On March 17, 2012 Supercross fans experienced a first in Supercross history; a very weird yet exciting first.

After an amazing start, KTM’s Ken Roczen took an early lead. A poor jump off the gate would leave undefeated points leader, Justin Barcia, back in 8^th place and it looked as if Roczen would have the race in the bag until a little some unfortunate luck had struck.

On lap 5 the race was red flagged due to a painful crash by Star Valli Yamaha’s Kyle Cunningham. The restart was extremely unfortunate for Ken Roczen who was going for his first win of the season, and especially weird for rides and fans.

According to the AMA rulebook, if a race is red flagged after 3 laps then the restart will happen with a staggered start according to the position where the rider was during the red flag. This was a first in Supercross history, excited for both riders and fans and seemed to be a lucky break for Justin Barcia who found this as his second chance to win the main event.

Right off the start, Barcia began to make moves but because of the style of start Roczen looked to have been running away again with the lead. Roczen would make a huge mistake sending his bike into the air without a pilot and saying goodbye to his hopes of winning.

Rockstar Suzuki’s Blake Wharton would take over the lead and never look back. It would be not only Suzuki’s first win of the season, but also Wharton’s first win since 2009. Bam Bam Barcia has been stopped but he is still winning the war, holding a commanding lead over the field in championship points.

Next week the series moves North of the border to Toronto, Canada. Will Roczen get his win redemption? Can Wharton repeat? Or will Barcia prove that last week was just a hiccup in his 2012 domination?