Roczen Tops Australian GP
World Supercross
K
en Roczen wrapped up his
World Supercross run with
a victory at the Australian GP,
narrowly beating the SX1 field.
Christian Craig achieved an emo-
tional first main-race win, while
Haiden Deegan finished sixth at
a sold-out Cbus Super Stadium,
November 28.
In WSX's three-race format,
Roczen, on the Pipes Motors
-
ports Suzuki, secured victory in
the first sprint race but finished
fourth in the second race, which
Cooper Webb won. Roczen was
third in the main race but scored
enough points to take the overall
victory in the event with 1-4-3
motos.
"I am really happy with my rid
-
ing," Roczen said. "I crushed the
whoops and pumped to take the
overall win."
"I've always been getting
pretty good off the gate, but
then I kind of got closed off,"
Roczen said of the main race.
"With this dirt, how tight the start
is, it decides basically within a
thousandth of a second. Then
once you roll the entire section
afterwards, I just took my time.
People are cross-jumping left
and right, so it was hard to just
attack, but I'm pretty pumped."
Veteran rider Christian Craig
took second overall, but his high
-
light of the night was winning the
final race after going 3-9 in the
first two. It was the 34-year-old's
first race win in the World Super-
cross Championship ever.
"It means a lot for sure. I can
sit here and give you a lot of
stories of why I shouldn't be rac-
ing dirt bikes right now, but we're
here," Craig said. "I just beat some
legends, some champions, and
proved that I can still do this. And,
man, that was so much fun.
"We're here in a good spot.
I have a good team behind me
and people that want me on their
team."
Wild-card entry Cooper Webb,
on the Monster Energy Star
Racing Yamaha, made his one
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IN THE
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Ken Roczen (94) leads
Eli Tomac (1) during
the Australian round of
the World Supercross
Championship. Roczen
took the overall win.
