Sign of the Lap Times: Indy - Supercross

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Take a deep dive inside the lap charts with this week's Sign of the Lap Times.

450SX Class

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	50.902	6	52.117	Ryan Villopoto
2	2	50.991	6	52.391	Ryan Dungey
3	3	51.242	2	52.692	James Stewart
4	4	51.293	5	53.039	Davi Millsaps
5	6	51.552	6	53.722	Chad Reed
6	7	52.086	5	54.328	Andrew Short
7	9	52.139	6	53.739	Eli Tomac
8	5	52.165	6	53.607	Justin Barcia
9	8	52.356	6	54.481	Matt Goerke
10	11	52.877	5	54.266	Broc Tickle
11	12	53.371	5	55.790	Josh Hill
12	10	53.810	9	54.896	Weston Peick
13	13	53.979	7	56.429	Justin Brayton
14	19	54.180	2	54.180	Trey Canard
15	14	54.673	5	58.007	Phil Nicoletti
16	17	54.735	9	56.811	Mike Alessi
17	16	54.789	4	57.511	Justin Sipes
18	15	54.857	7	58.747	Kyle Partridge
19	18	55.437	5	56.266	Bobby Kiniry
20	20	57.856	2	57.856	Jake Weimer

450SX

- For the third consecutive week, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto would set the fastest lap of the night with a 50.902 on lap 6. Yes, he also won all three of those races.

- Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey was the only rider other than Villopoto to set a lap under 51 seconds—Dungey set a 50.991 on lap 6.

- Villopoto and Dungey set a scorching pace in Indy. Both riders had only three laps over 52 seconds.

- Yoshimura Suzuki’s James Stewart was on fire early, setting four of his first five laps under 52 seconds before tipping over in the off-camber corner.

- Villopoto’s average lap time (52.117) was faster than GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac’s fastest lap time, 52.139, which ranked seventh in 450SX.

- The latest fastest lap time of the night belonged to Weston Peick and Mike Alessi, who both put down their best on lap 9. Peick’s 53.810 would best Alessi’s 54.735.

Comparison

Ryan Villopoto vs. Ryan Dungey

As the rounds begin to dwindle and the window for a championship begins to close, the intensity begins to rise. Ryan Villopoto and Ryan Dungey knew this going into round 11 of 17 in Indianapolis, which led to a torrid pace from the title contenders. Let’s look at the lap times to see how the drama unfolded.

Lap	Ryan Villopoto	Ryan Dungey
2	52.652	53.175
3	51.727	52.109
4	53.412	52.391
5	51.611	51.664
6	50.902	50.991
7	52.249	52.126
8	51.438	51.39
9	51.682	51.437
10	51.399	51.979
Avg	51.896	51.918
11	51.935	51.534
12	51.747	52.337
13	51.85	52.318
14	52.32	52.11
15	52.472	52.137
16	53.121	52.454
17	52.186	52.416
18	51.915	52.515
19	52.611	55.083
20	53.005	55.268
Avg	52.316	52.817

During laps 2-10, the two were matching each other step for step. Villopoto would lay down a scorcher, only to have Dungey match his pace. The same could be said for the second half (laps 11-20) as well, expect for laps 19 and 20, when Dungey had a Tuff Block kicked out in front of him, dramatically slowing his pace. There’s no denying the pace set down the stretch was unprecedented. Now with only six rounds remaining, will the pace continue to rise?

Ryan Villopoto set the fastest lap of the night in Indy.
Andrew Fredrickson photo

250SX Class

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	52.509	11	53.986	Marvin Musquin
2	9	53.201	3	54.174	Blake Wharton
3	3	53.366	8	54.306	Wil Hahn
4	4	53.626	5	55.072	AJ Catanzaro
5	20	53.770	7	56.205	Jeremy Martin
6	2	53.886	7	54.727	Kyle Peters
7	8	54.016	8	55.269	Gavin Faith
8	5	54.187	11	55.171	Justin Hill
9	13	54.589	10	56.161	Zach Bell
10	18	54.656	2	58.747	Jackson Richardson
11	6	54.753	7	55.823	Vince Friese
12	16	54.754	3	56.211	Cole Thompson
13	7	54.813	6	55.986	Mitchell Olbenburg
14	19	54.865	5	56.107	Lance Vincent
15	10	55.015	13	56.268	PJ Larsen
16	14	55.199	6	57.657	Zack Freeberg
17	12	55.223	4	56.919	Jimmy Decotis
18	17	55.598	3	57.470	Daniel Herrlein
19	15	55.821	6	57.617	Levi Kilbarger
20	11	56.077	9	56.944	Steven Clarke

250SX

- For the first time all season, Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin set the fastest lap of 250SX with a 52.509 on lap 11.

- After setting his fastest lap of the night on lap 8, GEICO Honda’s Wil Hahn would set five of the next seven laps under 54 seconds.

- Once clear of traffic, Musquin went on a tear during laps 9-14, setting all of his laps under 54 seconds.

- Rockstar Energy Racing’s Blake Wharton separated himself from the field early by setting his first six laps under 54 seconds.

- AG Motorsports’ Kyle Peters set his first twelve laps under 55 seconds en route to his first career podium.

- AJ Catanzaro, who also had a career night, set eight of his first nine laps under 55 seconds.

- The latest fastest lap of the night belonged to Eleven10 Mods Yamaha’s PJ Larsen. The newest member of the team would throw down a 55.015 on lap 13.

Comparison

Marvin Musquin vs. AJ Catanzaro, Kyle Peters & Blake Wharton

Mavin Musquin’s unparalleled performance in Indy was one for the record books. From last in the first turn to first in the last, Musquin had to maneuver past nineteen other riders en route to his second consecutive win. Let’s look at laps 8-14 (when Musquin moved from fourth to first) and compare Musquin’s times versus the times of Kyle Peters (second), AJ Catanzaro (third) and Blake Wharton (first).

Lap	Marvin Musquin	Kyle Peters	AJ Catanzaro	Blake Wharton
8	54.109	54.719	54.454	54.076
9	52.833	54.788	54.552	55.278
10	53.349	54.545	54.656	54.139
11	52.509	54.342	55.49	54.257
12	52.523	54.626	55.313	55.491
13	52.986	54.744	55.072	54.469
14	53.388	56.788	57.181	55.82
Avg	53.099	54.936	55.245	54.79

Clearly, Musquin was on another level, as the lap chart shows. He was over one second faster than Wharton during the span and nearly two seconds faster than Peters. While St. Patrick's Day weekend brought some luck of the Irish to this Frenchman, he put himself in position to capitalize by going really, really fast.

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Musquin set the fastest lap of the night in 250SX.
Andrew Fredrickson photo