Honda’s Ken Roczen has extended his lead at the top of the Monster Energy Supercross points table after taking second place in Orlando.
The German rider lost out on a battle with Cooper Webb who took his first win of the season which put an end to Roczen’s winning streak.
“Orlando was a different kind of race. The schedule was delayed due to the possibility of rain and lightning, so we only had two qualifying practices, with completely different types of dirt,” said Roczen.
“The first practice was kind of sketchy because it was super hard-packed on the jumps and soft and wet at the bottoms, from the water sitting. Then it ended up being really slick and tricky.
“By the night show, we felt pretty decent; got a holeshot and heat-race win, which set us up nicely for the night show, and grabbed another good start there; it wasnāt quite a holeshot, but I was in the top three, battling up there with Cooper, who ended up getting by me.
“By then it was basically just him and me battling all the way to the end. It wasn’t quite enough for the win, but with the track a little tricky, I was happy to keep the rubber side down and take second place for the night. Hopefully we can turn it around for Orlando 2 and see if we can get back on the top step.ā
