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Supercross & Motocross
250SX: Two Straight For Tomac
Eli Tomac continued his winning way by scoring yet another convincing Western Regional 250SX Class victory Saturday night in Phoenix.
GEICO Honda's Eli Tomac (Photo: Feld Motorsports)
GEICO Honda's Eli Tomac continued to roll, powering his way to a second straight Western Regional 250SX Class victory in as many rounds.
The defending champ's early-season flourish merely builds upon the hugely impressive manner he closed out '12, in which he won the final two Western Region Main Events, finished a close second to Justin Barcia in the East-West Shootout, and was triumphant aboard a 450 in one of the three legs of the Monster Energy Cup.
Tomac was forced to fight his way forward in both his heat race and the main event after getting a pair of less-than-ideal starts but was simply too strong for his competitors over race distance.
Tomac got away in fifth in the Main Event but sliced his way into the lead by lap 8 of 15. From that point on he cruised to yet another convincing victory.
"To do this in front of my friends and family is as good as it gets," Tomac said. "It seems like everything is really clicking this year… man, it doesn't get much better."
Tomac's chief rival, Ken Roczen, finished as the race's runner-up but not without considerable effort. Once again, the German was blisteringly quick in his heat, but a poor start left him battling up from the bottom of the top ten during the main's opening stages.
Hunting down Tomac was not a realistic goal for Roczen at that point, but the Red Bull KTM ace minimized the damage with a nifty late-race maneuver to steal away second from Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Martin Davalos.
Roczen admitted, "I'm super mad, honestly. I did a beginner mistake; I started with my right foot down and I got too much weight to the left and totally messed up and got a really bad start. I had to fight my way through."
While Tomac may be the man in charge, and Roczen considered the man most likely to challenge him, Davalos very well may have been man of the night with his podium performance. The Pro Circuit pilot was battered in a brutal crash suffered while fighting up front in his heat race and forced to earn his way into the main in the LCQ. He then somehow managed to overcome the disadvantage of a lowly gate pick to slam into the lead on the opening lap of the Main Event and sprint home to a rewarding third-place result.
Asked what that impressive result meant to him following his earlier misfortune, Davalos said, "It means a lot. I had a horrible crash and am fortunate to still be walking."
Troy Lee Honda's Cole Seely was next with fellow Honda runners Jessy Nelson and Zach Osborne fifth and sixth, respectively.
Ryan Sipes (Suz), Kyle Cunningham (Yam), Joey Savatgy (KTM), and Christian Craig (Hon) rounded out the evening's top ten.
The defending champ's early-season flourish merely builds upon the hugely impressive manner he closed out '12, in which he won the final two Western Region Main Events, finished a close second to Justin Barcia in the East-West Shootout, and was triumphant aboard a 450 in one of the three legs of the Monster Energy Cup.
Tomac was forced to fight his way forward in both his heat race and the main event after getting a pair of less-than-ideal starts but was simply too strong for his competitors over race distance.
Tomac got away in fifth in the Main Event but sliced his way into the lead by lap 8 of 15. From that point on he cruised to yet another convincing victory.
"To do this in front of my friends and family is as good as it gets," Tomac said. "It seems like everything is really clicking this year… man, it doesn't get much better."
Tomac's chief rival, Ken Roczen, finished as the race's runner-up but not without considerable effort. Once again, the German was blisteringly quick in his heat, but a poor start left him battling up from the bottom of the top ten during the main's opening stages.
Hunting down Tomac was not a realistic goal for Roczen at that point, but the Red Bull KTM ace minimized the damage with a nifty late-race maneuver to steal away second from Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Martin Davalos.
Roczen admitted, "I'm super mad, honestly. I did a beginner mistake; I started with my right foot down and I got too much weight to the left and totally messed up and got a really bad start. I had to fight my way through."
While Tomac may be the man in charge, and Roczen considered the man most likely to challenge him, Davalos very well may have been man of the night with his podium performance. The Pro Circuit pilot was battered in a brutal crash suffered while fighting up front in his heat race and forced to earn his way into the main in the LCQ. He then somehow managed to overcome the disadvantage of a lowly gate pick to slam into the lead on the opening lap of the Main Event and sprint home to a rewarding third-place result.
Asked what that impressive result meant to him following his earlier misfortune, Davalos said, "It means a lot. I had a horrible crash and am fortunate to still be walking."
Troy Lee Honda's Cole Seely was next with fellow Honda runners Jessy Nelson and Zach Osborne fifth and sixth, respectively.
Ryan Sipes (Suz), Kyle Cunningham (Yam), Joey Savatgy (KTM), and Christian Craig (Hon) rounded out the evening's top ten.
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