With the monkey off his back, watch out for Tomac!!!

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If he's cleared the cobwebs, he could be hard to beat.....
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Jmicmoto13 1/28/2017 9:14pm
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I sure freaking hope so. If he's dialed in now Dungey will have his hands full the rest of the season. Go ET3!
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trailrider 1/28/2017 9:17pm
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Dungey said it was an off night for him so compare that to Tomacs off nights
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CrGuy2T 1/28/2017 9:19pm
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Dungey will have this wrapped up before Vegas. Time and time again Tomac shows the blazing nights then comes back with an 8th or something. Great ride for him tonite for sure.
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Derpin' DJ 1/28/2017 9:20pm
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Aye, have to see what happens with another mid-pack start

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mx 219 1/28/2017 9:24pm
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Dungey will beat Eli more than Eli will beat Dungey. I like them both, and I actually like Tomac more, but Eli needs 13 more good starts to even have a shot at it.
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Kawi15 1/28/2017 9:37pm
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Personally I think he needs to get rid of the idea that "he is back". Sure he has high expectations of himself, but really just take the win and look forward. Say it was a good night, things worked well, but we have work to do because we are in a hole. Get out of the mental pit, just move forward.
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gjbruny 1/28/2017 9:53pm
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tomac's achilles heal has been his starts in SX. if he can get them figured out CONSISTENTLY, i think he will have finally arrived in the SX big boy class.

i sure hope he does/has.... it will sure add some excitement back after losing a bunch last week.
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NeedMoto 1/28/2017 10:09pm
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gjbruny wrote:
tomac's achilles heal has been his starts in SX. if he can get them figured out CONSISTENTLY, i think he will have finally arrived in the...
tomac's achilles heal has been his starts in SX. if he can get them figured out CONSISTENTLY, i think he will have finally arrived in the SX big boy class.

i sure hope he does/has.... it will sure add some excitement back after losing a bunch last week.
He's had good starts, and gone backwards Sad
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gjbruny 1/28/2017 10:12pm
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NeedMoto wrote:
He's had good starts, and gone backwards Sad
this year.... but traditionally its been his starts he's not been consistent with. he even said on the podium "he's been in a funk for the last few weeks and isn't the type of rider to push it to the ragged edge if he's not comfortable." now we know he can roll for 20 + 1, it's not a conditioning thing (which i think few believed it was).... if he can get consistently good starts, he will be a threat.
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jeffro503 1/28/2017 10:34pm
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He lit a fire tonight....but he needs some more wins or runs at the front to get that fire blazing again.

I get bummed watching him some times , because i know he's capable of rides like tonight. He's my favorite guy out there , would love to see him do more of what we saw tonight.

When Eli is running 100%....beat anyone , any where.
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mxgoon 1/29/2017 12:21am
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That's what everyone said after Daytona last year.

How did that work out.
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Sully22 1/29/2017 12:24am
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trailrider wrote:
Dungey said it was an off night for him so compare that to Tomacs off nights
^^^^this....when RD has an off night, he's on the box in 3rd, when ET has an off night he's in 8th...can't give up those kinda points to RD
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C-Rock 1/29/2017 12:34am
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Talk about high and lows...
The real Eli was back, and alone on top of the world.
Amazing.
nascarnate326 1/29/2017 4:26am
1/29/2017 4:26am
When Eli is having fun...he's next level. When he's just doing laps and not "at one" with the bike we get what we seen the first three round rounds.
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bobby397 1/29/2017 5:05am
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people always say that, yet he doesn't deliver.
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JSmith 1/29/2017 5:10am
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He gets one good start and everyone is jumping on his bandwagon. Next week he will be back to a 10th place start that he is known for.
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TXDirt 1/29/2017 5:21am
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Eli got a good start. That's rare for him. Don't think he will be much of a factor simply because his starts are so inconsistent.
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agn5009 1/29/2017 6:29am
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This was Tomacs kind of track tonight. He's way too inconsistent to beat Dungey for the title. He will have races like last night where we say, holy shit he's here to stay. He's going to win this thing. Then all of a sudden he will finish 5th three weeks in a row.

I hope I'm wrong. I hope Tomac and Dungey slug it out and it comes down to the final race. I'm a huge fan of both guys, so I would be excited for either one.

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RG1 1/29/2017 10:53am
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Stunning performance last night, but I think he needs to show that in the next few races too. We've seen him do this a few times in the past and then not be able to carry it on
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Rewindcaz 1/29/2017 11:25am
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mxgoon wrote:
That's what everyone said after Daytona last year.

How did that work out.
Daytona is a bit of a different story, but no doubt that same thing crossed my mind last night. Even with this win it's hard to know where Tomac really stands, these next few rounds for him will be key.
johnnypotato123 1/29/2017 11:32am
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Yeah I think it's a little early to say he's fixed, if he gets a bad start and comes through the pack next week I'd be more hopeful to say he'll be battling for it. That holeshot allowed him to get that triple-triple-triple in the first section and it was over from there.
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Flip109 1/29/2017 11:33am
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Kawi15 wrote:
Personally I think he needs to get rid of the idea that "he is back". Sure he has high expectations of himself, but really just take...
Personally I think he needs to get rid of the idea that "he is back". Sure he has high expectations of himself, but really just take the win and look forward. Say it was a good night, things worked well, but we have work to do because we are in a hole. Get out of the mental pit, just move forward.
I was thinking the same thing. Reed said the same thing kind of too. They say they are "back" but to me that's a dumb state of mind. There are so many good riders that had off weekends. Just take the good weekend and try and build off of it. Don't get a false sense of where you are because both of them are just a shitty start away of another 8th place finish. Then are you not back again? Lol To me Dungey has the best state of mind. He never gets ahead of himself confidence wise. Just grinds away.
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jarvinator 1/29/2017 1:14pm
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Sure hope Eli keeps it rolling. Of course don't know him, I thought he would have shown more "excitement" about smoking everyone.
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kkawboy14 1/29/2017 1:29pm
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If he did get the monkey off.....some guys in here will get real tired of him winning everything!
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KC435 1/29/2017 1:29pm
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Fantastic win. He has too much talent not to win more this year. Keep rockin' it on the green machine Eli.
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ledger 1/29/2017 1:46pm
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If he can back that win up with two more wins out of the next three rounds I'll say he's clear and good to go. Dungey was clearly off the pace last night as was Marvin which is extremely rare. Time will tell.
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51xc 1/30/2017 12:16pm
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so the team was testing in AZ and they made/brought a new part that made eli that much more comfortable...anyone knows what it is?
ButteryWaffles 1/30/2017 6:06pm
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He cleared the cobwebs after Daytona and Southwick as well. I think what we have seen out of Tomac so far, is what we will continue to see; hot and cold performances. Has there ever been a rider that has turned it around 3 years into the 450's and became a dominant guy??
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kawirider819 1/30/2017 6:29pm
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ButteryWaffles wrote:
He cleared the cobwebs after Daytona and Southwick as well. I think what we have seen out of Tomac so far, is what we will continue...
He cleared the cobwebs after Daytona and Southwick as well. I think what we have seen out of Tomac so far, is what we will continue to see; hot and cold performances. Has there ever been a rider that has turned it around 3 years into the 450's and became a dominant guy??
He doesn't need to start dominating, he just needs to take the wins when he can get them and stay on the box when he can't. He does that the rest of the season, he's cleared the cobwebbs imo. Let's not forget he was hurt for a few good stretches of his 450 career.

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