Roczen and Barcia close behind.
Clout led the opening lap, but
Roczen was already applying
pressure and made his move
through the whoops late on lap
two. Craig followed shortly after,
passing Clout for second on the
following lap.
Meanwhile, Barcia was on the
move, getting around Shimoda
for fourth before setting his
sights on Clout. Barcia was clos-
ing in on the KTM rider for third
before disaster struck. After the
finish-line section, a technical
triple led back onto the start-
straight. Barcia opted to double
the section but overjumped and
landed on the face of the third
roller. The impact sent the bike
straight up into the air, ejecting
Barcia. He remounted, but with
his handlebars bent from the
crash, he couldn't finish. Out
front, Roczen remained in con-
trol and took his second win of
the night, finishing four seconds
ahead of Craig. Clout held on for
third, followed by Shimoda and
Austin Politelli.
The final SX1 race saw Vince
Friese grab the holeshot, but
Roczen wasted no time getting
to the front and led before the
end of the opening lap. Craig
quickly moved into second, but
Roczen had already opened a
gap of more than four seconds.
Behind the leaders, Politelli
moved up, passing Shimoda and
Friese to take third. Shimoda
eventually worked his way back
into fourth, while Barcia recov-
ered from his second-final crash
to finish fifth.
Roczen went on to win by
more than 13 seconds, complet-
ing a perfect 1-1-1 night aboard
his Suzuki. Craig's three sec-
ond-place finishes earned him
second overall, while Shimoda's
consistent 4-4-4 results put
him third in his 450 Supercross
debut. Politelli finished fourth
overall with 6-5-3 scores, while
Clout rounded out the top five
with 5-3-10 finishes. Clout had
been in contention for an overall
podium before a crash in the
final race dropped him back to
10th.
In the SX2 class, Cole Davies
picked up right where he left off
in Auckland. The Monster Energy
Yamaha Star Racing rider quali-
fied fastest, narrowly beating
Max Anstie by just 0.030 of a
second. The two split the heat-
race victories before lining up for
the first of three finals.
Dylan Walsh grabbed the open-
ing holeshot, with Davies and
Lux Turner close behind. Davies
didn't waste much time getting
to the front, moving past Walsh
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Roczen won all three SX1 motos.
