Roczen Earns 2nd at Toronto Supercross

Toronto, Canada
– Red Bull/KTM Factory rider Ken Roczen earned 2nd overall at the sixth
round of the AMA East Lites Supercross Series held at Rogers Stadium in
Toronto, Canada.

Roczen, who has been battling the flu
all week, had a rough start to his day and took it easy in the practice
sessions so he would have as much energy as possible throughout the
night show.

Roczen had a great start in his heat and
maintained a great pace out front to stay inside the top three for the
six lap race. He crossed the checkers in 3rd position to easily transfer
to the main.

In the main event he had another great
start and rounded the first turn in 2nd position. Roczen quickly caught
and passed Justin Barcia in the first rhythm section and crossed the
first lap in the lead. He held the lead for a few more laps until he
bobbled coming out of a corner and lost the position back to Barcia. He
settled into 2nd place and remained in that position for the duration of
the race to take a position on the podium.

After the
race Roczen remarked, “I am glad that I was able to earn 2nd place
tonight. This is great for my confidence after coming off of a bad race
last weekend. I am going to go home and get some rest and hopefully beat
this cold so I can come back stronger next weekend.”

Next Race: Houston Supercross – March 31, 2012

Overall Results SX Lites Class –

1. Justin Barcia

2. Ken Roczen – KTM

3. Blake Wharton

4. Jake Canada

5. Darryn Durham

6. Alex Martin

7. Tommy Weeck

8. Justin Bogle

9. Matthew Lemoine

10. Jeff Gibson

11. AJ Catanzaro – KTM

12. Shane Sewell – KTM

13. Malcolm Stewart – KTM

14. Tyler Bowers

15. Blake Baggett

16. Dakota Tedder

17. Lance Vincent – KTM

18. Kyle Peters

19. Shawn Rife

20. Phillip Nicoletti

Overall Point Standings SX Lites –

1. Justin Barcia – 125

2. Blake Wharton – 117

3. Darryn Durham – 114

4. Ken Roczen – 102

5. Jake Canada – 90