WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 4 JANUARY 31, 2017 P53
up here on the box, that's the
main thing. Chad was on my
heels and no matter what I did,
I couldn't seem to open up the
gap. He was riding really good,
as he does on this slick stuff,
but, no excuses. It was a little
bit of an off night. It wasn't the
greatest. I wish we could have
just been a little bit better. We
lost a lot of time there in the be-
ginning and then no matter what
I did, the guy was on my heels
and then Chad got by. Third
overall is still good."
Asked after the main event if
he plans to make any changes
with the bike, Tomac responded:
"We'll just leave her be!"
should have started like this
and we missed that calling for
Anaheim I, but finally we're on
the right track. You work way too
hard. My performance is there,
my fitness is there. You're only
as good as what you've got to
work with. Glad that we're in the
window now. I'd like to thank ev-
erybody at Monster and Yamaha
for helping that—you want to be
on the podium. So, [I'm] just
happy but mad to be honest."
As for Dungey, he struggled in
a couple key areas, but typical
Dungey he still managed to hold
on for a podium finish.
"It was a good night," points
leader Dungey said. "We're
a racer, so I feel like I'm at least
back to some fighting form.
"For me, it's all about finding
a good balance, you know?"
Tomac said. "Going from the fall
to Anaheim I, I thought I was in
a really good spot, and then you
get to the race tracks and it's a
different story. I've done it quite
a few years now. Those first few
rounds, I was struggling big-time,
so I just made some changes this
week that just fit me."
Reed, at 34 years of age,
wasn't as happy as you'd expect
with his podium finish.
"[I'm] happy obviously, but
I'm frustrated to be honest with
you," Reed said. "The season
Justin Brayton (10)
and Davi Millsaps
(18) had a good
race to get into the
top five.
