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Now, when you are 3/4’s of the way through a turn and you’re still facing the opposite direction of where you need to be going, something is wrong.
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Some of us felt quite certain that after Malcolm’s earlier move on Jason…
Well, it started on the 1st lap.
Racing incident.
I do not criticize Anderson's style, but he tests guys and too often they lie down and take it. And he's pretty cavalier about dishing t out because it pays off more often than not for the very reason that guys take it. But he's in a title chase and needs to be smarter and more prudent this season, I have no problem Malcolm making it clear that ain't going to play, and good on him for chipping up on Anderson about it.
Jason was watching lap after lap as stewart was fully railing that turn in the middle rut.
Jason made his move, stewart then moved down under the lower rut in that turn
(Perfectly acceptable)
But then began to slightly cut down just as Jason was making the pass.
Pure SX racing.
Like I said elsewhere,
Stewart's habit of cutting down when he's being set up for a pass, is going to continue to bite him.
He's a frontrunner now.
Time to start riding like one.
He knows Jason is out there racing hard this year.
If you're fast, you wouldn't have been reeled back in from a 2 second lead as quick as Jason did.
Like this one against Sexton in the 3rd main.
Pit Row
Link starts at 4:00 for a similar example we've seen before.
For starters, Malcolm ran it in on Anderson on the first or second lap. A few laps later, Malcom got to the front and had a 2.6 second lead. Anderson reeled him in and started pressuring him by showing him a wheel. Anderson was all over him and Malcolm knew it was a matter of time. So Malcolm decides to ride like Vince Friese and play defense. Malcolm cut down to a line he hadn't been taking all race. In doing so, his defensive move resulted in him sliding out and squaring off the berm to a 90, losing forward momentum. With little momentum after sliding out he starts to lose his balance. He puts his inside leg/foot straight down and his outside foot comes off the peg as seen in the photo below. This is before the contact happened...
For anyone who rides, they'll understand this is not a normal berm railing position for Malcolm. Watch it and you'll see this reverse high-side happens right after he slid out. He should have just kept his normal race line and railed the berm instead of playing Friese. Anderson would have eventually gotten around him and Malcolm would've finished 2nd.
Calm down you ask?? Right after the crash Malcolm pushes Anderson in a tantrum, and then after the race he throws another tantrum waving his arms like a high school kid who wants to pick a fight. During the next race Malcolm retaliates on Anderson which could have taken him down again, and also makes another similar move on Sexton which could have also resulted in carnage. I'm a Malcolm fan, but he needs to get his head on straight. He could have finished second but instead he went all Malcolm Friese and lost his composure...
It looks like he just got a little impatient and tried to force a block pass at the wrong time.
At least he owned up to it. Hopefully he races smarter. I’m too stoked to see that him or Tomac are likely going to be the champ (since Sexton lost too many points after getting his bell rang).
Ando has the consistency and the race craft, with the drive he’s shown that is all he needs to stay up top.
Remember last year when Stewart tried to pin it out a turn and Alessi Ando into a t-bone?
He really gets heated when people pass him.
https://youtu.be/Bz57jZqAnio
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