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00:00Well he has and you know what I love about these showdowns it's the best
00:03from the east and the west but it's like a main event for the heat race right here.
00:09Salt Lake City Championship Day 250 East look at Hampshire he flew out of the gate and right
00:16on the inside he gets pushed a little wide that's Fial who rockets through and Seth Hamaker leads
00:23the way. You can't ask for a better start if you're the top three especially Seth Hamaker
00:27got was fast all day in practice RJ was right there so it's exactly what we what we want Lee.
00:33Well you know it's funny and it's actually no surprise James as the one two three runners
00:39in the championship here they are going for it in the heat race setting the stage and why
00:45because whoever can win this heat race I believe you set the stage and the tone for later on here
00:51this evening when the main events come around and that gate pick for the main.
00:55What a start on championship night for Seth Hamaker you are seeing belief and positive mindset
01:05sodified out in front of all that Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki the guy who broke the four-year
01:11drought between wins resurrected his career and boy that self-belief is sky high. Yeah absolutely but
01:18these guys got to be careful because the track's a lot different than it was as you can see Seth
01:23flying out they brought some of the loose stuff back on the racetrack so it's going to get drier
01:27as it goes but right now you can see Tom Bial starting to lose the ground these guys got to be careful.
01:32All right let's hear from the man himself the race leader Seth Hamaker on his thoughts on this title
01:36chase. I feel like you know these guys have been in some you know championship battles and each of them have
01:42you know the record to show for that but um you know for me being my first time I'm just going to go out
01:47there and you know try to try to win the race really and just uh not trying to overthink anything because
01:54you know if uh if I thought I'd be in this position at the beginning of the season
01:58I don't know if I would have thought I would be so uh it's just cool to be in this uh position we work
02:03hard for it and uh maybe maybe not as much pressure but I put a lot of pressure on myself to get this
02:08done and uh you know one race to one race to do it we came this far so I'm going to give it everything I
02:14have. Guys you can just hear the calmness there in Seth's voice Ricky you were talking about it he's
02:20just got the right attitude for this does he have that championship experience no he doesn't but it
02:26doesn't seem to bother him and talking to family and team members they said that's just who he is
02:31it's how he operates and it's going to help him out in this situation JT. Yeah well I agree with you so
02:37much and it's funny because most of these riders you can just see the pressure on their faces and
02:41that has not been the case with Seth and I think that all of the season is just a bonus I don't
02:46think he truly expected to be in a title fight this quick in this season so it's all upside from here
02:52and if he can be opportunistic he can use the lack of pressure to ride carefree here in Salt Lake.
02:57Well the improvements that he's made throughout the year he's he hasn't made the same mistakes twice
03:02and he's realized when to pull back and when to go for it where in years past that really wasn't the
03:08case and I go back to Birmingham midway through that season when he fell down it was a triple crown
03:13race and he comes back out and he dominates the last two and that is just a sign of the improvements
03:19that he's made now he has a speed advantage and that's what you need but what I talked about at the
03:24top of the show there's just something to be said for the two guys that are behind him right now in
03:29this race they have championship experience and that's what's going to be fun to watch
03:33seth hammocker and see how he reacts to championship pressure and he's doing a great job so far his
03:38team boss mitch payton is one of the icons of the sport and james monster energy pro circuit kawasaki
03:44is one of the most famous teams in the history of the sport but it's been eight years since they last
03:49won a championship this could be a landmark day for mitch payton and this organization absolutely
03:54i mean it's a big day for seth but like you said mitch payton as well and i think for all those guys
03:58you know just the ups and downs you know being so close last year with levi oh seth got a little
04:04buck wild on those whoops right there being so close to the championship with levi you know i think
04:08it'd be a huge day for them and the fact that they were able to stick with seth you know it just shows
04:13a lot of belief that mitch has into him and so far is paying off but they got two guys behind him
04:19he loses the front end that's what i was saying about being really uh careful in this corner the two
04:23guys behind him they're keeping him honest and all you can hope is a chance james you talked about
04:28earlier in this race how these riders are going to have to be really careful because the track was
04:32uh a little different than what it was in qualifying practice but it's starting to take a set there
04:37a little loose but it is amazing how they are not making hardly any mistakes some little ones subtle
04:43ones here but for as well as they're riding as fast as they're riding this trace this track's starting
04:48to take a really good set now you're going to see some good laps come from these guys yeah and we
04:53talked about earlier all those is the heat race and the championship comes out later on this evening
04:57this is the big mental booth for all these guys and honestly i think with those guys just sticking
05:02with seth the speed advantage that seth had over them earlier it's going to help them out moving
05:06forward to tonight when all the best of the best the 250 routers end up together ricky we spoke to
05:12nate ranzi team manager at rockstar energy factory huskvarner earlier today uh and he just said he's been
05:18very impressed with rj's resilience this year also just a sense of calm as well and that comes with having
05:24a championship under your belt yeah right because he's been well he's had that wrist injury kind of
05:29nagging him all season long and i asked nate i'm like do you think it's happened it's helped him in
05:35certain areas like kind of calms him and he can't push it where normally he would and maybe come at a
05:40risk of falling he says yeah it's kind of twofold it's helps him in certain areas like that but then
05:45also when we need rj to push like rj knows how to he hasn't been able to jt well i'm just watching tom
05:52be out here ricky and you think about a year ago he was the champ but he did not have a good night
05:57here in salt lake city and what i wanted to see is him come out and just be able to push now he's
06:02losing a little time to the leaders but he looks like himself he's looking like he's able to find his
06:07best form and in the main event if he can use that get a good start to ride he's gonna have a chance
06:12step one have a solid afternoon and bring your best stuff and i think if you're just grading on that
06:18it's a check mark so far uh saw some yellow flags oh it's rj hampshire down from second place
06:28oh he's got to get going he's stuck on the tough block yeah and that's in that rhythm section we
06:33saw a couple guys go down earlier it's a tricky rhythm section but this is he's caught up with
06:37wires in the back of his tire right there we have wires in between some of these oh they're still stuck
06:44in oh man between these um sections for speakers and live timing and scoring section times oh let's
06:54have a look at what happened so this uh rhythm lane has been super challenging all day long and
07:03oh wow his hand his uh helmet got caught on his handlebar that could have been way worse but
07:12that was pretty bad geez and he's look at it lee he's intent right now how far yeah max bolland is
07:19a long way up the track uh he's not going to be within striking distance meanwhile it has been clean
07:24all by one little bobble where the front end tucked a little bit seth hammocker on championship evening
07:32he gets it off to the best possible start with a win and that's check box one for that championship quest
07:39for seth hammocker incredible ride
07:44oh what a bummer for rj there's max voland jack chambers chambers is going to get that ninth spot
07:50over rj hampshire so they go straight through to the main to the east west showdown
07:55and rj hampshire here he is is going to be forced to do an extra race