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Yes, he took Dungey high...3 times, but he only slowed him. Do you honestly think if he wanted to, he couldn't have made Dungey get a taste of that LV soil? He did what he had to and no matter what anyone here says, you would have done the same in that situation.
Great race !
The Shop
JA21 is Dunge's Sammy Gravano. JA21 destroyed Reedy and did the same two laps later to JG33. He wanted to be third just in case Dunge needed him. Reed would of won that race..... he was on the gas and had Reedy caught Dungey it add a big dynamic to title fight.
Too bad his behavior with RD destroys that image. Letting someone pass you so that you can "target" them and take them out is as low as you can go. The first two attempts were designed to put RD on the ground or out of the race. The last one was childish.
Some will say "that is racing" and in fact it is. The problem is that it isn't good racing. It just creates a spectacle. To prove the point, next time I do a running race I'll put my shoulder into my competitors and run them wide. If they trip I'll just say that's racing and some will agree. It's unfortunate that people like this are on the grid.
What ET needed to do was win and let bad luck find RD. This is something he could have easily done (and was actually doing by stacking them up). That would have been a massive statement to everybody that he controlled their fortunes. Instead, he looks like a clown, he has previously complained about others tactics but in the end is no better.
Ultimately he failed to win the race, take RD out, win a championship, and prove that he is the best: skill and/ or character wise. Pathetic.
Pit Row
Aren't the 250s generally teenagers? If you are justifying this by saying pro 450 riders should act like teenagers that says a lot.
There's a million + $$$ riding on the championship. Eli should have done everything in his power to stop Dungey, short of injuring him. It looked to me like he stayed on the right side of that line. Great effort by Eli and great defence by Dungey.
I guarantee his bosses told him what they expected of him. Cruising to an easy win with Dungey taking 2nd or 3rd would not have gone over well, he was hired to win championships. Good grief, they're not racing for a plastic trophy.
Let's make it real, if taking people out isn't dirty, maybe they should be given a hand gun with bean bags and told they could only use it while in the air. Since it would be considered "aerial combat" they would also be gentlemen as well. Sounds more fun and it could be argued that it's still racing.
In the end you want to beat them. Pushing them off the track or knocking them down doesn't prove you could beat them.
This is a job and these guys are getting paid very handsomly. In the end their job description is to win the championship.
A championship pays Eli a lot more than a win bonus. What's so hard to understand about this? It's a business.
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