German teenager Ken Roczen has revealed that he ranks his victory in the West Coast Lites AMA Supercross season finale in Las Vegas over the weekend as the greatest in his young career.

The Red Bull KTM rider won his first supercross race on the KTM 250 SX-F in Vegas, his second podium in succession despite focusing on World Motocross in recent months.

In the West Lites fifteen lap main event, Roczen nailed the holeshot on his KTM and pulled out to an early lead. Roczen led the first three laps before washing out in a turn before the finish line jump.

Roczen recovered quickly and was able to move into second place behind Cole Seely. He then closed the gap on Seely the next few laps and moved closer to retaking the number one position. Soon Seely suffered a crash and allowed Roczen to regain the lead.

Once back out front Roczen began to pull away from the rest of the riders and stretched his lead.

Roczen went on to take his first career Supercross Lites win 12 seconds ahead of new West Coast Lites Champion Broc Tickle.

“It feels so good to take the holeshot and the win in Las Vegas,” the 17-year-old said. “I have always dreamed of racing in Vegas and to see the happiness on my teams face makes this the greatest win of my career.”

Roczen will now revert his focus to the Motocross GP season, leading the MX2 class into Glen Helen’s United States Grand Prix this weekend.