LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 51 ISSUE 27 JULY 8, 2014 P53
Eli's Coming
In just his second ride aboard
a 450 in the outdoor series, Eli
Tomac improved on last week's
third-place finish by going 4-2 for
second overall at RedBud, the
GEICO Honda rider crediting a
setup change for his improved
results.
"Today went even better than
last weekend in Tennessee,"
Tomac said. "First moto came
around and I got a top-five start
and was battling with Dungey,
Canard, and Roczen the whole
race. I passed Dungey at one
point but he ended up getting
around me, so I kind of settled
into fourth. The main issue in
that race was being able to see
clearly as I actually ran out of
tear-offs.
"I definitely ate a lot of roost to-
day," he said. "The way the track
was, you were pulling one or two
tear offs a lap, and actually in the
Briefly...
in the beginning of the first moto
and I came out in about 37th on the
first lap. I struggled a little to find my
rhythm but I was able to work up to
17th and I'm all right with that. In the
second moto, I had a good start and
I was running up in fifth, but I think I
charged a little too hard at first. I'm
not used to their pace and not be-
ing on the bike that much, and that
kind of wore me down a little bit, so
I had to regroup. I tried to ride solid
after that. This was an awesome ex-
perience and it can only get better
after this." Noren won the Jr. Swed-
ish Championship in 2009 and the
Swedish Championship in 2010. He
moved to the United States in 2011 to
compete in the Lucas Oil Pro Moto-
cross Championship.
Despite his impressive performance
for the overall win, Ken Roczen said
he didn't get off to the best start dur-
ing qualifying. "I actually struggled a
bit in first practice," said Roczen. "I
think that track might have been a
little weird for me because it was wet
with a hard base. So I made a little
change the bike that made it some-
what easy on me; it was a change
in the right direction. I don't know, I
guess it just clicked."
"It was a tough day," said James
Stewart of his not-so-great day. "I
felt good coming into the weekend
and we had a lot of speed in practice.
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