CELEVELAND, Ohio: Eli Tomac became part of the storyline early in the Round 14 of the SuperMotocross World Championship at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio with a hard crash in the first qualification session.
His quest to overcome his 15-point deficit to Hunter Lawrence was immediately in jeopardy.
Peacock’s Haley Shanley provided an update during the second session for the 250 riders, saying that x-rays revealed no broken bones.
Qualification has added significance this week for the Triple Crown format race since the top 18 head directly into the afternoon program.
Tomac lined up for the second qualification session, but left the gate cautiously, and was not able to post a fast time. After taking a few slow laps, he pulled into the mechanic’s area and headed back to the hauler.
Meanwhile, Lawrence (44.319) picked up his pace in the second session and sat on top of the board.
Cooper Webb (44.484) also trimmed a lot of time off his Q1 time, but slipped to second overall.
Malcolm Stewart (44.910) landed third on the chart.
Fourth-place Ken Roczen (44.999) and Jorge Prado (45.083) rounded out the top five.
Tomac slipped to 12th overall.
Group A Qualification 2 Results
Combined Qualification Results
Qualification 1
Tomac (46.121) crashed hard in the whoops during the first qualification session, requiring a red flag as the Alpine Stars Medical Team helped him off the track. He was favoring his right shoulder. It would later be announced that he injured his hip.
Tomac down hard in the whoops 😳
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He is slow to get up as he nurses his right shoulder… #SupercrossLIVE #SMX pic.twitter.com/I40Jy2m0af
Tomac’s time was fast enough that he won’t need to attend Qualification 2, should he be healthy enough to continue.
Webb (46.017) wound up on the top of the chart, posting a time that was 0.1 seconds faster than Tomac’s early time.
Ken Roczen (46.322) slotted into third as he looks to chase down Lawrence (46.346) who was fourth in the first qualification.
Malcolm Stewart (46.447) rounded out the top five.
Vince Friese (49.013) and Ohio’s Cade Clason (49.211) were on the cusp of the top 18 with Friese in and Clason needing to find a little more speed to race in front of the home state crowd.
Group A Qualification 1 Results
Combined Qualification Results after Q1
Here’s another angle of Tomac’s crash 😶 #SupercrossLIVE #SMX pic.twitter.com/E88D7FW6Qd
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Last Chance Results
Freddie Noren beat Grant Harlan to the checkers by less than a second and will line up for the Triple Crown Feature 1.
Third-place Tristan Lane and Vinny Luhovey also advanced.
