Despite seeing his three-race win streak come to
an end, Dungey proved, once again, that he has no
problems coming up through the pack when doesn't
get the holeshot. His midpack to second-place
charge had to demoralize his rivals, including Roc-
zen, who pretty much had a clear track the whole
race but still finished only 4.5 seconds ahead of
Dungey, who was behind Roczen by at least double
that on the first lap.
Fourth went to Jason Anderson who again suf-
fered a bad start and was right behind Dungey. He
did catch up to fourth but admitted afterward that he
should've latched on to Dungey better; Anderson
finished six seconds behind him.
Millsaps slipped back to fifth for his best finish of
the season.
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Tomac also got a good start and had control
of second by the third lap after passing Mill-
saps. Tomac, seeking his first podium of the
year, turned it up a notch or two and started
chipping away at Roczen's lead, just like he
did last year in Phoenix, when he caught and
passed Roczen for the win. This time, howev-
er, Tomac couldn't maintain the pace and lost
sight of Roczen just past the halfway point,
at which point Dungey came calling. Tomac
didn't put up much of a fight, and surrendered
second to Dungey on the 16
th
lap. Afterward,
Tomac admitted he's still getting up to speed
after being off the bike for so long after his
double shoulder injuries. Still, he was happy
to get on the podium for the first time this year.
