Roczen back on the podium in Houston
By TMX Archives on 7th Apr 14
Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ken Roczen made a welcome return to the US Supercross Championship on Saturday night in Houstons Reliant Stadium when he finished third.
Roczen was a solid fifth at the first corner in the main event but quickly moved up to third place during the first lap.
Roczen then settled in and maintained his position to the checkered flag. He crossed the line in third to make a welcome return to the podium after four rounds finishing lower down. The German teenager is having an impressive debut season in the 450-class riding the KTM 450 SX-F Factory bike.
"It feels great to get back on the podium,” said Roczen. "I never was able to jump the quad that the lead riders were doing so I lost some time to them, but I am happy overall with the way I rode. I'm starting to test a lot more for outdoors coming up and I feel like it is making me stronger and will help me near the end of the season.”
"Unfortunately, I got a bad start and then came together with another rider on the opening lap which caused me to go down,” Dungey commented after the race. "I did my best to salvage what points I could riding from last to seventh by the end of the race. I'm disappointed how the race turned out but happy that I'm healthy and came away unscathed.”
Roczen sits fourth in the championship points, just behind teammate, Ryan Dungey.
The competition returns to the west coast next weekend for the next event in Seattle on April 12
