Slaw Dog
Monster Energy/Star Racing Yamaha’s Eli Tomac gutted through the 450 main event and salvaged a 17th place finish in Tampa after sustaining a leg injury in the second qualifying session earlier in the day.
On Sunday, the team released a statement and Tomac indicated he is going to race next weekend at round 6 in Detroit.
“It was a tough day in Tampa. I caught my leg underneath the foot peg on a jump during qualifying, and sprained the top of my ankle and bruised my lower leg,” Tomac said. “I’m going to do everything possible to get back on the line in Detroit.”
Team manager Rich Simmons said the following: “I’ll start with the elephant in the room – it was an unfortunate night for Eli. It was just a freak accident with him getting his foot caught between the foot peg and the ground during qualifying. He was really sore and bruised, but he did the best he could to manage a points night.”
We will continue to monitor Tomac’s status for Detroit.
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Heal up and race as soon as you feel like you are ready 💙🤙🤙🤙
Will tomac race next year if he doesn’t win the championship this year?