Practice Report: Toronto
Saturday, March 24, 2012 | 6:05 PM
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It’s round eleven out of seventeen of the Monster Energy Supercross Series here in Toronto, Ontario Canada and while the weather outside is pretty good for this time of the year, the dome was closed and we saw some pretty good practices here. The track is a bit rocky but pretty technical and features a stadium-length start straight, two triples, a big set of whoops and the rest of the usual challenges.
The big new coming into tonight was that JGR Yamaha’s James Stewart pulled out of the race from injuries sustained last week in Indianapolis. Team Motosport.com’s Nick Wey was also out with injury for this week. Added to the schedule is Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin, who was supposed to miss this race but him and his team kept him going. Bad news for the Canadian fans as hometown hero Cole Thompson went down on the second lap of the first practice and is forced to miss the race due to a head injury.
As per usual with the series lately, the second set of timed practices (third set overall) were quicker than the other ones and most riders had those times stand for their qualifying tonight.
In the Lites practice it was the rookie, GEICO Honda’s Justin Bogle, who set the fastest time but right behind him was series points leader and teammate Justin Barcia. Last week's winner, Rockstar Suzuki’s Blake Wharton, was third and J-Star JDR KTM’s Malcolm Stewart was fourth. Monster Energy Pro Circuit’s Darryn Durham was fifth.
1 49 Justin Bogle Honda CRF250 47.804
2 1 Justin Barcia Honda CRF250 48.013
3 956 Blake Wharton Suzuki RM-Z250 48.537
4 37 Malcolm Stewart KTM 250 SX-F 48.850
5 35 Darryn Durham Kawasaki KX250F 48.904
6 74 Tyler Bowers Kawasaki KX250F 48.908
7 12 Blake Baggett Kawasaki KX250F 49.040
8 70 Ken Roczen KTM 250 SX-F 49.132
9 57 Jake Canada Honda CRF250 49.203
10 60 Matthew Lemoine Kawasaki KX250F 49.397
11 93 A Catanzaro KTM 250 SX-F 49.757
12 927 P Larsen KTM 250 SX-F 49.936
13 715 Phillip Nicoletti Yamaha YZ450F 50.008
14 30 Alex Martin Honda CRF250 50.020
15 46 Les Smith KTM 250 SX-F 50.120
In the Supercross class it was Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Brayton, coming off a great ride last week in Indianapolis, who set the fastest time with a 47.49 followed by Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto who was right behind him. GEICO Honda’s Kevin Windham, beat up from a crash last week, still somehow set the third fastest time of the day. These times are crucial as they determine gate pick for your heat races.
1 10 Justin Brayton Honda CRF450 47.496
2 1 Ryan Villopoto Kawasaki KX450F 47.764
3 14 Kevin Windham Honda CRF450 47.873
4 21 Jake Weimer Kawasaki KX450F 48.083
5 18 David Millsaps Yamaha YZ450F 48.093
6 38 Marvin Musquin KTM 350 SX-F 48.435
7 50 Nico Izzi Yamaha YZ450F 48.451
8 25 Broc Tickle Kawasaki KX450F 48.613
9 24 Brett Metcalfe Suzuki RM-Z450 48.739
10 11 Kyle Chisholm Kawasaki KX450F 49.072
11 58 Wil Hahn Honda CRF450 49.398
12 36 Kyle Regal Kawasaki KX450 49.435
13 617 Gavin Faith Honda CRF450 49.846
14 800 Mike Alessi Suzuki RM-Z450 49.903
15 87 Matthew Goerke Suzuki RM-Z450 49.922
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come on K-Dub!
Podium time for 14
Hope all those clowns who said Brayton didnt deserve his ride will shut up now.. The guy is a heck of a rider.
And Boigle and Barcia are killing it. Geico Honda is on tonite. Looking for a Barcia win again tonite..
K-Dub on the box tonight!!
1-12-14-Engrave it.
am i the only one who looks at whos left. some of these guys cant even make the mains with a normal field. brayton,millsaps,were getting 12ths before 3/4 of the top guys went out with injury. the bikes are to fast tracks a bit to dangerous
GO K-DUB Its your night !!!!
Correction Matthes; it's Round 12, not 11. Must be Canadian math eh?
Does anyone have a link to watch the race online? I did a search on justin.tv and it's not up.
from transworld's sight: After this post was sent out, officials reported that Justin Brayton, Ryan Villopoto, and Nico Izzi had their fastest times deleted during the second qualifier for jumping the triple while the red cross flag was waving. This moves Brayton down to sixth, and Villopoto to fourth. Kevin Windham now hold the fastest time going into the night show, with Jake Weimer and Davi Millsaps taking the top three spots.
@TBone--Brayton had a broken leg genious. he is healthy now and turned a faster practice lap than RV, if you think he isnt fast, your nuts.. Millsaps is hot and cold, he wasnt getting 12ths every time, he was top 5 also, quit being so negative and enjoy the races..
Am I the only one who heard Ralph Shaheen interrupt Emig when Enig was trying to give props to Alex Martin. Emig was in the middle of saying how he was impressed with how Martin was doing, and Ralph jumped right in on him and yelled "You should be impressed with Malcoln Stewart, he is blazing the track!!" Super loud.. Its kinda sick, Emig was trying to bring some attention to a rider who isnt normally getting it, and he should be. And Ralph blows it out of the water to bring attention to Baby Stew.. who already gets tons of it for some reason.. And Baby Stew and Alex Martin are TIED in points..
I meant 21 not 12- but then he launched over the berm anyway. Same prediction for next week.
tbone, I am amazed at some of us keyboard warriers- Brayton got 2nd before any of the top guys were out, he is doing incredible. Every one who makes the main would make you look like ####, I happen to ride with some of these guys and the people who are whining about who is left sometimes leave me speecnless. I do think Ralrh has a thing for the stewarts. Tonight was some good racing. Weimer seems to lose focus and get flustered- he rides so well and then has lapses when something goes wrong that have cost him big time in the standings. I thought the coverage was pretty good tonight
I can do you one better douche, i was one of those guys and lap times dont mean dick once the gate drops! put the seven or eight guys in that are out now and top ten is the best they can do.pressure changes everything and they raced for years not worried about practice lap times.