Sign Of The Lap Times: St. Louis

Sign of the Lap Times St. Louis

April 12, 2011 11:25am
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Round 14 of Monster Energy AMA Supercross from St. Louis was surprisingly tame, considering the gigantic points battle we have on our hands and St. Louis' flare for providing the excitement. But aside from a suicidal tuff block that decided to jump right in front of Chad Reed, St. Louis provided little drama as James Stewart jumped out front early and cruised to his first win in over a month. Now onto the lap charts, brought to you by Motion Pro.

AMA Supercross

Lap Rank Finish Best Lap In Lap Avg Lap Time Rider
1 1
 47.425
 3
 48.810
 James Stewart
2
 2
 47.914
 8
 48.954
 Ryan Dungey
3 3
 48.273
 7
 49.298
 Ryan Villopoto
4 4
 48.465
 3
 49.695
 Chad Reed
5 5
 48.630
 5
 49.618
 Trey Canard
6 6
 49.352
 5
 50.606
 Kevin Windham
7 9
 49.746
 10
 51.080
 Austin Stroupe
8
 7
 49.827
 3
 50.852
 Davi Millsaps
9 11
 49.845
 8
 51.564
 Tommy Hahn
10 10
 49.913
 9
 51.250
 Andrew Short
11 8
 50.023
 5
 51.093
 Ivan Tedesco
12 12
 50.410
 4
 52.164
 Chris Blose
13 14
 50.744
 8
 52.746
 Kyle Regal
14 15
 50.951
 4
 52.620
 Michael Byrne
15 13
 51.017
 8
 52.349
 Nick Wey
16 19
 51.337
 3
 1:00.658
 Fabien Izoird
17
 16
 51.691
 3
 53.530
 Robert Kiniry
18 20
 51.753
 6
 56.811
 Weston Peick
19 18
 51.841
 7
 59.942
 Tye Simmonds
20 17
 51.944
 5
 54.564
 Mike Alessi

James Stewart once again laid claim to his throne atop the top of the lap charts with a blistering 47.425 on lap three. But unlike weeks past where Stewart would set a blazing fast lap and then proceed to throw it away with costly mistakes, Stewart was finally able to put twenty solid laps together and take home his first victory since Anaheim 2.

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This was a long time coming for Stewart.
Photo: Garth Milan

Every once in a while the motocross gods bless us with a season like such. We are winding down possibly one of the greatest seasons in many of our lifetimes, and with that being said, an interesting fact from the lap charts this week caught my attention. Not only did the top five (Villopoto, Dungey, Reed, Stewart, Canard) in the points standings finish 1-5, they also finished 1-5 in the fastest lap category.  But what makes it really intriguing is that they all had the fastest lap in the order they finished—a bizarre circumstance for a bizarre season.

AMA Supercross Lites

Lap Rank Finish Best Lap In Lap Avg Lap Time Rider
1 2
 48.106
 2
 49.576
 Ryan Sipes
2 1
 48.356
 3
 49.303
 Justin Barcia
3 3
 48.502
 5
 49.810
 Blake Baggett
4 4
 49.354
 10
 50.273
 Dean Wilson
5
 5
 49.621
 3
 51.309
 Blake Wharton
6 12
 50.685
 3
 53.490
 Matt Lemoine
7 11
 50.885
 5
 52.551
 Darryn Durham
8 20
 51.046
 7
 55.024
 Jason Anderson
9 6
 51.052
 12 52.267
 Gannon Audette
10 7
 51.246
 6
 52.215
 Hunter Hewitt
11 9
 51.310
 6
 52.546
 Les Smith
12 8
 51.578
 10
 52.510 Lance Vincent
13 10
 51.718
 4
 52.359
 Taylor Futrell
14 16
 51.785
 3
 58.485
 Justin Sipes
15 14
 51.962
 11
 54.355
 Tyler Bright
16 15
 52.198
 3
 55.331
 Levi Kilbarger
17 13
 52.372
 4
 53.977
 Bradley Ripple
18 18
 53.860
 3
 1:00.157
 Kurtis Mccabe
19 17
 54.771
 3
 1:00.094
 Hunter Clements
20 19
 55.250
 7
 1:02.935
 Nick Meyers

DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing Yamaha's Ryan Sipes continues to set the track ablaze with his lap times. For the second straight week Sipes put down the fastest lap of the night with a 48.107 on lap two aboard his YZ250F.

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Barcia took the win in St. Louis.
Photo: Garth Milan

GEICO Powersports Honda's Justin Barcia is well on his way to capturing his first career Lites SX title after claiming victory in St. Louis. Barcia is now twenty points clear of Wilson and with only one race to go it is within reason to say that Barcia should win his first career title. But as we have already seen this season, nothing is out of the realm of possiblity, right? But back to the lap charts. Barcia set the second fastest lap of the night with a 48.356 on lap two.