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Sign of the (Lap) Times: Houston

January 27, 2009 12:19pm
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In both classes at this past weekend’s Houston supercross, the top four finishers in each class were in the exact same order with their fastest lap times. Let’s begin with the Eastern Regional Lites class, which made its season debut.

There were several riders who were dubbed as “preseason favorites” prior to the gate dropping in Houston, but one of the biggest question marks had to be Frenchman Christophe Pourcel. After all, it’s been over two years since he raced a supercross here in America, and although he proved he had the speed to win back in 2007 (he won Phoenix), the 2006 MX2 World Champion has been through a lot since. A nerve damage and over a year off the bike hasn’t blurred Pourcel’s vision to come to America, and through all of that Mitch Payton still believed in him. After Houston, Pourcel has a lot more believers, as not only did Pourcel pull the holeshot and lead every lap of the Lites main event, he set the fastest lap time in the class as well—a 50.866—which came on lap two.

The next fastest time came from GEICO Powersports Honda’s Brett Metcalfe (50.899) and Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Nico Izzi (51.073). Pourcel’s teammate, and 2008 Houston winner, Austin Stroupe was fourth fastest with a 51.707. Check out the rest of the Lites field below. 
 

Finish
Best Lap
Rider
Bike
1
50.866
Christophe Pourcel
Kawasaki
2
50.899
Brett Metcalfe
Honda
3
51.073
Nico Izzi
Suzuki
4
51.707
Austin Stroupe
Kawasaki
18
51.838
Matt Lemoine
Yamaha
5
51.900
Blake Wharton
Honda
6
52.143
Wil Hahn
KTM
7
52.155
Martin Davalos
KTM
20
52.457
Vince Friese
Honda
14
52.538
Hunter Hewitt
Kawasaki
8
52.749
Darryn Durham
Yamaha
12
52.858
Branden Jesseman
Kawasaki
10
52.870
Matt Goerke
Suzuki
9
53.351
Daniel Blair
Honda
13
53.393
Steven Clarke
Suzuki
15
53.585
Teddy Parks
Suzuki
16
53.590
Tyler Wharton
Honda
11
53.628
Jacob Saylor
Yamaha
17
54.482
Kyle Gills
Kawasaki
19
54.904
Chad Ward
Kawasaki



Christophe Pourcel
photo: Simon Cudby


In the AMA Supercross class, it was business as usual for San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart, who clocked the fastest lap time of the night (49.150) on his YZ450F on lap three. Chad Reed was .5 seconds off of Stewart’s best lap, and his came on lap 11. Ryan Villopoto, Andrew Short and Josh Grant rounded out the top five in both results and lap times.  

Finish
Best Lap
Rider
Bike
1
49.150
James Stewart
Yamaha
2
49.626
Chad Reed
Suzuki
3
49.897
Ryan Villopoto
Kawasaki
4
49.986
Andrew Short
Honda
5
50.445
Josh Grant
Yamaha
6
50.691
Ivan Tedesco
Honda
8
50.729
Tim Ferry
Kawasaki
9
50.935
Kevin Windham
Honda
7
50.957
Mike Alessi
Suzuki
10
51.188
Davi Millsaps
Honda
11
51.286
Josh Hill
Yamaha
12
51.594
Heath Voss
Honda
16
51.787
Ben Coisy
Honda
13
51.791
Paul Carpenter
Kawasaki
14
51.807
Cole Siebler
Honda
18
51.810
Josh Summey
KTM
20
51.840
Josh Hansen
Honda
19
51.949
Manuel Rivas
Kawasaki
17
52.289
Kyle Chisholm
Yamaha
15
52.302
Matt Boni
Honda


James Stewart
photo: Simon Cudby

Biggest surprise: Here’s a nod to Honda privateer Vince Friese, who had the ninth fastest lap time in the Lites class aboard his #719 Honda CRF250R. Friese also battled with Stroupe in his heat races but unfortunately crashed out and finished 20th in the main event. Nonetheless, he definitely turned some heads in Texas.

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