Roczen's Surprise High Point Visit
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Ken Roczen made a
surprise visit to the High
Point National MX and was
pleased with his results.
PHOTO: BROWNDOG WILSON
K
en Roczen surprised many
by showing up and racing
the Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania,
round of the 2023 AMA Pro Mo-
tocross Championship, which
he said earlier this year that he
wouldn't be racing, so he could
focus on the fledgling World Su
-
percross Championship, which
starts July 1 in Great Britain.
Roczen made the decision
a few days before the race.
"I wanted to do this, first and
foremost as a fun thing, I had
a few weeks off and I had the
itch," he said. However, once he
got on the track, "There was no
cruising around or just having
fun, you know?"
As far as his upcoming and
future plans, he said, "For the
upcoming weekend off, I just
bought a beach house, so I'm
looking forward to that. I'm
probably going to go surf and
put my toes in the sand. But
I'm looking forward to finding
my next level with working out.
That's kind of become a little
bit of my hobby. I'm loving that
part of my life, working out, rid
-
ing. I'm excited about what's to
come here in the future, I'd like
to do some more outdoor races
as well. Do some Supercross
and some motocross, kind of
play it by ear."
Roczen was pleased with
his performance at High Point.
"High Point was an absolute
success, I'm not going to lie," he
said. "There's so much to talk
about with such little motocross
riding that we did this week in
testing. But we showed up and
it was honestly a super muddy
mess. This was probably the
most brutal track we could've
possibly come back to for a one-
off. But we were P-1 in qualifying
and also put up a fight in the first
moto. We were leading laps, and
I was battling with the leaders.
With a lap and a half to go, I tried
passing a lapper and to cut out
