Sign of the (Lap) Times: Glen Helen

September 11, 2006, 6:01am

It was a green day in San Bernardino, CA, yesterday as Kawasaki-mounted racers were perfect on the day, winning every moto convincingly in the hot Southern California sun. It was also a bittersweet day for Team USA. While two of the team members recorded decisive victories, the team's captain, Ricky Carmichael, suffered a first moto crash and was rushed to the hospital for further evaluation. He sustained a shoulder injury, and we'll let you know when we hear more. Nonetheless, let's take a look at the lap charts from yesterday's 11th Annual Giant RV MX Nationals, presented by Yamaha.

450 class

Pos.	Moto 1	Moto 2	Rider	Bike
1	02:47.933	02:53.373	James Stewart	Kawasaki
2	02:56.063	02:55.527	Davi Millsaps	Honda
3	02:56.023	02:55.857	Travis Preston	Honda
4	02:55.126	02:56.269	Kevin Windham	Honda
5	02:58.809	02:58.974	Nick Wey	Honda
6	02:59.754	03:01.145	Michael Byrne	Kawasaki
7	03:00.665	03:02.093	Josh Summey	Honda
8	03:00.278	02:59.288	David Vuillemin	Yamaha
9	02:59.922	03:02.927	Bobby Garrison	Yamaha
10	02:58.633	02:58.146	Tim Ferry	Honda
11	03:01.796	03:05.592	Dani Sani	Honda
12	03:00.561	03:04.821	Adam Chatfield	Honda
13	03:01.957	03:03.546	Yoshitaka Atsuta	Honda
14	03:00.412	03:03.575	Ryan Clark	Honda
15	03:00.388	03:04.249	Josh Demuth	Honda
16	03:05.643	03:05.181	Robbie Reynard	Honda
17	03:02.459	03:04.243	Antonio Balbi Jr	Honda
18	03:01.511	03:12.037	Michael Blose	Kawasaki
19	03:09.900	03:05.774	Thierry Bhethys	Honda
20	03:03.385	03:05.316	Justin Buckelew	Honda

Stewart's fastest lap of the day was a 2:47.933

photo: Steve Bruhn

In the 250F class, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto was a couple seconds faster than everyone else in both motos, which bodes well for Team USA's youngest team member. Take a look at the lap times of the 250F class:

250F Class

Pos.	Moto 1	Moto 2	Rider	Bike
1	02:51.527	02:52.927	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki
2	02:54.187	02:54.203	Mike Alessi	KTM
3	02:55.811	02:57.764	Ben Townley	Kawasaki
4	02:55.864	02:58.414	Josh Grant	Honda
5	02:57.130	02:57.943	Brett Metcalfe	Yamaha
6	02:57.441	02:58.204	Tommy Hahn	Honda
7	02:59.086	03:00.456	Kyle Chisholm	Kawasaki
8	02:56.740	03:02.836	Broc Hepler	Suzuki
9	03:00.183	02:59.192	Martin Davalos	Yamaha
10	02:58.784	03:01.423	Jason Lawrence	Suzuki
11	02:58.032	03:02.215	Nathan Ramsey	KTM
12	03:00.468	03:00.575	Steve Boniface	Honda
13	03:00.371	02:59.990	Danny Smith	Honda
14	02:56.996	02:59.554	Sean Collier	Yamaha
15	02:57.562	02:59.409	Andrew Mcfarlane	Yamaha
16	02:56.997	DNF	Ryan Sipes	Suzuki
17	02:59.751	03:01.169	Matt Walker	Yamaha
18	03:00.190	03:02.920	Paul Carpenter	Honda
19	03:01.341	03:02.140	Robert Kiniry	Honda
20	03:01.501	03:03.024	Jake Weimer	Honda

Villopoto's fastest lap came in the first moto when he ran a 2:51.527

photo: Steve Bruhn

And finally, Villopoto's fastest lap of the day came on lap nine in the first moto, which you can see below.

Lap #	Lap time
2	2:54.297
3	2:53.379
4	2:53.781
5	2:55.089
6	2:54.149
7	2:53.893
8	2:54.450
9	2:51.527
10	2:55.770
11	2:56.933
12	2:58.659
13	3:06.082