WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
BY STEVE COX
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HOPPENWORLD.COM
E
li Tomac has certainly picked the right time
to get hot, as the Monster Energy Kawa-
saki Team rider collected his third straight
450SX-class victory, his latest coming at the Lucas
Oil Stadium in Indiana. Never before has Tomac
won three supercross races in a row in the premier
division. The result of his recent success, Tomac
has narrowed the points gap between him and
450SX-class leader Ryan Dungey to just 12 with six
races left. This one is far from over.
Unfortunately for Dungey, the three-time SX
champ dropped a few extra points to Tomac after
finishing third, getting little—okay, no—help from his
teammate Marvin Musquin, who passed Dungey
on the 14th lap of what would be a 20-lap main
event. Despite seeing his points lead dwindle
quite rapidly the past three races, Dungey could
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ELI TOMAC NARROWS THE
POINTS GAP TO JUST 12 AFTER
INDIANAPOLIS WIN
Eli Tomac has pretty
much been unbeatable
as of late. He ran off
and hid again at the
Indy Supercross.
