Sign of the (Lap) Times: San Diego

It was the usual suspects up front in San Diego this past weekend, with Jake Weimer and James Stewart nailing down the fastest main-event lap times in their respective classes. Stewart, as you all know, went on to win his sixth consecutive race of the season, while Weimer settled for third, losing the points lead in the process.
It’s always interesting to see in which lap riders log their fastest lap times. In the Lites class, Weimer’s came on lap eight; Dungey’s on lap nine; Canard’s on lap five; Morais’ on lap eight and Ryan Sipes’ on lap six.

AMA Supercross Lites

Finish	Best Lap	Rider	Bike
3	46.878	Jake Weimer	Kawasaki
1	47.088	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki
4	47.210	Trey Canard	Honda
2	47.255	Ryan Morais	Kawasaki
5	48.106	Ryan Sipes	KTM
6	48.253	Justin Brayton	KTM
18	48.327	Dan Reardon	Honda
8	48.451	Jake Moss	Honda
7	48.495	Chris Blose	Honda
9	48.934	Jeff Alessi	Honda
10	49.439	Cole Seely	Suzuki
11	49.477	Eric McCrummen	Honda
12	49.952	Ben Evans	Honda
13	50.241	Sean Borkenhagen	Honda
15	50.381	Alex Martin	Honda
14	50.409	Derek Costella	Honda
17	50.439	Ryan Clark	Honda
19	50.936	Danny Bajza	Honda
16	50.951	Michael LaPaglia	Suzuki
20	51.604	Michael Sleeter	KTM

Jake Weimer
photo: Steve Cox

 

In the AMA Supercross class, San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart was again the fastest man on the track. His fastest lap time (46.037) came on lap five, and with an average lap time of 47.5, the main event took just over fifteen minutes to complete.

Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed was the second fastest in the main event, this coming after only recording the fifth fastest time in timed practice. That’s why Reed was in Stewart’s heat race, which gave us a preview of the main event.

As for the top five in the AMA Supercross class, Reed’s fastest lap came on lap six and Josh Grant’s came on lap five, but Ryan Villopoto’s came on lap 20! Check out the rest of the top lap times from San Diego below.

AMA Supercross

Finish	Best Lap	Rider	Bike
1	46.037	James Stewart	Yamaha
2	46.435	Chad Reed	Suzuki
20	46.686	Josh Grant	Yamaha
4	47.042	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki
3	47.080	Andrew Short	Honda
19	47.156	Broc Hepler	Yamaha
5	47.597	Davi Millsaps	Honda
7	47.699	Kevin Windham	Honda
6	47.742	Mike Alessi	Suzuki
10	47.840	Ivan Tedesco	Honda
14	48.045	Tim Ferry	Kawasaki
9	48.188	Nick Wey	Yamaha
18	48.298	Ben Coisy	Honda
11	48.300	Josh Summey	KTM
13	48.448	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha
8	48.453	Michael Byrne	Suzuki
12	49.021	Tommy Hahn	Kawasaki
15	49.106	Heath Voss	Honda
16	49.589	Troy Adams	Honda
17	50.848	Steve Boniface	Honda

Biggest surprise? In his first AMA Supercross main event, Yamaha’s Broc Hepler managed to record the sixth-fastest lap time of the main event, in front of the likes of Davi Millsaps, Kevin Windham, Mike Alessi, Ivan Tedesco and Tim Ferry! Considering Hepler is coming off of a broke collarbone and hasn’t had much time on the bike, that’s very respectable.

Broc Hepler
photo: Steve Cox