Panic Button For Eli Tomac?! Ups & Downs From Anaheim 1 | 2024 Supercross SMX Championship

[@RotoMoto]

I was wrong, looks like Thrasher's going to be okay after what was initially reported to be a collarbone injury. Might even see him next week!

[@Runk3lsmcdougal]

The jap bike bias is unreal throughout the industry. KTM always bad Japanese good! AP has the fastest time in the whoops for the night by the way

[@ferrus23333]

Danny who was the rider that causes the medical flag in 250 main? Thanks

[@RotoMoto]

@@ferrus23333 rookie Lex Turner, he was making his SX debut

[@DS-oi4wl]

I'm glad you were wrong, Donny!

[@brap10151]

@@RotoMotolol this guy… who gave you the info on a broken collarbone? And writing Eli after 1 round. Stay Humble Roto

[@sled9263]

I think it may be a little premature to write off Eli Tomac after just one round.

[@mxr248]

Yes it is! I’m sure he suffered some arm pump. He had this problem 1st time on Yamaha and everyone was asking if he was hurt or sick.. but now we have ppl saying he is washed up just like they said about Roczen. It’s crazy how ppl act about this stuff.

[@danarrington2224]

I would like to point out that all the guys that finished ahead of Tomac DID NOT rupture their achilles 8 months ago. He'll be fine.

[@RotoMoto]

I'm sure he'll be fine. But will he be Beastmode? Nobody wants "fine" Eli.

[@danarrington2224]

@@RotoMoto 100%. I would only be worried if it looked like he was favoring that leg and I didn't see that. Beastmode will return very soon.

[@Suckitupbuttercup407]

@@danarrington2224it’s just his fan boi’s that we’re hyping him up to dominate jett is why people are worried. If it wasn’t for that people would understand it’s gonna take a few rounds

[@Tmogangsta714]

Riders don't usually come back from a serious injury like that. Achilles is a whole different level of pain that you don't want to feel again.

[@joao55mx32]

Hombre broke kneck

[@derekarmy2047]

Webb looks incredible too but damn Jett so freakin good.

[@aaronb4936]

Yea he looked great rolling around on the ground..

[@MrHunterbg]

The fact we’re even thinking about a panic button for anybody at A1 is fucking ridiculous. And Prado should get a thumbs up. He expected not to contend for the win and sounded quite surprised by the track. Badass what he did.

[@RotoMoto]

He was very candid in interview after the race, noted the whoops being insane. But he was very excited to be there, I'm personally very pumped to have him here and I'm not even a GP guy

[@ralph04ification]

He did good...but I bet it's a long time ago since he got lapped....ouch!

[@derekarmy2047]

Jason Anderson looks real good and he looks like he wants this championship.he looked poised in the press conference.

[@waidrepik2895]

Jo had an impressive ride. Coming through the pack to finish 4th. Work on those starts jo!

[@clintonhawkins8666]

I like this format. Good video. Nice quick recap hitting the important parts.

[@jeffjackson8686]

In those middle laps where Jett was pushing to open the gap , watch back and notice the momentum he is carrying! Its crazy, like a slingshot corner to corner!

[@MoistureMagnet]

Yeah Tomac usually doesn’t do well at A1 anyways so I’m not too concerned with it. He will find his groove and he and Jett will definitely push eachother to a new level eventually.

[@allenbyer1201]

I agree ETs average at A1 is like 10th place I believe

[@e2U]

@@allenbyer1201 ET3 won the 2022 Championship with a horrible start at A1. I'm not worried about him, but still feel the only one who can beat TheJETT is JETT. What's up with the F-Bomb taking out so many ppl? That F needs to be PICKED again and again and...and why does Webb Bring Religion into racing? I don't think it's the place for Religion or Politics and why does he thank his god when he wins but nothing when his god makes him crash??? Makes no sense to me, or at least no good sense. No matter which one of the gods or deities we believe in, we should be helping others who are not as lucky and need our help. Peace out!

[@shanebrown2963]

Besides Jet, Cooper Web was most impressive. Qualifies 2nd. Won heat race and WAS faster then Anderson. Just was having troubles getting around him. Solid night even with his mishap.

[@timburks3806]

I didn't give him a chance at all but, I was wrong. I was hoping he would pass Anderson to run with Jett.

[@daneg]

Juju for sure gets my most impressed award. thought he might shine, but definitely wasn't putting money on it. I'm not at all surprised by Eli. I don't think this means he's done, but he was always my wild card in 2024 SX. I just had no idea where to place him. I do think he'll get better, hopefully a lot better. it cannot be easy coming back even if he is 100% healthy after being out of competition for about a year. I'm not sold on Anderson or Webb, but I give them props for grit and not caving. I did note that Jett got a little surprised once in the 2nd turn in the heat race by Webb, but he turned around and did the exact same thing to Anderson in the main. Also, Jett seemed to have Webb weighed and measured before he cross-rutted. Still, props to Webb for digging his heals in even if the night didn't go quite so well as it should have for him (he was easily 2nd "fastest" for the main). That brings me my amateur observation/question about the track: was it hard to pass or what? Webb was clearly faster than Anderson, but it looked like he could only pass in a couple places. Normally, Webb is weak in the whoops, but JS7 seemed to say that Webb was actually fast in the whoops on this one. There were a lot of 180s, but just the one in the 2nd turn seemed to be good for the fast guys to pass each other on? or was I just missing something?

[@tommiebennett]

Love this style video! Please do it every week

[@anthonyduzevich6421]

The pro circuit boys looked good & did nothing silly did what they had to do & pro circuit one of there best starts to the season

[@justinfee819]

Webb was most impressive to me although Jason also rode great Webb's races he had overseas on the Yamaha he looked way off but last night he looked like a hungry championship contender Webb and that is fun to watch

[@RotoMoto]

Video was already longer than I wanted it to be here, tried to highlight just the top and bottom few of each class for me, and especially ones with interesting stats. Personally I wasn't surprised to see Webb up there, the series is better when he's firing ✊

[@daneg]

@@RotoMoto my thoughts exactly. I was way down on Webb. but I'm surprised by how happy I was to see him not just up front but pushing it. edit: maybe not exactly. I thought you wrote "was surprised" 😄

[@lizzydog5728]

JU JU for most impressive! Eli was uncomfortable, he will rebound in SF! It's going to take a a rider with the advantages of a calm mind to best Jett!

[@fafh716]

I really thought the title was just clickbait, but damn you really killin Eli after one race. He did just how I expected and needs to readjust to racing before he gets better. Jett did as expected as well. Prado as well. Justin Cooper and Webb both did a lot better than I expected. Ando was great. Barcia was Barcia. Same for AC. Sad af for Kenny and Mook.

[@doglover136_]

in eli’s championship years he was back in the 7-9th place area a few rounds before he started winning so don’t be so down on him just yet

[@fafh716]

@@doglover136_ Not down on him at all. Just the opposite I think he did well for his current situation. Kinda surprised roto was 👎🏻 on em tbh

[@RotoMoto]

@@fafh716 If Roczen and Malcolm don't get Friesed on lap one Eli is 11th. I know he "starts slow" but there 100% isn't a person on the planet that thought he would come back and have 11th place pace.

[@fafh716]

@@RotoMoto Did I expect it? No, but I'm not really surprised. The guys are ALL on it, hope to see big improvements

[@moodyshooty]

Barcia rode well in the heat passing half the field but it's clear he's not 100% because he faded fast in the main. I see him getting faster each race. Remember last year? He was barely top 10 in the beginning of the season and by the end was pulling the fastest lap times.

[@wumplite]

Enjoyed this breakdown, keep em up!!

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

Yo this breakdown was AWESOME!!! Thank you 🙏

[@johnsanchez6003]

Eli finished 8th in Indianopolis and 6th (or 7th) in Anaheim 2 last season and there was no panic button then considering the poor performance. He gets back on the track after 8 months off; finishes in the Top 10 and folk writing him off? Definitely wasn't himself but I'd give a couple races before considering the panic button. Same can be said about Hunter Lawrence. Enjoy your coverage. Keep'em coming.

[@merccrewlcab2385]

RIGHT! So many wrote off Webb too, saying he is washed up after bot making the podium or winning in '22. So many stunned and quick to judge... I am surprised that the headline doesnt say "Hunter to retire" cuz its about as absurd as whats being said about ET3, Prado ect.

[@stevecostello-ir4ll]

Copper Webb has that dog in him coming out again! He will be the only guy to give Jett a fight all year.

[@quintbetts4703]

Agreed

[@aaronb4936]

Webb is too slow. Maybe if a couple injuries occur

[@voxshall]

Other riders lose motivation when Jett demoralises them with his speed, but Webb loves being the underdog and just gets better and better.

[@ivtec4fun55]

This format is nice, thumbs up!

[@RydenAround]

Massive Thumbs Up to Prado...

[@patrickmartin459]

Coop impressed me quite a bit, he rolled 2nd for a good part, i was seeing him further back.. Kudos to him. Not sure he would’ve got to Jett but 2nd was surely possible if it wasn’t for that crash.

[@jasonc1817]

To be honest, I didn’t expect the old Tomac just yet… I bet mid season we will see beast mode

[@enochwatchers6623]

Roto, love this format and the breakdown on whoop speed and would like to see more of this comparison type stats. A miss though on Webb, the only guy who beat Jett all day and arguably had the speed to challenge him in the main and only mentioned him in passing?

[@AntiStressKit]

Thank you for the excellent breakdown Donnie!

[@dondeestacionarcom]

Nice format, keep it on.

[@quintbetts4703]

Cooper webb! A warrior

[@mickey-doublev]

These kids saying that Jett was racing his fastest race are dreaming, he was holding back like he does, saving it for if he needed to go at the end for surrrre

[@Upthebroncos310]

His dad even said that. He said you should see why he does at the practice track, fortunately he hasn’t had to show it yet.

[@survivor7834]

Minimizing mistakes by not pushing it.

[@thebalanceoflife6276]

Jett is so much faster. He's not even pushing I bet he rides 85 percent. We will see when he gets a bad start. If that even happens. I don't think people understand how much faster u have to be to go undefeated. Jett is unreal. It's going to be a Jett show this yr. Unless he gets hurt. He is going to be on top for a while. It's going to be a race for second place.

[@frankweathersbee2553]

Even in the outdoors he would maintain a 1.5 to 3.0 sec gap, looks like it may be on purpose.

[@steves5632]

2 seconds is crap on SX One missed rythym section, you heard James 5 to 7 seconds at least gives you time for a mistake. Copper would have beat him if not for Anderson holding him up.@@thebalanceoflife6276

[@Erik-rp1hi]

I bet Vince walk off the track without getting his bike after center punching Dean W. because he knew the AMA was going to black flag him.

[@ZRG22]

So so dirty. He does not belong on a track.

[@anthonyegnor6347]

You said that wrong. Jett was up 3.9sec before JA21 and CW2 tangled on the block by Jason. Is was at that time Jett pulled another 4 seconds beating 2nd place by 7.9 secs. They did keep the young Phe-nom close though.

[@frankweathersbee2553]

Did they🤔

[@carljames4992]

good video. thank

[@bjs001001]

To tell you the truth, I was most impressed with Jett. Yeah we all knew he was probably going to either win or be on the podium, but what impressed me was his focus and professionalism. In the 250 days he was all smiles and jokes, but on Saturday, he was all business. A mature Jett is big, big trouble for the rest of the field.

[@panic-revv85]

Ap has the fastest whoop speed and Chase the slowest. Why are you blaming the bike?

[@jannikschmitz4695]

Can the #125 finally stops being involved in these crashed that somehow always include him taking hand full of top guys down! wtf

[@mxr248]

Yes Tomac has done this before 1st year with Yamaha. If you remember ppl were asking if he was sick or hurt and later when questioned he said he had arm pump and was working on something. Then he came around and won the championship!

[@Tormentality]

solid insight

[@sled9263]

Jason Anderson and Cooper Webb surprised me. It was great to see Roczen win his qualifier and then, unfortunately, have to salvage a reasonably decent finish after the first turn crash in the final.

[@matthewmuellner]

Think we are lucky to have tomac on track. I thought he would have retired & look forward to seeing him win. Do t count him out!

[@mxrider564]

You missed the biggest thumbs down of the night, Hunter Lawrence failing to qualify on a factory ride.

[@Sketchbag]

Jorge looked good, that bike too jeez!! ❤️‍🔥🤌🏼

[@westhesoikid]

What was up with all the shots of #14? 😂 It was like you didn’t wanna show his face. Great analysis, dude. Always dig your videos!

[@RotoMoto]

I don't know how but the attributes on his photos all got removed somehow 🤦‍♂️

[@terryfonz4603]

I mean he has his work cut out! Until I see him lay some Tomac laps the story up in the air on what he will do!

[@ronchappel4812]

Its great to see Anderson and Webb keeping Jett honest.Hopefully Sexton will soon find more speed too. I have to say i'm a little worried about Tomac.As many have rightly said ,hes usually slow at A1.But this slow?

[@ScottAllenSparks]

No mention of how fast and good Webb was? Still doubting him i see. 🤦‍♂️

[@RotoMoto]

Video was already longer than I wanted it to be here, tried to highlight just the top and bottom few of each class for me. Personally I wasn't surprised to see Webb up there.

[@GARBO96]

Vince separating his shoulder was good for everybody

[@edwindeming2148]

I read something today supposedly from Thrasher himself that he's banged up but he's racing San Fran

[@redryder1146]

Great video man I love your videos keep up the outstanding work, but I’m kind of surprised you didn’t say anything about Hunter Lawrence

[@RotoMoto]

I wanted to put him in, but I didn't really have anything to say, especially without any main event stats to really go off of. Disappointing for sure, I personally think heat was a racing incident and bad gate pick led to terrible start in LCQ. Cade protected that corner perfectly, just a comedy of errors 🤷‍♂️ There's a video going up on Racer X that I elaborate on his night though!

[@mikeinhoodriver]

Donny, I don’t think that Eli rode the greatest, but you failed to mention (along with all the broadcasters) that he got caught up in the Frieze, Stewart and Roczen tangle up and was in 3rd to last place. So that being said, coming back to 9th was respectable on a tight track and stacked field of riders.

[@RotoMoto]

He wasn't though. He actually just barely dodged it, you can see him clearly pass downed Roczen to the right and he doesn't even check up.

[@collision672]

Everyone is freaking on Eli because they know what he is capable of. Any other rider they’d not be commenting on or there wouldn’t be a discussion about them. Eli’s legit and will overcome. The problem with today’s peeps is they want results right away. There’s no more patient fans or haters. He’ll be stronger Saturday and by race three will have a Podium, if not one this weekend.

[@DrtyALGreen]

Jo gets an up from me because the guy from Fox said he was wearing a speed suit too. Thankfully Jo spared himself of his flaps getting caught on the gas cap.

[@mxaniac]

Big thumbs up for Cade Clason

[@myronstambaugh761]

So much class and humility has he who received the biggest disappointment of the weekend and completely escaped comment here.

[@Craiglife777]

I remember a couple years ago everyone saying Roczen was washed up and needed to just hang it up cause he's washed up.......😂😂Same people talking smack about Eli.

[@mroyy300]

honestly Eli just came back From a Big injury…. Who was Expecting him to Go out there And Win Or give Us a battle between Jett Lawrence? People wont Give The Champ Some time Everyone’s Acting Like he didn’t Just Come back From An Injury…..

[@dakotabuckelew4471]

Pretty positive all I heard Eli say was his plan was to get through A1 with no problems and get going from there.. he didn’t ride great or have a. Fast time but 9th isn’t the worst he has finished and still won a title

[@Doug-om7rd]

Jo Shimoda looked great despite himself getting a lackluster start, he made his way up the pack and finished 5 seconds behind RJ hampshire towards the end of the main. Great come from behind salvage, however, need to see him get the starts and run up front, which I think he will run away with the title if he gets great starts

[@RydenAround]

Get Rid of Frise. Total hazard. Total DB

[@jessebryant9233]

2 seconds is what Jett does-it's all he needs.

[@dohman76]

Poor Logan Karnow not getting any attention after his foot being backwards after that hunter pile up.

[@nedkelly2864]

The Aussie is going to smoke them all.

[@Andrew260RS]

How did you not mention the rider who basically broke his leg off and was pointing backwards. The video is crazy!! He tries to walk on this leg.

[@RotoMoto]

Logan is putting out his own vlog that I helped out with, check his YT (search Logan Karnow) if you haven't already!

[@furyss1tv184]

Fifteen thumbs down for freezy

[@mickpegg4363]

What, No love for Cooper Webb?

[@kochj0713]

So the results we saw in the main, you’re not gonna tell us much we had a pile up that took out most of the top riders. Of course, Vince Freezy was right in the middle of so it really doesn’t depict how the rest of the year will go…. If you watch Kenny get up, he was pissed after he was taken out the second corner

[@tomdoe4295]

If A1 has taught us anything, it's that you can't predict the seasons outcomes by the A1 results. Thumbs down for RotoMoto.

[@jankie55]

Did i miss you mentioning Huntah? Could the brothers not have had the most polar opposite nights possible? Biggest up and biggest down simultaneously

[@RotoMoto]

I wanted to put him in, but I didn't really have anything to say, especially without any main event stats to really go off of. Disappointing for sure, I personally think heat was a racing incident and bad gate pick led to terrible start in LCQ. Cade protected that corner perfectly, just a comedy of errors 🤷‍♂️ There's a video going up on Racer X that I elaborate on his night though.

[@Baxter658]

No Mention of Hunter Lawrence ?

[@RotoMoto]

I wanted to put him in, but I didn't really have anything to say, especially without any main event stats to really go off of. Disappointing for sure, I personally think heat was a racing incident and bad gate pick led to terrible start in LCQ. Cade protected that corner perfectly, just a comedy of errors 🤷‍♂️

[@GoombaDuzIt]

Thrasher is fine will be at San Fran

[@JaceCairelli]

I would have also given Hunter 2 thumbs down for A1. Tough night for the guy

[@RotoMoto]

I didn't really have anything to say. Disappointing for sure, I personally think heat was a racing incident and bad gate pick led to terrible start in LCQ. Cade protected that corner perfectly, just a comedy of errors 🤷‍♂️

[@spottedmarley]

No thumbs at all for Hunter? I guess that kinda makes sense?

[@RotoMoto]

I wanted to put him in, but I didn't really have anything to say. Disappointing for sure, I personally think heat was a racing incident and bad gate pick led to terrible start in LCQ. Cade protected that corner perfectly, just a comedy of errors 🤷‍♂️

[@isaiahwoodbury5205]

Heartbroken about Kenny😢

[@droz7503]

Vital Mx said Thrasher is fine.

[@RotoMoto]

Yep, check the pinned post right next to where you typed 👍

[@salubobryan1032]

Eli tryna reserve that energy for SMX

[@landonthompson4416]

What happened to Craig??

[@jmard24]

Stew call for chase to 5th because he didn’t think chase looked good on the ktm and people said he was a chase hater. Fast forward to a1 and find out chase was struggling with the bike. Chase was looking at 4th until Webb decided he wanted to get a closer look at the dirt.

[@aaronb4936]

I truthfully didn’t expect Eli to be a title threat this season.. I did however hope somehow he can manage to snag at least a win at some point this year. May be a tough ask

[@MrSaul04]

Have you seen what VF did to Karnow’s leg.. ended his season!!

[@StephenLee529]

@rotomoto not sure what you thought the outcome was be but, normally an Achilles recovery is way longer than 8 months I had a partial tear in my mid thirties and it took almost 2 years. I think Eli deserves grace, and I don’t believe his goal was to come out with a podium in A1 I think it was a test and he made it through the entire race. He will be fine but I don’t expect him to be podium hunting till the 3rd or 4th race..it’s a very long season.

[@RotoMoto]

Not just me, the industry insiders had him second coming into A1. Second!! I didn't think he was going to be anywhere near podium, but I definitely didn't have him back-half lap times

[@spasmolytic2]

panic button?? 1 race and he finished good and exactly where he should’ve riding smart

[@Jtenney]

2022 he finished 8th.. he’ll bounce back

[@Headies603]

Nothing about Hunter Lawrence?

[@RotoMoto]

I wanted to put him in, but I didn't really have anything to say, especially without any main event stats to really go off of. Disappointing for sure, I personally think heat was a racing incident and bad gate pick led to terrible start in LCQ. Cade protected that corner perfectly, just a comedy of errors 🤷‍♂️

[@mooncloud6563]

I was the most impressed by tomac

[@doglover136_]

in eli’s championship years he was back in the 7-9th place area a few rounds before he started winning so don’t be so down on him just yet also on thrasher how would it be a collarbone is he clearly landed on his shoulder and said he was banged up lewis phillips said that it looked like the medic crew was putting his shoulder back in place and wasn’t in a sling so don’t be so down on him yet

[@joshymcpherson]

What about the 8 times he didn't win the championship? He was back in 4-10 most of those times. It put him on the back foot and was never able to win the championship.

[@doglover136_]

@@joshymcpherson we know elis a man of mystery so we don’t know what type of year this is yet it’s the first round

[@kidzorro]

Hunter is going to be living living in the shadow of his little brother Jett. Unfortunately, it looks like the rest of the competition will have the same fate!

[@peterleonard9759]

Roto, how could you not mention Hunter Lawrence! I am still reeling from his disaster. Please dedicate a post to this.

[@RotoMoto]

I wanted to put him in, but I didn't really have anything to say, especially without any main event stats to really go off of. Disappointing for sure, I personally think heat was a racing incident and bad gate pick led to terrible start in LCQ. Cade protected that corner perfectly, just a comedy of errors 🤷‍♂️

[@Tmogangsta714]

Cooper Webb I all but wrote him off for being overweight but looks like he lost it and the dog in him showed up

[@RotoMoto]

Cooper definitely looked spicy! Shame he went down like that, hopefully he bounces back in San Fran. The series is better when he's near the front.

[@ozzielinkin]

What happened to christian craig

[@2-Stroke-Smoke]

Didn't even mention Hunter?

[@RotoMoto]

I didn't really have anything to say. Disappointing for sure, I personally think heat was a racing incident and bad gate pick led to terrible start in LCQ. Cade protected that corner perfectly, just a comedy of errors 🤷‍♂️

[@ScottAllenSparks]

Hunter wasn’t in the main. Guys that make the main deserve the talk. 👍🏻

[@frankweathersbee2553]

Hunter dinged his head pretty good according to a statement from his dad. Crappy start.

[@eric6rock]

Do people not Understand Tomac!? He’s a season Builder especially coming back from injury. No Fluke he’s not one to dominate A1. 2023 was an exception and my eyes was the champion, don’t count him out he will prove people wrong as many we’re wronged when he switch to Star 💪. The Shake will eat eventually 🦈

[@shanecade5942]

U may be right.

[@CNYvintageMX]

You missed a big thumbs down, HUNTER LAWRENCE MISSING THE MAIN! 😂

[@GaryInSoCal]

Dissapointed in Tomac and Sexton... glad for 'El Hombre'. Something 'sadly unexpected' will be taking Jet out of the picture.

[@matiasmaldonado510]

I have no much to say about Tomac, but I bet you that Sexton will get much better and he will push Jett really hard and beat him on some races.

[@johnsd333]

DF#14❤

[@midwestoutdoors9395]

Word is he racing next week! Don't assume

[@toad3978]

Dork!

[@PainterFRO]

The Eli of ol? You mean 2 time supercross champ? 2nd all time in supercross wins? Dude has been ridings supercross after a serious injury for a few months and he gets a thumbs down?

[@mattgarber2238]

And 2 thumbs down to one of the spoiled Lawrence boys not even getting in the night show!!

[@mattsheen2800]

Still no one talking about ac its time for him to go His no good