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january 24, 2023 - Suzuki Racing
Suzuki’s Ken Roczen Powers to Top Five Result at San Diego Supercross
Ken Roczen had the fans on their feet with an inspired ride inside Snapdragon Stadium at round three of the 2023 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season. A fourth-place finish in San Diego moved Roczen and his Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki RM-Z450 up to fourth place in points for both the Monster Energy AMA Supercross season as well as the SuperMotocross World Championship series.
Twisted Tea Suzuki presented by Progressive Insurance riders Shane McElrath and Kyle Chisholm took home points aboard their Suzuki RM-Z450s in round three, but only the second event of 2023; round two was postponed due to northern California flooding. In the 250 class, Robbie Wageman flew his BarX Suzuki RM-Z250 to a strong heat race and main even result. Dilan Schwartz collected more championship points on his Twisted Tea Suzuki presented by Progressive Insurance RM-Z250. Ty Masterpool and Derek Drake both displayed great speed on their BarX Suzuki RM-Z250 race bikes.
In only his second ride with the Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki team, Roczen grabbed the holeshot in his heat race. He quickly pulled out a three-second lead and held the top spot for eight laps. In the main event, Roczen passed the holeshot stripe outside of the top ten. He charged forward and passed eight riders to finish the race in fourth place. At the checkers, he was just a couple of bike lengths shy of a podium finish.
"We pulled some big moves this week and made some changes to the bike and treated today a little bit like a test day," said Ken Roczen shortly after the race. "Switching over to Factory Connection suspension set-up was huge and having those guys here with me really made a big difference. We narrowed our window down on some of the changes for the main event, so I was super happy. I had a poor start and came from the back and just overall had a really good main event. I worked my way up. We ended up fourth, but I had a really good battle with Barcia, and I could charge the entire way. I just really enjoyed this race; it was the best race in a long time. So I'm really, really happy with how the team has been working, how I've been working, and good things will happen when we're all pulling on the same string. And we've been putting in serious hours, so there's more to come. The podium is reachable. We're very close so I'm excited to get back to work and we're going to check off weekend after weekend, stay healthy, and just keep working forward."
Robbie Wageman put the power to the San Diego soil and pulled a top-five start in his 250 West heat race. He qualified directly into the main event, but was unable to replicate his great start in the main. From outside the top fifteen Wageman worked his way forward to grab enough points to move up one position in the championship standings.
"I started the day off a little rough but turned it around and made gains with my speed," reported Wageman. "I just need to put it all together and be up front earlier in the main event. I'm looking forward to Anaheim 2!"
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