by Chase Stallo
Sign Of The Lap Times: Anaheim
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | 1:30 PM
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In this article…
Riders
- Ryan Villopoto
- Josh Hansen
- Broc Tickle
- Travis Baker
- Nick Wey
- Josh Grant
- Matt Boni
- James Stewart
- Chris Blose
- Ryan Morais
- Davi Millsaps
- Eli Tomac
- Brett Metcalfe
- Kyle Cunningham
- Ben Evans
- Jason Thomas
- Kevin Windham
- Tommy Hahn
- Cole Seely
- Justin Brayton
- Dakota Tedder
- Andrew Short
- Kyle Regal
- Kyle Chisholm
- Ryan Dungey
- Martin Davalos
- Ivan Tedesco
- Topher Ingalls
- Chad Reed
- Nick Paluzzi
- Tyla Rattray
- Trey Canard
- Antonio Balbi
- Mike Alessi
- Christian Craig
Anaheim provided little drama as we got about what we expected out of the opening round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross series. All five pre-season favorites (Dungey, Stewart, Villopoto, Reed and Canard) in the AMA Supercross class placed inside the top-five. In the Lites class, Monster Energy Pro Circuit picked up right where they left off, sweeping the podium in dominating fashion.
But if you dig a little deeper and take a look at the lap times you will see that in fact A1 did actually provide a few surprises. Check out the lap charts sponsored by Motion Pro to find these hidden gems.
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Rider |
| 1 | 3 | 58.006 | 11 | James Stewart |
| 2 | 1 | 58.850 | 5 | Ryan Villopoto |
| 3 | 2 | 58.862 | 8 | Ryan Dungey |
| 4 | 4 | 58.921 | 3 | Trey Canard |
| 5 | 7 | 59.936 | 3 | Ivan Tedesco |
| 6 | 5 |
1.00.065 | 11 | Chad Reed |
| 7 | 6 | 1.00.150 | 3 | Kevin Windham |
| 8 | 8 |
1.00.209 | 2 | Brett Metcalfe |
| 9 | 16 | 1.00.622 | 4 | Justin Brayton |
| 10 | 10 | 1.01.205 | 8 | Andrew Short |
| 11 | 11 | 1.01.417 | 10 | Kyle Chisholm |
| 12 | 9 | 1.01.465 | 4 | Josh Grant |
| 13 | 12 | 1.01.631 | 8 | Nick Wey |
| 14 | 13 | 1.01.841 | 3 | Kyle Regal |
| 15 | 14 | 1.02.104 | 6 | Mike Alessi |
| 16 | 19 | 1.02.247 | 3 | Davi Millsaps |
| 17 | 15 | 1.02.418 | 5 | Jason Thomas |
| 18 | 17 | 1.02.618 | 3 | Chris Blose |
| 19 | 18 | 1.03.110 | 4 | Matt Boni |
| 20 | 20 | 1.04.611 | 2 | Tommy Hahn |
AMA Supercross
Are you really surprised to see James Stewart atop the leader board? In his first race back after a broken wrist cut last season short, Stewart was on a mission to prove he is still the best in the world. He set the track ablaze while posting the best lap time of the night with an outstanding 58.006 on the eleventh lap.
But another rider that was returning from a devastating injury, Ryan Villopoto, proved he has what it takes to be a real title threat this year. And oh yeah, he posted the second fastest lap time with a 58.850, only a few milliseconds off Stewart’s pace.
Five riders managed to record lap times under one minute, and one of those riders was not Chad Reed. Dungey, Stewart, Villopoto, and Canard all managed to post a lap under the one minute mark. The only other rider to accomplish that feat was none other than Ivan Tedesco, who posted a 59.936 on the third lap. Reed’s fastest lap was just over one minute at 1.00.065 on lap eleven.
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Rider |
| 1 | 2 |
1.00.034 |
3 | Broc Tickle |
| 2 | 1 | 1.00.144 |
2 |
Josh Hansen |
| 3 | 13 |
1.00.152 | 6 |
Kyle Cunningham |
| 4 | 3 |
1.00381 | 5 | Tyla Rattray |
| 5 | 4 |
1.00.726 |
6 | Martin Davalos |
| 6 | 5 |
1.00.996 | 8 | Cole Seely |
| 7 | 6 | 1.01.369 | 6 | Ryan Morais |
| 8 | 7 |
1.01.422 | 8 | Ken Roczen |
| 9 | 10 | 1.02.156 | 3 | Eli Tomac |
| 10 | 8 | 1.02.276 | 8 | Travis Baker |
| 11 | 9 | 1.02.322 | 7 | Nick Paluzzi |
| 12 | 19 | 1.02.700 | 4 | Christian Craig |
| 13 | 11 | 1.02.815 | 4 | Antonio Balbi |
| 14 | 12 | 1.03.201 | 6 | Ben Evans |
| 15 | 20 | 1.03.268 | 3 | Topher Ingalls |
| 16 | 15 | 1.03.298 | 8 | Cody Gilmore |
| 17 | 16 | 1.03.304 | 8 | Bruce Rutherford |
| 18 | 14 | 1.03.489 | 14 | Ryan Marmont |
| 19 | 17 | 1.04.371 | 3 | Travis Bright |
| 20 | 18 | 1.04.747 | 4 | Dakota Tedder |
AMA Supercross Lites
While he wasn’t able to close the door on his first victory of the year, Broc Tickle was able to nail down the fastest lap time of the night with a 1.00.034 on his way to a strong runner-up finish.
Tickle missed out on the win, but he did take fastest lap time honors.
Photo: Simon Cudby
Josh Hansen was able to break out of his typical early season struggles and post the second fastest lap time, 1.00.144, on his way to his first A1 victory.
Australian supercross rookie Ryan Marmont had a night he would rather forget as he only managed a fourteenth-place finish in his maiden supercross voyage. However, one thing he can take pride in is that his fastest lap came on the fourteenth lap of the night. Marmont has proven he can win down under and judging by his fastest lap coming on the second to last lap, maybe all he needed was to get the first race bug-a-boos out of the way before he really shows us what he can do.
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Hey bd200 LOOK JS was the FASTEST!!!
Short would be 7th in the 250 class, SO don't blaim the bike.
He say's "RV at 58.850, only a few milliseconds off Stewartâ
Thats damn near a FULL sec!! Thats a LOT. RV and RD and the rest got some work to do still.
bubba will be a whole second faster @ rd 2. not just a few milliseconds!
RacerX why is it every time I copy and past something it messes up the hole post?? You need to look into this and also there is no way to delete a post.
Maybe Bill C can't spell and that's the problem. Paste and whole is the correct spelling. James was fastest, but wasn't fastest from the drop of the gate to the checkered flag.
LOL I tried it spelling things right and it did not work either. :)
Short was a top guy on the Honda. The 350 is a dud. And I would be more interested in average lap times than fastest. What difference does it make what you did on 1 lap. Yes I know it's a gauge of speed but what does it really matter. I'd rather have Poto's lap times and win than Stewart's.
Looks like Mike Alessi would get smoked in the lits class as well.
"only a few milliseconds off Stewartâ
Man, Reed was just cruising. I really hope he was holding back cuz if not, than he's got some serious work to do. Tickle has a faster time than him!
I would like to see what the average lap times were. One lap does not win a race. Years ago Mike Laracco had the fastest lap times during Jeremy Mc Grath's dominating years. I do not know about you but I would take Supercross Titles over lap times any day.
Mike Alessi got lapped by the top 3 guys!!!! Ktm must be happy about his ride! LOL
Remember the track also gets beat up and more technical as the motos wind down, god this is going to be a great season
Tim,, I think everyone knows that SX titles are more important than lap times. I think you are missing the point here.
BILLC, big deal, he was fastest for one lap. Doesnt mean anything really. It takes being the fastest for 20 laps to win.. Stewie will get his share of wins. I dont know why you are directing this towards me. I said Stewie will win races all along. But he wasnt the fastest here except for ONE lap.. RV was the fastest for 20 laps, its why he won..
The best thing about the lap times is that the track was long enough so that average lap times were right about 1 min. That made the 450 final a proper 20 mins in length. I hope the remainder of the tracks in the schedule are as long or longer that A1. The top Supercross riders in the World should be able to race for at least 20 mins. Last year some of the 450 finals were around 15 mins. Too short!. We the fans are not getting our monies worth when the 450 finals are 15 mins and the 250 finals are 10 mins.
bd200, Lets be honest here, he was the fastes guy on the track. He came throught the pack after a horrible start and kept RV and RD honest. So to say he was the fastest " for one lap," is not correct. Just had a bad start and almost got taken out.
Reed was the top Privateer, I would expect him to get faster as they approach San Diego, but he can't be happy being outside the top5 in times. Canard will be a great spoiler in 2011
I looked at the sector times and Reed was top 3 on second two sectors but loosing time in the first sector as I wasnt there would like to seed expert analysis of who was loosing time where and why?
Bd200, MXmofo is correct. JS1 was definitely the fastest guy on the track. His lap times and his battle from behind proved that. Obviously RV2 won the race but if Stewart gets a proper start, there is no one on that track that can match his speed. He passed Villopoto in the heat race and made it look easy.
BD200... one lap??? Come on now!!! Smell the coffie... JS is faster. Yes he did not win but showed he has the speed to win with a little better start. What will the others do if he gets a top 3 start?? Game over thats why being the FASTEST means a LOT. Iv RV or RD or who ever is out front they knoe JS is faster but when JS is out front he has know worries about someone running him down. See my point??
BillC, just trying to make a point...By definition RV was the fastest guy at A1. They all start at the same time and he crossed the line first.
Irishjedi, I'll make a point. Due to Villi running up front and stewart being burried the first few laps, these guys were essentially racing on two different tracks for that time. If this were a time trial, with no other racers as obstacles, JS7 would have been the victor. No f'n doubt. So, by definition RV was the fastest guy at A1 but only due to his clean start.
I'll give you another hypothetical... JS7 shoots out front, Leads for 18 laps 10 secs in front of RV2, but on lap 19 he gets to lapper Tedesco. IT takes him out and RV wins the race. Does that make RV the fastest of the night?
The word Fastest can mean both but most people think of fast as speed not a hole race IMO.
Irishjedi, You can also say JS was the Fastest but RV beat him right??
Does anybody remember James "checkers or wreckers" Stewart? I'd take first over fastest if I were fighting for contingency or championships. With 5+ riders in the title chase, one major off track excursion will dump any one of these guys in the championship hunt. Mistakes will cost big time. Starts will be critical as well. They know this same as us so, look for some bar bangin' in the 1st turn.
Reed and JS are definatelly going to have to gt better starts if they want to win the championship. Especially Reed, because he cant come through the pack like JS can.
if stewart starts inside the top 10, he'll dust them every time. ALL of them know it too, including RV. stewart made him look dumb in the heat.
KTM definitely needs to bring a 450 back into the mix. Alessi used to always get holeshots and Short too. The 350 is at a serious disadvantage in the 450 class especially when starts are huge in supercross.
Stewart had the fastest average lap time for Laps 2 thru 20. Check out amasupercross.com. I believe they exclude lap 1 for all the racers when they calculated the average lap time. I don't think anyone else could have made up that much time on that A1 track like JS did. Saw JS do a similar thing in Indy a few years back where he went from dead last to about 3 sec behind RC at the finish.
JS was the fastest rider but he needed to be to catch the leaders. If he would have caught RV you may have seen a faster lap out of him if he was presured to keep his win. It is a long season and it's all about winning the championship. Can't wait to see next week.
reed can come through the pack and was not that far behind canard in the last few laps, james and reed are still as fast as ever just need better starts to clearly show it. and by the way a ktm 350 weighs almost the same as the 450 thats why the lap times of some 250 guys are higher because 250 are light and still push mad power to the ground the 350 is garbage and clearly a big disadvantage ktm finishes last on the 350
RV didnt have to ride as fast as Stewie, he was cruising in the lead. Plus JS7 only got into the 58s one time, RV did twice
It doesn't matter if james is faster by a couple tenths or whatever. What matters is that he is a STUPID rider. He gets bad starts and does or try's to pull off SPECTACULAR/INSANE passes that will end him and other riders on the dirt hard with broken bones. i.e. RC (a few times), Kyle Partridge, Ivan Tedesco got landed on, Travis Preston's ordeal w/ james. James is already looking for retirement because he's crashed himself to smitherines. How do you people think he can last a season w/ 4 dudes breathing fire up his a$$ every moto??? He cant do it
Haha. Mike alessi. I'm gonna do his girlfriend. she's gotta be ready to leave that worthless fool. How the hell he got a factory ride is beside me, especially w/ roger in charge. Andrew short.... Guess the money was more important than winning. Most racers are there to win. Shorts just out there collecting paychecks riding that piece of sh!tt . Tight andrew. Most riders take a big paycut to ride good bikes , no more holeshots mike or andrew
OtRebel do you think maybe the bike is under powered & not that these guys don't give a crap? I am sure they want to run up front. I said before the season Mike looked average in Oz. I reckon the bike is the problem not the riders.
Men lie, Women lie, Numbers dont. JS7 is the president of SX and the rest follow.
dgizzy, get off of Stewart's nuts already. pinned's comments are spot on.
Remember JS pulled that lap time during lap 11 and through traffic compared to Poto's lap 5 time still super fresh. It is true RV was the first one to the Checkers and you can't take it away no matter how you try to turn it. The fact still remains, no one can turn a lap time around a SX track like JS7. Like others have mentioned, top 5 or 10 start and he'll make RV look silly like the heat race. Starting is a big part of racing though, so in order to be the best this year he needs to get the starts.
How can you not appreciate the way Stewart rides. Without him that race would have been pretty boring. Like him or not the whole crowd was watching his passes. Aggressive riding is what makes this sport exciting.
Wow dgizzy, you never cease to amaze me with your ridiculous comments. Numbers dont lie and that makes JS7 the President of SX? The most important number in a race is your finishing position and Im pretty sure he got 3rd. Theres a number for ya that doesnt lie.
Doesn't matter if you are the fastest man on the planet or the fastest man in the universe, it's who gets to the checkered flag first that wins a race. Stewart rode great though and Phoenix will tel us more. I think RV and RD have a lot more in the tank too so it won't be as easy as it was before for James, but he still sure was amazingly fast and probably corners better than any one I have ever seen before.
Dan WOW, For JS to do that in the pack says a LOT.
Remember this is only the first race of the season. The rider that can stay healthy (and stay on their bike) will be able to get the points to be champion. It should add to the excitement now that there is more at stake and 4-5 riders that are capable. Holeshots are not always what win races but it sure raises a rider's confidence enough to make that difference.
PINNED49, I think by about lap 11, Stewart had a pretty clear track and was not dealing with many lappers yet and was by most of the slower riders. Also, Reed came through the pack just about as well as James. On lap 1, Stewart was in 12, and Reed in 13, so James only passed 1 more rider than Reed. Stewart is def better at passing riders because he is much more aggressive where I think Reed is more methodical. It will be great to see them all get a good start and see who is ready to throw down. Obviously fast has several different meanings, but the only one that counts is how fast you can do 20 laps.
jkline805, at the finish JS was about 22 seconds ahead of CR. 1st (RV) thru 5th (TC) were well ahead of the rest of the field. You got to remember that JS slowed on the last few laps when he knew he had run out of time.
BillC, I never said your boy wasnt fast, NEVER.. He is. But the fastest guy won the race. Its that simple. They started at the same time. RV2 got to the finish line first. It means he was the fastest guy to go all 20 laps. Or he wouldnt have won. Its not that hard to figure out. Just like a foot race. You start at the same time, whoever gets to the finish line first wins and is the fastest. I DONT CARE WHO WENT THE FASTEST FOR ONE LAP!!!!!!
I noticed that no one mentioned that the track only had a couple of places to really make a pass.You could see JS doing alot of following waiting for a spot on the track to pass. He was reeling RV and RD in, if the track had a little different layout there would have been a different outcome.
How is a 58.8 only "milliseconds" off a 58.0?