When Eli Tomac Lead The Field by a Minute and a Half

"Tomac just absolutely obliterated the field this whole moto."
2015 Hangtown National
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[@jacobconner4950]

When Tomac is feelin it, he's untouchable.

[@dyldomane]

Probably his best performance in an outdoor, that guy is capable of being the best ever! Cant wait to see him on a Yamaha

[@coltoncarpenter3790]

That year he was bar none the fastest....big time until the thunder valley crash. What's crazy is if he could have stayed on 2 wheels that season he may have been able to roll on with a record for out doors better than he currently has.

[@RandomUser2388]

@@coltoncarpenter3790 yeah I remember being little and watching that crash, i was happy because i wanted reed to win, which he didn’t anyways. But looking back on it and eli now being my favorite rider i hate watching that crash. Imo one of the biggest championship crashes in history. Lots of people fantasize about eli going undefeated or close too that year, and i really think it was possible

[@zachholler8450]

2022 450 supercross champ inbound.

[@The_coachman_on_tour]

He has his suspension guy from this race working for him at star. With stars open rider setting tomac will be putting on a clinic this year. Herrings will be in for a surprise. Be nice see them 2 go full season

[@snowzZzZz]

@@The_coachman_on_tour is Herlings confirmed?

[@jealousyxanderblood7894]

Eli tomac will go down as one of the all time greats. 3 straight outdoor championships, and 1 supercross title. (hopefully a second this year) 6 daytona wins and 5th on the all time wins list. People say dungey is the last of the “dynasty riders” like MC, Ricky and Villopoto, but Tomac certainly took that spot in the limelight once they all left. Hell, dungey retired flat out because of the hell that Tomac gave him his last year in 2017. He was contracted through 2019 i think. Goes to show how crazy this dude is on a bike! Edit: He won his second title in Denver this past weekend, ushering him into the title rankings (2) of James stewart, chad reed, and Cooper Webb.

[@maddawg7134]

6 Daytona wins bro and you wrote this 5 days ago.. He had already won his 6th Dayton

[@jealousyxanderblood7894]

@@maddawg7134 yes i was counting this year but not 2020. I thought 2020 is when brayton won but that was 18

[@johnnyvivic8730]

@@jealousyxanderblood7894 Where did you hear that Dungey left because of Tomac? I thought it was because of his back injury that nearly paralyzed him.

[@jealousyxanderblood7894]

@@johnnyvivic8730 It was either in a podcast or another similar racing video. And it is kind of a word of mouth thing since Dungey didnt say it in what i saw but someone else saying he did. The back injury scared him and certainly helped his retirement but from what i heard he knew he was getting older and in 2017 with how much tomac was progressing he knew he could no longer hold him off to win another title

[@kelvis1980]

And here we are with Tomac still slaying the field. So sad he won't race outdoors next year. At least Sexton was able to elevate himself to that level. Tomac will stomp in supercross with that new yamaha. Won't be riding a whale so you know he will kill it.

[@FunkyChicken251]

This has to be the closest thing to Carmichael lapping the field that will ever happen, and honestly is a little more impressive given the conditions and racers in this race

[@brentowen9480]

The GOAT had a mudder to lap the field, still crazy, this was fun to watch. The lap times, which aren't mentioned enough, Tomac was 5 sec best better than Dungey but when they show Dungey's lap and leader's it's around 8 sec sometimes. Crazy, these guys are all so fast and to have Tomac making everyone look like they where on 125's is well, this was very cool.

[@johnnybgood774]

Naw James wasn't racing lol

[@alondite215]

​@@johnnybgood774 So? RD and KR both were, and they raced with and beat James plenty of times and Tomac smoked them both. Tomac has beaten James before, too. Not a relevant point to make. James was _never_ as dominant against the same level of competition as Tomac has been. He even said outright that Tomac was the only younger rider he was genuinely afraid of because of the blistering pace he's capable of.

[@manoliswec5674]

@@alondite215 js7 semi retired in 2009 so keep that in mind... he was never the same after reality tv, skip mx seasons/ fire baker etc, we only saw glimpses of his talent after that. et was very very impressive but rd won champions with podiums instead of wins and kr was injured back then

[@eriksforestryvision8751]

Most underrated comment on here

[@Mjb317]

Im not sure which of his Hangtown win’s I am most impressed by, his pro debut 3-1 for the overall or this race here. Both were incredible rides by ET.

[@caydenthompson126]

Didn't he go 1-1?

[@sterben4958]

@@caydenthompson126 no he went 3-1 in 2010

[@JessC792]

@@caydenthompson126 E Tomac 3 -1 C Pourcel 1 - 3 T Canard 7-2

[@caydenthompson126]

@@sterben4958 thanks

[@caydenthompson126]

@@JessC792 thanks 👍

[@jerrys2346]

When Tomac has a good day, everyone else does the Bill and Ted "we're not worthy" chant.

[@mryamahapro12]

I never saw anybody decimate the competition like he did that day in my life

[@terryfonz4603]

He did it the first 3 races of that season finished over a minute in front and then the crash ended the season!

[@TheWrightWayPvP]

Love these bits of history you post, love this channel

[@VojtaHarcubaEnduro]

Holy sh!t hold my beer. That guy was riding better than I do i my dreams.

[@trex3958]

Best race I've ever seen live. Glad I was there to see ET win. Great video from the past. Go ET. You're out of this world

[@mbrackmann8]

I was there too. Absolutely incredible to witness this ride in person

[@dholiday9315]

I’m gonna miss this guy so much. Watching him race you feel like you could see some GOAT shit at any moment.

[@441motocross]

For sure, I'll miss him too. Legend status solidified.

[@Sime-bn8vz]

The most I like of this sport is when the riders feel the flow and show things like this, cant waih to see a1

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

7 seconds PER LAP? Jesus, this is like some A class vs C class level shit and this is the best in the world. Unbelievable.

[@BioDjango]

Tomac has not looked the same these past years, i hope Yamaha does him good

[@blakephillips8688]

He did have that nasty shoulder injury a couple races after that. And in December 2018 he broke his buttbone and didn’t tell anyone.

[@BioDjango]

@@blakephillips8688 i had no idea, my dad is a huge Tomac fan, im more of a Barcia and Anderson guy

[@coltoncarpenter3790]

Since his thunder valley crash back then it toned him down big time. Tomac has the speed to be this and capability but finds it too much of a risk. There was an interview of him recently where he explained his mistake of pushing that speed especially back then with less experience on the 450.

[@blakephillips8688]

@@coltoncarpenter3790 what interview

[@IHIuddy]

It did

[@crffilmz7300]

When tomac gets out front and is in his rythm he’s untouchable by anyone he’s even gotten better as he gets older

[@todddooley793]

He sure has. Now he doesn't try to kill the competition when he's on and plays it safe. He's gotten so smart

[@mehoffjack1874]

I don’t care what anyone says. This Eli was the fastest person to ever ride a dirt bike period.

[@artvarnson8009]

I agree.... I've been watching motocross for 30 years and I have yet to see anyone make up time like Eli Tomac.

[@themotocrosslounge8697]

be careful… the herlings stans will bring up the last race of the 17 season at iron man with half the field not racing and tomac riding for the chip

[@blakemusiccarter3102]

The single greatest performance on a motorcross bike.

[@williammactavish3913]

RC would have something to say about this comment, Blake.

[@kelvis1980]

@@williammactavish3913 sorry but a mud race from Ricky is the only race more dominant than this and they were going at a snails pace that race. This is the fastest pace to this day in motocross. 6 seconds a lap faster than the champion Dungey. Sorry Ricky never smoked the second place rider this bad outside of the most boring race ever.

[@mysterious_tim]

His suspension was so dialed on that Honda

[@jphorras]

He didn’t even look like he was on the edge…. Just made it look easyyyyy. ET3 comin for that 2022 SX title 👊🏻✊🏻👊🏻✊🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@LouisCocquet]

Not sure about that, the yami isn't a good bike for sx but a very nice for the mx

[@jake02cute]

@@LouisCocquet i think its a capable bike just that Eli is washed

[@Griffin283]

@@jake02cute you’re delusional

[@eliasvaldes82]

@@jake02cute I agree it is a very capable bike, as we saw AP and Ferrandis do very well on it last season but I don't think you can say Tomac is washed up when he became a 5 time Daytona winner, 3rd in points and won 2 of the last 3 races outdoors.

[@tjferrer8622]

@@LouisCocquet well 3 in a row now man.

[@nicolasb9473]

I have that race worn signed jersey. unreal moto

[@gregakulis8389]

Can you make a video of his glen helen 2015 ride too?

[@solorunner1389]

One of the all time greats, but one of the most disrespected

[@Dtay630]

He’s disrespected because of his random weirdo races where it looks like he belongs on a privateer bike. He’s untouchable at times. He has the stats to be one of the greats and I believe he is. But the all timers were that dominate every day, every race they ever did.

[@michaelp2259]

Back then the field had no where near the talent depth it does now. You had 3 guys that could win in Ricky's era. And you had rv and dungey. When they came in and Stewart on the backside of his career. Eli's era. You've got 5-6 guys that can win at any time. Really it's more impressive now in my opinion for him to get a mediocre start on a tight supercross track and still win. When there aren't many spots to make up time most of the tracks

[@gregakulis8389]

Don’t care what anybody says… Herlings cant touch him when he rides like that

[@FastEddy301]

Agreed.

[@hobbyrider3795]

😂

[@artvarnson8009]

Agree. Hurlings is certainly dominant and is certainly the greatest motocross rider in the world right now but I haven't ever seen him put in that kind of performance.

[@clemsontigz1]

I'm American, but dog.. he came to America where he'd never ridden the track , fell , dead last and came back to win. I can only think of a couple riders that's done that . Give the respect where it's due. Herlings is fkn gnarly bo

[@imtheonevanhalen1557]

@@clemsontigz1 MXGP in Fla....Tomac got a start and won, with that scab Herlings on the track

[@JonnyJetson754]

Sick upload 441

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

And that track was BRUTAL. They don't let them get this gnarly anymore for some reason. When I was younger I raced Millville all the time, and it always sorta pissed me off how smooth the track was for the pro race because how absolutely destroyed it was for any average amateur day, because when you have 1,000 amateur bikes vs 80 pros, it just doesn't break down the same. This track was like 1,000 amateurs had been on it. Makes it even more impressive to me, probably also part of why he was able to stretch it out so far. Those conditions really separate the men from the boys.

[@Corteum]

I wonder who would win in an outdoor battle between young Tomac and modern Tomac.

[@rodneyking2173]

imagine if he hadn't had the shoulder injuries. His pace was insane!

[@chap23305]

We asked for years... what would happen if this Eli made it through a whole season. This year we got that from both Chase and Eli.

[@mehow2g]

The day he did the double shoulder I haven't seen anyone going that fast, maybe herlings but man it was insane.

[@kelvis1980]

Sad because Tomac has never pushed himself as hard as he did in 15' people say here comes beast mode but this is his pure beast mode. That crash made him step it back a bit and he still slays.

[@ralphcourtney9591]

Those few races at the beginning of the season aren’t talked about enough. Pure dominance

[@llLeezy]

arguable, he won 5 motos in a row out of 24 motos an RC & stew both went undefeated yet ive heard alot of people in the moto media say 2015 eli is the fastest theyve ever seen. herlings just said he crashed because he was going to fast for the bike n track lol

[@trevorhernandez9381]

So stoked I got to watch ET that season in person at Glen Helen. Dude is a fucking legend

[@brokinarrow1]

come on anaheim ,sx season is gonna be EPIC,love all these guys but I got this feeling Eli is gonna blow our minds!One week baby!

[@powerwagon3731]

I’m so excited 😆

[@kevinschindele4829]

I love a Honda. I hope they can get something going and be dominant soon

[@thinkandrepent3175]

ride red forever 💪💪💪

[@jonsnow178]

Jett and Sexton got this

[@kelvis1980]

Sexton if he stays at Honda will clinch the title .. the mere fact he stepped up to Eli is amazing alone. The kid learned to ride with the best.

[@boblarry7879]

He looked absolutely unbeatable that year until his gnarly crash at Thunder Valley.

[@IHIuddy]

Leaves you to wonder if that crash never happened what would of been.

[@tjferrer8622]

@@IHIuddy def a champ bro

[@goldsbym]

That was a Historical Performance by Eli Tomac. To win by 1 min 23 seconds over the second place rider Ryan Dungey, on a normal day is something that doesn't happen in pro motocross.

[@fourthfloortattoostudio437]

"The Hangtown Massacre"

[@shaneweldon]

I always thought he seemed way faster on the Honda than he was on the Kawasaki! I think he’ll do well on the Yamaha in 2022!

[@clemsontigz1]

He was way more comfortable and confident on that honda . I feel the same, he was always searching on that Kawi rig, just never jelled with it.

[@spoils2873]

You were right

[@themodifiedlife2774]

Yep ur right his dad just gave let us all know on the podcast he had his bike dialed and his suspension guy on that year on his honda but didn’t have same guy on Kawi but now he does on the Yamaha again so he has the bike dialed in for him

[@blakebaker9592]

That 15 Honda 450 just barkedddddd.

[@KDAWGDESIGNS]

Hope every ones new year is better than mine. My sister wants to put me in a psych ward

[@DM_-mq6dv]

Go for a bit, at least you won't have to go to work in the morning

[@DayGoodwin91]

Et3 my guy 22 supercross champion!! let’s get this 22 outdoors wrapped up would be the greatest story!!

[@TheJGJR9]

one of those moments of crazy skill, like senna at monaco

[@mongomongo9789]

His suspension was on point

[@kodspal]

Boss level of riding huh!🔥🔥

[@PizzaChet]

How far in front was he when he did both shoulders?

[@lilchunky1994]

bro wasnt even sweating lol absolute crazy performance

[@AndreyZzz]

oooh yes! this Tomac!!! 😷💪☝👍🤜🤛

[@cleanmachineautodetailing]

Back when tomac would holeshot instead of his hero rides nowadays. Bring back Langston!

[@zim7489]

I need the full race please

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

That's about 2/3 lap, a typical lap being around 2:05-15. Or 2:02 in ET's case. RC and JS lapped 3rd (22) here in 2006?

[@TheOriginalLokisam]

yeah but you gotta remember the overall skill/speed gap between the fastest and the slowest pros is significantly smaller than it was. RC and CR22 both have said that some weeks against James the only thing you could do was hope he'd crash. it's not like that anymore. i think most guys who are capable of qualifying are just as capable of winning a moto as anyone else on the track, which is great for competition, not so great for seeing someone just come out and do something insane, like ET3 here, JS7 coming from 40th to 1st, RC lapping the entire field, etc

[@olivertoeknuckleiii2093]

I think that this was the last time that ET3 looked totally comfortable on the bike. He never had the same flow on the Kawi. Let’s see how he clicks with the blue bike!

[@johnnyvivic8730]

And according to an interview with his dad, the Geico Honda team went to the moon and back to get that bike suitable for him. But he didn't want to race that frame for supercross so he left Geico Honda for Kawi. It's interesting watching these old races knowing some of what was going on behind the scenes.

[@gerrywagoner26]

Lightning struck the motocross world that day. Unbelievable!!

[@Corteum]

See the young Jedi in action!

[@stevenharper9066]

Tomac rules 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻

[@susanpayne3584]

What year is this

[@ravebrown3696]

2015

[@billypointer8761]

I think we have a new fastest man on the planet.

[@13thJ]

This is when Eli was at his best

[@xd_gangster693]

King of Supercross McGrath. Eli could be the King of Motocross

[@roryrohrer7640]

If Eli is going to be the king of MX he has 7 more titles to win and he has to have 3 undefeated seasons to beat RC. so quick to forget about the GOAT RC has the largest gap in a win in moto history he lapped everyone.

[@mehoffjack1874]

@@roryrohrer7640 ya. lapped everyone in a mud race. Didn’t lap everyone in good conditions.

[@roryrohrer7640]

@@mehoffjack1874 yep everyone still lined up and he still lapped them and he had plenty of big wins in good conditions and Eli still has a lot to do to be considered "the king of moto" just think it's funny people see a video of 1 of Eli's many incredible rides and say he is the king of moto when Ricky never lost a championship outdoors and had 2 24-0 seasons among many other accomplishments and skip over him so quickly just my 2 cents 😉

[@zim7489]

​@@roryrohrer7640the sport were dogshit in RCs era. Only dumb ppl compare. Rc started doing what today everyone's doing

[@roryrohrer7640]

@zim7489 lol, not RC's fault his competition couldn't hang or didn't train like him. Also he beat JS7 on the regular, and JS7 isn't dog shit. So by your logic, Mcgrath's wins in sx mean nothing because he was racing old men that couldn't figure sx out?

[@kjmaury5116]

My heart sank for him when he got hurt that year. He had that title in the bag only 6 motos into the season

[@xd_gangster693]

Lets see what he can do on that mean Star Yamaha

[@zacharyradford5552]

Prettty good!

[@forestdudes8710]

Thats Just enormous

[@shanedelgado666]

That poor throttle. Lmfao

[@teejaa11]

Remember the time rc lapped the whole field, tho it was a mudder

[@Mjb317]

Even though it was a mudder, RC is still an animal for making it happen that day. The carnage looked insane.

[@zacharyradford5552]

There’s been hundreds of other mudders and no one else has done it’s. So I’ll ask you what your fucking point?

[@mirraco323]

At times the footage actually looks like it’s at like 1.25x or 1.5x speed. That’s how damn fast he was this day.

[@sethmcdowall]

this bike looked sooooo good

[@gawdszn302]

wow

[@artvarnson8009]

Quite possibly the greatest performance and greatest athlete in sport history when you really think about it....... I pity his poor girlfriend. 😅

[@ravebrown3696]

😂😂🤘🏻

[@MrEIden231]

He is one with his machine.

[@_bakerbryse_]

I think if he didn’t crash that one year and destroy his leg and kept his momentum he had a chance at being the best outdoor racer ever

[@morley3810]

His leg? When did that happen?

[@_bakerbryse_]

@@morley3810 2017 or something like that

[@morley3810]

You mean his shoulders in 2015?

[@laidtorest387]

imagine being this fit!

[@Gustavooselli12]

motocross brazil rider

[@matthewantos4776]

He is crazy

[@flightpattern3721]

I miss Greg Albertyn's commentary

[@DJ-tn9zk]

This was impressive, however the last race this yr was better for the title was even better...

[@jaimieboy999]

4 strokes sound a bit fatter back then? They seem pretty raspy now, nearly like 250s.

[@md2628]

He would’ve been the third rider in history to go a season undefeated this year when he was doing this if it wasnt for that crash. He made it throught thunder valley and went 7-0 he woulda just kept on going

[@moipaglalunan1899]

Record breaking! 1 minute 25 seconds gap

[@williammactavish3913]

RC has entered the chat ..

[@Motoinc]

ET3 is the fastest when he is comfortably.......NO ONE is faster

[@AlexBekkema]

Herlings is

[@Motoinc]

@@AlexBekkema in my opinion they sre equal on their best day. When they racet at ironman herlings had nothing to loose. Eli was fighting for the championship

[@AlexBekkema]

@@Motoinc hmm yeah that sounds about right, but i still do think herlings may be a little more skilled at the outdoors. At supercross he doesnt stand a chance for sure

[@Motoinc]

@@AlexBekkema SX is cool but IMO moto is where boys become men. But Eli and Herlings is the 2 best in the world with very cool styles on the bike. When they bring their Agame its looks so brutal.

[@AlexBekkema]

@@Motoinc i totally agree with that💪🏻

[@clemsontigz1]

He should've NEVER left that honda , he never jelled with that Kawi , he fought that bike until he left it. I believe he'd have 2 more supercross titles and another outdoor

[@ktm2383]

I want dungy to come back

[@braaaaaap9652]

I live tomac

[@MrRacer7111]

2015 year. This is the year in which Tomak was supposed to become GOAT # 2! Never when I will not understand why he risked so much! Why! Fuck!

[@coltoncarpenter3790]

It was a simple mistake of the rear wheel bouncing to the wrong rut. If you look back on RCs past he had many lucky close calls, but like Travis Pastrana said RC had the best luck of any rider always being a weeble wobble.

[@MrRacer7111]

@@coltoncarpenter3790 Is it JS something sluggish)? Every time someone started to press down on RC, he always started to go faster, and most importantly, without injuries!

[@zacharyradford5552]

RC was a fucking freak. Go look at his crashes damn near all of them were knarly but he seems to be made of rubber and magic.

[@danarrington2224]

For those 5 motos Eli was the fastest racer ever. I know we don't like to compare guys that didn't actually race each other BUT I think this one is pretty obvious. The only exception to this would be the 2006 Spring Creek mud race where RC lapped the field.

[@mehoffjack1874]

Ricky is the goat, but mud races are flukes. I don’t think Ricky ever came close to that kind of a gap in good conditions.

[@mavesauce]

Herlings 2018, Kenny 2016 and Tomac 2015, imagine these 3 versions of each rider in one season.

[@luisguzman8025]

Jett against this tomac wouldn’t stand a chance

[@kevinbodman1011]

Geeeez-uss

[@bsgena1995]

Топ

[@Dodds_Dirtbikes]

Get him back on a honda!

[@zacharyradford5552]

Fuck Honda stay on the the Yamaha. They guy he gelled with at Geico Honda are at Star Yamaha.

[@BigCat5]

led*

[@sagenbabin8786]

Dude the title of the video is just Eli tomac being Eli tomac man’s is to fast he is the Ken miles of motorcross

[@mumblz9374]

And then thunder Valley happened.. ended the season for the guy.

[@zacharyradford5552]

Eh shit happens.

[@LouisCocquet]

For me he never been good as when he was with honda with the kawi

[@johns818]

Its obvious his front forks were set up way too soft.. and he still dominated.

[@johnschauder]

Was this the year he blew out his shoulders?

[@paulkarp958]

If he hadn't broken his leg in 15 who knows what would have been possible

[@JR-zj6dh]

And this is how you learn not to ride at 101%, crashed a few races later and threw away a possible championship.

[@michaelgrubbs1618]

6 seconds

[@shanebunting2562]

Jesus loves you

[@Nick-jk8zw]

Biggest mistake of FACTORY HONDA life, letting Eli go still hurts

[@zacharyradford5552]

He wasn’t on factory Honda. It was Geico Honda.

[@GrayFox_74]

Carmicheal won with a bigger lead then a minuet.

[@EnriqueLopez-pl4gg]

Beside the fastest man on the planet James steward... he's the was fastest than Ryan villopoto and Dungey