Ken Roczen details dramatic win and difficult decisions on Title 24 podcast

Title 24, NBC Sports’ new podcast with Supermotocross champions Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Villopoto hosting, welcomed their first guest on Wednesday, March 14 as Ken Roczen detailed his emotional win in Indianapolis. It was the first Supercross (SX) win for the 2016 and 2021 runner-up in the stadium series since he won the SX season-opener last year at Anaheim. Title 24 is available on all major podcast services and on the Motorsports on NBC YouTube channel.

“What a story it was for the team and for Suzuki and for me personally,” Roczen told Carmichael. “I’m so glad I was able to accomplish so many cool things throughout my career.

“I may not have championships after championships, but there were moments that are truly special that only very few people can get. I was so speechless afterward and that race, for some reason, was at the very top of my list.”

The 2022 season ended in stark contrast to how it began with his worst performance in five years. After finishing outside of the top five in seven of his last eight rounds in the stadium series and being well down the points’ standings in ninth, he decided to put that season on hold. Roczen said during a news conference at the beginning of the season that he urgently needed change.

“Last year I got one win,” Roczen said on this week’s Title 24 podcast. “I had a really rough year and it wasn’t good for me mentally, physically or anything. I was in a pretty bad spot actually. So that’s why [this win] was so emotional for me.”

Part of Roczen’s change was a risky move to the H.E.P. Motorsports Progressive Ecstar Suzuki team.

On a bike that had not been ultra-competitive for many years, Roczen knew from his first test session that the Suzuki had good bones even if there was a