WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 12 MARCH 24, 2015 P63
"It's been a long time com-
ing," said Tomac. "It was just
a day that was clicking for me
from the beginning. I was fast-
est in qualifying—didn't win the
heat race, but I was able to pull
it off, and 10 rounds is a long
time between wins when you
want something so bad, so it's
nice to get it."
Being the fastest rider in
qualifying at a race but unable
to pull off a win has been frus-
trating for him.
"There have been multiple
races where I've been the
fastest guy for one lap or in the
heat race," Tomac said. "But
for the main events, I've strug-
gled, and Dungey's been the
fastest for the 20 laps. For me
to finally put all 20 laps together
and click those fast laps off, it's
refreshing."
C O N S I S T E N C Y C O U N T S
Honda/HRC's Cole Seely has
perhaps been the most im-
proved rider of the year, and in
Detroit he racked up his third
heat race win of the season
before going out and scoring a
third in the main. The 450-class
rookie has been impressive in
his ability to get consistently
good starts—maybe not the
holeshot, but within the top
Briefly...
tle bit hairball," Tomac said. "We saw
Weston Peick do it in practice, and
when you see a guy do it you're like,
'Hey, I can go bust that thing, too.'"
Andrew Short (29)
put his KTM to the
front of the 450 main.