coronavirus. What was all of
that like for you?
As far as going home right
after Daytona, it was unique
and everyone was in the same
boat, but what was difficult was
the timing—the timing on know-
ing when we were going to go
race and staying ready for that.
That was the huge unknown for
us. Then we got the call saying,
'Hey, we're going to go back to
Supercross.' That was only a
two-week heads up when we
got our official go time to go
back to racing. That's what was
so gnarly about this champion-
ship.
You could've clinched the
title at the penultimate round,
but a bad start ultimately
prevented that from happen-
ing. But you had an—anoth-
er—amazing comeback. How
important was that race?
What happened there was
that I was starting on the inside,
and I was being a little bit defen-
sive on the start line. That didn't
pan out at all. A lot of times
those situations don't pan out,
and I got shuffled back on the
start, and I was way back there.
I looked to the front and Cooper
[Webb] and Ken were leading
that race and I said to myself, 'I
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(Left) Twenty-seven-year-
old Eli Tomac celebrates
his first 450 Supercross
title at the final race of the
year. (Below) Even Tomac
was beginning to wonder
if a 450SX title would ever
come his way.
PHOTOS: MONSTER MEDIA
ANAHEIM 1 WAS
PROBABLY THE
ONLY RACE WHERE I
KIND OF FELT STUCK
AND I COULDN'T
GO FORWARD.
AFTER THAT WE
KIND OF JUST GOT
ON A ROLL.
