About this episode

The episode discusses Eli Tomac's retirement and various motocross topics with guests Kellen Brauer and Lewis Phillips.

It's the Leatt LVK: More Than Moto show where Start Your Systems' Kellen Brauer and Vital MX's Lewis Phillips debate current SX/MX/MXGP topics as well as general life itself. In this episode, we discuss Eli Tomac deciding to retire, and rehash our predictions from the start of Pro Motocross. It's all brought to you by Leatt, Alpinestars, ICON Meats, and Partzilla. --- CHAPTERS --- 00:23 Intro and season wrap-up setup 02:33 Eli Tomac announces retirement 03:35 The Supercross-only deal timeline 06:45 Why Tomac walked away now 08:17 Team USA snub speculation 12:11 Favorite Tomac memories 15:20 Tomac vs. Kenny Roczen longevity 17:36 Reacting to the retirement video 20:08 Alpinestars ad and Tomac's gear legacy 24:35 Biggest Flop: Sexton and Forkner 27:25 Loser's Ride: Ferrandis and AP 28:33 New Winner: Prado vs. Deegan 30:43 Cole Davies debate and outside criticism 35:52 Partzilla ad and PRMX playoff battle 37:10 Impressive Team: Cowboy vs. Triumph 42:21 Champions category: Jett and Shimoda picks 43:42 Dramatic Storyline predictions review 46:30 Team USA prediction victory lap 49:17 Surprise winner and Summer of Blank picks 53:33 Icon Meats ad and Icon of the Week 54:55 Sign-off and…

People in this episode

Host: Steve Matthes

Guests: Kellen Brauer, Lewis Phillips

Topics covered

• Eli Tomac retirement
• Supercross
• Motocross
• MXGP
• Team USA predictions
• Motorsport debates
• Rider performance analysis

Keywords

• Eli Tomac
• retirement
• Supercross
• Motocross
• predictions
• Team USA
• Kenny Roczen
• Chase Sexton
• Dylan Ferrandis
• Aaron Plessinger

Sponsors

Leatt, Alpinestars, ICON Meats, Partzilla

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Start Your Systems, Vital MX, PRMX, Cowboy, Triumph

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