Dungey’s former teammate at KTM, Roczen, is arguably the biggest name heading to a new team for the 2015 season, joining the factory-backed Team RCH/Soaring Eagle/Jimmy John’s Suzuki effort of Ricky Carmichael and Carey Hart. Roczen raced to a pair of wins during his first full season of 450SX Class competition a year ago and finished right behind Dungey in the final standings before going on to win his first career national championship in AMA Motocross. With past success on a Suzuki dating back to his early years as a pro in Europe, Roczen is confident he’ll be able to put RCH Racing into the upper echelon of competition and build upon the solid foundation he built a year ago, despite entirely new surroundings. https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwatchsupercrosslive.com%2Ffs%2Fjoin.html&redir;_token=Ma_xBVz0XA1JA2yuS_AWkxSrngl8MTQyMTYwOTAwN0AxNDIxNTIyNjA3 https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwatchsupercrosslive.com%2Ffs%2Fjoin.html&redir;_token=Ma_xBVz0XA1JA2yuS_AWkxSrngl8MTQyMTYwOTAwN0AxNDIxNTIyNjA3 https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwatchsupercrosslive.com%2Ffs%2Fjoin.html&redir;_token=Ma_xBVz0XA1JA2yuS_AWkxSrngl8MTQyMTYwOTAwN0AxNDIxNTIyNjA3 Grant’s departure from the Joe Gibbs Racing effort of Toyota/Yamaha/N-FAB/JGRMX allowed that squad to make another one of the biggest moves of the offseason by signing Barcia. The third-year rider suffered from a bit of a sophomore slump last season after a breakout rookie campaign, and in moving away from Honda for the first time in his professional Barcia believes the change of scenery will work in his favor. Many consider Barcia to be one of the top contenders for the title and his addition to JGRMX signifies the team’s best shot at a championship since signing Stewart in 2012. Complementing Barcia will be Weston Peick, who gets the first factory opportunity of his career in 2015. Barcia’s new home now places Canard firmly in the number-one spot at Team Honda, where he will experience very little change coming into 2015. The veteran spent the majority of the 2014 season sidelined with an injury but was a factor immediately upon returning for the final five races. Since then, Canard has continued to get faster and he came mere laps away from claiming a million dollars at October’s Monster Energy Cup before crashing. He’s perhaps more confident than ever coming into the season and will look to end Honda’s title drought that has now spanned 11 seasons, the longest ever for the brand. Canard’s new teammate will be another 450SX Class rookie that has achieved success in the premier class before. Seely has been a staple at the front of the pack in the 250SX Class, but last year he enjoyed the first 450SX Class podium finish of his career while substituting for Canard. While a full season is sure to challenge Seely, he possesses the speed to be a threat on any given weekend.

• published: 17 Jan 2015
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