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We all know Cooper is overall very fast, he's tenacious and makes few mistakes, but what no one seems to acknowledge is that this guy wins because of his cornering skills. He stays low and makes that inside line work like no other.
I don't know how many times I've seen Ken chasing him and goes for the outside lines while Cooper will stay low and come out ahead, but on the next lap Ken will take the outside yet again and lose more time. This is what we saw yesterday with Eli also, he kept going to the outside on that turn with the hooked rut and lose time every lap.
I don't know how many times I've seen Ken chasing him and goes for the outside lines while Cooper will stay low and come out ahead, but on the next lap Ken will take the outside yet again and lose more time. This is what we saw yesterday with Eli also, he kept going to the outside on that turn with the hooked rut and lose time every lap.
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He’s also a total gamer and doesn’t seem to get rattled much at all. His mental toughness is incredible.
If he wins this SX championship I do believe he will definitely have that SX hangover going into outdoors. Really just like he did last time he won the SX championship. The grind of SX takes its toll and I sorta expect him to start outdoors slow again.
So far this year, Webb's main event lap times have a standard deviation of 0.7 seconds, which is pretty incredible when you think about how many laps they have turned thus far and all of the opportunity for mistakes and crashes. What this stat means is that he is going to be able to maintain his main event lap times within 0.7 seconds from start to finish. Some races, like when the track is not very technical, he will be significantly better than 0.7 seconds during the main.
Ken Roczen is closest to Webb, with a standard deviation of 0.9 seconds. Tomac, for comparison, is 1.44 seconds as he often fades at the end of the main events (other than Daytona) which we saw in last nights main. I checked the lap times and Webb did not speed up at the end of the main (he actually slowed down a little bit) but Tomac started losing several tenths per lap in the last 3 to 4 minutes. Tomac quickly realized last night that the little bit of extra speed required to get around Webb was likely to cause a mistake from over-riding the track and even if he did get around Webb he knew he wasn't going to be able to hold him off for the last several minutes, so he backed it down and made sure he had a secure 2nd place finish.
This is why Webb is so difficult to beat. He doesn't make mistakes and he has the fitness to go fast the entire main. If he gets a holeshot, he is going to be extremely hard to catch (unless another rider is just blazing fast that night and has significantly more speed) and will most often win. If he gets a Top 5 start, he is going to slowly work his way to the front because he will start picking off riders as they make small mistakes, or fade, which slows their lap times. If he starts 5 to 10th, he will have enough raw speed to pass forward quickly and will then use consistency and endurance to slowly track down the Top 5 (might not win, but still has a legit chance of getting on the podium)
In short, the only way the other guys are going to beat Webb straight up is if they start ahead of him and are fast enough that they can sprint hard early on to build up enough of a lead that Webb can't overcome by the end of the race which is extremely hard to do when their lap times are so close and it's hard to gain a major speed advantage.
dude can be struggling all day and then go out and rip a holeshot and take off.
as much as i want to see Kenny take this sucker, i don't see Webb losing it.
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He’s also really good about grinding it out in the main. He’s had a few bad starts and it can be like half way point in the main and he’s in 7th and you sorta count him out. And he keeps grinding and grinding to a 2 or 3rd place finish.
He’s ballin out right now.
If he didn’t have that bad get off last year I think he was just getting ready to go on a roll.
When the Webb train gets rolling it’s hard to stop it. His finishes the last several weeks are proof of that. He’s rollin!!
He takes the tight, inside line better than anyone. He rolls through turns beautifully, and gets wicked drive out of them. He adapts to the track, finds new lines, and always gets better as the race progresses. His fitness is unmatched, his racecraft is amazing. He doesn't crack, and only gets better if you pressure him.
The dude is an animal. In 2019 and 2020, he didnt have the raw speed to beat Tomac in a one-on-one duel. He got the job done with his specific, other strengths. Last night, a hooked up, dialed in, hard charging Tomac and Roczen both, straight up lost to Webb in a dual.
Tomac and Roczen are beasts that can put a hurt on the rest of the field, but Webb is just too much. He's just better. Webb getting injured is the only hope that they have as far as the title goes.
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