SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
ROUND 1/JANUARY 3, 2015
ANGEL STADIUM OF ANAHEIM/ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
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the bit to get their first: Davi Mill-
saps (twice the bridesmaid), Eli
Tomac, Trey Canard, Justin Bar-
cia and Wil Hahn. Throw in some
unproven rookies, Cole Seely,
Dean Wilson, Blake Baggett and
2014 AMA 250 West Supercross
champ Jason Anderson, and
basically no one but the rider's
mother or most loyal fan was go-
ing to go out on a limb and de-
clare an heir to Villopoto's throne.
As for the 250 class, with an
exodus of a lot of its top riders,
the same question could be
asked: who's next?
TLD/Lucas Oil/Red Bull/
KTM's Jessy Nelson made his
bid at that distinction also with a
dominant win at Angel Stadium,
leading from the holeshot line 'til
the checkered flag to take his
first Supercross victory.
Keep Calm And Roczen On
Despite the fact that Roczen
made his mark last season as
a rookie, winning two Super-
cross races and the AMA Moto-
cross Championship, he came
into the season viewed as an
unknown. It was his switch to a
new team—Ricky Carmichael and
Cary Hart's combined endeavor,
RCH Racing—a team who's best
achievement was a podium last
season, made him a question
mark.
The young German sat in the
pre-race press conference faced
with that question: You've moved
to a team that has underachieved
what you have accomplished dur-
ing your rookie season at KTM,
were there any issues adapting
to the new bike and team? Roc-
zen said no. He was happy to be
back to his Suzuki roots and said
he gelled well with the team. Pre-
race press conference games-
A very happy RCH Suzuki
Team celebrated their first
win on top of the podium.
