Sign of the (Lap) Times: Anaheim 3

A long race track led to long lap times at Monster Energy Supercross Anaheim 3, but in the end a pair of red heads topped the lap time chart. Let's check out the chart for A3 in this week's Racer X Sign of the (Lap) Times, presented by Motion Pro.

Supercross Class

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Rider
1	1	59.671	2	Ryan Villopoto
2	5	1.00.490	2	Davi Millsaps
3	2	1.00.504	4	Josh Hill
4	4	1.00.680	3	Ryan Dungey
5	3	1.00.745	3	Kevin Windham
6	6	1.01.000	4	Justin Brayton
7	11	1.02.186	3	Ivan Tedesco
8	7	1.02.545	3	Kyle Chisholm
9	13	1.02.746	3	Grant Langston
10	16	1.02.946	6	Cyrille Coulon
11	20	1.03.098	3	Matt Boni
12	9	1.03.136	6	Dan Reardon
13	10	1.03.285	5	Nick Wey
14	15	1.03.326	10	Fabien Izoird
15	8	1.03.345	8	Michael Byrne
16	12	1.03.528	6	Chris Blose
17	14	1.03.906	5	Jarred Brown
18	19	1.04.227	6	Jason Thomas
19	18	1.04.295	3	Westin Peick
20	17	1.04.309	5	Justin Keeney

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For the third week in a row, Ryan Villopoto logged the fastest lap of the night. And for the second time, he won. What's notable comes behind that, as last week's winner, Davi Millsaps, actually logged the second fastest time, but only finished fifth in the main. You can break the packs up in Anaheim by their lap times. RV was in a class by himself by getting in the 59-second range. The next group all ran in the one-minute spot, followed by Justin Brayton, who was all alone with his 1:01. Then comes the rest, starting with Ivan Tedesco's 1:02.

Want an indicator of how tough it is to make it in supercross? Check out seven riders all within the 1:03 range. That's close competition!


Supercross Lites

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Rider
1	1	1.00.411	5	Trey Canard
2	2	1.01.010	6	Broc Tickle
3	3	1.01.153	5	Wil Hahn
4	8	1.01.234	3	Jake Weimer
5	4	1.01.595	4	Blake Wharton
6	5	1.01.818	4	PJ Larsen
7	6	1.02.868	5	Phil Nicoletti
8	17	1.02.933	4	Josh Hansen
9	14	1.03.003	3	Eric McCrummen
10	7	56.453	10	Phil Nicoletti
11	10	1.03.587	4	Jeff Alessi
12	13	1.03.613	2	Hunter Hewitt
13	9	1.03.770	9	Antonio Balbi
14	15	1.03.921	9	Robert Kiniry
15	12	1.04.506	10	Sean Borkenhagen
16	11	1.04.531	3	Ryan Clark
17	20	1.04.637	5	Hugo Dagod
18	19	1.05.211	2	Tiger Lacey
19	16	1.05.266	8	Chris Gosselaar
20	18	1.05.361	3	Tanner Reidman

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Trey Canard's fast lap helped power him to victory. Note how the track shaped up best for the Lites riders around lap five, as the top three all put in their best times around that moment in the race. Of course, that was also about the point in which they had stopped battling with each other, freeing them up to run fast laps without worrying about anyone else.

Points leader Jake Weimer had a tough night, crashing back to 20th early and fighting back through for eighth. Because he was buried in traffic during that fifth lap, he never got to show his true speed.

This week we head east for the first time this year, it will be interesting to see how lap times hold up throughout the main events on the soft, rutted dirt in Indy.