by Chase Stallo
Sign of the Lap Times: Dallas
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | 7:00 AM
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PrintTake a deep dive inside the lap charts with this week's Sign of the Lap Times.
450SX Class
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Avg Lap Time | Rider |
| 1 | 1 | 44.356 | 3 | 45.281 | Ryan Villopoto |
| 2 | 2 | 44.530 | 4 | 45.432 | Davi Millsaps |
| 3 | 6 | 44.785 | 7 | 45.965 | Justin Barcia |
| 4 | 3 | 44.800 | 6 | 45.475 | Ryan Dungey |
| 5 | 4 | 44.923 | 3 | 45.607 | Chad Reed |
| 6 |
5 | 45.071 | 10 | 45.839 | Justin Brayton |
| 7 | 7 | 45.318 | 8 | 46.327 | Trey Canard |
| 8 |
12 | 45.681 | 2 | 47.132 | Mike Alessi |
| 9 | 10 | 45.779 | 4 | 46.620 | Broc Tickle |
| 10 | 8 | 45.787 | 3 | 46.570 | Matt Goerke |
| 11 | 9 | 45.986 | 7 | 46.622 | Andrew Short |
| 12 | 11 | 46.000 | 10 | 46.905 | Weston Peick |
| 13 | 13 | 46.069 | 3 | 47.253 | Jimmy Albertson |
| 14 | 18 | 46.474 | 4 | 48.463 | Kyle Partridge |
| 15 | 14 | 46.691 | 9 | 47.593 | Robert Kiniry |
| 16 | 19 | 46.730 | 5 | 48.007 | Chris Blose |
| 17 | 16 | 47.109 | 4 | 48.557 | Ben LaMay |
| 18 | 15 | 47.258 | 10 | 48.414 | Josh Hill |
| 19 | 17 | 47.783 | 3 | 49.341 | Justin Sipes |
| 20 | 20 | DNS | DNS | DNS | James Stewart |
450SX
- Ryan Villopoto set the fastest lap of the night for the first time since round 4 in Oakland with a 44.356.
- The latest fastest lap of the night, for the second straight week, belonged to more than one rider. Justin Brayton, Weston Peick and Josh Hill all set their fastest lap on lap 10. Brayton’s 45.071 would best Peick’s 46.000 and Hill’s 47.258.
- Three riders—Ryan Villopoto, Ryan Dungey and Davi Millsaps—set all of their laps under the 47-seconds.
- Justin Brayton and Chad Reed weren’t far behind the trio, as the pair only had one lap over 47-seconds.
- RV was on fire early, setting his first nine laps under 45-seconds—the best of the field.
- Weston Peick finished a season-high 11th. Peick went on a run of twelve straight laps (5-16) under 47-seconds.
- Ryan Villopoto would top the field with seventeen straight laps under 46-seconds to begin the race. Davi Millsaps would come in second with fifteen straight, with Chad Reed in third with fourteen straight.
- Although he was coming through traffic a majority of the night, Justin Barcia still laid down sixteen straight laps (2-18) under 47-seconds.
- Dallas managed to pass San Diego (another football stadium) as the quickest track thus far. The best average lap time (Chad Reed – 47.871 in San Diego) dropped by over two seconds from a week ago (Ryan Villopoto – 45.281 in Dallas).
- How fast was the track? Six riders average lap times were under 46-seconds.
- How fast was RV in Dallas? His average lap time (45.281) was faster than all but five riders’ FASTEST lap time (Millsaps, Barcia, Dungey, Reed, and Brayton).
Comparison:
Davi Millsaps vs Ryan Dungey – Laps 15-20
Davi Millsaps revealed after Dallas that he had been battling an illness all week and “was barely able to breathe” down the stretch. Yet, the points leader was able to dig deep and keep a hard charging Ryan Dungey at bay and pick two more points in the chase. In a championship race that has a small margin of error, and what could have been a swing of four points had Dungey made the pass, we may look back at this in May as a turning point in the series. Take a look at the chart below for a side-by-side comparison.
| Lap | Davi Millsaps | Ryan Dungey |
| 15 | 45.803 | 45.572 |
| 16 | 46.227 | 46.394 |
| 17 | 46.005 | 45.389 |
| 18 | 46.276 | 45.498 |
| 19 | 45.918 | 46.002 |
| 20 | 45.705 | 46.027 |
| Avg | 45.989 | 45.813 |
RV set the fastest lap of the night in Dallas.
Simon Cudby photo
250SX Class
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Avg Lap Time | Rider |
| 1 | 1 | 45.997 | 2 | 47.082 | Dean Wilson |
| 2 | 2 | 46.482 | 5 | 47.445 | Blake Wharton |
| 3 | 3 | 46.534 | 10 | 47.754 | Wil Hahn |
| 4 | 6 | 46.765 | 12 | 47.807 | Marvin Musquin |
| 5 |
4 | 47.070 | 10 | 48.184 | Kyle Peters |
| 6 | 17 | 47.094 | 1 | 47.626 | Cole Thompson |
| 7 |
7 | 47.341 | 3 | 48.233 | Gavin Faith |
| 8 | 5 | 47.421 | 15 | 48.135 | Justin Hill |
| 9 | 10 | 47.455 | 3 | 49.253 | Lance Vincent |
| 10 | 18 | 47.665 | 3 | 48.665 | Zach Bell |
| 11 | 8 | 47.683 | 9 | 48.689 | Jimmy DeCotis |
| 12 | 11 | 47.721 | 3 | 49.458 | Jackson Richardson |
| 13 | 12 | 47.784 | 4 | 49.689 | Mitchell Oldenburg |
| 14 | 9 | 47.806 | 14 | 47.806 | Vince Friese |
| 15 | 13 | 48.792 | 4 | 49.674 | Gareth Swanepoel |
| 16 | 16 | 49.230 | 4 | 50.629 | Ryan Zimmer |
| 17 | 15 | 49.382 | 2 | 52.744 | Adam Gulley |
| 18 | 14 | 49.675 | 3 | 51.112 | Levi Kilbarger |
| 19 | 19 | 51.380 | 1 | 53.957 | Bradley Ripple |
| 20 | 20 | 1:06.347 | 1 | 1:.06.347 | Jesse Wentland |
250SX
- Dean Wilson set the fastest lap of the night with a 45.997 on lap 5 en route to the win in the East Region opener.- Wilson’s rookie teammate, Justin Hill, would set the latest fastest lap of the night with a 47.421 on the final lap! Hill’s 47.421 ranked eighth best in 250SX.
- Privateer Cole Thompson had a career night in the works, running in third, before a spectacular crash knocked him out of the race. Thompson set all seven of his laps under 48-seconds to begin the race.
- After a great start, AG Motorsports’ Kyle Peters was able to hang on for a career night with a fourth. Peters set 14 of 15 laps under 49-seconds.
- Dean Wilson was the only 250SX rider to dip under the 46-second mark.
- Wilson was on another level in Dallas as his average lap time (47.082) was better than all but four riders’ FASTEST lap of the night (Wharton, Hahn, Musquin, and Peters).
- After missing all of 2012 with injuries, privateer Jimmy DeCotis was back and showed the speed that made him one of the most beloved privateers. After such a long lay-off many would have expected DeCotis to fade down the stretch, but the Mass native’s final two laps were in the 47-second range.
- Wilson was not only fast, but the most consistent, with 13 of 15 laps under 48-seconds. Blake Wharton and Marvin Musquin were darned good, too, each logging 12 of 15 laps under 48-seconds.
Wilson set the fastest lap of the night in 250SX.
Simon Cudby photo
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Yet ANOTHER crappy track!!! Was nice to see RD get a little rough!! with a holeshot RV could do this in his sleep.
As far as I'm concerned, the tracks are one of the biggest mysteries going. We would see such a better show with tracks that offered some traction which would then allow for a bit more technical obstacles. This is like if the NFL outlawed cleats and all we saw were guys slipping and sliding around at 3/4 speed trying not to fall down. Why is it that Dallas is the biggest floor around and has 45 second laps?
Top six riders averaged 46 second lap times. Pretty crazy. We need some tracks with 1:00 min. laps. Longer lap times will really separate the men from the boys
The tracks need to be more technical, they need to get the lap times up to a minute or more. It would make it more interesting to watch. I liked the plug for JimmyD he had a good night hope he can keep it up.
The boring - easy - one lined - take your pick, tracks are the reason why we still have all the contenders present - choose your poison.
It seems the leader always (except if you are RV) sets the fast lap...I guess open track helps in this regard.
Good stuff for bench racing but it does not matter - the points assigned at the end of the race do...
In 2011 the fastest lap times were just over 50 seconds
in 2012 they were just over 46 seconds
this year they were just over 44 ! !
we are paying more for less around here, we saw over 10 minutes LESS racing than just two years ago with slicker and harder dirt- NONE of the riders liked the track
I wonder - we had great dirt last year and good racing (except CR's wreck) and this year a great crowd showed up. After ho hum racing this year I wonder how big the crowd will be next ?
Billc - you are baiting tha RV haters with that last comment - lol
Indeed Bill C....I said it on the Dallas track map thread... laptimes will be about 45 seconds for Dallas...Atlanta may be a little different, but doubtful. There is nothing seperating the field..Alessi was the only gut to do a section differently and it was because he was scared...... Funny how Reed for example says he hates the baseball stadium california rounds - Yet they have provided longer and better (not alot better , but better) tracks for racing then SD and Dallas .....Bigger floor, faster laps.....maybey they can run from side to side a few times rather than end to end 50-75 yard sections with rather simple rythm sections....slow the track down...
I think the riders have had a faster lap time than the green arrow the past few weeks
Yes FELD needs to sort this out...longer laps won't bee that much more difficult to attain. The problem is they are skimping on the dirt-- there is visibly less of it! I mean I can understand penny pinching but taking away the dirt? C'mon...Guseppi I mean Feld...
Yes FELD needs to sort this out...longer laps won't bee that much more difficult to attain. The problem is they are skimping on the dirt-- there is visibly less of it! I mean I can understand penny pinching but taking away the dirt? C'mon...Guseppi I mean Feld...
I could very easily be wrong as I haven't went back to look but this seems to be one of the biggest splits between 450s and 250 times we have seen all year. Not saying West is better than East or anything like that just yet. Probably more due to the "easy" track that was to much point and shoot.
And to think we were spoiled early on with the first couple races having some of the best tracks to watch I have seen in years and now we boil down to this. Bring back some deep sand corners and some more wall jumps please!
One would think that a fast 250 rider could more easily match the lap times of the 450s on a slick track, but Wilson's 250 best time was only 12th best of the 450s.
Not much domination from Villopoto after his holeshot, really thought he would pull away but his fastest lap time was barely better than Millsaps.
ronniebarnhardt if someone said that about Sap's or RD you would be saying they were riding smart and managing their lead.
.There is no question the tracks have a lot to do with so many this close in speed. looking at history NEVER have this many people found the "speed" of the top guys in one off season. Most of the time we go for years with 2 or 3 top guys now with the crappy tracks the top ten are all pretty close. Can't wait to see how things go "IF" we ever get a good track.
@davidl
The only way to get around this short lap time deal is to make the mains timed. I say 25 min plus 2 laps. We will see who trains or not.
BlowC...quit reading my posts you creepy stalker!
@mit12...i agree but 20min + 2 laps would be plenty, that would be like 1:00 lap times at every track which is just right for supercross
@BillC
You are absolutely correct easy tracks are the equilivent of the NASCAR Car of tomorrow. Next they will through a yellow flag to bunch up the riders.
Anyone who does not think the track is makeing more guys equle Come to Southwick sometime. In the Morning EVERYONE is fast, but come 2nd moto...not so much. Then you see who is in shape and who is fast/good. So that is why so many are so close now and the racing sucks because of it.
LOL davidl . Fishing is good!!
I hooked a ronniebarnhardt, Kinda like a Blow fish. but when you cut it open you see that was just puffed up like a basketball and there is nothing inside.
First Wilson's fastest lap is a 46.4 and later they correctly mention he broke the 46 barrier. If Racer X needs a proof reader I'm available.
A lot of you guys don't realize that these guys like RV just can't push it to the edge every lap anymore. To many points to catch up on and to much to lose, RV is still the fastest and the favorite to win on any given night. No worries.
everyone is saying there all fast this year but when you watch the race its only the top riders out in front there still a pretty decent gap to the rest of them
Nobody wants to give him any credit, but Millsaps lap times are up towards the top every week..smooth track or not, he is as fast as the top 3 or 4 ......
No hes not, just ask BlowC, that guy is the end all be all of everything moto.
"RV was on fire early, setting his first nine laps under 45-seconds—the best of the field." Uhh duh, he had a clear track in front of him while Reed was slowing up the rest of the pack.
ronnie and billc...you 2 are like peanut butter and jelly to my wonder bread. Keep up the good work!!!!!!
jw621557, then why didn't DM and RD put in faster laps when they passed CR, DUH they couldn't ! !