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After a dismal opening two rounds of the 2021 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross season, Eli Tomac bounced back to take his first moto win and overall podium of the season, although unable to pinpoint early season form.

The four-time Pro Motocross champion came out swinging in moto two, charging hard after getting the best start of his season so far. Following the race, he seemed puzzled by what had transpired in the opening five motos of the season.

“I could say at round one I had a different set up on,” Tomac explained. “I went to round one with something else, suspension-wise and general chassis stuff. So that one I’m like well maybe we missed it, but the second race right, I had what I had today.

“So I don’t know what was going on. I was getting tight in those other motos so I don’t know if I had something going on with my body that way, but now back to normal feeling, at least moto two today, I could do what I wanted to do.”

The Monster Energy Kawasaki rider looked aggressive as he made his way around teammate Cianciarulo for the lead in the second moto, admitting he was different from the first five motos, but also saying he really enjoyed the track at High Point.

“Totally, I was like a whole different guy and I don’t even really know why,” he continued. “Other than like I said just putting myself [in a good] track position early.

“I thought the track was really good this week, it was one of the best High Point’s in my opinion [in terms of] moisture in the track and just how it was prepped.

“I went and looked at it [Friday night] and I was like ‘dang this track looks sweet’ and it turned out that way. Had some fun stuff on it, the dozer berm like we talked about, and the whole thing shaped up, in my opinion, the right way between rough enough and technical enough but not a total mess in the morning.”

When asked about the conspiracy theories of him not getting the parts he once had that swirled up on the heels of his rough start and the announcement of him parting ways with Kawasaki at the end of the season, Tomac took the high road.

“With the conspiracy stuff, you know,” he explained. “I think we’re all you know, bigger better people than that.”

Tomac will get two weeks to continue to build ahead of RedBud MX, as the series takes a weekend off before getting back underway on 3 July.