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sight, they would've preferred
to take the weekend off if the
other guy would've agreed to
the same, they both responded
something to the effect of,
"Yeah, that would've been nice,
but I don't think they would've
agreed to that."
That's easy to understand
after 70 minutes of racing in the
Utah heat, leaving you exactly
where you were prior to putting
in all of that effort.
Dungey/Roczen Battles
Although they always seem
cordial about it, former team-
mates Dungey and Roczen have
a definite rivalry going. Last year,
as teammates, Roczen was
often publicly outspoken about
how Dungey was struggling with
bike setup and things like that,
and Roczen ended up stealing
away the 450cc National Cham-
pionship that year before moving
on to the RCH Suzuki team. In
the off-season, it wouldn't be far
And just like that, the 450cc
championship is decided, and
Dungey will be wearing the num-
ber one throughout 2016—in his
first year of a new, two-year deal
with Red Bull KTM.
In the 250cc class, Musquin
and Martin came in with the
champ, Martin, leading the
Frenchman by two points. At
the end of the day, they ended
up going 1-3 (Musquin) and 3-1
(Martin), respectively, leaving
Utah exactly how they came
in—separated by two points—and
heading to the Indiana finale
next weekend at the Ironman MX
National in Crawfordsville.
When both Martin's mechanic
Richard "Pedro" Sterling and
Musquin's mechanic Frankie
Latham were asked if, in hind-
could have settled and stayed in
third, but I saw Barcia and I was
like, 'Well, I ain't going to settle
because if Barcia gets around
Roczen instead, I don't get the
Championship if I get third.' I
was like, 'No, I'm going to race
to win.' And that's what we did.
We were able to collect another
win to the day, which those are
valuable."
Dungey (5) showed that he is
without question deserving
of the title after running down
defending champ Ken Roczen
(1) both times out.
