SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
ROUND 1 / JANUARY 7, 2017
ANGEL STADIUM OF ANAHEIM / ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
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was nice to obviously have a
gap. It just gives you a little bit
of breathing room. Also, there's
enough time for error. "Some-
times when you're battling with
somebody it keeps your focus a
little bit sharper," he added, "but
I had no problems tonight with
that. And it was fun because you
could really over-ride the track. I
that's ultimately what helps me
out a lot. But at the same time,
there're a lot of good guys out
there. [I'm just] keeping the
focus. That's what I've done.
Never got too excited. Tried to
stay calm and have trust in my
capabilities. Sometimes you
have a bigger gap and you tend
to make little mistakes, but it
Peick's teammate Jake Weimer,
and RCH Suzuki's Justin Bogle.
But for Roczen, winning the
opener with a major gap like he
did might have been beyond
even his own expectations.
"It's hard to expect something
like that," Roczen said. "I can
tell you that I had no doubt in
my mind [that I would win] and
Shane McElrath leads
Aaron Plessinger.
McElrath went on to nab
his first 250SX-class win
of his career.
