Sign Of The (Lap) Times: Houston
Supercross class
Houston was a fun race to watch, wasn’t it? Monster Energy Kawasaki’s James Stewart finally didn’t get a good start, and a rider who needs nothing but confidence right now—Kevin Windham—got the holeshot. The stage was set for some good racing, but it only lasted six laps. That’s when Stewart took over the lead and took off. Chad Reed climbed up to second, Tim Ferry was third.
Finish
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Best Lap Time
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Rider
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Bike
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1
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50.407 |
Kawasaki
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4
|
51.598 |
Honda
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2
|
51.723 |
Yamaha
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3
|
52.008 |
Kawasaki
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8
|
52.458 |
Suzuki
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5
|
52.596 |
Honda
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7
|
52.910 |
Honda
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6
|
52.973 |
Suzuki
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10
|
53.306 |
David Vuillemin
|
Honda
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19
|
53.784 |
Yamaha
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12
|
54.016 |
Tyler Evans
|
Suzuki
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9
|
54.215 |
Kawasaki
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14
|
54.363 |
Bryan Johnson
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Honda
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17
|
54.394 |
Kawasaki
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11
|
54.489 |
Honda
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13
|
54.496 |
Manuel Rivas
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Kawasaki
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16
|
54.862 |
Honda
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15
|
54.956 |
Kawasaki
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18
|
55.901 |
Kyle Lewis
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Honda
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The fastest time of the night belonged to #7 (50.407), but surprisingly, the second fastest time was set by the SoBe No Fear/Samsung Honda rider Windham (51.598), who Ricky Carmichael said would have a “breakout race” that evening from the announcing booth. But on lap six, Windham’s 53.728 was too slow for Stewart’s 51.077. That two seconds helped Stewart take the lead from Windham, and he never looked back.
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Second-place finisher Chad Reed, who looked a bit off all night long, had an average lap time of 53.761. And how about 13th-place finisher Manuel Rivas, who got a lift to Texas from Cernic’s Kawasaki? Well, the Spaniard’s average lap time of the night was a 56.624.
Supercross Lites
I’d like to say that we saw something different in the Lites class this past weekend, but we’ll probably have to wait till Atlanta for that. Villopoto was again the fastest 250F on the track, and his best lap of 51.088 was the second-fastest time of the night—inlucing BOTH classes! Yamaha of Troy’s Jason Lawrence continues to keep RV honest, and his fastest time of the night was again very close to Villopoto, making Lawrence the third-fastest rider of the night out of everyone! These young riders are really putting in some impressive laps this season. As for average lap times, RV maintained a 53.125 while J-Law had a 53.610 and Josh Grant had a 53.850.
Finish
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Best Lap Time
|
Rider
|
Bike
|
1
|
51.088 |
Kawasaki
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2
|
51.099 |
Yamaha
|
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3
|
52.477 |
Honda
|
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4
|
53.013 |
Yamaha
|
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5
|
53.299 |
KTM
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6
|
53.302 |
Honda
|
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7
|
53.614 |
Yamaha
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20
|
53.835 |
Michael LaPaglia
|
Yamaha
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9
|
53.836 |
Kawasaki
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|
11
|
54.554 |
Dusty Klatt
|
Yamaha
|
10
|
54.688 |
Suzuki
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8
|
54.786 |
Yamaha
|
|
12
|
55.023 |
KTM
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|
17
|
55.749 |
Joaquim Rodrigues
|
Kawasaki
|
13
|
56.608 |
Dennis Jonon
|
KTM
|
15
|
56.991 |
Yamaha
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|
14
|
57.128 |
Brad Graham
|
Kawasaki
|
21
|
57.890 |
Vernon McKiddie
|
Yamaha
|
19
|
57.949 |
KTM
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16
|
58.002 |
Ryan Grantom
|
Yamaha
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We have San Diego this weekend, and then we get to start checking on the East Region times and see how the likes of Broc Hepler, Brett Metcalfe, Tommy Hahn, Mike Alessi and Ryan Dungey stack up to the 450s!