Ken Roczen claims Daytona SX victory
By Team TMX on 3rd Mar 25
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An emotional Ken Roczen celebrated winning his first-ever Daytona Supercross at the ripe old age of 30 after making a decisive charge through the field to take over the lead just before the halfway point and then cruise to victory on his Progressive ECSTAR Suzuki. Series leader Cooper Webb (Star Racing Yamaha) rode a solid race to place second ahead of early leader Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM) who is looking better and better as the series continues. The Floridian classic was Round 8 of the 2025 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship.
“I honestly still can’t believe it,” said Roczen after. “I had some really good lines. When you make those passes you have to put your head down or else they’ll retaliate and come back. I was just charging the whole time, trying to get a gap. Coming out of these turns it was really rutty, and very easy to make a mistake, but I just kept my head down and charged the whole way. I seriously cannot believe that this finally happened... This is a dream come true.”
Runner-up Webb was disappointed but happy with the bigger picture as he doubled his series lead from five to 10 over Chase Sexton (Red Bul KTM) who placed fifth on the night behind Justin Cooper (Star Racing Yamaha).
“You can’t make mistakes, as many as I did, and expect to win,” said Webb. “I’m a little bit bummed. Kenny rode great. He was charging through, he got around me, he made the pass stick on AP, and he pulled away. That put the urgency on me, and I just made too many mistakes after that. So I’m a bit bummed but overall from a points perspective it was a great night. We’ll regroup, try to get it going again in Indy, and not be so complacent this next weekend.”
The series continues on March 8 inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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