Woods Race vs. Aaron Plessinger! | ERAs Episode 6

Come to think of it, boys, I was really sending it. I don't usually send it that often. Thinking back on that, does it feel like it was a little riskier than you thought at the I felt good about it. Yeah. Definitely right through here. It could have been. It could have ended up very bloody. Carson Brandt will race anybody on anything, and he'll do it anywhere. He seems happy. He's worried about the log, but I think he's got nothing to worry about with that. I think he's going to be just fine. Today, he tests his craft against Aaron Plessinger, a current supercross and motocross star who knows a little something about the bike and the racing discipline. How was the log? I almost fell. I almost fell down. On a scale of one to ten, what would you give yourself on the log? For speed? It's like a two. Maybe. If anybody's going to struggle with it, it's me. So you see the long legs on that guy, he's going to wheelie right over that figure. Exactly. I'm Daniel Blair. This is Aeros. Nah, maybe a three. Okay. Excellent. A lot better. All right, boys. Welcome to Jurassic Park. Carson, explain the location, the motorcycle, and your choice in competition. All right. We're out here in Washington. Brought her out here to the deep woods of the Pacific Northwest. KTM 300 MXC 1996. No better place to make this bad boy sing. We've got AP out here. It's going to be epic. You do know that he has a history. family history on this motorcycle, right? Oh, yeah. It's going to be gnarly. His dad ripped on these things. That wasn't first kick, boy. See, only a professional knows that you've got to put it in gear before you shut it down. Okay? And you can't let the clutch out. And AP, you raced Washougal yesterday. Two 35-minute motos, and here we are. You're ready to take on Carson Brown in a rematch on this thing. I think so, man. It's been a while since I've been in the woods. And I'm excited. No better place or time to get it done on the 96 KTM 300. Oh, yeah. You got all the CCs. I'm ready for it. Let's do it. All right, so the format stays the same. They're both getting a chance to learn the course, warm up a little bit. You did choose a competitor in a discipline where there is history. He was really good at this as an amateur. Yeah, him and his dad. Well, his dad's a legend on that machine. I'm going to swallow something. I don't know. I don't know if it was a bug or if it was a plant. But it went down the esophagus. I had to get it back up. Do you feel good about what you know and what you're about to do? Are you ready to race? I think so. I think I'm ready to roll. Then they get three laps to put down their very fastest, fastest lap of the day. Wins the day. But here's the kicker. We've added a log and a dead engine start. So this will be a little bit different, Carson, than we've had in races in the past. But it's a guy that's done this before. Again, you can choose wisely or not. Oh, yeah. It's a guy that's done this before. It's going to be good. It's going to be close. It fits everything that's going on. I mean, the 90s style era, old school KTM, I mean, it fits like a glove. We're in the Northwest on a woods bike. Nothing can beat the circumstances that we've put together right here. You okay with this challenge? I think so. I think this log is going to throw a big curve into it. And last time a dead engine started a dirt bike was 2013. So it's going to be interesting. And on this one, you've got to find top dead center. So that's going to be a challenge, too. And it will play a role, obviously, especially if you misfire. All right. Chance one. You get three shots at this thing. The fastest time is going to stick. Do you feel ready? Do you know the course well enough? I think so. I think I'm going to kill it. I like that attitude. Carson, you like that attitude? Yep. I like it. Pure confidence right there. We've got a man, and he's going to rip a carbureted two-stroke old-school style. It's going to be amazing. I was made for the 90s. Yeah. That is true. I was made for it. I just came a little too late. Here we go. Do you have a strategy in place? Or is it just send and hope? Oh, you know me. We're sending and hoping. Either way, we're sending. I think the issue for me is you said that our times were really close. Racing is what he does. He's going to amp it up in here quite a bit. I know he is. Do you feel like you've already brought your best? I don't feel like I've brought my best, but I'm scared at what the course is going to look like when he's done with it. All right. I have the segment split. We're good. So we do have a segment split. It is the log. And he's looking pretty good compared to qualifying times. Here we go. All right. Was he faster or slower than qualifying? Right around it. Right around it, huh? Yeah. That's where we're at now. Can't be telling you nothing. How do you feel about that one? Was that a winning lap? I about weeded it where the log is. What happened here? We had a late corner issue. It was more of a straightaway issue into the corner. Going too fast. Yeah. I step on, step off the rock, planted the front, and it just went, huh? And I about went into the trees. You got a lot of trust without checking tire pressure or even... Oh, it is a 34. Yeah, man. You got one thing going for you. Yeah, but I'm not sure what that pressure is. Yeah, I'm not sure what the... You know? I don't know. All right. Can you beat it? Is that peak AP, or can we beat that one? I think we can beat that. Aaron Plessinger, take two. Just rolled for one second right there. I don't think it's going to matter for his time, though. No, that was a bummer. That was a better start, too. And he lost it right there on the first rock. He said he felt pretty good after that last one. Yeah. He seems pretty confident. I'm telling you guys, you're all in the same window. It's execution. Oh, should be soon. All right. He's ahead of schedule. He's up about a second. I know I'm not supposed to say details, but he's up one second. Oh, way better. Way better. Way calmer. How'd that feel to you? Better or worse? I missed one corner. You did? Yeah. I can still clean some stuff up. I did miss a corner, though. You nailed the start, and then we had a little... I misshifted. Yeah, right down there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I went to click, and it didn't work. Aaron Plessinger, lap three. Dude, that was way better. Yeah, clean. Way better. You're in trouble. Look at this line choice. Oh, my God. That's what he did. Look it. No. We have a bike failure. I beefed it, dog. Crashed? Yeah, dude. What? Push the front. Oh, and the lefty, huh? The left. Yeah, that lefty. Yeah. I just... I told you, Slick. I failed. What do we do? We've never had this happen. It's up to you. No, it's up to you. It ain't up to me. It's up to me. He's going again. We're giving him a... We're giving him a mulligan, right? We're giving him a mulligan. One more shot at it. Aaron Plessinger, mulligan run. Nicely executed again. That was nice. Not the same line, but very close with the drop off. He's very good using his hips through here. I'm watching. I'm learning. I'm going to figure out what we're going to do if he actually ends up beating you with that time, because we have never allowed a mulligan up until this point, but then again, the AMA is not here. Yeah, AMA is not here. AMA is not here. Have you ever had one of those laps, too, where you feel like you did everything right and it's just slow? Yeah. Or you've done everything wrong and then it rips? All the time. I feel like that's this show. Ahead of schedule again. Every time now he's gotten better to the log, it's what he does after that will determine the outcome. He's just lugging. Just in the meat. He was trying hard through there. I don't feel good about that one. Messed up on the log, dude. Look how happy Carson is. No, I'm not happy at all, because all I can see is you through here, and you're a hauling ball. Yeah, you look good off the side. I'm telling you right now, at the first split, I don't know if anyone's beating you. You're killing the start. Yeah. The start, yeah, it's sick. It's when you get back to there, and it's like, half the berms that were there, not there. That's not good. And you don't get a sight lap, bro. No, no sight lap. Yeah, man. Hey. Well. I give the reins to you. All right. And you do what you do, and do good. All right. I appreciate it. All right. Let's get the 910 on there. All right. Carson Brown, lap one. So two things. Number one, he actually wheelied out of the gate over this rock right here, and then brought about 1,000 more RPM than you did through that section. I don't know how fast it was, but it was louder. You see that? You see that dirty flung? That's less traction. T.A.P., he's like every rider, has to know. Are you one of those riders that, in practice, when you go to the finish line, jump a little bit, look up at the board, see where you are? No, because I'm never on the board. I am never. I will never, probably never be on the board. Hey, you might want to get out of the way. Get me in the tree, boy. I almost crashed on the log. But was it fast? No. Not the log. I don't know about the rest. Hey, you need to back it up. That's where the gate is. Let's see you wheelie this start again like that. Let's see if you can do that twice. That, that was our messiest start right there. Look at him get outside of the line, shoot a rooster tail back that way. Come to think of it, boys, I was really sending it. I don't usually send it that often. Thinking back on that, does it feel like it was a little riskier? I felt good about it. Than you thought at the time. Yeah, yeah. Definitely right through here. It could have been, it could have ended up very bloody. All right, here comes the split. He's ahead of the split. The log got us, boys. He's gone. He weeded it. Silence. Hey, silence. Oh, he went down. It's got to be at the log. It was right after the segment time. It had to have been at the log. Yeah. Oh, he's down. You know what that means? Bully. Oh, he gets to use it if he wants to. I tried to wheelie for the log, and I just spun right on in her. Was my time better before the whistle? You were ahead of schedule. Uh-oh. Than the last one. You were ahead in the segment. I thought a rock, man. I thought a rock was coming up. I thought our cameraman. I thought a rock was coming straight for the cameraman. I thought you were about to get blasted. I thought the cannon was getting roosted. I'm trying to not make a face, which is making me make a face. I don't want to give it away. Carson Brown, final run starts now. That clutch is definitely slipping. Might be good now. A little hookup. I think it is. It's definitely better out here than on a motocross track. Got me twice. He's down again. Yep, yep. He tip it. He must have. Man, that was a good one, too. How was my time before I did that? Well, technically, the transponder hasn't crossed the line yet, so you mind pushing that forward a little bit? And that was your worst time. Yeah, oh, yeah? So what happened? Dude, I went over the log, and I seat bounced off the top of it. All right, before we present times, I got to ask this question. I'll start with you. Do you think you got it? No, I blew it on that last one straight up. That the last one was the one? That last one was the one. It was your fastest lap, too, to that point. Oh, yeah. I got greedy, pushed a little too hard. Thinks he got greedy. I think he got me. You think he got you? I think he got me on his mulligan. So just like always, they both think the other one won. That's our tradition here. And luckily for everybody watching, I have the results. So it's time to reveal. All right, the Jurassic Park National is complete. This clever girl made it all the way through, and I got the times. But I've got some unique information that I want to share first. Number one, we have some awards to give out. For the worst time of the day, with a 204.1, Carson Brown. Congratulations. Thank you. I did get it across the line, though. You did. You finished. But here's my staff. Congratulations. The most consistent award, only .8 difference between the three laps, Aaron Plessinger. Congratulations. You're consistent. Thank you. It mimics my segment times this week. On the first three segments, I was fifth. And all four guys ahead of me were the same guys. So this is normal. Yeah, it's pretty normal. You can ask everybody. But the name of the game is who's the fastest, right? So after three runs from both guys and a couple mulligans and a couple crashes, with a 3.8-second victory per lap, Carson Brown. Congratulations, Carson. You smoked AP. Hey, buddy. Awesome time. It was a great one. That was some fun, buddy. Yeah, dude. For you to come here and hop on a 1996 KTM 300 Dinosaur and freaking rip on it that much, he didn't move the bars, levers, nothing. He just hopped on it and shredded. So full credit. Right on. So congratulations, Carson Brown. You have now taken down a current Supercross and Motocross rider to add to your collection. That was some fun, boys. I'm glad to hand it to him. It feels great. Good riding, AP.