Sign Of The (Lap) Times: A 2

January 23, 2007, 12:11pm

Supercross Lites

Finish	Best Lap Time	Rider	Bike
1	47.685	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki
2	48.546	Jason Lawrence	Yamaha
3	49.293	Josh Hill	Yamaha
4	49.464	Josh Grant	Honda
5	49.874	Chris Gosselaar	Kawasaki
7	50.085	Steve Boniface	Kawasaki
6	50.284	Jake Weimer	Honda
10	50.577	Martin Davalos	KTM
9	50.635	Kyle Partridge	Honda
8	50.703	Troy Adams	Suzuki
11	50.808	Matt Lemoine	Yamaha
13	50.911	Justin Keeney	Kawasaki
14	50.917	Michael LaPaglia	Yamaha
12	51.280	Kyle Cunningham	Yamaha
21	51.327	Christophe Pourcel	Kawasaki
15	51.404	Dusty Klatt	Yamaha
19	52.143	Richie Owens	Honda
17	52.748	Daniel Sani	Honda
16	53.393	Logan Darien	Honda
18	54.859	Chris Blose	Yamaha

For the third race in a row, Ryan Villopoto was the fastest Lites rider on the track. In fact, his lap time would’ve been the third best in the Supercross class! The result was another win for the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki pilot.

MB1/Deluge Water's Kyle Partridge was ninth fastest in the Lites class

photo: Steve Bruhn

What was surprising was the continued emergence of Jason Lawrence as a true contender. Last week J-Law was fourth fastest in the Lites class on his Yamaha of Troy YZ250F; this week he was second fastest, about a second a lap slower than RV. Lawrence went on to finish second in the main event, and he looks to be Villy’s biggest competition with Pourcel bowing out with his injury. Overall, counting Villopoto, Lawrence had the sixth best time of the night—48.546—which right behind Ivan Tedesco and slightly ahead of Tim Ferry. Not bad at all!

Biggest surprise: Team MB1/Deluge Water’s Kyle Partridge. After failing to qualify at Anaheim 1 (you probably saw his big get-off on the triple in his heat race), Partrige rebounded nicely at A2 with his first top 10 of the season. His lap times were within one second of sixth place, so keep an eye on him.

Supercross class

Finish	Best Lap Time	Rider	Bike
1	47.181	James Stewart	Kawasaki
2	47.593	Chad Reed	Yamaha
3	48.385	Nick Wey	Honda
8	48.539	Ivan Tedesco	Suzuki
4	48.778	Tim Ferry	Kawasaki
6	48.956	Kevin Windham	Honda
5	49.167	Michael Byrne	Suzuki
9	49.673	Josh Summey	Honda
11	49.761	David Vuillemin	Honda
10	49.949	Nathan Ramsey	Yamaha
7	50.128	Paul Carpenter	Kawasaki
13	50.226	Heath Voss	Honda
12	50.237	Jeff Gibson	Kawasaki
15	50.812	Eric Sorby	Kawasaki
17	50.938	Tyler Evans	Suzuki
18	51.009	Manuel Rivas	Kawasaki
14	51.188	Cole Siebler	Honda
16	51.529	Jason Thomas	Honda
20	52.533	Jacob Marsack	Kawasaki
19	53.187	Kyle Lewis	Honda

Sorry, no surprises as to who was fastest in the Supercross class at Anaheim 2. Some wondered how Stewart would react without RC pushing him. Well, the answer is the same: Stewart laid the fastest time of the night, with Reed nailing the second fastest, about four-tenths of a second slower than Stewart’s best. Team MDK Motorsport’s Nick Wey was third fastest, resulting in his first podium of the season.

Josh Summey was ninth fastest in the SX class

photo: Steve Bruhn

Biggest surprise: Moto XXX’s Josh Summey. After failing to make the main event at the first two rounds, Summey showed sheer focus and determination at this second Anaheim round and posted impressive laps throughout the night. Summey’s best lap time was actually within a second of Tim Ferry, Kevin Windham and Mike Byrne’s fastest times. That’s impressive for a semi-privateer.