Lewis Tombs retires from pro motocross
By Andrew Hill on 10th Mar 21
Lewis Tombs has announced his retirement from pro motocross racing with immediate effect, although the 30-year-old says his decision to retire will not impact his love for the sport as he plans more "fun" in the future.
In an open and heartfelt post on social media, Tombs revealed that trying to "juggle" meant he was unable to fully commit to training.
Tombs was one of the riders to fall victim to the strange year of 2020 unable to find luck or rhythm after returning to limited action this past season was his last with Verde Sports Racing and he found himself in a difficult riders market for 2021.
"So after over 10 years racing at the highest level in the UK, Ive decided to take a step back from it all," Lewis wrote, almost one year on from his best result in British motocross. "Its been awesome and Im going to miss it like hell.
"Trying to juggle work, riding, training and being dad is fairly difficult and Id rather put 100 per cent into my latest project, than try and do all three half-heartedly.
"Still going to have a bike and hopefully some more fun, racing locally with a few other events chucked in as well.
"Thank you so much to all the people who have helped me and believed in me over the years! See you at the track!"
Lewis has raced for several teams across his 10-year career including JAR Honda, Geartec Yamaha and Lings Husqvarna all in MX2, and Dave Thorpe's Buildbase Honda outfit in MX1 in 2019. The start of the 2019 ACU British Motocross Championship season was certainly a standout for Tombs.
Making his debut for the Honda team, #66 turned heads with an excellent opening-round performance at FatCat. Battling the best riders in the country as well as high winds and torrential rain, he enjoyed a career-first British championship podium.
He almost followed that up with another podium at round two bettering the number of points scored the previous round only to be denied a podium after a tie on points with Harri Kullas.
A number of riders and industry insiders congratulated Lewis on his career. "Awesome career dude and a pleasure to race with," said Martin Barr. While reigning British champion Tommy Searle said: "Well done mate all the best."
Everyone at TMX wishes Lewis and his family the best of good fortunes in his new projects.
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