It was once again James Stewart’s night in St Louis. Photo by: Hoppenworld
The 2014 St Louis Supercross and round number thirteen of the 2014 Monster Energy Supercross series was a night about one-on-one battles for the win.
In the 450SX Class main event, it was Yoshimura/Suzuki’s James Stewart stalking and passing Monster Energy/Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto for his third win in a row and his fifth of the 2014 season. The #7 has now won five of the last eight main events and is experiencing the type of success he has not had since 2009. In the end, James unfortunately only gained three points on 450SX red plate holder, Villopoto, who finished second. The last player on the podium was MuscleMilk/Honda’s Justin Barcia in third. With James’ 50th win of his career, he moved to one point behind Red Bull/KTM’s Ryan Dungey in second and thirty-six points behind the leader, Villopoto.
In the 250SX class, it was time for either GEICO/Honda’s Justin Bogle or Monster/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Martin Davalos to begin to lay claim to the 2014 250SX Eastern Regional Championship. With just five points between them and three races left on the schedule, the Championship looks to be down to the two of them. The main event started with Davalos in first and Bogle in second running away from the field. The two were never more than two seconds apart, and after fifteen laps, it was Davalos landing the first major punch in their three-race Championship fight. With Davalos’ win and Bogle finishing second, the two now head into the final two races with Davalos hanging on to an eight-point advantage. Monster/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Blake Baggett joined them on the podium, but with a twenty-nine point gap back to Baggett in third, the Championship looks out of reach for the #4.
In the lap time battle, it was the top-two 450SX riders, Stewart (47.496) and Villopoto (47.718), with the only laps under the 48-second mark but, as shown in the lap chart below, Stewart did it four laps in a row to catch Villopoto early on. In the end, it came down simply to who wanted and needed the win more between the two, and James was that man. With James’ average lap-time being 48.892 and Villopoto’s being 49.125, there really wasn’t much else separating the #7 and #1 in St Louis.
In the 250SX class, it was Davalos (48.833) clocking the only 250SX lap-time under 49 seconds. While Bogle’s 49.154 was just a tick slower, it was Davalos’ track position that won him his second main event of 2014. With Bogle’s average lap of 49.789 being faster than Davalos’ 49.802, it also shows the St. Louis SX was all about the start.
You can check out the top ten 250 and 450 times from the St Louis SX below. Scroll down to see how the main events broke down lap-for-lap in the gnarly conditions 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 – 47.496 2. Ryan Villopoto – 47.718 3. Justin Barcia – 48.274 4. Ryan Dungey – 48.432 5. Ken Roczen – 48.615 6. Justin Brayton – 48.686 7. Trey Canard – 48.862 8. Mike Alessi – 48.935 9. Eli Tomac – 48.996 10. Andrew Short – 49.282 |
1. Martin Davalos – 48.833 2. Justin Bogle – 49.154 3. Blake Baggett – 49.531 4. Matthew Lemoine – 49.773 5. Vince Friese – 49.813 6. Alex Martin – 49.821 7. Jeremy Martin – 49.959 8. Matt Bisceglia – 50.112 9. Kyle Cunningham – 50.151 10. Cole Thompson – 50.206 |
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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