Weege Show: Anaheim 1 2024 Post Race

Jason Weigandt walks and talks around Angel Stadium to talk about the opener for 2024 Monster Energy Supercross.

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So weed show is here there is one tradition in Anaheim that will never change it said it’s freezing when you’re done at Anaheim 1 this was our uh host set desk Booth thing for our pre-ra show I didn’t even realize that there was like a Terrace over here at Anaheim with

These rocks there’s the track and you probably already know what happened it’s what a lot of people thought would happen jet Lawrence has become the first rider ever to win in his first ever 450 super cost start down of what’s going to happen great job K great job uh I’m

Going to head to the Pres conference and we’ll talk to some Riders um I think everybody knew it would be alarming if jet were to come out and win right off the bat obviously again as I said throughout the Motocross campaign it’s not that we’re rooting against

Anyone to have success but we’ve seen what domination in the sport looks like many many times and it is awesome from a big picture perspective I always say that Jeremy mcass dominance had an absolutely calculable tangible impact on the size of the sport and that that is

Great but at the same time that was many many years of knowing who was going to win the race Before the Race started which is not probably as exciting as we want it now with jet it’s very early to say that that’s what is going to happen but it’s certainly trending that

Direction and tonight doesn’t change that at all it only reinforces it but I do think about the amount of times we have left Anaheim 1 feeling like okay this is definitely the way it’s going to go right this indicates what we’re in store for right and then it does not can

I go that way what’s that somewhere in here sorry is there another way down uh all the way down all right let me let me give you a badge then sorry I was on camera so luckily his first pocket I looked there you go thank you yeah no you’re

Good sorry I had to show the P there to get through that gate uh this is behind the scenes now oh and there’s people EX anyway there is a long-standing tradition of leaving Anaheim thinking that we have it all figured out and then that is not the way the season goes in

Fact I’d say over the last 20 years that has been the case more often than not I don’t know what that is certainly when it’s jet Lawrence winning races and you think well geez he’s just getting started and he said how nervous he was you would think he would only get better

From here on out uh but friend of mine was saying remember 2017 and Ken roxon when he went to Honda and how it looked like the Ken Rock and era was about to begin and roxon dominated this race I mean it absolutely dominated this race

And it seemed like it was a I mean that’s the way things were going until it wasn’t so you never know that’s our first takeaway but uh it’s unbelievable what this guy can do unbelievable I mean what he’s done so far is doing something I didn’t expect

Which is I thought we’re in the post goat era you know we had seen mcgr do Carmichael Chad greats he might be right there with them soon okay couple updates here uh post press conference I was really interesting to hear from Chase ston because the hot offseason rumor was that

He was not flying at the test track as he trying to adjust to the new KTM and I know that that’s a like a open sore wound nerve there because we know the last couple of years is Cooper web loving that motorcycle or not now I feel

Like let’s be honest Cooper Webb won two titles out of the 5 years that he was there and he was in contention for it last year so B can’t be that bad but I think there was a lot of eyeballs on that especially the fact that the Honda

Kept on winning first SE wins on it last year and then you know what happened after that with the jet continuing to win as well and then hearing that sexon it wasn’t going so smoothly that was like oh brother um so he did say in the press conference this is interesting

He’s like yeah if you saw me a couple of weeks ago or a month ago whatever he said uh you weren’t thinking I was was going to the podium and Anaheim won so he’s got to take that they made great progress things got a lot better and

He’s much happier with the bike and uh but he did say he still wasn’t quite where he wanted to be and he got tight in the main which he said hadn’t ever really happened to him so they still got some work to do uh but he did definitely

Seem happy and this is a crisis averted I think is the way we put it and um you know Anderson and Webb were definitely keeping jet honest and uh Anderson said yeah once they started hooking up in a battle uh quickly um jet was gone but at

The same time this is the way jet does it right he doesn’t win by these massive gaps guys close in guys keep the heat on happens all the time and then next thing you know he still wins so it’s really hard to determine which one of those

Things was it were those guys riding good enough to track him down or is this just the typical the way he wins all the time and that’s the big mystery how do you stop it um when does it stop when does it end is it a weirdo Anaheim one

Thing I don’t know also I’ve never had one of these hand warmer things it took about 3 hours just going to kick in but now I’m afraid my jacket’s going to catch fire my gosh like I said one of the great traditions of Anaheim is how

Cold it is here at night bro you’re rocking shorts you’re rocking shorts I need your hat maybe it’s just me cuz I feel like it’s really cold out and then um it’s cold it is cold thank you thank you verification um finally the 250 class RJ Hampshire I think you really

Wanted to establish that this is his class it is his year hey everybody have a good time thank you I think he really wanted to St this is his year his class his time and nothing about the evening I lost my heater nothing about today is going to

Derail that um he was the best guy in the main event he pulled away quickly and uh Levi said can’t be bummed with a Podium at Anaheim 1 uh but definitely feels he can get better and uh good run for Jordan Smith I think if Jordan Smith

And you get through round one safe healthy good plenty of fight left in him uh what I’m really impressed in is is the 929 right there Julian bomeo this he looks so good on Supercross it’s a first Supercross race two whole shots rode well faded back a bit in the main but

That happens to the new guys all the time probably got tight and nervous but they got some real talent on their hands kind of out of nowhere with that kid especially in superr that was as good a debut as you could ask for um overall we didn’t have the crazy racing and the

Passing and the action and the drama or crashes or anything like that except for one for Hunter Lawrence who ended up not making the main but I think it’s okay I think we’re buckling up and sometimes the opener like I said in the previous show on Friday you don’t want it to

Answer all the questions so I think we’re going to assume you’re going to get a better Tomac you’re going to get a better ston it’s good to see Anderson appears to be back bro Ridgeline Nation I drive a Ridgeline I’m driving here man Lambo Urus no

Ridgeline guy noine guy oh mark it down ridg line guy jet Lawrence is a Ridgeline guy real men drive ridgelines narts we call them anyway thanks for watching the show uh that’s jet Lawrence just cleaning up the pits after winning the race and uh I

Got to head to the airport I will see you folks at uh San Francisco and uh thanks to race deck for backing the show