Tomac, McElrath Clinch WSX Crowns
at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
T
he final round of the World
Supercross Championship
(WSX) took place midweek, De-
cember 4, at the Etihad Arena in
Abu Dhabi. Both points leaders,
Eli Tomac and Shane McElrath,
entered the midweek finale with
sizable points leads. Defend-
ing WSX Champion Ken Roczen
ended the season with a bang
by taking the Grand Prix victory,
while McElrath claimed victory in
the SX2 division.
WSX
Vince Friese started the night
with a win in the opening WSX
(450cc) class. The MotoCon
-
cepts team rider holeshotted
the ultra-short start straight and
held the top spot for most of the
race before an attack from Fire
Power Honda's Joey Savatgy.
After Savatgy fell on lap five, Fri
-
ese controlled the final few laps
despite increased pressure from
Roczen and Tomac. Both the
number-three and number-one
suffered their share of struggles
in race one but rebounded for
an exciting final lap. This win
marked Friese's second career
WSX victory.
Roczen bounced back with a
win in race two. A good start al
-
lowed him to take over the lead
after Savatgy fell again on lap
one. This put Roczen and Tomac
first and second as they checked
out from the rest of the field.
The two heavyweights ran away
and finished nearly 10 seconds
ahead of Friese on the 40-sec
-
ond track.
Roczen again fired first with
the early lead in race three. The
PMG Suzuki rider looked to end
the series on a high note as he
led wire-to-wire over Tomac and
Savatgy. Savatgy again gave up
the second position after jump
-
ing off track before crossing the
WIND
IN THE
P40
Ken Roczen won the GP
overall in Abu Dhabi.
