Deegan took that over the bars like a champ. He’s like rubber and tough as it gets. Let the haters hate, they just wish they were him and had an incredible work ethic. Kid is more disciplined than 99.9% of people, that’s why he wins.

Championships are won are your bad days. Id say deegan did a great job salvaging his bad day.

Did Hymus outlast Deegan ?? Deegan wrecked and Hymus did'nt !!! WTF are you saying

how can you not have a flagger watching the blind side of a jump???!!! Disgusting!!

Moto 1 250's was one of the best races I've ever seen in my 48 years

Honestly. It’s wild he wadded like that and still finished where he did. His “bad” day is because a bike is done and he lands on it. Goodness.

Not a bad day when you get through another weekend and the points lead stays exactly the same. Its still more fun watching him ride the wheels off it.

I was standing right there. That flagger was stuck on stop on stupid for at least 4 seconds.These flaggers look like they have never raced

Totally unacceptable to not have flaggers respond within seconds, guy on four wheeler had to tell him to put out yellow which should of been a cross flag to stop jumping. should have two flaggers at every blind jump landing.

You are SO right about RC on announcing. He drives me crazy!!

Another race down and he hasn’t lost any points. Deegan is winning the 2024 motorcross championship! 🎉

We started a drinking came, everytime RC said "The reason i say that is because & the reason that happen is " we take a drink. Yeah we missed the whole race LOLOL😛

Ricky fumbles his words every sentence. Ty masteralle… Justin cooper is sneaky fast he’s having a great sneason. The reason I say this is. lol it gets worse every weekend I think he’s doing it on purpose at this point

That view of Deegans crash is gnarly, hes lucky he isnt hurt bad. This flagger issue needs to be resolved. This is absolutely insane.

The dude crashes and lays out on side of track then Deegan crashes 100 times worse into the dudes bike and gets straight back on it, Deegan made of much much more sterner stuff 💪

STOP INTERVIEWING AT THE GATE!!!!

Back in the day I was a flagger for the SCCA and IMSA. We were told from the get-go that if we ever wanted to see piss poor flagging just turn on the TV and watch any AMA event. It was pretty much a inside joke about how poor the flagging was at any motorcycle event, particularly Motocross and supercross. They could easily get flaggers from the auto racing side of the sport if they'd make the effort. They'd be trained and competent. Then you could start punishing people who ignore blue flags etc

MXS doesnt even need to pay more for Flaggers...So simple just require Tracks to provide flaggers on top of your currents ones in their yearly bids to host a National. Local riders would line up if their Local tracks asked them to Flag for them in exchange for various Track benefits.

One of the local heroes landed on a kid down on a blind jump at a new track in our area due to poor or no flagging. The kid died and the guy that landed on him left the sport due to emotional trauma.

When I was watching the race i realized the issue with lappers is actually that there wasn't enough flaggers to notify them!!!

So I think I heard it only 4 times this week that RC loves the drone shots that “really provides a great perspective”. Thinking next race we take a shot every time he says something about the drone shot.

When Ricky said I won’t speculate on that I literally laughed out loud lol. Then in 450 moto 2 with like 6 or 7 minutes left he went on a huge rant about how he had more bad days than good, Jason changed the subject then Ricky brought it right back up. I was like wtf is going on lol

Chance’s wheelie then hop down the hill was smooth as butter. Where has Stewart been. I missed him on the broadcast and his race review podcast. What about the Ausie that was up from in the 450 second moto. Isn’t that the team mate for the de nations with the Lawrence boys?

JS is now way better in the booth than RC... took JS a few months to get the groove, but now he is gold on the broadcasts.

Deegan was about to close down fifth and until the crash. That’s all he really needed to still be solid. And the crash alone is wild that he hopped right up and ran to the bike! Hunter and smith did not have that same response on their falls

Whatever happened to kidney belts? Even in my prime, I wouldn't even think about getting on my bike without one because my insides would've become a pile of mush by the end of the day.

The past few weekends were amazing without Ricky. When I heard him I was like WHYYYY?

Cooksey! I was at Red Bud and was on the hill side where Deegan waded. The whole crowd was yelling at the flagger and the guy who crashed first panic revved and the flagger was still clueless after all this. Just wanted to give you some more info on that situation.

Carmichael is terrible. I don’t know how an objective person who produces broadcasts could employ him. Best part of the broadcast was when they would go to commercial and you could watch with no commentary by anyone.

From coverage to safety, every weekend this sport does something to embarrass itself.

Carnage all over the track and no reports on the live broadcast ! An awesome top ten ride by a rider from outside the normal field and we hardly see or hear anything about him after a few laps. We learned of high pulse rates, but watched a zoomed in Lorocco’s leap that looked like a pit bike jump on TV. It’s also comforting to hear Will’s exceptionally long winded “reports” that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual race. Every time she talks, something happen’s in the race and we miss key passes or significant changes in rider positions and she keeps going and going. Ricky is getting worse, if that’s even possible. The flagger situation is terrible and the beat goes on ……..

The reason I say that is blah blah blah.

That man is made of steel

Nice Vid Cooksey!! I agree 100% about the flaggers. Being a MX racer/rider for over 40 years (only made a level not pro) these guys are going fast and the obsiticals are getting ridiculous. This is a "Professional" sport!!!! We need Professional flaggers!! and updated rider warning features, ie; red/yellow lights etc. Deegs is very fortunate that he was not injured, and the rider that caused that also fortunate he wasn't hit.......

People refuse to call out Davey Coombs and MX sports. If Brian and Haiden, would call out Davey Coombs and these flaggers. Who don’t do their job, and just stand there looking around. They won’t be happy until someone ends up permanently injured. Keep Calling Davey out Cooksey!!

RC is soooo painful…..Thank goodness for the Mute button. It’s bad when the Wifey says “That announcer is annoying”…

Still think haiden would have caught vialle if he didnt land on the bike, hymas had that moto all day though. Hymas has improved a lot from last season esp his fading . Curious what his new diet is exactly.

They should have a lighting system instead of flaggers it would let riders know way faster when someone is down. Blinking colored lights with several personnel with remotes.

Ricky ‘No Speculation’ Carmichael. That’s part of his job, and he constantly sidesteps it each and every race 😝

Danm did not see that head on angle of Reagan’s crash. It’s wild there was no coverage of it on the broadcast.

RC saying "the reason I say that" drives me crazy! So bad.

I'm sure you remember what happened to Alssie a few years ago he was out cold and was landed on 6 times and the flaggers were nowhere to be seen.

First off I just want to say, I really enjoy your video's. With comments about the flagging issue. Here in Canada we actually pay our flagger's at our local race's and our National series. And the club's pay them 100+ per day. So I hear you about the flagging issue. Keep exposing the CORRUPT people of motocross.

I always knew chase was going to take this on I can't belive how much people souport the austries and not our boys from home like chase I'm very happy to see him on top

Shimoda "eased up"? 3 corners from the end, he was on Hyma's rear wheel. He gave it to much throttle and lost traction. He definitely was trying to win.

Absolutely agree on safety and flagging. It would be easy to have those remote controlled.

Multiple incidents where the flaggers are standing in a blind spot to the riders.

Sorry RC, the announcing is awful.

Ricky Biden killing it in the booth. They need a title sponsor for the flaggers like the medical crew

Thanks Chris, we appreciate it🤘 I’ve had mouse troubles with my kids too, lol😂

The flagging was definitely looking Suspect at RedBud. I was shocked that not a mention of Mike Healey passing away, this guy was outkasted by the AMA, FIM and KTM, after his career ended his mental health spiralled and there was no support from the organisations he rode with, and the brands he helped build.. SHAME ON THEM . R.I.P Gunner 🙏🇺🇲❤️

Put flagmen on blind jumps and have them pay attention to riders LANDING. It is a simple fix.

Heinz Ward, famous Pittsburgh Steelers WR played hus entire career with No ACL in both knees. I tore mune early in our local MX racing, doctor drained the blood out of my knee got a CTI knee brace and No issues rest of the season. Did get it operated on after season ended. Did the Cadiver craft option cause its quicker healing time. Only missed 4 weeks of work. Only people whi actually need the hamstring ACL replacement are athletes that do a lit of stop and go movements like basketball and football players. Just a stability ligament for fwd and back motion. MCL for side to side

Bottom line... RC HAS TO GO !!!!!!! I cant stand listing to this guy filibuster the entire time and offer NOTHING to the broadcast !!! He talks over Jason and never lets anyone say a word !! I now have to mute the race because of this !! Bring back JS7 !!!!!!

I agree with you on Ricky Carmichael. James Stewart is definitely a better commentator.

Cooksey, not the holy grail of major NO-NO's, not something as simple as allowing two way communication between the riders & either the track officials or the racers own team DIRECTLY WARNING THEM that there is a downed rider over this jump or around this blind corner. The system could be set up WITH THE WARNING LAMP SYSTEM so that everyone in that section of the track will be seeing the flashing red lamps & HEARING WHATS UP (or who's down) right in their ear, BEFORE LAUNCHING & LANDING upon the pile of carnage, destruction & hopefully not DEATH!!!

If they had to hire & pay for flaggers that were pros & went with the show, DAVEY might have to lay off the guy that digs holes in his back yard to hide all of his & Rita's $$$$$ in & that guy has a family & is way more important than a lapper.

They need to focus on flagging and not sound and politics period

Deegans second moto was the result of a bad start and a lapper going down in front of him. He was on the move when he landed on that downed lappers bike.

Lappers were the worst I've seen. They were plugging up the race line and wouldn't move. MC raced most of his career without an ACL. He also had to have that knee replaced, so there's that.

Hymas did not outlast Deagan, but he rode well. Until the crash he was catching them. First moto just needed an extra lap.

From the angle I saw, it looks like it took the flaggers 13-15 seconds to get the yellow flag out.

We need more Hooters girls running in front of the racers.That was special.

You are right about the problems with flaggers. At the very least, they should be trained and certified as a flagger. I also believe that paid flaggers would improve the safety as we would likely have a better quality of workers people who take the job seriously. I also agree that someone will likely get hurt badly unless this issue is resolved. Chance Hymas also missed the Red Cross flag. A rookie mistake? Maybe. Technology such as flashers would also be helpful.

Ricky was fine on Race day live and what I mean by that is, lol .

Haiden one tough kid Crashes over another riders bike while the rider crawling across the track And haiden jumps up gets back on his bike like it was nothing 👍

Guy’s let me add some more on Ricky! He’s an embarrassment as a sports announcer ! Please James is soooooo much better!

That yellow flag that wasn't, imo, should have been a red cross flag. A bike or body on a landing of a blind booo--ooter!! No body should be jumping. Roll only until clear. My $0.02 🤷🏻‍♂️

They should have a tower with a Flagger next to every big jump or blind jump. Swan MX in Texas has them. You’d think the big factory teams would fork out the money for flagger’s. It’s in their best interest. Imagine the money Star Yamaha would have lost if Deegan had got hurt (and he probably is a little banged up). Everyone talks about growing the sport, but we don’t even have qualified people out there flagging the race. But a gear company will pay a rider a quarter million a year to wear their boots. You have to start at the bottom up if you want this sport to grow. Because right now the sport is like a crack head in a nice suit.

That flagger is an AMA official, just useless and slow. You can see the guy urgently ride up on a bike and take the yellow flag then the official takes it off him and starts waving it

Super pumped for Chance Hymas getting the overall, but Ty Masterpool emptying the tank after moto 1 was really evident to how he performed towards the end; luckily Ty didn't have to worry about Deegan. That crash from Deegan is a sign that we got average joes as flaggers. As I said before, if Duke Finch were still AMA Manager, he'd be puking his lungs out at how the flagging there was handled. If the flagger has to go onto the track to protect the rider, then so be it! How can they not know that??? Good stuff as usual, Cooksey!

During the 450 first moto RC kept saying that time was running out for anyone to make a move with 15 to 16 minutes left in the moto and then made the same comment with close to 10 minutes left in the moto. Then in the 250 moto 2 with 4 or 5 minutes made the comment that there was a long time for Chance to hang on.

that "second wind" in moto 2 for Hymas was in fact a micro dose of ped's in his system... doctor G with his magic hands

I don’t think Deegan was gassed. I think he just wasn’t gelling with the track for whatever reason. But I don’t think he was fatigued. He didn’t fade he just didn’t move up like he normally has been doing. Feels like someone is drama mining to me.

Kenworthys in OH had our dojo volunteer to flag the whole track....They also had others... 4H and more. The AMA did it on Pro day. We did a better job. We all got free tickets for the whole weekend.

Technically, Deegan rode for longer so that's what outlasting means. I think yu mean deegan got screwed and took it like a champ

#38 Don't got a Chip', He just Rides Hard',,,,,,,

I agree with you about Deegan, he was coming in that 2nd moto but he landed on that bike and it was over. I still can’t believe the broadcast, post race show said nothing about it….WTF Get some professional flaggers, damn, and I love your ideas. They can definitely do better!

RC is bad. Wish JS7 was full time. RC talking about how he had more bad days than good days LOL 120% WTF

Gotta have sound test for safety / regulation but can’t get enough competent flaggers to keep stuff like this from happening? What the hell is going on

The flagger situation is just not acceptable. Other sports have professionals working at each event. There is no excuse to not have a group that is trained and familiar with the sport. You want to grow you have to protect the riders. Forget growing the riders deserve at least to not have to guess about there safety each race.

That could have ended DAnger's career. It cost him the podium which is $30k+ they cost him. They need to only hire flaggers with Pro, A, or B class racing experience and a short training. Supply an umbrella or build a little overhang for shade in sunny spots... And get them off their ass out on the track to protect racers from going over blind spots into pileups. It could kill a downed rider... Way too much money in this sport for cutting those kind of corners. I burst my C1 in 1986 Mini O's in 125A Sx practice cause a sleeping flagger and I was wide open over a fast & out triple only to land in a pileup. I raced 4 days rubbing icey hot on my burst C1 getting 12th in Sx, 3rd in TT, 4th in first mx moto, and was 5th in second mx moto when I went numb and pulled off. I was FL 125A State Champ that yr, was almost 3rd overall in 125int that summer in Ponca with a 2-2 going into 3rd moto w Mike Craig & Denny Stephenson and in final moto I got clipped off start caught up from dead last to 3rd and bike seized after white flag and might of passed them both as I was a few sec a lap faster. So I was on couch a yr and off couch Jan 1988, I hopped on a Cagiva fill in ride for a day. I hadn't rode since Nov 1986. I ran a 5 lap practice session, then swept motos by a half a lap both motos in 1988 Gatorback Winter Am 125A - Glenn Somerville #798. Made only two pro sx main events I ever signed up for... 1988 Tpa 125 Pro Esx & Daytona 125 Pro Esx. But no sponsors wanted me after my C1... doctors didn't even want me out there. I quit after 11th at Daytona... They botched the records... I got the oversized $400 chk... either way, never dropped a gate again... This could have ended Danger's career. His dad needs to get Haiden $30k for missing the podium from DC.

“Outlasted” 😂😂😂

How do we continue to have these flagging issues. Its not like this is the first year of racing. Maybe the organizers should be penalized and proceeds given to riders affected. Bet you would see some changes then. 🤔

I wouldn't say out last.. first moto he fell back from being up 6sec. Then 2nd moto deegan about died!

I hope Brian Deegan makes a big stink about this. He has a lot of clout in the sport.

Did Hymas outlast Deegan? This is how you lose credibility with me all the time. Deegan crashed because the flaggers weren’t there

Cooksey has told us he doesn't like Hymas. Wonder if this Hymus guy is any better

If the riders get hurt, then no one will be riding.. Get the flaggers in there. Lights are whatF1 and Moto GP uses. Look at the example!!!

Cooksey, you handled the mouse story well. Atta boy.

Why the hell was the flagger at the bottom of the jump and they needed to ride a flag up to the guy up top..

If thats a bad day im sure deegan will take that. Bad flagging caused him to crash

RC BLOWS. STEW AND AC MAN!!!

Apparently Ole RC didn't go to school for being a analyst and broadcasting for the networks! I guess his championships got him him in the door,! Bubba does better IMO

RC is the sloppy joe of MX commentary. Hard to listen too.

GET SOME FLAGGERS!!!

All the flaggers get placed in their position by the AMA , that is yellow flaggers and wheels on the ground flaggers. Everyone waiving blue flags are with the AMA. They do have red lights that flash before jumps that have a wheels on the ground flagger that are remote controlled. The wheels flaggers are told by the AMA when to waive the flag and when to put it away. The person in the video on that jump your talking about is the AMA official that is responsible for the no jump signal on that jump. They also have cameras now on the jumps with wheels flaggers to go back and verify if someone has jumped when the signal is on and the flag is out.

Deegan should never have said he's proven he's unbeatable! Thats just asking for trouble

Agreed with cooksey they need flaggers. Professional flaggers. We did the same bullshit at arenacross. Hired people off the street who really didn't know how to flag. It's the series obligation to have quality flaggers who know thier shit Not cooksey medias job....but definitely a good talking point

I totally agree with you with the flaggers but the only thing is that these flaggers wave the yellow flag when something like the Deegan incident happens and the riders still jump on yellow flags and they should be not allowed to jump on yellow flags