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PrintWith one of the most dramatic seasons in recent memory now in the record books, we've decided to pull out the calculators, crunch some numbers and get all scientific on ya'. With big thanks to the MX Sports Pro Racing Timing and Analysis team, which produces Season Box Scores after each race, we've broken down the stats of the top-20 riders in each class into seven categories: season point total, overall wins, moto wins, laps led, average finish, average start, and holeshots.
450 Class
| Overall Pos | Rider | Season Pts. | Overall Wins | Moto Wins | Laps Led |
Avg. Finish | Avg. Start | Hole Shots |
| 1 | Ryan Villopoto | 526 | 3 |
10 | 144 | 2.3 |
5.5 |
5 |
| 2 | Ryan Dungey | 514 | 4 |
6 | 92 |
3.0 |
4.8 |
4 |
| 3 | Chad Reed | 429 | 4 | 7 | 75 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 3 |
| 4 | Brett Metcalfe | 374 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 1 |
| 5 | Mike Alessi | 304 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 3 |
| 6 | Jake Weimer | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 2 |
| 7 | Justin Brayton | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 2 |
| 8 |
Andrew Short | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 9 | Kevin Windham | 193 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 1 |
| 10 | Davi Millsaps | 173 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 11 | Nick Wey | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 18.6 | 0 |
| 12 | Michael Byrne | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 15.6 | 0 |
| 13 | Tommy Hahn | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.8 | 13.9 | 0 |
| 14 | Ricky Dietrich | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 16.6 | 0 |
| 15 | Christian Craig | 131 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 2 |
| 16 |
Justin Barcia | 125 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 1 |
| 17 | Tye Simmonds | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 0 |
| 18 | Jimmy Albertson |
111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 19 | Les Smith |
95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 0 |
| 20 | Ben LaMay |
86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.9 | 22.3 | 0 |
250 Class
| Overall Pos | Rider | Season Pts. | Overall Wins | Moto Wins | Laps Led |
Avg. Finish | Avg. Start | Hole Shots |
| 1 | Dean Wilson | 538 | 3 | 11 | 150 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 3 |
| 2 | Tyla Rattray | 472 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 2 |
| 3 | Blake Baggett | 469 | 5 | 8 | 79 | 3.9 | 8.4 | 2 |
| 4 | Eli Tomac | 314 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8.4 | 12.4 | 0 |
| 5 | Kyle Cunningham | 311 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 2 |
| 6 | Gareth Swanepoel | 300 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9.2 | 14.0 | 1 |
| 7 | Broc Tickle | 253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 8 |
Alex Martin | 213 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 0 |
| 9 | Martin Davalos | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 17.2 | 0 |
| 10 | Darryn Durham | 195 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 0 |
| 11 | Malcolm Stewart | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 1 |
| 12 | Justin Barcia | 181 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.6 | 6.7 | 7 |
| 13 | Marvin Musquin | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 1 |
| 14 | Cole Seely | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 0 |
| 15 |
Gannon Audette | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17.3 | 1 |
| 16 | Jason Anderson | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 14.1 | 0 |
| 17 |
Nick Paluzzi | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18.7 | 0 |
| 18 | Justin Bogle | 110 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.8 | 12.1 | 0 |
| 19 | Travis Baker | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.4 | 14.1 | 0 |
| 20 | Nico Izzi | 91 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.9 | 9.5 | 0 |
There are a massive amount of interesting facts, stats, whatever you want to call them, that we'll touch on--both indoor and out--over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned. But there were two things that really left an imprint on the season that we can't resist mentioning today. And without further ado here they are.
- Hondas Justin Barica (GEICO and American Honda) not only finished inside the top-twenty in points in both the 450 and 250 class, but he also managed to lead over twenty laps in both classes. A very impressive feat that may not be matched for a long time to come.
- While both the 450 and 250 title hunts stayed close for most of the year, if you look at laps led and moto wins for both Ryan Villopoto and Dean Wilson you will clearly see they were the dominant rider in each class was. While Villopoto only managed three more moto wins than his next closest competitor, Chad Reed, he lead an impressive 52 more laps than runner-up Ryan Dungey.
On the other side of the spectrum Dean Wilson, like Villopoto, also only had three more moto wins than his next closest competitor, Tyla Rattray, but lead 84 more laps than the runner-up, also Rattray.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, so be sure to check back next week for a more in-depth breakdown!Share this article:
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Didn't Reed get 4 overalls?
Those stats are wrong. RD has only 4 overalls, Reed has 4, Reed's points are 429.
It's sad that the industry can't calculate points and wins, and doesn't even know they are wrong. Reed's 4 wins were a huge part of this season's story. How can you not know?
Those stats are from the Pala Box Score. Look at the Series Points and recount the wins. Or look at Steel City Box Score, where the wins are correct (prior to Pala)
Thanks for the fix.
It is really obnoxious how often stats are just blatantly misrepresented in this sport. Dungey and Reed both had 4 overalls. People kept saying going into Pala all Poto needed was a 4-4, but if you check the facts, with a 1-1 from Dungey they would have tied in points and Dungey had the 4 overalls to 3. Happened a ton towards the end of SX, and seems to happen every season, if you can't handle the math break out a calculator or just don't say anything.
After giving credit for the MX Sports stats, maybe you guys should fix the error in the Pala Box Score Season Stats also.
People are getting cranky. Oct 1st , or when ever the we-can-announce-things-now date is, can't get here soon enough.
Interesting how nearly all the top finishers in the championship had a higher average finish than average start. I thought RV had he best improvement in the 450s, but Nick Wey got that stat. Bro started 13 places further back though.
The Stewart-to-Suzuki rumors (factory, not JGR) are starting to get real traction...
The 450’s had 385 laps, while the 250’s had 367 (sum of the laps led stat). I didn’t realize there was an 18 lap difference between the two classes on the season.
@gbs417: It is due to the fact that some riders, Ryan Sipes for example, lead a number of laps but did not finish inside the top-20 in points. Hope that clears things up for you.
@BillC.. Find it hard to believe... Suzuki has decided to let go of 35+ people... Like Mike Webb... And most of them will end up at Yoshimura... And event their race team will be handed over to Yoshimura...
According to matthes... Rockstar and maybe Makita as sponsors are out...
In other words.. Suzuki is following the footsteps of yamaha....
I do not think suzuki can justify the spendings in keeping their motorcross team and hire someone like JS amid these hard financial times?
Someone posted tht the sales of dirtbikes have been dropping for the last 2 yrs and that the Obama administration is also not making things easier?
I am even betting, Js will NOT race the monster cup.. So that's Reed, Dungey & eventually Stewie who will not race..
@diedersolongwhateever - They had to let all those folks go to pay for Stewart...HAHAHA...just kidding...who knows what is happening...
I find it very hard to believe also, I was just passing on what hear.
According to a french website,, October 1st, KTM will make the official announcement Dungey is on board.
Thats what I said weeks ago, Most Contracts end on Sept 30th so next week we should hear a LOT of news...... I hope.
Motorcycle sales are down because people can't afford to maintain and rebuild 4 Jokes.. You all know that right? Bring back the two stroke, save motocross. Fact.
I like the Brett Metcalfe stat.
moto's won = 0
laps led = 0
Overalls = 1
A little nod of acknowledgment to consistency.
Also, Rider with the most fastest laps for moto 1 and moto 2.
Going to predict in the 450's that RV2 will have had 16 of 24.
Which would prove he has the ability to be fastest for at least one lap. (maybe not a whole race).
In the 250's i think it would be close between Wilson and baggert.
DW15 = 9
BB57 = 11
Number of 250 hole shots, Barcia tied with the top 5 finishers. Raced what 8 or 9 races?
@didiertetedenoeud, espèce de crétin, on le sait depuis des semaines que ce sera le 1er octobre, "according to a french website", tu crois que les américains ont besoins des frenzouilles pour ce genre d’info? qui plus est avec des années lumières de retard? CRETIN VA!!!!
@Johnny Banjo... Aucune site americain dedier au sport a annoncer une date particuliere... Si c'est le cas... Je suis un cretin... Heureusement... Cela prouve que je ne passe pas mon temps a surfer le net mais je dois aussi songer a mon travail.
Est ce un crime de partager un info qui est eventuellement correct ou non, meme si cela est inscrit sur un site Francais?
Et pour le futur... Partage tes commentaires en anglais... Comme cela les autres pourront aussi rigoler que je suis un cretin et admirer tes commentaires, cela evitera les gens a traduire le tout via google translate... Pas de probleme avec cela...
@didier Incase u missed it Reed is racing monster cup and Dungey will race the KTM. We just dont know if he will race the 350 or 450. Word is RD is still in Austria testing out stuff with the factory team. As for JS who knows what happens. All I know is RV stepped up his game and seems to be on a different level. It will be cool if Reedy gets his pre millville mojo back. Man that day Reedy was untouchable. he passed RV and was on it.
dgizzy.... I have read that Reed is NOT doing the monster cup.. at least 2 times he has said it. One was a Vid after the MXON he said thats it I am done for the year. I hope RD is there we should hear something next week or tomorrow Oct 1st.
Reed will not be racing the monster cup- all money is on RV
On the Monster Energy Cup race puttin 1 Mill. out for winning all thre nights is a safe gamble for the promoters. I dont think they can calculate the odds though. It is not like Roulette. It is a shame that the riders with as much talent as they have need to do a race like this to make that kind of money. At least the top guys can make enought to pass on the race. I dont think many of you out there remember how big of a deal it was for Barnett to get a 250K contract in the day.
No matter what it is a race and nomater if you are racing at Chicken Licks Race park or the Monster Energy Cup. It is the fire inside that makes the winner!
RV has to be a BIG Fav, With no Reed and no RD or JS or TC It seems only bad starts or bad luck should stop him. But ya never know
didier tete de noeud, ta connerie elle est simple, tu a besoin de la gloriole de la france et de l'europe pour ne pas te sentir merdique, alors ton "According to a french website" a la con tu peut te le foutre au cul !
cela fait plus de 10 ans que les contrats se termine le 30 septembre et faut pas etre Fred Stein (le neveu d'alfred einstein) pour deviner que ktm va attendre le premier octobre pour l'annonce officielle! bordel!
"Cela prouve que je ne passe pas mon temps a surfer le net mais je dois aussi songer a mon travail." encore un merdeux qui trainent sur internet pendant ses heures de boulot! faineasse de mes deux, payer a rien foutre!, tu dois arnaquer les clients pour pouvoir garder ton job de gonzesse! merde va!
:)
@Johnny Banjo... Je ne suis pas francais... Il faut excuser mes parents de m'avoir donner un nom Francais.. Donc, je ne veut certainement pas donner gloire a un site Francais ou europeene. J'avais juste lu l'information en question.
Un bon point que tu mentionne... J'y songerai pour la prochaine fois. U peu con de ma part..
Mon gars.. Je n'ai pas besoin de arnaquer les clients... J'ai de l'aubaine pour travailler pour une boite que j'aime bien. Et les clients veindront toujours vers eux.. Je suis juste heureux de pouvoir faire partie de la boite.
The monster cup is just like the US open- all last minute no-shows. Did we ever see Ricky and Bubba together at the US open in all those years? I heard stewart was going to be at Bercy- I wonder if that will pan out?
Pourquoi ne pas vous les gars il suffit d'écrire en anglais, afin que chacun puisse le lire?
@WFO_UFO ... Ha,ha.. You are right... Will quickly translate... Banjo scolded me & believed I was a typical Frenchie who had to mention some info to glorify Europe...
And I was stupid enough to convey info I did pick up from a french website... And he rightly pointed out some info who needn't to be mentioned.
Whether Banjo is french or someone who masters the language perfectly... He had a very good point.
Will stick to english from here on.
sorry dideriklotsyeng i thought you are a frenzouille! :)