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passing out after finishing moto two
the year he won the 250cc national
championship (in 2010). That same
year, Eli Tomac went 3-1 to win the
Hangtown opener in his pro debut
a week before the Texas National,
then seemed to be on his way to
doing it again at Freestone (Texas)
the following week, where he led
2/3 of the first moto only to finish
second to Christophe Pourcel. But
in moto two, during the hottest part
of the day, Tomac led the first half of
the moto before he went backward,
eventually finishing 11th. This began
a streak of losses that lasted two
whole seasons before Tomac finally
won another national, which surpris-
ingly came at Freestone in 2012.
Then he finally won the title in 2013.
The Geico Honda team seems to be
doing the right thing to protect their
new 250cc SX champ.
Briefly...
Adam Cianciarulo (92) shoves
Colt Nichols out of the way.
cross season, so it took me time,
but finally we are where we want,"
Ferrandis said. "Getting good
starts today helped a lot, but the
bike and the team were awesome,
and it's amazing. I just felt good
on the track, and I had a lot of fun,
so when you have fun, as a rider,
you go fast most of the time, so I
had a lot of fun on this track. It was
amazing to jump the LaRocco's
Leap, and [it was a] good atmo-
sphere. I just felt good on the track
