Sign of the (Lap) Times: Southwick

Who was the fastest in the deep Southwick sand? Take a wild guess. Of course it was the 2008 AMA Motocross Champion, James Stewart, who recorded a 2:00.158 on lap two of the first 17-lap moto. The second-fastest lap time in the class came from Honda Red Bull’s Andrew Short, who recorded a 2:03.570 on lap two, edging out GP sand specialist Marc de Reuver, who logged a 2:04.440 on his way to finishing a very impressive third on the #154 Red Bull Honda. Take a look at the top 20 fastest riders from both classes below:

Finish	Best Lap Time	Rider	Bike
1	02:00.158	James Stewart	Kawasaki
1	02:02.502	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki
4	02:03.570	Andrew Short	Honda
2	02:03.750	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki
3	02:04.120	Brett Metcalfe	Kawasaki
10	02:04.440	Marc de Reuver	Honda
10	02:04.776	Blake Wharton	Honda
9	02:05.715	Josh Hill	Yamaha
6	02:05.810	Dan Reardon	Honda
3	02:05.859	Tim Ferry	Kawasaki
2	02:05.887	Cody Cooper	Suzuki
7	02:05.925	Jeff Alessi	Honda
12	02:05.938	Ivan Tedesco	Honda
13	02:06.167	Matt Goerke	KTM
8	02:06.179	Matt Lemoine	Yamaha
6	02:06.208	John Dowd	Suzuki
5	02:06.319	Jake Weimer	Honda
4	02:06.448	Kyle Chisholm	Kawasaki
5	02:06.540	Sean Hamblin	Yamaha
14	02:06.632	Steven Clarke	Suzuki

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Other riders worth mentioning down the list include privateer Honda rider Jeff Alessi (2:05.925) and MDK KTM’s Matt Goerke, who had an outstanding day going until his KTM 450 SX/F let go in moto two. Local hero John Dowd also deserves some credit, recording the tenth-fastest lap time in his class en route to a sixth overall!

In the Lites class, we see both Ryans on top of the chart, with Brett Metcalfe scoring a lap time not that far off. But check out rookie Blake Wharton from the GEICO Powersports Honda team, who is running lap times just two seconds shy of the fastest Lites riders in the world! That’s not too shabby for only his second pro national.

Other notable times came from rookie Steven Clarke, who made his debut with a top-ten lap time, and Canadian Jeremy Medaglia, who guided his Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy YZ250F to the tenth-fastest Lites time.