Sign of the (Lap) Times: Dallas
April 8, 2008 10:48am
Designed by Honda Red Bull’s Ivan Tedesco (and based entirely on San Diego ’04), the Dallas track that was created for last Saturday night’s Monster Energy AMA Supercross provided plenty of lines and tight racing in both classes, with the exception of the leaders, who both inched away from second-place. The lap times hovered in the low- to mid 50-second range, and surprisingly, the winner didn’t register the fastest time in one of the classes.
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Canard’s teammate Josh Grant was next with a 54.131, coming on lap two, while RV’s teammate Branden Jesseman followed that with a 54.954. Rounding out the top five was MDK KTM’s Martin Davalos (55.089), who finished on the podium for the third time this season. Check out the rest of the Lites lap times below:
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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53.048 |
Kawasaki
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4
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53.926 |
Honda
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2
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54.131 |
Honda
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8
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54.954 |
Branden Jesseman
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Kawasaki
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3
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55.089 |
KTM
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6
|
55.108 |
Yamaha
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5
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55.213 |
Yamaha
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9
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55.723 |
Yamaha
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7
|
55.745 |
Suzuki
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10
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56.065 |
Honda
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22
|
56.441 |
Honda
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19
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56.969 |
Kyle Keylon
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Honda
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13
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57.031 |
Kawasaki
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12
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57.036 |
Travis Sewell
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Suzuki
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11
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57.142 |
Kawasaki
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20
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57.240 |
Sean Hackley
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Suzuki
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21
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57.242 |
Suzuki
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18
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57.508 |
Zach Ames
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Honda
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14
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57.587 |
Suzuki
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15
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57.756 |
Roberto Castro
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Kawasaki
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16
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57.882 |
Jack Carpenter
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Honda
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17
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58.971 |
Justin Buckelew
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Kawasaki
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Biggest surprise: Billy Payne, back to racing after a few years away from the sport, is putting in solid finishes and top ten lap times each week. Hopefully he gains some more support and joins the Lites riders in the AMA Toyota Motocross Championships.
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For the first time in a while, San Manuel Yamaha’s Chad Reed did not have the fastest lap time in the main event; but he was darn close. It was Torco Racing Fuels Honda’s Kevin Windham clocking the fastest time of the night (52.333), coming on lap six. Reed’s best lap was only three thousandths off of K-Dub (52.336), and his best lap came two laps earlier. But Reed was out front and Windham was trying to fight through traffic. Rounding out the top five was Davi Millsaps, Tim Ferry and runner-up finisher Josh Hill, who all had times down in the 52-second range.
Finish
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Best Lap Time
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Rider
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Bike
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4
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52.333 |
Honda
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1
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52.336 |
Yamaha
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3
|
52.896 |
Honda
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5
|
52.968 |
Kawasaki
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2
|
52.968 |
Yamaha
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6
|
53.634 |
Honda
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7
|
53.971 |
Yamaha
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10
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54.459 |
Kawasaki
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8
|
54.695 |
Honda
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9
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54.720 |
Honda
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12
|
54.790 |
Honda
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11
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55.054 |
Yamaha
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19
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55.101 |
Bryan Johnson
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Honda
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15
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55.116 |
Eric Sorby
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Honda
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14
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55.213 |
KTM
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16
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55.428 |
Dusty Klatt
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Kawasaki
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13
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55.532 |
Honda
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20
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55.588 |
Keith R. Johnson
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Yamaha
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17
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55.951 |
Honda
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18
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56.107 |
Kawasaki
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