SX: Roczen victorious again inside Angel Stadium of Anaheim

SX: Roczen victorious again inside Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Published Jan. 18, 2015 1:25 a.m. ET

Ken Roczen raced to his second Angel Stadium victory of the Monster Energy Supercross season, leading the final 19 laps in the 450SX Class final Saturday night.

Roczen, the Suzuki rider from Germany, led all 20 laps in Anaheim two weeks ago in the opener to give RCH Racing -- owned by Ricky Carmichael and Carey Hart -- its first team victory.

Roczen has four career 450SX victories, three at Angel Stadium. The series will return to Anaheim on Jan. 31 for the stadium's third and final race of the season.

"That was an awesome race. I fought hard the whole way," Roczen said. "It was a tricky track, but I was able to get a good start, get into the lead early and ride my own race. I'm so happy."

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KTM's Ryan Dungey was second. Honda's Eli Tomac, the Phoenix winner last week, was third.

"It was a good night and we gave a hard push," Dungey said. "The first lap was chaos with everyone fighting for position, so Kenny got away a bit. I tried to close down the best I could, but lappers got in the way. The track was really difficult and you could only do so much. I'm excited and we'll build from this."

Roczen leads the season standings, 12 points ahead of Dungey.

Yamaha's Cooper Webb raced to his second straight Western Regional 250SK Class victory, taking the lead on the final lap with an aggressive move that knocked leader Tyler Bowers off the course.

"That was crazy," Webb said. "I got a bad start and had to come through the pack, so I was just trying to get into the top five. Then I got into second and realized I had a shot at the win. On the last lap I had to just put it in there, so I did and I was able to get by."

The 19-year-old Webb, from Newport, North Carolina, took the lead in the season standings, four points ahead of Bowers and Jessy Nelson after three races. Webb has two victories in 12 career starts.

Bowers held on to finish second. The Kawasaki rider took the lead on the sixth lap when KTM's Nelson crashed with the lead. Nelson, the winner two weeks ago in Anaheim, rallied to finish sixth.

"I got a decent start, but I rode better with people in front of me than out front by myself," Bowers said. "I didn't get tight or anything, I just made a lot of small mistakes. We're looking good in the championship with a third, a fourth and now a second, so it's hard to be angry with that. If we can get a couple wins, we'll really be in this."

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