WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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pump up. He pushed too hard
on the unpredictable dirt, and
Roczen's "smooth is fast" phi-
losophy began to put seconds
between himself and Tomac.
"You could really tell that for
this year, or I guess it's always
Anaheim I, they kind of tame the
the first couple of turns, Tomac
began to move his way forward,
and then also found his way by
Musquin on lap two. Tomac be-
gan to close the gap on Roczen
in the early stages, but within
only a few laps, Tomac's charge
stalled out as his arms began to
he was able to set his own pace
and force others to push in order
to try and catch him. In the main
event, the job of chasing Roczen
down fell first to Monster Energy
Kawasaki's Eli Tomac. After
Roczen went by Red Bull KTM's
Marvin Musquin for the lead in
