Main Event Lap-Time Graphs – 2014 Dallas Supercross

Stewart looked like he may have been a flat-tracker in a past life in Dallas. Photo by: Hoppenworld

The 2014 Arlington Supercross and round number seven of the 2014 Monster Energy Supercross series is in the history books and, while it’s hard to believe, the series just keeps getting better. In the 450 class, we saw Yoshimura/Suzuki’s, James Stewart make it two wins in a row for the first time since the #7 won the St Louis SX and the Seattle SX bact-to-back in 2011. The former two-time 450SX Champion grabbed a 2nd place start, hooked onto the rear wheel of Red Bull/KTM’s Ryan Dungey and, after two laps of following, made his only pass of the night stick. Once on top, the rejuvenated Stewart pounded out the laps and checked out on Dungey for his second main event win of 2014.

The win notched the future Hall of Fame rider his 47th career 450SX main event win, just one win behind Ricky Carmichael for second place on the all-time list. Occupying the other two spots on the podium was Dungey in second and Musclemilk/Honda’s Justin Barcia landing his first podium of ’14 in third. With James’ win and the Championship points leader, Monster/Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, getting fourth, the Suzuki rider moved up to third in the Championship, just fourteen behind RV.

In the 250SX class, rookie phenom Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Adam Cianciarulo looked fast all day long, but few thought he would notch his first supercross win in his first ever 250SX main event. The last rider to accomplish that feat was Trey Canard back in 2008, and Trey went on to clinch that Championship. While Trey was able to score the 2008 250SX East Championship, Cianciarulo matching that accomplishment will require the rookie to beat those closest to him. The Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki squad dropped the gauntlet on the East with Cianciarulo being flanked on the podium by his teammates Blake Baggett and Martin Davalos in 2nd and 3rd. Both Baggett and Davalos looked to have the speed to win at round one, but surprisingly, it was the rookie’s consistency that trumped the veterans’ raw speed.

In the lap time battle, it was James Stewart for the second week in a row dropping the fastest laps on the field. His 45.816 lap-time was the result of a 3-3-3 through a rhythm section that nobody else was doing, but it was his unbreakable consistency that eventually broke Dungey and secured the #7’s second-straight victory. The Arlington SX circuit was tacky in a couple spots but had no traction in others, so most riders thought it was tough to figure out, but Stewart seemed to have it dialed. The closest lap-time of the night—46.175—came from a 250SX pilot, and the closest 450SX time was turned in by Dungey (46.345)—more than a half of a second off James’ pace.

That second fastest overall time—fastest in 250SX class—of 46.175 was turned in by Davalos. The 250SX rider had the lead and the speed to win, but two crashes relegated him to the last spot on the box. The only other 250SX riders in the 46-second range were Davalos’ teammates Cianciarulo (46.654) and Baggett (46.869). The debut of the 250SX Eastern Regional Championship was all about Mitch Payton’s hired guns.

You can check out the top ten 250 and 450 times from the Dallas – Arlington 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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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.

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