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Briefly...
completed the first lap in 17
th
place.
The midrace stoppage helped him a
bit, as he was able to advance eight
positions in the final seven laps to fin-
ish in eighth. "I am happy with how I
was able to ride today," said Tonus.
"In the main event, I didn't get a good
start but when the red flag came out,
it gave me an advantage. I was able
"Basically it starts with the
heat race," says Roczen. "I had
to fight really hard there."
In the main, Roczen said he
only needed a better start.
"I just have to get out front,"
said Roczen. "Ryan was pretty
much gone after two laps. I
made one big mistake after the
finish line but overall it was a
decent race. I'll definitely take a
podium. It's still a long season; I
just got to work on my starts and
be up front."
Roczen was fourth at the end
of lap one, and it took him three
laps to finally get around Mill-
saps and into second. Millsaps
knew it when he went by, too.
"I sneaked there on the in-
side, then took him wide," admit-
ted Roczen.
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