Honda HRC‰Ûªs Ken Roczen put together a solid performance at round three of the Monster Energy AMA Supercoss Championship at Angels Stadium, Anaheim, CA, to maintaining control of the series points lead.
With the round being the first of three Triple Crown events for the season, Roczen launched to the holeshot and early lead in race one. He rode comfortably and confidently at the front front until a last-lap mistake allowed eventual round winner Cooper Webb to make the pass, forcing the German to settle for second.
After the gate dropped on the second race, Roczen came around the first turn in sixth but worked his way up to third by the halfway point. He then went down in the whoops and remounted in seventh. He spent the remainder of the race fighting for positions, ultimately taking the checkered flag in fifth. In the night‰Ûªs final race, Roczen got a poor start, completing the first lap in sixth, but he put his head down and worked his way into fourth by the finish. with a scored card of 2-5-4 he was classed 4th overall for the night.
