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Every attendee knew what the number 94 could do, all the stars had to do were align, and he could have a great night. With ET3 knowing what had to be done in order to capture his coveted moto win,
Roczen also had intuition that he must pass Eli as soon as he could. And with each turn, that opportunity would present itself, so much so that the German was allowed to triple Larocco’s leap, while Eli doubled. It would prove to be very costly, as Roczen would take flight and soar to a spectacular lead. Each lap, the line choice and momentum seemed flawless, creating and soaking up bumps as if they were a soft sponge. A 23 second lead with seven minutes to go seemed to be more of a salute to the great Michael Jordan, rather than effort of dismantling the 450 class field. He would go on to destroy the class and take everything Michigan had to offer, claiming the overall and penciling in his name into the record books yet again.
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