Americans Want You to Forget About This Race (Jeffrey Herlings vs. Eli Tomac)

In motocross, a debate has raged for over 50 years… You see, there are two ‘Holy Grail’ championships at the pinnacle of dirt bike racing; the European MXGP World Motocross Championship and the American AMA National Pro Motocross Championship. Each series has its own set of 40 professional riders that compete in a plethora of rounds across all sorts of terrain (dirt, sand, mud etc.) The problem is, these two sets of riders seldom ever get to compete against the other. So fans have long pondered which lot’s faster… Well, in 2017 the stars miraculously aligned and we got to see Europe’s top rider, Jeffrey Herlings go head-to-head with Eli Tomac and everything else America had to throw at him! The following is what transpired…


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Written, narrated u0026 edited by:
Ash Sowman

Video, photo u0026 audio sources (in order of appearance):
https://www.youtube.com/@RacerXIllustrated (https://racerxonline.com/)
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My apologies if this list is missing one or two accreditations. Some of the video, photos and audio files were only available from illegitimate sources who hadn’t provided credit.


CHAPTERS
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0:00 MXGP vs. AMA
1:32 Intro
1:49 The Perfect Storm Gathers
4:38 Herlings u0026 Tomac Prepare
7:17 Press Day
8:30 Qualifying
9:56 Moto 1
16:48 Very Angry Intermission
18:06 Moto 2
27:49 Post-Race Press Conference
28:40 The Aftermath
30:38 A Rematch Looms
33:00 American Amnesia
34:42 End Screen


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