WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 4 FEBRUARY 2, 2016 P43
Eastern Regional champ Marvin
Musquin. As Dungey's teammate
and training partner, Musquin
definitely had an idea of what he
needed to do to be up front prior
to the start of the season, but
at the first three rounds, it didn't
work out that well. His first three
races landed him 14th, ninth
and ninth, respectively, but a
good start in Oakland led to his
first 450cc podium finish – third
place behind RCH Suzuki's Ken
Roczen.
Roczen is also just starting to
hit his stride, improving from a
third place in week three to land
second in week four.
"We just keep trying to im-
prove every week," Roczen said
after the Oakland main event.
"Last week, I was third, and this
week I'm second, so we're get-
ting there."
The problem is that the last
step is to beat Dungey.
become somewhat predictable;
i.e. "this racer will likely finish
first or second, and this racer
will probably end up somewhere
between fifth and seventh," and
things like that.
The problem (at least for all
but one guy) is that a pattern has
already become clear—defend-
ing champ Ryan Dungey is the
man to beat after three straight
victories.
But the new thing in Oakland
was the arrival of 2015 250SX
450SX
For those paying attention,
there's normally a pattern to
the AMA Supercross Series. In
the 450cc class, the opening
round (Anaheim 1) often leads
to an unusual race winner, and
it's usually true that it takes at
minimum until the series leaves
the west coast (six rounds or
so) before racers begin to find
"their level." This means that it's
normally about that many races
in that the races themselves
