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250SX: Tomac Continues Undercard Dominance
Eli Tomac is two for two in Western Regional 250SX Class competition this season.
Media Release  |  Posted January 14, 2013   Phoenix, AZ
GEICO Honda's Eli Tomac (Photo: GEICO Racing)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 3 of the 2013 Monster Energy Western Regional 250SX Class Championship from Anaheim will air on SPEED on Sunday, January 20th at 1:00pm ET.

Defending Supercross champion Eli Tomac won his second race in as many starts Saturday, besting the 250SX West field at Chase Field by a whopping 10 seconds on his GEICO Honda CRF.

The top qualifier survived a crowded start in the Main event and worked his way up from sixth place, taking the lead from Martin Davalos on Lap 7 and zooming away for an easy victory.

"You always hope to win by 10 seconds," Tomac said. "That's about as good as it gets in this sport. But you also know there are so many things that can happen. You have to just take it as it comes and ride hard the whole time. You can't worry too much about everyone else.

"My starts have been pretty terrible. I've been lining up on the inside and just playing it safe. I've been lucky to even be in the top five or six and then I have to make it up from there. It's definitely something I need to work on."

Tomac's perfect start has him six points ahead of Ken Roczen, who has finished second to Tomac in both races this year. Cole Seely is now third, 12 points back.

"This is the closest place we go on the Supercross tour to my home in (Cortez) Colorado so to do this here with all my friends and family watching is really cool," Tomac said. "I'm super happy right now."

Fellow GEICO Honda riders Zach Osborne and Kevin Windham finished sixth and 11th in their respective races. Osborne had to overcome a stiff left shoulder he injured during practice and was fairly pleased to earn enough points to move into a tie for fourth place in the 250SX West rankings. Windham's finish kept him in the top 10 in 450SX.

"Considering the way I felt at 3 o'clock today, I'm really happy to be sitting here in fourth place," Osborne said. "I took a really hard hit and they gave me a few shots for the pain but it still hurt quite a bit. I wasn't event sure I could ride the Heat race but I decided to give it a try and after a few laps I knew I could finish it. It hurt in the whoops and whenever the bike was pulling but I just got through it.
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