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Smartest dude in the game, Eli wasn't feeling 100%, so keep the title hunt alive by riding smart.

He didn’t seem to have any issues in the main last week.

No, he’s been in this position sooooo many times in his career and always pulls through. Doesn’t get fazed easily. That’s part of what makes him a champion.

Something was off for sure. We can all speculate, was it setup, injury not disclosed, or just plain not feeling it. Either way he leaves with the red plate.

When AP passed him in the heat race it became apparent my RM SX picks were not going to pan out lol.

My take is he wasn’t comfortable and he rode smart. Sometimes you have to take the intermittent L to win the war.

He was lucky Anderson and Barcia went down.

It was super strange to watch. He definitely wasn’t feeling it last night and sort of just looked to be in the “just want to get this round over” mode.

what about that jabroni that launched his bike into weltin in the LCQ and then gloated about it? nothing?

Justin can never really complain about anyone hitting him, especially Jason.

Mike Alessi?

....and we STILL can't get a proper interview regarding the incident with Brayton. Moto "media" is frustrating to say the least.

I don't think many here would have a problem with Vince taking someone out on the last lap, in the last corner, for the final transfer spot of an LCQ. The problem comes when he does it at 1:30 of a 6 minute heat race while he's running in a transfer spot.

I wouldn't wish an injury on anyone, but I guess at least the 250 classes are safe for the moment. Kinda like Barcia, I actually enjoy watching them both ride, they're both fast and loose, kinda wild, and both have the potential to hassle the guys up front when they're on top of their game. I'm all for it, right up until the point where they go and do something plain retarded, then I just wish they'd stayed home or just made the decision not to be a dick and let the legitimate racing play out.

I'm sorry, but he will not be missed. He can stay with the WSX tour.

Heat race is 12:00 minutes shorter than a Main. I think Chase uses up way to much energy trying to win every heat race by as large of a margin as possible AND trying to be the fastest qualifier. Eli learns the tracks during qualifying and runs a hot enough lap to get a good gate pic. He conserves energy in the heat races and qualifying and saves it for the most important part of the day. Chase got tired around the 16:00 min mark. Eli just rode consistent laps and stayed out front.

Are people forgetting how good tomac is?

It's awesome that the speed through a given section, like the sand, was a product of far more than simply inside or outside "lane". Tomac worked out some bike-lean flex-tweak thing jumping into the outside of the sand that looked quick enough and maybe less fatiguing. Dude collects & conserves momentum like a bull whip.

Chase is great but Eli is legend. Whoops got cupped out and he struggled in them late. Eli made the sand look easier than it was. and sand changes nearly every lap, so its not as easy as us armchair racers think. Just an amazing ride by Eli. Kicking myself because I had Eli Sexton 1-2, then changed it to Sexton - Eli. Doh...

If he didn’t see Tomac visibly gaining time each lap 20 feet in front of him, I doubt he was going to see a message on a pit board, lol