The Indy Supercross created some head-scratching during the Lites Main on Saturday night amongst all of those who were not AMA officials. Sure, there are a select few out there who claim to have read and memorized the rulebook cover to cover, but even the riders were at a loss for words as the closest comparison to the staggered restart they could come up with was "the GNCC start" and "they had us lined up like we were at a fair race". The situation was unfamiliar to all except for Tyler Bowers, as it turns out, since this has happen in Areancross. As you'll see, it was even unfamiliar on the lap charts!

But before we dissect the unusual Lites race, let's ease into it with something slightly more familiar from the Supercross class.

And it doesn't get any more familiar than this: once again, Ryan Villopoto tops the lap charts and cruises away with another victory. Big players Chad Reed, Ryan Dungey, and James Stewart were not there to line up for the Main, so many feared RV would go unchallenged in the Main Event. He did win, but he wasn't exactly unchallenged since there were still four other riders matching the 52-second lap range. Villopoto also battled with the likes of Brett Metcalfe and Justin Brayton for the vast majority of the race. It was far from a start-to-finish runaway for the defending champion, who did say it was a track where you couldn't really push too hard.. With his main competition out of the running, though, RV2's championship strategy is still something to debate.

AMA Supercross Lites

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	16	46.016	6	2:08.398	Ken Roczen
2	1	46.017	6	1:58.942	Blake Wharton
3	2	47.568	6	1:59.231	Darryn Durham
4	6	48.348	6	2:00.349	Justin Bogle
5	3	50.091	6	1:59.069	Justin Barcia
6	4	50.689	6	2:00.120	Blake Baggett
7	8	51.307	6	2:00.760	Tyler Bowers
8	7	52.262	6	2:00.586	Matt Lemoine
9	5	53.207	11	1:59.846	Jake Canada
10	20	54.040	3	54.560	Kyle Cunningham
11	11	54.195	6	2:02.007	Angelo Pellegrini
12	14	54.640	11	2:01.753	PJ Larsen
13	9	54.655	4	2:01.267	Les Smith
14	15	55.128	13	2:02.505	Alex Martin
15	10	55.577	12	2:01.658	Shawn Rife
16	13	55.740	12	2:01.931	Shane Sewell
17	17	55.750	3	2:08.170	Tommy Weeck
18	12	56.028	11	2:01.413	Kyle Peters
19	19	56.238	8	2:09.391	Brad Ripple
20	18	56.263	6	2:08.213	Kelly Smith

Ken Roczen seemed to be running away with his first win of the year, but his lead was diminished as soon as the red flag came out at the end of the fifth lap. In fairness, the staggered restart had a massive effect on lap times in this one. When the staggered restart was implemented, scorers began the sixth lap by hand timing the riders from the moment the green flag waved. But that means the riders started the lap on the start stretch, not at the finish line jump, so almost every rider has an abnormally quick sixth lap.

If you take the red flag and restart laps out (laps five and six), it was Justin Barcia, though, who set the fastest full lap time with a 52.465. Roczen had the fourth fastest full lap with a 52.873, after Darryn Durham's 52.557 and Blake Wharton's 52.715. The riders' average lap time was also thrown off by the 16-minute recorded waiting period between the red flag and the restart.

Ken Roczen was able to set the fastest lap of the night from this point forward.
Andrew Fredrickson photo

But it was Justin Barcia who set the fastest full lap of the Lites Main.
Andrew Fredrickson photo