Another strong moto from Ken Roczen, couple with Ryan Dungey’s worst outing of the season, have completely altered the landscape in the 450 Class title race.
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With a second-place finish in Moto 2 to go with his Moto 1 victory, Roczen is the overall winner in the 450 Class at the Thor Indiana National. Dungey got off to a bad start in the second moto and never recovered, ultimately finishing ninth. His 2-9 moto results were enough to land him on the overall podium for the day, but he lost 13 points to Roczen this afternoon and will face a 20-point deficit entering the final round of the season.
Trey Canard was able to rip the MotoSport.com Holeshot, and once again, it was him and Ken Roczen in the top-two. Although he challenged Canard early, Roczen tipped over soon after and allowed Canard to build up a huge advantage. Canard went on to comfortably win the moto by the 23 seconds over Roczen, who was never challenged for second – due in part to poor motos from both Dungey and Eli Tomac.
For Canard, it’s his second moto win in as many weeks. He finally broke through last week at Unadilla for the first moto win of his 450 Class career, and that momentum carried through to Indiana today.
After the first lap of racing, Tomac was situated in ninth, with Dungey back in 11th, Forced to fight his way from outside the top ten, Dungey was just unable to put on a charge. Tomac was turning the fastest laps in the field midway through the race but went down twice and halted his momentum. Dungey and Tomac ended the race ninth and tenth, respectively.
It’s fitting that Ryan Sipes – a rider who retired before the season and planned to just race the GNCC series – did well here. Afterall, it was the success of the local GNCC races in Indiana that prompted the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship to add a stop of their own here. Sipes (10-3) took third in Moto 2 and finished fourth overall.
Roczen earned his fifth overall win of the season. (Photo: Amy Schaaf)
Andrew Short (8-4) continued his quiet but impressive season with a fourth-place finish in the moto and fifth overall. Josh Grant rounded out the top five in Moto 2.
In sixth place, Chad Reed recorded his best moto finish since High Point.
Indiana 450 Moto 2 Results
1. Trey Canard
2. Ken Roczen
3. Ryan Sipes
4. Andrew Short
5. Josh Grant
6. Chad Reed
7. Weston Peick
8. Fredrik Noren
9. Ryan Dungey
10. Eli Tomac
11. Matt Goerke
12. Ben LaMay
13. Brett Metcalfe
14. Killy Rusk
15. Chris Proscelle
16. Shane Sewell
17. Todd Krieg
18. Tucker Saye
19. Ronnie Stewart
20. Heath Harrison
Indiana 450 Class Overall Results
1. Ken Roczen (1-2)
2. Trey Canard (3-1)
3. Ryan Dungey (2-9)
4. Ryan Sipes (10-3)
5. Andrew Short (8-4)
6. Chad Reed (7-6)
7. Eli Tomac (4-10)
8. Josh Grant (12-5)
9. Fredrik Noren (9-8)
10. Matt Goerke (6-11)
