Eli Tomac

Eli Tomac (born November 14, 1992 in Cortez, Colorado) is an American professional motocross racer competing in the AMA Supercross and Motocross championships.

Tomac began his professional career in 2010. He made his 450cc debut part way into the 2013 Supercross schedule, and moved to the class full-time the following year.

He won his first outdoor 450cc event at the 2014 Spring Creek National in Millville, Minnesota. His first 450cc Supercross win came in 2015 at Phoenix's Chase Field.

Eli signed with the Kawasaki factory racing team for the 2016 season. ^[1]

Personal life

Tomac is the son of former competitive mountain bike rider John Tomac and wife Kathy.^[1]

250cc Career

In 2010, Eli Tomac became the second rider behind James Stewart in the history of the sport to win his professional 250cc class AMA Pro Motocross debut at the Hangtown season opener, riding for Team Geico Honda.

For 2011, Eli had a strong 250cc Supercross season with 2 wins and 6 podium finishes.

For 2012, Eli won the 250cc Supercross championship with seven podium finishes and five first place main event wins.

For 2013, Eli finishes 2 points behind Ken Roczen in the 250cc Supercross championship with five first place main event wins. He won the outdoor 250cc title. ^[2]

2015 Season

Despite injuries in 2014 & 2015, Eli finishes 2nd to Ryan Dungey in the 450cc Supercross championship with eleven podium finishes. He started the outdoor motocross season with two overall wins, two overall podiums and five moto wins before being sidelined by an injury. ^[2]

2017 Season

During the AMA Supercross season after round three (and competitior Ken Roczen's horrific season ending crash) Tomac was clearly the fastest rider on the track at almost every race. But because of a slow start in the first three races Eli found himself 29 points behind points leader Ryan Dungey. Tomac went on to win 8 of the first 14 races finding himself tied for the lead with Dungey at the starting gate of round 15. During race 15 Tomac showed the fans he was the dominate force in 2017 Supercross as he started near the back of the pack and went on to pass almost the entire field, taking the lead and the win from Dungey in the final laps. At the next race, with a 3 point lead over Dungey, Tomac took the lead early but then washed out his front end on the first lap and fell behind. He later made an error tying to catch the leaders on a tough and technical track. On the last lap it looked like Tomac would loose the points lead to Dungey but be within five points. Dungey took the win and scored an additional three points. Tomac was then facing an eight point deficit with only one race to go.

At round 17 in Las Vegas Eli Tomac would end the controversy of who was the fastest rider in 2017 Supercross. Tomac was in first place but then slowed and allowed the slower riders including Ryan Dungey to catch up. Dungey passed Tomac numerous times, and each time Tomac re-passed Dungey. In the end Tomac finished 2nd to Dungey's 4th place leaving Tomac 5 points short in the points race for the season. ^[3]

References

External links

• Eli Tomac profile