by Chase Stallo
Indy Practice Report
Saturday, March 12, 2011 | 5:35 PM
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Timed sessions from the beautiful and very blue Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis are over and the stars seem to be aligning themselves at the forefront. The track is very technical with a tricky on-off section after the start that many riders struggled with early on but seemed to have nailed down by the end of the second timed session. The whoops are deep and the cinnamon sand section can definitely take a bit out of you as Dean Wilson can attest to.
In the first timed session for the Lites class, DNA Shred Stix/Star Yamaha’s Ryan Sipes was setting the track ablaze topping the leaderboard with a 49.185. Last week’s winner Blake Baggett looked smooth in the first timed session as well setting the pace behind Sipes with a 50.213. Dean Wilson (50.350), Justin Barcia (50.771), and Matt Lemoine (50.843) rounded out the top five.
Sipes was on fire in practice, setting the fastest laps in both timed sessions.
Photo: Matt Pavelek
In the AMA Supercross class James Stewart set the pace early with a 48.956 and was the only rider to post a lap time under the 49 second mark in the first timed session. Defending champion Ryan Dungey looks poised to make a run at his first win of the season aboard his Rockstar/Makita Suzuki and followed Stewart on the leaderboard with a 49.206. Series points leader Ryan Villopoto (49.490), Trey Canard (49.533), and Justin Brayton rounded out the top five.
In the second timed session it was Sipes once again on top the leaderboard with a 48.836 besting his own time of 49.185 in the first timed session. Dean Wilson would follow with a 48.932, but did take a spill in the cinnamon sand section, although he did remount and seems to be 100 percent for the night show. Justin Barcia was the first and only rider to double out of the sand section and followed Sipes and Wilson with a 49.540. Matt Lemoine looked impressive last week and seems to be picking up right where he left off. He was fifth fastest in the first timed session and bested that time with a 50.123 in the second session, finishing fourth. GEICO Powersports Honda’s Blake Wharton rounded out the top-five with a 50.161.
Canard nipped Villopoto at the end, setting the fastest lap of the night.
Photo: Matt Pavelek
James Stewart must have been watching Barcia, because he quickly picked up on the double out of the sand. But there was one big difference--he was doing it on the inside. Soon everyone was picking up on Stewart’s line and it seems that will be the line to take tonight. Villopoto led the entire second practice with a 48.357 until he was trumped by Canard on the last lap with a blazing fast 48.301. Stewart would take third with TwoTwo Motorsport’s Chad Reed bouncing back from a disappointing first timed session to finish fourth with a 48.692. Ryan Dungey would round out the top-five with a 48.734.
It looks as if all the top guns are on top of their game tonight and the track is looking primed to give them a chance to bang some bars in front of a packed house. Remember to get all of your up-to-the-minute news from the Indianapolis Supercross from Racer X Online and our Twitter feed @racerxonline.com.
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In the AMA Supercross class James Stewart set the pace early with a 48.956 and was the only rider to post a lap time under the fifty-second mark in the first timed session. Defending champion Ryan Dungey looks poised to make a run at his first win of the season aboard his Rockstar/Makita Suzuki and followed Stewart on the leaderboard with a 49.206. Series points leader Ryan Villopoto (49.490), Trey Canard (49.533), and Justin Brayton rounded out the top five.
HUH??? It looks to me like Stewart, Dungey, Poto, and Canard were all under 50 seconds... Maybe I am missing something??
Aren't you wonderful!
In the AMA Supercross class James Stewart set the pace early with a 48.956 and was the only rider to post a lap time under the fifty-second mark in the first timed session. Defending champion Ryan Dungey looks poised to make a run at his first win of the season aboard his Rockstar/Makita Suzuki and followed Stewart on the leaderboard with a 49.206. Series points leader Ryan Villopoto (49.490), Trey Canard (49.533), and Justin Brayton rounded out the top five.
Uh, not sure I really get this paragraph either....no one under 50 seconds??? Must be the RacerX James Stewart blinders that can not be removed for any reason. We should just give James the race win and let everyone else race for second.
1 41 Trey Canard Honda CRF450R 48.301 0.000 49.533 - - 48.301 - -
2 2 Ryan Villopoto Kawasaki KX450F 48.357 0.000 49.490 - - 48.357 - -
3 7 James Stewart Yamaha YZ450F 48.497 0.000 48.497 - - 48.531 - -
4 22 Chad Reed Honda CRF450R 48.692 0.000 50.650 - - 48.692 - -
5 1 Ryan Dungey Suzuki RMZ450 48.734 0.000 49.205 - - 48.734 - -
6 14 Kevin Windham Honda CRF450R 49.012 0.000 50.038 - - 49.012 - -
7 10 Justin Brayton Yamaha YZ450F 49.282 0.000 49.767 - - 49.282
I guess Obama is killing the economy. RacerX cant even afford an editor to read a few paragraphs before posting something to their website... Sad...
Because you guys are such tards and need to feel special I will make it clear for you, It was obviously a typo. If you look at the twitter reports they were reporting that stewart was the only rider to break into the 48 secound lap time in first practice. so i am sure they were trying to say only rider to break 49 secound mark. There now i am special just like you guys, I want you to think i am smart for pointing out the obvious. Mensa meeting here we come.
It says "and was the only rider to post a lap time under the fifty-second mark in the first timed session." There were more sessions after the first, which is where he was the only rider under 50 seconds.
ummmmmmm if yall can read it says the first timed session
And there were five other riders besides Stewart under 50 seconds in the first timed practice.
If it were a typo, how would they make the mistake typing "fifty" instead of "forty-nine", and then also type "50"?
Signal30 - Here's the link for the 1st timed session
http://results.amasupercross.com/data/2011/10/sxp1ovr.pdf
5 other riders were under 50 seconds in the 1st supercross timed session
What are we missing?
Can't edit. Didn't mean to put the part about "50". Here's the official timing and scoring of first practice:
1 7 James Stewart 48.957 9
2 1 Ryan Dungey 49.205 8
3 2 Ryan Villopoto 49.490 9
4 41 Trey Canard 49.533 10
5 10 Justin Brayton 49.767 9
6 18 David Millsaps 49.857 5
additionally...James ran a 48.497 as his best time in 1st session...his 2nd best time was 48.957....in the 1st timed session
Right, those times were from the first session, they list later in the article the times for the second session which were different from those listed in that paragraph. It's not a typo, they typed 50 instead of 49. I supposed they could have missed the key twice, lol.... Typo or not, they need an editor. 150sx, signal30md, and klmx2822, obviously I can read and read the whole article... I must be the dumbass because their article makes no sense, my bad.... Sorry I thought this was a professional website. There are constant mistakes and typos on this site... Just reread before you post. Measure twice, cut once...
Actually they typed out fifty-second, that is no typo, it's wrong information... Lol!
Sorry guys it was a typo it was supposed to say 49 sec mark.
In the AMA Supercross class James Stewart set the pace early with a 48.956 and was the only rider to post a lap time under the 49 second mark in the first timed session.
Ah sweet redemption.... I guess they do have an editor! =)
the Speedchannel is so stupid. The race was supposed to start at 4:30 its now five after an still gay ass nastrucks are still on no one cares what these dumb guys have to say turn on my dam dirt bike racing lol
Stewart cruised around the track in second practice running over 1 minute lap times, then at the end he ran what he thought was a burner, but only set the third fastest time. Ha ha ha, what an idiot.
Maybe if he practiced on the track more, instead of playing stupid games and trying to pad his narcissistic ego, he wouldn't have a 65-75% crash rate in the main event.
Dumbass!
@brutha slickslam: Yeah, it happened just like you said, except...wait, never mind. You dumb.
STFU Phoops Shitzer. You dumb!
Wilson looks tough so far.
Villo, J-Crack and Canard sittin' on 48s. Although they look close, we can bank on J-Crack pulling away and sucking soil on lap 4.
Baggett lookin' SCRONG too.
@brutha slickslam - I'll explain: your first paragraph is horseshit (except the part about Stewart being 3rd and possibly an idiot). Now who dumb?
I really don't know how you're planning to argue your way out of this one (I mean BESIDES calling me hurtful things). There's also the chance that you'll never come back. I don't recognize the name, so hopefully this is just a one-time thing.
I keep mailing my dirty underwear to Bubba for him to autograph them, but he never sends them back. I think he LOVES me! Bubba, I want to kiss your ass, all night long.
I am so sick and tired of hearing the, "Stewart, the fastest man on the planet" crap. The guy is a clown who spends more time looking at the track from an ants perspective than he does winning races.
RC is his massa, and he knows it.
On to something a little more intelligent, I was there, and Seely was the first to double out of the sand section. He did it in the first session.