Sign of the (Lap) Times: Jacksonville

April 7, 2009, 11:52am

Something unique happened at the Jacksonville Supercross in the Lites main event: the top five lap times came from riders aboard five different brands of bikes, with newly-crowned champion Christophe Pourcel leading the way with a 53.480 on his Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki. Second was GEICO Powersports Honda’s Blake Wharton, followed by Division 7/Star Yamaha’s Broc Tickle, Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Nico Izzi, and Muscle Milk/MDK KTM’s Wil Hahn. All five of these riders were within four-tenths of a second of each other, and the top eight rider were all within a second. Check out the rest of the field’s fastest lap times from the Jacksonville supercross below.

Biggest surprise? Let’s give credit to Warthog Racing Academy’s Cody Gilmore, who posted the 12th best time in the Lites class on his way to a 15th.

Finish	Best Lap	Rider	Bike
1	53.480	Christophe Pourcel	Kawasaki
5	53.508	Blake Wharton	Honda
6	53.658	Broc Tickle	Yamaha
14	53.740	Nico Izzi	Suzuki
2	53.774	Wil Hahn	KTM
4	53.832	Darryn Durham	Yamaha
3	53.837	Austin Stroupe	Kawasaki
7	53.981	Branden Jesseman	Kawasaki
8	54.609	Matt Lemoine	Yamaha
10	54.903	Steven Clarke	Suzuki
9	55.256	Matt Goerke	Suzuki
15	55.996	Cody Gilmore	Honda
11	56.055	Daniel Blair	Honda
19	56.375	Tyler Wharton	Yamaha
13	56.587	Josh Lichtle	Honda
12	56.666	Jason Thomas	Honda
16	56.829	Jacob Saylor	Yamaha
18	57.168	Spencer Dally	Honda
17	57.677	Dennis Jonon	Kawasaki

Muscle Milk/MDK KTM's Wil Hahn
photo: Steve Cox

AMA Supercross

Once again James Stewart showed that he was the fastest supercross rider on the planet, winning his tenth main event of the 2009 season and logging the fastest lap time of the entire night along the way. James laid down a 51.742 on lap five while tracking down Chad Reed, who was second fastest on the night. And props to GEICO Powersports Honda’s Kevin Windham, who was the third fastest on his way to a podium finish—his second of the season. Honda Red Bull Racing’s Andrew Short was fourth fastest, followed by Yamaha teammates Josh Hill and Broc Hepler.

Biggest surprise? I’m going with Canidae/Motosport Kawasaki’s Tommy Hahn. After taking the long road into the main event, Hahn posted some solid lap times—he had the 12th fastest main event time—on his way to his best AMA Supercross class finish of seventh.

Finish	Best Lap	Rider	Bike
1	51.742	James Stewart	Yamaha
2	52.080	Chad Reed	Suzuki
3	53.525	Kevin Windham	Honda
5	53.697	Andrew Short	Honda
4	53.759	Josh Hill	Yamaha
11	53.822	Broc Hepler	Yamaha
18	53.976	Josh Grant	Yamaha
6	54.003	Mike Alessi	Suzuki
13	54.229	Ivan Tedesco	Honda
17	54.489	Jason Lawrence	Yamaha
9	54.506	Heath Voss	Honda
7	54.593	Tommy Hahn	Kawasaki
19	54.797	Davi Millsaps	Honda
14	54.876	Ryan Sipes	KTM
12	54.994	Ben Coisy	Honda
8	55.007	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha
15	55.065	Troy Adams	Honda
16	55.106	Matt Boni	Honda
10	55.178	Billy Laninovich	Kawasaki
20	55.202	Paul Carpenter	Kawasaki

Canidae/Motosport Kawasaki's Tommy Hahn
photo: Simon Cudby