VOLUME 57 ISSUE 28 JULY 14, 2020 P75
Yeah, sometimes you second
guess it, but one thing for sure,
we've been competitive, and
we still won races and we got it
done. Yeah, to win it was relief.
How are you now? Have you
been able to catch your breath
and reflect back on what
shook out at Salt Lake City
last month?
We're great. Getting home was
when it was so cool. That's when
we realized what we all accom-
plished as a team and with that
good run we had at Salt Lake. It
was awesome. It is so cool when
you win as a team. It's just that
(Below) Tomac (3)
had to fight off title
rivals Cooper Webb (1)
and Ken Roczen (94)
going into the final
seven rounds. (Right)
There's nothing like a
pandemic to see who's
best at adapting.
I ALWAYS KEPT
SAYING, 'I
DON'T WANT
TO SETTLE.
I'VE GOTTEN
SO MANY
WINS AND
NOT HAVING A
SUPERCROSS
TITLE HAS
BEEN A
HUGE EMPTY
SPOT IN MY
CAREER.'
done?' It was so cool to finish it
off. You look at the past history
and guys haven't won and it's a
relief, and there is some truth to
that. When you look at the past
and when you look at the statis-
tics, guys haven't won past age
26. We broke that track record.
I'm the oldest guy to win his first
championship in the premier
class. Numbers are numbers and
I was always competed for wins,
and I never settled. I always kept
saying, 'I don't want to settle. I've
gotten so many wins and not hav-
ing a Supercross title has been
a huge empty spot in my career.'
