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12th gate pick doesn't necessarily mean a poor start.
A poor start can still happen even with an early gate pick. Just ask Zack osborne.
Jason anderson got a sucky start in the main a couple races ago. Who in his heat race was at fault for that?
It just doesn't work that way. There are so many other variables. It is silly to try and make that link.
That said, I can't blame Eli for going for the kill there.
Regardless of his elite talent level, it’s seemingly foolish for Webb to try and get physical with a much larger rider like Tomac who can literally shove him off the track.
The Shop
Here’s the thing about Webb; he’s a really good guy, and he works his ass off, but he carries a chip on his shoulder for multiple reasons and it shows sometimes in his riding.
Any high level rider will tell you that you can not fault him for making someone work to get around him, but when a guy is undoubtedly faster than you on any given lap, and you know it, the line is really thin when crossing over from “hard racing” to “dangerous cross over”.
The soft dirt and deep lines made those moves super sketchy due to the fact that it was easy to get crossrutted or catch a sand pocket and get bogged down, potentially causing a horrible two rider crash.
"the fact that 99% of professional racers would have done the same thing makes this less about his emotions"......I don't see THAT connection. So, like...because 99% of the congregation drank the coolaide in Jonestown, no emotions were involved?!
He is a clean rider. Webb pissed him off and he let him know that crap won't fly.
Webbs a punk, but I am glad he is out there, more fun to watch!
The guys in the booth are lame for not picking up on the x-jumpin. And Fro was saying, it was the sand's fault that tomac hit webb? Did I even hear that right? Webb was cross jumping the shit out of tomac, no question. Would have been sweet justice if ET would have been able to take out CW2 a bit more cleanly.
Good Race!!
Just racing.
Moral of the story: It's all about perspective
Also I have always looked at it as the rider in front controls the line and its up to the rider behind to get around them as best they can.
Pit Row
At least that's how I took it.
Sometimes I wonder how much of vital has even raced. How about the start straight chop off. Your dad ever teach you to get a wheel coming out of the gate on your biggest competitor and move over? Mine did. It's called racing.....Not riding. They are two different things.
From the TV it looked like Webb cross jumped Tomac, or at the very least crossed over on the face of a jump when Tomac was already committed to that line/jump. That's basically the same thing.
Tomac obviously felt the same way because he decided to take Webb out even it that meant taking himself out too.
That's how bad it is to cross jump someone. It's an unwritten rule of racing. Do it and be prepared to be taken out then.
Now imagine if that single was a triple that Tomac was fully committed on already. He can't exactly "check up" can he?
That's part of cross jumping. Not just fading over into someone in mid-air. It can start right on the take off when you get cut off but are already fully committed to the jump.
It's the dirtiest move and the riders hate it above anything else.
That's why Tomac cleaned Webb out and Tomac didn't care if he crashed too.
Not sure where this will go with Webb showing some increased speed, they will find each other again.
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