Sign of the (Lap) Times: Indy
AMA Supercross Lites
Torco Racing Fuels Honda’s Trey Canard wasn’t the fastest rider in the Atlanta season-opener, on his way to his first-ever professional supercross win, but this past weekend in Indy, he was. Canard ran a 46.812 (which came on the first lap of the main event), which was just a bit faster than Ryan Villopoto’s 46.837, which came on lap five.
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Finish
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Best Lap Time
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Rider
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Bike
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1
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46.812 |
Honda
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2
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46.837 |
Kawasaki
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6
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47.629 |
Branden Jesseman
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Kawasaki
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12
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48.408 |
Honda
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3
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48.487 |
Suzuki
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5
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48.490 |
KTM
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4
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48.588 |
Honda
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10
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48.919 |
KTM
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11
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49.017 |
Yamaha
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9
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49.455 |
KTM
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7
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49.628 |
Yamaha
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14
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49.765 |
Yamaha
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8
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49.810 |
Honda
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21
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49.887 |
Honda
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16
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50.234 |
Michael McDade
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Honda
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15
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50.277 |
Nathan Skaggs
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Honda
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17
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50.568 |
Suzuki
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13
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50.676 |
Travis Sewell
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Suzuki
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22
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50.894 |
Shane Sewell
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Kawasaki
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18
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50.947 |
Suzuki
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19
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51.974 |
Leighton Lillie
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Honda
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20
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55.056 |
Zach Ames
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Honda
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Biggest surprise: Or should I say disappointment? Coming into the season, one of the title favorites was Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy’s Ryan Morais, who was a very close runner-up for the Eastern Regional Lites championship to Ben Townley in 2007. Unfortunately, he has been unable to find the speed from last season and recorded only the 12th-fastest Lites lap time in Indy—almost a full three seconds off of Canard’s best time. He’s currently 12th in points with an 11th and 14th-place finish.
AMA Supercross
Chad Reed got back on top of his game in a big way in Indy, laying down the fastest lap of the night aboard his San Manuel/Fusion Energy Yamaha. In fact, his best lap time (45.574) was almost a full second faster than that of Honda Red Bull Racing’s Andrew Short (46.402), who was the second-fastest premier-class rider. The third-fastest lap time was logged in by second-place finisher Josh Hill, aboard his factory Yamaha, followed by Torco Racing Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham and 450-class rookie Ryan Dungey, aboard his (or Michael Byrne’s) Rockstar/Makita Suzuki RM-Z450.
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Finish
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Best Lap Time
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Rider
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Bike
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1
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45.574 |
Yamaha
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3
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46.402 |
Honda
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2
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46.517 |
Yamaha
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5
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46.805 |
Honda
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4
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46.843 |
Suzuki
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17
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47.032 |
Honda
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10
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47.326 |
Yamaha
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8
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47.455 |
Yamaha
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6
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47.990 |
Kawasaki
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13
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48.605 |
Honda
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7
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48.623 |
Honda
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11
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48.931 |
Honda
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12
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49.090 |
Manuel Rivas
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Kawasaki
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9
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49.150 |
David Vuillemin
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Suzuki
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19
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49.154 |
Yamaha
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15
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49.699 |
Honda
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14
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49.716 |
Honda
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16
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49.932 |
Eric Sorby
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Honda
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20
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50.033 |
Bryan Johnson
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Honda
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18
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50.290 |
Kawasaki
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Biggest surprise: After logging the fastest lap time of everyone in his win last week in Atlanta, Honda Red Bull Racing’s Davi Millsaps failed to crack the top-five-best 450-class times with his 47.032 inside the RCA Dome. Maybe Davi was having an off-night, or maybe this just is a great example of the parity we have this year in the AMA Supercross class.
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