VOLUME ISSUE MARCH , P59
after that, it was pretty quiet."
Adam Cianciarulo again
looked fast early in the race. He
started off fourth, passed into
second, but couldn't maintain
the heated pace up front, which
has been the case for him most
of the season.
Roczen finished out the race
in sixth despite completing the
first lap in second place. He
steadily slipped back, but not
without a fight. "I don't know
what it was, but I struggled
from the first time I went on
the track," he said. "I was just
uncomfortable and wasn't able
to put the track together at all.
Nonetheless, I actually had fun
in the main which surprised
me."
After last week's heartbreak
in Detroit, Aaron Plessinger had
to settle for seventh. "It was
an okay day," he said. "Practice
was tough, I've got a pretty
good gash in my leg from last
week that was hurting me pretty
good, but I tried to push through
it. I had a bad start in the main
event, and ended up moving
into seventh about halfway, but
the race in sixth, finished fourth
after a strong comeback late in
the race, which included getting
around Roczen a few laps from
the checkers. Anderson has yet
to get a win this year and his
last podium was at round five.
"While a better start would
have certainly improved my race,
it wasn't a bad night as we made
good progress," Anderson said.
Sexton rounded out the top
five in Seattle—a disappoint
-
ing night for the Honda rider.
He moved into the lead on lap
one after starting second, and
sprinted away early in the race.
About halfway through, though,
disaster struck—again—when he
tucked the front end on the soft
Seattle soil and flipped over the
bars. He was able to remount
and minimize the damage with a
top-five finish.
BEST RIDE EVER!!
Privateer Kevin Moranz grabbed
the holeshot in both his heat race
and the 450 main event. He even
led the 450SX field for nearly the
entire first lap before running off
the track. The number-80 KTM
rider from Topeka, Kansas, insists
his bike is completely stock aside
from an FMF exhaust system. He
ended up 20th for the third time
this year. He's qualified for all but
two races this year, with his best
finish so far a 14th at Houston.
BACK ON TRACK
A familiar name was back in action
in Seattle. Former factory Honda
HRC rider Cole Seely came out
of retirement and qualified for the
450SX main event through his first
heat race. Seely, who now resides
in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, rode a
Motoconcepts Racing/TLD-backed
Honda, started the main in 18th
and got as high as 15th before
dropping back.
Briefly...
Justin Barcia grabbed his
third podium of the year.
