What really happened to Tomac?

Oldmxer95
Profile picture for user Oldmxer95
Posts
121
Joined
7/23/2010
Location
Wenatchee, WA, USA
Oldmxer95
I looked throughout the posts but did not see the real reason for Tomacs fade. Just looking for the facts, not all of the garbage I usually see.
4
5
|
blockhead17
Profile picture for user blockhead17
Posts
2831
Joined
6/13/2018
Location
Tokyo, JP
blockhead17 2/17/2019 9:27am
2/17/2019 9:27am
If the answer isn’t in the other 3 Tomac threads why would it magically appear here? Haha
27
2
Flip109
Profile picture for user Flip109
Posts
3460
Joined
6/15/2007
Location
USA
Flip109 2/17/2019 9:28am
2/17/2019 9:28am
blockhead17 wrote:
If the answer isn’t in the other 3 Tomac threads why would it magically appear here? Haha
Laughing Laughing
1
1
uneasy_rider 2/17/2019 9:29am
2/17/2019 9:29am
He choked, plain and simple!
4
12
colvin227
Profile picture for user colvin227
Posts
431
Joined
8/1/2017
Location
Alamogordo, NM, USA
colvin227 2/17/2019 9:34am
2/17/2019 9:34am Edited Date/Time 2/17/2019 9:36am
There has been no “real reason” or statement and won’t be. Look to the past for answers he has done this time and time again. When he tips over and the win is out of reach and he’s not “feeling it” he just seems to kind of mail it in. I’m a huge Tomac fan and those nights are miserable to watch cause there is no spark at all specially after finally getting the start! Now at this point a “run” may not even be enough cause he has to hope all the top guys have issues to help him out, tall order and he hasn’t shown us run potential yet. The only one that has shown run potential is already on it.....but anything is possible I guess.....
7
4

The Shop

See All »
Oldmxer95
Profile picture for user Oldmxer95
Posts
121
Joined
7/23/2010
Location
Wenatchee, WA, USA
Oldmxer95 2/17/2019 11:11am
2/17/2019 11:11am
I have been a Kawasaki & Tomac fan from the beginning, but am gradually moving towards the other K brand and the #2. Last night was very impressive. With this showing now, outdoors should really be fun.
10
7
milliebays
Profile picture for user milliebays
Posts
885
Joined
6/16/2017
Location
Afton, IA, USA
milliebays 2/17/2019 11:12am
2/17/2019 11:12am
Probably back issues
1
2
plowboy
Profile picture for user plowboy
Posts
14469
Joined
1/3/2010
Location
Norwich, KS, USA
plowboy 2/17/2019 11:15am
2/17/2019 11:15am
uneasy_rider wrote:
He choked, plain and simple!
Is that what he told you? I'm gonna guess that's just your opinion.
9
plowboy
Profile picture for user plowboy
Posts
14469
Joined
1/3/2010
Location
Norwich, KS, USA
plowboy 2/17/2019 11:19am
2/17/2019 11:19am
Oldmxer95 wrote:
I have been a Kawasaki & Tomac fan from the beginning, but am gradually moving towards the other K brand and the #2. Last night was...
I have been a Kawasaki & Tomac fan from the beginning, but am gradually moving towards the other K brand and the #2. Last night was very impressive. With this showing now, outdoors should really be fun.
Tomac's bandwagon must be moving really slow if if it's that easy to jump off of.
19
downard254
Profile picture for user downard254
Posts
4073
Joined
12/10/2012
Location
Bremen, OH, USA
downard254 2/17/2019 11:33am
2/17/2019 11:33am
I always liked Tomac, ever since his first year pro. There have been some disappointments, but I was also a big Dungey fan, so anyone who's been there with me knows this frustration well (We always waited for him to pull the trigger, and we waited a lot, but in retrospect, Dungey apparently knew more than I did), I found myself rooting for Kenny last night, but damn, Cooper's charge to the front was impressive and I really wanted both to win at that point. You could say on every riders bandwagon that puts me in awe or impresses me. I don't have a favorite anymore, but I am a huge fan of damn good riding.
10
theprizefighter 2/17/2019 11:39am
2/17/2019 11:39am
I’m not sure what’s going on but if he’s not far off from being a whole race down on points from Webb and that is not good. I hope whatever issues he’s having, he gets back up to winning so this series will be even better than it has been (and it’s been awesome).
2
level
Profile picture for user level
Posts
6184
Joined
8/27/2006
Location
Acworth, GA, USA
level 2/17/2019 11:44am
2/17/2019 11:44am Edited Date/Time 2/17/2019 11:45am
He was either hurt or something wrong with bike. When he tipped overnight maybe it broke the shifter and he was stuck in gear because he wasn’t moving forward.
Ramrod
Profile picture for user Ramrod
Posts
4996
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
Ontario, CA
Ramrod 2/17/2019 11:49am
2/17/2019 11:49am
They never showed him again in the race so we don’t know how he looked unless someone who was there live wants to say?

Regardless, Webb owned all those guys last night.
1
HenryA
Profile picture for user HenryA
Posts
3784
Joined
12/29/2011
Location
Stockholm, SE
HenryA 2/17/2019 11:49am
2/17/2019 11:49am Edited Date/Time 2/17/2019 11:50am
Well all we can do is keep guessing. That would be top news in other sports but it's hush hush as usual when it comes to SX.
3
stillwelding
Profile picture for user stillwelding
Posts
3237
Joined
1/22/2007
Location
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
stillwelding 2/17/2019 11:51am
2/17/2019 11:51am
Oldmxer95 wrote:
I have been a Kawasaki & Tomac fan from the beginning, but am gradually moving towards the other K brand and the #2. Last night was...
I have been a Kawasaki & Tomac fan from the beginning, but am gradually moving towards the other K brand and the #2. Last night was very impressive. With this showing now, outdoors should really be fun.
plowboy wrote:
Tomac's bandwagon must be moving really slow if if it's that easy to jump off of.
That’s some funny shit right ther. Sorta like getting on and off an old London bus, get on or off at any time ?
2
mauidex
Profile picture for user mauidex
Posts
2069
Joined
9/12/2011
Location
Haiku, HI, USA
mauidex 2/17/2019 11:52am
2/17/2019 11:52am
The same thing that’s happened a dozen other times. Arguably the fmotp to a backmarker week to week or even in the same race. Time for cbd!!!
2
2
racerx217
Profile picture for user racerx217
Posts
1204
Joined
10/10/2008
Location
USA
racerx217 2/17/2019 12:05pm
2/17/2019 12:05pm
Heard the buckle on his Astars pants broke again, he had to stop every corner to pull them up. This is why he has struggled all year. You would too, you cant ride with pants that wont stay up.
2
6
Hank_Thrill
Profile picture for user Hank_Thrill
Posts
4659
Joined
9/22/2008
Location
Arlen, TX, USA
Hank_Thrill 2/17/2019 1:41pm
2/17/2019 1:41pm
Tomac is fast when he believes he is the fastest. Last night was a big blow to the ego. Unless he can get a win and rebound soon his season will unravel quickly.
5
1
BikeGuy321
Profile picture for user BikeGuy321
Posts
427
Joined
9/25/2018
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
BikeGuy321 2/17/2019 1:58pm
2/17/2019 1:58pm
Maybe he is super-unhappy with bike setup and he knows that a poor finish will light a fire under the team's booty. Either that or he tweaked something trying not to crash.
2

Pit Row

See All »
colvin227
Profile picture for user colvin227
Posts
431
Joined
8/1/2017
Location
Alamogordo, NM, USA
colvin227 2/17/2019 2:00pm
2/17/2019 2:00pm Edited Date/Time 2/17/2019 2:00pm
Hank_Thrill wrote:
Tomac is fast when he believes he is the fastest. Last night was a big blow to the ego. Unless he can get a win and...
Tomac is fast when he believes he is the fastest. Last night was a big blow to the ego. Unless he can get a win and rebound soon his season will unravel quickly.
Unfortunately, I agree
BikeGuy321
Profile picture for user BikeGuy321
Posts
427
Joined
9/25/2018
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
BikeGuy321 2/17/2019 2:33pm
2/17/2019 2:33pm
All last year he was training with J-Mart until Jeremy got hurt. Maybe he needs another fast training partner. Webb has gotten pretty good at jumping through the whoops since signing with KTM and K-Roc and AC are like two peas in a pod at the races this year.
fullysicmate
Profile picture for user fullysicmate
Posts
1647
Joined
1/4/2013
Location
Queensland, AU
fullysicmate 2/17/2019 2:37pm
2/17/2019 2:37pm
He needs to give the green machine back and go buy himself a KTM or Husky.
4
3
uneasy_rider 2/17/2019 3:26pm
2/17/2019 3:26pm
uneasy_rider wrote:
He choked, plain and simple!
plowboy wrote:
Is that what he told you? I'm gonna guess that's just your opinion.
ET3 is known to have a yard sale whenever he gets passed and he Cant catch the leader. That is a fact, not opinion.
6
3
Bramlett321
Profile picture for user Bramlett321
Posts
1069
Joined
9/14/2012
Location
Texarkana, TX, USA
Bramlett321 2/17/2019 3:34pm
2/17/2019 3:34pm
uneasy_rider wrote:
He choked, plain and simple!
I think he just went shit not again why me , after he fell and said to himself I can’t buy a damn break. So he just rode it in and wished for the checkered flag
3
MPJC
Profile picture for user MPJC
Posts
2083
Joined
5/18/2017
Location
CA
Fantasy
159th
MPJC 2/17/2019 3:45pm
2/17/2019 3:45pm
Speculating is easy - and fun. As long as we bear in mind that we have no idea whether or not anything we're saying is remotely close to the truth. I think he should go back to last year's bike.
1
RG1
Profile picture for user RG1
Posts
4661
Joined
7/12/2015
Location
GB
RG1 2/17/2019 3:49pm
2/17/2019 3:49pm
How many of these threads has there been about Tomac over the last few years? From the outside looking in, it seems like he just falls apart when something goes wrong. Maybe there has been a legitimate reason for it happening each and everytime, but we never hear it, and it happens that often that he does nothing to prove me wrong
5
DPR250R
Profile picture for user DPR250R
Posts
2183
Joined
9/14/2006
Location
USA
DPR250R 2/17/2019 4:14pm
2/17/2019 4:14pm Edited Date/Time 2/17/2019 4:17pm
RG1 wrote:
How many of these threads has there been about Tomac over the last few years? From the outside looking in, it seems like he just falls...
How many of these threads has there been about Tomac over the last few years? From the outside looking in, it seems like he just falls apart when something goes wrong. Maybe there has been a legitimate reason for it happening each and everytime, but we never hear it, and it happens that often that he does nothing to prove me wrong
I also think we compare him to riders that manage their bad nights much better.

He is just not that guy... when it goes wrong for him... it goes really wrong and it doesn’t seem like he is good at fighting to minimize damage.

I just really hope it doesn’t end up being the Webb show. The not knowing who is gonna win week after week is fun.

Back on topic... he doesn’t seem to want to reveal an injury and the team doesnt talk about mechanical issues so I wonder if we will hear anything at all.
3
jonesaustin
Profile picture for user jonesaustin
Posts
2653
Joined
7/6/2009
Location
Austin, TX, USA
jonesaustin 2/17/2019 4:24pm
2/17/2019 4:24pm Edited Date/Time 2/17/2019 4:25pm
something I heard from commentary on the Buster Douglas / Tyson fight - when the intimidator fails to intimidate (Roczen's unexpected pass), then he becomes the initimidated

this happens from lap to lap (or round to round, as boxing and SX are similar mentally -- not NASCAR, ahem). how much of an effect it has on the athlete only he and the Lord knows.

if Mayweather got seriously jacked with an uppercut in the upcoming Pacquiao 2 fight, he could, for the first time, lose that confidence. it happened to McGrath in San Diego 2001 (greatest SX of all time, though know one seems to see that).

contrast with Carmichael who, being challenged by Stewart, was like Rocky.

it's mental, and it changes race to race, lap to lap. it's not a quantitative thing. it's a mystery. Tomac will be back.
6
Todd_Dooley 2/17/2019 4:31pm
2/17/2019 4:31pm
Last night reminded me of the early 2017 season, before kenny got hurt. The team said they found something then but thinking back.. confidence
1
Franklin Bluth 2/17/2019 5:05pm
2/17/2019 5:05pm
Does anyone know how long Tomac has on his Kawi contract? Is this the last year? It would be interesting to see him on another brand.

Whether it is his bike or whatever the issue is he plain rode like a spode. I will tell you this that the KTMs look dialed in at this point. Tomac seems to be struggling with the bike and reminds me of Reed, i.e., if Reed isn't comfortable he struggles.
1
wlauderdale219
Profile picture for user wlauderdale219
Posts
135
Joined
10/20/2015
Location
Olive Branch, MS, USA
wlauderdale219 2/17/2019 5:09pm
2/17/2019 5:09pm
Nothing was wrong with the bike that's what Steve reported that Kawi told him. So kawi basically threw tomac under the bus
1
2

Post a reply to: What really happened to Tomac?