Sign of the (Lap) Times: Millville
Monday, July 19, 2010 | 2:05 PM
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Riders
- Martin Davalos
- Mike Alessi
- Nico Izzi
- Jake Weimer
- Blake Wharton
- Tyla Rattray
- Trey Canard
- Eli Tomac
- Tommy Hahn
- Broc Tickle
- Brett Metcalfe
- Josh Grant
- Kyle Chisholm
- Cole Seely
- Kevin Windham
- Tommy Searle
- Justin Brayton
- Kyle Cunningham
- Steven Clarke
- Dean Wilson
- Ryan Dungey
- Chris Pourcel
- Justin Barcia
- Chad Reed
- Andrew Short
- Kyle Regal
Races
You just had a feeling Ryan Dungey would put a hurting on the competition at Millville, Minnesota's Rockstar Energy Drink Spring Creek National. He's the home-state boy, and his fitness works wonders on the rough, sandy track. And so he did dominate the 450 motos, as our lap chart helps indicate.
But the 250s were a little more surprising.
450 Moto 1
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Rider |
| 1 | 1 | 2:07.991 | 3 | Ryan Dungey |
| 2 | 5 | 2:08.166 | 3 | Kevin Windham |
| 3 | 3 | 2:08.465 | 3 | Andrew Short |
| 4 | 2 | 2:08.509 | 4 | Josh Grant |
| 5 | 4 | 2:08.792 | 2 | Ben Townley |
| 6 | 7 | 2:09.742 | 4 | Kyle Chisholm |
| 7 | 28 | 2:09.254 | 4 | Chad Reed |
| 8 | 6 | 2:10.112 | 3 | Tommy Hahn |
| 9 | 14 | 2.10.822 | 2 | Justin Brayton |
| 10 | 10 | 2:11.208 | 4 | Kyle Cunningham |
450 Moto 2
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Rider |
| 1 | 4 | 2:09.355 | 4 | Ryan Dungey |
| 2 | 28 | 2:10.745 | 4 | Tommy Hahn |
| 3 | 2 | 2:11.049 | 4 | Kyle Regal |
| 4 | 3 | 2:11.267 | 2 | Andrew Short |
| 5 | 4 | 2:11.744 | 4 | Kevin Windham |
| 6 | 10 | 2:12.831 | 3 | Josh Grant |
| 7 | 5 | 2:13.059 | 7 | Ben Townley |
| 8 | 8 | 2:13.684 | 3 | Mike Alessi |
| 9 | 6 | 2.13.857 | 3 | Brett Metcalfe |
| 10 | 19 | 2:14.189 | 3 | Steven Clarke |
Another patient, smooth, smart ride for Dungey. And he was fast, too.
Cudby photo
Dungey moved out in both motos. Well done by Kevin Windham, though, who led half of the first moto and logged the second-best lap time. In moto two, Dungey was fastest again, giving him the Rockstar Energy Drink fast lap of the race. In a heart breaker, Tommy Hahn was actually second-fastest in that moto, but he had front tire issues and had to pull into the pits, knocking him out of the points.
250 Moto 1
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Rider |
| 1 | 2 | 2:10.959 | 2 | Trey Canard |
| 2 | 1 | 2:11.600 | 2 | Christophe Pourcel |
| 3 | 3 | 2:12.069 | 2 | Jake Weimer |
| 4 | 4 | 2:12.089 | 4 | Tyla Rattray |
| 5 | 5 | 2:12.359 | 4 | Blake Wharton |
| 6 | 13 | 2:13.113 | 4 | Eli Tomac |
| 7 | 16 | 2:13.419 | 2 | Justin Barcia |
| 8 | 7 | 2:13.436 | 5 | Broc Tickle |
| 9 | 10 | 2.14.169 | 3 | Nico Izzi |
| 10 | 11 | 2:14.727 | 3 | Tommy Searle |
250 Moto 2
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Rider |
| 1 | 2 | 2:11.392 | 5 | Dean Wilson |
| 2 | 1 | 2:11.515 | 4 | Trey Canard |
| 3 | 3 | 2:12.222 | 4 | Justin Barcia |
| 4 | 11 | 2:12.673 | 3 | Eli Tomac |
| 5 | 4 | 2:13.113 | 4 | Tyla Rattray |
| 6 | 10 | 2:14.237 | 3 | Christophe Pourcel |
| 7 | 6 | 2:14.605 | 4 | Broc Tickle |
| 8 | 7 | 2:15.045 | 4 | Blake Wharton |
| 9 | 14 | 2.15.620 | 3 | Cole Seely |
| 10 | 12 | 2:15.831 | 3 | Martin Davalos |
Dean Wilson was hurting heading into the second moto after banging his knee up in the first race. But his still busted out the best time of the second moto and kept Trey Canard honest.
Cudby photo
In this unpredicatable class, the moto winner didn't have the fastest lap time in either race. Trey Canard had the early lead and pushed to check out in Moto 1, but eventually Christophe Pourcel caught and passed him. Then Canard caught back up, then Pourcel re-passed and pulled away again. Typical Pourcel strangeness.
Then Wilson came to the line in moto 2 ailing after banging his knee in the first moto, and said he was feeling sick because of the heat. And yet he challenged Canard the whole way and logged the fastest lap of the moto. Way to dig deep, Deano.
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wow. Mike Alessi is a non factor on the 350. Huge mistake. Last year at the beginning he was getting holeshots. This year I cant even see him in the first turn?
Sweet, there is a pic of me in this collumn. But, why am I out of focus? Who wants to see a pic of Dungey anyway?
Godwin" It's cool when you can say that's me that's were i was. I made 2 videos here on racer X at this race one in the starters tower and the other in the mechanics area. What a great weekend of racing but man was it HOT tell the rain came. How cool was it seeing Windham out front and i think i BT101 would not have had that little mistake in moto 2 he would have been right up there. DUNGEY RULES!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, it was a great weekend of racing, although it was definitely VERY hot. For more on this see: Grant, Josh. On DMXS Short said that he thinks Millville is the 2nd best track on the circuit, behind Red Bud, and I would have to agree. Better than being in the background of a picture is when I was a kid, at this race in 91 and Skip Norfolk gave me MC's Peak CR radiator shroud. That thing is still my most prized possesion.
Ya, Alessi would be getting spanked in the 250 class with that 350 he's riding. godwin, you sat on the same hill I did.
Ya i was behind the podium when Porcel dropped his bike in the 1 moto and just collapsed. And when Grant came in in the 2 moto and just stirred off into space they carried him to the astric mule. BT101 gave me a side number plate and sighed it with the track and finish this week. Will go right in my collection getting so mutch i am running out of wall space! DUNGEY RULES!!!!!!!!!!
I got the privledge of talking to Metcalfe for about 10 - 15 minutes Sunday morning. I got some good info....
BS yzsean pourcel didnt drop his bike and collapse .speed caught the whole thing. he simply got off and cooled his body temp as quickly as possible.
Boy, I dont know,,,, the way he was riding the 2nd moto, I would bet he collapsed shortly afterwords...
Norcal" Speed had 2 moto not 1 moto i was there He was shot pulling off every thing. Buy far the heat did the most to him. Grant at least lasted 2 moto's before he was shot Deano was also petty spent 2 moto's! DUNGEY RULES!!!!!!!!!!
ya right like i said after the first moto he was fine.alli show 1st moto. so i saw. speed show 2nd which wasnt even hot.
Norcal" maybe you sould read redux just posted after i posted Wegge said the same thing we were there or are both of us FULL OF IT! DUNGEY RULES!!!!!!!!!!
Good racing, it was great to see Winham riding outdoors. Dungey took it to the field this week. And way to go Trey, he is hitting his stride. Pourcel looked terrible in the 2nd moto. hast done well in any of the 2nd motos except one. At least by the standard we are used to seeing him ride. He is either getting sick, or the rest of the field is starting to pick up the pace. Hope he isnt getting sick.
i guess youre both ****ed because all he did was get off his back and strip down and power water on himself. he didnt collapse he didnt even lay down. he consciously took off his close look for a place to sit and cooled himself as quickly as possible.
Well, I saw it on the Alli feed and he did sit down not collpase but I think it's somewhere in the middle between collapsing and calmly getting undressed. To me he sort of looked like his clothes were on fire how fast he was trying to get them off. I might describe it as a controlled panic.
You're a stubborn one, norcal. Many of us saw it, either live or on the Alli feed, and Pourcel was suffering from the heat. Collapse, no collapse .. you're kidding yourself if you think he was perfectly ok after the first moto. Need proof? Did you watch the second moto?
Short said it best "K-Dub is the man,this is just his first race back just wait till he gets some more time on the bike " I have to agree
Its not only his first race back,, but its been FOREVER since he's rode an Outdoor National..