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the last couple laps and it's all
about how bad you want it. Got
away with another 1-1, so I can't
complain. It's definitely a lot
hotter here today than it was last
weekend."
In moto two, Tickle hung
on for a best-ever, third-place
450MX moto finish in front
of Musquin, Barcia, Seely,
Baggett, Pourcel, Peick and
GEICO Honda's Justin Bogle.
And overall, Tickle's 6-3 score
was good enough for third over-
all on the day behind the 2-2 of
Tomac and the 1-1 of Roczen.
"I want more," Tickle said.
"There's no better feeling than
this right here. I didn't know if I
had it or not. I just kept charging
and pacing myself on the guy
behind me to stay in third. So
keep building momentum and
see what we can do the rest of
the season."
Roczen now leads the stand-
ings by 47 points as the series
heads to the halfway point next
Saturday, July 2, at RedBud MX
in Buchanan, Michigan.
Roczen countered his every move
and managed to drop his lap times
down into the 1:54s as well.
Late in the last lap, Roczen
came upon a couple of lap-
pers who seemed to believe
they were out of the way once
Roczen got by and moved back
into the main line, just in front of
Tomac, and that was all it took.
"We were both hauling and
clicking the laps off," Tomac
said. "In the middle of the race
he was a little ways ahead of
me. I kind of got out of touch,
brought him back in a little bit
in the end, but he rode pretty
flawless. Man, he was just in
front of me right away and he
got me. You know, Ken's riding
pretty awesome right now. So,
we'll keep working. We're getting
closer."
Roczen scored his eighth and
ninth moto wins of the season in
Tennessee, followed closely in
both motos by Tomac.
"This is the way you want
to win a race," Roczen said.
"I mean, he was pushing in
by Tickle on the fourth lap for
second. At that point, Roczen
held a relatively comfortable
lead, but Tomac ("just focused
on my lap times and hitting my
marks") managed to close in on
Roczen.
Tomac (running 1:54s) erased
two seconds per lap off of Roc-
zen's lead (who was running
1:56s) in the last few laps until,
with two laps to go, Tomac found
himself close enough to strike.
He made moves to the inside of
Roczen, then to the outside, but
