Eli Tomac Biography, Age, Family, Girlfriend, Education, Net Worth and Monster Energy Cup Las Vegas
John Peck
Updated on March 07, 2026
Eli Tomac Biography | Eli Tomac Nationality
Eli Tomac is an American professional motocross racer competing in the AMA Supercross and Motocross championships. Tomac began his professional career in 2010. He made his 450cc debut partway into the 2013 Supercross schedule and moved to the class full-time the following year. He won his first outdoor 450cc event at the 2014 Spring Creek National in Millville, Minnesota. His first 450cc Supercross win came in 2015 at Phoenix’s Chase Field. Eli has been riding for the Kawasaki factory racing team since the 2016 season.
Eli Tomac Age
He was born on November 14, 1992, in Cortez, Colorado, United States of America and is 26 years old. His birth sign is Scorpio.
Eli Tomac Family
Eli’s father, John Tomac, is a former BMX mountain bike racer and his mother’s name is Marthy Tomac. He shared his childhood with his brother, Greg Tomac who is currently the US Air Force.
Eli Tomac Girlfriend | Eli Tomac Married
Eli is currently dating his longtime girlfriend Jessica Steiner. The duo often shares their happiness on their social media platforms. Even though they have been in a relationship for quite a while, they still have not yet tied the knot.
Eli Tomac Kids
On 14th November 2018, his girlfriend, Jessica wished him on his birthday and thanked him for being an incredible father of their two kids.
Eli Tomac Net Worth | Eli Tomac Salary
A basic salary of a professional racer is around $85,000 a year. As he also earns from other sponsorships, Eli’s net worth is about $500 thousand as of 2019. he likes to keep his financial information under the radar.
Eli Tomac Monster Energy Cup Las Vegas 2019
The Monster Energy Cup held an epic battle between team two Monster Energy Kawasaki teammates. Going into the final race, Adam Cianciarulo, Eli Tomac and Malcolm Stewart were in a three-way tie for the overall, but that race turned into the green on the green battle for the cash.
Official Results
1. Adam Cianciarulo
2. Eli Tomac
3. Malcolm Stewart
4. Vince Friese
5. Tim Gajser
6. Justin Barcia
7. Benny Bloss
8. Jeremy Martin
9. Chad Reed
10. Tyler Bowers
Eli Tomac Racing
Eli started his professional career in racing at the young age of 15, as he ran for the first time. Later in 2010, the 26-year-old Eli took part in AMA Pro Motocross. He became the second rider to win the AMA Pro Motocross in his debut season. In 2013, Eli earned a trophy after he won 2013 250MX title.
In 2014, Eli won his first 450MX race. After extraordinary accomplishment, he got signed by Monster Energy Kawasaki in 2015. However, in 2016, Eli had to take a break after he endured a shoulder injury after he got out of control of his Honda CRF450R at the Thunder Valley in 2015.
Eli made a massive comeback in 2017 and won the AMA Motocross championship. In 2018, he won Monster Energy Cup and received the prize of $1 million.
Eli Tomac 250cc
In 2010, Eli Tomac became the second rider in the history of the sport, behind James Stewart, to win his professional 250cc class AMA Pro Motocross debut at the Hangtown season opener. At that time he was riding for Team Geico Honda.
For 2011, Eli had a strong 250cc Supercross season with 2 wins and 6 podium finishes.
For 2012, Eli won the 250cc Supercross championship with seven podium finishes and five first-place main event wins.
For 2013, Eli finishes 2 points behind Ken Roczen in the 250cc Supercross championship with five first-place main event wins. He won the outdoor 250cc title.
2015 Season
Despite injuries in 2014 & 2015, Eli finished 2nd to Ryan Dungey in the 450cc Supercross championship with eleven podium finishes. He started the outdoor motocross season with two overall wins, two overall podiums, and five motos win. This was before being sidelined by an injury.
2017 Season
Because of poor results, including mechanical failure, Eli found himself 29 points behind Supercross points leader Ryan Dungey. Tomac went on to win 8 of the first 14 races finding himself tied for the lead with Dungey at the start of round 15. During race 15 Tomac showed the fans he was the dominant force in 2017 Supercross.
He started near the back of the pack and went on to pass almost the entire field, taking the lead and the win from Dungey in the final laps. At the next race, with a 3-point lead over Dungey, Tomac took the lead early but crashed when he lost control of his front wheel on the first lap and fell behind.
Eli made another error later in the race while trying to catch the leaders on the tough and technical track. On the last lap, it looked like Tomac would lose the points lead to Dungey but be within five points. In the last lap, Marvin Musquin, KTM Team Member, allegedly pulled over and allowed Dungey to take the win and score an additional three points. Tomac was then facing an eight-point deficit with only one race to go.
Las vegas
At around 17 in Las Vegas, Eli was in the first place but repeatedly slowed and allowed the slower riders including Ryan Dungey to catch up. Dungey passed Tomac numerous times, and each time Tomac re-passed Dungey. In the end, Tomac finished 2nd to Dungey’s 4th place leaving Tomac 5 points short in the points race for the season.
Tomac began his 2018 outdoor campaign with 5 consecutive moto wins and 5 consecutive overall wins. Tomac was a clear favorite to win each week and only finished off of the podium at two of the 12 rounds. Tomac experienced bike issues while leading the first moto at Red Bud which forced him to retire from the moto early.
Tomac would eventually come back to win both Spring Creek and Washougal Nationals with a couple of late-race charges in the second motos. Tomac won the 2017 outdoor Motocross title with 470 points over second-place Marvin Musquin with 453 points and third place Blake Baggett with 451 points.
