Sign of the Lap Times: Southwick

Man, the drama at the 'Wick was overflowing this weekend. From the Ryan Dungey bike situation, to Justin Barcia and Gareth Swanepoel winning their first career motos (in their respective classes), to Brett Metcalfe getting that eight-year monkey off his back and finally winning his first overall, and oh yeah there was a hurricane breathing down the east coast that halted the travel of half the industry. Southwick by far provided one of the wackiest, flat out bizarre weekends in recent memory. But you will hear plenty about all this "drama" throughout the week so 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	2:20.682	2	2:27.254	Justin Barcia
2	3	2:24.858	2	2:30.020	Justin Brayton
3	2	2:24.929	12	2:28.587	Brett Metcalfe
4	7	2:25.125	4	2:27.606	Ryan Dungey
5	5	2:26.900	2	2:32.721	Jake Weimer
6	4	2:26.901	2	2:30.428	Ryan Villopoto
7	13	2:28.230	10	2:36.719	Kyle Regal
8	6	2:29.018	2	2:34.919	Mike Alessi
9	34	2:30.264	2	2:35.062	Robert Marshall
10	8	2:30.697	4	2:35.817	John Dowd

Yes, Ryan Dungey did set the fastest lap of moto one with a 2:00.892 on lap 2, but we all know the real story of the weekend regarding Dungey. The man put in a ride that will probably go down in the history books in moto two. He stared down the barrel of adversity and burned a hole through it. We all know the back story by now so I won't bore you with that, but sometimes you have to beat a dead horse and give credit where credit is due. He also logged the fourth-fastest lap of the moto and did it on lap four, when he must have been mired in traffic.

Overshadowed by the "Dungey Dilemma" was Justin Barcia laying the wood on the rest of the field in moto two. Not only did Barcia win his first career 450 moto, not only did he set the fastest lap of the moto, but he did it by putting down a lap that was a full four seconds faster than his next closest competitor!

Barcia set the fastest lap in moto two en route to his first career 450 moto win.
Photo: Andrew Fredrickson

250 Class
Moto 1

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	2	2:05.154	2	2:11.107	Tyla Rattray
2	1	2:05.447	2	2:10.542	Gareth Swanepoel
3	3	2:05.507	4	2:12.094	Dean Wilson
4	4	2:06.494	4	2:13.524	Gannon Audette
5	14	2:07.051	4	2:16.342	Eli Tomac
6	9	2:07.915	4	2:13.682	Blake Baggett
7	6	2:08.118	2	2:13.880	Ryan Sipes
8	7	2:08.195	4	2:13.778	Marvin Musquin
9	5	2:08.341	4	2:13.207	Broc Tickle
10	11	2:08.670	3	2:15.647	Malcolm Stewart

Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	2:13.373	6	2:17.617	Tyla Rattray
2	3	2:15.133	2	2:19.451	Alex Martin
3	4	2:16.012	3	2:19.009	Justin Bogle
4	2	2:16.248	4	2:19.053	Dean Wilson
5	5	2:17.247	7	2:21.400	Gareth Swanepoel
6	9	2:17.867	3	2:23.854	Jimmy DeCotis
7	8	2:17.919	4	2:22.377	Marvin Musquin
8	7	2:18.160	3	2:22.048	Jason Anderson
9	6	2:18.928	7	2:21.591	Blake Baggett
10	12	2:19.999	8	2:23.783	Broc Tickle

Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Tyla Rattray proved once again he is a man among boys in the 250 class at Southwick. While Rattray did lose moto one to fellow South African Gareth Swanepoel when he stalled his engine while leading, he still managed to set the fastest lap of the moto with a 2:05.154 on lap 2. He did the same in moto two when he tracked down Eleven 10Mods Alex Martin en route to his second consecutive overall at Southwick. But A Mart proved he wasn't just lucky with a holeshot, his second-best lap time of the moto shows how fast he can go. Well done by rookie Justin Bogle in the second moto, as well.

Raise your hand if you thought Gareth Swanepoel would be the rider to break up the Pro Circuit streak...anyone? While Swanepoel has challenged for a podium spot on a few occasions this year I don't think anyone thought he was due for a moto win. But the Star Racing rider battled with the top-two Pro Circuit bikes and came out on top. A feat like that cannot go unacknowledged.

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