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it happen, but that mudder last
week threw us off track."
It was clear that something
clicked for Dungey the second
half of the season, bouncing
back strong after Roczen went
1-1 at RedBud. And from Budds
Creek on, there were only a
few motos that Roczen finished
ahead of Dungey.
"I feel like we got a little bit bet-
ter with the bike, nothing internal,
just clickers mainly," said Dung-
ey. "I felt a little scatterbrained
there at the start of the year,
nothing terrible, I just felt a little
confused and sought out some
help from a mental coach and it
really helped a lot.
"Overall, I feel really good
about the season; I'm happy for
Ken that he won the champion-
ship. We raced hard all season
and I learned a lot. It's a bummer
we came up short, but I've got to
channel that into next year."
Tomac: Impressive Return
Like Roczen, GEICO Honda rid-
er Eli Tomac also had an amaz-
ing rookie season. Despite riding
only eight of the 12 rounds due to
injury, he finished fifth overall in
the championship.
In all, Tomac scored one win
and seven podiums during his
abbreviated motocross cam-
paign. In Utah, he went 4-3 for
third overall.
"Honestly, this year has been
pretty good for me and I couldn't
have expected too much more
for my first year on the 450," said
Tomac.
As far as the Utah race, "I was
close on the start of the first
moto, really close; I should have
pushed it a bit harder in the first
corner because I got swept on
the outside," Tomac said. "At that
point, all four of us were just all
together in a big battle.
"Somewhere near halfway I
ended up having a little tip-over
in one of the inside ruts. After
that I just kind of had to stay in
fourth, and that's just how that
one went."
In moto two, I passed Roczen
to take third.
"I got another pretty good
start and then actually the same
guys were in front of me again,"
Tomac said of the second moto.
"Then I ended up making my way
Blake Baggett (4) edged out
Webb for second place in the 250
Championship.
