Tomac Attack!

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Edited Date/Time 7/20/2014 6:58pm

what a moto!
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zook11 7/19/2014 11:47am
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Tomas has always been faster than roczen and he's certainly showing it today. Awesome ride for #3. I'm loving this.
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jonesaustin 7/19/2014 11:50am
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what a f*cking statement! i realize Roczen is playing it smart and carrying the fight to moto 2, but any gap like this is a mental statement that isn't going away. that was hard fought.
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mauidex 7/19/2014 12:10pm
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new sheriff in town!!!!!!!!!!!! and what a shitload of confidence now..................if Roczen cant stop him next moto and Tomac does this beatdown again.......................could make rest of series REALLY interesting.................

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jeffro503 7/19/2014 12:11pm
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That was one hell of a ride from Eli. Jeepers!
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MxKing809 7/19/2014 12:11pm
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His bike sure looked pretty damn good..... I'm thinking he'll be happy about it now that it helped him demoralize the field!!
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Big Lenny 7/19/2014 12:14pm
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jeffro503 wrote:
That was one hell of a ride from Eli. Jeepers!
Looked like two fighters pilots going at it...Shocked
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jonesaustin 7/19/2014 12:16pm
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if he wins moto 2, he shall be called.... "tomahawk"
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OldMechanik 7/19/2014 12:52pm
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Awesome ride for Eli!! Glad to see him on the top step!



Can't wait for moto 2!
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steve_97060 7/19/2014 12:54pm
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Big Lenny wrote:
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good one...
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jonesaustin 7/19/2014 12:58pm
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not to make another dig at four strokes, but it just seems like it takes SOOOO much time and EFFORT to make passes.. i'm sure Ken was basically like, screw this, let's wait for moto 2 if I'm going to get into this. on 2 strokes, it would've been scrappier with far more passes. i always make the correlation to dog fighting -- WWII planes had such severe dog fights compared to the hyper speed jets of today. oh well, back the program!

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Berm 7/19/2014 1:05pm
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jonesaustin wrote:
not to make another dig at four strokes, but it just seems like it takes SOOOO much time and EFFORT to make passes.. i'm sure Ken...
not to make another dig at four strokes, but it just seems like it takes SOOOO much time and EFFORT to make passes.. i'm sure Ken was basically like, screw this, let's wait for moto 2 if I'm going to get into this. on 2 strokes, it would've been scrappier with far more passes. i always make the correlation to dog fighting -- WWII planes had such severe dog fights compared to the hyper speed jets of today. oh well, back the program!

yet Marvin, Wilson, and Bogel were passing back and forth multiple times for 2 laps....maybe you're just taking a dig at 450's though.
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jonesaustin 7/19/2014 1:06pm
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yet Marvin, Wilson, and Bogel were passing back and forth multiple times for 2 laps....maybe you're just taking a dig at 450's though.
yes i think that's true. it may be a weight issue, just not sure.
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davistld01 7/19/2014 2:33pm
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Got to give Eli credit. I was one of those that thought he'd be top-5...maybe, with a chance at the podium coming off his injury. I sure didn't see this one coming!! He and Kenny will make the last half of the series exciting, especially now that Stewart & Reed have backed off.
StartedTooLate 7/19/2014 2:38pm
7/19/2014 2:38pm
I had picked ET to go 1-1 next week....and figured him for a close 2nd overall this week. He will crush all at Unadilla. Go re-watch what he did there last year on a 250.
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JB479 7/19/2014 3:15pm
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I honestly think a 100% healthy tomac would be a handful for villopoto in his prime.......
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PTECH 7/19/2014 3:26pm
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Yeah Tomac was the boss today for sure. That first moto was pure awesome. He paced Roczen for a few laps then just dropped him.

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kiwifan 7/19/2014 4:41pm
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his rides today hopefully made a statement about the honda too....sure didnt look like there was much wrong with it...
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slipdog 7/19/2014 4:45pm
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kiwifan wrote:
his rides today hopefully made a statement about the honda too....sure didnt look like there was much wrong with it...
'14 plastics on an '08 frame with spring forks...
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Feldspar 7/19/2014 4:46pm
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Going forward Tomac is the favorite for moto/overall wins. Roczen will still win the championship but Tomac will score the most points for the rest of the series. Dungey will continue to be his consistent self but won't have the raw speed to match Tomac.
StartedTooLate 7/19/2014 5:17pm
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JB479 wrote:
I honestly think a 100% healthy tomac would be a handful for villopoto in his prime.......
In outdoor MX, I have thought this for a while. In SX...I think ET has some more skills to develop before he is on the RV/JS/RC SX level....
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kiwifan 7/19/2014 5:50pm
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kiwifan wrote:
his rides today hopefully made a statement about the honda too....sure didnt look like there was much wrong with it...
slipdog wrote:
'14 plastics on an '08 frame with spring forks...
riiiiiiiighttttt :-) lol
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Rewindcaz 7/19/2014 5:57pm
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Pumped for Tomac. Today was a carbon-copy of what I thought 450 MX would look like with Roczen and Tomac moving up (well, with RV out.)

My crystal ball says Tomac/Roczen will be an epic big bike rivalry like Reed/Stewart. Well, I hope so. Sideways
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JB479 7/19/2014 5:59pm
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JB479 wrote:
I honestly think a 100% healthy tomac would be a handful for villopoto in his prime.......
StartedTooLate wrote:
In outdoor MX, I have thought this for a while. In SX...I think ET has some more skills to develop before he is on the RV/JS/RC...
In outdoor MX, I have thought this for a while. In SX...I think ET has some more skills to develop before he is on the RV/JS/RC SX level....
Yeah for sure, his sx skills needs to develop more on the 450.... He had roczen covered on the 250 at the start of the west coast last year.... But that was pre aldon/roczen.
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plowboy 7/19/2014 6:01pm
7/19/2014 6:01pm
It's hard to imagine a dirt bike being ridden much better than Eli just did..totally unbelievable performance.Are you not entertained?
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The Loper 7/19/2014 6:43pm
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The rest of the 450 class needs to get use to seeing this !

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Thelen20 7/19/2014 6:49pm
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kiwifan wrote:
his rides today hopefully made a statement about the honda too....sure didnt look like there was much wrong with it...
Mx is still largely a riders sport, glad it is not like motogp where one bike has a big advantage. Eli was a BOSS today! Fun to watch!!!
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chrisbuehler 7/19/2014 7:24pm
7/19/2014 7:24pm
How does everyone feel about him being on the MXdN team now? Not to mention how much better he's getting every race. He was 3rd but almost a minute back from the lead when he came off the injury. Makes AC moving down to the 250's suck, what a match that could have been.
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Crush 7/19/2014 7:34pm
7/19/2014 7:34pm
I feel pretty good about how I've been saying all titles go through Tomac the next 6-8 years.

Dude is beast.

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