Insight: Eli Tomac
Monday, January 14, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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PrintGEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac has dominated the first two West Region 250SX races as expected, so there’s really not much to talk about. But we tried!
Racer X: Had to work for that one a little bit.
Eli Tomac: Yeah, another marginal start. My jumps weren’t bad, I was just spinning on the plastic and then kind of just wheeling it.
You did that in the heat race last week too, right?
Just a weird little wheelie. Obviously I need some work on that. That’s my biggest weakness right now.
The plastic is your weakness!
The plastic and the wheelie-ing. I really don’t think it’s my weight. It’s just ... I got to make it happen and I just need to get it in my head right. But I keep lining up inside so I do save myself by just squirting across the middle there.
Yeah, you did the same thing last week.
Yeah made some moves in the corner and came out top five.
Eli Tomac won his second straight race to begin the 2013 season in Phoenix.
Simon Cudby photo
Was that kind of on purpose? Like hey, even if I blow this start I’ll still come out okay with this gate?
Yeah, at least try to come out top five.
Were you worried at all during this one? You had a decent gap to make up, 3-4 seconds. Did you feel like it was manageable or were you like, uh oh?
Yeah, early on I was pretty stoked to not see Kenny [Roczen] in front of me, because he was going to be the guy that was going to be the hardest the beat tonight. So once I knew he wasn’t in front of me I knew I had a good shot at getting the W.
And just from there, how’d it go? You just kind of tracked Martin [Davalos] down?
Yeah, tracked Martin down and made a pass on him in that right-hander off the whoops and took her on home.
How would you compare your riding this week to last week? Obviously the result’s the same. Did you feel any different? Better one week, better the other?
I felt really good this morning in practice. I was feeling it for sure.
More so than last week?
Maybe. But probably because we got to do press day.
That helped a little bit?
Press day did help. Any time you get extra time on the track you feel more comfortable. You get to dial in the rhythms and all that kind of thing.
So even a lane or two makes a difference?
Yeah, it does.
Then what do you on Friday when you’re here for press day on Thursday? What did you do yesterday?
I went and golfed.
Tomac holds a six point lead over Ken Roczen through two rounds.
Simon Cudby photo
Are you serious?
Yeah. No joke.
What else are you going to do?
Exactly, what else? I was like hey, why not bring the sticks.
Was it cold?
It was cold.
What is the deal with that? It was cold here all weekend.
It was like 49 degrees and a little breezy. I was like, come on!
Wait a minute, you might have an advantage in the cold weather.
I do. I’m a Colorado boy.
Right! Weren’t you riding, did you say November, in Colorado?
Yeah, November.
How gnarly is that?
It’s probably high 40s. So, yeah. We’re here. It’s home.
Hey this is actually one of the closer races here, isn’t it?
Yeah, I’m like six hours away. This race and Salt Lake are about even.
I know everybody thinks you live way up north as if you’re in Montana, but you’re actually close to New Mexico, right?
Closer to New Mexico than Denver or anything like that.
Okay, anything else?
I just need to fix my starts.
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gooo tomac.. hopefully ken can get out front one of these nights . just soo we can see a battle
Get this kid on a 450 hes wasting his time in that class, I would bet he could win a 450 race easy !
at least top 3..even on the 2 frisky
seems real happy and even funny when they talk to him on TV...Winning will do that LOL.
.The kid is a MONSTER. Rozcen is the only one close to him speed wise. 450 outdoors will be fun.
@323 u think hughes blazes???? i bet tomacs old man would kick eli out of the vineyard castle for blazin up some green
Roczen looks like his is a bit bigger than last year and those two are going to both do damage in the 450's. Roczen was really impressive in the corners!
Roczen better hope Tomac goes to the 450 outdoors, or he wont win the title outdoors again..
@323mx: ...and...what's your point? Ryno can kick any one of our asses, in the gym or on the track. 4:20? So what! It's SoCal...get over it. BTW...Hughes looked really strong with Tomac in that Virtual Trainer vid. Motivated me to get off my ass and hit harder for 2013.
Tomac seems to be a good kid, friendly and always smiling, of coarse winning does help a rider carry that smile. Eli is fun to watch, he seems to posses that full time "attack the track" mode that is popular with the fans. Roczen is going to have his hands full, trying to keep up with E.T.'s bike indoors and out, if they don't let him move up to the 450's for the Nationals.
Here is hoping we get to see a sneak peak of next years supercross and Geico lets him race a few 450sx on the east coast this year. Roczen too, for that matter, both would be in the mix and we fans would have nine guys to watch who could pull out a win..how nasty would that be?? "Sensational Seven"to the "Great Eight" all the way up to the "Nasty Nine"...and the winner is ...The Fans!!!!
If I had to bet on one guy to dominate the rest of this decade it's Tomac....
NEED TO GET YOU GIRLS SOME LAXATIVE
You guys would be amazed at how many well known riders blaze, not a big deal. It's not the week in, week out contenders in the spotlight currently out there but a lot of really fast guys that aren't in the spotlight anymore but can still qualify for mains with their eyes closed do.
Weedge said more in that interview than Tomac .......but we'll let him slide cause he laid the wood
@retardcross...Hit the nail on the head. People would be shocked at who fogs it up. Just carries a negative image from propaganda whores.
He's a man among boys out there this year!
Doesn't everyone here blaze?
Only the stoners have the patience to read these goddamn comments.
@ TripCarlyle .... I'm guilty of that, but also guilty of having a good education, good job, being fit and not coming across as a stoner haha.
If he fixes his starts, it's not just the entire 250F class that should be worried...........
Thanks Trip.
just for poops and giggles I like to click on the names of posters when they are in Red letters......I now know of the Uninverse's largest structure! makes me realize how little we really know!
I have never tried it but in my experience 99 percent of pot smokers are losers. They make the other 1 percent look bad I guess. If you can smoke and still manage to get out of your mom's basement and be productive good for you.
I hope Eli rides some 450 east coast rounds
It's my experience that 99% of drinkers will beat their wife.
@DungeyPoto It's mind bottling isn't it?
Like Carl Sagan said "we are the universe's way of communicating with itself".
And he's just another example of those weed smoking physicists ruining Christian philosophy for everyone else!
@ texag....I'll agree lots are losers. The funniest thing out of your statement is it isn't pot that keeps me in my parents basement, it's motorcycles that does haha! Oh well, still young, I'll be out soon!
A loser is a loser no matter what they smoke,drink,snort or inject.
So what does a person gotta do to not be a "loser"? Can a non-loser watch TV?
How about 2 movies in a row? (My Dad might be a loser)
@ TripCarlyle......You gotta drink, do drugs and get sweet air to not be a loser. Essentially you need to model your life after the fact-based motocross movie "BRO", best movie ever made bro and great for our sport. I highly recommend it.
That song "Can't be Touched", the Roy Jones jr. song, is all you need to play in the lites class west this year lol.
If your don't open your mind how can you expand it? Naturally occurring vs. distilled/purified/engineered/packaged poison, whatever pothead haters are the ones losing....
Hey Racer X Programmer/Designer Computer guys: Can you figure out how to add the "LIKE" button, or "THUMBS UP" to the comments section? (You know, like all the other modern/popular sites).....There's some good stuff here...Not all of us drink Muscle Milk and overpriced energy drinks. And for all the "drinkers" that frown upon the ol' schoo blaze, remember ALCOHOL IS A DANGEROUS DRUG!!!!! A VERY DANGEROUS DRUG that ruins the lives of many!
You lost all credibility when you said God...you make it sound like heroin. Booze, cigarettes, pot are all on the same page.
A little bit of anything won't kill ya, cigarettes are hands off though!
You are so dumb. Maybe do some research before you start preaching. If "god" didn't want us to use the cannabis plant, why does the human brain have receptors for cannabinoids? They only come from cannabis. It's you that can't face reality. You are basing all your assumptions on a mythical figure that has NEVER been proven. That's not living in reality. Religion is far more dangerous. How many people have been murdered because of their beliefs or lack there of?
@pitbull..forgot to address that response to you. If "god" created everything...........
god stand s for gold oil and drugs. funny how a tomac interview turned into a big debate about drugs and god,,,soo funny
Yo PITBULL: Go sniff around in the bible. You MIGHT find reference to WINE! (You know, the stuff for "losers"....Hell, we drink it at church. The blood of Christ. The "LAST SUPER", turning water into wine, etc....AMEN!
If you have in IQ lower than 50 you probably shouldn't smoke pot or drink.....PITBULL take that as a warning.
Haha I'm not a pro-drug guy or anything and don't look into it much or push it on others, keep it pretty low key for the most part and know it's not healthy, but neither is booze, cigarettes or prescription drugs, all of which I rarely touch. My life is in order and I just do my thing, don't really care what others say about the odd burn. I'm from Canada but would be more concerned about the rampant gun problem over some plant that grows naturally.
Yo misoheye, Long Island right?
@johnnyblaze...Close,upstate finger lakes...
The thing with a Christian being high is that you start reflecting on life... and naturally begin to question things... the Church does not like to be questioned... they used to hang people for questioning their authority... now they ban things like weed... and everything that threatens them (evolution, gun control, abortion, muslims)
Wow...this thread got all religious and shit. It's really funny how Christians don't know the history of their own religion. How many people on this thread know that the Christmas Holiday was actually hijacked from Pagan rituals? The same Pagans the Christians tortured and massacred? How about this one: The fable of Noah's Ark? Think it's just a "biblical fact?" Ever heard of Babylon (ancient Mesopotamia and Sumeria?) Did anyone on this thread study the Origins of the Christian Religion, or the ancient Neo-Assyrian Empire with its Sumerian text-tablets translating the forewarning of a "great rise in the waters of the earth" and "to build a vessel" in preparation for siad event? These Sumerian texts predate the "Biblical" version by 2000 years! Once again...history shows how the Christian religion has taken from other cultural beliefs (and made it their own). Hell...soon Thanksgiving and Halloween will be Christian holidays.
Check it out now I'm in agreement with mr. Pit bull: to each his own is always best for all. Misoheye, I never make comments (but feet on the ground head in the clouds is my speciality) but I recall your making ny centric mentions from time to time. I'm actually going upstate boarding this weekend. Cheers bro....
@johnnyblaze...All my snow melted had about 2 feet. Snow will probably suck,icy. Adirondacks or Catskills best bet.
@pitbull....I was more pissed about the god thing. Apologies. I agree about guns, they are going nowhere though, relax. Politicians are just all juiced up on "assault guns" and high capacity mags. Mass killings happen all around the world with all types of weapons. It's all about trying to make themselves look good while they keep being worthless pieces of crap ruining our country.
@RedBullMX98 ya right, next you're gonna say that many religions before Christianity had a virgin birth or a saviour die for humanity... wait, there were many?? Holy shit! Someone tell Trey Canard!
@TripCarlyle: ??? Not quite following what you are attempting to convey, but many cultures that pre-dated the magical "virgin birth" had their own "Jesus." Like I mentioned prevoiusly: "Once again...history shows how the Christian religion has taken from other cultural beliefs (and made it their own)." The story(s) of Jesus were told thousands of years before the Christian version appeared in biblical text.
Pitbull wrote: about 1 hour ago
@retardcross. There ain't no such thing as, "the gun problem". The problem will occur when they take our guns away. Never, in all our history, have we been so threatened by a Federal government who want to take our freedoms from us. Once they have our guns, they can proceed without resistance. The 2nd amendment is our last safeguard. Without it we will become slaves in our own land much like the people behind the iron curtain were once.
Keep telling yourself that, why does your country breed such paranoia like everyone needs to be afraid and the only solution and protection you have is a gun? Your 2nd amendment is outdated just like the muskets it refers to. I learned a long time ago there's no point arguing with American pro-gun lobbyists so I won't bother. Don't waste your breath neither because I won't respond, just know the whole civilized world recognizes the problem but Americans refuse to because it's clearly so engrained in your psyche that you can't live without being armed to the teeth. It's already too late, too many guns available to too many people, the violence won't end down there because you guys don't want to change your attitudes about weapons.
@redbull I'm just messin around. What you say is all true. I used to be a bible college student and devout missionary in a few underdeveloped countries. I basically had the Canard mentality. Only when I started to search things out for myself did I realize there is nothing special about Christ or Christianity. My Pastor always used to say that Christ on the cross was what makes christianity unique; it blew my naive mind to realize he was factually incorrect.
Pitbull, I agree and I prefer raising my raped girlfriend's son. He looks just like the rapist and I get to look at him everyday because abortion was illegal in the 70s.
Thanks.
@TripCarlyle: I too was raised a Christian and attended a southern Methodist church in a small town three times a week, where myself, my sister and parents sang in the choir. We were very active in our church activities and youth groups. But there was something in the back of my mind, a "questioning" if you will. I wrestled privately with my religious upbringing, not wanting to offend or upset my family who for generations were devout. But there was a turning point as a young adult that my logical reasoning got the upper-hand, and I began to question everything. I just couldn't buy the story any longer, and proceeded to forge my own path to find the truth. I'm still on that path...and it has taken me in circles a few times, sometimes that circle has intersected with religion, but most often it offers enlightenment and a deeper understanding of how EVERYTHING is connected on a spiritual level. At this point in the search for my "Reason For Being" (thank you RacerX Davey Coombs for allowing me to borrow that phrase here) I believe that the heavens and the Earth were created by "God," but not the same "God" as most people see "God" as. I do believe there was a Jesus Christ, but not the Jesus as the Son of God, but as "a Son of the God that created all" as we are all part of that God molecule. I believe Jesus had extraordinary abilities, as most enlightened beings do. He used his abilities in the most spiritual way, to help his fellow man evolve, but its a shame that most modern-day Christians cant do the same. We, as the human race, have such a long road ahead of us. Maybe one day, soon, we all will follow in his footsteps and forge a new beginning for mankind. And...Trey Canard...love that guys spiritual energy...he has good mojo working.
Pitbull, the price of mass gun ownership is evident to everyone except the NRA and gun lobbyists, but it's not my place to encourage responsible gun ownership/access in your country and accountability for fostering a violent culture of paranoia and "defending" yourselves (from what and who I don't know, being afraid of your gov't is a joke, it's not the 1700's anymore and you're not going to get in a war with your military). Owning a gun doesn't automatically put you in control of anything anyways. The numbers don't lie, the USA has a gun problem (along with other factors) whether you admit it or not. Keep your guns for all I care, but as a result you will watch the innocent body count rise continually. It can't be any other way, it's a simple numbers game. The more weapons that are available the more accessible they are to everyone (including criminals, the unstable, etc)whether it be through legal or illegal means or for the right or wrong reasons. When they're everywhere, anyone can get hands on them. I'm not for a ban on guns that serve a purpose like hunting but I'm all for reasonable amounts of control like here in Canada. The relationship between your attitudes and ours comes through in the statistics, we are a much less violent culture and feel safe in our communities, no worries about defending ourselves from anything. It's a healthier way to live. Your society as a whole is clearly not responsible enough to have 9/10 people armed to the teeth. It's crazy how a thin, imaginary line between our countries separates an attitude of community, safety, inclusion from self serving, paranoid, vigilante violent attitudes towards the government your people elected democratically. 'Murica! Now get back on the porch with your semi-auto, your neighbour might step across your property line.