Sign of the (Lap) Times: San Francisco
For the second time in less than a month we encountered less than favorable conditions in Monster Energy AMA Supercross, as heavy amounts of precipitation fell throughout the San Francisco area for several days leading up to the main event. The Dirt Wurx crew did what they could to salvage the track, and the laps were shortened in order to get through the program as quickly as possible. The conditions did affect the lap times, but not as much as you’d think. We still saw lap times in the low 50-second range, with the Lites riders having quicker laps than the Supercross class. Check them out:
AMA Supercross Lites
Finish
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Best Lap Time
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Rider
|
Bike
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3
|
50.720 |
Kawasaki
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7
|
50.863 |
Suzuki
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5
|
51.044 |
Kawasaki
|
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2
|
52.184 |
Kawasaki
|
|
1
|
52.228 |
Yamaha
|
|
4
|
52.412 |
Honda
|
|
6
|
52.836 |
Honda
|
|
8
|
53.708 |
Suzuki
|
|
9
|
53.810 |
Yamaha
|
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12
|
54.093 |
Yamaha
|
|
18
|
55.004 |
Eric McCrummen
|
Honda
|
10
|
55.129 |
Michael Blose
|
Suzuki
|
13
|
55.442 |
KTM
|
|
11
|
55.474 |
Honda
|
|
22
|
55.566 |
Honda
|
|
14
|
56.895 |
Honda
|
|
16
|
57.021 |
Honda
|
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19
|
57.133 |
Honda
|
|
17
|
57.314 |
Michael LaPaglia
|
Suzuki
|
15
|
57.525 |
Carlos Gonzalez
|
KTM
|
20
|
58.562 |
Kyle Beaton
|
Yamaha
|
21
|
1:14.287 |
Adam Metzler
|
Honda
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Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Brett Metcalfe looks to be getting on track, and he was the fastest rider in Frisco, his 50.720 topping both fields. Of course the track was in a lot better shape during the Lites main event, but give credit to the three fastest Lites riders, as their best times all eclipsed that of the fastest premier-class rider, Chad Reed. Unfortunately their results didn’t reflect the same, as Metcalfe, Dungey and Austin Stroupe finished third, seventh and fifth, respectively.
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Biggest Surprise: Props to privateer Eric McCrummen, who had the 11th-fastest lap time. Unfortantely, Eric finished 18th in the main.
AMA Supercross
Finish
|
Best Lap Time
|
Rider
|
Bike
|
1
|
51.758 |
Yamaha
|
|
3
|
52.058 |
Honda
|
|
2
|
52.313 |
Honda
|
|
6
|
53.027 |
Honda
|
|
5
|
53.516 |
Yamaha
|
|
10
|
53.603 |
Kawasaki
|
|
4
|
53.961 |
Honda
|
|
20
|
54.839 |
David Vuillemin
|
Suzuki
|
8
|
55.273 |
Honda
|
|
14
|
56.018 |
Eric Sorby
|
Honda
|
15
|
56.606 |
Suzuki
|
|
18
|
56.607 |
Yamaha
|
|
11
|
56.793 |
Yamaha
|
|
16
|
56.976 |
Yamaha
|
|
7
|
56.984 |
KTM
|
|
13
|
56.992 |
Honda
|
|
9
|
57.254 |
Honda
|
|
12
|
57.646 |
Honda
|
|
19
|
58.033 |
Honda
|
|
17
|
58.275 |
Honda
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As Jason Weigandt penned yesterday in 450 Words, with Stewart out of the series, Reed’s biggest threat is no longer an individual racer but himself. He has said he liked the mud, and at Anaheim 1 he finally showed he can win in it. But could he do it again? Yes, and with authority, as he logged the fastest time in the class, topping Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps (52.058) and Torco Racing Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham (52.313). Millsaps’ teammate, Ivan Tedesco, was fourth fastest, and Team Yamaha’s Grant Langston was fifth fastest en route to finishing fifth.
Reed got mud skills.
Biggest Surprise: Mud levels the playing field, which helped Bad Boy Energy Drink’s Jacob Marsack en route to his career-best fourth-place finish, but looking at the lap times, the Michigan native wasn’t that far off the pace, having the seventh-fastest lap time (53.961) in the class.