Sign of the (Lap) Times: San Francisco

For the second time in less than a month we encountered less than favorable conditions in Monster Energy AMA Supercross, as heavy amounts of precipitation fell throughout the San Francisco area for several days leading up to the main event. The Dirt Wurx crew did what they could to salvage the track, and the laps were shortened in order to get through the program as quickly as possible. The conditions did affect the lap times, but not as much as you’d think. We still saw lap times in the low 50-second range, with the Lites riders having quicker laps than the Supercross class. Check them out:

AMA Supercross Lites

Finish	Best Lap Time	Rider	Bike
3	50.720	Brett Metcalfe	Kawasaki
7	50.863	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki
5	51.044	Austin Stroupe	Kawasaki
2	52.184	Tommy Hahn	Kawasaki
1	52.228	Jason Lawrence	Yamaha
4	52.412	Dan Reardon	Honda
6	52.836	Gavin Gracyk	Honda
8	53.708	Chris Blose	Suzuki
9	53.810	Wil Hahn	Yamaha
12	54.093	Broc Hepler	Yamaha
18	55.004	Eric McCrummen	Honda
10	55.129	Michael Blose	Suzuki
13	55.442	Justin Brayton	KTM
11	55.474	Bobby Kiniry	Honda
22	55.566	Jake Weimer	Honda
14	56.895	Michael Willard	Honda
16	57.021	Kyle Cunningham	Honda
19	57.133	Chris Gosselaar	Honda
17	57.314	Michael LaPaglia	Suzuki
15	57.525	Carlos Gonzalez	KTM
20	58.562	Kyle Beaton	Yamaha
21	1:14.287	Adam Metzler	Honda

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Brett Metcalfe looks to be getting on track, and he was the fastest rider in Frisco, his 50.720 topping both fields. Of course the track was in a lot better shape during the Lites main event, but give credit to the three fastest Lites riders, as their best times all eclipsed that of the fastest premier-class rider, Chad Reed. Unfortunately their results didn’t reflect the same, as Metcalfe, Dungey and Austin Stroupe finished third, seventh and fifth, respectively. 
 

J-Law wasn't the fastest, but he got to the finish line first in SF.

As for the main event winner, Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy’s Jason Lawrence, his fastest lap time was a 52.228, fifth-fastest in the class.

Biggest Surprise: Props to privateer Eric McCrummen, who had the 11th-fastest lap time. Unfortantely, Eric finished 18th in the main.

AMA Supercross

Finish	Best Lap Time	Rider	Bike
1	51.758	Chad Reed	Yamaha
3	52.058	Davi Millsaps	Honda
2	52.313	Kevin Windham	Honda
6	53.027	Ivan Tedesco	Honda
5	53.516	Grant Langston	Yamaha
10	53.603	Tim Ferry	Kawasaki
4	53.961	Jacob Marsack	Honda
20	54.839	David Vuillemin	Suzuki
8	55.273	Heath Voss	Honda
14	56.018	Eric Sorby	Honda
15	56.606	Mike Alessi	Suzuki
18	56.607	Josh Hill	Yamaha
11	56.793	Charles Summey	Yamaha
16	56.976	Nathan Ramsey	Yamaha
7	56.984	Nick Wey	KTM
13	56.992	Andrew Short	Honda
9	57.254	Troy Adams	Honda
12	57.646	Cole Siebler	Honda
19	58.033	Jason Thomas	Honda
17	58.275	Ryan Clark	Honda

As Jason Weigandt penned yesterday in 450 Words, with Stewart out of the series, Reed’s biggest threat is no longer an individual racer but himself. He has said he liked the mud, and at Anaheim 1 he finally showed he can win in it. But could he do it again? Yes, and with authority, as he logged the fastest time in the class, topping Red Bull Honda’s Davi Millsaps (52.058) and Torco Racing Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham (52.313).  Millsaps’ teammate, Ivan Tedesco, was fourth fastest, and Team Yamaha’s Grant Langston was fifth fastest en route to finishing fifth.

Reed got mud skills.

Biggest Surprise: Mud levels the playing field, which helped Bad Boy Energy Drink’s Jacob Marsack en route to his career-best fourth-place finish, but looking at the lap times, the Michigan native wasn’t that far off the pace, having the seventh-fastest lap time (53.961) in the class.