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00:00He's scary crash and a lucky escape tonight is the night he needs to get that elusive win
00:06To see if he can defend his championship because there is tonight
00:11Next week is a week off for the East division athletes and then we finish it off in Salt Lake City
00:16So tonight needs to be the night for Tom Villal
00:19But he's gonna have to get by this guy who is in unbelievable form here in his home state
00:27Ready to go in Pittsburgh
00:30250 East 8-1 let's do it
00:34Look at Haneke
00:36Blasts out of the gate
00:39Can he hold that line it's tight, but he does just ahead of Heimers great start want to start in a way to start the night
00:47Front of your hometown crowd this guy is absolutely on fire this season two wins under his belt
00:54whole shot guy was on rails and practice today
00:58They say racing at home might give you 10% maybe 20%
01:04That looked like it gave Haneke a 50% bonus and this guy is absolutely sending it lots of intensity early got to be mindful
01:12though this race track
01:14before it gets
01:16Bet it in here it could get slick hit the deck real early
01:21But with how well this guy has progressed I expect him to have no problems whatsoever great racetrack here tonight
01:29Heimers nicely positioned in second then Tom Villal then Nate Trasham aboard his Yamaha as they settle into this opening lap rhythm
01:36But Hamaka's intentions are clear he has bolted
01:40He has three-point lead right now
01:42He has three-point lead right now
01:44This guy has the speed
01:46He's had the consistency just absolutely incredible we've been talking about it all season long
01:53And this guy is here to do business
01:57All right, let's hear from the man himself set Hamaka his remarks prior to the gate drop on chasing a championship
02:06Feeling really good confidence is at an all-time high and to be in this opportunity
02:12Is amazing, you know, it's what it's what I work so hard for and all the sacrifices and hard work to get here has
02:19Has been really, you know cool to see pay off and still two races to go and really want to put you know number one plate on mitch's door
02:27but got to keep executing and
02:30Keep putting in you know the rides that I have been and I feel like I can pull this thing off
02:36And you can just hear that calm confidence in seth Hamaka's voice
02:39But he's up against two reigning champions the east and west with rj hampshire and tom b allen
02:45The big question has been he does not have that kind of experience
02:49Fighting for championships down to the last few rounds they do how will he cope with this well talking to the team
02:55And even his family they said his personality could not be better suited to it
02:59He just keeps his focus very narrow looks in all the time
03:02Focuses only on himself doesn't worry about how the people and it's just kind of his nature and they feel really
03:07This is something that he'll just take a stride. I would agree with that one one hundred percent. No one knows him like his family
03:13For sure and he's went through a ton of learning curves this season and he's adapted to them so well
03:20answering the bell every single time and
03:23Despite his championship experience like tom biel and rj hampshire. I think this guy is up for the task
03:30Bial has lost third place to nate thrasher. Let's talk about this guy here chance hymas aboard the hrc honda
03:37This happened earlier today, and it was a close call on the opening lap of the session check this out
03:45Yeah, it's really crazy like he slows up and then
03:48I'm sure if he like hit neutral then the bike went into gear nevertheless that was a good save it was like in slow motion
03:56He came off remember last weekend
03:59Andies rutherford he took a hard hit at the end of the rhythm lane
04:04Glad to see him back out here
04:07Well, it's so good to see him bounce back right as will said right at the top of the show
04:10He's a little wounded he's a little hurt
04:12But he is doing a great job to start tonight with just over two minutes plus a lap to go
04:17Ricky you were talking about when we run around the berm phoenix honda's cullen park
04:22This guy has rocketed up the championship order to a fourth place
04:26It's a career high a career first podium a couple of rounds ago
04:30Life doesn't get any better at the moment for this guy well, and he has a he's a lot of momentum going now
04:35Keep in mind he started 12th in this heat race
04:38So he's made up a lot of positions right here
04:40And he's even talked about jt he needs to get better starts if he wants to continue to have this great season
04:47Well, you know, I think the whole thing for him. This is all upside
04:50You're talking about a rider here who didn't even know that he was racing let alone which coast around christmas time
04:55So the last minute nature of this success really stands out to me the podium in the mud
05:01Yes, that's one thing but he's really backed it up with solid results and fourth place in points tells the story in and of itself
05:08All right, let's hear some words from cullen himself about the past few weeks and races
05:12Yeah, it feels really good to put together a really solid season right now being fourth and points
05:20Still two races left though. The job's not done. We still have a lot of work ahead of us. Um, yeah
05:24I mean, I think the difference has been just
05:27Having good consecutive weeks and believing in myself and I got a good people a good group of people in my corner right now
05:33And yeah, I think that's been the biggest difference and
05:36Just really taking it race by race and trying to focus on the little things that i've been trying to narrow down during the week
05:42And I think that's what you're seeing on the weekend
05:44I was talking to james coy the team manager who you know so well ricky at fix
05:48Honda and he said that guy's work ethic is incredible he rides maybe more than anybody else and
05:56He just he's so determined and he's so pleased for cullen to see those results coming, but they're not surprised
06:02Well, whatever he's doing he's got to keep doing it
06:04And I love that approach and love to see just how well he's done against a tough field
06:10Uh this this 250 east division is definitely no joke a lot of heat in here for sure
06:15Nice work from nate thrasher as he got by vial and he's gapped vial substantially. Here's that split lane the option
06:26Yeah, these split options are really cool because it gives these riders
06:31Two options as you can see split lane inside or outside and you don't have to follow so you can kind of
06:36Go through the other line get a breath. You're not getting filled filled with dirt
06:41Sometimes it's so hard though. I think about the smx track crew in these circumstances. It's so hard to get it perfectly equal
06:50They work their butts off to get it just right
06:54Sometimes you get it sometimes you don't I would say that the dominant line has been earlier today
07:00Riders going to the outside line first and inside line at the end look at this doesn't mean it won't change
07:06Look at this last lap but nate thrasher is gaining ground on chance hymas
07:12different choice
07:15Yeah, pretty equal right there
07:17Love to see that but I think hymas might have taken the inside there because he anticipated
07:24The 437 of vinnie lehovy being in the line does a great audible that he pulled there
07:31Seth hamica right from the drop of the gate
07:34Just rocketed to the lead and has not looked back
07:38That is confidence right there lee. This is huge for the championship leader
07:44And gets that heat victory
07:46It's all going to plan for seth hamica
07:50Finishes ahead of hymas thrasher vr will come home fourth
07:54Want to give a shout out a little further in the pack to luke nice
07:58Colin park trevor colin jack rogers will go through to the main for the set