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BROC TICKLE
450 SX / 4TH
IMAGE / KILPATRICK WORDS / WARNER DESIGN / MOTOPLAYGROUND
>> As we reach the end of the 2018 Supercross series the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be coming into view for Broc Tickle. Broc was one of the most popular head- lines heading into the season as a rider who might have the most potential to nally have his big breakout year. A new team, new trainer, people regarded as some of the best the industry has to offer. We’ve been waiting all season for him to piece the puzzle together and he seems to have really got something gured out. Finishing fth two weeks ago in Indianapolis and following it up with a fourth this week in Seattle. It’s exciting to see what Broc can bring to the table in these nal rounds of the series. While Broc now lives and trains in either Southern California or Central Florida, he’s originally from Michigan. Broc spent plenty of time in his younger racing years ghting the long cold rainy spring days
of the Northern United states when it came to racing his dirtbike. So to see him quali ed in fourth after only having one shot to put down a qualifying time should not have come as much of a surprise. Broc started Heat One in fourth place, and then fell back to sixth place. Chaos was all around him as he tried to navigate the wet sticky track. He held his composure though and was able to keep his bike on two wheels and by the end of the six lap race found himself in second place behind his teammate Marvin Musquin. A seventh place start in the Man Event left Broc in the middle of pure chaos, bikes and riders going in every direction, water and mud roosting tear off and roll off to their max. He quickly got up into fourth and that’s where he would stay. Nothing wrong with that, that’s what KTM, asks of him. He only nished one position behind Musquin. With four rounds remaining it’s going to be interesting to see what Broc can put together, he’s currently seventh in points, if he can make that number fth I vote his season a success.
16 GRITMOTO • APRIL 8, 2018