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"Paging gopher one, Eli's pants are falling down, bring zip ties."
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You will ALWAYS see him make mistakes cuz sometimes that's the price for pinned a trottle as only he can.
She is a beast who is afraid of herself
Why do you think he ride with a full waffle grip ?
U don't win Daytona twice in a row being lucky.
He has the faults that go with his qualities, that's it. Enjoy that fck beast, That beast is badly paid, it's sad.
Still won the race. True story. Fox and Hounds, Newbury, 1981 or 1982.
There is no break on an SX track in which to do so safely for the last 12+ mins on one of these tracks.
Besides that point....I also think with his shoulder getting banged up , pain started to set in and he thought it might be a good idea to pull off. Put those two things together on an SX track , and I think Eli made the right call. Obviously for him , it was.
It's a championship. One more point could mean everything at the end.
I hurt my shoulder at an enduro once only to ride on and the pain kicked in 15 minutes later it turned out I'd broken my clavicle (collar bone)
Just hope he's good to go next week.
Tomac flubbed. Again. It took him how long to get his pants taken care of? He was shaking like a leaf while trying to get them secured. Tomac has all time great speed. But at this point in his career he is not an all time great racer. I don't care what anyone says, Tomac has not shown he's mentally strong at this point in his career.
Obv u right, no doubt on that. Wait until he's Marvin's age. He needs to be a bit more mature, he still for the moment a little bit too wild but i think he is on the good way.
Curious to see him at 27/28/29/30 years old if he can dodge bullets... He also needs a bit of luck and maybe, I mean maybe, get away a bit from his father for change his mind but I don't think that will happen.
I think it's possible that his father is one of the origins of his problem. Who knows.
The father-son relationship in motocross is not obvious especially when ur father has been a big stars. S72 can confirm me.
Everts had a similar problem.
Pit Row
John Tomac was legendary on a bicycle, with timed runs, and he was alone during each run. He was in good shape and could concentrate on himself and his solo runs at the "races".
Eli trains in Colorado mostly alone from what I understand. He wears earplugs at the track. He was probably homeschooled. He hunts and kills.
How does this fit together, you ask? Maybe John trained Eli to be an awesome bicycle champion, but Eli misses the mark on dealing with things that are out of his control. In motocross you need mental strength for a much longer period and be able to maintain it while the other guys knock your ass around. He's been groomed to be in control of his environment, and to minimize distractions like any great racer but his Dad is John Tomac. John Tomac was the best in a specialized sport. John could afford to seek total control because he raced a stopwatch. The lifelong quest for total control is hurting Eli. No schoolmates bullying him, no sound from his competitors bikes, no one to beat him at the practice track, lives end when he says so, and lives out of the loop on purpose. Since he blocks out life's curveballs in general he implodes when something doesn't follow his plan. Maybe.
If you guys remember he was standing up while riding and his pants werent continuing to fall down so it wasnt the pants thing
He rode outdoors with a broken front brake. He chased dungey down going wide open all last sx season. Hes a multi time champion.
Everyone is so critical of him yet instead of riding for factory kawasaki theyre being keyboard warriors with literally no idea what theyre talking about.
Lets wait for an official report.
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