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Reed could have matched Tomac's pace, but considering that his fastest lap was .5 seconds off Tomac's early average, it did not look promising. Of course, reality is that the pace was extremely slow, so technically you are correct, Reed (and about 10 others) were on pace to win the race.
Clearly you can't use Reed's total average as an indicator, not the same conditions – he had a 1:10 and a 1:14 from getting shuffled and knocked off track by Anderson. Take his fastest 4 lap cluster average as you have above and it's a 1:06.4 – in traffic! And doesn't include his fastest times when he smelt an opportunity.
So, in traffic, a quarter of a second difference average from the very fastest race pace, and apparently no chance! I've said all year, his results have been about starting position more than his riding and then track conditions. He's good on that bike when it's slippery and hard. And we've had a soft dirt year more so than say 10 years ago.
Like everyone else always says though, the guy should just quit, he doesn't have it! I guess then there are an awful lot of other dudes who should hang it up also!
I hop Reed continues to race! Yeah , I wish he would race a 250 two stroke...but that ain't going to happen
The Shop
Even watching the difference in his front end confidence from 03/04 to 05. Fuckin different rider.
Tomac Lap Times (Main LV)
19 01:11.467
18 01:08.741
17 01:08.520
16 01:07.084
15 01:08.462
14 01:06.901
13 01:09.430
12 01:07.227
11 01:07.965
10 01:06.641
9 01:07.279
8 01:08.281
7 01:07.404
6 01:05.215 *
5 01:05.461
4 01:05.514
3 01:06.933
2 01:06.425
1 00:.00.000
I never said Chad was fastest. Nor did I say Chad he'd have caught Eli without a change in Eli's times.
I did say "And if the start positions were reversed he could have quite easily led the whole thing", which looking at his lap times, isn't a stretch... At this point you interject asking if I thought Reed could have found 2.7 seconds a lap...
Maybe try stay on point?
Arguing with logic? I'm pointing out what I've actually said, vs whatever you're babbling about...
I quite literally quoted my post... "...if the start positions were reversed..."
There are some simple key differences between what I wrote and what you're ranting about.
This must also mean that you think James's issues later in his career were also due to that new Yamaha, right?
Pit Row
I think James' issues was he setup bikes a particular way. It worked on some and was worse on others. I do think it was worse on the reverse Yamaha. The change on the Zook was dramatic at first, then progressively he sacked it out. Regardless, he still crashed a lot on all of them, and later in his career, I think it's taken a physical and mental toll.
I'll probably be crapping my daks if I manage to get it into fourth on a mx track
Or can/have they???
I couldn't imagine riding something so big and heavy on a supercross track. The 250 seems to be competitive though.
Maybe the 450 is just too heavy for SX , heavy in the wrong places or something.
Looked like Reed was really having fun demoing that 250 two stroke at the Aus Open...
I'm really looking forward to riding mine...I kinda wanted a Ktm but I've been a Yamaha guy for too long I suppose.
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