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percross wins. Another seven-win
season like last year would even
move Tomac past Stewart's 50-
win mark and put Tomac second
all time. Jeremy McGrath's record
of 72 wins still looks safe.
January 21, 2022, will be a
date Chase Sexton long remem-
bers. That night in San Diego,
Sexton scored his first AMA
Supercross victory. Depending
on how successful Sexton is in
Supercross in the coming years
will make a big difference on how
that first win will be remembered.
Ken Roczen earned just a single
Supercross victory in 2022, but it
was a big one because it put the
German rider into the top-10 on
the all-time AMA Supercross wins
list, in a tie with AMA Motorcycle
Hall of Famer Jeff Ward each with
20 wins now.
Tomac then moved out of the
stadiums and kept his momentum
going by scoring his fourth AMA
450cc Motocross Championship.
Significantly that moved Tomac
into second all-time for 450MX
class championships behind just
Carmichael (aka the G.O.A.T.)
who won seven AMA 450cc Mo-
tocross Championships. Tomac
scored five wins in the 450MX
class this season, that makes
32-career wins in the class, plac-
ing him behind just Carmichael
(with 76 wins) and Ryan Dungey
(39 wins).
Speaking of Dungey, 2022 may
also be remembered for Dungey's
return to the outdoor Nationals for
STORIES
2022
WE'LL
REMEMBER
The story we
will most likely
remember
from 2022 for
decades to
come was Team
USA's victory in
the Motocross
des Nations at
RedBud.
PHOTO:
LARRY LAWRENCE
(Left) Eli Tomac won both the AMA
Supercross and 450 Motocross
Championships in 2022, solidifying
his legacy as one of the all-time
greats.
PHOTO: LARRY LAWRENCE
