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Eli struggling
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Surely enough times to know that it's not a question that can be answered by anyone here.
Tomac thrives on brute power / force. Correlate to the overwhelming threads lambasting the track layouts as 'boring', it's not much of a surprise that Tomac is flailing. When you get him on a track with high-risk rhythms, quads that are trepidatious in nature, and open tracks that favor speed and risk over smooth consistency, he typically does well.
But who knows; maybe being a father has changed his outlook on risk, or his recent hankering for racing Porsche's has his head in another place entirely and he's simply letting his contract with Kawasaki burn out. And while most riders would choose to go out on top rather than to fade into the ether, Tomac doesn't seem like he could care less about what the moto community thinks, which is actually one of the reasons I like the dude so much.
The Shop
The hunger starts to fade and the risk reward isn’t worth it anymore.
Not really hard to figure him out. He still has speed and can still win on his “on” nights. His star is fading though...
Great career. He’s on the backside of it now.
he hasn't lost speed. People have just gotten faster.
he will win racers and be better at certain tracks. but just because he didn't win doesn't mean something is wrong, there is no excuse. Other riders where just faster, end of story hahaha
He's still the fastest out there when he's "on" like every year in his 450 career.
If I were Eli, I'd be rolling the whoops and waiting to rail it outdoors for one last title before hanging it up.
Who knows, maybe he'll be motivated to win Daytona as I believe that would tie him with Carmichael for the most wins there.
The good news is he’s certainly young enough and skilled enough to get it back. He just needs to find a way to string a few wins together and regain his confidence. Hopefully soon n because there’s few things i enjoy more than watching him on one of his epic beast mode charges.
Pit Row
What position was roczen going into Daytona last season ?
This past weekend he sat behind Barcia for half the race (as he had already done once previously this season already), before eventually succumbing to Roczen and fading to lose another spot to Anderson.
Beautiful home
Beautiful family
Good health
Good age
Lots of life to live.
Potential burnout from the last twenty years grinding.
I’d say another SX title isn’t in Eli’s list of top five ‘must haves’ right now.
Success does that to a lot of folks.
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