Round six of Monster Energy Supercross from Houston provided just about everything you can ask from a fan's perspective. Justin Barcia and Dean Wilson slugged it out in the Lites class, while Trey Canard capitalized on a Kevin Windham mistake to hold off a furious charge from Ryan Dungey. Throw in a James Stewart crash, and a couple of huge first turn pile-ups, and you have a recipe for some great racing. Now onto the lap charts, brought to you by Motion Pro.
AMA Supercross
Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Avg Lap Time | Rider |
1 | 4 |
48.800 |
3 |
51.063 |
Davi Millsaps |
2 | 15 |
48.842 |
5 |
53.742 |
James Stewart |
3 | 19 |
48.981 |
1 |
49.496 |
Kevin Windham |
4 | 3 |
49.033 | 5 |
50.768 |
Ryan Villopoto |
5 | 1 |
49.138 |
3 |
50.504 |
Trey Canard |
6 | 8 |
49.384 |
3 |
52.379 |
Brett Metcalfe |
7 | 2 |
49.385 |
3 |
50.509 |
Ryan Dungey |
8 | 6 |
49.547 |
10 |
50.395 | Chad Reed |
9 | 7 | 49.698 |
5 |
51.342 |
Ken Roczen |
10 | 13 | 49.933 |
8 |
49.933 |
Justin Brayton |
11 | 5 |
50.233 |
2 |
51.052 |
Andrew Short |
12 | 9 |
50.327 |
3 |
52.232 |
Ivan Tedesco |
13 | 16 |
50.828 |
6 |
55.031 |
Kyle Regal |
14 | 10 |
50.994 |
3 | 52.339 |
Mike Alessi |
15 | 11 |
51.026 | 7 |
52.421 |
Tommy Hahn |
16 | 12 |
51.098 |
3 |
52.387 |
Nick Wey |
17 | 20 |
51.608 |
3 |
52.304 |
Jason Thomas |
18 | 18 |
51.736 | 2 |
57.822 |
Chris Blose |
19 | 14 |
52.079 |
4 |
54.016 |
Weston Peick |
20 | 17 |
53.111 |
3 |
56.702 | Vince Friese |
The fastest lap of the night went to none other than James… wait what? Davi Millsaps? That’s right, Millsaps not only had his best race of the season thus far, but he also became the first rider not named James Stewart or Ryan Villopoto to put down the fastest lap of the night. Millsaps put down a scorching 48.800 edging out Stewart’s 48.842. After a long off-season Houston might prove to be the turning point in Millsaps' season.
Did Millsaps' season turn the corner in Houston?
Photo: Simon Cudby
Here’s an interesting fact from Houston. The top fourteen fastest lap times were under 51 seconds. Things are getting tight, folks.
AMA Supercross Lites
Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Avg Lap Time | Rider |
1 | 3 |
49.585 |
6 |
51.509 |
Blake Baggett |
2 | 2 |
49.880 |
1 |
51.144 | Dean Wilson |
3 | 4 |
50.045 | 4 |
52.057 |
Ryan Sipes |
4 | 6 |
50.061 | 2 |
53.246 |
Blake Wharton |
5 |
1 |
50.134 | 8 |
50.920 |
Justin Barcia |
6 | 5 |
50.179 | 4 |
52.421 |
|
7 | 15 |
50.311 | 4 |
55.696 | Nico Izzi |
8 | 7 |
50.488 | 5 |
53.507 |
Jason Anderson |
9 | 8 |
50.934 | 3 |
53.362 |
Lance Vincent |
10 | 14 |
50.951 | 3 |
55.738 | Malcolm Stewart |
11 | 13 |
51.079 |
5 |
55.129 |
Gannon Audette |
12 | 18 | 51.231 | 2 |
1:05.447 |
P.J. Larsen |
13 | 10 |
51.695 |
3 |
53.883 | Alex Martin |
14 | 9 |
51.824 |
2 |
53.543 |
Matt Lemoine |
15 | 17 |
52.410 |
7 |
1:03.556 |
Taylor Futrell |
16 | 12 |
52.535 |
3 |
55.257 |
Shawn Rife |
17 | 16 |
52.648 |
6 |
59.098 |
A.J. Catanzaro |
18 | 11 |
52.694 |
9 |
54.196 |
Chris Gosselaar |
19 | 19 |
53.627 |
3 |
56.379 |
Levi Kilbarger |
20 | 20 |
DNS | DNS |
DNS |
Darryn Durham |
Blake Baggett made quite the first impression on his new team—Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki. Baggett overcame a treacherous start and laid down the fastest lap of the night with 49.585. Baggett’s seemingly quiet third place finish should go a long way towards a championship run that could have gone wayward had he failed to make a charge through the pack.
Barcia outlasted Wilson to grab the opening round win in Houston.
Photo: Simon Cudby
Justin Barcia and Dean Wilson engaged in what seemed more like a UFC fight than a supercross race in Houston, with Barcia out-slugging Wilson en-route to the opening round win. It's interesting that while he won the race, Barcia set only the fifth fastest lap of the night with a 50.134.
What a opening round night for privateer Lance Vincent. The rookie not only managed a surprising top-ten finish but he also managed to put down the ninth fastest lap of the night. With arguably one of the deepest fields this past decade, Vincent proved he may not be just another name on the east coast.