![]() ![]() “In light of recent comments, we felt the need to clarify a couple of points,” Brandon Wilson, American Honda Manager of Sports & Experiential, said. Honda responded by saying that the offer was not pulled by them. But I have committed to these races, and I just didn’t feel comfortable at all to leave fans hanging.” I mean, if I wanted to go after the money, then that would have been the smart thing to do. Which was a shocker to me, Honda decided to pull the offer that they gave me a week or a couple of weeks ago, which by the way, was a great offer. “It’s just been way too long and since this isn’t a full series yet, I had the opportunity to make that deal. ![]() Especially this late in my career, it was the right time. For me, the decision to race those races was fairly easy. I haven’t raced over in Europe in a long time, I’ve never been to Australia. But it was ultimately these races that I committed to, these overseas races, and it’s not three anymore, it’s two. “It’s a funky feeling, but basically I am a free agent at this point which is kind of crazy,” Roczen said on the podcast. In July, Roczen announced he would compete in the three-race pilot season of the World Supercross (WSX) championship. Roczen has been riding for Honda in supercross and motocross since 2017 with seven top-five points’ results, including a runner-up in the 2019 Lucas Oil Motocross championship and the 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Series.Īccording to a statement from Honda, an offer made to Roczen that included a stipulation he would not “ compete in a series that has positioned itself as a direct competitor to our supercross and motocross racing partners” was declined by the rider and his team. ![]() The announcement was first made by Roczen on James Stewart’s “Bubba’s World” podcast Thursday. Fourteen points is the gap between Roczen and the current series leader with fourteen rounds is reporting that after more than half a decade with Honda HRC, Ken Roczen is a free agent heading into 2023. ![]() Not everyone was crazy about the idea, but I'm not superstitious and felt this was a cool way to officially put everything behind me and move forward."Īfter finishing ninth overall at round three, Ken Roczen has slipped to fourth in the series standings. " It was all about making a statement and I think it did that. " It was my idea to wear the same gear from last year's crash," Roczen said. I want to move on, forget about tonight and start looking forward to the next one."īefore signing off, Roczen revealed why he chose to wear the same gear that he crashed in last year. All in all, it is a tough pill to swallow as a rider because I want to win or at least battle for the win. We are walking away from here super healthy and looking forward to next weekend's race. " It was big night and, obviously, it could have gone worse, as we saw here last year. " Even though I didn't feel good, it was great to just finish it and get this one off the checklist," Roczen continued. Ken Roczen admitted that it was hard not to think about what happened at Anaheim 2 last year (Honda Racing Corporation) That definitely wasn't the plan, but the worst part was I had two more to go. I went into the first main, got a bad start, felt terrible on the track and basically went backwards. I was riding bad and couldn't seem to do anything about it. I didn't feel like myself at all out there. " It's Anaheim 2, which is obviously where I crashed, and even though I tried not to think about it at all it lingered subconsciously in the back of my mind. " Tonight was very interesting," Ken Roczen said. Did everything that was going on effect him at all? Well, his post-race quote in the HRC press release was rather intriguing. It was the anniversary of the season-ending crash that he encountered twelve months ago, hence why the spotlight was firmly on him. Ken Roczen may not have finished on the podium at the third round of Monster Energy Supercross, held at Angel Stadium on Saturday night, but he still hogged headlines. ![]()
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