Ken Roczen went head-to-head with Hunter Lawrence and Cooper Webb to come out on top in the mud in an incredible ride to take the points lead with two rounds to go!
Roczen passed Webb then race leader Hunter Lawrence in the opening laps but Hunter kept the Roczen and put the pressure on only to crash himself! Lawrence got up in third but Webb and Roczen were long gone.
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Roczen had an 8 second lead at one point but in the last five minutes Webb picked up the pace as Roczen dealt with back markers and, with two to go, Webb was on Roczen’s back wheel but the German kept his cool, upped the pace and stayed strong for the win in a brilliant ride under pressure in the rain and music Philadelphia.
Roczen; who lapped fifth place and has a four point lead in the championship, said: “The pressure has been there for a long time but it’s just dealing with it on the weekend. This was such an important race. My hard work is paying off.”
250 East: Rising superstar, Cole Davies, clinched his first AMA title in the mud and also had to deal with a red flag with seven minutes to go! Davies stayed cool in the mud out front to become the second New Zealander after his coach Ben Townley, to win an AMA Supercross title. And, with his talent, it could be the first of many.
Seth Hammaker saw his title hopes end at his home round after he went over the bars having got thr holeshot with Davies just barely avoiding running into him.. Hammaker got to 11th by the red flag then got back to third after the restart, he only needed to pass Bennicb fir second on the last lap to take the championship to another weekend but crashes again, forcing him to take third allowing Davies to clinch two rounds early!
Davies said: “It means everything to me and family, they sacrificed everything to get me here. I am stoked, dream.come true.’
