VOL. 53 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 16, 2016 P65
BY STEVE COX
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB KOY
E
arly in the 2016 Lucas
Oil AMA Pro Motocross
Championships, we were
wondering if the dominance of
Soaring Eagle/Jimmy John's Su-
zuki's Ken Roczen and Monster
Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's
Joey Savatgy would continue past
round one. Roczen has been
known to get off to fast series
starts, only to run out of steam
as the series progresses, and he
was facing off against one of the
greatest champions in the sport's
history in Red Bull KTM's Ryan
Dungey. As for Savatgy, he hasn't
had a lot of years competing at
the very top of professional rac-
ing, and he was facing off against
a pair of proven championship
winners in Yamalube/Star Rac-
ing Yamaha's defending two-time
series champion Jeremy Martin
and his teammate and two-time
250SX West Supercross Cham-
pion Cooper Webb.
In the nine rounds that have
now been run since the check-
ered flags flew at Hangtown last
May, Roczen has continued
to race almost entirely unchal-
lenged, losing a total of just four
out of 18 motos, and Savatgy ran
into a brick wall named Cooper
Webb.
As it sits, Roczen now has a
very realistic shot at clinching his
second 450MX National Cham-
pionship this coming weekend at
Budds Creek, and Webb could
do it as early as moto one in
Maryland.
Justin Barcia (51)
and Eli Tomac (3)
had their chances
of winning but
couldn't hold off
Ken Roczen (94).
CONCLUSIONS
leaders going 1-1
week.
