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The Steve Matthes Show on RacerX

Renthal Reaction: Opening Round of WSX

The Steve Matthes Show on RacerX

Steve Matthes

Racerx, Motocross, Supercross, Steve Matthes, 051142, Professional, Sports & Recreation, Pulpmx

4.7878 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The opening round of WSX and Vital MX's Lewis Phillips was boots on the ground there so we check in with him to talk about the event as a whole, track, vibes of the race, Deegs 450 debut and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

A Poppa MX Network production.

0:03.2

It's the Renthal Reaction Show for Breaking Moto News, hot topics, and Moto by the minute.

0:10.2

Welcome to another edition of the Renthal Reaction podcast.

0:13.6

The World Supercross Round kicked off, and round one is done and dusted.

0:17.8

So I thought we'd get some Renthal reactions from the first round. We saw a couple of runaways with Max Anstey and Ken Roxon, but there's a lot more behind the scenes I am sure to talk about. And I want to thank the folks at Renthal for making this reaction pot happen. Shop direct now with Renthal, their new direct-to-consumer shopping experience, free shipping on orders over $99.

0:39.1

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0:41.5

Your dealer doesn't stock it.

0:42.9

They don't know what's going on, blah, blah, blah, blah.

0:45.3

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0:47.5

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0:51.6

You got early access to new stuff as well, mountain bike and moto. And again, all free shipping orders over $99. So rentall.com, Renthal reaction. Let's get right into this. The opening round was in Argentina, and it is over. And the man boots on the ground from Vital MX. It's Lewis Phillips. What's up, Lewis? How are you, man? Not too bad. I got back five hours ago or so. So, you know, straight into this thing. How did you get back so late? The race is Saturday and it's Monday. Yeah, I was on the same flight as all the star guys, the quadlock guys, for some reason, I don't know why.

1:29.1

Flights to and from Argentina only run overnight. There's no like morning flight, midday flight.

1:36.7

So it was either get out 9pm on Saturday or 9 p.m. on Sunday.

1:41.5

Really? Oh, wow. Yeah. Okay. So what'd you do Sunday? You hang out all day? Just whatever. Yeah. Literally just sat at a home. I mean, everyone just sat in an airport hotel for the whole day. Uh, went for lunch with Max. Yes. Yep. Yes. Yeah. Oh, I got eyes. I got eyes. It reminded me of, uh, the flyaway MXGP races. Well, everyone's just hanging out killing time in the same hotel lobby. Yeah, really, right? Because yeah, your room, you're checked out of your room. You can't go to you. Yeah. All right, there's lots to get into. So you were there. I've been to a couple of these. This marks number four for you for World Supercross. And lots of talk about for sure.

2:18.0

Now, you were texting us that you literally, there was no press box, there was no seat

2:21.9

for you.

2:23.4

They sold everything out and they just told you to go to the stands?

2:26.8

Or what, did they have a press room if you wanted to sit there and watch it on TV?

2:31.8

Or how was the accommodations?

2:33.5

Yeah, there was a

2:34.4

press room, which I imagine it must have been a dealership, because when we arrived on

2:40.8

Friday, the press room had a load of fan tics in there. Oh, okay. Which, who knew that fantic are

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