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2/23/2016 8:46pm
Does it seem like Dungey takes the lowest lines in the corners, lower then anyone else on the track? I wonder if his bike is tuned for more low end power helping him get out of the turns. Possibly even helping him with the starts. There is a reason he is called the diesel right?
ie last night his arc was tightening more as he exited.
The Shop
I bet it's literally a calculation provided through lit-pro data that tells them if the lower speed is worth the less distance traveled.
Then when he caught Kenny he started cutting down lower and squaring off the turns.
My point, i don't have one!
For now on we can call him Turbo D. He will never know if we are calling him Turbo Dungey or Turbo Diesel.
Two thumbs up for TURBO D
He got close at least twice to making a pass but both times he either missed a critical rhythm, or lappers played a slight role. They weren't "in the way" but Dungey had to go around them. When he made a mistake, it took a couple of laps for him to catch back up. He was catching back up the whole last lap. Roczen rode hard and smart all night. If he wants to climb back into this one, he has to do that 8 more times.
When the production rule came into effect, DeCoster, and Dave Arnold were responsible for the production bikes. This is the CR250 from the last year DeCoster worked for Honda.
From 93-94, Roger worked for Hi-Torque, then goes to Suzuki. All of a sudden, the bike looks like this...
MXA put them next to each other, and there were lots of interchangeable parts... Not saying Roger is a "copy cat", im saying he knows what works, knows what doesnt, and he keeps it all written down, and takes it with him.
Pit Row
Ken is the one that should feel pressure, not Ryan. He has a huge mountain to climb if he thinks he can take this championship. If Ryan makes no changes at all, Ken will have to ride that same ride about 8 more times straight. That's a huge deal. Not likely based on historical. I think Ryan has shown more mental toughness and will continue to. As was said on the podium, championships are won on the bad days. Damn hard to beat someone who's worst days are second pressuring for the lead.
I had a 97 RM250 and 125 for a short period. The 250 was by far my favorite 250 smoker ever.
In order to triple that jump, you had to hit the outside line after the over/under, which means it set you up for the inside of the huge bowl, which you needed to ride high on the bowl in order to make the triple. So it made the lines cross quite a bit between riders in that section. There was a pile up of 2 or 3 riders towards the end of the race that caused Dungey and Roczen to not be able to triple. I think that pile up was a result of lines getting crossed.
The section at the end zone that Dungey was tripling, there was literally a tiny section you could hit to clear the first single, to get the drive for the triple, so you had to get to the inside of that section.
The first thing I thought about when I saw the "new" factory YZF swingarms...
This year The Dunge has been talking about roll speed, and most of the racerx articles and even the stuff by DV have said how he was going higher, carrying more speed and using less brake.
But them boom, Arlington happens and we see dungey trying to square up all the corners. Sure he was still blazing fast but it was messing up his drive and timing in some sections. Very un-dungeyish in my mind.
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