Sign of the (Lap) Times: Atlanta

March 2, 2010 2:32pm | by: Jason Weigandt

Nearly 70,000 fans witnessed Monster Energy Supercross in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, but only those who read this week's Sign of the (Lap) Times presented by Motion Pro will really be in the know. Who was fast? Read on.

Supercross Class

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Rider
1	1	53.954	6	Ryan Dungey
2	19	53.966	6	Ryan Villopoto
3	2	55.15	5	Trey Canard
4	3	55.174	6	Davi Millsaps
5	4	55.902	5	Ivan Tedesco
6	14	56.061	4	Kevin Windham
7	5	56.12	7	Justin Brayton
8	6	56.136	7	Josh Hill
9	9	56.269	3	Grant Langston
10	8	56.412	9	Jason Lawrence
11	7	56.7	4	Michael Byrne
12	12	57.137	13	Kyle Chisholm
13	10	57.249	12	Nick Wey
14	11	57.258	7	Chris Blose
15	18	57.289	5	Dan Reardon
16	13	57.36	6	Matt Boni
17	16	58.458	6	Heath Voss
18	15	58.612	7	Jason Thomas
19	17	59.042	6	Weston Peick
20	20	59.832	6	Kyle Partidge

Ryan Villopoto was the fastest in the mains in the last four races, but Ryan Dungey was back on it in Atlanta, carding the fastest lap time in the Dome and winning the main. Note how the track shaped up in Atlanta, as RV and Dungey carded their best laps on the sixth circuit, and the rest of the top riders put in their best laps at around the same mark. In fact, half the field put in their best time on either lap five or six.

Atlanta's track was hard and slick, a far cry from the old days of soft, rutted, Georgia clay. But clearly the track broke down somewhat, considering how many riders put in their fast laps early.

Supercross Lites

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Rider
1	18	55.951	4	Justin Barcia
2	1	56.418	8	Christophe Pourcel
3	3	56.503	5	Brett Metcalfe
4	2	56.507	3	Austin Stroupe
5	4	56.753	6	Dean Wilson
6	5	56.816	8	Blake Baggett
7	12	57.521	2	Nico Izzi
8	15	57.547	4	Ryan Sipes
9	11	57.93	2	Kyle Regal
10	7	57.981	10	Matt Lemoine
11	10	58.043	7	Kyle Cunningham
12	6	58.192	5	Vince Friese
13	8	58.548	5	Jake Moss
14	13	58.571	8	Michael Willard
15	19	58.592	6	Alex Martin
16	9	58.605	6	Levi Kilbarger
17	20	58.621	7	Kyle Keylon
18	14	59.305	10	Adam Chatfield
19	17	59.607	11	James Decotis
20	16	59.744	6	Taylor Futrell

Justin Barcia may have finished off the podium this time, but the results don't even come close to telling the full story this week. He had a lot more speed than he did in Indy, starting with the second practice session, where he was fastest of all, and into the main, where he logged the fastest lap time. That's a lot of improvement in just one week!

But Christophe Pourcel's lap time led him to another win. Impressive also was Brett Metcalfe, who improved quite a bit over last week, as well, despite a big practice crash. And the new Mr. Consistency, Austin Stroupe, turned in just the fourth best time, but led several laps and finished second in the main.

On to Daytona, a totally different type of track. But will the results differ?