WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 23, 2016 P47
My Own Race:
3 ELI TOMAC 5
TH
450SX
It's still somewhat of a surprise that Monster Energy Ka-
wasaki's Eli Tomac has finished on the podium just once
this season, and that was several races ago at Anaheim 2.
Tomac was again hampered by a bad start and still seemed
positive afterward after his fifth-place finish in Texas. "Con-
sidering how the night started, my fifth tonight wasn't bad,"
said Tomac. "Off the start I wasn't where I'd like to be but
I passed quite a few riders straight away and rounded out
around seventh, then spent the rest of the race working up
to fifth. I had the speed early on but couldn't quite maintain
it, so I'll be working on that and I'll keep working hard head-
ing into the next round."
37 JOEY SAVATGY 10
TH
250SX
After seeing his points lead go from a three-point advan-
tage to an 11-point deficit, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/
Kawasaki's Joey Savatgy was not a happy man right after
the race, in fact, his PC Team Manager Mitch Payton said
that he was downright pissed. Later on, though, Savatgy
said, "Tonight didn't quite go as planned. We got off to a
great start, winning my heat and grabbing the holeshot
in the main event. Unfortunately I came together with an-
other rider in the whoops and went down. I managed to
get back up and made enough passes to salvage a few
points, though. We've got a break now, which is nice and
it will give me and the team a chance to work on a few
things to come back swinging."
35 CHRIS ALLDREDGE 8
TH
250SX
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Chris Alldredge
isn't having the season he expected so far. He's been
able to show podium speed every now and then but just
can't seem to get a break—or a good start. He started off
in 12
th
and made a few passes to get into eighth before it
was all over. His best finish so far has been a sixth, which
came in Arizona. "Today went pretty well," said Alldredge.
"I just couldn't put everything together how I wanted to.
In the heat I pulled a really good holeshot but unfortu-
nately dropped back a bit. I ran the pace to be up front,
but made a couple mistakes the first lap. When the main
event came around I didn't get off the line very well, but
plugged away and got up to eighth. We're going to start
doing some outdoor training and I'll be ready for Santa
Clara in a few weeks."
