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00:00...to maybe get another podium on the season.

00:04And I've got to be thinking about Max Hansi right now.

00:06I'm questioning my first turn execution.

00:09He's always the first one to it,

00:11but he's lost the lead in the first corner multiple times this season

00:14by driving a little too deep.

00:16And it looked like Shane just had that one out of the jump.

00:19He was up on his feet so quick.

00:21He had his weight back on a slick start straight like that.

00:24It just looked to me like Shane absolutely nailed that start.

00:30Obviously, Max had the advantage with the Superpole win.

00:34He got to pick his gait, but it honestly didn't matter.

00:37Shane executed so well.

00:3930-second board goes up.

00:41The tension starts to rise.

00:44And I got a feeling that this South African crowd is about to come alive.

00:47Oh, yeah.

00:48Well, they're standing.

00:48You see the kids out in the stands.

00:50They're the ones standing.

00:53Loving Supercross coming to Cape Town, South Africa.

00:57And Lovani joins the gate.

01:00You see Cole Thompson one gate to the outside of McElrath.

01:03Lopes one gate outside of him.

01:05Those were your four fasts today in Superpole.

01:09The board goes sideways.

01:11Up goes the revs, and the gate will drop in South Africa.

01:14And it's McElrath up the inside.

01:22A carbon copy start.

01:25You see Antti to the outside.

01:26It's Enzo Lopes in second.

01:28There's Cole Thompson, Maxime Desprez.

01:32You got Park and Hicks in the top six.

01:35Carbon copy of Mono one.

01:36Will we get the same result?

01:39Enzo Lopes looks like he really was.

01:41Oh.

01:42Oh.

01:42Desprez is down.

01:43Thompson over the top of him.

01:45And it looks like some moisture was added to the corner.

01:47Every one of the boys had a rough go through that.

01:51McElrath almost put it on the ground.

01:53Here's the difference, though.

01:55Antti is now ahead of Lopes.

01:57A lot earlier than he was.

01:58A moto would go.

01:59This one's on.

02:00Max ran it in after that rhythm section.

02:04Maybe that answered our question.

02:05Max Anstey is going for the win tonight.

02:10Anstey off the Dragon's back.

02:11Lopes right behind him.

02:12Let's take a look at what one did.

02:14Watch Shane.

02:15Slides.

02:16Good save.

02:17Anstey drives Lopes deep.

02:19And then comes the carnage.

02:21Looks like Kyle Peters and Cody Shock take advantage of the inside.

02:25How?

02:26How did Shane McElrath not hit the deck just there?

02:29Because that's a man who wants to win so bad.

02:32Needs to win so bad.

02:33And he stays up.

02:35You see him a lot more cautious into the corner of that lap.

02:38Yeah, he took it all the way to the edge end.

02:39That is crazy.

02:40I cannot believe he stayed up.

02:43We're on for the win tonight.

02:45Oh, and he wants it so bad.

02:47He said this season has not been what he expected, what he wanted.

02:53But every race is an individual opportunity to showcase who you are.

02:57And there's a one on that bike for a reason.

02:59He was fantastic a year ago.

03:01And if he can end this season congratulating Anstey, hey, good job this year, but I'm ending this on top.

03:08That would be a statement going into 2026.

03:11Yeah, that sets up the rivalry that goes into next year.

03:15It swaps to Max.

03:16Does it go back to Shane the year after?

03:18I'll tell you what, Shane is ripping right now, but Max's body language is completely different in this second race.

03:27And he sits back about 1.8.

03:30And I'll tell you what, it was dry today in qualifying.

03:33They've added a lot of moisture to keep that dust down.

03:36This is a different type of slick.

03:38And it looks like the boys are kind of having to adjust right now in the moment.

03:41And Max has been going to that outside line all day and carrying so much momentum through the outside.

03:48We saw him pass Enzo there.

03:50He has not switched that line at all.

03:52Staying disciplined to the line he knows, the line he likes,

03:55as Shane McElrath continues to put clean laps down, a 54.3.

04:00But Anstey, with the fastest lap of the race, a 54.2, he's warming up.

04:07Yeah, this, we've got four laps.

04:08We're halfway through this thing, and we have a lot of races to go.

04:13I've got a feeling that we might see that last turn action coming into play here.

04:17Well, I love when you look at a track map and you start picking apart where the opportunities might come.

04:22And when a track crew builds one that has a big old 180 right before the finish line,

04:28I mean, it just sets up for dramatics.

04:30And if Anstey can get himself a little bit closer, the battle will be on as the laps wind down.

04:37But McElrath, 1.7 over Anstey, and a fight between the defending champ and your new 2025 World Supercross champion.

04:46And this is for second in the championship.

04:49As I look at the board, Cody Schock is in fourth place.

04:51That is your battle for the second place overall in this world championship.

04:56And right now, Shane is looking like he wants that place.

05:00McElrath, one point up on Schock in standings.

05:04Three more if it stays as is.

05:07The battle between Lopes and Schock is pretty tight, under two seconds.

05:11There's Schock, you see, going to the outside.

05:12And for Enzo Lopes, a solid season, highlighted by a big win in the main event last week in Sweden.

05:18And wow, was that dramatic between the Rick Ware Racing team, his mechanic.

05:23I mean, they were just sick and tired of hearing about Max Anstey's perfect season.

05:29He took care of it last weekend.

05:31And I just love that Enzo is riding with an entire country on his back.

05:36You follow World Supercross on socials, and you will just see Brazilian flags glittered through the comments.

05:42When we have a round in Brazil, it is going to be insane.

05:47This is like the Justin Bieber of Brazilian motocross.

05:51I cannot wait.

05:51Please take us to Brazil.

05:53He would love that a lot, even though I will say his toughest race of the season was Buenos Aires, Argentina.

06:01There was a lot of fans there for him.

06:03He was getting pulled left and right all night long.

06:06Sometimes the hometown crowd elevates you, and sometimes they distract you.

06:10But this man in Sweden was undistracted.

06:14Not even sure if that's a word, but hey.

06:17Well, they're the best of the rest right now.

06:19These two have absolutely checked out.

06:22But Shane McGrath is holding tough up front.

06:25I really think that you saw Max throw everything at it, lap two, three, and four.

06:31Although he does still look like he's charging.

06:33He's pushing.

06:34You see him rip that outside burn.

06:35But, Jay, sometimes I think as a rider, when you give it everything you've got and you get no reward, you start questioning what you're doing.

06:43And this man has just been flawless.

06:46I mean, it's just clean.

06:47It's calculated.

06:48The bike looks like it's working perfect.

06:51And that lead is now stretched to 2.1.

06:53And these are two of the good guys in the sport.

06:57You want to see guys like this do well.

06:59They represent this world championship so well.

07:02Shane, a former champion of this series.

07:04Now, Max, a two-time champion.

07:06We've got him out front.

07:07You're going to see these guys' battles so hard, so clean all night.

07:12And, man, Shane has really been through him this season.

07:15And this has just got to feel so good to be leading these laps.

07:18So far, a perfect night.

07:19But as I say that, Max Anstey is starting to reel him in.

07:23From 2.1 to 1.5.

07:26It's closing down.

07:28He is running out of time.

07:29One lap to go.

07:33And he would have to have an amazing lap.

07:34Now, that was his best.

07:36Max goes 54.0 to Shane's 54.5.

07:40So that's a half a second, which means if he does it again, I mean, you're a 1.5 down.

07:46You're going to need to not only get to him, but you're going to have to pass him, too.

07:49So for Shane McElrath, be smart, be solid, and this one's yours.

07:54Yeah, he is just running out of real estate right now.

07:57Shane has not put a foot wrong.

07:59I tell you what, he does look closer, though, doesn't he?

08:02Yeah, we're down to 1.4.

08:04Wow.

08:04At the next sector time, we'll get a, yep, now down to 1.

08:09He's got a half a second and half a lap.

08:11We talked about those 180s.

08:14We've been talking up this finish line all night.

08:16Could it happen?

08:17I don't know that he's going to be close enough.

08:20Shane nails the corner, looks over his shoulder.

08:24It would have had to have been dirty.

08:26Shane McElrath wins sprint race number two of the 250s.

08:29Great race.

08:31And what a charge by Max Anstey.

08:34And luckily for us, we've got one more to go in SX2.

08:38The main event will be a 12-lap race to close down South Africa.

08:43This one is far from over.

08:45Enzo Lopes third, Cody Schock forward, looks like Kyle Peters.

08:49Colin Park, Cole Thompson at 5'6", 7.

08:54Hicks eighth.

08:55Kalana Humphrey with a top ten at ninth.

08:57Nice ride, Kalana.

08:58And Robbie Wageman in tenth.

08:59Wow.

09:05That got close.

09:06That got really, really close.

09:09And Shane knows it.

09:09He looked over his shoulder and he said,

09:11all right, I see you.

09:13I got you.

09:14But I see you.

09:15Yeah, and Max put in a charge early in that race.

09:18Didn't necessarily get rewarded for the charge that he put in.

09:22But he had a second dip.

09:26He had a second dip at it.

09:29Got so close.

09:31And I tell you what, this last final main event is going to be unreal.

09:33And Shane is with Kristen Beat.

09:37Shane, not only your first race win of the season, but now you're backing it up,

09:41going back to back with the double here tonight, looking for the clean sweep.

09:44You were just talking with your mechanic about the whoops.

09:47What did you find?

09:49It's changing every time out there.

09:51And, yeah, we had another good start.

09:53It was really slippery that time on the first lap.

09:55So it took us probably half the race to get going.

09:58But praise the Lord, we got another win.

10:00And that's what we've been working for.

10:01I feel good on the bike.

10:02And the job's not done.

10:04We've got to keep going.

10:05So, Shane, I hate to distract you from the effort that you're pursuing right now.

10:09But in the SX1 class, your two teammates are pursuing a championship.

10:13How has the climate been under your tent?

10:16About as good as it can be with a lot of pressure.

10:19We're working hard.

10:20I'm proud of those guys.

10:22Christian needs to stay in it.

10:23Joey needs to keep going.

10:24And, yeah, it's all good.

10:26Thanks so much, Joey.

2025 FIM World Supercross Round #5 | South African GP - SX2 Race 2

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