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I think my days of racing professionally are over’ KEN ROCZEN announces retirement….

KEN ROCZEN OUT FOR REMAINDER OF SUPERCROSS FOLLOWING NASHVILLE SX CRASH

 

 

Ken Roczen has taken to Instagram with an update following his hard crash at the Nashville Supercross over the weekend. When running in second in the 450SX main event, Roczen tripled into the whoop section and began to blitz, but his Suzuki RM-Z450 started spewing a ton of smoke the second he landed. Roczen went for a wild ride through the entire whoops section before crashing hard as it appeared his shock

 

 

 

blew up and lost all of its oil. His bike then flipped Ken over the bars, violently. Ken gingerly walked off the track with the help of the Alpinestars medical crew before being helped onto the medic cart and being taken off. He waved to the crowd as they drove through the tunnel. He initially posted the following:

 

 

Now, Roczen announced he will miss the final three rounds of supercross due to a broken tibia plateau, foot, and toe. Roczen has one win on the season and six total podiums through 14 rounds and is sixth in the standings at the moment. Below is his full post.

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