by Chase Stallo
Sign of the Lap Times: Toronto
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 | 6:00 AM
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PrintWelcome to the Ryan Villopoto show. Starring Ryan Villopoto, with a special guest appearance from Justin Brayton. With the other four heavy hitters sidelined with injuries, Toronto quickly turned into a one-man show; starring … you guessed it … Ryan Villopoto. A quick start by Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Brayton was quickly rendered moot, as RV made an early charge for the lead and cruised home from that point forward. The defending champion now holds a commanding 79-point lead over the idle Ryan Dungey, and could wrap up his second career SX class title as early as this weekend.
Blake Wharton proved in Indianapolis that Justin Barcia is beatable, but Toronto proved it’s tough to repeat. When Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen grabbed the early lead, with Barcia in tow, it looked as if we were finally going to witness the Barcia/Roczen showdown we have been clamoring for since the teen-sensation, Roczen, made Monster Energy Supercross his full-time playground. But one love tap later, Barcia was checking out and Roczen was sent packing for second.
Let’s take a look at the lap charts to see how it all broke down.
AMA Supercross
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Avg Lap Time | Rider |
| 1 | 1 |
47.172 |
5 |
48.753 |
Ryan Villopoto |
| 2 | 2 |
47.648 |
8 |
49.267 |
Justin Brayton |
| 3 | 5 |
47.942 |
6 |
49.978 |
Jake Weimer |
| 4 | 4 |
48.178 |
2 |
49.556 |
Davi Millsaps |
| 5 |
3 |
48.261 |
7 |
49.318 |
Kevin Windham |
| 6 | 8 |
48.624 |
8 |
50.507 |
Broc Tickle |
| 7 |
7 |
48.648 |
4 |
50.511 |
Kyle Chisholm |
| 8 | 6 |
48.820 |
5 |
50.480 |
Marvin Musquin |
| 9 | 18 |
49.012 |
5 |
58.277 |
Brett Metcalfe |
| 10 | 9 |
49.360 |
6 |
51.098 |
Robbie Kiniry |
| 11 | 17 |
49.610 |
5 |
56.026 |
Kyle Regal |
| 12 | 10 |
49.665 |
4 |
51.098 |
Wil Hahn |
| 13 | 13 | 49.795 | 8 | 52.307 | Mike Alessi |
| 14 | 19 |
50.035 |
5 |
55.426 |
Nico Izzi |
| 15 | 11 |
50.284 |
5 |
51.773 |
Justin Sipes |
| 16 | 14 |
50.401 |
8 |
53.936 |
Matt Goerke |
| 17 | 12 |
50.481 |
6 |
51.985 |
Josh Grant |
| 18 | 15 |
51.271 |
3 |
54.484 |
Jimmy Albertson |
| 19 | 16 |
51.447 | 3 |
55.887 |
Jeff Alessi |
| 20 | 20 |
DNF |
DNF |
DNF |
Gavin Faith |
Villopoto once again topped the lap charts in Toronto – stop me if you’ve heard that before – throwing down a 47.172 on lap 5. With only two other riders, Brayton and Jake Weimer, dipping into the 47-second range, Villopoto was setting a commanding pace up front. Although he has an iron grip on the championship chase, RV has yet to take his foot off the pedal, continuing to set a scorching pace, leaving the rest to play catch up.
Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Broc Tickle has not had the easiest transition into the Supercross class – struggling to find the confidence that earned him the 2011 West Region Lites title. The North Carolina/Michigan/California native turned a corner with an eighth at Daytona and has yet to surrender that spot – garnering his third-successive eight place finish at Toronto. Tickle has yet to reach the pinnacle of a top five, but is slowing inching his way closer to a breakout ride.
Villopoto walked away with the win and the fastest lap of the night.
James Lissimore photo
AMA Supercross Lites
| Lap Rank | Finish | Best Lap | In Lap | Avg Lap Time | Rider |
| 1 | 1 |
47.847 |
4 |
49.198 |
Justin Barcia |
| 2 | 3 |
48.712 |
8 |
50.011 |
Blake Wharton |
| 3 | 2 |
48.719 |
2 |
49.766 |
Ken Roczen |
| 4 | 5 |
48.885 |
2 |
51.156 |
Darryn Durham |
| 5 |
14 |
49.064 |
4 |
53.973 |
Tyler Bowers |
| 6 | 6 |
49.267 |
2 |
51.691 |
Alex Martin |
| 7 |
13 |
49.391 |
6 |
52.325 |
Malcolm Stewart |
| 8 | 8 |
49.612 |
12 |
50.995 |
Justin Bogle |
| 9 | 15 |
49.734 |
5 |
54.517 |
Blake Baggett |
| 10 | 4 |
49.829 |
13 |
50.400 |
Jake Canada |
| 11 | 9 |
49.870 |
4 |
51.772 |
Matt Lemoine |
| 12 | 20 |
49.886 |
3 |
52.034 |
Phil Nicoletti |
| 13 | 7 |
50.437 |
7 |
51.764 |
Tommy Weeck |
| 14 | 19 |
50.555 |
4 |
51.156 |
Shawn Rife |
| 15 | 12 |
51.022 |
6 |
52.500 |
Shane Sewell |
| 16 | 10 |
51.027 |
5 |
51.835 |
Jeff Gibson |
| 17 | 17 |
51.255 |
6 |
1:04.587 |
Lance Vincent |
| 18 | 11 |
51.508 |
5 |
52.293 |
AJ Cantanzaro |
| 19 | 18 |
52.344 |
3 |
1:09.489 |
Kyle Peters |
| 20 | 16 |
52.969 |
7 |
54.804 |
Dakota Tedder |
Justin Barcia continues to have the Midas touch in 2012, turning anything and everything into gold. Barcia wrapped up his fifth win in six races at Toronto, setting a blistering pace in the process – almost a full second faster than Blake Wharton’s 48.712. Unstoppable? He is not. Damn near unstoppable? That he is. Enjoy the show!
Eleven10 Mods continues to be the David to the Goliath that is the East Region Lites class. The duo of Alex Martin and Jeff Gibson had season best finishes in Toronto, with Martin overcoming a late run in with two-time Arenacross champion Tyler Bowers. With the team now firmly established inside the top ten in points, Martin currently sits in ninth, top ten finishes no longer come as a surprise. They have become the norm. As for Bowers, he ended up 14th after his lock up with Martin, but he logged the fifth-fastest lap of the night in Lites. Bowers is a definite candidate for a top-five finish before this Lites east tour concludes.
It's all but over as Barcia took home his fifth win of the season in Toronto.
James Lissimore photo
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Will JS show this weekend?? If not Light's out for the title and start outdoor testing!!
Maybe Dungey returns.......it will be close to 4 weeks.
How come Bowers not on the 450??
@super_fro_daddy - They race 250's in both Arenacross classes now so he is used to the 250. I wonder if he will find a permanent ride for Supercross for next year, he is definitely showing that he is worthy of it.
Tickle is just 3 more injured riders away from a top 5! Ok that was mean, but he just hasn't stepped up this year. I don't buy the "it's his rookie year in the 450 class" excuse because we see riders like Seely and Musquin (and Canard before that) step up and run with the big boys.
my god, RacerX...who are your writers, and more importantly, who are your editors? "Mute" point? It's "moot".
anybody else see malcoms 46.8 in the heat race?
No doubt Mookie was flying this weekend, but this was one race where you could see how often they sent the groomers out between races making it really difficult to compare lap times between motos. He may have been the one and only guy to blast those nasty whoops. RV was flat crawling through them by lap ten of the main. He said as much.
Glad everyone survived them. I'm pretty sure if the entire top five were there we would have seen someone eat it there big time.
@exlax1- ha ha ha
mookie showed he's got some speed, especially whooop speed. Bowers impressed me as well
@CE33 thats funny! but so true. The only reason Tickle has that west championship is because Hanny got hurt an imploded and his 4 buddies ganged up on Tomac and helped him in Vegas.
Barcia was almosr an entire second faster than the next closest rider, that is unreal. He is really showinf some speed this season. Lets hope he keeps this up when he moves outdoors..