Should Sexton "Bunch them up" in Salt Lake??

Webb is too smart to lose at that game. 

I doubt the rest of the riders would have anything to do with that crap since they saw Tomac try doing it to Dungey.  Chase's best bet is to create havoc on the start and hope Coop gets caught up in a first turn pile up or something.  Even then, Coop is pretty damn savvy and skilled enough to avoid that.

Chase said in press conference that his pass tonight is as aggressive as he's going to get. Even if chase tried something nobody else would go anywhere near it. Chase could come to a stop on the track and everyone would just stop and wait. His only hope is to go out and win the race and hope for the improbable. Stranger things have happened. 

Not after tonight

I mean, he should bunch them as that’s his best chance. At the same time I really don’t think that’s how Chase operates. He’s better off letting his superior pace do the job and see what happens. If he tries to bunch them who’s to say Cooper doesn’t get fed up with it, throw it up the inside, take Chase wide into the tuff blocks and ride off into the sunset regardless?

That's a 50/50 strategy at best.  If he's slowing that much to bunch the field up he's as likely to get caught in the carnage as Webb.

Not to mention I'm curious how you bunch the field on a supercross track?  The track is 5-6 metres wide, the bike and rider is less than a metre wide.

Better shot would be stay in second and try to pressure Webb all race into a mistake but web is too crafty 

See 2017 Las Vegas 450s for how it’s done 

I like a chase and wish he'd win . . . But of all the guys out there, Webb is the least-bunch-uppable of the entire field. He's just too smart. 

Needed help from the cowboy and Stew…..didn’t happen…Chase lost the championship on the nights where he imploded…..

If I am Chase I force him to the back of the pack and take off. Webb is good out front, but in the middle of the pack is a different story.  

Start to next to Coop on his outside and chop his front in the first turn is about the only chance Chase has at this point. It is for all the marbles.

The time to do something was last week in pittsburgh. He shoulda kept blitzing the whoops then and then woulda had a little more leeway this week and next if he had caught coop.

As much as I enjoyed 2017 Las Vegas, it seems Sexton just doesn’t play those sorts of games. 
But then I never expected Tomac to either…..

Yup. He had to win last week. It was the whole season. Go full send in the whoops. 

Yea that was fun race to watch and out of character for Tomac. It almost seemed like a battle of the energy drinks during that race. 

He lost it in the race where he didn't need to pass Webb for the win and went for it anyway, then crashed.   Pure stupid move on his part.  

I hope Coop is getting past whatever illness he was fighting last night.    What a badass fighting for 2nd when he was clearly gassed from being sick. 

I think Tomac decided it was fair to play games once Marv pulled over for Dungey to give him 3 extra championship points. I may be wrong, but I believe if Marv hadn't pulled over, Tomac would've gone into Vegas with a close enough points deficit to just win the race and get the title. 

Sexton's weakest skill is his racecraft. I think if he actually attempted to play games with Webb & the field, he would implode himself more than anyone else.

It’s too likely that Sexton makes a mistake to guarantee that bunching them up plays out in his favor.  

For sure. Go out and win and let the chips fall where they may next week. The time is past for him to start breaking out deep strategy. He should have backed it down and won that triple crown race. How about some strategy back then?

There is still one more race for the yamaha to explode the gearbox….

Yep, that was an ugly look for Tomac.  

You think? Dunge is my all time favorite but I wasn't bothered by it. You're definitely not alone in your opinion. I've seen many call Eli a dirty rider because of it. It was just a strategy he employed. I didn't find it to be underhanded 

Reed was in the same situation back in 2009.    Watch from about  18:20  - a takeout move was Chad's only hope.  But JS7 stayed up.

What year did the points leader run a red plate? Reed had the red plate but was not leading the points. So sometime after 2009.

J Coop, is the 3rd fastest guy other, may even be faster than Webb on some tracks. Not sure if JCoop would protect Webb, and doubt Plessinger would protect Sexton. 

The start will be intresting, but expect for Sexton to win by a large margin, as he said he wants to win races.

He lost the title in Pittsburgh. 

2012  was when that started. 

Go win the race like a man.  Hold yourself accountable for unforced errors made earlier in the season that got you in this situation.  Bunching them up is a chicken shit move.