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00:00Speed, it's not going to be an issue for these big three, but how does this one play out?

00:05This pays points to the championship.

00:08We are going to have a lot of answers, I feel like, after we go racing in this first race.

00:12And we might find out right away in the first lap of sprint race number one.

00:17You see Christian Craig to the far left.

00:19That is the inside of a right-handed first corner.

00:23To his left, Joey Savace.

00:24Luke Cloud was ripping today in qualifying at Super Bowl.

00:28Jason Anderson, one to the outside of him.

00:31And you have Colt Nichols in gate number five.

00:34This one is going to be good.

00:36As you said, a tenth of a second between the three fastest riders in the SX1 division.

00:42One point between them.

00:44It couldn't get any better.

00:46Three races to decide the 2025 World Supercross champion.

00:51And the first gate of the night for SX1 drops now.

00:55All right, Joey Savace and Anderson.

01:01Anderson goes wide.

01:02Savace gets the double.

01:04And Anderson will be on the side of the track.

01:07He rolls in, but it's Savace who takes the lead.

01:09Christian Craig up the inside.

01:11What does Anderson do here?

01:12Oh, he has to be so careful in this position.

01:15Oh!

01:16Aggressive early.

01:17All right, that is what Jason Anderson is going to do there tonight.

01:20All right, look at the three.

01:21And Luke Clout might play a role in this, too.

01:23He was ripping today in qualifying.

01:25Riders down in the rhythm section.

01:27But Anderson takes the lead as Craig tries to make the move on his teammate, but comes up just short.

01:32And we have the big three in this championship conversation.

01:36One, two, and three in this race.

01:38Joey Savace is not being nice at all.

01:42Oh, Christian Craig to the ground.

01:45He's going to have to make up a lot of ground in a short amount of time.

01:49It's an eight-lap sprint.

01:51Wow.

01:52I mean, that's tough for the guy who is one down.

01:54Look at Savace makes a mistake there.

01:56But think back to a week ago.

01:58These two came together.

02:00Savace got the bad end of it.

02:01He was on the ground.

02:03Anderson gets the win in the overall.

02:04These boys remember, and it might be time for Joey Savace to do something about what happened in Sweden.

02:11This might be a shot at it.

02:13Joey Savace played it very, very cool in Sweden.

02:17But it looks like he has his teeth out in these opening laps.

02:21Playtime is over.

02:22Let's not forget, Joey does not have a major 450 Supercross title.

02:27This is his chance.

02:28Here's Christian Craig on the Dragon's back.

02:33It's the back tire, so now this would be the second issue.

02:37He went down in the corner before the straightaway, back towards the finish line.

02:41So that would be a second issue on the lap.

02:43And when it goes to Anderson and Savace, you have to remember that this is a game of speed.

02:48And Joey has had it the last three weeks.

02:51He's been the faster of the two.

02:53Anderson's had the better race craft.

02:55We're about to find out if speed can overtake craft right here.

02:59Yeah, and I just think you said that perfectly.

03:01Joey has been so fast.

03:03He's been so technical.

03:04But Jason Anderson has been in this situation before, and he has thrived in this situation

03:10before unanswered questions.

03:12But Joey, Jason has that confidence.

03:14And it's clear with Jason Anderson out front, if you're Joey Savace, this title will not

03:19be given to you.

03:20It will have to be taken.

03:22Nice line by Joey right there.

03:23He goes roll, triple, double.

03:25Some options on this track played out earlier in Super Bowl.

03:28Jason, we're seeing it again now.

03:30And these boys have not been within half a second of each other this entire race.

03:36We're four laps in, and they are still within half a second.

03:39Now, remember, every race in World Supercross counts towards the championship, but these

03:44sprint races give just a little less than half points.

03:48So it's 10 for first, 9 for second, 8 for third, and so on.

03:52So if you are Jason Anderson, winning this race would give you one more point, Kristen.

03:59Both Dustin Pipes, team manager for PMG Suzuki, and also Yariv Khonski, team manager for Quad

04:06Lock Honda.

04:06I asked them both what they were telling their riders today.

04:09Yariv told me.

04:10He told Joey Savace, go out there and do it.

04:13On the other hand, Dustin Pipes told Jason Anderson absolutely nothing.

04:17He said, Jason is a pedigreed champion.

04:20He knows exactly what to do.

04:21The best thing I can do is give him space.

04:23That's how I support Jason Anderson.

04:24Two completely different methodologies for those two riders.

04:27And, Jace, we had a chance to talk to Dustin Pipes earlier today.

04:31He's stressed.

04:32He said he's feeling it.

04:33But on the other hand, his rider, the one on the bike, Jason Anderson, told you, I'm

04:37just here to win a race, championship, whatever.

04:40And you told me you really like that attitude out of Anderson.

04:43I mean, he's just the definition of cool, love, and collected.

04:47And I think that in championship nights like this, when there's so much external pressure

04:51and so much head noise, when you can genuinely be the guy that is that chill, it's got to

04:57just play into your favor so much.

05:00He is riding great right now.

05:02He's started to extend his lead over Joey Savace just a bit.

05:06You see the championship points as they run.

05:08Anderson would be up one if it finished like this.

05:12But for Christian Craig, he is going to need to make a pass.

05:15He's going to have to make multiple passes just to get back to single digits.

05:20Anderson is now starting to throw whips.

05:22Maybe that's because he doesn't hear Savace is closed.

05:24But he seems to be getting more comfortable while Joey's starting to make little mistakes.

05:28Yeah.

05:28And you can see that Joey is really on the edge of the racetrack.

05:32He's trying to open up these turns.

05:33I don't know if that means that he doesn't have the front end feel that he wants.

05:37So he's going to make these turns feel impossible.

05:39Jason Anderson looks comfortable.

05:41He looks loose.

05:42I wouldn't be surprised if that jersey was untucked.

05:45He's got a bit of the magic that's coming from that.

05:47He's out front right now as these laps click down.

05:51And Jason was not as fast as Joey today in the Super Bowl.

05:56But he was playing around, doing no-footers, doing big whips.

05:59He wasn't concerned with it because when the gate drops,

06:03that's when you get the point.

06:04And since this gate is dropped, he has been on the gas.

06:07Remember, though, he had an issue on that opening lap,

06:09doubled his way off the track, worked back into the line,

06:13and then was pretty aggressive with Joey Savace right there in the third corner.

06:17Oh, and this is going to be a massive loss for Joey.

06:20He makes the big mistake.

06:23And the lead is starting to slip away.

06:25Yeah, and they said at writers' meeting today,

06:27they praised the guys for how good that they'd been all season,

06:30but they said let's decide this championship on the track

06:33and not with the FIM officials.

06:36Remember back, Christian Craig lost five points in the Gold Coast.

06:39I mean, if you're looking where he's at now with that mistake,

06:42I bet he wishes he could have those five points back,

06:45but he has made some passes.

06:46He's in sixth place now.

06:48Up to sixth.

06:48He's in Simonson in fifth with a great ride for Rick Ware Racing.

06:51Colt Nichols in fourth.

06:52That's Jason Anderson's teammate on PMG Suzuki.

06:56But for Jason Anderson, man, this is a guy who thrives on new.

07:01Think back to his 250 days.

07:03He rode for Rockstar Suzuki.

07:04They switched to KTM.

07:06All new wins the championship.

07:08Ryan Dungey goes on a three-peat

07:10in the Monster Energy Supercross championship.

07:12The year he's gone, big change coming.

07:14It's Anderson who takes advantage and gets the win.

07:16Then he switches to Kawasaki years later.

07:18First year with a new team.

07:19Aluminum frame, all that change.

07:21And he thrives there as well.

07:23Now he's got, let's see, that's Cameron DeRoe,

07:26the wildcard rider from South Africa,

07:29holds him up just a bit.

07:30But for Jason Anderson, Jason, he's with a new team

07:33in a new championship, new personnel,

07:36and he just thrives in these situations.

07:38It just seems like he's one of those guys that,

07:40like you said, he just thrives in the chaos.

07:42And sometimes the change is exciting

07:44and something to work through.

07:46He's so naturally talented.

07:48And when you're that talented,

07:50can you just get bored with how easy riding can become?

07:54And for Jason Anderson,

07:55this would be his third win of the season.

07:58It's Jason Anderson who takes sprint race number one.

08:03What a ride for El Hombre.

08:07Absolute perfection.

08:08Once he got through the first couple corners.

08:13And he was phenomenal in that one.

08:15And Christian Craig puts his head down,

08:18charges all the way to the finish,

08:20and he gets to fifth place.

08:22Now remember, the main event,

08:24the final race of the night,

08:25that's where the big points are.

08:27If you're Christian Craig,

08:28keep yourself in this thing.

08:30But he may have his back against the wall here.

08:32He may have to win out the night

08:33and have a little help

08:34from Jason Anderson and Joey Cevacci.

08:37If you're going to have a bad race,

08:39that's the one to do it.

08:41But that is going to put him in a hole

08:43that he needs to dig himself out of tonight.

08:46El Hombre, he had the perfect start.

08:48And Cevacci is well and truly in this thing.

08:51One point, keeping those boys apart again.

08:55Sprint race number two will give the same amount of points,

08:59but Anderson grabs all of them here, Christian.

09:02With his third race win of the season,

09:04Jason Anderson, way to set the tone tonight

09:06on championship night.

09:08Take no prisoners right out of the gate, huh?

09:11Yeah, it was kind of a crazy start.

09:15Joey's going for it.

09:16I'm going for it.

09:19Crowd, I hope you liked it.

09:21The track conditions have changed dramatically

09:23from where they were at earlier in the day.

09:25It's what you guys are racing on now.

09:27What did you take an accounting of during that GP race?

09:30Just what I need to do

09:31to be better than them.

09:32That's about it.

09:33Thanks so much, Jason.

09:37And he was better than them just by a little,

09:41but that might be all it takes, Chase,

09:43to win this.

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