The Steve Matthes Show on RacerX

It's the Leatt LVK: More Than Moto show where Start Your Systems' Kellen Brauer and Vital MX's Lewis Phillips debate current SX/MX/MXGP topics as well as general life itself. In this episode, we go hard on some Motocross of Nations news and try to unpack how we move forward from this. It's all brought to you by Leatt, Alpinestars, ICON Meats, and Partzilla.

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00:23 Show intro & Budds Creek recap tease
04:09 Roczen's cryptic Instagram post
06:42 MXDN bombshell: Yamaha's press release, no Deegan
07:54 How Team USA Nations politics began (2015-16)
12:55 The 'can we win' mental block rant
17:07 Supercross excuse debunked & Nations' marketing value
20:51 Money side: AMA/Feld funding and merch potential
29:35 Deegan's WSX schedule anger & Alpinestars ad
35:58 Monster purse idea & Team USA roster rumors
39:58 What changed between Unadilla and Budds Creek
44:57 450/250 title fight preview: Jett vs Hunter
53:09 Title fights to the wire, Partzilla ad & PRMX drama
55:34 MXGP Arnhem thriller & Herlings' GOAT case
1:03:33 James Stewart legacy comparison
1:05:07 Card game: the fear question
1:10:01 Food fears & seizing the day of not being Lewis
1:12:12 Questions for Dave Prater & sign-off

Wrapping up action from the race weekend, covering all the scoops, with the normal cast of characters.

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00:00 Show open & sponsor rundown
01:20 Bud's Creek chaos recap, JT's Honda lunch & KJSC gear
10:45 Hunter's rough day & Jett's muted podium pace
18:12 Hunter's improvement vs Jett's ankle, Deegan's charge & the sight-lap miscue
26:28 Tear-off tech tangent & Jorge Prado's Unadilla redemption bet
31:55 450 moto scores, Renthal ad read & Mikkel Harrop's day
36:39 Barcia's hard racing vs Jett, RJ Hampshire's comeback & Tomac/Ferrandes rundown
43:49 Privateer rundown, Racetech ad, Beta's Benny Bloss deal & Jed Beaton's grind
49:31 450 points gap joke, Motosport/OnX ads & Yamaha YZ250F launch tangent
57:54 Chance Hymus's win/shoulder story, Cole Davies's title math & the gate-pick controversy
1:06:59 250 privateer rundown, Fly Racing ad & Cole Davies's title odds
1:14:34 Travis Pastrana breaks his leg & the Brunt Workwear ad
1:17:52 MXDN Team USA selection talk & bike rental fee debate
1:24:44 Who should pay for Team USA: AMA, Feld or in front?
1:29:35 Chance Hymus as a Team USA dark horse & Nations hype debate
1:34:10 Final Team USA purse debate & sign-off

Post-race interviews brought to you by Pro Circuit.

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00:57 Benny Bloss
06:49 Cooper Webb
09:21 Mitch Payton
14:53 Zach Osborne
17:52 Marshall Weltin
21:16 Henry Miller
25:06 Justin Barcia
30:52 Kyle Webster
39:17 Justin Rodbell
42:23 Chance Hymus
46:19 Nathan Ramsay

Lewis Phillips joins Matthes to break down 2027 silly season and who goes where, who is still out there and more. Then they get into the upcoming Team USA MXDN team

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00:10 Intro and Renthal ad read
02:05 Malcolm Stewart to Kawasaki
04:35 RJ Hampshire to Ducati
07:05 Ducati/Yamaha/Triumph/KTM rider rundown
08:05 Eli Tomac's future & AP's Triumph move
09:58 Cooper Webb to Tedder Racing
11:44 Chase Sexton-to-Kawasaki rumor
13:44 Bobby Reagan/Chisholm conspiracy theory
16:18 250 team rundown begins (Mitch, Star, Honda)
18:04 KTM and Triumph 250 rosters
20:52 Team USA MXDN roster uncertainty
23:59 Star's bike rental fees & Deegan merch money talk
26:27 Commercial
26:47 Assen prospects & Australia's MXDN status
27:00 Commercial
27:49 Wrap-up: Yamaha's wildcard fourth rider

It's The Troy Lee Designs Race Tech Blair Matthes Project where industry insiders Daniel Blair and Steve Matthes dig in on a multitude of topics. In today's episode, we break down the importance of Budds Creek, talk some silly season news, and more. Let's dive in!

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00:00 Show open & Race Tech ad read
02:55 Commercial
10:56 Firepower/Maxis ad read & Club MX news: Mark Phineas
21:40 Kellen quizzes Daniel on Club MX's future
23:48 Budds Creek preview: Hunter Lawrence's crash
33:19 Hayden Deegan's stats & 450 chassis talk
37:57 Namira ad read, 250 talk & silly season rumors
46:25 More silly season & does Deegan get paid for MXoN
54:13 Kellen's scoop: Deegan at MXoN & French roster
56:32 ASV Inventions ad read
58:01 Fantasy time: rough week & Budds Creek picks
1:04:15 Chase's tweet, Chiz's number & Budds Creek memories