, I,


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[Assistant] Half of me thinks, half of me is like, man, I wish there was a whoop section out there too, you know, and I get why they did it.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I think if you are, if we are planned to get a good amount of rain, I think it's a good thing to be able to adjust.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but I thought they did a great job. I thought the track was, was something different. I thought it was tighter than usual.


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[Assistant] There wasn't any huge jumps, so it was a weekend that you had, your strategy had to change a little bit, meaning there wasn't a lot of passing points and as a top racer, as a guy on the line, or was on the line like myself,


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[Assistant] There is, you play a little bit different hand as you show up to a place like that. So uhm, I like what I saw. I thought the track raced well. I saw some fans and some guys beating up on about the track.


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[Assistant] Hey look, it's a motorcycle track. We had the same results, the cream rise to the top. We didn't have anything really different than what has happened any other weekend.


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[Assistant] Ricky, I thought we had great racing, uhm, all, all day, I thought, I thought all day, all night, I should say had great racing. I didn't see any problem with that, with that motorcycle track.


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[Assistant] Well, I think that because the, because of this decision that was made because of the rain, perfect. I think that was great. But I think if we go to, if we know we're having a dry, it's Anaheim too, it's dry Fridays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays.


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[Assistant] You know, or this weekend it's dry. I think that is something that we need to have is if it's nine, I don't, I think the less injuries part, I would say not, not that we have injuries every weekend because we don't, but yes, we do have injuries occasionally through, but it's, I mean, it's a risky sport. We all know that, um, is, is,


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[Assistant] Especially in the internal part of the track after, uhm, you know, obviously you can go fast down a straightaway, not a problem, but it's the rhythm sections and things like that, but there was a lot of, you know, whole 180s, like to your point you said, flat turns inside, it really scrubs a lot of speed off, uhm,


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[Assistant] I thought the track was a great track. I think you could implement these types of tracks uhm, throughout the season and have, have these more call it one line tracks uhm, where starting position is, is so critical. It's no matter what, you have 22 gates on that starting line and you have


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[Assistant] The same chance as all 22 riders to get the whole shot. It's depending on you guys.


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[Assistant] Yep, there's a lot of good racers that have won races and maybe even a championship, one championship to their name.


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[Assistant] Um, in the, in the 250 class, but to be a great racer, you have to race, let's call it, I'm going to pull a number out of the cloud, 35 races a year, and you need to be your, your, not win percentage, but your percentage of inside the top five needs to be above 50%. You need to be a 50 to 60% guy inside the top five most of the time.


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[Assistant] And then you'll become a great, you'll become into the record books as a great writer. Right.


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[Assistant] Well, it's an amazing stadium, number one. I like how they have an on-off there. Hopefully guys are going to start using the on-on-off. Uhm, but no, I think, uh, Lucas Oil was always a great place to go and race. Big floor, long start as we come back across the start here. I like how they have these little dog legs in here. We have our, here's our set of whoops here. Uhm.


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[Assistant] Backwards on the start, yeaah, and then a nice triple out of the turn into the finish line. So, oh, we have a sand section too, it looked like right there, so.


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[Assistant] Uhm, like you said, Lucas Oil just for whatever reason tends to, to, to, to race well. The fans are amazing. The stadium's super sick too. Uhm, so I'm looking forward to it. But I think, I think, like you said, longer rhythm sections, you tend to get a little more being able to slice and dice.


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[Assistant] Like we just saw this weekend, much tighter. Wasn't a lot of passing. I think we're going to see some more passing this coming weekend. There you go.


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[Assistant] Hello everyone, welcome to title 24 this week presented by NBC sports, uh, myself, Ryan Villapoto, uh, here to give you the goods this week. It's going to be a lot of fun. We've got a great show on tap, a lot of.


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[Assistant] A lot of stuff went down this, uh, this weekend, not a lot of drama. Uh, we're excited to talk about, I think you guys are going to really enjoy it. Can't wait to hear what, uh, RV has to say, uh, before we get going, like we, uh, like we always do, we got to thank our incredible partners, United Motorsports, Boxo,


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[Assistant] We appreciate you guys and we got some segments built in our show to give those guys some cred, talk about their great products and get you guys familiar with all of them.


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[Assistant] Uhm, your, uh, your, your take like overall, what'd you think of it? Did you like the track? Did you not like the track? Was there anything that stood out to you that you want to rip the bandaid off on right now?


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[Assistant] Hey dude, like watching you and your career and your writing style, do you feel like, did you like those style tracks over like what, how, over how Detroit was?


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[Assistant] Right, uhm, one of our fans, uh, as far as the track had a question for us, uhm, Reyes, uhm, asks, why do you guys think that, uh, no one quadded anything, especially, uh, on a rhythm lane so long?


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[Assistant] I mean, why, you, I haven't asked you this, RV, so why do you think we didn't see anyone quad in anything? Go for it with the rhythm.


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[Assistant] And then as you know, RV and all of our viewers and listeners, will those speeds start going up? And then when you quad and if you make, if you mess up and you case something when you're quadding, you have so much speed, so much height that.


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[Assistant] Uh, I'm a little bit older. You, you never raced, um, at the pinnacle of the sport on a two stroke. Now you have ridden super cross two stroke on a super cross. That's where the two stroke was nice and longer lanes like that RV, because you could just.


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[Assistant] Uh, Jet was, Jet, I think I watched Jet do this RV in, in practice. He was quietly doing it and I'm like, oh, he's going to.


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[Assistant] He's going to hold this to the main event, but he would come out of that first corner. He would double instead of like roll and then single up onto that like step up thing they had. He would like hit that little roller on the inside. He would double then backside that tabletop and then go three, three, three, three single. He kept.


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[Assistant] I think he was sizing up the quad into the corner. That's what I think he was doing.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so he ended up never doing it. Uh, but while, and for the record, I'm with you on the quads.


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[Assistant] You know, I know a lot of people have opinions on rhythm lanes and whoops and links and all that. I, I think quad, like anytime there's a quad, I, I think that is a recipe for disaster. I second you on that. Uh, speaking of quads, enough of, uh, uh, RV and I talking about it.


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[Assistant] The man, Jason Anderson, which had a great ride this weekend, he, uh, he tells us about the quad and why, uh, why he doesn't like them or didn't do them.


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[Assistant] I haven't even seen that sound bite until right now. So I'm not basing what RV and I were talking about RV. I don't think you saw it either. And if, did you see that? Have you seen that?


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[Assistant] Right, uh, shifting gears to the, uh, 450, gonna get into the nuts and bolts here. Uh, if you haven't yet, check over, uh, go over to united motorsports, uh, dot com, check their website out.


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[Assistant] They got a great website, just a great company, uh, six locations across Ohio and Kentucky. And remember, uh, hit the, uh, if you're watching right here, go to www.unitedmotorsports.com slash title 24.


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[Assistant] They're doing a one-time deal where when you sign up, you get $15 credit.


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[Assistant] Uh, to your first purchase and then they're going to be picking out winners each week to give an additional 50 bucks, uh, to, to, to a purchase. So, uh, really cool what United Motorsports is doing and, uh, we appreciate you. And with that said, that leads us to the, uh, United Motorsports moment of the night and RV, of course.


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[Assistant] You know, like go back to Anaheim one, the guy crushed it, uh, in the heat race. Then he goes down and then kind of he's been in a slump ever since then. I feel like so, uh, on paper, um, isn't a true result of just how well he's been riding and what is he's capable of just, uh,


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[Assistant] Yeah, that team's done a great job. And, and RV, you talked about them a lot last year. It was, you know, their first year getting going. They got some great guys there. Larry Brooks, uh, in particular.


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[Assistant] Uhm, with his history and the amount of success and legends, uh, within the industry that he's worked with. Riders, uh, you know, guys like Jeremy McGrath, Chad Reed, uh, he's got a lot of wins and championships, especially in Supercross. So, uh, those guys know what they're doing and it's cool to see.


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[Assistant] Uh, let me ask you this, do you, when I, when I listen to Kenny and it's almost like he, he says, like he, you know, he knows he doesn't, uh,


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[Assistant] He doesn't win that much anymore. I don't think he said that exactly, but something along those lines, like what's your take on his.


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[Assistant] Him mentally and why do you think that it's, it's a surprise for him to win? And why do you think that he doesn't almost like believe in himself that he can't go on and crack off, you know, four to four to six wins? Why, why do you think that?


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[Assistant] I mean, dude, he whipped everyone. He put on a clinic. He put on an absolute clinic.


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[Assistant] Yeah, dude, it totally does. It makes a, it makes a hundred percent sense. Uhm, one thing before I get into, uh, Aaron Plasinger.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I, I wanna, I wanna give Ken a shout out. So, uh, if, if you, if you guys haven't watched the SMX Insider's Post-Race Show, go do it. Uh, Will Christian talks to Kenny.


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[Assistant] About, uh, you know, the, the bike set up and, and listen, it's, it's no secret. Um, if you guys are in the trenches and super cross and motocross RV, you know how it was. So when he was at RCH, it was, uh,


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[Assistant] Now we can laugh and joke about it. Kenny and I and everyone over there. Uh, there was some massive heartburn. Kenny was young.


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[Assistant] But what he said to Will is he's like, listen, I haven't changed my bike much. And, uh, you know, if I go to the track and I'm not feeling too comfortable, instead of changing the bike.


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[Assistant] I would, I would rather make the adjustment myself. And I was thinking, I'm like.


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[Assistant] Damn dude, why didn't you have that approach when, when you were at RZH? It's kind of like, because I would tell them, you know, I'm like, listen dude, I know you want your bike to work a certain way. It's not going to work that way. So like, can you like, you know how it is RV, you, you, you have, sometimes you just have to, you have to adjust what you're doing based on how your bike is handling.


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[Assistant] Kenny, I just want to tell you, great job. I, I, I know, well, I don't, I shouldn't say I know, but RV, it's gotta be so much easier on a mentally having that approach. Like, okay, listen, I know the bike's only going to work a certain way, so I just need to, I need to change what I'm doing. I'm happy for Kenny, uhm, as far as that goes, right?


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[Assistant] Uh, is there anything that's gonna stop Kenny now that his confidence just went to the moon? I mean.


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[Assistant] And last thing on, uh, on, on Ken, Brandon Benham asks, do you think Kenny would be winning races or ride as good as he is if he wasn't on a Suzuki for the record? I think he'd be doing exactly the same. So what's your thoughts?


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[Assistant] Uhm, as far as Jett and Eli goes, like what, uh, we got, before we roll this down, I want to get, uh, your, uh,


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[Assistant] Your ideas and your thoughts on the battle between Jet and Eli. Uhm, what did you think of that? Did you, or did you, you may not even have thought of anything.


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[Assistant] Absolutely, dude. And you just got me, dude. I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna blow my top right now, just cause I was thinking about this, this morning, like getting ready, kind of mentally preparing and I'm doing my workout and I'm thinking, you know, like to your point, you got on the, you got on the, on the boards and people just, you know, they're chirping and here's the thing.


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[Assistant] Okay. Think of how, think if Eli didn't race this season and he went out the way that he did.


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[Assistant] Think of, take everything into consideration. Think of the type of competitor that Eli is. Think of what he's accomplished and just, you know, what he is as a whole, as an athlete.


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[Assistant] He said in the off season, he didn't want to go out that way. Okay. And that he wanted to go out there and give it another shot. Okay. I would rather him do what he is doing.


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[Assistant] Is it still early? Uh, it's getting, it's getting a little too late in the season. You know, we only got what? One more race, two more races, and we're halfway through the Monster Energy Supercross series. So, uh, but, but.


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[Assistant] After that, if he doesn't figure it out and he doesn't get to where he was last year, who cares? Dude, he's going out there. He's doing the best that he can do. And you know what? That's all you can ask from the guy. It's a completely different season. This season is, is


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[Assistant] I think he's doing alright. And you know what? If he's not the Eli of old, who cares? At least he's not a quitter and he wanted to go out and give it another try.


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[Assistant] But you know what? I command the dude for going out there and wanting to go out on his own terms and not ending it the way that it ended last year for him in Denver. And you know what? If he doesn't reach the true peak of where he once was, probably not going to.


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[Assistant] Who cares? He's still a bad man and he's going to be on the Mount Rushmore of, of the sport. He's the second winning a supercross racer, uhm, as far as wins go of all time behind the king of supercross. So, man, I just get off the dude's back and, and what you said, RV, embrace the dude, be pumped for him.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so that, that was, uh, dude, awesome stuff. Uhm, I agree with you. So kinda like what we were talking about with the quad.


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[Assistant] Um, you know, uh, RV and I just sitting on our couches, retired, talking about what could have, should have, what we would have done back in our day or not have done back in the day. Jet Lawrence talks about racing Eli and what that was like because in the off season, Eli had said.


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[Assistant] Or pardon me, uh, jet had said that, uh, he looked forward to racing Eli and you got to think about this is jet has never.


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[Assistant] When we roll this tape, you got to keep this in mind that Jets really never raced with Eli very much battling. Okay. And learning what Eli does, maybe learning what Eli doesn't do. So just keep that in mind, even though there's been what? Six, six races, uh, throughout the series.


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[Assistant] Yep. Roll the tape and let's see what Jet says about, uh, racing Eli.


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[Assistant] And uh, if that was for the win, that pass was for the lead, I should say.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, you talk about the changing of the guard. I think that was one of the topics, uh, of the opening of the show in Anaheim.


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[Assistant] RV is like, have we seen a changing of the guard? And if I'm Eli, I would have been pissed. I'm like, why are you guys just chalking it up as there is a changing of the guard and does Eli feel like that?


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[Assistant] And I, I don't feel like that was a changing of the guard type of move because it wasn't for the win.


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[Assistant] It was late in the race and I think to your point also.


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[Assistant] Is that yeah, there was an element there where Eli was probably like, let me, let me follow this dude for as long as I can and see what he's doing. And maybe I can learn something that's going to help me get back in the position to be in this championship battle. So yeah, I don't know. I don't think it was, uh.


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[Assistant] That's a heck of a, uh, uh, handle there. Uh, why didn't Eli put up much of a fight against Jett and basically let him buy RV? You answered it. Uh, you said exactly right. What, what you thought and why he did that.


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[Assistant] We're watching some video of, of Cooper. Uh, he's in front of Chase Sexton.


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[Assistant] Right now and yeah, he just, uh, a lackluster performance, but historically he's never been good here. Myself personally, I feel like because he's never been good here and I wanted to ask you this RV. Do you feel like maybe the tempo and the faster track doesn't suit his style?


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[Assistant] You think there's any validation to that, to that, that comment or not, or not really?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think uhm, it's gonna be a lot of fun. Hey, uhm.


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[Assistant] I, what'd you think of that move by, uh, by Coop just using up, using up the track on Jet?


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[Assistant] Yeah, and, and I feel like the AMA, uh, they, you know, when you get knocked off the track or pushed off the track, it's a little different than self-induced or like where you're making a mistake and you go off the track. Like that was kind of, I mean, everything is a racing incident. I know like the.


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[Assistant] You know, the, the, the people on the boards are going to chew us up for that if we, if we make the wrong, uh, the wrong call here. But at the end of the day, uh, he lost positions. Uhm, as you'll see, uh, that probably would, uh, would help.


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[Assistant] The situation, look, I mean, the dude is completely out of control right there. So anyhow, uhm.


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[Assistant] Uh, I gotta give massive props to Chase Sexton, uh, RV for a couple of reasons. Number one, letting us all know that, uh, he was a little banged up because if he hadn't, I mean, we would have been chewing them apart right now and he'd run right


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[Assistant] Riding like a scrub. So, uh, thank you very much, uh, Chase Sexton for being open and honest. I guarantee you, uh, you saying that and us sharing it on the broadcast. Um, uh, didn't it change, uh, didn't change, uh, anyone's race strategy. I don't believe, and, uh, it didn't, uh, hurt you.


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[Assistant] Uh, in any way shape or form as far as results go and it was able, it gave us an opportunity RV to just say, Hey, look, dude, go out there, do the best you can. And you know, we made him look like a hero or, or didn't, didn't have to wonder why he wasn't performing at the top level. What I mean, what did.


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[Assistant] You called it here on title 24, before the series started, we were role playing and.


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[Assistant] You know, being, you know, being like the keyboard warriors and I heard something this week about Chase Sexton.


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[Assistant] And, uh, I don't know if you've heard it already, but I just got to bring it up because we need some drama. Do you know what I think?


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[Assistant] News to me. I heard that, uh, I heard that he's at the Baker factory now. Oh, is that what you heard? Yep. I heard that you said, Hey, you gave him.


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[Assistant] Five to six races and if things weren't going the way that they needed to be going, he'd be back there.


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[Assistant] Now, I don't think that he is, I don't think he's working with, uh, with Elden, uh, but. Full time or, or. Yeah, but I heard, I heard some rumblings that, uh.


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[Assistant] Dude, that is incredible analysis, RV. I didn't even, that thought never even crossed my mind and I gotta tell ya.


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[Assistant] I completely agree with that. And what, what sucks too, like, is like you talking about Peter and Peter Park and who, who does all his off bike stuff is like that guy is bright. I've had opportunities to chat with him at length.


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[Assistant] Uh, when he was working with Kenny back in the RCH days and just a super intelligent guy and uh, I kind of believe in, in, in what he does.


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[Assistant] That's right. Man, RV, you did. I think it was, it may have been on our lead up, our pre-show.


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[Assistant] For uh, a one opener and we were, you were going to say five to six rounds and if.


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[Assistant] If the, if the train ain't moving in the right direction, he's gonna be back.


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[Assistant] Yep, you, you nailed it. Uhm, alright, dude, that's enough. We got, we have a lot of meat here for the, uh, the 250. Uh, again, just a quick, uh, recap on the, uh, the 450 class. It, in history, this is one of the best, uh, seasons, most competitive we've seen, seasons we have seen in decades.


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[Assistant] Uh, dating all the way back to the mid-80s with RJ.


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[Assistant] Uh, O'Meara, Wardy, Glover, all those guys and Bailey. So, uh, everybody, you know what? We could sit here and be lying to you if we thought we knew who we were going to win. Uh, it's just a hell of a year to be a fan and tune in and see who's, uh, who's going to, who's going to rise to the occasion. Uh, for the 250.


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[Assistant] Dude, RJ looked pretty darn comfortable in the main event. He had some scares, uh, in qualifying practice, but really, I mean, he rode like the veteran he is and, uh, was very impressive, I thought.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you got three, yeah, you got three great guys, uh, three, three riders, very similar, uh, in speed. We're looking at a points right here. Uh, and you can see Jordan Smith is behind four points and then RJ, uh, is only behind five points. Uh, most, the biggest thing I think I would give RJ Hampshire the,


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[Assistant] Uh, even though he's five points out of the lead, I would give him the benefit right now only because he won. Uh, he did it in dominating fashion. They got five weeks off.


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[Assistant] So uh, I give the momentum to RJ. He was definitely class of the field. He was picture perfect and what I think was a pretty, uh,


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[Assistant] Pretty important race mentally, uhm, and, and there was a lot of pressure on that, that, that race. So these guys, to your point, it's gonna be great. Uhm, uh, if you haven't, if, if you are at a Monster Energy Supercross, go over to the, uh, Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha team and check out their Voxo USA setup.


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[Assistant] Uh, for our Boxo breakdown this, this week, we're going to talk about, um, um, Jordan Smith.


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[Assistant] And his mistakes and what led to, eventually we'll get to our Dunlop segment, due diligence segment. But, uh, go, uh, go check out Boxo, check out their website, boxousa.com, uh, great company. Uh, we talked about it, whether you're, uh, off road, you know, you got boat stuff, dude, they got tool bags.


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[Assistant] Uh, that for off-road, boating, you name it. So, uh, you can kind of do, uh, order things a la carte for your, uh, motoboxes also. Uh, I have a motobox there. Check it out. Uh, RV, we need to get you dialed as well.


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[Assistant] Uh, but the box o breakdown. So you got Jordan Smith in there. Okay. He was in the lead, right? I believe he was in the lead. Um, and he, did he, he, he, uh, yep, this is.


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[Assistant] So let me ask you this. You did the exact same thing in practice. So does that make that slip up?


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[Assistant] Even worse, like, Hey dude, what are you thinking? Is that, is that one of those moments for you? If you're coaching Jordan.


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[Assistant] Yep, here we go. So white flag with red cross or red flashing lights. This flag or a red flashing light may be displayed at the beginning of a triple jump or a series of jumps


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[Assistant] That indicate a potentially hazardous situation on or near the race track.


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[Assistant] Near the racetrack and an area that may not be clearly visible to oncoming riders. Three.


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[Assistant] Riders must traverse all obstacles individually, absolutely no double, triple, step on, off, et cetera.


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[Assistant] Riders must exercise extreme caution and not race or accelerate in an unsafe manner. That's the, there, there you go. Okay. Now another one.


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[Assistant] Section D, yellow flag or yellow flashing lights. What, what the, what RV was talking about where Jordan crash indicates a potentially hazardous situation on or near the racetrack. This includes the siding or cool down labs. Riders must exercise caution. Passing is allowed.


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[Assistant] Okay, so hold up, hold up one second. So going back to Jordan Smith.


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[Assistant] On the box-o breakdown. So he, he falls down.


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[Assistant] Right? And then now it's desperation mode in my opinion. It's got the two guys in front of them, right? RJ and Levi. So now you want to get by these guys. So you're probably riding on the edge. You want to get by these dudes. Okay. And then, you know, get back into the lead of where, of where you were.


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[Assistant] Things happen, maybe lacks lapse of concentration and you know, you put yourself in a position that you don't want to be into where you're, I wouldn't call that desperation RV, what he was doing.


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[Assistant] But it's just, it's, it's not, it's, it's not where he was when he, he was landing. So as far as a breakdown goes and the mistakes and what led up to that was, uh, that, that initial crash that he did in the same thing in practice.


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[Assistant] So here's a, we're watching the replay and now we can kind of, kind of break it down. So, um, assuming, and then I'm using the telestrator and trying to show like, I thought that the lights are red. I think that you could say from a TV standpoint, they look red.


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[Assistant] And, uh, so that, that's why I said that like right there to me. And I'm thinking, you guys got to remember, like, this is in the moment. These guys are still racing. There was not a red flag situation. So I'm looking at this and I'm thinking, Oh man.


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[Assistant] Like, uh, you know, look, the, the, uh, the red lights were flashing. I did not know that they were not, uh, the, the red lights were not displayed through rhythm sections and that they were only displayed on the, uh, triple faces.


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[Assistant] Me being an analyst, should I have known that exact rule? Of course, uh, of course I should have known it. Uh, I will take personal responsibility for not knowing the exact rule, but I am like RV. I've never written the rule book. They're written the whole rule book. I've only written, uh, read sections of it.


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[Assistant] Uh, this leads us to the Dunlop due diligence section of the, uh, of the podcast. Uh, Dunlop, thank you very much. Uh, they are a new partner this year for season two of title 24 and we're glad to have them on board.


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[Assistant] Uh, Glendale Notorious for, uh, lack of grip. So having Dunlop tires on your motorcycle is certainly going to be a help, no doubt. And it just leads us into what we've been talking about in the red flag situations.


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[Assistant] As you said, RV, uh, the red flags are only display- or the red flashing lights are only displayed on triple faces.


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[Assistant] So, uh, when we were on TV, if we could roll this, uh, replay of what happened with Levi and Jordan, we're on, I'm on the, I'm on the, the broadcast. I'm looking, I'm like, okay, that, that light looks red to me. I did not know that.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I should have known that. I will be briefed on some more of the rules. Uh, nevertheless.


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[Assistant] Um, RV, you talk about it. What, like when, when they're at the riders meeting.


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[Assistant] And you're going over red cross flags. Do they still go over red cross flags and blinking lights and all that fun stuff at every writers meeting?


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[Assistant] Uh, and, and are briefed on it before, uh, before each rider briefing. So they, all the rules are clear, uh, each and every weekend, again, before, uh, before the rider briefing via email at each round. Um, so.


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[Assistant] I, I, you know what, I will say, even though in this instance, Levi, um,


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[Assistant] Levi not knowing maybe exactly how the situation was.


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[Assistant] If you don't know the situation, and I was talking to somebody about this this morning, if you don't know, because I've been in this situation before and this is why I'm sharing this story, is I would, I would err on the side of caution. So.


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[Assistant] If, if I wasn't sure about what to do with the Red Cross situation, I would make sure that I wasn't going to be penalized, even if, uh, I was going above and beyond like what Levi's doing right there. So he's looking, he's like, Oh, what, what should I do? I don't really know.


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[Assistant] Rather than saying, oh, it's yellow right here. I'm good to go. There's no red cross flags. I can let it eat. You know, so.


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[Assistant] So the Dunlop due diligence section of Title 24 today is, you know what, the riders need to do their due diligence, not RV and myself. Uhm, so it is clear though, like I'm, I'm glad now, so in a, in a rhythm lane situation,


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[Assistant] We all know that the lights are not red. So if you see a flashing light, they are yellow. Let it eat unless you see the red cross flag in a rhythm section. If you see the red cross flag in a rhythm section, you best be rolling through there. And if you're not sure where you need, if it's past the rider,


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[Assistant] I would give it another couple of jumps just for security. Would you, RV?


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[Assistant] Good stuff. Hey, uh, Asparza, Smoke and Joe.


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[Assistant] Were you impressed? Do you think it's too late? I mean, I know he was on the phone. Yes, it's too late.


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[Assistant] Uh, before we get to a question, uh, Nate Thrasher, gnarly crash. Uh, I did talk to a team member over at the Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha, but dude, this was gnarly. Uh, I believe he was in third gear from what I have heard. And you know how it is, uh, RV, just if he wasn't in second and he was in third gear.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you just, you end up blowing through the face of the jump and you don't get the lift that you needed. Hated to see that. Uh, I think he's gonna be, uh, he was alright. Uhm, uh, is what I heard, so that's...


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[Assistant] Yeah, you can see right there, pow, like his, I mean, only, only his front wheel hit the tip of the jump. Exactly.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he's gonna, uh, he's got a bone bruise and a concussion.


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[Assistant] Uh, so I'm sure he'll go protocol, but he's got five weeks off, but good to see that, uh, you know, outside of the concussion, glad nothing.


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[Assistant] Nothing was broken. Uh, Preston Harvey, 98. Do red flags rule need to be updated?


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[Assistant] I mean, I think that red flag rules are, are pretty good. I think sometimes I, and listen, I need to do some due diligence. I don't even know that there is a specific rule for red flag. I think, you know, it's situational. Uhm, so.


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[Assistant] Do you, I think like full start or a staggered start, what do you, what do you think if it's a red flag situation?


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[Assistant] TV RV as you know, I mean, you've been, you've been there especially with stuff you were dealing with RDL dude. If you get one hiccup.


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[Assistant] Uhm, yeah, it just, it is an absolute nightmare from a production standpoint as far as live television goes. Uh, yeah, I think that, that's a tough one. I mean, I think here's the thing, like as far as redoing it, RV, I think if, if it's rather a full restart,


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[Assistant] Like everybody lined up versus staggered. I think it's situational. I think if, if they make it.


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[Assistant] I think we'd have to look at the data and see what, right. I think we'd have to look at some kind of data. That is a good question. Uh, Preston, thank you very much for that. Uh, yeah, I just like kind of RV and I are saying, dude, I don't know that there's a perfect answer for it.


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[Assistant] There you go. Uh, heartkid44, how hard is it to regroup after a red flag restart? Uh, I hated it.


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[Assistant] I think because, you know, you just have to get back into the mindset and you're out of your groove, especially if you were leading. Dude, it sucks. How do you do it? You just got to, uh, how hard is it? It's pretty hard.


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[Assistant] Before, before we get to the, uh, quad lock question of the week, which is going to be absolutely awesome this week, uh,


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[Assistant] I don't, I'm trying to think, dude, I like of a red flag scenario that I had in my career and I.


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[Assistant] There, let's put it this way, other than the motocross of nations in 1998,


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[Assistant] I remember we were lined up and it was like myself. DV was there.


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[Assistant] And we were all lined up in this corner and there's this massive hill, right? And you come out of this right-hander and this huge hill and dudes are just scattered on an RV and you could, they're like, we're just stopped looking at each other. And then we saw this Marshall.


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[Assistant] Running across the field and he's got the red flag waving. I was like, thank God, because we're just sitting here parked in the corner where there was nowhere for us to go. Um, so yeah, I, I, I don't get, I don't know that I've ever been in a red flag, a quad lock question of the week.


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[Assistant] Uh, Quadlock is a, is a fabulous, uhm, supporter of Title 24. Uhm, if you haven't checked them out, go check them out at quadlockcase.com. They've been doing this, uh, this segment, uh, since the inception of Title 24 and we're glad to have them on. Uh, my, my case came in handy today, uh, with my bike mount and my, uh,


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[Assistant] On my, on my road bike, I got a small little one. I posted one on the Instagram the other day. So check out QuadLock.


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[Assistant] Um, I think you will be surprised, but the winner of the quad lock question of the week this week is.


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[Assistant] And why have all attempts to start?


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[Assistant] I think uhm, for when you guys were trying to put one together, and I remember that time when you guys were doing that.


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[Assistant] Yep. My opinion is you got the, you didn't have enough for leverage. And what I mean by that is you guys did like the television wasn't live. So you know, like, okay, you're not going to compete television. Big deal. You know, you're not, it wasn't live television. So like if you now fast forward, we have live TV.


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[Assistant] And you, so the riders have ten times more leverage. Like alright, people are tuning in to watch the best guys. I think RV with uhm, with all due respect to other


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[Assistant] People who have tried to develop series, uhm, and, and, and I wouldn't even call it leagues, but like championships or what have you, uh, if you don't have the best riders.


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[Assistant] I don't think that our fans are going to turn up for the sport. And that's probably the case in a lot of sports. They want to see the best athletes. Uhm, we can.


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[Assistant] They want to see the best athletes compete. So I think that now with live television, now you have something to stand on because like, alright, you guys don't want to march our beat.


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[Assistant] We're not racing, we're not racing this week and you don't tell them, you don't tell them until it's time to go on air and then all you, all the riders leave.


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[Assistant] And R.V. brings up a great point, dude. It's not like having a writers union, it can be done in the right way and not to tick off the promoters or, or...


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[Assistant] Or the broadcast, you know, like it could be done in a right way. That could be positive for everyone and the outcome be more positive rather than negative for everyone involved. I don't think that anyone wants to go into a relationship and, and, and piss off, you know.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I do. And then one other thing that makes it tough to have a riders union also is you have to consider is all these riders are independent contractors, so you can't really compare it to stick and ball sports.


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[Assistant] Uh, that's a completely another topic of what, what, what another challenge would be. So, uh, uh, that's a great question.


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[Assistant] J King, uhm, I appreciate, uh, I'm glad you got up with RV and hit the question and do that's awesome. That's awesome. I ain't good. It's a good one. Um, well, I'll let you, uh.


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[Assistant] I'll let you, um, get up with him and, and so he-


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[Assistant] West, or, uh, East Coast, uh, around in Arlington. Love going to Arlington RV. That'd be cool if we get, uh, Austin on and, and like I said, we'll, uh, we'll rip through a lot of the, uh, we'll rip through a lot of questions, uh, that, uh, you great fans have, right?


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, no doubt. Well, thank you everybody. Uhm, thank you to all of our great partners. As always, United Motorsports, Quadlot Case, Foxo USA.


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[Assistant] Video version is available on demand at Motorsports on NBC's YouTube page and then of course, uh,


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[Assistant] Uh, our episode, we'd be extremely grateful for that. So, uh, we will see you guys next week. Thanks as always for, for all the support. We appreciate you. RV.


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[Assistant] Didn't change anything. He still got the overall, but it didn't add any extra points to the championship points, you know, heading into LA. So uhm, you know, I mean, given props for being able to multitask while being, running that pace and having Ken breathing down his neck.


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[Assistant] That can, like I said, multitask and be able to race at that pace and at that level and then also try to do, do the math in your head. Uhm, because that's not easy. It's hard for me to count laps.


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[Assistant] And race at that level also with Kenny behind you and now doing math like it shows to your point what you said of what's impressive is where his, his mental.


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[Assistant] In, in, in that type of, uh, in those car racing, but I don't, I'm a little...


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[Assistant] That's new to me. Like, I just see it come up on our chat right here, our live chat for the ones who are wondering where I just pulled this from. Well, a poll popped up on our live chat internally, and I guess that's a rule. And I look at it and yeah, I'm leaning on the one on the side of, I don't know if that...


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[Assistant] Is, I think that's kind of bogus to be honest. I think if the kid, if the racers, because here's the other thing, we don't have, um, there's no, we don't have real betting on our sport. So as to.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but man if the kid that's, that's that young and that talented and has that mental capacity to be able to do both of those things.


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[Assistant] Breaking up rules, I know that's a rule and he did break it, but I don't know if that rule is, I don't know if I like that rule.


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[Assistant] That's where the rule is very clear, not allowed to let people by, to change the result of the race.


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[Assistant] You know, I have to make a point about this track, like, like...


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[Assistant] I, doing Race Day Live, I kind of felt like I was, I was repeating myself a lot because there wasn't a lot of obstacles on this track from, from a Supercross standpoint. And also, from an outdoor standpoint, there, you know, we had some doubles, we had our finish line, we had our, our typical things we would see, but from, from the calling,


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[Assistant] Where I was sitting and calling it from that standpoint made it a little bit tough, but man, they, Dirtworks did a great job with it, this true hybrid. I think where I'm going with this is, I think Chase struggled


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[Assistant] Missed the, missed the mark on his motorcycle a little bit. I think that's why we saw him being him so far off.


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[Assistant] You know, last week had, and I had two amazing rides, uhm, and then this week we came.


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[Assistant] With the different tracks because I think all these teams are struggling trying to find a setup, especially at Chicago. I think Charlotte was, was.


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[Assistant] So do I, I do think, I do think Jed has the advantage and why I say that is, is, you know, he was able to, yes, Kenny wrote a phenomenal race, like, you know.


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[Assistant] Midway-ish through the race, but he was able to, to catch back up to him. You know, he had some really


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[Assistant] Uhm, and he said he nailed it last week and he felt like he nailed it this week. So, and it definitely showed he was riding.


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[Assistant] He never bridged that gap to actually make a pass on him. But nonetheless, he was, he rode phenomenal.


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[Assistant] I know it's anybody's race at this point, technically, but I also think that, uhm, I think Jet knew what he was doing. I think he's okay with losing that second moto. He still ends up with the overall, uhm, which is the bonus money, the bonus checks from all of his sponsors.


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[Assistant] You know, I wouldn't say random down, but stayed with him for that 20 minutes that, you know, not, not.


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[Assistant] Everybody has been able to do, so I think that's a huge kudos to Kenny on that part, but I still think that this is Jet's championship to lose.


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[Assistant] Uhm, current situation, obviously Kenny is not in Jett's head, he doesn't know what he's trying to, what he's trying to pull off here, but uh, but yeaah nonetheless.


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[Assistant] No, I don't, I don't think Chase is where he needs to be going into LA. I mean, uhm, like I had mentioned, I don't think he, he got us set up right.


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[Assistant] And look, there's a lot of times as racers that...


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[Assistant] At this level of racing, you have to be able to turn it off and accept...


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[Assistant] You know, isn't, uh, isn't gonna cut it. You know, like I said, you gotta be able to shut it off. And look, I know, Ricky, you've wrote setups that weren't right and way off. I mean, I've talked about it on the show. Heat Race won one shock. Go into the main event. Now I've changed shock springs by like,


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[Assistant] Complained or recognized that, okay, I'm way off tonight. The bike's way off tonight. I don't know what I'm going to do.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I did. He seemed definitely like more intensity, but also with that flow. I think that AP's been missing, you know, like being a tall lanky guy like that, you know, like I feel like it's got to be, you know, when you're feeling off.


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[Assistant] You know, like, I feel like being tall and lanky like that's gotta be, gotta be kinda tough, but I feel like, but, you know, like, track layout, the dirt, uhm,


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[Assistant] Yeah, I feel like he rode really well. That was kind of, I don't want to say his style of track, but I felt like it was good for him. Uhm, it was a good track for him.


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[Assistant] If you wanna have a chance buddy, you gotta put yourself in the top five.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he, uhm, that's what we said, right? I said, I said, uhm, after, oh, missed the double there. Interesting. I must have missed that one on the broadcast.


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[Assistant] I mean, terrible weekends compared to what we've seen from both of them, uhm, all of Supercross, all of Outdoors. Uhm, and they were, they were able to do that. They both rebounded, uhm, fantastically and, and yeaah, to, you know, 1-1 for Hunter. That, talk about making a statement, uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, put themselves back up on top in the winner's circle.


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[Assistant] That it takes to be that writer, to be that person, you know, like that, that can become grueling, not that he's not, um,


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[Assistant] Running out a full season, Supercross, Motocross, but also in these, fighting for championships in both series, that's that added pressure of like, okay, now it's, and as his outdoor season wasn't,


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[Assistant] He's got to keep his head in the game for one more race and then he'll be able to really kind of take that break and I feel like.


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[Assistant] And if you, if you just look at starts, you look at the riders that are riding the bikes, you look how passes are made.


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[Assistant] But we, I think we do know that the Honda is, isn't...


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[Assistant] Things work well when everything's working well with Joe. Like the bike's good, he's feeling comfortable, the setup's good, he gets a good start. But now you pull one of those out of the equation, maybe now let's use the bike for example, let's say that's his hindrance part and he's not gonna be in the top three, four, five spots.


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[Assistant] Because maybe the power situation, now you gotta think it's a, it's a different race for him now, not starting upfront.


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[Assistant] Ricky, I think we have some sound from the beginning.


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[Assistant] I mean, I feel like, uh, I feel like that would be something definitely that he would want to do. I mean, I think that'd be a really cool.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I don't think it affected him this weekend at Chicago. He rode phenomenal.


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[Assistant] Hunt, Jet pulls all shut, Hunter's in fifth, I'm in third. So now I gotta, I gotta, I gotta watch behind me and I gotta think about going forward. I mean, there's some more, there's, there's just more, there's more things going on that he's gotta think about. So I think that he hasn't been in that position, not that he doesn't know how to do it. I just think it's, it's something that's, that's new to him. We have three riders fighting for one championship.


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[Assistant] That those are the musical chairs that, between privateers. If you add, uh,


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[Assistant] Here at LA Coliseum, running the pair of style, I think that, you know, I've never been there to go and check out, uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, uh, L.A. Coliseum at a race. So I'm, as a fan, I'm stoked. I want to see the parasol. I want to see how the track races. And I think to have three


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[Assistant] Look, I think once again, Chase has to rebound this weekend for this championship, uhm, and I think for himself too, uhm, and I think he can do that. We know that.


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[Assistant] That, uhm, he seems very comfortable on his Supercross, uh, setup.


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[Assistant] Um, on Thursday and then all the, all the shenanigans that are going on at Friday for us, you know, getting prepared for Saturday and, and then Saturday finale.


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[Assistant] I don't know, I don't know if I don't have the speed or the spark that I had last year yet. It's coming back, trying to get better every week. I had a pretty gnarly off season just not being able to do a lot of motos. And I'm really just, I wish I was like where I'm at now before the season started, but uhm, it is what it is and uh, better late than never. So.


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[Assistant] Obviously we're, we're not, uh, where we want to be as far as winning races, but I feel like we're starting to kind of climb back towards the top. And tonight was a good telltale where I'm, where I'm heading and my starts, like I said, I need, I need a lot of work on my starts. Um, but other than that, my riding was pretty good tonight. A lot more than I thought it was going to be, I think.


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[Assistant] I didn't really take into account the, the aluminum frame to steel frame, it's a big difference, and uhm.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, we're kinda paying the price for that right now, but like I said, we'll get there, and uhm.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, it was. I mean, really that cost me any chance at the win.


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[Assistant] And I just, I didn't do it at all in the heat race. And then in the main, I didn't do it until after, after I got passed by Jett and then whatever it was, somewhere past halfway there. And it was frustrating because once I did do the quad,


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[Assistant] I was on the right side of that lip and it was like no big deal. So yeah, it was just a mistake. I wish I would have caught on to it earlier, took a little more risk, but uh, that's what happens.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, look, like you said, they haven't really got to, Jett hasn't really got to follow Eli very much. And like I had mentioned when I started this topic, is the age gap, is the maturity gap,


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[Assistant] The amount of races that Eli has under his belt versus, versus Jett. So uhm, you know, look, we gotta, for the viewers watching, we got Jett and, and, uh, Eli. Look, Eli just kinda.


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[Assistant] Went outside, didn't really fight him for it, you know, I think he knew it was coming, uhm, that's the veteran in Eli, if he could stick with him and keep pressure on him, but I don't think he wanted to, uh, you know, have Jett behind him, I'd rep, you know, he rolls reversed, he wanted to be the follower behind Jett there and


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[Assistant] Maybe he could learn something and see where he can elevate his speed a little bit, you know? That's what I think Eli's missing right now is just the, just the speed necessarily isn't there. He doesn't want to hang it out as much maybe, uhm, as we've seen in the past in, uh,


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[Assistant] Yep, I, I think they're, I think the fans might beat him up a little bit. You know, I, I chalk that up to once again is, is, uh, you know, just being young and not being in that position. I thought, I, I, I read between the lines, I, I hear what Jett is saying. He's, he's stoked to be able to.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'm hoping to see that we're gonna, that Eli, he's not out of the game just yet, but I want to see if he can, if he can.


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[Assistant] Bridge that gap and we, you know, not even for the championship sake, but just for, for race wins and see if he can see if he can get back in there and solidify himself as, as, uh, you know, win some more of these races on his, on his way out. If it is, if it is his last one.


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[Assistant] Did not go to Redbud, was able to, you know, uh, watch it on TV. Got some great racing to watch. Uhm, you know, Redbud to me looked like one of the best tracks this year so far. Best prep job. Uhm, I know everybody has, as all the racers really, really like Redbud. Fourth of July weekend, so it's a,


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[Assistant] Big crazy mayhem party, uhm, out there for, in lot B guys. If you've never checked it out, you gotta check it out one day. But, uh, yeaah, no, it was insane. It was a good weekend. Good, uh.


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[Assistant] It was, it was really good. You know, I think the, it looked like the, the, the hillsides were packed with, with fans on the, on, on 4th of July weekend. So uhm, yeah, no, it was, it was a great race to watch and we'll, we'll dive right into this thing, buddy.


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[Assistant] Well, you know, obviously, uhm, Hunter coming into, into Redbud, uhm, into last weekend had quite a bit of a points cushion on the rest of the field, but missing, uhm, yeaah, he's got four wins, uhm, Hayden's 11 points down now.


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[Assistant] And uhm, you know, that's definitely a lot closer, tighter race than it, than it has been.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so far this year and, you know, I definitely think that, that


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[Assistant] Man, Hunter's starting has been okay. It hasn't been great. You know, we've had, he's had it. This is, I think the second first turn pile up he's been into called Colorado. He was into one.


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[Assistant] You know, so we see this kind of happening. Here it is at Redbud here. You got Hayden getting a massive hole shot and then you got Hunter getting locked up into the back there.


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[Assistant] And, uh, you know, and not being able to recover, not being able to get back out there and fish the big old pile up, you know, very fast section at Redbud. I like how they actually went back to the old start, guys.


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[Assistant] You know, Motocross the Nations a few years ago, they ran it just straight down. You can see everybody trying to get up. You know, you got Hunter down and uhm, who else is there? I got a KTM guy. We have, uhm, Reynolds down also.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Reynolds down and you know, so I, I like the old style. That's the start that me and you grew up racing at Redbud and then there's Hunter going into, you know, the Alphastar mobile medical unit to get checked out. But total bummer. He's, he, he needs to, I don't want to sit here and say he needs to work on his starts, but putting himself


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[Assistant] In a little bit better position coming into those first turns. This is the second time it's happened. Uhm, this year for Hunter, so definitely need to improve his starting position. Uhm, whatever that looks like. I don't know being a little more cautious or just.


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[Assistant] You know, I know this is kind of like typically the halfway rate. This is halfway of the season now. So, getting close.


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[Assistant] I would say, so I would say, I would say no. On one hand, I would say no, he's not ready. And the reason why I'm gonna say no, he's not ready is if he, if he's up till this point has been very inconsistent.


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[Assistant] Honestly, he's been one of the more consistent riders out there.


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[Assistant] Um, potentially with confidence becomes with when you become to ride a little bit better and his speed is very close. I don't think he's got, um, hunters.


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[Assistant] Skill per se just yet. He's a rookie. We, you know, if he makes a mistake, it wouldn't be shocking to, to me or probably to you or anybody else because he is a rookie. Um, but right now he's not riding like necessarily a rookie. He's.


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[Assistant] He's, uh, you know, now the carrot is, the dangling of the carrot is much closer to him. It's in, it's in, it's in reach now. So one other, one little mistake.


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[Assistant] Who knows what we see here with the points and, and the spread and, and uhm, how close Hayden can get to him. But yea, he's riding phenomenal right now, man. It's for, for, for a rookie and in his first full, full season. Uhm, really, if you ask him.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and he's doing a good job managing the schedule, right? I mean, he just did 8 rounds of supercross and a couple weeks off and now we're halfway through motocross.


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[Assistant] And uhm, you know, it, you know, you can see it on some of the guys out there where it's like, man, you know, the, it's getting long on the tooth for, for racing the series, all of that. But when you're in Hayden's position.


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[Assistant] You're just, you're looking for more, more weekends because it's, it's, it's, it's coming, I want to say it's coming easy for him, but, uh, it's, the weekends are, are, are becoming very fun for him. He just got his first overall and, uh, you know, I guarantee you he's jonesing for more.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I agree. It's, uh, it's going to be very interesting and let's say it plays out the exact kind of the same and we see a lot of the same till the end of Outdoors, but I think.


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[Assistant] The other one thing that we have to pay attention to is, is, is the, the last three, um, shootout rounds too, because they'll get a little bit of a break coming into that. It's, it's back to kind of Supercross, but a, but a bigger platform with Supercross, not a typical stadium style.


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[Assistant] Um, Hayden's probably going to come out swinging, um, for, for the last three, you know, shoot out rounds, man. I think he's going to be, he's going to be on fire there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I, you know, I did watch it. Justin Cooper, uhm, right here after mechanics area, there's this W. You can see the red cross out to the right, the lights going. That technically is a,


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[Assistant] We've raised that, that is a total blind jump. You can see the rider down to the left there. So pretty sketchy spot.


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[Assistant] Um, you know, and clearly didn't see it. So I would say that that to me, um, you know, because of the jump, because, because of.


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[Assistant] The severity of, of kind of how far you fall down because you jumped down that, um, that step down and.


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[Assistant] And, uh, definitely a very blind spot and, you know, you gotta pay attention to those red crosses, you know. Now I do think, I'm gonna say it again, I do think that if you're gonna pull a red cross, if you're AMA and if you're on the radio, the headsets, you're telling them to pull a red cross, a red cross needs to be more,


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[Assistant] On the track, like you can see where that guy, where the guy that was flagging the red cross is quite a ways off the side of the track. I would like to see him.


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[Assistant] So I, I do see that, you know, and I think we, we have another little replay too also. I think of, uh, you know, Joseph, now that we're talking about points being docked and things like that, we got Joe Shimoda.


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[Assistant] Uhm, coming up to the finish. Here's the sand whoops up to the finish, pops off the track, gives her the berries, and uh, you know, maintains the pass, maintains the pass, and then, you know, so, you know, part of the rules are, I mean, if nobody doesn't know is, you're, you're, you're,


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[Assistant] If you're off the track, you have to maintain or hold a fairly slow pace. You can't be gaining speed off the track.


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[Assistant] You know, it's, it's interesting. I know how the race, you know, as a racer you get, you get, um,


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[Assistant] You know, you're like, man, I just jumped on the track, gotta get back on the track as fast as possible. All those things. But, you know, we've all been racing long enough. We know what the rules are. You can't just blow off the track and then, and then stay in it. You know, you kinda, you gotta, you gotta crack the throttle and, you know, I don't think anything would have happened to Joe in there if,


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[Assistant] Uhm, I didn't see, I know it's a star rider, I don't know what rider, who exactly it was, but comes up. If that guy would have just dropped, if he would have followed suit and got in behind, uhm, the star rider, uhm, is that Justin Cooper I think? If he would have just followed suit, jumped in behind him, I doubt something would have probably been said.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but yeaah, none the less, he gave her the berries.


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[Assistant] No, I 100% agree, I don't think we've seen Jets all out, you know, battle, dogfight, uhm, he really hasn't been put in that situation yet, you know, so.


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[Assistant] Uhm, his, the way he rides, the way he's able to, the pace he's able to run at, which right now is, is...


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[Assistant] Even at his, call it 80%, I'm gonna just use it as 80%, he's still got 20% in the bag. Uhm, that 80% is still better than, than uhm, the other guys that show up at 100% in my opinion. I don't think we've seen Jett have to really get into a dog fight and really put it out on the line yet.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I think he will arise to pretty much any occasion.


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[Assistant] And here's the other thing too, if let's say hunt, uh, jet does get, end up getting beat. He knows his points situation. He knows how, where he's at. He knows.


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[Assistant] His ability or how much better he is than the rest of the guys right now. So if he ends up.


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[Assistant] It's a, it's a huge kind of accomplishment. It's something that really doesn't happen very often. It doesn't get talked a lot about, but still like there's only three dudes in that category and you're, you're in it twice, James in it once. So to go 22 and oh, I mean, it's a huge, huge accomplishment, but I also think that.


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[Assistant] The way these kids were raised and their racing ability and how well they think when they're racing, I think he's only gonna do that 22-0 if things really all fall into place. If not, big picture is obviously the championship. He's gonna play those cards.


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[Assistant] Damn, I just, you know, I, we had 24, 22 and O right there, you know, and then he brushes it off, you know, I don't think it's going to be something that he would dwell on, you know, the goal, the mat, the goal is, is to, is to win a championship in the 450 class in the premier class for yourself and for the manufacturer. And when that's done.


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[Assistant] Uhm, that's really all that matters. And then the feather in the cap is 22-0.


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[Assistant] Honestly, I felt like Redbud's track, go back to Redbud, I felt like that was, you could move around, move around on that track the most you could so far. I thought it was the best prep track. I thought it was, if anybody was going to be able to, uhm,


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[Assistant] Challenge, uh, Jett, it, I'm gonna say it was, that was a good weekend for it. Uhm, I just feel like with the Colorado high point, those really technical rounds, I don't think those guys can match, uhm, Jett's technical side of it at that speed.


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[Assistant] Uhm, it's gotta be more of a track where you can kinda hang it out a little bit. Uhm, along with Jett, he's gonna hang it out too because the track promotes that. But uhm, Dylan, Anderson, uhm, you know, Dylan made a phenomenal charge there for a lap and a half and stayed with him for sure.


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[Assistant] But he couldn't, he couldn't latch on. You could see Jet look back there. Dylan rode really well, but Jet was able to just manage the, the gap and just slightly ever so pull away down, you know, as the laps clicked on. And uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, yeah, I, I, the good, look, the boys, all the boys need more work. That's just the bottom line. All the boys need more work to, to, to knock him off the top step.


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[Assistant] And man, I don't, I don't know if it's, it seems like he's getting, since he's moved to the 450, I don't know if it's just bike, power, whatever the case may be, he's putting himself in, in, I think his starting positions have been better than, than we've, than we've seen on the lights bike.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, so, you know, you can't give somebody like Jett the whole shot like that, you know, and even so.