Ken Roczen’s dog important for Supercross rider
Ken Roczen’s dogs have played an important role in his Supercross career.
Ken Roczen’s dogs have played an important role in his career in Monster Energy Supercross, which has been filled with challenges.
The Honda Racing Corporation rider finished seventh yesterday (Sunday, June 21) on his No. 94 in Salt Lake City 7 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in the 2020 Supercross season finale, to finish third overall in the 450cc standings with 354 points, 30 points behind champion Eli Tomac.
During the 2020 season, which was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, Roczen picked up main event wins in St Louis, Glendale, Atlanta and Salt Lake City 5, while battling an attack of shingles.
He won the 250cc West (think Triple-A baseball or NASCAR Xfinity Series) title in 2013, but despite winning the 2014 450 Rookie of the Year and the winner of the 2015 Monster Energy Cup (think Daytona 500),
His 450cc career has been derailed by injuries, which began with a 2017 wreck in the season opener in Anaheim where left arm was nearly amputated, which was followed by a 2018 crash in San Diego that broke his right hand.
Ken Roczen’s dogs have been right by his side throughout, however. As a 2015 Red Bull interview detailed, his Bulldog Rocky went with him everywhere, and his French Bulldog Rio has her own Instagram (her handle is @RioRoczen94).
It’s a “like father like daughter” sort of situation, as she’s also pretty fast on her own bike.
For his career, the German rider has 15 Supercross main event wins.
Roczen, his wife Courtney and Rio live in Clermont, Florida when not traveling around the racing circuits, though they’ve recently had a rather long stay in Utah because of the Supercross season ending there.
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Now as the focus of the dirt bike world shifts to the outdoor 2020 Lucas Oil Motocross championship, Ken Roczen’s dogs will be there to support their dad, whatever else is thrown in their path.