Eli Tomac confirms Supercross only for 2027

Eli is the Tom Brady of MX 

Kenny vs Tomac for the 2030 SX title, stamp it

I remember an interview from Tomac at the Whiskey Throttle show (it's probably 6-7 years old by now) and Ping asked him how long he thinks he's going to race. Tomac said he'll probably race as long as he can go out there and fight for wins. With how he looked in SX this year it doesn't surprise me that he keeps going. 

Any reasonable cost/benefit analysis supports this decision.

Tomac retiring or sitting out a series is solidly in the "believe it when I see it" category. 

ET3 did the exact same thing with Star. confirm SX, leave door open for outdoor.

If Eli is winning races and competitive one would strongly suspect he will be racing outdoors next summer

tell you what, he dont owe us nothing. i'm satisfied to see him race anything. he has gave us some wonderful years of racing.  made the sport better. some of the biggest moments (good or bad) happened when that guy was on the track. 

It's probably partly open from KTM's side as well. See how he likes the bike outdoors this year, and if Jorge or Lucas gets hurt, he can can keep going. 

It’s the best thing for him to do. He’s not going to be winning anymore SX or MX titles but SX is much more manageable. I don’t want to see him ride around in 6-10th every weekend. 

If he rode like he did the first half of SX he def can win an SX title. Not saying he will but I wouldn’t say for sure he won’t. Tomac def looked like the best in SX until he chipped his tooth after winning Daytona. He got in that mode of just riding around, not pushing it because he wasn’t comfortable and taking big swings on setup, even though he had a winning setup to start the year..Pulling out the paddle even. And there was injury speculation which he denied and laughed at. It was bizarre.

Coenen and Prado will do the job for KTM Outdoors in 2027.

I get to see anther year of The Beast?!

NICE!

If it's true Eli was pretty sick, and it lingered, that could explain his 'slump' and then the crashes did him in. As we all know, being sick can take a lot out of you. 

It can be easy to hide if you feel weak from being sick, but being in a pro race exposes it.

It seems more reasonable in his position to only commit when you need to do it. An emerging talent would need to commit to all year. Eli doesn't need to do that. If he feels good at the end of Supercross and wants to do MX I'm sure a door will open for him.