The Race That Proved Americans Can Compete in Europe

[@ordnyboys]

Awesome doc!! Love both Herlings & Tomac.. We are just lucky to have watched both of them ride 👊🏻

[@bleukeylock]

@@ordnyboys both absolute legends of the sport!! 👊🏻👊🏻

[@MidnightScares-c1p]

Loved this 👊🏻.. Tomac certainly showed up at the Des Nations

[@bleukeylock]

@@MidnightScares-c1p Thank you ❤️. Tomac was on beast mode that day

[@georgelynch6139]

Showed up and lost again, he’s never won a moto in Europe

[@pranramsamooj8187]

@@georgelynch6139 Lol, you don't do outdoors after coming off two injuries then go up against the best. Maybe then rethink your statement.

[@ThisTall]

@@pranramsamooj8187What did he say that’s untrue?

[@Viking380]

@@ThisTallHe did beat Herlings

[@Deapher]

I know you shouldn't, but imagine Tomac no achilles injury, Roczen no arm injury, Herlings no leg injury. Thats the race we will never get. Awesome video, and very well done!

[@grantpeet9774]

Tomac and herlings are like heavy weight title fighters. 2 of the best ever

[@George_Gim]

Herlings gana a Tomac, Prado gana a Herlings...

[@Carpfishing4400]

​@@George_Gimdidn't Tomac beat them both at the Des Nations not long ago after only 3 outdoor rounds in 2 years

[@bleukeylock]

Everytime they race you would get a different winner each time as well 🙌🏻

[@JordanEmede_376]

​@George_Gim tomac literally beat both of them 😂Jett and Tim are above everybody anyways

[@kasper-jw2441]

@@George_Gim no human beats herlings, only time does. i think same goes for tomac

[@louisbernard9161]

Nice story but we also remember mxon 2012 or 2013 :) We knew Tomac was gonna become an all time great early on :)

[@amacoutdoors2076]

There was also an MXGP race in Charlotte that Tomac won and I believe they both road WW Ranch, but I can't remember who won that one. They have both beat each other multiple times. There is no debate. The Euros are not faster. Especially when you add in all the other factors. They are all bad fast on a bike.

[@dannyright9279]

Brilliant watch but for me eli tomoc is the best in the world beast mode 💪 UK fan

[@Tide12NC]

Great ride but Tomac still wasn’t at the top of his game like the previous year he and Sexton had one of the best MX seasons ever. But as far as answering a question about American riders on European soil, I thought RC, Stewart and many others answered that long ago? Even with likes of RC beating 4 strokes on his Honda CR 250 2-stroke. Great riders are great riders, regardless of their country.

[@bleukeylock]

Yeah that season when tomac and sexton battled outdoors was quality.. the racing they both showed was insane at times!! Has to be one of the best ama outdoors seasons ever! Yeah Americans have definitely come over and rode amazing and won in Europe before.. I kinda wanted to tie the question in and link if with people saying tomac hasn’t and couldn’t ride on a European track against herlings and the rest, in that debate people would always say tomac won’t go to Europe and race because Americans can’t ride European tracks 👊🏻

[@Viking380]

Yes and even further back the 1986 MXdN teen USA embarrassed the world. Johnny O’Mara, Ricky Johnson and David Bailey laid such a beating on them it was unbelievable, Johnny O’Mara riding a production CR125 caught passed and pulled away from David Thorp on a full factory CR500 on a track that rewards horsepower, they all won. And don’t forget about Danny Magoo Chandler, winning every single moto at his MXdN

[@Deapher]

I couldn't agree more with this comment. I've been involved with the sport for nearly 30 years and 2022 was one of the best years in moto from SX all the way through Des Nations. The Tomac Sexton outdoor battle was one of the best I had seen since Ricky and Stew.

[@Deapher]

​@@Viking380 Let's not forget Pastrana in 2000 lol

[@karyadiadi-zb4cg]

In my country Motocross riders very famous is Him Tomac#3 & Herlings #84

[@coryklein5660]

Nicely done 👍 Legendary rides from Webb and Tomac wish I would have been there

[@bleukeylock]

@@coryklein5660 thank you 👊🏻❤️. Ah it was amazing to be there in person and watch it all!

[@Rick-gk1eo]

Hey mate 👋 Great commentary!! Thanks for your vid, much appreciated 👌

[@CiaranKeylock]

ET3 was ripping 🔥🔥🔥

[@bleukeylock]

ET3 was on a mission 🔥👊

[@georgelynch6139]

Eli lost

[@tommyschirnhofer9696]

race 3 was one of the best motocross races I have watched

[@craighelgerson2698]

I'm sure several thousand others have said this, but I think JH is very much like James Stewart (which is a compliment). When they are on and upright, they are the fastest on the planet.

[@mxmike123]

Great video...thanks

[@bleukeylock]

👊🏻❤️

[@marmaleg5309]

Quality content! Tgsnk you!

[@bleukeylock]

Thank you 👊🏻❤️

[@neilzamoras9662]

MXON 2024 is the best MXON ever - Tomac, Gajser, Lawrence, Prado, Roczen. Febrve and many more active legends!!

[@gregmccarter3243]

Great video.....tomac is really good in sand also..look at his southwick results.

[@SurprizedDaily]

Southwick was the closest / local track growing up on RI, dad used to race there way back in the early 70s! I never raced it, my brother and cousin did! I knew I didn't have the funding, even though i'd have likely done good, if i had had funding / sponsors! At 56 i still enjoy watching these guys whenever i can....

[@JordanEmede_376]

Nice bro, I'm a huge fan of both. We don't have to pick one or the other.

[@ChaseJensen-yk7er]

Ryan Villipoto beat everyone on a 250 by half a lap at Donington Park in the UK in 2008.

[@jasonwiggins]

I'm not sure if it's regency biased, but several Americans have won Championships in Europe. This video doesn't make sense.

[@mxfamily9234]

Another banger 💪🏽👍🏻

[@bleukeylock]

@@mxfamily9234 thank you bro 👊🏻❤️

[@paulrash8861]

Tomac is a fierce competitor

[@bleukeylock]

@@paulrash8861 Tomac just has that never die attitude running through his veins 👌🏻👊🏻

[@petertothRC-FPV]

Nice work🤜💥👍Beastmode engage

[@bleukeylock]

@@petertothRC-FPV thank you 👊🏻❤️! BEASTMODE was well and truly activated that day 💨

[@Trill.Clipz.Channel]

I’ve always felt we sent 3rd 4th string riders to UK until Tomac

[@JoseValadez-rf1ly]

Tomac, sexton, and deegan 2025..

[@coltoncarpenter3790]

Trampus Parker proved it back in the 90s by taking the 125 gp title and 250 gp title. He lost the 500 title to smets in a titlebattle down to 1 moto calling it. If he'd takin that he'd be one of the rarest champions. Still respect to tge guy.

[@Tommy1198S]

Brad Lackey did it back in the day.

[@jasonwiggins]

Several American riders have won Championships in Europe. This video doesn't make sense.

[@michaeldas4858]

I want to see them battle on a Dutch Sand track.... we all seen them battle in the USA on Senegal occasions and in Engeland but Dutch Sand is different 😉

[@bleukeylock]

@@michaeldas4858 there is 1 king of the Dutch sand!! Pretty sure we all know how that one’s going 😂.. but it would be interesting to see how well Tomac could hang with Herlings

[@zim7489]

Nah bro you're favoring herlings there 😅

[@johnbabb1138]

Then set up a race on a supercross track lol.

[@jdudman1]

SOUTHWICK!!!! I love Eli railing the outside faster than anyone!! In 2013 Tomac on his Geico Honda 250 had fastest lap times even better the any 450 that day!! I was at race, and he was in class of his own then also in 2015 was crazy fast n not until his double shoulder injury that year he slowed a little n scared him if that never happened would be no contest for sure!!!!

[@michaeldas4858]

@@johnbabb1138 That wouldn't be fair, both ride motocross only Eli supercross

[@motocross3586]

I love herrlings and really want him to come to America , as for the sand challange, He might want to look at Eli at Southwick, then he might rethink that challenge!

[@bleukeylock]

Yeah I really wish Herlings would go over to America as well!! He doesn’t have long left..

[@MatthewC137]

Well done video. 🏆 Too bad Deegan wasn't there instead of Webb. I like Webb but the 250 isn't exactly his thing anymore. With Deegan the US would have won everything most likely since it was close even without him.

[@bleukeylock]

I think Deegan quietly regrets not being at that Des Nations.. I said on the day imagine if USA took over Tomac, Sexton & Deegan 😳

[@teddygunzbarno2102]

Love ET3 he always gives all he has I just feel like Webb no way it’s to bad all the top guys were hurt I don’t even know if Sexton could’ve rode as good as ET3

[@bleukeylock]

@@teddygunzbarno2102 not sure anyone could have matched ET3 for the USA.. but if they had Deegan & Sexton as well 😳.. Top step would have been theirs for sure

[@malisinimicus4358]

The real race we will never have is Herlings and Tomac against James Stuart and RC on 250 2 strokes (plucking them both out of time in 2007 or 2008) and maybe pluck David Bailey amd Johnson out of 1986 to throw a wrench into it all. Now that would be something to see!

[@aslkdjfzxcv9779]

excellent

[@jasonwhite-yy5ne]

Awesome tomac is a legion best rider on the planet

[@paulbonano7888]

At least Eli was man enough to go to mxon, because he lives his country and although he had niggling injuries he stood up, where as deegan was afraid of being smoked because he can't ride rough rutted tracks so he turned his back on america and made up excuses that if he went he wouldn't have enough time to prep for A1, yet Brian keeps telling us how confident his boy is, and he's ready, clearly Brian hasn't talked to haiden, because haiden did not think he was ready for A1, and clearly needed more practice 😂😂, poor baby.

[@MrSuperflydude]

Why are the aussies never in these conversations? Speaking as a Yank btw

[@OneSon744]

The Lawrence sisters are irrelevant.

[@daltonturner3113]

Because this is a decade long debate in the sport of dirtbike racing, aussies only very recently got their hands on a champion in Jett Lawrence after about a 20 year drought since Chad Reed

[@fullnoyz]

@@daltonturner3113 I’m Australian and I’m with you mate, we’re not in the discussion

[@daltonturner3113]

@fullnoyz7670 Jett is definitely a one of a kind talent, just this specific debate is between Tomac and Herlings and has been the case for the past 10 years lol. Nothing against the aussies, they deserve their respect too and Jett will have hus own rivalry discussion either between him and some European up and comer, or maybe Deegan in the future

[@Viking380]

@@daltonturner3113well Jett will be tested for sure, Prado and Tomac are going to make him work hard to win the next SX and MX titles, plus Webb is no slouch

[@CMLVI]

Feel like people forget the dominance the US had worldwide from '05-11; 6 wins with only 2 races in the US. GP riders have stepped it up in a big way since then. We arguably should have had a win in 2016 until the lapper landed on Anderson after the finish, but hard to say everything would have played out in our favor.

[@keiannschyler]

different story if Haiden and Sexton was there instead of Webb and AP.

[@RenatoRojoBontes]

Americans has most win in mxon

[@David_peo1982]

ET3 showed how to ride loved that if we had tomac more time on bike things would've been different I think anyway

[@paulrash8861]

Merica❤

[@隠れた]

Herlings looks like a skinnier cooper Webb lol

[@jasonwiggins]

Several American riders have won Championships in Europe. This video doesn't make sense.

[@anthonylimjoco5958]

funny how they're still trying to compare... USA from 2005 to 2011, 2022. That's 8 wins with 7 in a row. With multiple wins from Dungey, James, and Ricky. Can they complete?

[@chetmanley7209]

Americans are the most dominant. Period dot. Check stats

[@CobraAce04]

If I had a penny for every Dutchman on an Austrian team backed my Red Bull being dominant in his motorsport, I'd have 2 pennies, which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

[@HPAcustomriflesandcerakote]

In reality if you want to see if an American rider can stand with MXGP you have to go race them at lomell

[@chummy22]

Typical Jeffery got a big mouth Eli passed him like a pylon at matterly and Jeffery had to reach into his bag of excuses lolol

[@alstar300]

Exactly.... "we smashed them" like his mouth was smashed closed while picking himself off the deck..... twice

[@kelvis1980]

Idk. I've watched plenty of interviews with herlings. Changed my perspective on him. And he has become more humble these days. I like him but Eli is my favorite current rider. Has been since 2015 when he really showed beast mode.

[@twotwentyswift]

@@kelvis1980 Agreed. Herlings has mellowed with age and doesn't talk crap like he used to. It's part of getting older and realizing that time slows us all down, although Eli seems to be delaying the inevitable. 💪

[@meastabrooks1]

I’m a huge fan of all motocross riders, but the reality is all countries come to the USA to race AMA motocross for the hardest competition. And let’s not even mention AMA supercross.

[@PaulSmith-tr2zv]

Non Americans go to Europe to learn mx in mxgp in a 20+ round series. Then USA for super cross and American $$$ as the American mx series is only 11 events.

[@meastabrooks1]

@ I think that’s because most race supercross and motorcross which is a lot of racing. I’m also guessing some American riders would like to challenge some Europeans but you know how their sponsors are telling them what they’re racing.

[@PaulSmith-tr2zv]

@@meastabrooks1 Spot on. For development you want kids to get used to speed, jumps and corners on a wide track with greater margin for error. Supercross is a different discipline so it’s going to break the focus and make it more difficult to be the best at two things.

[@chetmanley7209]

Tomac smoked hurlings. Again.

[@Gazza-zg2tr]

Dont think so ,look up since 2017 Ironman and MXGP in Florida where Herlings thrashed Tomac..

[@chetmanley7209]

@Gazza-zg2tr not even close. Iron man was the last race of a season where Tomac couldn't risk it. Florida tomac smoked him and in 2024 tomac smoked him even worse. It wasn't even close. Do your homework bud.

[@nellyphare9846]

@@chetmanley7209 I think you better watch those videos again ,Ironman your making excuses for Tomac he rode shit and just about won your national championship whilst the JH84 Embarresed the whole American field of riders that day and made them all look silly even your american commentators admitted he outride every American..And Florida don't know what you was watching but Tomac only won one race all weekend.First Day JH84 fastest time and won first race Tomac finished top 10.Second Day JH84 won the meeting and the races except one that Tomac won.Herlings finished first Cairolli 2nd Tomac finished 3rd..Even at the nations this year the whole field were lucky that Herlings fell off in every race but still fought back and got Holland on the podium.and beat Tomac in the first race.

[@chetmanley7209]

@nellyphare9846 tomac just ran circles around herlings. On a mxgp track no less. Cry more

[@Jeffindsm]

I thought, England, Britain, or whatever opted out of being a part of Europe? What gives?

[@alstar300]

Herlings calling for Eli on a sand track.... ok then we go to Daytona and do a Supercross race. Lowest aggregate times wins.

[@Boomboom-ox9hn]

Herlings would smoke Eli in sand... You obviously haven't seen Herling's race sand tracks.. I've seen both race in sand and Eli isn't on the same level as Herlings. Anyway, Eli would crumble from the pressure from Herlings just like he did when Tim Gaiser started reeling Eli in

[@alstar300]

⁠​⁠@@Boomboom-ox9hn I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt since English is likely your second language. I have seen Herlings on sand tracks, the Netherlands is full of them and that’s his favorite surface. The advantage would be significant. But that’s why I said the second race would be on a Supercross track, specifically Daytona. If you think Eli “crumbled” to pressure at MXON then you are clueless. He didn’t want to race initially because his fitness wasn’t there. He was not at 100% and he STILL stomped Herlings. Gaiser was one round from being back to back MXGP champion so clearly he’s one of the fastest guys on the planet. No shame in going 2-2 against that guy in Eli’s current state.

[@kelvis1980]

​@Boomboom-ox9hn crumble? Lmao nice one. If anything he didn't have the stamina since he was riding nothing but a couch for almost 2 years.

[@twotwentyswift]

@@Boomboom-ox9hn And you obviously haven't seen Tomac dominate in the sand. It would be a great race with 2 of the greatest sand riders ever.

[@ronross6]

Production vs. Works bikes.

[@pranramsamooj8187]

Really wanted to see him spend a year in Europe like RV did before retiring. Think he would have done better.

[@zim7489]

Rv kinda of regreted doing it n said mxgp is a shitbox 😅

[@bleukeylock]

Yeah the tracks in MxGP are completely different to the American tracks.. proper rough and not looked after 😅😂. Shame RV couldn’t have completed his season

[@pranramsamooj8187]

@@zim7489 For real....

[@Viking380]

@@bleukeylockHe wasn’t having fun any longer

[@DisasterTheoryX]

Trampas Parker would like a word.

[@cliftonpfleger9525]

When will an American ever win the World Championship over many races and a year ???

[@Jb-mp1in]

I'm calling it now if Deegan races MX des next year He's going to pull a villopoto He's going to smoke the 450s on a 250

[@twotwentyswift]

He's good but not THAT good.

[@Jb-mp1in]

@twotwentyswift I'm thinking it will go that way his lap times outdoors where same as 450 jett sexton

[@twotwentyswift]

@@Jb-mp1in Huh? Just use your native language and I'll put it through google translate into English. 😄

[@Jb-mp1in]

@@twotwentyswift yea he had same lap times some outdoor rounds

[@PaulSmith-tr2zv]

A 250 might pull an outright. Lucan’s Coenen / Kay De Wolf. Deagans times on the same racetracks are between 5-10 in ama mx and a long way behind hunter chase and Jett.

[@Jeffindsm]

Winchester England, the home of the Winchester American rifle. Awesome.!?!? Huh, whut do you mean no?

[@filipzeko9891]

They didnt prove anything tomac crashed in america herlings crashes in france so i dont know 🤷‍♂️

[@alstar300]

Matterly Basin in the England

[@MrKevinsmusictime]

How is coming 3rd conquering?

[@akoayikaw8290]

Herlings is a hard loser man,accept when you loss,find another way and time to win

[@George_Gim]

una cosa son los saltitos del supercross y la otra es el motocross, donde los reyes son europeos.....

[@pjsneeringer5942]

FN RIGHT!'MERICA

[@Lightnin42]

🇺🇸rules 🥇

[@Cougar139tweak]

no one is talking about this... America doesn't care, besides the Aussies have dominance rapped up for the foreseeable future. I'm glad to see it

[@lifeisgood3589]

I love Tomac but you act as if he's our best to ever offer. We have had many many Americans dominate on European tracks.

[@rodneytroyer2043]

Pfffft. How many ama championships do europeans have in the history of the sport? Why is mxgp continuing to become the grooming grounds for ama? Meh, thanks to prado for being a man and coming to a real challenge

[@wannarunem]

USA has the most wins, so yeah, we're good...

[@AstonBlewett]

Désolé messieurs les américains mais vous ne serez jamais aussi bon en MX que les européens "Herlings" dans le sable est juste monstrueux, d'accord en sx vous êtes les meilleurs mais niveau terrain en MX vos terrains sont bien trop simples....

[@zigfield723]

Compete? He kicked their collective asses and it wasn't even close.

[@nilsteegen33]

You know nothing about this

[@ThisTall]

Tomac is amazing, and it wouldn’t be such an accomplishment if he wasn’t. But he’d have to show up in Europe and go from last place to 1st against Herlings on an unfamiliar bike, just to tie what Herlings did to him.

[@Viking380]

Sure but don’t forget that in that race Herlings has the chance to win a championship he’s been racing towards all season, he will have to finish 5th or better to win the championship.

[@petermoody3526]

Didnt aussies win it hello

[@alankelter9416]

Dont get it. Got beat how is that a win?

[@Viking380]

He didn’t get beat by Herlings

[@joshoconner7448]

Et3 destroyed gay boy herlings

[@twotwentyswift]

I may be Eli's biggest fan, but even I think that comment was gay. Have some respect for another one of the greats of the sport. Tomac AND Herlings have both flat-out earned it!

[@JbFixCorleone]

I like that kind of content.. but isn’t that topic fired up by 13yo kids? You got Herlings, tomac, roczen, lawrenceses, coenens, prado, deegan.. Do I have to pick a Nation now? You can argue now.. that is all about at mxon.. right.. But you hear that discussion the whole year.. Like mx is the only sport on earth that is competing nations against nations.. It’s not..

[@JbFixCorleone]

Ps. Thanks for more highlights of this years mxon.. i bet me is not the only one who would watch it if it wasn’t that expensive

[@kirboturbo6932]

Meanwhile f*cking Australia winning 😂 as an Australian thats still absurd to me

[@bleukeylock]

Well deserved!! It was always coming.. think Australia can grab a few more as well if they can get a really strong consistent 3rd rider! Hopefully Webster can keep improving

[@kirboturbo6932]

@bleukeylock that's it, I think honestly if Duffy didn't get that horrendous injury he'd make us a really dominant team

[@arnobracke4150]

Just accept it boyzzz.. we europeans are just better.. 😂 you guys think u better at everything 😂

[@georgelynch6139]

Eli has never won a race in Europe, nuff said

[@kelvis1980]

And yet he has many times had the fastest laps out of anyone there. Did it on the Honda, kawasaki. When he was on Honda and had to come from like 14th he decimated the field on lap times. Just wasn't enough to get up front that year.

[@georgelynch6139]

@ So he lost?

[@CWhite-fp3eo]

Roger D The Man

[@Jellyflesh]

Its like Stewart and Everts Actually when it comes to "Europe vs US" they should come with one team each. 9 or 12 riders from each continent.