The 2017 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship may have reached its halfway point at RedBud two weekends ago, but for the riders this week probably feels like the true halfway mark as they get a much needed weekend off before getting back to it in Millville, Minnesota

And just as we get to the midseason break things seem to have stabilized in both classes. Eli Tomac and Zach Osborne both won their classes at Southwick and extended their championship leads out to a comfortable 19 and 45 points respectively. 

Let’s dive into the lap data to figure out how these races were won and lost with this week’s Sign of the Lap Times. First, our traditional lap time charts.

450 Moto 1

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	2:07.714	4	2:13.235	Eli Tomac
2	2nd	2:10.714	4	2:14.461	Blake Baggett
3	3rd	2:11.366	4	2:15.658	Cooper Webb
4	4th	2:12.995	6	2:15.288	Marvin Musquin
5	12th	2:13.140	2 and 4	2:15.865	Justin Barcia
6	7th	2:14.016	4	2:18.296	Martin Davalos
7	36th	2:14.279	2	2:16.396	Weston Peick
8	5th	2:14.365	6	2:17.563	Cole Seely
9	8th	2:14.816	3	2:18.897	Fredrik Noren
10	6th	2:15.075	6	2:18.039	Dean Wilson

450 Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	2:12.203	5	2:16.348	Eli Tomac
2	2nd	2:12.840	4	2:18.000	Blake Baggett
3	38th	2:13.347	6	2:14.306	Marvin Musquin
4	6th	2:15.105	4	2:17.825	Cooper Webb
5	12th	2:15.280	2	2:24.280	Justin Barcia
6	3rd	2:15.879	4	2:18.890	Dean Wilson
7	4th	2:16.081	4	2:19.942	Martin Davalos
8	5th	2:16.436	4	2:19.933	Cole Seely
9	7th	2:17.347	4	2:20.989	Christian Craig
10	8th	2:17.780	4	2:21.471	Weston Peick

250 Moto 1

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	5th	2:12.210	2	2:18.930	R.J. Hampshire
2	1st	2:13.135	3	2:16.299	Dylan Ferrandis
3	38th	2:13.963	3	2:14.437	Aaron Plessinger
4	3rd	2:14.260	3	2:17.577	Alex Martin
5	2nd	2:14.916	7	2:16.636	Zach Osborne
6	6th	2:16.020	4	2:17.769	Mitchell Harrison
7	4th	2:16.039	4	2:17.001	Jeremy Martin
8	7th	2:16.118	4	2:20.267	Joey Savatgy
9	8th	2:17.930	8	2:20.051	Colt Nichols
10	10th	2:17.970	4	2:25.391	Luke Renzland

250 Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	2:16.880	3	2:20.974	Zach Osborne
2	2nd	2:17.369	3	2:21.557	Dylan Ferrandis
3	3rd	2:17.531	2	2:20.974	Alex Martin
4	4th	2:17.548	3	2:21.778	R.J. Hampshire
5	5th	2:18.087	2	2:21.872	Joey Savatgy
6	6th	2:18.173	2	2:22.536	Jeremy Martin
7	10th	2:19.279	3	2:25.111	Colt Nichols
8	7th	2:19.392	2	2:22.823	Mitchell Harrison
9	8th	2:19.963	2	2:22.719	Chase Sexton
10	13th	2:20.900	2	2:28.719	Shane McElrath

The Practice Sessions

Southwick is a unique round on the Pro Motocross tour as it is really the only true sand track on the circuit. At the other rounds, the first practice session is usually the slower of the two as the tracks are tend to be a little soggy in the morning and the lines need to be cut into the track. Not at Southwick, though. This track gets rougher (and slower) in each session, so the fastest times almost always come from the first practice sessions and it can give the 450 B riders a huge advantage as they are the first ones on the track on Saturday.

In fact, this weekend Marvin Musquin and Dean Wilson were the only 450 riders in the top 20 to set their fast lap in the second session. Take a look at the combined qualifying times and note which session each rider locked in their fast lap. 

Qualifying Position	Rider	Best Time	In Session
1	Eli Tomac	2:04.471	450 A Session 1
2	Blake Baggett	2:06.636	450 A Session 1
3	Marvin Musquin	2:07.414	450 A Session 2
4	Cooper Webb	2:07.485	450 A Session 1
5	Christian Craig	2:08.079	450 A Session 1
6	Justin Barcia	2:08.191	450 A Session 1
7	Ryan Dowd	2:08.910	450 B Session 1
8	Josh Grant	2:08.917	450 A Session 1
9	Cole Seely	2:09.758	450 A Session 1
10	Justin Bogle	2:09.895	450 A Session 2
11	Dakota Alix	2:10.066	450 A Session 1
12	Dean Wilson	2:10.227	450 A Session 2
13	Jon Borrello	2:10.268	450 B Session 1
14	Tristan Lane	2:10.870	450 B Session 1
15	Martin Davlos	2:10.900	450 A Session 1
16	Brandon Scharer	2:10.917	450 A Session 1
17	Austin Phelps	2:11.004	450 B Session 1
18	Chris Canning	2:11.177	450 B Session 1
19	Weston Peick	2:11.240	450 A Session 1
20	Fredrik Noren	2:11.268	450 A Session 1

Tomac's Regroup

Going into the season many pegged Tomac as the guy to beat and were wondering who, if anyone, would be able to challenge him. His 1-1 performance at Hangtown seemed to confirm a lot of preseason predictions, but then he fell into a slump going 9-5-4 at the next three rounds and losing the points lead. 

Since High Point Tomac has regrouped and won three straight overalls and took five of the six possible moto wins as well. He now holds a 19-point lead over Blake Baggett, who is struggling with a thumb injury, and looks to have his season back on track. Is this the run Tomac needs to get his first premier class championship?