Sign of the (Lap) Times: Phoenix

For this week's Motion Pro Sign of the (Lap) Times, we dive into data from Phoenix, round two of Monster Energy AMA Supercross an FIM World Championship.

Lites Class

Finish	Best Lap	Rider	Bike
1	54.682	Jake Weimer	Kawasaki
4	54.802	Will Hahn	Honda
5	55.108	Broc Tickle	Yamaha
2	55.152	Ryan Morias	Suzuki
7	55.156	Trey Canard	Honda
3	55.231	Blake Wharton	Honda
6	56.167	Cole Seely	Honda
9	56.320	Bobby Kiniry	Suzuki
20	56.613	Josh Hansen	Kawasaki
12	56.924	Gautier Paulin	Yamaha
11	57.111	Travis Baker	Yamaha
10	57.120	Phil Nicoletti	KTM
8	57.322	Tommy Searle	KTM
13	57.467	Jeff Alessi	Yamaha
15	57.540	Max Anstie	Yamaha
14	57.952	Ryan Clark	Honda
16	58.076	Sean Borkenhagen	Honda
18	58.703	Chris Gosselaar	Honda
17	58.839	Ben Evans	Suzuki
19	1.00.023	Jake Canada	Kawasaki

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Last week Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Jake Weimer looked to be the fastest and strongest rider in the field, and he romped to the victory. But when we looked at the lap times, we noted that Jake only notched the fourth-fastest time of the race. Over the weekend in Phoenix, Weimer was nursing a few injuries and even lost a few spots early in the race. He eventually came back to win, and most noted his ability to grab a victory even when he didn't have his best night.

But guess what? This time Weimer actually did log the fastest time of the race. Maybe he was better than it looked.

Also notable is Troy Lee/Lucas Honda's Will Hahn notching the second best time of the night en route to fourth in the race. Hahn was right in the mix all night and nearly edged Blake Wharton for third. Wharton led the most laps in the race, but only logged the sixth-fastest lap time.

Also note Josh Hansen's 20th, which was due to a crash on the first lap.


Supercross Class

Finish	Best Lap	Rider	Bike
1	53.806	Ryan Dungey	Suzuki
2	53.838	Ryan Villopoto	Kawasaki
3	54.004	Josh Hill	Yamaha
4	54.730	Ivan Tedesco	Yamaha
6	54.871	Kevin Windham	Honda
7	54.907	Austin Stroupe	Suzuki
5	54.989	Andrew Short	Honda
9	55.045	Davi Millsaps	Honda
8	55.268	Justin Brayton	Yamaha
15	55.425	James Stewart	Yamaha
19	55.434	Chad Reed	Kawasaki
10	56.244	Tommy Hahn	Suzuki
12	56.346	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha
11	56.728	Manuel Gomez	Kawasaki
13	56.754	Nick Wey	Kawasaki
18	56.915	Grant Langston	Yamaha
20	56.980	Michael Byrne	Kawasaki
14	57.029	Jason Thomas	Suzuki
17	57.134	Cyrille Coulon	Kawasaki
16	57.786	Chris Blose	Honda

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Speed wins races at times, and here you will notice that the top three finishers also logged the three fastest times, in the same order in which they finished. Ivan Tedesco's fourth-best time powered him to a fourth-place finish, too.

Honda Red Bull Racing's Andrew Short finished fifth, ahead of two riders who actually put in faster laps than he did.

But most notable of all, of course, are James Stewart and Chad Reed. The standard front-runners in supercross both had painful nights, and neither finished in the top ten. Stewart had crashed hard in his heat race, and Reed borke his hand in the main event. Stewart logged the tenth best time and Reed the 11th. When was the last time you could say that?