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Ken Roczen and Aaron Plessinger were lucky to escape Indianapolis Supercross on Saturday night without any major injuries.
After winning the first 450SX main event of the Triple Crown, Roczen was working through traffic in the second race when he messed up in the rhythm section before the finish line and ended up directly in Plessinger’s line. The two slammed into one another as Roczen came down on top of Plessinger in a wild crash.
Roczen was able to remount and finished the second race in 10th. He returned for race three and took home third and finished fifth overall on the night. Plessinger, meanwhile, was able to get up under his own power by rode directly to the mechanics area, ending his race early. He did not return for the third race.
In a KTM press release, Plessinger said he didn’t break anything and that he just has a bruise on his right arm.
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In a Progressive Insurance Cycle Gear ECSTAR Suzuki post-race press release, Roczen said you “definitely see everything kind of flushing down the drain” after he got “cross rutted and high sided off the tabletop.”
“Indianapolis, man, you were gnarly again,” he said. “It’s just the track, it breaks down so much, the Triple Crown here is really intense. We had such an amazing day. I felt pretty comfortable on my motorcycle all day. The first Race was really kind of like a dream ride again. I just felt connected, made some passes happen, and was able to take that one home. I really enjoyed that. You know, sometimes you need those rides.
“And then everything went south in the second Race; I made a massive mistake that was just unfortunate with bad timing. Right after the start I cross rutted and high sided off the tabletop, and [then] I couldn’t clear it. So [off] the next triple I basically dropped two and a half… As I was bouncing up, [another rider] was right behind me and just rode basically under my bike and put me in a backflip. He got scraped up pretty good and we [both] went down pretty hard. So, not the ideal situation; you definitely see everything kind of flushing down the drain. But once I checked that everything was good, I just went to work and, for the situation, I felt pretty fast and smooth out there …so we just did damage control. It was an opportunity missed.
“In the last Race, [it was] not the greatest start, and ended up bringing it home at third. So, my riding was really good, we’re definitely taking the positive of that. It’ll be nice going into an off weekend and then we’ll come back strong.”
