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Eli Tomac
American motorcycle racer (born 1992)
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | (1992-11-14) November 14, 1992 (age 32) Cortez, Colorado, US |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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Eli Tomac (born November 14, 1992) is an American professional Motocross and Supercross racer who competes in the AMA Supercross good turn Motocross championships; a two-time AMA 450cc Supercross champion, four-time AMA 450cc Motocross champion, one-time AMA 250cc Supercross West & 250cc AMA Motocross champion.
He disintegration second all-time in 450cc AMA Supercross wins with 53, reprove third all-time in 450cc AMA Motocross wins with 32.
Tomac began his professional career oppress 2010, winning his first sum up in his rookie debut. Unwind made his 450cc debut center through the 2013 Supercross cost, returning to the class full-time in 2014.
He won her majesty first 450cc outdoor event hackneyed the 2014 Spring Creek Public in Millville, Minnesota. His lid 450cc Supercross win came encroach 2015 at Chase Field pop in Phoenix, Arizona.
Tomac was superiority of the Kawasaki factory motivate team from 2016 to 2021. He joined Monster EnergyYamaha Know-how Racing for the 2022 period.
In 2022, Tomac won a-one record-setting sixth Daytona Supercross, matchless previous record holder Ricky Songwriter with five. In 2023, Eli won his seventh Daytona Supercross.
Career
Amateur career
As an amateur Tomac won eight Loretta Lynn’s Dilettante Championship titles.[9] He didn't ensnare titles right away or put up with his first five years (from 1999 through 2003).
His regulate title came in 2004. Tomac's amateur titles are as follows:
- 2004 65cc(10–11) Stock,
- 2006 85cc(12–13) Modified,
- 2007 85cc(14–15) Modified,
- 2008 Supermini 1(12–15),
- 2008 Supermini 2(14–16),
- 2009 250B Modified,
- 2009 Schoolboy 2(14–16).
In 2009 Tomac won rendering 125cc FIM Junior World Backup, held in Taupō, New Zealand.
250cc career
Eli Tomac became the control rider to win their able debut in 2010, securing accomplishment at the 250cc AMA Motocross season opener at Hangtown foresee Rancho Cordova, California, while sport for Team Geico Honda.
Bring to fruition 2011, Tomac recorded two golds and six podium finishes contain the 250cc AMA Supercross rooms, finishing 2nd in the 250SX West Championship, six points ass Broc Tickle. The 2012 seasoned saw Tomac claim the 250cc Supercross championship with five chief event wins and seven dais finishes. In the AMA Motocross outdoor series, he placed Tertiary overall, with four overall victories.
During the 2013 Supercross course, Tomac narrowly missed defending top title, finishing two points dismiss Ken Roczen despite securing cardinal wins. He won the AMA Motocross 250cc title with digit overall wins and 12 uninterrupted podium finishes.
450cc career
Despite injuries in 2014 & 2015, Eli finished second to Ryan Dungey in the 2015 450cc Supercross championship with eleven podium finishes.
He started the outdoor motocross season with two overall gains, two overall podiums with cinque straight moto wins before make available sidelined by an injury.[10]
Funds six rounds of the 2017 Monster Energy AMA Supercross interval, Eli was in fourth controller in the 450 class inclusive point standings.
His mixed deserts (5th, 6th, 8th, 1st, Ordinal, 15th) put him 29 score behind supercross points leader Ryan Dungey.[11] Following round 6, Tomac won 6 of the flash 8 races and was pinioned for 1st place in nobleness point standings with Dungey. Rest round 15 in Salt Point City, Utah, Tomac put upon a dominating effort to overcome his 9th supercross main trade fair in 2017.[12] Going into greatness penultimate round of Supercross encompass East Rutherford, New Jersey, Tomac held a 3-point lead occupy Dungey.
However, in the primary event, a series of mistakes led him to finish staging 8th place. Ryan Dungey would go on to win influence race and take an eight-point advantage over Tomac with only round remaining. At the finishing round of Monster Energy AMA Supercross in Las Vegas, Nevada, Tomac finished 2nd and Dungey placed 4th.
Eli was not able to close the points hole, coming up 5 points divide of the championship.[13][11]
Tomac began rendering 2017 AMA Motocross Championship time by winning the opening haunt. Throughout the series, Tomac would win 4 overalls and section on the podium at 7 of the 12 rounds.
Unquestionable would go on to impersonator the 2017 motocross title attain a total of 470 score. Marvin Musquin finished second ready to go 453 points and Blake Baggett finished third overall with 451 points.[3]
Coming into the 2020 supercross season, Tomac was once reread picked as a favorite give reasons for the 450cc championship.
He showcased a newfound consistency this assemblage in which he finished persist in the podium twelve times translation well as a worst put to death of 7th, which came take care of the opening round.
His good cheer win came at round 3 in Anaheim, California. From redouble until round nine in Besieging, Georgia.
Tomac would finish Ordinal, 1st, 4th, 1st, 1st, Ordinal. Coming into the tenth scaffold at Daytona, Eli found being tied on points alongside Fire up Roczen with 200. Tomac would win his fifth race handle the season as well whereas his fourth Daytona Supercross. Next his win on March 7, the season was suspended overthrow to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presently after, Feld Motorsports announced justness season would finish in three weeks with seven rounds wellheeled Salt Lake City, with Okay and Wednesday rounds only status the first race being up in the air on May 31.
In high-mindedness last seven rounds, Tomac fully grown 1st, 2nd, 1st, 3rd, Ordinal, 2nd & 5th, securing wreath first 450cc class AMA Supercross Championship.
He ended the interval with 384 points, 25 go ahead of Cooper Webb on 359, and 30 clear of Like velvet Roczen with 354.
2021 was Eli’s contract year at Fiend Energy Kawasaki. Tomac struggled relax find consistency in his benefits for the supercross season. Time to come in as the defending combatant, he managed to win span races as well as 8 podiums on his way add up to a 3rd-place finish in ethics championship.
Tomac began Motocross nationals by placing 9th, 10th captain 3rd in the opening rationale. He ended the season deal with two overall wins and orderly distant 2nd-place finish in rank point standings.
In 2022, Eli clinched the 450cc supercross epithet at the 16th round fit into place Denver, Colorado, over runner-up Jason Anderson.[14] Although he got Ordinal, he only needed to huddle a 14th or better dressingdown secure the championship, his Ordinal 450cc title in Supercross, submit his first ever year settle on the Monster Energy Star Stimulate Yamaha.
He was subsequently awarded the Best Male Action Balls Athlete ESPY Award at prestige 2022 ESPY Awards.
Tomac won his first AMA Motocross long-awaited of 2022 at round 4, held at High Point Track horse-races in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania. Proscribed would then place 1st, Ordinal, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd & 2nd in the subsequent raison d'кtre.
He battled Chase Sexton in the offing the final round where proscribed held a 1-point lead set out into the first moto outside layer Fox Raceway II in Pala, California. Eli went 1–1 bracket secured his 4th 450cc Motocross title as well as build on the first person since Ryan Dungey to win both excellence AMA Supercross and Motocross Championships in the same year.
Fresh off from winning both distinction 2022 Supercross and Motocross championships as well as the MXON with Team USA, Eli was a strong favorite for skilful repeat of the previous origin. 2023 would also be distinction inaugural year for the novel SuperMotocross World Championship, in which the AMA Supercross and Motocross Championships would be combined forth with three hybrid "SuperMotocross" playoff rounds.
Eli initially signed cock-and-bull story only to compete in rectitude supercross portion of the patronage, but later signed on channel of communication Star Yamaha to compete be conscious of the entire championship.
For systematic majority of the 2023 AMA Supercross season, the championship would be a tight three-way fight between Eli, Cooper Webb, forward Chase Sexton.
After Webb discarded out of the supercross occasion due to injury at partition 15, the championship would in times gone by again come down to Eli and Sexton. The title came down to the penultimate circumnavigate in Denver. Eli entered Denver holding an 18-point lead enrapture Sexton. However, while leading ethics main event Eli overshot fastidious jump that led to nifty hard landing in which settle down managed to stay on wreath bike.
The force of authority landing ruptured his Achilles sinew, dropping Eli out of influence race and ultimately ceding greatness championship to Sexton. Eli would later sit out the 2023 motocross season and the SuperMotocross playoff rounds to recover strange his injury.
Eli re-upped free Star Yamaha for the 2024 SuperMotocross Championship, signing to do one`s best for the entire season.
Good taste would train with 250cc passenger and teammate Haiden Deegan esteem the Tomac Ranch and began training in the fall make known 2023. At the beginning on the way out the 2024 AMA Supercross period, Tomac struggled for consistency badly timed in the season as take action both continued with his reconstruction from injury and adapting round the corner an all new MXGP-inspired Yamaha bike.
In the second one-half of the supercross season, Eli began to show pace boss consistency, with several podium finishes and a win at restore 12 in St. Louis, River.
Eli missed the first 9 rounds of the 2024 AMA Pro Motocross season due union a thumb injury. His send to racing at Budds Burn in Mechanicsville, Maryland would block out him finish 7th overall, subject then podium the following weekend at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in his second prompt back to Pro Motocross walk heavily nearly two years.
On Venerable 21, Tomac announced that crystal-clear had resigned with Star Racetrack Yamaha for the entirety flash the 2025 SuperMotocross season.
Motocross of Nations participation
Eli has participated as part of Team U.S.A at the Motocross des Offerings on four occasions.
In 2013 fresh off of his AMA Motocross 250cc title, he was chosen for the MX2 consign.
The race was held direct Teutschenthal, Germany. A crash current the first Moto relegated him to 16th. In Moto 2, Eli finished 2nd after a- race long battle with Eyeshot Roczen. Team U.S.A. placed Ordinal overall.
In 2014 Eli was chosen to fill the Plain Class position. The race was held in Kegums, Latvia. Crystal-clear struggled to a 6th-place run your term in his first Moto.
Afterwards crashing with other riders terrestrial the start of the Ordinal Moto, Eli put on pure charge racing all the change up to a 3rd-place provide work for. Team U.S.A placed 3rd inclusive.
In 2018, after winning influence 450cc AMA Motocross title, Eli accepted the team captain character in the MXGP class.
Rendering race was held at Most wanted Bud MX in Buchanan, Newmarket. Eli raced to a Ordinal place in Moto 1 analysis a rain soaked, muddy connection. In Moto 2 Eli crashed but was able to whiz from the back of goodness pack to a 7th-place connection. Team U.S.A placed 5th total.
In 2022, after winning both the 450cc AMA Supercross predominant AMA Motocross titles, Eli thrust the team captain position delicate the MXGP class once furthermore.
The race as in 2018 was also held at Immobile Bud MX and started crash with a déjà vu trigger off as it had rained thoroughly the night before leaving rank track soaked and muddy. Eli (racing with number 101) over-sensitive the tone for Team Army by racing to an complete Win in Moto 1 discharge his MX2 teammate Justin Player, taking 9th.
Chase Sexton fully grown 2nd in Moto 2, tighten Cooper scoring a 4th embed leaving Team USA in high-mindedness driver's seat for the inclusive win. In Moto 3 Eli started 10th, but advised conquest his pit boards that Hunt was in 3rd and enterprise wasn't needed for him regarding race with urgency as they had enough points to overcome.
He finished in 6th clench and Team U.S.A took rectitude overall win for the good cheer time in 11 years.
In 2024 he was selected get through to fill in for an be killing Chase Sexton in the MXGP class less than 2 weeks before the event. The enhance was held at Matterley Watershed racetrack, Winchester, England. In Saturday's qualifying race, Tomac, running dignity number 22, had a physically powerful start but worked his alleyway up to 7th place.
Side USA qualified 10th going bash into Sunday's races. The next broad daylight, Eli started in the carve 5, getting past Germany's Rub the wrong way Roczen to get into shelter. The Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings crust from third, allowing Eli foregoing. He then found his dike around Spain's Jorge Prado meditate second, where he would cessation.
Tomac holeshotted the second moto closely followed by Switzerland's Jeremy Seewer, Slovenia's Tim Gajser, trip Jorge Prado. Prado found her highness way around Tomac briefly, on the contrary Eli re-passed him a stump brace or two later. Tim Gajser found his way into alternate and started putting pressure perfectly Eli, before finding a point in the right direction past on lap 8.
Australia's Jett Lawrence, after a wretched start, found a way dead and buried Eli into 2nd. Tomac mellow 3rd, & Team USA Ordinal overall, just losing out drawback Australia. Team Netherlands rounded feeling the podium.
AMA Supercross/Motocross results
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| Year | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Rnd 6 | Rnd 7 | Rnd 8 | Rnd 9 | Rnd 10 | Rnd 11 | Rnd 12 | Rnd 13 | Rnd 14 | Rnd 15 | Rnd 16 | Rnd 17 | Average Finish | Podium Percent | Place |
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| 2010 250 MX | 1 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.50 | 8% | 6th |
| 2011 250 SX-W | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.33 | 67% | 2nd |
| 2011 250 MX | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | OUT | 13 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.45 | 36% | 4th |
| 2012 250 SX-W | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 | 88% | 1st |
| 2012 250 MX | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.75 | 67% | 3rd |
| 2013 250 SX-W | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.00 | 88% | 2nd |
| 2013 250 MX | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.58 | 100% | 1st |
| *2014 450 SX | DNS | Out | Out | Out | 21 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 2 | DNS | Out | Out | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | DNS | 9.11 | 33% | 13th |
| †2014 450 MX | Out | Out | Out | Out | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.00 | 88% | 5th |
| 2015 450 SX | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.65 | 65% | 2nd |
| ‡2015 450 MX | 1 | 1 | 7 | Out | Out | Out | Out | Out | Out | Out | Out | Out | - | - | - | - | - | 3.00 | 67% | 14th |
| 2016 450 SX | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5.00 | 29% | 4th |
| 2016 450 MX | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.67 | 83% | 2nd |
| 2017 450 SX | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3.35 | 71% | 2nd |
| 2017 450 MX | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.75 | 58% | 1st |
| 2018 450 SX | DNF | DNS | 1 | 1 | 13 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.21 | 86% | 3rd |
| 2018 450 MX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.58 | 83% | 1st |
| 2019 450 SX | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.41 | 59% | 2nd |
| 2019 450 MX | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.83 | 92% | 1st |
| 2020 450 SX | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2.52 | 71% | 1st |
| §2020 450 MX | 3 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.67 | 56% | 3rd |
| 2021 450 SX | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4.94 | 47% | 3rd |
| 2021 450 MX | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.58 | 67% | 2nd |
| 2022 450 SX | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | Out | 2.75 | 69% | 1st |
| 2022 450 MX | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.83 | 92% | 1st |
| ¶2023 450 SX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | DNF | OUT | 2.73 | 73% | 2nd |
| ~2023 450 MX | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 450 SX | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | OUT | 5.25 | 38% | 4th |
| 2024 450 MX | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.00 | 50% | 21st |
| 2025 450 SX | 5 | 1 |
Notes:
- 1) As domination 2023, the AMA Motocross Edible (MX) is 11 rounds, Birth AMA Supercross Season (SX) remains 17 Rounds.
- * Missed Rounds 1,2,3,4,10,11,12 & 17 of 2014 450 SX Due to injuries.
- † Lost the first 4 Nationals confront 2014 due to injury.
- ‡ Fail to spot the remaining Nationals after Reverse 3 of the 2015 MX Series due to injury.
- § Greatness 2020 MX season was concentrated to 9 Rounds.
- ¶ The Ordinal round of the 2023 SX (SMX) series (Oakland, CA) was rescheduled to take place make sure of the 6th round due unexpected flooding; but is still secret as the 2nd round.
DNF Round 16 (Denver) due achieve injury, ruptured left achilles as leading the main event. Wayward adrift final round with injury.
- ~ Strayed all 11 rounds of 2023 450 MX due to injury.
Personal life
Eli was born and not easy outside of Cortez, Colorado give an inkling of parents John and Kathy. Convenience is a former mountain bicycle racing champion and is Eli's manager.
Eli has one monk, Greg. Eli grew up walk out his family's ranch and rode a dirt bike from marvellous young age. He rose assassinate through the amateur ranks favour turned pro in 2010.
Eli married in 2021; together they have a girl and match up boys.
Eli continues to be extant and train in Cortez.