WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 12, 2016 P61
94 KEN ROCZEN 5
TH
450
RCH/Soaring Eagle/Jimmy John's Suzuki's Ken Roczen had
a tough night, most of which had to do with a nasty first-turn
crash in his heat race. The bike needed repairs and he re-
turned for the semi and got third after a bad start. With a poor
gate pick, Roczen had to start on the non-desirable right side
of the gate. Another bad start led to a second-turn fall, but he
worked his way up to fifth by the time it was all over. "It was a
very, very rough night for me," said Roczen. "In the Main, my
start wasn't that great. I was pretty far to the outside so that
made it tough. I tried to cut to the inside and went down in the
second turn so I had to come from dead last and pass guys
one by one. I think it turned out to be a decent ride. We got up
to fifth and salvaged some decent points. It's a big confidence
builder for the whole team to come from dead last and finish
fifth. Obviously, it's not where we want to be but it is what it is
for this night. Luck was definitely not on our side tonight so I'm
glad to come out of here healthy. A lot of people crashed."
21 JASON ANDERSON 1
ST
450
Jason Anderson didn't turn any heads after the afternoon's
timed qualifying. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory
Racing Team rider barely cracked the top 10. He was a full
second of Trey Canard's pace, but he certainly found that
one second and then some once the things got down to
business. He said he had at least one section in particular
down that he said really helped him out in the main. As
you can imagine, he was pretty stocked to get his first
450SX victory. "I got my first win!" said Anderson. "Tonight
was awesome. I got off decent in the first start, but then
they red-flagged it so I was a little bummed. My second
start was mediocre, but I just started making my way
forward and eventually took the win. I'm so pumped. The
guys I was passing were waxing me last year, so to even
be battling with them was a cool deal."
16 ZACH OSBORNE 3
RD
250
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing's Zach
Osborne had many predicting that he might win the
250SX main after posting the second-quickest 250 times
in practice; he was just half a second of Cooper Webb's
best time. Osborne then had his fans really excited when
he won his Heat race. Osborne, however, didn't get the
start he wanted in the Main. He started off in fifth but
worked his way up to third. "Today was a good day for the
whole team," said Osborne. "It's awesome for us to leave
Anaheim 1 with Jason earning the red plate and me landing
on the podium with third in the championship. I had good
lap times all day. I went out and won my Heat race, and
rode a little conservative in the main event but still pulled
off a podium so it's been a great day." Last year at A1, Os-
borne broke his thumb, so he was excited to come away
from this one with a podium finish and, most importantly,
healthy.
