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SUPERSTITIOUS? NOT ROCZEN
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f you watched last weekend's Anaheim II Supercross,
you might have noticed that Honda HRC's Ken Roc-
zen was wearing the same yellow Shift gear set during
opening ceremonies and in the first main event that he
wore last year at Anaheim II when he suffered his near
career-ending arm injury.
"It was my idea to wear the same gear from last
year's crash," Roczen said. "It was all about making a
statement and I think it did that. Not everyone was crazy
about the idea, but I'm not superstitious and felt this
was a cool way to officially put everything behind me
and move forward." CN
Look familiar? Ken Roczen wore the same yellow Shift gear
set at the Anaheim II Supercross that he wore last year.
INDIANS TAKING OVER
Y
ou'll be seeing far more
Indian Scout FTR750s in
this year's American Flat Track
Championship. Besides its
three-man Wrecking Crew of de-
fending champion Jared Mees,
Bryan Smith and Brad Baker, a
number of privateers have cho-
sen the FTR750 as their bike of
choice for 2018.
Some of the privateers that will
be FTR750-mounted this year in-
clude three-time Grand National
Champion Kenny Coolbeth Jr.,
2017 fifth-place finisher Jeffrey
Carver (Roof Systems of Dallas,
Texas), Chad Cose (Indian Mo-
torcycle of Oklahoma City) and
Jay Maloney (Indian Motorcycle
of Springfield, Massachusetts).
Additionally, flat track's TT master
Henry Wiles and two-time Grand
National Champion Jake John-
son (Estenson Racing) will be
Indian-mounted.
"After seeing the Scout
FTR750's capabilities last year,
I couldn't be more excited to be
riding it this season," said Cool-
beth, who will ride the FTR750
throughout the entire 2018
season.
Indian has plenty of perfor-
mance incentives too, including
$25,000 for a championship,
$5000 for first-place wins,
$4000 for second-place fin-
ishes, $3000 for third-place
finishes, and payouts for up to
10th-place.
If you're wondering, Harley-
Davidson has not yet officially an-
nounced its factory race team for
2018, but we're expecting that to
come any day. CN
Kenny Coolbeth Jr. has switched machinery for 2018. The three-
time champ will be on a privateer Indian Scout FTR750.
