James Stewart was the fastest man on the planet for the San Diego SX. Photo by: Hoppenworld
The 2014 San Diego Supercross and round number six of the 2014 Monster Energy Supercross series is in our rear-view mirror, and we were once again treated to an incredible night of racing. In the 450 class, we saw Yoshimura/Suzuki’s, James Stewart reemerge as a Championship threat with his first win of 2014. The former two-time 450SX Champion grabbed a 2nd place start, quickly went to work on Monster Energy/Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto for the lead and, once on top, lead all twenty laps. Stewart was under pressure from the #1 for much of the main event, but the Suzuki hung tough to grab his 46th career 450SX main event win. Behind Stewy, Villopoto and Red Bull/KTM’s Ken Roczen occupied the final two spots on the podium.
In the 250SX class, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson looked poised to make it two in a row, but the #15 crashed out and handed the lead to his rookie teammate Justin Hill. While the rookie wasn’t the fastest man on the night, his consistency was unstoppable in San Diego. The #35 pounded out the laps, never straying more than a second off his fastest lap for the entirety of the fifteen-lap main. In the end, Hill was able to pull away from Rockstar Energy/KTM’s Jason Anderson and Troy Lee Designs/Honda’s Malcolm Stewart to score his first ever SX win. Behind Hill, Anderson stretched his lead in the Championship with a solid second place finish and Stewart secured his second podium finish of the year.
In the lap time battle, it was James Stewart throwing down a 47.228 lap time and showing he can still be the fastest man on the planet at times. The San Diego SX circuit was one of the most technical tracks of the year so far, and it seemed to suit the #7 better than anyone. James was followed closely in the lap time battle by Ken Roczen who registered a 47.301.
The fastest 250SX rider was once again Dean Wilson with a 47.876 in San Diego. The Kawasaki rider was second fastest in day qualifying to Jason Anderson, but the two swapped the top spot in the main, with Anderson laying down a 47.976. The winner of the main event, Hill, recorded the third fastest lap of the night with a 48.092.
You can check out the top ten 250 and 450 times from the San Diego SX below. Scroll down to see how the main events broke down lap-for-lap with MotoXAddicts’ lap-time comparison charts. Also, see how the top 3 250SX riders matched up against the top 3 450SX finishers lap-for-lap.
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| Top 10 450 Times | Top 10 250 Times |
|---|---|
| 1. James Stewart – 47.228 2. Ken Roczen – 47.301 3. Ryan Villopoto – 47.436 4. Chad Reed – 47.566 5. Justin Barcia – 47.656 6. Ryan Dungey – 47.866 7. Eli Tomac – 47.876 8. Weston Peick – 48.171 9. Justin Brayton – 48.293 10. Broc Tickle 48.331 |
1. Dean Wilson 47.876 2. Jason Anderson – 47.976 3. Justin Hill – 48.092 4. Malcolm Stewart – 48.528 5. Cole Seely – 48.728 6. Shane McElrath – 49.025 7. Cooper Webb – 49.288 8. Jesse Nelson – 49.334 9. Michael Leib – 50.256 10. Jake Canada – 50.651 |
Each graph charts the lap times of the top five finishers in each main event. 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.
We added a 6th rider, Chad Reed, to the top-5 450SX graph because of some fan requests to see how Reedy matched up before his crash.
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