Justin Barcia picked up his first win of the season at Thunder Valley. Image: Simon Cudby.

GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia took his first win of the 2012 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship at Colorado over the weekend, overcoming the wild weather and mechanical issues to bring home the overall.

After being postponed for one hour due to strong winds, Barica took the holeshot in moto one of the 250 Class, while Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen lurked in second throughout the moto. Barcia managed to keep a level head and took the moto win.

“It was a wild day, but a really fun day,” said Barcia. ” It was another good day for the GEICO team. Everybody is smiling over here in this pit.

“It started off slick in the first moto but I was lucky enough to get the holeshot and was able to pretty much run my own race the entire time.”

The two-time East Coast AMA Supercross champion suffered rear brake issues during moto two and still managed to push for second place, securing the overall with a 1-2 score.

“The track was pretty rutted in moto two so I really wanted to get the holeshot again,” Barcia added. “I got around the first turn clear and was running well until the third lap and I noticed my rear brake going away.

“I had to just tough it out from there for the final 13 laps. I was scrambling but I did catch [Ken] Roczen on the last lap and got second place, which secured the overall win for us, so that was worth it right there.”

Barcia now sits just 16 points behind series leader Blake Baggett after three of 12 rounds.