Slaw Dog
What an amazing performance from Eli Tomac at the 2023 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season opener at Anaheim 1 on Saturday night.
Tomac charged to the lead on lap 4, then had a weird scrub a dub (made up word) crash. Then charged all the way back to take the lead on lap 18 (of 20) and went on to win A1. It was insane.
“It was an amazing Anaheim 1! It’s pretty special for us to do this at round one with a new platform, and for me, it’s been 10 years that I’ve been in the 450 class, so it feels good to get this win,” Tomac said. “It was an unbelievable day for us as a whole. I was P2 in practice and was very close to first place there, and then in the heat race, I got the holeshot and ran away with that one. That was awesome. In the main event, there was so much that happened there. I was really close to the holeshot again. I was right there and battled with Justin (Barcia). I made a pass for the lead and then made a mistake. I had a crash on the tunnel jump and ended up washing out. At that point in time, I thought the chance at the lead again was maybe over, but thankfully my bike was still straight, and everything was good. I somehow made it to the front of the pack again, so it was a wild turn of events, but overall the bike worked so well today. We’re off to the right start.”
With his big win on Saturday, Tomac broke a tie with Chad Reed on the all-time Supercross wins list. Tomac now has 45 career wins and trails the GOAT, Ricky Carmichael, by just three wins.
All-Time Supercross Win List After 2023 Anaheim 1
| Rank | Rider | All-Time Wins | Championships |
| 1 | Jeremy McGrath | 72 | 7 |
| 2 | James Stewart | 50 | 2 |
| 3 | Ricky Carmichael | 48 | 5 |
| 4 | *Eli Tomac | 45 | 2 |
| 5 | Chad Reed | 44 | 2 |
| 6 | Ryan Villopoto | 41 | 4 |
| 7 | Ryan Dungey | 34 | 4 |
| 8 | Ricky Johnson | 28 | 2 |
| 9 | Bob Hannah | 27 | 3 |
| 10 | Jeff Ward | 20 | 2 |
| 10 | *Ken Roczen | 20 | – |
| 12 | Damon Bradshaw | 19 | – |
| 12 | *Cooper Webb | 19 | 2 |
| 14 | Kevin Windham | 18 | – |
| 15 | Jeff Stanton | 17 | 3 |
| 15 | Mark Barnett | 17 | 1 |
| 17 | Jean-Michel Bayle | 16 | 1 |
| 18 | *Jason Anderson | 14 | 1 |
| 19 | Ezra Lusk | 12 | – |
| 20 | David Bailey | 11 | 1 |
| 20 | Mike Bell | 11 | 1 |
| 22 | Mike LaRocco | 10 | – |
| 22 | Broc Glover | 10 | – |
| 22 | *Marvin Musquin | 10 | – |
| 25 | Ron Lechien | 8 | – |
| 25 | Jimmy Ellis | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | David Vuillemin | 7 | – |
| 27 | Jeff Emig | 7 | 1 |
| 27 | Johnny O’Mara | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | Trey Canard | 5 | – |
| 30 | Davi Millsaps | 5 | – |
| 30 | Mike Kiedrowski | 5 | – |
| 30 | Kent Howerton | 5 | – |
| 30 | *Justin Barcia | 5 | – |
| 35 | Doug Henry | 4 | – |
| 35 | Donnie Hansen | 4 | 1 |
| 35 | Darrell Shultz | 4 | – |
| 35 | Jimmy Weinert | 4 | 1 |
| 39 | Larry Ward | 3 | – |
| 39 | Marty Smith | 3 | – |
| 41 | Marty Tripes | 2 | – |
| 41 | Tony DiStefano | 2 | – |
| 43 | Cole Seely | 1 | – |
| 43 | Josh Grant | 1 | – |
| 43 | Josh Hill | 1 | – |
| 43 | Nathan Ramsey | 1 | – |
| 43 | John Dowd | 1 | – |
| 43 | Sebastien Tortelli | 1 | – |
| 43 | Damon Huffman | 1 | – |
| 43 | Greg Albertyn | 1 | – |
| 43 | Mike Craig | 1 | – |
| 43 | Doug Dubach | 1 | – |
| 43 | Jeff Matiasevich | 1 | – |
| 43 | Rick Ryan | 1 | – |
| 43 | Rex Staten | 1 | – |
| 43 | Chuck Sun | 1 | – |
| 43 | Steve Wise | 1 | – |
| 43 | Gaylon Mosier | 1 | – |
| 43 | Jaroslav Falta | 1 | – |
| 43 | Jim Pomeroy | 1 | – |
| 43 | Pierre Karsmakers | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Andrew Short | 1 | – |
| 43 | *Justin Brayton | 1 | – |
| 43 | Blake Baggett | 1 | – |
| 43 | Zach Osborne | 1 | – |
| 43 | *Chase Sexton | 1 | – |
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