Sign of the (Lap) Times: Thunder Valley

July 24, 2007, 10:17am

AMA Motocross

Pos.	Moto 1	Moto 2	Rider	Bike
1	02:25.065	02:26.486	James Stewart	Kawasaki
2	02:25.585	02:26.585	Mike Alessi	KTM
3	02:25.162	02:26.416	Andrew Short	Honda
4	02:25.102	02:26.797	Davi Millsaps	Honda
5	02:28.941	02:26.280	Tim Ferry	Kawasaki
6	02:30.381	02:28.277	David Vuillemin	Honda
7	02:29.699	02:29.314	Josh Summey	Honda
8	02:27.413	02:30.638	Gavin Gracyk	Honda
9	02:26.410	02:29.136	Kevin Windham	Honda
10	02:27.256	02:29.811	Grant Langston	Yamaha
11	02:29.806	02:31.892	Jason Thomas	Honda
12	02:31.758	02:32.147	Ryan Clark	Honda
13	02:29.830	02:30.136	Michael Byrne	Suzuki
14	02:31.575	02:31.333	Troy Adams	Suzuki
15	02:31.974	02:31.912	Bobby Garrison	Yamaha
16	02:32.015	02:34.044	Antonio Balbi	Honda
17	02:28.248	02:26.350	Ivan Tedesco	Suzuki
18	02:32.525	02:32.914	Kyle Lewis	Honda
19	02:33.087	02:32.146	Kyle Summers	Kawasaki
20	02:30.496	02:33.927	Shaun Skinner	Honda

As you’ve already read, heard or witnessed, the AMA Motocross class at Thunder Valley this past Sunday was one of the most epic races that we’ve seen for a while. In fact, midway through the second moto it was really unknown who would be the overall winner. James Stewart managed to get the "W" without winning a moto, and he also logged the fastest lap time in the first moto, barely, with a 2:25.065. First moto winner, Davi Millsaps, had a 2:25.102, which was just off of Stewart’s fastest lap. The top four overall finishers were all running 2:25s.

Jason Thomas put in two solid motos

In the second moto another Kawasaki rider logged the fastest lap, and it wasn’t James Stewart. After charging up to 11th in the first moto, Tim Ferry, for the second week in a row, charged up through the pack and took a moto win. Along the way he logged a 2:26.280, which held up as the quickest throughout the moto. Makita Suzuki’s Ivan Tedesco had the next fastest lap of the moto (2:26.350) but unfortunately a crash relegated him to 17th overall.

AMA Motocross Lites

Pos.	Moto 1	Moto 2	Rider	Bike
1	02:25.344	02:25.011	Ben Townley	Kawasaki
2	02:24.884	02:25.202	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki
3	02:27.627	02:27.670	Josh Grant	Honda
4	02:26.719	02:26.927	Jason Lawrence	Yamaha
5	02:27.188	02:29.927	Brett Metcalfe	Kawasaki
6	02:28.567	02:30.337	Martin Davalos	KTM
7	02:29.489	02:31.393	Chris Gosselaar	Kawasaki
8	02:29.390	02:29.905	Andrew McFarlane	Suzuki
9	02:29.501	02:31.393	Tommy Hahn	Honda
10	02:29.361	02:31.365	Broc Hepler	Yamaha
11	02:28.441	02:31.066	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki
12	02:31.615	02:33.049	Kyle Chisholm	Kawasaki
13	03:06.185	02:31.966	Matt Goerke	Yamaha
14	02:31.331	02:32.027	Jake Weimer	Honda
15	02:30.959	02:33.445	Bobby Kiniry	Kawasaki
16	02:30.578	02:32.984	Broc Tickle	Yamaha
17	02:32.237	02:33.225	Steve Boniface	Kawasaki
18	02:30.694	02:36.981	Billy Laninovich	Honda
19	02:31.206	02:32.339	Daniel Sani	Yamaha
20	02:32.387	02:32.837	Dusty Klatt	Yamaha

Ryan Villopoto was the fastest rider on the track in Colorado

Once again, the fastest riders on the track are in the AMA Motocross Lites division, and they’re aboard green bikes. In moto 1, in which he won by over 14 seconds, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto laid down a 02:24.884, which was the fastest lap time of the entire day. Temperatures and altitude wasn’t a problem for the Mitch Payton boys, and in the second moto BT101 had the fastest lap time—a 02:25.011—which was faster than James Stewart’s first-moto fast lap time. As we’ve seen all season long in this competitive Lites division, the next fastest rider is Yamaha of Troy’s Jason Lawrence, who is usually a second or so off of the Kawi boys. What’s it going to take for J-Law to shave a second off his lap time?