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Dodge/Rch Racing - AMA Monster Energy Supercross Series Race Advance - Round 3 - Anaheim 2
RCH RACING/DODGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Last weekend in Phoenix wasn’t what Broc (Tickle) wanted. It’s a long season; I tell everybody this. There’s a lot of hype going on around our team. Let’s just see where we’re at around Round 12. That’s when you see the veterans out there separate themselves from the rest of the riders. Take a rider like Chad Reed, he’s just back there lurking. He’s got two fourth-place finishes but look where he is at in championship points. A guy like Broc, he’s a slow starter but he’s consistent. Most of the time he capitalizes on everyone’s misfortune and that’s what I like about him.”
-- Ricky Carmichael
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DODGE/RCH RACING NEWS
· Ricky Carmichael and Carey Hart have joined forces to form RCH Racing which is competing in the AMA Monster Energy Supercross Series this season with direct Suzuki factory support and a technical alliance for research and development from Yoshimura.
· Rider Broc Tickle (No. 20 Dodge/Sycuan/Suzuki RM-Z450) will be the lone RCH Racing entry at Round 3 of the AMA Monster Energy Supercross Series race at Angel Stadium in Anaheim this weekend. Tickle finished 12th in Round 2 last weekend in Phoenix (season best). He is currently 16th in the SX 450-class point standings, 33 behind leader David Millsaps. He is seeking his third consecutive SX 450-class Main Event appearance this season. Tickle was 18th at season opener in Anaheim after colliding with two-time defending champion Ryan Villopoto on Lap 1 in the Main Event.
· Rider Josh Hill (No. 75 Dodge/Sycuan/Suzuki RM-Z450) remains sidelined after suffering a concussion and hand injury in the season opener in Anaheim. The mishap came during practice and Hill was unable to compete in his scheduled Heat Race for precautionary reasons. His return is tentatively scheduled for Round 4 next week.
· SRT Motorsports/Dodge will have an at-track presence inside the RCH paddock at all 17 AMA Monster Energy Supercross Series events this year.
FAST FACTS: ANAHEIM
· The first two SX 450-class Main Events this year have been won from a top-two starting position. David Milsaps won Anaheim 1 from starting position No. 2 while Phoenix winner Justin Barcia was No. 1 last week at Phoenix.
· SPEED will televise the AMA Supercross event on Sunday, Jan. 20 (taped-delayed) from Anaheim beginning at 1:00 p.m. (ET).
THE DODGE BOYS
· Dodge is seeking its first SX race win with RCH Racing.
· Dodge’s Broc Tickle career-best finish of second came at the 2006 SX event at Toronto.
· Dodge’s Josh Hill was the Monster Energy Supercross Series Rookie of the Year in 2008.
· Carey Hart was the recipient of the first R.A.D. (Riders Above Dirt) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
BROC TICKLE
No. 20 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Bel-Ray/Suzuki RM-Z450
Birthdate: 11/21/1989
Hometown: Holly, Mich. Mechanic: Tony Berluti
Highlights
· First season riding the No. 20 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Bel-Ray/Suzuki RM-Z450.
· Finished eighth in 2012 SX rider standings with nine top-10 finishes in 16 starts.
· 2011 AMA Supercross Series Lites West champion.
· 2012 Best Finish: Sixth at Salt Lake City.
JOSH HILL
No.75 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Bel-Ray/Suzuki RM-Z450
Birthdate: 07/30/1989
Hometown: Clackamas, Ore. Mechanic: Shawn Bell
Highlights
· Returns for his second season aboard the No. 75 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Bel-Ray/Suzuki RM-Z450.
· Has one career SX win (Minneapolis – 2008).
· Career best sixth-place finish in 2010 SX point standings.
RIDER QUOTES
BROC TICKLE (No. 20 Dodge/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Bel-Ray/Suzuki Z450)
TALK ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS HEADING INTO ROUND 3 IN ANAHEIM: “I’m looking forward in heading back to Anaheim this weekend. I really need to post some good results. We’ve been working on the bike a lot, putting the work in to get better. Everyone is stoked to get back to the track this weekend. Our Dodge/Sycuan Casino/RCH Racing/Bel-Ray/Suzuki Z450s have been fast. It’s just a matter of getting the race results on Saturday night. I’m looking forward to the rest of the week and getting some good practice in. What I need to do is just relax and I think my performances will show a better result. I’ve been putting too much pressure on myself. I need to relax a bit on the bike and just ride.”
IS MORE EMPHASIS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON PRACTICE AND QUALIFYING TO GET A BETTER GATE POSITION FOR THE HEAT RACE? “For sure. That’s one of the areas that we need to get better at and that is putting down a better practice time for gate selection in the Heat Race. It all ties together: good practice time, good gate selection to your Heat Race, good Heat Race and gate pick for the Main. Everything will flow together and hopefully score a good Main Event, but it certainly starts early in the day on track.”
YOU’RE A GUY THAT SEEMS TO PICK UP A LOT OF POSITIONS DURING THE 20-LAP MAIN EVENT. GETTING THROUGH TURN 1 MUST BE A MAJOR FOCUS FOR YOUR TEAM: “Exactly. I need to start up front and everything else will come for me. It’s not easy to come from the back, especially with the talent level of the 450 class this season. Everybody is fast and everybody is a good rider. Giving up spots on the first lap makes it so hard to earn a good finish. The main thing is to start in front of the fast guys, start clicking off some laps and not worry about everyone else, just race my own race.”
WILL YOUR MAKE ANY CHANGES TRYING TO SURVIVE THE START OF THE RACE AND TURN 1? “Not really. The main thing for the first corner is to be smart. I need to line myself up on the gate to where if there is a problem I can get out of it. Last week, I didn’t have a good Heat Race and didn’t have a good gate selection for the Main. I was way outside and it put me in a bad position. Eventually I got pushed off the track. The main goal this week is to be good in practice, have good practice times, have a good gate pick for the Heat Race and just let everything flow together into the Main event.”
DO YOU PLAN ANY MAJOR SETUP CHANGES TO YOUR DODGE/SYCUAN CASINO/RCH RACING/BEL-RAY/SUZUKI Z450 THIS WEEK? “No. We made a few changes yesterday to the shock, just some minor things so when we roll into Anaheim we have them in our bag in case we need to make a change to the bike. I was really happy with my bike setup in Phoenix. I’m looking forward in keeping it going. It makes it a lot easier if everything is good with the bike and (it’s) consistent. Our bikes are fast. I have an awesome bike and I’m really happy with how things are going.”
YOUR WERE ONLY A TENTH OF A SECOND FROM FOURTH-PLACE IN YOUR PRACTICE TIMES. HOW SUBTLE IS A TENTH OF A SECOND DURING A SX 450-CLASS LAP? “It’s maybe just clearing all the jumps perfectly. Say you are the same in every corner but you clip a jump a little bit, that could be the tenth of a second that you need for a perfect lap. It can happen so fast. With the speed that all the riders have out here this year, making a consistent lap and not hopping a jump or clipping a landing is critical.”
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