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Those 3 Eli tangles happened right in front of me and it was awesome!!! Eli's mistake was trying to cut across and beat Kenny to the inside. There were a few guys railing the outside and making passes there, Eli should have tried on his 3rd and final attempt there in my opinion.
Granted, Tomac probably was expecting to easily pass him as he did in the first moto. One of Tomac's flaws is that if someone messes with him it throws him off some.
Think about it...if Tomac could have passed KR in the first moto last week he would have won the overall...and the same this week except moto two. Two overalls ET could have had.
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Because it was his home track he put up a good fight to try and get Kenny. He knew either way he had the overall.
After he couldn’t make the pass stick on Kenny he settled back because he did have the overall locked up either way at his home track.
Also possible his last outdoor race at Lakewood in his career. Great to go out in the top of the box at your hometown race.
And then Sexton laid it down and changed everything. Of course Eli didn’t know Sexton crashed. It happened with like only a few corners to go.
Nothing Eli could do at that point. He was too far back. He laid it up too much at the end.
At 6:35
https://youtu.be/xPYKg2QAr3A
I don’t care what he says on the matter. He messed up and laid up too early at his home track and it cost him the overall. Do you really expect him to come out and admit that? No.
He screwed up. He knows it. What he says at the presser is irrelevant.
These guys all know what they need to do. This wasn’t a complex finishing position that required extra thinking.
He had it locked up so he backed it down. And he did have it locked up until the very end.
I can’t say I really blame him. It was unlikely at that point Kenny was going to get the win he needed for the overall.
And then Sexton crashed changing everything.
if anything it is more honest to say what he said than just "admitting" (?) he settled for 3rd. Again, goes to show you how humble and honest eli is
No matter if he passed Kenny or not he had the overall. And he was going to lose points to Sexton no matter what that moto.
He put in a big effort to pass Kenny. After he couldn’t make the pass stick there wasn’t a whole lot of incentive to take any more unnecessary risks at that point. He already had the overall locked up.
Everything would have worked out exactly according to plan except Sexton crashed with a few corners to go. Handing Kenny the lead and the overall.
If Eli really thought he needed to pass Kenny for the overall you can rest assured he would have kept trying. Being it was his home track as well. No way he lays up under any other circumstances.
He had the overall at his home track. Wasn’t much reward for passing Ken those last three laps.
Then it all changed.
Given the situation, time left and what had just gone down, it was not only a very rational smart decision to settle for third, it was also really all he had left.
The ‘Tomac gave up too early’ talk is ridiculous. He went hard, enjoyed the fight, but didn’t pull it off. No one knows better than Eli that he may have run out of time in this one battle, but he still has plenty of time to win the war.
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Was very impressive and looked a lot more like the Ken Roczen of old who really does want to be in the title chase.
Tomac rode great too, no need to pick fault.
Check your emails, couple suspensions handed out...
ML512 I know riders keep things close to the vest on setup. I wonder if you could do a segment on things they are after with setups? Would be cool to learn more about the riders preferences etc.
Is it just me...or...is gt80rider sharing the STOKE?!
Ya see that? All the other crazy-talk, accusations, politics and arguing aside...
Kenny hammering it out to the very end created a MIRACLE!
gt80 is STOKED!
ps-dude, I'm just messin' with ya.
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