Barcia Gets Top-Five Result at Indy in Supercross Return

“What a solid night of racing. It was great to have Justin back returning to action on his number 51 YZ450F. He was a little rusty in practice, but throughout the night he got better and better and saved the best for the main event. He got off to a solid start and rode some consistent laps. He held up to the pressure for the entire race, early on from a couple competitors and then in the final stages he had his hands full, but he kept it on two wheels. It’s great to see him back with a solid finish. He’s had a tough season so far, the past couple of weeks especially, but we’re going in the right direction and looking forward to Seattle next weekend.”

“After having a tough couple of weeks, months really, since winning Anaheim, it’s been difficult. Then my injury was pretty huge to me, actually, so for me I thought it was going to be difficult to come back from it. The basic thing for me was just to get comfortable and get back in the zone and I progressed all day. I don’t like saying I surprised myself, but I kind of surprised myself tonight. I stayed pretty calm all day, patient. I didn’t really let being off the pace a little bit in practice frustrate me, I just stayed focused, used my positive thinking and good mentality and it was a good race. It was a solid race for the first race back. We definitely want to keep progressing from here and get back on the podium. We’ll take a fifth and move on to next weekend.”