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and get healthy again for Unadilla. And
that he did. The Honda HRC Team
rider dominated both motos at 'Dilla,
winning by more than six seconds over
championship leader Dylan Ferrandis
in the first race and by more than 10
seconds over his Honda teammate and
last round's winner Chase Sexton in the
second race. Roczen led the charge
after every lap of the first moto, though
Aaron Plessinger challenged him a bit
before Plessinger suffered a vicious
crash that ended his day prematurely.
Plessinger was shaken up in the
crash but escaped serious injury.
With Plessinger gone, Roczen
cruised to victory. Even Ferrandis, who
inherited second when Plessinger went
down and is known for his late-race
charges, had nothing for Roczen.
After the moto, Ferrandis admitted
that Roczen was untouchable on the
rough and technical Unadilla track and
that he was racing for second place.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BROWNDOG WILSON
H
onda HRC's Ken Roczen and
Jett Lawrence had the competi-
tion seeing red following round
eight of the Circle K Unadilla National
Motocross. Roczen thoroughly demol-
ished his rivals in the 450MX class,
while Lawrence bounced back from a
third in the first 250MX moto to beat the
opening-moto winner, Justin Cooper, by
well over a minute in the second moto.
Both riders gained significant points
on their championship leaders in their
respective classes.
450MX
It was all Roczen in the 450MX class,
which was quite the reversal from the
last time we saw Roczen race at Wash-
ougal, where he faded due to an illness.
The two-week break in the champion-
ship came at just the right time for Roc-
zen who used the time off to recover
KEN ROCZEN, JETT LAWRENCE AND HONDA SWEEP UNADILLA
Ken Roczen certainly
recovered from his
illness at the last
round two weeks
ago. Compared to
Washougal where he
faded, Roczen was
rock solid at Unadilla,
winning both motos
going away.
SEEING RED
