time this year in a one-time (per-
haps more later on) appearance.
Aboard the HEP/Progressive
Insurance/Ecstar Suzuki 450RM-
Z, Roczen's special Father's Day
outing came after only two days
of motocross testing, but Roczen
still ran at the front of the field.
450MX
For the first time this season,
fans saw someone other than
Jett Lawrence lead laps at a Pro
Motocross round. That chal
-
lenger was two-time outdoor
champ Ken
Roczen, who joined
the championship for the first
ROUND 4 / JUNE 17, 2023
HIGH POINT RACEWAY, MT. MORRIS, PENNSYLVANIA
MOTOCROSS I PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P72
128 TOM VIALLE
5TH (11-2) 250MX
Tom Vialle used his MXGP experi-
ence to land on the box in the second
moto. "First moto, unfortunately, I fell
in the first corner with another rider—I
had nowhere to go, so I charged
through the field for 11th. Second
moto was a better start, which was
important for vision, and then I got in
behind Hunter [Lawrence] and was on
him for a lot of the race, and finished
in P2 which was good."
14 DYLAN FERRANDIS
4TH (6-3) 450MX
Dylan Ferrandis landed on the box
in moto two but narrowly missed an
overall podium. "In the first moto, I
made a mistake in the first turn and
lost pretty much every position. I was
kind of dead last and had to come
back through the field to finish sixth.
In the second moto, I got a better
start. We changed some stuff on the
bike, and it was way better. I think we
finally found something that I really
like, so yeah, the feeling was great. It
took me a little bit to understand the
new setup, but then I got going pretty
fast. So that was good. I finally had a
good moto. I just had a little crash on
lap two. I didn't lose much time, but
enough to maybe cost me the moto
win or the overall podium today."
MYOWNRACE
Even with a crash, Jett
Lawrence (18) managed to
get around Roczen and keep
his win streak alive.
