Toendel!!

It was an impressive showing imo.

I liked Diffey's comment during the LCQ when Tondel and Freddie were starting to battle for first, "How often do we get say in Supercross, the Norwegian is fending off the Swede!" Tondel also rode a couple rounds of the outdoors last summer on the factory HRC 450. I think I remember hearing a segment on TV where Lars talked about some sort of connection the two had. Seemed like he rode well in the early laps, I think southwick he ran inside the top 10 for a few laps. 

He wasn’t on a HRC bike when he was here, just a loaner production bike that Lars and the guys let him borrow. His team brought their own parts.

I’m gonna start calling him “Don Cornelius”…!

Everyone loves Corndog

He’s good. 

You'd think they could have got the spelling ( and pronunciation ) of his name right . 

Toendel, Not Tondol.

I don't remember the races but Tøndel was 3rd in the qualifying after winning group B at Southwick. Looks like AMA couldn't find the Norwegian flag 😅

He's been racing local races here in Illinois the past few weeks, was wild to see him up front on TV after seeing him take a gate drop with 5 other dudes 30 minutes from my house.

hes got speed, a lot of guys struggle with that alone. endurance can be built

Good news!

Hope Toendel gets a shot, and I hope Kawi makes it worth Bubba's effort getting him to this point with some extra support.

I was around him a few times around 2018ish when he was staying at MXHeaven, the kid is a grinder and works hard as hell. He’s a strong ass kid too!! Hope he gets a shot, cool story for him

I'm glad Tondel is doing well in the USA. Kid has a lot of talent.

Bit of recent history - He wasn't happy when he lost the EMX 250 silver medal to Lucas Coenen at the last round in France in 2022 - he crashed several times on the Fantic two stroke on the rutty clay track.

 I asked him to smile for the camera, he just scowled at me and looked away...

A short clip of Tøndel on the factory Kawi:

Just read it. I mentioned this to my buddy when Sexton was out: «hope Tøndel gets the ride».

This is really cool, and he is very good at Southwick, think he got a 6th in a moto there last year on a production Honda

How cool would it be if he top 10's on the Kawi his 1st weekend on it.  Sexton on the phone yet?

Last year he went 11-DNF, although he was in sixth first a while.

More notably he qualified 3rd fastest!

Lmao someone actually out here asking riders to "Smile for the camera!!" like a kindergartener's Mom

My bad, I had 6th burned into my head, but that explains it👍🏻

Is that what you expected a grown ass man to do when you asked him to smile for the camera 🤣🤣

Man, he was a serious fantasy bargain until his bad luck last week!  

Awesome move for both parties

Classy move too for his now former team to let him make the switch. 

He was their top finishing rider so probably not always so easy for the sponsors and team owners to just let him out of his contract. 

This just shows how messed up the whole AMA system is. 

Factory Team loses rider.  

Team doesnt have a replacement agreement with another rider. 

Guy who cant get a ride in MXGP , having only scored 20 points in 9 GP's in 2025 gets the gig.

Meanwhile 20 guys in 250 will neve get a 450 ride, because they can 'stay down and have another go at winning half an SX series'. 

Big fan of Toendel, and Hakon Fredericksen, who is now doing sand racing in France, but US riders should be embarrassed at not stepping up to the plate. 

How Mitch isnt putting McAdoo forward, is beyond me.  Yes he was hurt, but they have nothing to lose. 

Lets not forget that the #1 rider there now is only there because Prado bailed.