ROUND 4/JANUARY 26, 2013
O.CO COLISEUM/OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
SUPERCROSS
P44
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
With three-time winner Eli Tomac
crashing out, Roczen (center) is the
new 250 points leader.
Roczen bobbled a few laps into
the race, which allowed Seely to
widen the gap, however, Roczen
was the fastest man on the track
and reeled Seely in, passing the
Honda rider with four laps to go in
the race to take the win.
"I didn't get a good start, and
there was a lot of bar banging on
that first lap and I almost went
down before the end of the lap,
it was a really close call," said
Roczen. "I had a really big gap
to make up, but I did and I finally
made the pass and just took it
home. I'm super happy with the
race, and with my team."
Seely's second was his best
performance of the year and solidified his runner-up status in the
points.
"I got off to about a third or
fourth-place start and then Joey
Savatgy and Roczen got together
in the rhythm lane and I took advantage of it and moved into the
lead," said Seely. "I could feel
Roczen behind me and I could
hear the crowd cheering, and he
