tomac 24 pts down by pacing until daytona

Good news is that we'll now have beast mode, or this will be a 2 dogs fight.

Tomac hasn't been the Tomac we've seen since '17. Maybe not comfy or sacrificing some settings to get a start. Not to stick a fork on him but he'll need a little help/bleeding from Roczen.

Tomac 2017 and 2018 was a different level but look at it. In 2017 Ken was hurt in round 3 when Eli was on his way to 8th place that night. Then some X-Trig clamps and some Arizona testing and he goes on a crazy roll. But he only had to really worry about Dungey. 2018, he drops his pants in round 1 and he's screwed. Then 2019 he has his mystery 6-1-6-12 run mid season to eliminate himself. 2020 is looking like the anomaly.

My point is Eli racked up 50% of the wins in 2017/18 but it was in a weird moment where Dungey had 1 foot out the door, Kenny was hurt 2x, Webb was on the blue pig, Marvin was just coming into his own on the 450, and Anderson pulled it together just enough to capitalize in 2018. I do think Tomac 2020 was the best version of a SX racer we've seen from him, he was getting to the front most nights with some savage passing. This year I haven't seen any of that.

You noticed how he’s not pushing through jumps right now? He used to be faster/lower through rhythms. He’s popping up heaps right now.

What, everyone knows the season does not start till Daytona.

Tomac doesn’t have the speed this year his starts have improved but his raw speed has taken a hit

He was within the 4 second range of Roczen and couldn’t make up any time tonight..
If he gets around Barcia like he should of he would of been 3rd tonight..
Tracks are a bit of an issue- most are doing the same thing and all pretty basic. I think if the lap time can get to around a minute he does a bit better.. and some bigger whoops.

At this point in the series 24 points down is not much of a concern. The probability
of Roczen having a shit night is pretty good.

Good series so far and the Daytona track looks insane. I hope it delivers.

Not so sure about Orlando's layouts but anything should be better than last nights track.

Stick a fork on him. Hes done (winning) if he keeps riding like this.

Tbf, no one really made anything up.

Good track to be up front for sure and I don’t think any track has been to Eli’s strengths thus far. He excels when it’s open, fast or gnarly.

There has been a lot of technical itty bitty bullshit layouts so far that suit a guy who doesn’t make mistakes and even more so if you get the start. That’s been Ken forever.