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I thought K-Roc did an amazing job of staying classy after that nut breaker, especially in the 2nd moto. Déjà vu for Dungey from his fight with RV at Steel City when he led the entire moto up until the last turn. This time he was on the good end, but he too handled it with grace. Kenny has always shown that he can race for wins and either way, once it is over the dude shows respect, especially for a young guy with everything going for him. Stay classy Kenny! Good job.
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Kenny is def my favorite import rider that ever came to the US by far.
I was standing by the podium after the Utah round last year (where RV wrapped up the title), and Dungey rode over behind the podium and took his helmet off and just look pissed (and sat there for like 5 minutes)...I liked it. He then got on the podium and put on his happy face and congratulated RV and thanked his team.
In that time he has won GP's and a title and also won an SX lites tittle.
Riders like wilson and Bagget are 2 years older than him…..
He's still younger than most of the 250 class… besides some rookies,
I remember seeing a photo of roczen scrubbing on an rmz250 and his age was 13, just crazy to be riding a 250 at that age, most kids in australia are only just getting on 125 2 strokes then….
Still remember the first time i saw roczen riding gps (mallory park british gp in 2009- his pro debut) - you could tell then the 14 year old kid was going to be something special!
He will have been gutted that he got beaten by only a few feet for BOTH moto wins!!! But he is smart enough to see the big picture. He is still in the hunt for the championship- narrowly missing out on the overall. Impressive debut by anyones standards
I was eager to see this young German kid who was being touted as a bit of a sensation. He'd bagged a 2nd place in only his fourth ever professional moto the week before in Spain and although he didn't have such a great result at Mallory (8th and a 9th) you could tell the kid was destined for big things and had style for days, even though he was absolutely tiny!!!
Nothing seems to phase him and he has always had talent and maturity way beyond his years. The kid is pure class.
(edit. although he does throw his toys out of the pram occasionally)
I agree, he is really great at PR, brings a very positive image to his sponsors.
I am a big fan since he did good results in what more riders should have done in a season:
SX West
World Championship
Monster Cup
MXdN
Pit Row
I remember BT and RV slugging it out all summer and keeping it clean. It will be interesting to see if these two teammates can do the same.
This kid has the passion as again another rider who looks to th USA as the pinnacle of the sport and will show his dedication and commitment to leave his country and work hard and show you guys again that you are so lucky to have this in your own back yard, but someone who has to leave home with the belief that he is better and than your guys and has the talent, the dedication and belief in himself to come show you guys what's up!!
I'm not saying he will burn the hauler down. Maybe a nod instead of handshake, more blaming the bike, track or lappers. The kid is great but I never hear him say " oh I screwed that turn or whatever up, I should have known better."
I mentioned a little earlier that I think KRoc was at a huge disadvantage with Dungey right on him the whole race. That track was very line oriented and Dungey could watch KRoc take his lines and see which ones were faster. So I think the end of the race was Dungey taking the lines he knew worked and Dungey is a bit of a veteran and took the lines that KRoc could have passed him with.
And don't bother with that lovechild idiot. . . he's got an agenda to push. . . He bombed a Reed thread with his first post and he seems to be a one trick monkey since then.
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