2011 Glen Helen USGP - MX2 Race 1, Roczen, Herlings, Anstie, Musquin, Osborne...

Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Ken Roczen obtained his second overall victory of the season at Glen Helen Raceway, California, Sunday.

After taking the MX2 USGP victory, he is now leading the Championship with 14 points advantage over his teammate Jeffrey Herlings. Roczen injured two fingers of his left hand during yesterday’s qualifying race, but that was not a problem for the German to dominate the Grand Prix.
His motocross MX2 teammate Jeffrey Herlings rode very close to Ken Roczen in both heats, but he is still missing some speed. The winner of the Dutch GP confessed that he needs to train harder on his starts and his speed to be able to beat his teammate Ken Roczen.
The third overall FIM Motocross MX2 position was for CLS Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro Circuit’s Tommy Searle, who finished tight in points with his teammate Max Anstie. Searle crashed on the first lap of race one and he then made a mistake with the tear off and he struggled the whole heat as he had to take off his goggles.
He was very disappointed with his fifth position in race one, but he then succeeded in being third in the second one and finished on the FIM Motocross MX2 podium.
His MX2 teammate Max Anstie ended third in the first race, after starting from the 20th position, but a mistake during the last laps of race two while he was fourth made him lose the third overall position and he finished fourth overall.
However, Anstie proved that he can be racing for the top three places and he is determined to race for his maiden GP podium next weekend in Brazil.
Home rider Zach Osborne from Bike-it Cosworth Wild Wolf Yamaha team completed the top five of the MX2 class. It was a very tough weekend for the American; on Saturday he crashed during the qualifying race and he injured his wrist and today he got stuck on Marvin Musquin, who had crashed at the second corner of race one. In spite of being fifth,
Zach Osborne was the best American classified rider, so he won the Moates Cup for second year in a row.