450SX Class

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	2	55.849	3	56.869	Trey Canard
2	3	55.877	3	57.364	Ryan Dungey
3	7	55.934	3	57.809	Justin Barcia
4	1	55.974	3	56.812	Davi Millsaps
5	4	56.358	5	58.086	Chad Reed
6	16	56.591	7	58.727	Ryan Villopoto
7	5	57.319	7	58.057	Jake Weimer
8	18	57.462	3	59.970	Broc Tickle
9	8	57.481	9	58.609	James Stewart
10	6	57.510	4	58.245	Andrew Short
11	9	57.614	6	58.623	Justin Brayton
12	11	57.932	3	59.515	Josh Grant
13	13	58.134	11	59.494	Kyle Chisholm
14	10	58.220	7	59.143	Kevin Windham
15	14	58.374	9	59.999	Weston Peick
16	12	58.450	10	59.370	Matt Goerke
17	17	58.475	6	1:01.019	Vince Friese
18	15	58.710	5	1:00.558	Matt Lemoine
19	19	59.392	4	1:01.426	Robert Kiniry
20	20	59.379	2	59.398	Mike Alessi

450SX

- Trey Canard set the fastest lap in 450SX with a 55.849 on lap 3.

- Not a good night on the track or the lap charts for two-time defending 450SX champion Ryan Villopoto. He had six laps over the one-minute mark.

- Villopoto's first big crash caused trouble for Broc Tickle, who crashed into a Tuff Block that RV kicked onto the track. Tickle's first seven laps were all under the one-minute mark, but after the crash, all his laps on the final ten laps were over the one-minute mark.

- Dealing with a knee injury suffered in practice, James Stewart just tried to ride consistently. He averaged a 58.609 and only exceeded the one-minute mark on the final two laps.

- Kyle Chisholm, after dealing with an ankle injury during the off-season, got stronger as the race went along. He set the latest fast lap in 450SX with a 58.134 on lap 11.

- Jake Weimer, en route to a very quiet fifth, began the race with a string of nine straight laps in the 57-second range.

- Davi Millsaps and Trey Canard matched each other's pace the whole way. Each rode laps in the 55-56 second range until finally rising into the 57s on lap 14.

- Matt Lemoine tailed off down the stretch—going over the one-minute mark the last six laps—which may have been a byproduct of this being his first 450SX race.

- Bobby Kiniry was only able to break the one-minute lap mark three times in the opener (laps 4-6).

 

Comparisons:

Dungey vs. Barcia – Laps 10-15

After the season opener Ryan Dungey stated: “When I got to lap 10 I kind of had enough of the cat-and-mouse, hanging in fourth. I really wanted to make a push.” Dungey would tip-over in a corner on lap 16, but secured third when Barcia made a mistake of his own shortly after. Let’s compare the times from when Dungey began his push, and see if he made up any ground.

Lap	Ryan Dungey	Justin Barcia
10	56.068	56.572
11	56.981	56.469
12	56.298	56.762
13	56.927	57.125
14	57.074	57.127
15	56.869	56.56
Avg.	56.702	56.769

 

As we can see from the lap chart above, Dungey made a push, but Barcia was able to withstand the onslaught.

 

Millsaps vs. Canard – Laps 17-20

Davi Millsaps and Trey Canard locked horns down the stretch, delivering one of the most exciting finishes in Anaheim 1 history. Let’s take a look how it played out during the final laps.

Lap	Davi Millsaps	Trey Canard
17	58.212	56.895
18	58.457	57.673
19	57.216	58.124
20	56.743	59.728
Avg.	57.657	58.105

Canard used a lap 17 sprint to gain almost two seconds on Millsaps. The two traded blows on the following laps, but costly mistakes from Canard on the final lap allowed Millsaps to reel him in, retake the lead and subsequently the win.

Check out the charge by Millsaps—he had not logged a lap in the 56s after lap 13, but he dug deep on lap 20 to go back into the 56 one last time. That helped him secure the win.

250SX Class

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	55.275	5	57.264	Eli Tomac
2	2	56.789	6	57.533	Ken Roczen
3	3	57.076	4	57.829	Cole Seely
4	4	57.082	3	58.299	Jason Anderson
5	14	57.196	7	58.951	Blake Baggett
6	5	57.254	5	58.792	Malcolm Stewart
7	7	57.362	15	58.507	Zach Osborne
8	6	57.438	4	58.588	Ryan Sipes
9	9	57.702	4	58.938	Max Anstie
10	11	57.790	5	59.218	Kyle Cunningham
11	8	57.995	4	58.867	Tyla Rattray
12	19	58.139	4	58.537	Jake Canada
13	15	58.267	2	59.786	Travis Baker
14	10	58.302	5	59.395	Michael Leib
15	12	58.370	4	59.560	Christian Craig
16	13	58.455	5	59.447	Joey Savatgy
17	18	59.063	5	1:01.485	Jessy Nelson
18	17	59.143	5	1:00.583	Jean Ramos
19	16	59.751	5	1:01.617	Austin Politelli
20	20	DNF	DNF	DNF	Martin Davalos

250SX

- Eli Tomac not only set the fastest lap in 250SX, he set the fastest lap of the entire night with a 55.275 on lap 5.

- Tomac also threw down two laps in the 55-second range—the only 250 rider to achieve the feat all night.

- Ken Roczen strung together six of seven laps in the 56-second range to begin the race. Meanwhile, Tomac put together seven sub 57-second laps the entire night.

- Of the riders that completed all 15 laps, only four failed to have a lap over the one-minute mark—Ken Roczen, Cole Seely, Ryan Sipes and Zach Osborne.

- After a poor start, Osborne charged from dead last to secure seventh in his GEICO Honda debut. He set a blistering pace down the stretch, throwing down two 57-second laps in the final three, including his fastest of the night—a 57.362—on lap 15.

- J-Star JDR KTM’s Joey Savatgy and Lucas Oil/Troy Lee Desgins Honda's were the only rookies to make the night show. The Georgia native was very consistent on the lap charts with 12 of 14 laps under one-minute.

 

Comparisons:

Stewart vs. Anderson vs. Seely – Laps 2-8

One of the better battles of the night took place in the early going between Malcolm Stewart (who held down third at the time), Cole Seely (fourth at the time) and Jason Anderson (fifth at the time). Stewart would eventually drop positions to both Seely and Anderson, but let’s dig a little deeper to see where he lost time.

Lap	Malcolm Stewart	Cole Seely	Jason Anderson
2	58.25	57.864	57.496
3	57.268	57.672	57.082
4	57.402	57.076	57.597
5	57.254	57.146	57.162
6	58.222	58.16	58.23
7	1.00.284	57.978	58.023
8	58.241	57.657	57.582

 

Tomac vs. Roczen – Laps 2-8

Eli Tomac set a scorching pace early, and managed to maintain it to the end, but let’s look at just how he opened such a big gap over Ken Roczen.

Lap	Eli Tomac	Ken Roczen
2	57.15	56.967
3	55.722	56.884
4	56.345	57.131
5	55.275	56.912
6	56.705	56.789
7	56.081	56.898
8	55.954	56.873
Avg	56.176	56.922

 

Tomac used two 55-second laps to pull away, but as you can see from the lap charts, K-Roc was setting quite the pace himself, and was not that far removed from Tomac. Consider it a case of Roczen going fast, but Tomac just going even faster. Lap 5 is where Tomac did real damage, going 55.2 while Roczen went 56.9.

Eli Tomac set the fastest lap of the night at Anaheim.
Simon Cudby photo