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MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 / MAY 28, 2016 SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA / GLEN HELEN RACEWAY P52 the second moto. "I had a good practice but I'm having trouble bringing all that speed to the motos," Tomac said. "It would help to get better starts but no excuses. We're still building, trying to get things fig- matters to me; there's nothing I can do about a mechanical—the air went out of my forks," Roc- zen said. "Obviously, in that first moto, there was nothing I could do. I couldn't jump anything; it was like riding the parade lap for three laps. I was riding good and should've been another perfect day, but it's all right." Roczen still holds the points lead over Dungey, by two points, and has a further 15 points in hand over Tomac, who (if recent history is any indication) could very well catch fire very soon as the series heads to Tomac's home state of Colorado. For the second week in a row, Tomac finished out the day on the podium in third overall with two thirds. He still struggled with his starts but probably more concerning is that he again struggled with his outright speed when it came time to race. Glen Helen must've felt a little déjà vu for him. Like last week at Hang- town, Tomac was passed late in the first moto, this time by Jason Anderson. And, like last week, the day started off promising for Tomac after posting the quick- est time in morning practice, just like he did at Hangtown, but he couldn't translate that into wins in the afternoon (just like Hangtown). Tomac did out-duel Canard for third in the second moto, but Tomac still looked obviously disappointed after the race; after all, he finished 34 seconds behind the winner in the first moto and 28 seconds in Roczen lost nearly 20 sec- onds per lap the last three laps, having to roll all the jumps, and ended up fourth in the moto, six seconds behind Monster Energy Kawasaki's Eli Tomac, 12 sec- onds behind Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Jason Anderson, and 40 seconds behind moto winner Dungey. "I went down a hill and all of a sudden the air went out of my forks," Roczen said. "We had three laps to go and I couldn't really jump any of the jumps, so obviously [I] was really slow." However, in moto two, Roc- zen rode angry. He took the lead from Dungey through the first turn, seemingly out of nowhere, and took off. Roczen took the moto win by 20 seconds over Dungey, and way ahead of Tomac, HRC Honda's Trey Ca- nard, and Anderson. Officially, it's Dungey's first outdoor national win of the year, but he didn't sound like he had just won because he knows he's still playing catch-up. "It was really rough," Dungey said. "We made some changes there for the second moto which were a little bit better. Ken was riding really good today. He looked like he had things dialed and he was hitting where he wanted to go. He was tough. We've got to go back to work and try to get better. We'll try to pick her up here during the week." As for Roczen, "In my heart I went 1-1 [and] that's all that really

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