WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 23, 2016 P49
41 TREY CANARD 9
TH
450SX
It was another frustrating evening for HRC Honda's
Trey Canard. The day started out well, as he was
the fourth quickest in qualifying, just a half-second
behind fastest qualifier Dungey. But bad starts ham-
pered his evening. He was 10
th
coming out of the hole
in his heat race and got lucky when a rider in front of
him fell on the last lap and was able to take the final
transfer position. Canard rounded the first turn of the
main in 15
th
place and was running 10
th
when he fell
on the ninth lap. "There were some good steps in
the right direction, but obviously I'm disappointed,"
Canard said. "I just have to get better on the starts
and I won't be in trouble like I have been."
94 KEN ROCZEN 1
ST
450SX
"I think I have more wins than Holeshot Awards," said
Roczen after his win. "It was great to get that one. Me
and Ryan, we battled the entire time. He passed me.
I passed him back. It was tough out there. We had
some good traction and in some parts we had some
slick spots. They had the triple. They had a little dou-
ble on the inside that was really hard to make. You had
to get a good lift and just land in that pocket and make
it. It was tough. It was a good race. He was pushing
hard. I was pushing hard and we won it. It (the track)
was tight in certain spots [so it] made for some good
racing. The championship is still good. We only made
up three points but we're going to keep fighting until
Vegas. That's for sure."
16 ZACH OSBORNE 4
TH
250SX WEST
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Zach Osborne made a sur-
prising comeback after suffering a hard get-off in practice,
not to mention bad a crash in Arizona that kept him from start-
ing the Main event. He won his heat race in Texas and came
out swinging in the main with a fourth-place start. "I had a
pretty big crash in the second practice," said Osborne, "so I
was a little nervous going into the night, especially because I
hadn't ridden all week. I got a great start in my heat race and
won so that turned things around for me. I ended up on the
podium in the main and was right in the mix. It's definitely a
good way to go into the break. I'm going to focus on getting
my ribs healthy and then I'll be back for more."
