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We can discuss tomacs ups and downs but you can’t deny the racing that he has given us the last 5 years. From the time that he clicked at Glendale 2017(at 15 mins in he was up by 15 seconds up),Oakland 2017, Salt Lake City 2017(one of the best supercross comebacks ever), hangtown 2nd moto 2017. Southwick 2017. 2018 Anaheim 2 triple crown(fresh off the back injury) 2018 Daytona(crash on first lap comeback to 2nd and pressure Brayton for win). Won Vegas 2018, glen helen moto 2 2018, southwick 2018(2nd to last lap pass for the win, moto 1) mechanical at red bud. Comes back at Millville going 1-1(second moto dogged ken for 20 minutes and disposed of marv before he even knew what happened.) side note: dungey was in the booth talking about if he can catch him is one thing but passing him is another. Washougal moto 2 2018(crashes with 15 minutes to go while in third) comes back to win.(incredible pass on roczen for lead) won unadilla 2018 in the mud(only unadilla 450 win) budds creek moto 2 comeback ride. 2019 fox raceway moto 1. Thunder valley 2019 moto 2. Washougal moto 1 2019, crash on 3rd to last lap, still comes back to hunt down roczen. (Never been good at unadilla) budds creek goes 1-1 with roczen hunting him both motos and wraps up title. comes back at Ironman to win 2nd moto. 2020 supercross, goes off track at Oakland while leading, roczen passes and Eli comes right back. Daytona 2020 before the long break he passes everyone for the win. Comes out at slc race 1 and wins. Goes
On to win his first supercross title. We will miss these races once he steps away.
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AH387 9/10/2021 6:58pm
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He's as fun to watch as anyone, when he's locked in. It's a shame that he sometimes had those odd races that he was off, which is not common for a megastar in the sport. But I think people will remember him when he was at his best and how cool it was to see. I still think he has a shot at another title before he's done.
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Chris_Buehler 9/10/2021 7:20pm
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AH387 wrote:
He's as fun to watch as anyone, when he's locked in. It's a shame that he sometimes had those odd races that he was off, which...
He's as fun to watch as anyone, when he's locked in. It's a shame that he sometimes had those odd races that he was off, which is not common for a megastar in the sport. But I think people will remember him when he was at his best and how cool it was to see. I still think he has a shot at another title before he's done.
Probably the biggest enigma of a racer in all my years following the sports. Can you think of another guy who one moto can crush the field by 20sec and get 8th the next in the history of the sports? And out of all the fastest raw speed guys you can think of, RC Bubba Bradshaw RV etc, the worst starter
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AH387 9/10/2021 7:26pm
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Chris_Buehler wrote:
Probably the biggest enigma of a racer in all my years following the sports. Can you think of another guy who one moto can crush the...
Probably the biggest enigma of a racer in all my years following the sports. Can you think of another guy who one moto can crush the field by 20sec and get 8th the next in the history of the sports? And out of all the fastest raw speed guys you can think of, RC Bubba Bradshaw RV etc, the worst starter
Agree 100%. It's wild.
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wreckitrandy 9/10/2021 8:37pm
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AH387 wrote:
He's as fun to watch as anyone, when he's locked in. It's a shame that he sometimes had those odd races that he was off, which...
He's as fun to watch as anyone, when he's locked in. It's a shame that he sometimes had those odd races that he was off, which is not common for a megastar in the sport. But I think people will remember him when he was at his best and how cool it was to see. I still think he has a shot at another title before he's done.
Chris_Buehler wrote:
Probably the biggest enigma of a racer in all my years following the sports. Can you think of another guy who one moto can crush the...
Probably the biggest enigma of a racer in all my years following the sports. Can you think of another guy who one moto can crush the field by 20sec and get 8th the next in the history of the sports? And out of all the fastest raw speed guys you can think of, RC Bubba Bradshaw RV etc, the worst starter
Marty Tripes.
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Nighttrain 9/10/2021 9:57pm
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Hopefully we’ll get a couple of more years to watch those times when the switch is on for ET3. Those are fantastic times. One year at the Daytona SX we left our seats for a better view of the whoops just to watch Tomac come thru them.
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blockhead17 9/11/2021 12:45am
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Glen Helen a few years back was the first time I remember seeing “beast mode” Tomac. I remember he was way Back and in the last 10 mins just decided to go FOUR seconds a lap faster than everyone else, I was speechless. Feel blessed when we see those rides!
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johnnymf0 9/11/2021 3:44am
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I was there for the infamous Hangtown spanking and to this this day I've never seen anyone ride a bike that hard. I've been to nearly every national at Hangtown since '97 and I don't think R.C. or Stewart in their prime could have touched him on that day. Absolutely mind blowing the way he rode that beat to shit track that 2nd moto.
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yak651 9/11/2021 4:21am
9/11/2021 4:21am
His corner speed on that Geico 250 blew me away, hope he adapts quickly to his blucru
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Chris_Buehler 9/11/2021 4:40am
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blockhead17 wrote:
Glen Helen a few years back was the first time I remember seeing “beast mode” Tomac. I remember he was way Back and in the last...
Glen Helen a few years back was the first time I remember seeing “beast mode” Tomac. I remember he was way Back and in the last 10 mins just decided to go FOUR seconds a lap faster than everyone else, I was speechless. Feel blessed when we see those rides!
I can remember way back when he was on a 250, guys in the race thread on here would call it beast mode when he would have those crazy comebacks rides. Southwick 2012 in his my head. He was WAY back from Bagget and knocking something crazy ,like 6-8 sec, off a lap. Then he clipped that tree and went down. That's the first time I remember hearing beast mode
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JustMX 9/11/2021 5:43am
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Ron lechien....... but for completely different reasons
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trsixy 9/11/2021 5:52am
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Should have 6 Daytonas. Ran out of time after his crash. SO much faster than Brayton the winner.
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johnnymf0 wrote:
I was there for the infamous Hangtown spanking and to this this day I've never seen anyone ride a bike that hard. I've been to nearly...
I was there for the infamous Hangtown spanking and to this this day I've never seen anyone ride a bike that hard. I've been to nearly every national at Hangtown since '97 and I don't think R.C. or Stewart in their prime could have touched him on that day. Absolutely mind blowing the way he rode that beat to shit track that 2nd moto.

Was he the fastest to ever swing a leg before just before he blew out both shoulders? It's interesting to think about. I was at the Utah outdoor national in around 2013 and Villopoto put 8 seconds on second place by the first lap. He was fun to watch that day.
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FreshTopEnd 9/11/2021 9:29am
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AH387 wrote:
He's as fun to watch as anyone, when he's locked in. It's a shame that he sometimes had those odd races that he was off, which...
He's as fun to watch as anyone, when he's locked in. It's a shame that he sometimes had those odd races that he was off, which is not common for a megastar in the sport. But I think people will remember him when he was at his best and how cool it was to see. I still think he has a shot at another title before he's done.
Chris_Buehler wrote:
Probably the biggest enigma of a racer in all my years following the sports. Can you think of another guy who one moto can crush the...
Probably the biggest enigma of a racer in all my years following the sports. Can you think of another guy who one moto can crush the field by 20sec and get 8th the next in the history of the sports? And out of all the fastest raw speed guys you can think of, RC Bubba Bradshaw RV etc, the worst starter
Marty Tripes
DrinkMoreWater 9/11/2021 9:53am
9/11/2021 9:53am
The day he did the double shoulder I'm pretty sure that's the fastest someone has gone on a dirt bike.
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kpiper 9/11/2021 9:57am
9/11/2021 9:57am
In the recent podcast interview he said he wishes he could do beast mode every time...just can't.

That actually makes sense if you think about it.

The 2nd moto last week was one of those amazing times to watch him.
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SEE ARE125 9/11/2021 10:13am
9/11/2021 10:13am
A good one to rewatch is 2012 Seattle with him and Deano on 250s.
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rjg 9/11/2021 12:16pm
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I think he is just one of athletes that when its all clicking he can dominate. He is not an athlete that is in the zone all the time. He falls back to his base level when he isnt dialed in. His base level is still high level but not dominating. Get him in the zone and its over. Everything has to be perfect for him and he can make it rain out there
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