SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / FEBRUARY 13, 2016
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / PETCO PARK
P42
450SX
MOMENTUM
It almost cannot be overstated the role that
momentum plays in motorsports—and to some
extent all sports. Once things are going solidly
in a favorable direction for any particular racer,
their confidence builds, and they can become
nearly unstoppable. In order to stop them, you
have to be consistently faster and stronger in
all aspects of your race craft.
Last week in Arizona we saw RCH/Soar-
ing Eagle/Jimmy John's Suzuki's Ken Roczen
step up to the plate in a big way: He got the
start and took off, dominating the event while
Dungey had to work his way through the field.
Dungey caught up to second, but Roczen
had a shot to shift the momentum away from
Dungey. Remember, Dungey had just strung
together three consecutive wins and had
recovered for second behind Roczen, so one
win wasn't enough. If Roczen could've repeat-
ed his performance at round six in San Diego,
it could've started to eat away at Dungey's
confidence.
Dungey knows this as much as anybody
does. So, what did he do?
He grabbed the holeshot and led all 20 laps
on his way to his fourth win of the season, nip-
ping his challenger in the bud before he could
get anything going. For his own part, Roczen
started outside the top five, then worked
his way up to third by the finish, just behind
Honda's Cole Seely.
The one major surprise in San Diego is
that the man who gave Dungey everything
he could handle in Petco Park at round two,
Yamaha's Chad Reed, was never quite in
the fight all day. He started seventh in the
main event and went backward to eighth by
the finish, losing a spot to Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna's Jason Anderson a few laps into
the race. Anderson eventually went by Marvin
Musquin, Eli Tomac and Trey Canard to land
fourth at the finish.
