VOL. 54 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 19, 2017 P145
It was anything but a cruise-control year for Eli Tomac, but tough
determination and gritting performance netted the now-veteran
motocrosser the 2017 outdoor 450 MX championship
BY ERIC JOHNSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE COX AND
HOPPENWORLD.COM
True Grit
Eli, 2017 is now in the books.
A very broad stroke question
here, but all things considered,
what do you think about the
year that was for you?
Well, as a whole, 2017 was a
pretty good success with super-
cross and having nine wins and
barely missing out on that cham-
pionship. And winning the moto-
cross championship and getting
a podium at the MXGP was also
very good. The only thing I would
have liked to close out a heck of a
lot better was the Monster Energy
Cup. You saw what happened
there! But as a whole, 2017 was a
pretty big success for us.
At the Monster Energy Cup
I was standing on top of that
locker room section and look-
ing down on Monster Alley
when you came flying down
toward the stadium, got side-
