I live in Portland, and make an effort to go to this race every July... this year my riding buddies from Calif didn't come up, so I stayed home and watched online. Last year Washougal was a mudfest, but this year almost perfect weather. In person, the hills are much steeper than they look on the screen. One of the jumps at the top of the track just launches the riders amazingly into the air -- truly impressive.
I've been a Eli Tomac fan for a few years, and nice to see him back in form. I think his shoulder injuries are mostly healed, so the last few races could be crazy cool. Roczen is really, really good... the way he can carve through the pack in huge chunks is amazing. Reminds me of DeCoster; smart, technically near perfect, and deceptively fast.
Oh yeah, I should mention, the 250 class is really badass this year too.
You are right Roczen is very good. I watched his progress on MXGP (our local version of the ama which im sure you know but people here might not) and he dominated in his KTM days here. I still wish he was on team orange... With Dungey and him as team mates on the bike KTM has now... wow!
250 class this year is BANANAS! So much tallent! The sport is really in for some good years :)