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Cycle News 2015 Issue 12 March 24

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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.

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