You know the story of Budds Creek by now: Eli Tomac put in a animalistic charge in the second moto to capture the 450 overall, just nipping Ken Roczen. Aaron Plessinger wrapped up his first career 250 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship and RJ Hampshire won his first career 250 moto and overall.
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 | 2nd | 2:06.865 | 6 | 2:09.602 | Marvin Musquin |
2 | 5th | 2:06.934 | 6 | 2:10.234 | Blake Baggett |
3 | 1st | 2:07.323 | 1 | 2:08.714 | Ken Roczen |
4 | 3rd | 2:07.684 | 7 | 2:09.945 | Eli Tomac |
5 | 6th | 2:08.616 | 3 | 2:10.556 | Justin Barcia |
6 | 4th | 2:08.664 | 3 | 2:10.239 | Jason Anderson |
7 | 7th | 2:08.829 | 4 | 2:12.752 | Phil Nicoletti |
8 | 8th | 2:10.357 | 5 | 2:13.220 | Cooper Webb |
9 | 9th | 2:10.587 | 5 | 2:13.899 | Benny Bloss |
10 | 10th | 2:12.034 | 6 | 2:14.367 | Kyle Cunningham |
450 MOTO 2
LAP RANK | FINISH | BEST LAP | ON LAP | AVG LAP TIME | RIDER |
1 | 3rd | 2:06.759 | 4 | 2:11.325 | Ken Roczen |
2 | 2nd | 2:06.986 | 14 | 2:09.955 | Blake Baggett |
3 | 4th | 2:07.510 | 3 | 2:12.171 | Marvin Musquin |
4 | 1st | 2:07.896 | 9 | 2:09.574 | Eli Tomac |
5 | 5th | 2:08.090 | 2 | 2:13.371 | Justin Barcia |
6 | 6th | 2:08.401 | 3 | 2:13.735 | Phil Nicoletti |
7 | 7th | 2:11.573 | 6 | 2:13.909 | Cooper Webb |
8 | 8th | 2:12.187 | 8 | 2:15.565 | Benny Bloss |
9 | 9th | 2:12.657 | 6 | 2:16.157 | Weston Peick |
10 | 10th | 2:13.761 | 3 | 2:16.295 | Dylan Merriam |
250 MOTO 1
LAP RANK | FINISH | BEST LAP | ON LAP | AVG LAP TIME | RIDER |
1 | 2nd | 2:08.983 | 4 | 2:12.007 | RJ Hampshire |
2 | 1st | 2:09.194 | 3 | 2:11.626 | Aaron Plessinger |
3 | 3rd | 2:10.117 | 8 | 2:12.222 | Austin Forkner |
4 | 5th | 2:10.402 | 15 | 2:12.479 | Dylan Ferrandis |
5 | 4th | 2:10.667 | 7 | 2:12.451 | Mitchell Harrison |
6 | 6th | 2:10.668 | 8 | 2:12.573 | Jordon Smith |
7 | 7th | 2:10.810 | 8 | 2:13.190 | Chase Sexton |
8 | 9th | 2:10.687 | 16 | 2:13.070 | Shane McElrath |
9 | 15th | 2:11.029 | 11 | 2:13.757 | Colt Nichols |
10 | 8th | 2:11.464 | 9 | 2:13.367 | Michael Mosiman |
250 MOTO 2
LAP RANK | FINISH | BEST LAP | ON LAP | AVG LAP TIME | RIDER |
1 | 2nd | 2:08.828 | 5 | 2:11.533 | Chase Sexton |
2 | 1st | 2:08.886 | 10 | 2:11.413 | RJ Hampshire |
3 | 11th | 2:09.177 | 3 | 2:15.624 | Aaron Plessinger |
4 | 7th | 2:09.582 | 8 | 2:13.127 | Austin Forkner |
5 | 4th | 2:09.594 | 8 | 2:11.937 | Alex Martin |
6 | 5th | 2:09.582 | 8 | 2:13.127 | Mitchell Harrison |
7 | 3rd | 2:10.345 | 8 | 2:11.814 | Justin Cooper |
8 | 10th | 2:10.604 | 16 | 2:12.792 | Dylan Ferrandis |
9 | 8th | 2:10.703 | 9 | 2:12.804 | Colt Nichols |
10 | 6th | 2:10.748 | 6 | 2:12.018 | Shane McElrath |
Tomac vS. Baggett vS. Roczen vS. Musquin
You could see it coming. We've seen it before, so we knew the signs. Eli Tomac started slow in the second moto, then it clicked and he began putting in insane laps. At times, he was putting more than three seconds a lap on leader Ken Roczen. Tomac took over the lead on lap 12 and then took of.
Also worth noting is Blake Baggett's charge to get second. He set the second fastest lap of the moto on lap 14! Insane.
Let's take a look at a side-by-side-by-side-by-side comparison of the top four down the stretch in moto two.
LAP | Tomac | Baggett | Roczen | Musquin |
9 | 2:07.896 | 2:09.241 | 2:10.780 | 2:12.529 |
10 | 2:08.544 | 2:09.603 | 2:11.903 | 2:12.244 |
11 | 2:09.676 | 2:11.152 | 2:13.365 | 2:12.478 |
12 | 2:10.864 | 2:09.981 | 2:13.672 | 2:13.698 |
13 | 2:09.883 | 2:09.406 | 2:14.189 | 2:14.200 |
14 | 2:08.830 | 2:06.986 | 2:13.738 | 2:16.620 |
15 | 2:08.589 | 2:08.433 | 2:15.745 | 2:18.124 |
16 | 2:10.162 | 2:11.604 | 2:19.919 | 2:22.595 |
125 All Star Race
Hey, we have lap times for the 125 All Star race. The class was outfitted with transponders on Saturday, so we got a glimpse of how the smokers stacked up against the four-strokes. Keep in mind, the 125 race went off prior to the start of the motos and had a much easier track to ride.
See how the top ten quickest laps from the 125s stacked up.
LAP RANK | FINISH | BEST LAP | ON LAP | AVG LAP TIME | RIDER |
1 | 1st | 2:15.309 | 2 | 2:16.743 | Ty Masterpool |
2 | 2nd | 2:20.593 | 2 | 2:22.695 | Jack Rogers |
3 | 5th | 2:20.594 | 2 | 2:24.206 | Steve Roman |
4 | 7th | 2:20.737 | 2 | 2:25.367 | Chase Yentzer |
5 | 3rd | 2:21.473 | 2 | 2:22.841 | Ryan Hughes |
6 | 4th | 2:22.285 | 3 | 2:23.246 | Luke Vonlinger |
7 | 6th | 2:23.102 | 3 | 2:25.287 | Chris Johnson |
8 | 12th | 2:26.854 | 4 | 2:27.630 | Noah Wilbrandt |
9 | 10th | 2:27.184 | 3 | 2:28.303 | Jordan Jarvis |
10 | 9th | 2:27.273 | 3 | 2:28.485 | Levi Wosick |