intensity, Roczen has shown he
has the speed to match Law-
rence's pace in the opening laps.
"Kickstart Kenny" won here a
year ago and was hoping to do
the same, but despite leading 22
of the 48 total laps tonight, all
those leading laps coming in the
first half of each race instead
of the all-important second
resulted in second overall. He
showed his cards to Lawrence
by wall-jumping into the whoops
but later opted not to, allowing
Lawrence to pull away in the
following laps. "I just wasn't
comfortable jumping into the
whoops anymore," said Roc
-
zen. "There were a lot of ruts,
and it was a blind take-off, so I
switched back over to the left
side."
coming, and I was able just to
do that same pace."
This is Lawrence's third
Supercross win in a row, and he
continues to extend his points
lead. He's now 21 points clear of
Cooper Webb, who didn't have
the night he wanted with fifth
overall.
Roczen ran three clean races,
2-2-3, for second overall. No
surprise to see him at the front
in all three races, as Roczen is
one of the best sprinters in the
game. Known for his early-race
"I was second and following
Kenny for a little bit," Lawrence
said about race strategy for race
three. "I was okay with that until
Chase started breathing down
my neck in that one rhythm, and
I had to pick up the pace a bit. I
ended up close to Kenny there
and thought, 'Well, if there's
a pass to take, then take it.' I
wanted to keep the same pace
and not push over my head on
this track. A pass ended up
coming, but I had to work for a
good few turns, but it ended up
VOLUME ISSUE MARCH , P65
9 ADAM CIANCIARULO
15TH (12-20-15) 450SX
Adam Cianciarulo said he's still
dealing with his injured hand, among
other things, like making mistakes
on the bike. "After the track walk, I
knew the track was going to get beat
up and really rutted, which is still an
issue for my injured hand," he said.
"I felt decent in the first race, but the
second race I have no excuse for. I
made a mistake that sent me to the
ground and finished way in the back,
but I just tried to be consistent and
smooth the whole time."
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