Sign of the (Lap) Times: Unadilla

July 17, 2007, 1:53pm

Without Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart competing at Unadilla, this opened the door for a new rider to step up and hold the distinction of being the fastest rider of the weekend.

Ryan Villopoto was the fastest rider in New York

Surprisingly, the rider logging the fastest lap time out of everyone on Sunday turned out to be from the AMA Motocross Lites class, as Ryan Villopoto’s 2:11.140 in the second moto topped the charts in both classes. Not too far off the pace was RV’s teammate, Ben Townley. The New Zealander nailed the fastest lap time in the first Lites moto, with a 2:11.671, and backed that up in the second moto with a 2:12.326. But what’s truly impressive about Ryan Villopoto is that he was able to cut three seconds off of his first-moto fastest lap. Almost every race we see the rider’s second-moto lap times get slower, but RV really wicked it up. (Then again, he only made five laps in the first moto before he smoked his engine after getting a hole in his radiator.)

Pos.	Moto 1	Moto 2	Rider	Bike
1	02:11.671	02:12.326	Ben Townley	Kawasaki
2	02:13.012	02:12.956	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki
3	02:13.580	02:13.556	Jason Lawrence	Yamaha
4	02:14.179	02:15.076	Josh Grant	Honda
5	02:16.481	02:16.848	Andrew McFarlane	Suzuki
6	02:13.460	02:16.179	Broc Hepler	Yamaha
7	02:14.248	02:11.140	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki
8	02:16.882	02:17.457	Robert Kiniry	Kawasaki
9	02:17.351	02:17.394	Matt Goerke	Yamaha
10	02:16.091	02:17.856	Jake Weimer	Honda
11	02:17.100	02:16.164	Steve Boniface	Kawasaki
12	02:16.767	02:17.250	Kyle Chisholm	Kawasaki
13	02:13.665	02:13.234	Josh Hill	Yamaha
14	02:17.178	02:17.662	Branden Jesseman	Yamaha
15	02:16.546	02:17.860	Chris Gosselaar	Kawasaki
16	02:17.608	02:17.688	Joaquim Rodrigues	KTM
17	02:16.935	02:16.497	Martin Davalos	KTM
18	02:16.453	02:16.965	Broc Tickle	Yamaha
19	02:17.036	02:17.494	Robert Marshall	Kawasaki
20	02:17.168	02:17.828	Ryan Sipes	Honda

Going faster in the second moto was also the case in the AMA Motocross class, but that was a direct effect from the track conditions, as their first moto saw a good amount of precipitation, making for a very slick race surface. Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Tim Ferry scored the fastest lap in the first moto with a 2:14.344, and Team Honda’s Andrew Short was quickest in the second moto with a 2:13.013.

Pos.	Moto 1	Moto 2	Rider	Bike
1	02:15.396	02:13.141	Kevin Windham	Honda
2	02:14.344	02:13.880	Tim Ferry	Kawasaki
3	02:16.030	02:13.013	Andrew Short	Honda
4	02:15.802	02:15.487	Mike Alessi	KTM
5	02:16.329	02:16.128	Ivan Tedesco	Suzuki
6	02:33.840	02:13.599	Davi Millsaps	Honda
7	02:15.282	02:18.579	Grant Langston	Yamaha
8	02:16.393	02:16.904	David Vuillemin	Honda
9	02:17.307	02:18.071	Gavin Gracyk	Honda
10	02:18.391	02:18.946	Josh Summey	Honda
11	02:18.837	02:20.840	John Dowd	Suzuki
12	02:18.980	02:20.458	Jason Thomas	Honda
13	02:19.245	02:20.858	Ryan Clark	Honda
14	02:17.988	02:17.863	Michael Byrne	Suzuki
15	02:19.571	02:19.049	Antonio Balbi	Honda
16	02:19.622	02:51.940	Ryan Mills	Kawasaki
17	02:20.316	02:21.378	Justin Sipes	Kawasaki
18	02:20.536	02:22.040	Chris Whitcraft	Honda
19	0220.443	N/A	Shaun Skinner	Honda
20	02:24.597	02:21.014	Doug DeHaan	Honda

Team Honda's Andrew Short