Eli Tomac (born November 14, 1992) is an American professional Motocross and Supercross racer competing in the AMA Supercross and Motocross championships; a two-time 450cc AMA Supercross Champion, a four-time 450cc AMA Motocross Champion, a one-time 250cc AMA Supercross & AMA Motocross Champion. He is second all-time in 450cc AMA Supercross wins with 51, and third all-time in 450cc AMA Motocross wins with 32.
Tomac began his professional career in 2010, winning his first race in his rookie debut. He made his 450cc debut part way into the 2013 Supercross schedule, and moved to the class full-time in 2014.
He won his first outdoor 450cc event at the 2014 Spring Creek National in Millville, Minnesota, US. His first 450cc Supercross win came in 2015 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.
Tomac was part of the Kawasaki factory racing team from 2016 to 2021. He joined Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing for the 2022 season.
In 2022 Tomac won a record setting sixth Daytona Supercross, passing previous record holder Ricky Carmichael with five. In 2023 Eli won his 7th Daytona Supercross.
Amateur career
As an amateur Tomac won eight Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Championship titles. He didn't win titles right away or through his first five years (from 1999 through 2003). His first title came in 2004. Tomac's amateur titles are as follows: 2004 65cc(10-11) Stock, 2006 85cc(12-13) Modified, 2007 85cc(14-15) Modified, 2008 Supermini 1(12-15), 2008 Supermini 2(14-16), 2009 250B Modified, 2009 Schoolboy 2(14-16). In 2009 Tomac won the 125cc FIM Junior World Championship, held in Taupo, New Zealand.
Personal life
Tomac is the younger of two sons of former competitive BMX, road cycling and mountain bike racing champion John Tomac and wife Kathy.
Eli is married to Jessica (Steiner) Tomac and together they have 2 children: daughter, Lev Loe and son, Noah Grey
250cc career
2010
In 2010, Eli Tomac became the first rider in the history of the sport to win his professional debut, winning the 250cc AMA 2010 Hangtown Motocross season opener in Rancho Cordova, California. At that time he was riding for Team Geico Honda.
2011
For 2011, Eli ended the 250cc Supercross season with two wins and six podium finishes. Finishing 2nd To Broc Tickle by 6 points in the 250SX West Championship.
2012
For 2012, Eli won the 250cc Supercross championship with seven podium finishes and five 1st place main event wins. He finished 3rd in outdoors with 4 overall wins.
2013
For 2013, Eli narrowly missed out on defending his title, finishing 2 points behind Ken Roczen in the 250cc Supercross championship with five wins. He won the AMA Motocross 250cc title with 7 overall wins and 12 out of 12 podium finishes.
450cc career
2015 season
Despite injuries in 2014 & 2015, Eli finished second to Ryan Dungey in the 450cc Supercross championship with eleven podium finishes. He started the outdoor motocross season with two overall wins, two overall podiums with five straight moto wins before being sidelined by an injury.
2017 season
Supercross
After six rounds of the 2017 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season, Eli was in fourth place in the 450 class overall point standings. His mixed results (5th, 6th, 8th, 1st, 1st, 15th) put him 29 points behind supercross points leader Ryan Dungey. Following round 6, Tomac won 6 of the next 8 races and was tied for 1st place in the point standings with Dungey. At round 15 in Salt Lake City, UT, Tomac put forth a dominating effort to win his 9th supercross main event in 2017. Going into the penultimate round of Monster Energy AMA Supercross in East Rutherford, NJ, Tomac held a 3-point lead over Dungey. However, in the main event, a series of mistakes led him to finish in 8th place. Ryan Dungey would go on to win the race and take an eight point advantage over Tomac with one round remaining. At the final round of Monster Energy AMA Supercross in Las Vegas, NV, Tomac finished 2nd and Dungey placed 4th. Eli was unable to close the points gap, coming up 5 points short of the 2017 Monster Energy AMA Supercross championship.
Motocross
Tomac began the 2017 AMA Motocross Championship season by winning the opening round. Throughout the series, Tomac would win 4 overalls and finish on the podium at 7 of the 12 rounds. He would go on to win the 2017 motocross title scoring a total of 470 points. Marvin Musquin finished second with 453 points and Blake Baggett finished third overall with 451 points.