You got to love the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Supercross Lites Shootout. Each and every year there’s plenty of debate over which coast is faster, and this is the one race we can finally lay the question to rest, and this year the Easterners got the bragging rights after Christophe Pourcel took the win on his Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider, ending a three-year streak for the West Coast riders.
But what do the lap times from Las Vegas tell us? We took the fastest main-event lap time for each rider and posted it in the chart below, and you’ll see that the West Region won this battle, as both Ryan Dungey and Trey Canard were the top two on the timing and scoring monitors. The west also had the majority of riders in the top ten, with six. Check out the rest of the field below:
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Finish
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Best Lap
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Rider
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Bike
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2
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1:05.150
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Ryan Dungey (W)
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Suzuki
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3
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1:05.480
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Trey Canard (W)
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Honda
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1
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1:05.612
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Christophe Pourcel (E)
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Kawasaki
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5
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1:06.205
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Austin Stroupe (E)
|
Kawasaki
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4
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1:06.329
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Jake Weimer (W)
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Kawasaki
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7
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1:07.192
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Justin Brayton (W)
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KTM
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6
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1:07.248
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Ryan Morais (W)
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Kawasaki
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8
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1:07.394
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Jake Moss (W)
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Honda
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|
19
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1:07.431
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Matt Lemoine (E)
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Yamaha
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11
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1:07.787
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Blake Wharton (E)
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Honda
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10
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1:08.286
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Broc Tickle (E)
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Yamaha
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9
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1:08.356
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Wil Hahn (E)
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KTM
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12
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1:08.919
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Daniel Blair (E)
|
Honda
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|
14
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1:08.986
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P.J. Larsen (W)
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Kawasaki
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|
13
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1:09.048
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Chris Blose (W)
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Honda
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|
15
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1:09.738
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Jimmy Albertson (W)
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Honda
|
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16
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1:10.251
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Ben Evans (W)
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Honda
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17
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1:10.448
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Sean Borkenhagen (W)
|
Honda
|
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18
|
1:12.168
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Vince Friese (E)
|
Honda
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Christophe Pourcel (1E) leads Ryan Dungey (1W)
photo: Simon Cudby
AMA Supercross
The fastest rider of the night in Las Vegas was Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, who took his second win of the 2009 season. He was followed by Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed and San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart, who obviously backed it down a notch in order to protect his six-point lead and the championship. There really was no big surprises throughout the field, but here’s a shout-out to JGRMX/Toyota Yamaha’s Nathan Ramsey, who had the tenth fastest lap time of the main event on his was to a ninth-place finish. He was only a half-second off the fastest lap of his teammate, Josh Grant, and even passed Honda Red Bull Racing’s Davi Millsaps in the main event. It was a great way to end a part-time season for Nate-Dawg, and we hope to see you back in 2010.
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Finish
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Best Lap
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Rider
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Bike
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1
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1:04.284
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Ryan Villopoto
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Kawasaki
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2
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1:04.715
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Chad Reed
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Suzuki
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3
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1:04.854
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James Stewart
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Yamaha
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4
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1:05.499
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Kevin Windham
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Honda
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5
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1:06.589
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Ivan Tedesco
|
Honda
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6
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1:06.977
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Mike Alessi
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Suzuki
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8
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1:07.308
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Andrew Short
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Honda
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10
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1:07.341
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Davi Millsaps
|
Honda
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7
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1:07.404
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Josh Grant
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Yamaha
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9
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1:07.955
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Nathan Ramsey
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Yamaha
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18
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1:08.257
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Tommy Hahn
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Kawasaki
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12
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1:09.190
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Nick Wey
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Yamaha
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14
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1:09.479
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Matt Boni
|
Honda
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19
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1:09.724
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Tyler Bowers
|
Honda
|
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16
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1:09.769
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Bobby Kiniry
|
Kawasaki
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15
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1:10.071
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Jesse Casillas
|
KTM
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11
|
1:10.076
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Jason Thomas
|
Honda
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|
13
|
1:10.240
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Paul Carpenter
|
Kawasaki
|
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20
|
1:10.244
|
Heath Voss
|
Honda
|
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17
|
1:10.437
|
Kyle Partridge
|
Honda
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Ryan Villopoto
photo: Simon Cudby
