Designed by Honda Red Bull’s Ivan Tedesco (and based entirely on San Diego ’04), the Dallas track that was created for last Saturday night’s Monster Energy AMA Supercross provided plenty of lines and tight racing in both classes, with the exception of the leaders, who both inched away from second-place. The lap times hovered in the low- to mid 50-second range, and surprisingly, the winner didn’t register the fastest time in one of the classes.

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RV2 was #1 in Dallas. photo: Steve Cox

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto is showing improvement each week, and he rode 15 flawless laps in Dallas, his fastest coming on lap four when he logged a time of 53.048—the top time in the class. The rider who he’s chasing for the Eastern Regional Lites championship, Trey Canard, clocked the second-fastest time with a 53.926, coming on lap 14 after a heroic charge through the field following an early crash.
 
Canard’s teammate Josh Grant was next with a 54.131, coming on lap two, while RV’s teammate Branden Jesseman followed that with a 54.954. Rounding out the top five was MDK KTM’s Martin Davalos (55.089), who finished on the podium for the third time this season. Check out the rest of the Lites lap times below:

 

Finish	Best Lap Time	Rider	Bike
1	53.048	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki
4	53.926	Trey Canard	Honda
2	54.131	Josh Grant	Honda
8	54.954	Branden Jesseman	Kawasaki
3	55.089	Martin Davalos	KTM
6	55.108	Ryan Morais	Yamaha
5	55.213	Tyler Bowers	Yamaha
9	55.723	Matt Goerke	Yamaha
7	55.745	Nico Izzi	Suzuki
10	56.065	Billy Payne	Honda
22	56.441	Matt Boni	Honda
19	56.969	Kyle Keylon	Honda
13	57.031	Kyle Chisholm	Kawasaki
12	57.036	Travis Sewell	Suzuki
11	57.142	Gray Davenport	Kawasaki
20	57.240	Sean Hackley	Suzuki
21	57.242	Jimmy Albertson	Suzuki
18	57.508	Zach Ames	Honda
14	57.587	Justin Sipes	Suzuki
15	57.756	Roberto Castro	Kawasaki
16	57.882	Jack Carpenter	Honda
17	58.971	Justin Buckelew	Kawasaki

Biggest surprise: Billy Payne, back to racing after a few years away from the sport, is putting in solid finishes and top ten lap times each week. Hopefully he gains some more support and joins the Lites riders in the AMA Toyota Motocross Championships.

Billy Payne photo: Carl Stone

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For the first time in a while, San Manuel Yamaha’s Chad Reed did not have the fastest lap time in the main event; but he was darn close. It was Torco Racing Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham clocking the fastest time of the night (52.333), coming on lap six. Reed’s best lap was only three thousandths off of K-Dub (52.336), and his best lap came two laps earlier. But Reed was out front and Windham was trying to fight through traffic. Rounding out the top five was Davi Millsaps, Tim Ferry and runner-up finisher Josh Hill, who all had times down in the 52-second range.

Finish	Best Lap Time	Rider	Bike
4	52.333	Kevin Windham	Honda
1	52.336	Chad Reed	Yamaha
3	52.896	Davi Millsaps	Honda
5	52.968	Tim Ferry	Kawasaki
2	52.968	Josh Hill	Yamaha
6	53.634	Andrew Short	Honda
7	53.971	Charles Summey	Yamaha
10	54.459	Travis Preston	Kawasaki
8	54.695	Paul Carpenter	Honda
9	54.720	Troy Adams	Honda
12	54.790	Heath Voss	Honda
11	55.054	Nathan Ramsey	Yamaha
19	55.101	Bryan Johnson	Honda
15	55.116	Eric Sorby	Honda
14	55.213	Nick Wey	KTM
16	55.428	Dusty Klatt	Kawasaki
13	55.532	Jason Thomas	Honda
20	55.588	Keith R. Johnson	Yamaha
17	55.951	Antonio Balbi	Honda
18	56.107	Jeff Gibson	Kawasaki

Windham had the fastest main event lap time, but could only muster a fourth. photo: Carl Stone

Biggest surprise: Actually, it’s not even really a surprise any more, as JGRMX/Toyota/Yamaha’s Charles (Josh) Summey is becoming a regular top-ten finisher. He tied his season-best finish again in Dallas, as he finished seventh for the third time this season—with Coach Joe Gibbs on hand to watch the team. Josh’s lap time was the seventh fastest, too, and he’s only three-tenths off of Honda Red Bull Racing’s Andrew Short’s best lap time.

Charles Summey photo: Steve Cox