Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Eli Tomac lost hold of the championship points lead after a first-turn crash in the Glendale main event. A slow remount resulted in a 12th place finish, dropping him back to third in the standings, eight points behind Honda HRC Progressive’s Hunter Lawrence.

Words: KTM Press Release

Eli Tomac: “I put myself in a position where bad things can happen. I got a little pinched at the start and then got taken out – so I don’t know what happened before that, all I know is, I was done. It took me a little while to get warmed up again, kind of got my body loosened up and going, and that’s what I had to get back to 12th. The good thing is, we’re not too far down – we’re fine – so we’ll just have to do some digging now.”

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