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if you ride yourself, he could of cleaned him out very easily in that situation. Mr. G? What a joke.
Neither event influenced the outcome in my opinion.
One more thing, Chad has seemed to have stepped it up since Ricky left, not enough to eclipse James but if he can step it up more then maybe he will have something for James. we will see.
He ran him wide in the corner because just beating James wouldn't have given him enough points to win the series...
The old saying of you can win the title at the first race but you can lose it does not apply in SX this yr. RV,Reed and Dungey have one race to prove they can beat Stewart. If Stewart beats them then its all over but the crying and those 3 guys will be fighting for Stewarts table scraps.
I wouldn't call it a loser's strategy in RC's case, but RC definitely used James to beat James and it worked in SX '05 & '06. James had the goods to straight up beat RC in SX from the very beginning of his rookie season, but he didn't yet have the resolve of a racer to win a series. James was willing to risk it all in a given race that would, in turn, cost him the series. Ricky was willing to settle for the box and win the series. RC's best strategy against James was James himself. The difference is that JS vs. RC was much more of a rivalry than JS vs. CR.
The old saying of you can win the title at the first race but you can lose it does not apply in SX this yr. RV,Reed and Dungey have one race to prove they can beat Stewart. If Stewart beats them then its all over but the crying and those 3 guys will be fighting for Stewarts table scraps.
Of course it applies in SX. Why wouldn't it? If you think James can't have an A1 that will ultimately lose him the title you're completely disrespecting the Reed, Villopoto, Grant, etc. Listen, what if at A1 last year the tangle between Chad and James happened on the first lap and James got 20th instead of 19th and Chad finished 1st instead of 3rd? The season ended that close that that could have made the difference. Most of the pressure is on James, not Chad or RV.
Four points across a championship is a very small gap - it's less than the difference between first and third. That difference could be gained or lossed by a missed gear shift, mechanical fault, first turn pile up etc. Although he'll take it, I'm sure James doesn't want to be in the same situation next season, because the odds are that it will fall a different way next time.
From your username I'm sure you know that poker is about much more than the odds. Surely that's not how you play poker - with everything riding on the whether the river is an ace or a 10?
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That's the thing, all things aren't equal. Maybe starts are equal, but corner speed, jumps, whoops, willingness to ride the edge adds up to James being superior by an obvious notch that I'd think anyone could see. How many times, over the years, has Chad caught, passed and gapped James? Maybe it'll start this year.
Four points across a championship is a very small gap - it's less than the difference between first and third.
I agree that 4 points is a small gap, but tell more of the story. Chad had an 18 point lead that was completely taken from him with a 4 point cushion at the end. So, on the one hand, you can say it's "a small gap" or you could ask "what happened? You had an 18 point lead!"
I'm not a fanatic or a hater, but I do call it like I see it.
Chad and James - 2 different styles and strategies. Also 2 legends of our sport.
While Chad is riding the 450 class beast, will it be enough to keep pace with Mr. Stewart?
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