VOL. 52 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 20, 2015 P63
there are a few things we can
say about the importance of
what went down in Vegas.
First, it seems that Roczen's
setup woes might be a thing
of the past. Roczen struggled
with settings during the AMA
Nationals to the point that he
ran traditional-style oil/spring
forks during the last few rounds
of the Nationals, as well as at
last week's Red Bull Straight
Rhythm. However, at the Mon-
ster Cup, Roczen was sporting
some new KYB suspension on
his RM-Z450, joining the club
that now includes Trey Canard,
Eli Tomac, the entire JGR
Yamaha team, Chad Reed, and
Cole Seely. Don't be surprised
to see James Stewart and Blake
Baggett on KYB, now that Roc-
zen will be showing them how
well his works at the test track
this off-season.
But with how his 2015 sea-
son went, you can bet that the
Monster Cup left Canard feeling
like he has a real shot to win
races and championships in
2016. He was the outright fast-
est guy at the race all weekend,
and his starts are getting better.
His speed combined with good
starts could be nearly unstop-
pable.
And finally, it seems that any
illusions that Reed and Stewart
may have had that they were
already on par with their 2016
competition have been shat-
tered. They both now know they
have a lot of work to do in order
to get ready for 2016, but the
final main event with a chance at
the Monster Million.
"I think getting three holeshots
is almost harder than doing the
million," Anderson said.
WHERE THIS LEADS
Since most of the racers do tend
to look at the Monster Energy
Cup as a progress report of
sorts in their preparation for the
following Supercross series,
on cruise control for the last half
a lap or so.
Anderson ended up winning
the second race with no penal-
ties for missing the Joker Lane,
then finished third in the final
main event. If he'd have remem-
bered to take the Joker Lane in
the first race and held on to win,
Anderson would have won the
2015 Monster Energy Cup, and
actually would've gone into the
Lance Kobusch (99) won both Supermini motos.
