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Tomac makes history by winning the first ever FIM World Supercross Championship Grand Prix<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SX2 overall victory goes to Shane McElrath<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highs and lows for home hero Anstie who missed overall podium despite heat and main event victories<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUSTRALIA –<\/strong> (October 9) <\/strong>\u2013 A perfect score for Eli Tomac saw him win the inaugural FIM World Supercross Championship Grand Prix, which took place in Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium today. The American secured the WSX (450) class win with three GP race victories, while compatriot Shane McElrath took the overall honours in the SX2 (250) class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wait was finally over for world championship racing in the sport of supercross to finally go global, as fans packed into Wales\u2019 national stadium in the heart of the country\u2019s capital. And the world class racing on display was only part of the show, as freestyle motocross shows, a live performance from music megastar AJ Tracey, and fireworks and pyrotechnics wowed crowds that had queued in their thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomac \u2013 a wildcard this weekend \u2013 was third quickest in qualifying, behind Rick Ware Racing\u2019s Joey Savatgy and pace-setter Ken Roczen. And it was Roczen who was shaping up to be the man to beat; winning his heat and setting the fastest lap in the night\u2019s superpole session with a huge quad in the rhythm section wowing fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately for him, things began to unravel for the German in the GP race main events. Leading the first of three he was caught out by the changing track conditions, crashing and handing the lead to Tomac. He recovered to finish third, behind fellow Honda pilot Vince Friese on the MotoConcepts machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a Tomac, Roczen one-two in the second of the three GP races, with the pair having to fight through the field, before Tomac made it three from three in the third to cap a perfect evening. While Savatgy was second in the final race, the MotoConcepts outfit bagged two more GP race top-three finishes, with Friese and teammate Justin Brayton taking a third apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all the points tallied up, Tomac was the clear winner, with Roczen and Friese completing the night\u2019s podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be honest I started off a little bit slow and Ken [Roczen] rode really well in that heat race and in the superpole I just never manned up for the quad, to be straight up,\u201d<\/em> world championship leader Eli Tomac said.<\/strong> \u201cThat thing was a big nope I was going to stay with the triple-single and it ended up working out. All three mains were a little bit different; obviously I got the gift from Ken in the first and then had to make a couple of passes in the second but I think the most technical part of the night was the dirt: it was tough, very hard pack. I actually almost fell in the third, near the mechanics in that last left-hander. But overall I just enjoyed the whole schedule and the racing. Coming in here I thought that the eight and 12-lap races were going to be a little short but that wasn\u2019t easy and it obviously showcased some good racing and I had a lot of fun doing it. The World Supercross Championship is real: it was a real supercross and nothing was second level with it, it was all first class and it was great to see the big crowd here. It was really cool to see the stadium filled up. To be honest I was looking at it thinking this is a big stadium but I think we filled it pretty well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ken Roczen said on finishing second on the night, <\/strong>\u201cIn my superpole lap I wasn\u2019t quite as clean as I wanted to be in the beginning, but the quad was huge and I wasn\u2019t really planning on it but I saw Josh [Hill] do it. What made it really nice though was that it set me up real nice for the turn because I didn\u2019t have to do that single into it with how slippery it was. In that first main event, obviously things happened really quick but from what I could tell there was a tiny line or ledge and the angle I was coming in on, I just wasn\u2019t set up for it. It was so minimal but it just happened so fast. I tried to save it but I couldn\u2019t. It was a bit of a bummer because it felt like it was set up to be a really good race. But it was tough out there and you couldn\u2019t really rely on anything out on track because the berms were really flat. But it made for some great racing tonight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had pretty good starts and sprinted really hard in the first two mains and that third one I kind of just managed the podium,\u201d<\/em> Vince Friese said of his night.<\/strong> \u201cI knew these guys were pretty quick all night and I didn\u2019t really want to put up too much of a fight for that, I just secured the podium spot, as I had my eye on my teammate and a couple of the guys who were close on points with me but I got it done and I couldn\u2019t be happier. It\u2019s really cool to be in contention for the title but it\u2019s just cool to even be on the podium with these two guys. It\u2019s awesome for me and I\u2019m trying to inch my way closer to their level. I\u2019ve got a little bit to go but I\u2019ve made some improvement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the SX2 category McElrath, who finished third in his heat race, took the overall victory for Rick Ware Racing and leads the championship standings by a single point after going fourth, third, fifth in the night\u2019s three GP races, highlighting the importance of consistency in the World Supercross Championship\u2019s main event format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Blose\u2019s second place in the first GP race aboard his Bud Racing Kawasaki gave him a good haul of points that meant he would take second overall on the night, despite taking fourth and eighth place finishes in GP race two and three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While finishing on the overall podium in third, MotoConcepts Honda\u2019s Mitchell Oldenburg will arguably be going home disappointed after winning the first and third GP races, but a disastrous second GP race \u2013 that saw him crash into the back of Pipes Motorsport\u2019s Derek Kelly and take a heavy fall \u2013 cost him the overall victory on the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home hero Max Anstie\u2019s British Grand Prix got off to a perfect start, as he won his heat race, coming from behind to hit the front and pull away. The Honda Genuine Honda Racing rider also won the second GP race, but average starts left him with work to do in race one and three, and he could only manage 11th and 10th for sixth overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWinner of the first ever World Supercross Championship SX2 race has a pretty good ring to it,\u201d<\/em> Shane McElrath reflected.<\/strong> \u201cThis was a lot of work to get everything ready to go in minimal prep time, for a lot of guys. Coming here was like, okay, we\u2019re all kind of starting from the same level, and the track was really good. I felt good on the bike and we were really learning every time out there. Here for the first ever world supercross event has been a blast and there\u2019s been some really good competition, really good racing between our class and the WSX class, and I\u2019m very excited for the future of this. It\u2019s big.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Blose said of the new event structure, <\/strong>\u201cI raced this format in 2019 at the Aus X Open so I was a little familiar with it but it was very similar and very chaotic, and you\u2019ve got to be on it in the main events. I think everyone up here had one bad race and it\u2019s just trying to eliminate those, recover in between the main events. But you know what, being here has been an awesome opportunity and I\u2019m very thankful, and I\u2019m looking forward to the future of the World Supercross Championship, and the many more rounds that are going to come.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI need to be smarter than that bone headed move on my part,\u201d<\/em> Mitchell Oldenburg said on missing out on the win.<\/strong> \u201cI put myself in a bad position on the jump after the guys around me on the start flinched and I fell for it. I came around bad and in the chaos I made a bad move and I\u2019ve got to be smarter than that. But I really enjoyed myself in Cardiff and I had a lot of fun here this weekend. It\u2019s been a blast from the get go and I\u2019m really looking forward to Australia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian superstar Chad Reed\u2019s return to competitive racing was, sadly, cut short, the former world champion crashing heavily in his heat race. He sat out the rest of the night\u2019s action, with a view to making a return at his home Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia in two week\u2019s time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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