Sign Of The Lap Times: Washougal

Round eight of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship from Washougal, WA, brought a changing of the guard as Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto took over the points lead from Team TwoTwo/Bel-Ray's Chad Reed. Not to be outdone, Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey also made a big move in the championship standings as he took his second consecutive overall and climbed to within one point of leader Ryan Villopoto. Meanwhile, down in the 250 Class the Pro Circuit brigade once again fought over who would stand where on the podium with Blake Baggett taking the top spot. Let's see how it all broke down with this week's Motion Pro Sign of the Lap Times.

Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	2:09.790	2	2:13.053	Ryan Dungey
2	2	2:10.473	4	2:13.922	Ryan Villopoto
3	3	2:11.917	5	2:14.800	Brett Metcalfe
4	4	2:12.916	4	2:15.529	Chad Reed
5	7	2:13.400	4	2:15.209	Mike Alessi
6	5	2:13.746	4	2:15.646	Justin Brayton
7	7	2:13.823	4	2:16.872	Tommy Hahn
8	10	2:14.935	10	2:17.822	Andrew Short
9	8	2:15.024	10	2:17.448	Jake Weimer
10	11	2:15.946	3	2:18.252	Jake Canada

For the second week in a row the Ryans not only swapped moto wins, but the top spot on the lap charts. Villopoto took moto one while setting a blistering 2:05.999 on lap three--which also stood up as the fastest lap of the day. Moto two proved to be the Ryan Dungey show. He put the hammer down early and was able to pull away from Villopoto to take the overall. He also set the fastest lap of the moto with a 2:09.790.

If taking the overall wasn't satisfying enough for Dungey, he also got help in the form of teammate Brett Metcalfe who put himself on the podium for the first time this year. Why is that significant to Dungey? Metcalfe's podium took valuable championship points away from title contender Chad Reed, which could prove very significant as the championship hits the strech run.

Dungey set the fastest lap in moto two.
Photo: Andrew Fredrickson

250 Class
Moto 1

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	2:11.784	5	2:13.731	Blake Baggett
2	3	2:12.392	5	2:14.772	Kyle Cunningham
3	7	2:12.947	6	2:16.052	Gareth Swanepoel
4	2	2:13.092	7	2:14.299	Tyla Rattray
5	5	2:13.276	7	2:15.680	Dean Wilson
6	4	2:13.481	9	2:15.694	Justin Barcia
7	6	2:13.553	7	2:15.798	Tommy Weeck
8	15	2:13.584	2	2:19.139	Ryan Sipes
9	9	2:14.623	9	2:16.510	Broc Tickle
10	12	2:14.773	8	2:17.708	Gannon Audette

Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	3	2:14.918	7	2:17.792	Blake Baggett
2	2	2:15.610	15	2:16.474	Tyla Rattray
3	1	2:15.789	8	2:16.554	Dean Wilson
4	4	2:16.526	5	2:18.407	Gareth Swanepoel
5	5	2:17.053	6	2:18.642	Martin Davalos
6	7	2:17.440	7	2:19.275	Kyle Cunningham
7	10	2:17.539	3	2:20.783	Justin Barcia
8	37	2:17.567	3	2:23.060	Lance Vicent
9	18	2:17.719	5	2:23.103	Marvin Musquin
10	6	2:17.864	3	2:19.116	Alex Martin

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Blake Baggett overcame an injured shoulder and a valiant charge by teammates Dean Wilson and Tyla Rattray to take the overall at Washougal. Baggett not only took the overall but also set the fastest lap times in both motos. Not to shabby of a day for the Cali native.

DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing Yamaha continues to try and break up the PC trio. Kyle Cunningham finished third in moto one while teammate Gareth Swanepoel picked up the slack in moto two with a fourth-place finish. Putting the cherry on top of an already brilliant day, Gannon Audette put in another solid ride putting three of the Star Racing team members in the top-ten in the lap charts in moto one.

Baggett set the fastest lap in both 250 motos.
Photo: Andrew Fredrickson