Tomac Nominated For ESPY Award
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SPN announced the 2022
ESPY Award nominations and
two-time Monster Energy AMA
Supercross Champion Eli Tomac
is nominated for his first ESPY
Award in the Best Athlete, Men's
Action Sports Category.
The Monster Energy Yamaha
Star Racing athlete had an amaz-
ing Supercross season winning
seven of 17 races with his new
team including four additional po-
dium finishes while claiming his
second Supercross champion-
ship. Tomac's seven race victo-
ries in 2022 brought his career
total to 44, landing him in a tie for
fourth with Chad Reed on the all-
time Supercross wins list.
Supercross fans can cast their
votes for Eli Tomac up through Sat-
urday, July 17, at 8:00 p.m. ET at
Vote Here: 2022 ESPY Awards –
Best Athlete Men's Action Sports.
Tomac is competing in the
Best Athlete, Men's Action Sports
category against American
freestyle skier and 2022 Olympic
Gold Medalist, Alexander Hall,
Japanese skateboarder and 2020
Olympic Gold Medalist, Yuto
Horigome, and Japanese snow-
boarder and 2022 Olympic Gold
Medalist, Ayumu Hirano.
This year marks the 30th itera-
tion of the ESPY Awards which will
be broadcast live on Wednesday,
July 20, at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC
from the Microsoft Theatre in Los
Angeles. Sports fans can vote
across 35 different categories for
their favorite athletes, plays and
sports moments from this past year.
Cooper Webb (two-time Su-
percross champion) was the last
Supercross athlete to be nomi-
nated for an ESPY award in 2021
following his Supercross title win.
In 2015 and 2016 Ryan Dungey
(four-time Supercross champion)
was also nominated for an ESPY
Award, in which he won both years
in the same Best Athlete, Men's
Actions Sports category.
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Eli Tomac has been nominated for an ESPY Award.
