Eli Tomac recently broke out the Honda 250F's in his first 2 amateur nationals while de'buting for his new Amsoil /Factory Connection/ Honda Team. Eli made podium finishes in his first big bike nationals  recently both at the Amateur Open in Arizona and at the Mini Olympics in Florida.

Eli Tomac has signed a multi year deal to race for the Amsoil Factory Connection Honda Team. Eli will ride the full 2009 national amateur motocross schedule for the team in the B (intermediate) and Schoolboy classes. Following that in 2010 look for him to race the A (expert) class in major amateur motocross events.  Summer/Fall of 2010 is the current planned  transition period for him onto the Gieco Powersports professional team.  

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Eli Tomac recently wore out the podium in Texas by consistently placing his Amsoil Factory Connection Hondas up front. Eli started out in rained soaked Whitney and battled to four top ten finishes in four classes entered. Although not winning any classes at Whitney, he did manage to stay up front and consistently show good speed throughout the week while battling with the always super competitive B (intermediate) and 250 open classes.

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At Oak Hill however, his consistency continued but the results were even better with 3 class championship wins out of six classes entered! His other classes all turned out with podium finishes also with two other seconds and one third! That was six for six with podiums at Oak Hill! His speed was also very good at Oak Hill with lap times that were some of the fastest turned by any riders at the event.

Eli will now start the process of qualifying for both the Ponca City and Loretta Lynn's summer nationals through the spring and early summer. His next big national will be Mammoth Mountain MX in June (note; the World Mini Grand Prix will not be attended this year by Eli).

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