Round seven of Monster Energy Supercross from bright and sunny...err...muddy San Diego once again proved that this year could be the deepest Supercross class in the past decade. Chad Reed's victory makes four different winners through seven rounds. Superb. And to think defending champion Ryan Dungey has yet to grace the top of the box. But enough about the race, 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 |
55.497 |
3 |
59.541 |
Trey Canard |
2 | 1 |
55.813 |
6 |
57.969 |
Chad Reed |
3 | 3 |
56.193 |
3 |
59.286 |
James Stewart |
4 | 2 |
56.850 |
12 |
58.142 |
Ryan Dungey |
5 | 7 |
56.926 |
4 |
58.648 |
Ryan Villopoto |
6 | 8 |
57.226 |
4 |
59.424 |
Brett Metcalfe |
7 | 6 |
57.601 |
2 |
59.661 |
Andrew Short |
8 | 5 |
57.827 |
4 |
59.106 |
Davi Millsaps |
9 | 10 |
58.153 |
8 |
1:00.647 |
Justin Brayton |
10 | 9 |
58.282 |
4 |
59.851 |
Mike Alessi |
11 | 18 |
58.350 |
3 |
1:06.577 |
Austin Stroupe |
12 | 15 |
58.509 |
7 | 1:03.901 |
Ivan Tedesco |
13 | 13 |
59.575 |
4 |
1:02.700 |
Fabien Izoird |
14 | 11 |
59.614 |
6 |
1:02.015 |
Nick Wey |
15 | 12 |
59.812 |
8 |
1:02.191 |
Kyle Regal |
16 | 20 |
1:00.419 |
2 |
1:12.492 |
Kevin Windham |
17 | 14 |
1:00.577 |
4 |
1:03.003 |
Chris Blose |
18 | 19 |
1:01.015 |
2 |
1:02.518 |
Weston Peick |
19 | 16 |
1:01.522 |
7 |
1:04.681 |
Michael Byrne |
20 | 17 |
1:02.144 |
4 |
1:07.954 |
Maxime Lesage |
For the second straight week a new rider has taken the crown of fastest lap. In San Diego it was American Honda's Trey Canard that turned in the fastest lap of the night with a 55.497. If not for a couple of costly mistakes Canard might have grabbed his second consecutive victory.
Canard set the fastest lap in San Diego.
Photo: Garth Milan
Andrew Short is slowly but surely making adjustments to fit his style to the KTM 350SX-F, and it sure seems like the hard work is paying off. Short ran inside the top-five for a majority of the race before getting nipped by Davi Millsaps at the end for fifth. Still, Short has shown steady improvement over the course of the season and showed it with the seventh fastest lap of the night.
AMA Supercross Lites
Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Avg Lap Time | Rider |
1 | 1 |
55.489 |
2 |
57.312 |
Eli Tomac |
2 | 2 |
56.309 |
14 |
57.843 |
Tyla Rattray |
3 | 4 |
56.693 |
15 |
57.703 |
Cole Seely |
4 | 7 |
56.845 | 13 |
59.087 |
Ken Roczen |
5 |
3 |
56.974 |
14 |
57.712 |
Broc Tickle |
6 | 5 |
57.577 |
5 |
59.199 |
|
7 | 10 |
57.820 |
3 |
1:02.090 |
Kyle Cunningham |
8 | 6 |
58.084 |
4 |
59.315 |
Josh Hansen |
9 | 8 |
58.365 |
7 |
1:00.315 |
Ben Evans |
10 | 9 |
58.905 |
8 |
1:01.494 |
Ryan Morais |
11 | 11 |
59.682 |
11 |
1:01.313 |
Antonio Balbi |
12 | 14 |
59.949 |
12 |
1:03.006 |
Tommy Weeck |
13 | 12 |
1:00.291 | 8 |
1:02.783 |
Martin Davalos |
14 | 15 | 1:00.384 |
9 |
1:02.722 |
Nick Paluzzi |
15 | 16 | 1:00.648 |
14 |
1:03.479 |
Casey Hinson |
16 | 13 |
1:01.126 |
14 |
1:02.677 |
Ryan Smith |
17 | 17 |
1:01.246 |
11 |
1:03.271 |
Scott Champion |
18 | 19 |
1:02.074 |
2 |
1:08.082 |
Dakota Tedder |
19 | 18 |
1:02.753 |
5 |
1:04.313 |
Travis Bright |
20 | 20 |
1 Lap |
1 Lap |
1 Lap |
Kyle Beaton |
Wow! What a showing put in by GEICO Honda's rookie Eli Tomac. Taking advantage of a great start Tomac looked like a one-man demolition crew in San Diego, pounding out fast lap after fast lap. But his fastest of the night was a 55.489 (more on that later).
Tomac set the fastest lap of the night en route to his first career SX victory.
Photo: Garth Milan
What a rollercoaster ride for German import Ken Roczen. After taking his first heat win of the season Roczen looked primed to contend for a win at San Diego. But a bad start and two crashes later left Roczen buried deep in the pack. But the resilient rookie made his way all the way back to seventh and in the process set the fourth fastest lap of the night. Kudos to the German.
But, back to the one-man show Eli Tomac. Only three riders set a fast lap under 56 seconds. As previously mentioned two of those riders were Chad Reed and Trey Canard, with the third being Tomac. That shows just how fast Tomac was pounding through the slop of San Diego. While the track was more beat up for the Supercross class, let us not forget that Tomac is at a 200cc disadvantage. Well done, Eli!