Main Event Lap Time Graph – 2016 Indianapolis SX

For the second week in a row, Ken Roczen was the fastest rider, but again it was not enough to stop Ryan Dungey. Photos by: Hoppenworld

The 2016 Indianapolis Supercross and round thirteen of the 2016 Monster Energy Supercross, an FIM World Championship series, took the series back East. For the second week in a row, Red Bull / KTM’s Ryan Dungey got the start and the win, and for the second week in a row, RCH / Soaring Eagle /Suzuki’s Ken Roczen pressured him from start to finish. This time, the #94 was able to get in front of the defending champ on the gnarly rutted out Indy circuit, but in the end, a mistake would allow Dungey to get back around and score his seventh win of the year. Roczen hung on to cross the line with yet another second place finish, and Rockstar Energy / Husqvarna’s Jason Anderson finished in third some thirty-seconds behind the battle for the lead.

In the 250SX main event, it was the Eastern Regional 250SX Championship back in action in Indianapolis and a first-time winner lighting the candles. Heading into Indianapolis, it looked like the East Championship was turning into the Stewart-Martin war, but Star Racing / Yamaha’s Jeremy Martin crashed out and his teammate Aaron Plessinger threw his name into the mix with his first ever win. The former GNCC rider rode the ruts like they weren’t there and ran away from GEICO / Honda’s Malcolm Stewart—who finished second—and Monster Energy / Pro Circuit / Kawasaki’s Gannon Audette, who grabbed his first-ever podium in third. It was a night of first-evers in the 250SX class, and surprisingly, Gannon’s podium was the first for the Mitch Payton led Monster Energy / Pro Circuit / Kawasaki team in the East.

In the battle for fastest 450SX lap time, it was Ken Rozen (43.548) who recorded the quickest time on lap two while reeling in the #1. In fact, Kenny ran three laps in a row on laps one (43.656), two (43.548) and three (43.644) that were were faster than Dungey’s (44.044) fastest lap. While Dungey was running 44’s, Kenny was running 43’s, and while Roczen even had the fastest overall average lap time (45.895), it still was not enough to score the German the W.

The third, fourth and fifth fastest single lap times were logged by Monster Energy / Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac (44.836), HRC / Honda’s Trey Canard (45.212), and Jason Anderson (45.503). Surprisingly, Anderson started behind both Tomac and Canard, had a slower fastest lap and somehow finished in front of them both. The Indianapolis ruts created the gnarliest circuit of the year, and stats like this show that getting through your laps consistently was much more important than speed.

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In the fight for the fastest 250SX lap time, it was Aaron Plessinger (46.274) using his GNCC past to show everyone how to navigate the ruts. In qualifying early in the day, Malcolm Stewart was a full second and a half faster than Plessinger, but as the track got worse, the #23 got better. Stewart still had the second fastest 250SX single lap (46.514) and average lap time (49.037) in the Indy main event, but Aaron’s average lap time (48.380) shows why he easily ran away for a dominant first-ever main event win.

The third, fourth and fifth fastest 250SX laps were recorded by Star Racing / Yamaha’s Jeremy Martin (47.048), Rockstar Energy / Husqvarana’s Martin Davalos (47.269) and GEICO / Honda’s RJ Hampshire (47.290). J-Mart and Davalos both had speed, but neither of them could consistently negotiate the ruts for fifteen laps. J-Mart was running third on lap eight but crashed and did not finish the main. Davalos took over third when J-Mart hit the deck but later went down and finished fifth.

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Directions on how use graphs below: Each graph below charts the lap times of the top five finishers in each main event, as well as the top three 250SX riders matched up against the top three 450SX finishers. You can run your cursor over the lines to see which rider the line signifies and that rider’s time for each lap. Click on a rider’s name on the right to remove them from the chart so you can run riders’ times against each other heads up. Also, riders are colored to match their bike brand.

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