Supercross Rewind: 450 Main Event - Toronto 2014

James Stewart split with Ricky Carmichael here tonight, both tied for second on the all-time wins list with 48 wins. Can Stewart get No. 49 tonight? He's got Dungey to the right of him, Goerke to the left of him, certainly capable, he's quick here today, everyone's still chasing. McGrath with 72 we went down for some progressive pre-race support for Jenny. Justin Barcia has been working very hard to establish a bond between himself and his bike. The Honda team visited him at his house and made some changes to the bike and those changes have done everything. been paying off for Barcia tonight, he had to deal with some rain last weekend so he focused on cross training which included a lot of cycling, running and weight lifting, but Barcia has another birthday coming up so that if he has the same Mira, Bogle could also leave with some success on his birthday and that would be his first victory of the season.

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for 50 newbies brought in by Discount Tire, here's how they are at the points you see them from the side. next to Roxon in 94 hard in the sport of 23 ken what points both have pretty good seasons for the oxen can take advantage of what is happening with Villopoto here tonight he could be back in the center of this fight for the championship. guys hit the hole shots so important that we have had 11 races this year eight runners have hit hole shots Alessi Dungey and Villopoto are the only three runners who had two tonight Villopoto needs another of those hole shots to achieve a little easier, what we saw from the 250 point leader, Adam, Cerullo looks like, it's a visual I'll never forget tonight, watching him get that shoulder back on and then get back on the bike.

Incredible, what we will see from the 450 point leader, Ryan Villopoto. here tonight made it to the top group, most of us early today didn't think it would here we are ready for the gate drop in Toronto della pono right in the middle of the top group as they cross the shooting line Marcia's hair with turkeys , turkeys, your first leader knows he's fighting for third place, that's Robson up front with the Martians and I'm sorry, and the numbers shake the dragon with a great start, Darrin, how about Ryan Villopoto, who came out of the semi 4th place, let's see if you can download the set? 20 laps in, so we talk about Robson trying to take advantage of Villopoto, he's going for the lead, here comes Wilson, there with Dungey, we see Villopoto running near the front of this group.

I can't believe he's there and the boys, James Stewart, long buried. In the group Kevin had to be outside the top 15 at least they are going to do the first lap. He was at the back of the group. Jeff. I may be one. What a horrible start for him in this position! I really thought that. Tonight would be the night when he would take advantage of Ricky Carmichael's passing to claim second place as sole owner, that second position behind Jeremy McGrath, an all-time victory, but he will have to dig himself out of a deep hole right now and Dungey and Stewart.

They are two riders who really needed to take advantage of what is happening with Villopoto and are fighting ahead. What a great career for him. The rider who won the season opener in Anaheim, one of the biggest races of the year, looks like you looked the part. Falling back through the pack it looked like Stewart had worked his way into the top ten. He's been fast and fluid all day, but all the heavyweights are up front. It's a very important night here for Ryan Dungey, as second place in points was 30 points away. Coming into this

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is a great opportunity with the problems Villopoto has had to take advantage of that and get those valuable championship points and race here at the end of the season to try to get his second Monster.

Watch the Energy Supercross guy at Weston Pike right in the thick of things here in the

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in that number 40 chasing Dungey while Barcia chases Roxon here goes Justin Barcia on the Honda muscle milk fighting the Red Bull KTM toxin Te I'll say Kevin, if one of those riders can pull the trigger on the right before finishing in that rhythm section and go 3-3, that would be an awesome spot. The pass here goes again. Barcia, this time completing the paths, remembers. He got a 250 when he was the first of his career here in Toronto, can he get a win in the 450 tonight, but Barcia has drifted a little bit out of that pace lane every lap he was able to do to stay on track. the top of the Honda?

Imagine those yellows. flags heading to the shout section we will see Mike Tedesco looked like Ivan Tedesco, the rock star, back to the driver now that it was the 100th start of his career; For Ivan Tedesco it was difficult to reach the century mark, well, there are many people that feeling that Justin Barcia should be here tonight, it's true that things have begun to improve for the muscular milk honda driver that you know that the results are there, he won the heat race here tonight he had a little luck in those situations he put himself in a good position, but there are still a lot of races to do in Toronto, come back and see what happened, dive in Tedesco, but our Toyota repeats okay, the scream section is on the right of your screen, his whole foot is out, wow, what a trip Tedesco is on.

Rockstar Energy Racing KTM well he's had some big ones this year, we call him a flying W boy, those feet are flying over his head, it will never turn out right. I hope he's okay in that one that was like you mentioned. Before it's not the drop that Hertz said sudden stop, yes, he's had some hard knocks this year. With 15 laps to go as Barcia leads the rocks and looks at Brighton right in front of Dungey, they are fighting for third position. James Stewart moved. his way up to six now already with just a maybe horrible start into the first turn, could be a factor in this win, but here tonight, Dungey has to get points here tonight at Villopoto, oh, you're absolutely right, Ralph, I mean, this is it. the opportunity here for Dungey with Villopoto fading now there is James Stewart, yes Brian had an eight, now Jeff beat Weston Pike I think or here comes Ville Darius, I want too, we have lost time and scores and it looks like Villopoto is back in about 8th or 9th with 14 laps to go here at Villopoto, you can tell this is not his usual type of race, he has been challenged all day and a champion like him is going to fight all the way and you know, with great points advantage.

He has to be very intelligent and that has been the difference for me this year is in Villopoto, I mean so far he hasn't had any races outside of the top five and it's only been a fifth place, everything else has been a fourth or better Kevin I. If I were to believe the top 10 here tonight it would be almost as good as a win considering where I was early this afternoon. Villopoto will have the most difficult re

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ing laps with 113 to go as they approach the finish line. I've done it once, but even with that, he's still 23 points ahead of Ryan Dungey right now, so look, minimize those mistakes, learn live to fight another day in his career right now, he's so respectable that Your championship deserves some of the most colorful driving gear we've ever seen.

I've seen all year Justin Barcia up front and leading here, but Roxon trying to run through that pace lane. Wow, you could really see that that high pace at the beginning just wasn't very good. He didn't have the best option, the best rhythm. like Roxon could tighten up a little bit, this has been the part that has been so difficult for everyone, now in the whoop section and then in the Buddha triangle here in Toronto, a lot of riders have gone in there and not come out through the rear or me. should put another one with a rock on his tail guys I've been keeping an eye on where Barcia is compared to James Stewart Stewart coming down the field Oh Bronson with a little misstep there as you watch This progressive step in the career since as Ryan Dungey, passed Justin Brayton through the pace section, right there, the best Monster Energy Supercross riders in the world, challenged all night on this track, a rider who seems to have it all dialed in is number seven here, this is our SX mo look at James Stewart passing under Justin Brayton on the triple Stewart is the fastest driver on the track right now, he is absolutely flying, that's the only way to get a good photo of James Stewart right now it's through the SX mo because he seems to be the fastest on the track, Jeff, you're absolutely right, unfortunately that bad start has hampered him as he charges to the front, Barcia closing in on Ronnie Stewart and just what it seems, Roczen is close and it's ready. to set after Barcia, he loses ground, the troupe has a pretty good gap right now, approaching the halfway point, next time he crosses the finish line, he'll have ten laps left, working his way through that section of screams, you didn't like it, Kevin.

I wouldn't like it if it was Barr, I'm sure one of these cyclists rides through that section. I think we've seen so many accidents that they actually look very good for the pair. I should overlook it, but I'm telling you he's just wasting away. These racers have to go through the mechanics area and face them now ten more times for Barcia to go, now they look like rocks and gaining ground again, who is coming behind them, look at Stewart, look at Jesus to Fort, look at this section, The boys remember in the heat. run on the last lap look what James did triple over triple again quad over the table triple again and I think I just caught a peak of him going triple triple through the split section before the finish line Kevin remembers that no one has done that all day dad is on the prep side yeah this is why he is one of the best Supercross riders of all time.

He's losing at Dungey. Jeff, genitally in third place, here we go, it comes. He's there with Red Bull KTM rider, Yoshimura Suzuki's James Stewart, coming off three Dungey championships between the two of them now look what he's doing here on this one out, let's see if there's any, oh there's a spot where he can't take his number line, but watch him move through this with such speed, there he goes, the crowd roars in approval and now the butler. We will sail after the auction. He simply worships with nine turns left. He has to worry because there's Roxon, here's Stewart and James is in charge.

Guys, he is absolutely demolishing this track. It has been very difficult for so many cyclists. And James Stewart, the Josh. The Amir Suzuki rider is putting on a clinic here tonight, he has moved ahead of the two best riders, they are right, there are rocks and right in front of him and if he can hold his lines and the black riders don't take away his options, he absolutely will fly by the leaders, let's take a look at our top five Barcia with the lead fighting in this rhythm section this is where Stewart is eating everyone without a credible race here of triples in quality of luck, it is very important, these are your top three his circuit lights Stewart needs to be patient through the screams no mistakes James Stewart I'm one of the best this season catch Barcia look at this no one has done it all night Stuart pulls the trigger on main event cut tonight be the The night James Stewart's uniforms win number 49 and he's second to himself and on the all-time wins list and guys, he's ahead of Justin Barcia.

I see how much momentum you have there, you can almost square that section there we're looking too. in one of the best performances of all time right now for this comeback. I don't know where he went exactly from the beginning, but he got so peachy in turn number one. Wow, Basia brought up a lot of the triple beliefs they are having. over these ruts they're getting deep, but look, Lord has found a way to redefine this whole racecourse, look at him in the whoops a little, not the best pass, but still no, but his best section is probably the worst parsha and that's that rhythm section, well, and so am I.

Look at the time he gains here, but also after the finish line, turn, look when he goes over the little wall, moves through those rollers and goes triple-double with so much momentum, look at this here, he goes up to third , look how. catches Barcia right there, he'll take advantage of anything that's alive, killer cops, those riders make big mistakes, but he's still posing, he's right there with him, Energy Supercross, James has to change his line through the whoops, back to the stowaway in the middle, only nine turns. We'll stay here five laps, let's do five again, we've lost time and points, so Stewart leads the Barcia races in second, the Broxson races in third, these types of races like this don't happen often.

You're looking at one of the most skilled riders in the history of Supercross racing what you would call his own race he's in his own world right now in the zone look at this quad here on the table look look at the gap Jeff let me take him out so far in that onesection and Villopoto around 7:00 by the 3-time and current champion to not let the points go down as much as they could have been if he hadn't even raced today, he will be absolutely exhausted when this is what In an effort, we talk about about the things that will make James Stewart, when he retires, considered one of the all-time greats.

Ryan Villopoto shows that he belongs in that conversation too and again runs in seventh place battling with Weston Pike, this is for six he could pick up. more points and remember that at the beginning of the race he was third or fourth on the first lap he fell back and now he has found a way at the end of the race to find more energy to go deeper into them, that the reserves are fueled and that he has looked. the line through the pace section takes so much energy, part of that champion right now is in sixth place, even more points for that fourth championship, four in a row, only Jeremy McGrath has done it with three laps remaining and James Stewart making a of his great rides this is one of those things KevinWhen you think about James Stewart, who was so known for crashing into the first corner after a bad start and working his way up the field, it had been a while since we saw that kind of performance from Stewart.

I've seen him here today, that's right, this is Stewart at his best, go ahead Jeff, no he's not good, but it's just amazing to see him and not bring him every weekend, but now just to see those flashes, I want I mean, I think he's in a race. Right now, those things that I've really toughened up coming to Vegas, here's Dungey running third. Ryan really needed more points here tonight. It was Stewart who came in third in points, which is giving him an impressive ride behind him as Jin, that's Justin. Brayton, for the 10th time in a row, in fourth place, has said throughout this season that he belongs in the top five competing with these guys.

He was there at the beginning of the season, about the middle part of the season, he was back in the top five a little bit here tonight. The Joe Gibbs Racing team wishes they were timing the score if our lap times were high because this track has deteriorated and ADVANCES Stewart with such a big lead. Barcia well, actually Barcia is holding pretty steady there, but Roxton had a chance at him now that he's back up to fifth. As you can see here, the KTM team has to be a little frustrated with the way this main event went, with Villopoto having problems today.

Stewart got off to a horrible start. Here's James Stewart on his way with an incredible performance. to back up the wins in Detroit and now here in Toronto, Kevin, do you agree that it's been a while since we've seen a running back dominate the field like James Stewart did here tonight? I mean, it was amazing, but there are two people on this track right now holding championship, this is number 7 and James Stewart in Villopoto's number one. Both guys are riding so well they deserve a championship in their rights tonight, like Jeff said the KTM guys are a little off right now San Diego Dallas Detroit and now Toronto James Stewart is now in second place all on his own on the all-time wins list and Ryan Villopoto with the heart of a champion today most people didn't even think he would make it to the show and instead Villopoto proves everyone wrong and he will.

He reaches sixth place. Wow, what a night, hello guys collectively, this has not been one of the most exciting and drama-filled nights of Monster Energy Supercross we have ever experienced. I can't think of a race that has had more excitement. On top of this, my palms are sweaty throughout the entire race. I am nervous. I feel like I'm out there with the guys. Well, it started early this afternoon with the stories of crashed cyclists going to the hospital. Do they run? Won't they run? They made it here, they were Stuart, a nun's bullet. Stuart asked for performance, as I said before.

We've seen this Jeff come out of it in the past, where he would have a bad start, get caught in a first lap crash, and be dead. last to make his way through the field, remember where, as we take a look here at the all-time wins list, the point I'm trying to make is how Stewart handles the track on a night like this for that when he pulls the trigger in the pace sections he takes risks, which to him probably seemed pretty easy and not many runners would do it. So to me, when you know, other than the number of championships or the number of wins, he might be the most skilled Supercross rider ever.

Sport in my opinion, sometimes it comes with many ups and downs, okay, there have been many victories, many crashes, but on nights like this, when you receive a hug from his brother Malcolm, you understand why I feel this way. a rotten, it's almost impossible to even debate, I mean, we've seen him do things like this, you know, periodically, and it's amazing to see his father beat James here, so Jenny Taft is ready to pounce. Jenny we like to catch it right after a big win now back to back wins for you James you had some amazing passes after not being the best start take me through those passes to all three guys.

I passed so many people I don't really remember where I got to, but uh. The last time I did something like this was in the morning in Anaheim. I was walking past Ken during the screaming. I said please don't change, but she has to get a team. Lots of credit. We had a little problem in it. heat race and we set up my bike and we went out and did it, not all things have a lot of energy, but I have to think of a whole team, you are stained, tsuki ramp, the seven gears, Oakley, everyone very happy, that's breaking the Ricky's record. and do it like that, you know, in a legend like that, and uh man, that says a lot, you told me you wanted to break records, you did it tonight, that championship comes back to your mind, try to win, you know, Ryan, unfortunately, yeah, I have to get it.

I have credit. Man, he has a lot of heart coming straight out of the hospital. I've done it several times, so I thought he did what he could. I don't know a place for God and all I can do is try to win. and from there these three times James, guys, well, now we're back on the couch, that's the way to that training regimen that we've been teasing him about. Actually, he's probably back on the golf course. James told me earlier today that you know playing golf has I've done a lot of it in the mental preparation of him, believe it or not, okay, don't go anywhere.

Fox Sports Live picks it up right after the break, we'll be back with more from Toronto as James Stewart Hawks team manager Mike Webb.