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Supercross is less forgiving than motocross for mistakes. Eli makes mistakes (they all do) because he goes so fast at times. So he is better at motocross because he can get away with a mistake here and there that may ruin his race in SX.
Also, he has had some bad luck in SX. Ask AC about that.
I hope I am wrong but based on history he won't win the title this year. He needs to be a top 5-8 starter to pull it off and that is something he has never been able to do consistently.
The Shop
Thanks for proving my point - there are very few above him on the wins list - Tomac sitting at #6 with RV within striking distance at #5.
Yeah, right, Tomac doesn't belong.
When RC and Emig are giving each other a hard time in the booth and RC says, 'What you got Jeff?" - asking about Race wins/Championships - all Emig can do is shut up or change the subject, since he wasn't close to RC.
But if one of the Ryans says this to Tomac, he can say - Look over your shoulder & not done yet.
Still, hate on Tomac all you want - the records book just doesn't back you up.
Championships matter. Stamp it!
"Motherf@cker listen, you aint sh!t without a Supercross championship." (Throws empty Coors Light on the ground)
Funny thing about being called a hater is I'm somewhat pulling for the guy to finally win.
Went into the year with a hurt back, The guy rides to win and gets terrible starts. That is a recipe for losing titles.
Choking has nothing to do with it.
Not sure how Baggett feels about Tomac now, did time heal those wounds? On the same line of thinking if for example if Anderson gets taken out by Webb on a Sunday race he might still be spun up about it by Wednesday and seek retaliation that may not have happened if it was a normal 7 day break. Same type of thing you see in a Hockey playoff series, it can get awfully chippy after a few games.
Eli and Kenny will be more conservative while they see how things play out in the first few races. Kenny could still run away with the first race if he pulls the holeshot.
Pit Row
It’s been mentioned several times already, but the dude is just a gamer. He’s also one of the best at adapting to changing, deteriorating tracks which these will most certainly be, maybe even at an exponential rate like we’ve seldom seen due to the heat, lack of moisture and amount of laps on the same dirt.
The KTM is one of the best handling, most forgiving platforms and has excellent traction which will be at a premium on these tracks. He’s also a smaller guy on the lightest bike(?), so he will not need any more power, even at this elevation. If he can start at the front consistently, look out.
I’m sure he knows the championship is a long-shot so he really has no incentive to protect or be conservative like maybe Eli or Ken.
He probably knows the 51 is in a somewhat desperate situation right behind him, so hopefully that gives him extra motivation to try to get holeshots and avoid any drama with Bam.
Then consider he’s on arguably the best 450 team, with The Man, Ian and a bunch other fast dudes on orange and white bikes (wonder if there’s been any talk between those guys and the 22?). The stakes are high and we should expect the Austrians to do everything possible to keep the 450SX title streak going (and Aldon’s even longer streak - one title short of a decade).
And we know Aldon has him ready to go physically.
How about entertaining and exciting!
He's currently only 2 points behind Webb, and 25 up on Anderson. I think he can probably survive the gap back to Anderson, but realistically he needs "something to happen" to Webb for hi to be comfortable in the top 3.
Would he be the type of guy to intentionally take Webb out in one of the early rounds? I can't say that I wouldn't think about something like that if I had a decent contract riding on it, but hopefully I wouldn't.
Does Barcia take out Webb in a tactical move, or does he only ride "rough" with guys when he gets emotional/pissed off? That could be a key question..........
Asking for a friend.
You do know that these are factory bikes, you can bet your bottom dollar that the factory YZF, CRF and RMZ (yes even that one) will be as forgiving, great handling, great traction and lighter just like the production KTM. So factory bike wise thats not going to be the difference.
For some reasons, I think Ken will be the next champ.
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