Riders seemed to have a love-hate relationship with the track that Travis Pastrana designed for St. Louis. If they got a good start and were up front, riders seemed to like it—a la Blake Wharton. Get a bad start and try coming through the pack and chances are you’re not going to have any good things to say about the course—a course which was supposedly designed to create more passing opportunities.
In the Lites class, it was Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Austin Stroupe setting the fastest time in the class with a 47.314, barely edging out Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Nico Izzi. Our winner, Blake Wharton, proved you don’t have to be the fastest rider to win, as his 47.466 was third quickest. The top five fastest riders all had times in the 47-second range, as Suzuki City’s Matt Goerke and Star Racing’s Matt Lemoine rounded out the top five.
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Finish
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Best Lap
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Rider
|
Bike
|
|
2
|
47.314
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Austin Stroupe
|
Kawasaki
|
|
3
|
47.401
|
Nico Izzi
|
Suzuki
|
|
1
|
47.466
|
Blake Wharton
|
Honda
|
|
4
|
47.894
|
Matt Goerke
|
Suzuki
|
|
6
|
47.912
|
Matt Lemoine
|
Yamaha
|
|
5
|
48.098
|
Christophe Pourcel
|
Kawasaki
|
|
7
|
49.106
|
Steven Clarke
|
Suzuki
|
|
9
|
49.140
|
Darryn Durham
|
Yamaha
|
|
10
|
49.312
|
Shane Sewell
|
Yamaha
|
|
8
|
49.337
|
Daniel Blair
|
Honda
|
|
16
|
49.835
|
Vince Friese
|
Honda
|
|
19
|
50.018
|
Tyler Wharton
|
Honda
|
|
18
|
50.294
|
Kyle Keylon
|
Honda
|
|
13
|
50.307
|
Cody Gilmore
|
Honda
|
|
11
|
50.629
|
Chad Ward
|
Kawasaki
|
|
20
|
50.743
|
Kyle Gills
|
Kawasaki
|
|
14
|
51.042
|
Teddy Parks
|
Kawasaki
|
|
15
|
51.136
|
Jacob Saylor
|
Yamaha
|
|
12
|
51.257
|
Jason Thomas
|
Honda
|
|
17
|
52.041
|
Spencer Dally
|
Honda
|
Matt Goerke
photo: Simon Cudby
In the AMA Supercross class, it was San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart logging the quickest lap time of the evening, his 45.435 coming on lap six, followed by Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed. Big surprise, huh? Third fastest was JGRMX/Toyota Yamaha’s Josh Grant, followed by Boost Mobile/Yamaha’s Jason Lawrence and Honda Red Bull Racing’s Ivan Tedesco. Check out the rest of the top twenty below.
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Finish
|
Best Lap
|
Rider
|
Bike
|
|
2
|
45.435
|
James Stewart
|
Yamaha
|
|
1
|
45.731
|
Chad Reed
|
Suzuki
|
|
3
|
46.932
|
Josh Grant
|
Yamaha
|
|
5
|
47.122
|
Jason Lawrence
|
Yamaha
|
|
6
|
47.187
|
Ivan Tedesco
|
Honda
|
|
4
|
47.317
|
Andrew Short
|
Honda
|
|
11
|
47.605
|
Justin Brayton
|
KTM
|
|
15
|
47.674
|
Josh Hill
|
Yamaha
|
|
13
|
47.723
|
Kyle Chisholm
|
Yamaha
|
|
16
|
47.764
|
Ryan Sipes
|
KTM
|
|
8
|
47.790
|
Davi Millsaps
|
Honda
|
|
9
|
47.826
|
Kevin Windham
|
Honda
|
|
10
|
47.920
|
Paul Carpenter
|
Kawasaki
|
|
14
|
48.061
|
Broc Hepler
|
Yamaha
|
|
12
|
48.075
|
Matt Boni
|
Honda
|
|
7
|
48.087
|
Mike Alessi
|
Suzuki
|
|
17
|
48.512
|
Heath Voss
|
Honda
|
|
18
|
48.644
|
Billly Laninovich
|
Kawasaki
|
|
19
|
48.652
|
Tyler Bowers
|
Honda
|
|
20
|
49.472
|
Tommy Hahn
|
Kawasaki
|
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Josh Grant
photo: Simon Cudby
