Roczen roller...
By TMX Archives on 11th Mar 10
FIFTEEN-year-old German ace Ken Roczen was the star of the Hawkstone International Motocross which was staged at the famous Shropshire circuit in front of a large crowd on Sunday.
After Britain's Shaun Simpson crashed-out of the first race on the factory Red Bull KTM, the Teka Suzuki teenager simply romped away to win both MX2 races by a country mile for an easy overall win. Roczen then led the final race of the day, the Superfinal, for ten exciting laps as MX1 rider Tanel Leok on the LS Honda bore down on him to eventually grab the lead with just two laps to go.
Teka Suzuki also bagged MX1 through Steve Ramon after Leok lost out on the overall as he stalled his four-stroke on the first corner of ther last lap while going for the lead and struggled to re-start. Eventually finishing the race sixth, he dropped to third overall behind Red Bull KTM's Max Nagl.
HM Plant rider Jake Nicholls was top Brit on the day with two storming rides in MX2 to fifth and third to claim third overall and a huge cheer from the crowd at the podium presentation. British Champ Brad Anderson was making a typical charge through the pack in the opening MX1 race when he ...ran over my own foot! which put him out for the day.
HAWKSTONE INTERNATIONAL MOTOCROSS
Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury (HIMX)
MX1 OVERALL
1 Steve Ramon (B - Teka Suzuki) 15 + 20 = 35
2 Max Nagl (D - Red Bull KTM) 13 + 17 = 30
3 Tanel Leok (EW - LS Honda) 20 + 10 = 30
4 Clement Desalle (B - Teka Suzuki) 11 + 15 = 26
5 Gareth Swanepoel (ZA - CAS Honda) 10 + 13 = 23
6 Marc De Reuver (NL - Beursfoon Suzuki) 17 + 0 = 17
7 Bas Verhoeven (NL - Honda) 7 + 9 = 16
8 Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS - CAS Honda) 3 + 11 = 14
9 Carl Nunn (MVR-D Suzuki) 6 + 7 = 13
10 Yentel Martens (B - JM Racing KTM) 5 + 6 = 11
11 Tom Soderstrom (S - Van Beers Yamaha) 9+0=9, 12 Jamie Lewis (Honda) 0+8=8, 13 James Noble (Proppa Honda) 8+0=8, 14 Nathan Parker (Proppa Honda) 1+5=6, 15 Kevin Wouts (B - Sturm Kawasaki) 2+3=5, 16 Dennis Schroter (D - Silent Sport KTM) 4+1=5, 17 Jamie Law (Bikesport Suzuki) 0+4=4, 18 Ben Lamay (US - Samsung Yamaha) 0+2=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Leok, 2 De Reuver, 3 Ramon, 4 Nagl, 5 Desalle, 6 Swanepoel, 7 Soderstrom, 8 Noble, 9 Verhoeven, 10 Nunn, 11 Martens, 12 Schroter, 13 Bobryshev, 14 Wouts, 15 Parker.
RACE TWO: 1 Ramon, 2 Nagl, 3 Desalle, 4 Swanepoel, 5 Bobryshev, 6 Leok, 7 Verhoeven, 8 Lewis, 9 Nunn, 10 Martens, 11 Parker, 12 Law, 13 Wouts, 14 Lamay, 15 Schroter.
MX2 OVERALL
1 Ken Roczen (Teka Suzuki) 20 + 20 = 40
2 Dennis Verbruggen (B - JM KTM) 15 + 17 = 32
3 Jake Nicholls (HM Plant RB KTM) 11 + 15 = 26
4 Ceriel Klein Kromhof (NL - Van Beers Yam) 10 + 9 = 19
5 Nick Triest (B - Shineray China Honda) 7 + 10 = 17
6 Joel Roelants (B - 250 JM KTM) 17 + 0 = 17
7 Neville Bradshaw (ZA - Samsung Yamaha) 5 + 11 = 16
8 Herjan Brakke (Nestaan Jumbo Yam) 6 + 8 = 14
9 Arnaud Tonus (CH - Teka Suzuki) 0 + 13 = 13
10 Matiss Karro (LV - MVR-D Suzuki) 13 + 0 = 13
11 Lars Oldekamp (D - Silent Sport KTM) 4+7=11, 12 Jose Antonio Butron (E - Beursfoon Suzuki) 8+1=9, 13 Glenn Coldenhoff (NL - Nestaan Jumbo Yamaha) 9+0=9, 14 Axel Aletru (F - JM KTM) 0+6=6, 15 Graeme Irwin (IRE - HM Plant RB KTM) 2+4=6, 16 David Goosen (JAR Sealants Honda) 3+3=6, 17 Jordi Tixier (F - 125 JM KTM) 0+5=5, 18 Dennis Ullrich (D - Waldman Honda) 0+2=2, 19 Alex Rockwell (Road & Track Yamaha) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Roczen, 2 Roelants, 3 Verbruggen, 4 Karro, 5 Nicholls, 6 Klein Kromhof, 7 Coldenhoff, 8 Butron, 9 Triest, 10 Brakke, 11 Bradshaw, 12 Oldekamp, 13 Goosen, 14 Irwin, 15 Rockwell.
RACE TWO: 1 Roczen, 2 Verbruggen, 3 Nicholls, 4 Tonus, 5 Bradshaw, 6 Triest, 7 Klein Kromhof, 8 Brakke, 9 Oldekamp, 10 Aletru, 11 Tixier, 12 Irwin, 13 Goosen, 14 Ullrich, 15 Butron.
SUPERFINAL: 1 Tanel Leok, 2 Ken Roczen (MX2), 3 Steve Ramon, 4 Marc De Reuver, 5 Clement Desaille, 6 Gareth Swanepoel, 7 Bas Verhoeven, 8 Evgeny Bobryshev, 9 Max Nagle, 10 Arnaud Tonus (MX2), 11 Neville Bradshaw, 12 Axel Aletru (MX2), 13 Carl Nunn, 14 Matiss Karro (MX2), 15 Jamie Lewis, 16 Jamie Law, 17 Kevin Wouts, 18 Yentel Martens, 19 Dennis Verbruggen (MX2), 20 Glenn Coldenhoff (MX2).
SUPPORT (Non Qualifiers) OVERALL
1 Matt Burrows (250 Rob Hooper Suzuki) 20 + 17 = 37
2 Arnaud Wauters (B - 250 MCK KTM) 13 + 20 = 33
3 Danny Blakeley (250 Silvester Yamaha) 11 + 15 = 26
4 Zac Stealey (250 LKS Kawasaki) 4 + 13 = 17
5 Andrew Sheard (250 Selwood Suzuki) 6 + 11 = 17
6 Daniel Brough (250 Heatex KTM) 10 + 7 = 17
7 Daniel Hiorns (450 Craigs KTM) 17 + 0 = 17
8 Christy Harnett (IRE - 250 TMC Honda) 8 + 8 = 16
9 Shane Holmes (250 Ride MX Yamaha) 15 + 1 = 16
10 Nick Janssens (B - 250 KTM) 5 + 10 = 15
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010.
Moto two MX2: With the start straight as smooth as a billiard table for each race, riders had no real excuses for a less than stellar get-away. Roczen blasts to his second holeshot of the afternoon!