Eli Tomac IN for 2024 | Breaking News 7

Yamaha officially announce Eli Tomac's new contract for 2024...

LewisPhillips
7/26/2023 12:19pm
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Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing just revealed that Eli Tomac will return to racing as soon as the 2024 Monster Energy Supercross series starts in January. Official communication from the 'blue' corner is below the Vital MX video.

 

Press Release (Wednesday, July 26)

MARIETTA, Ga. – July 26, 2023 – Monster Energy Yamaha Racing is excited to announce that Eli Tomac will return in 2024. Today during a celebration kicking off the Yamaha dealer meeting in his home state of Colorado, the 2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross 450SX and Pro Motocross 450MX Champion announced that he is returning for a third season with the team.

Tomac has been enjoying a successful tenure with the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing team and the YZ450F. In 2022, it was a stellar start with two titles and a Motocross of Nations victory, and so far he has amassed an impressive tally of wins with 14 in supercross and 14 outdoors. The Colorado rider was on track for another landmark season this year, surpassing supercross greats and claiming the runner-up spot on the series' all-time win list with his 51st premier-class victory at the Glendale Triple Crown. Tomac also made history with his seventh Daytona Supercross victory. The win not only topped the record he set last year as the winningest supercross rider at the Daytona International Speedway but also tied NASCAR legend Richard Petty’s record for the most wins at the iconic venue. He had a commanding lead in the 2023 450SX Championship but unfortunately, was sidelined for the year after rupturing his Achilles’ tendon at the penultimate round in Denver. Tomac’s return to full fitness is ahead of schedule, and the multi-time champion is eager to get back on track. 

Jim Roach – Yamaha Racing Department Manager for YMUS: "We're excited to have Eli back for 2024. It’s not only great for Yamaha and the team to have him return but for the sport as a whole. We’re also happy that his recovery is going well and to see that he is reenergized and eager to go racing. Together we’ve enjoyed a lot of success with the YZ450F and look to continue that success next year."

Jeremy Coker – Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing 450 Team Manager: "We couldn’t be happier to have Eli on board for next year. It definitely was a gut punch at Denver to have the championship taken away that way. We were hoping that Eli would come back. I don’t think anyone would fault him for calling it a career with what he has accomplished, but we’re happy to see that Eli still has that fire and can’t wait to go racing. There’s definitely some unfinished business, and we look forward to next season!"

Eli Tomac – Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing: "Well, first off, I’d like to say the end of Eli Tomac racing a motorcycle was not the second to last round of the 2023 supercross season! So with that, I’m excited to announce that I’ve signed for another racing season with the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing team. My recovery has been going very well and is ahead of schedule in terms of the protocol. I believe I will be back on the motorcycle around the six-month mark in preparation for the 2024 racing season. The motorcycle and team were great last season. We were so close to the championship, but accidents happen, and that’s racing. I’m eager to get another shot at competing for the championship!"

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Moto Braap
1 year ago

There’s a lot of injuries out there mental and physical but I don’t hear dirt bike riders blaming or letting it get the best of them like from other sports with Eli as a good example already coming back from the double shoulder surgeries which for many people isn’t even a desk job if you have to raise your arms to use the computer.

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Moto Braap
1 year ago

…I just read the idea of “worse injury”…it’s usually the younger guys who injure something and don’t underatand their body or the exact damage and then come back too soon and wad up. With racers these days especially the top 20 they don’t take chances like they used to with the duct tape idea.  There’s a lot of stories you never hear about crashes that Rick is talking about like when Doug Henry got interviewed about his Budds Creek crash he had injured his foot the week before and that made him not able to ride kike he usually does.  This is an interesting controversy since a championship can be lost with a missed race but worse damage can be done too.  I am inspired when people beat the odds byur we should now be inspired by the riders who don’t crash like the Dungeys and Tomacs who made a career fir themselves as hard chargers and talented nice guys of the sport.  Dungey got Wheaties, how about To-Mac-Tool sets limited edition.

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Moto Braap
1 year ago

Hi Rick, I would feel more sad if Eli quit riding out of fear of getting hurt because I’d hate to see him give up what he enjoys and what he has invested his life into for the sake of avoiding injury because getting hurt can happen doing anything or even nothing in some cases like if a person forgot that they just ate 5 candy bars.  

ML’s video just made me realize that Cooper (not the Justin one) is now Eli’s teammate and that will be interesting to see what happens since many of Eli’s challenges and run-ins in Supercross last year like the 10 score dismount Eli did involved Cooper so he will have to learn when Coop cuts down (which is basically all the time) because the boss doesn’t want to mop up any blue. 

Worse than fear of injury is isolation and i am glad Eli got better connected to the moto community like he deserves with no blame based on where he lives, trains, and he didn’t need to go anywhere with all his own tracks and everything which was the old school mentality to do your own thing but to see him mentor the up and coming riders atogether probably means more to him than to just show up at A1 looking to collect a trophy (unless it’s for RJ’s daughter!)    

Ironically the achilles is an analogy to be scared or something that stops people but these racers are fearless making it look so easy and fun like you would never have to worry.  Then, something like this happens with a G-out suspension compression and hyperextension and all the sudden a person gets injured but there has been more to gain then lose…Eli hasn’t missed that many races with injuries and now all the sudden he is one of the best in the record books and he has been missed with us wondering how many more things can he break (and I aint talking bones).  No matter the scenario me and LP will be happy blokes to see those ankle pivots dancing and squeaking  after some good old rehab heel grease.

Eli is becoming more popular since people realize that he never tried to be bigger than the bike and he is giving himself some slack and credit.  If he is on the podium chances are he passed several champs so yes 2024 is stacked (triple with #3!)