GOOD START
EQUALS WIN
"For once, I only got peppered
[roosted] in the heat race and
not the Main," joked a happy
and somewhat relieved Ken
Roczen after his first supercross
win in over a year, yes, in over a
year! Who would have predicted
that winless dry spell after his
Anaheim 1 and 2 wins last year?
Exactly no one!
Roczen has shown winning
speed in the young 2016 sea-
son, but a string of terrible starts
have kept him from challenging
points leader Dungey for a win,
until now.
"It felt great to have a clear
track and ride my own race,"
Roczen said. "I was a little too
cautious in the whoops, I feel
like that's where I lost the most
[time]. You can see that Ryan
caught me a little bit here and
there, and I definitely thought the
biggest part was in the whoops.
I usually feel real good in the
whoops, but I was just a little bit
too cautious; it's really hard not
SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
ROUND 5 / FEBRUARY 6, 2016
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM / GLENDALE, ARIZONA
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Roczen give his dad a high-five after
winning the 450SX Main on what
he said was the toughest track so
far of the year. The start straight
was probably the longest in indoor
supercross history.
