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SUPERCROSS ROUND 10 / MARCH 12, 2016 TORONTO, CANADA / ROGERS CENTRE P80 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES 94 KEN ROCZEN 1ST 450SX RCH Suzuki's Ken Roczen struggled on his way to fifth and sixth place in the last two races, but, once again, with a good start, he was able to run away with the main event win in Toronto. "I simply got a better start," Roczen said. "I think I was top-three, and my Soaring Eagle/Jimmy John's factory Suzuki was working great out there. You could see the dirt had a really hard base and the whoops got really cupped out, but we've been solid all day. Even in qualifying, I wasn't the fastest, but I had a good feeling on the bike, and that's all that matters, because I knew I could lay it down in the race." 25 MARVIN MUSQUIN 2ND 450SX Red Bull KTM's Marvin Musquin was coming off of a hand/wrist injury prior to his 450cc supercross debut sea- son, and it has taken him a while to get up to speed, but there's no doubt at this point that he's found his groove. Toronto was his third podium finish in a row. "I'm just riding every week and putting in some work, racing every Saturday, and making the bike better," Musquin said. "It was a tough track for me today. I struggled in the heat race, but made it happen in the main. I had some good lines and felt great. Ryan [Dungey] went down, and that kind of gave me second place, but I fought hard until the end." 19 JUSTIN BOGLE 21ST 450SX "Yeah, I messed up," said Justin Bogle who was pretty hard on himself after the race. "I'm pretty disappointed that I pulled that off the start. I was feeling good, making progress. Heat race was really good. Honestly all in all, we're still making progress and I'm better off now that I was. Holeshot, man! I holeshot the main event, pretty much, but I hadn't hit that side of the rhythm all day and I just boosted [too far] and went deep. From there I was just praying that I was going to make it out of there alive. Unfortunately took a few guys down with me. Not much I could do to escape that healthy and somehow I'm okay. And my race was over after that because my bike, unfortunately it wasn't as lucky as I was. I messed up a few things up on the machine. Obviously, just take the full blame right here on Justin Bogle, aka, Justin Bogle [who] just didn't do it too solid." 3 ELI TOMAC 5TH 450SX Monster Energy Kawasaki's Eli Tomac wasn't able to ride the momentum of his first win of the season the week before at Daytona. He put himself in a good position to get on the podium—which included being out in front— but couldn't find his rhythm and dropped back at the end. "We're leaving Canada with a fifth place," said Tomac. "We had a great practice, rode really well in the heat and tried to carry that speed into the main event. Once the main event started I got out of the gate really well, avoided the incident on the first lap and then made the pass into the lead. From there I just didn't feel exactly how I needed to get the job done. I'm looking forward to next weekend and will build off what I learned tonight." 1 RYAN DUNGEY 3RD 450SX After a fall relegated Red Bull KTM's Ryan Dungey to third place in the main event—his worst finish of the season— Dungey's podium finish set a new record in AMA Super- cross competition. It was his 26th podium finish in a row, moving him ahead of Chad Reed (25), Ricky Carmichael (22), Jeremy McGrath (15), James Stewart (12) and Ryan Villopoto (11). "As a little kid, I dreamed of being in the category of Stewart and Ricky and Chad..." Dungey said. "We're working hard, and tonight was tough. I got into second, and I was making a hard charge to get Ken, and I was pushing it and lost the front. It's what it is. At the same time, Marvin was there to capitalize on it, so I tried to get back by him, but he was riding really good." 21 JASON ANDERSON 9TH 450SX Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing's Jason An- derson was having a good night until getting caught up in the first-lap pileup in the 450SX main. "I felt like I put myself in a good position," said Anderson. "My starts have been better. I came out around sixth, but the guy who got the holeshot looped out when I was in the air and I hit his bike. It definitely wasn't what I was planning, but at the same time I made the best of it. Luckily I'm healthy after that and put in 20 good laps. My whole front end was crooked, but all in all it wasn't the worst time."