Blake Baggett thrives in rutty technical conditions. Photo by: Hoppenworld
The 2015 Indianapolis Supercross and round eleven of the 2015 Monster Energy Supercross, an FIM World Championship series, was a déjà vu of the previous two rounds with the Red Bull/KTM teammates—Ryan Dungey (450SX) and Marvin Musquin (250SX)—dominating the 250SX and 450SX main events en-route to another KTM sweep. The Austrian manufacturer has now swept five out of six rounds raced in the East, and with Dungey and Musquin leading their respective Championships by 45 points (Dungey) and 16 points (Musquin), the orange team has firm control of two Championship trophies at the moment. While anything can happen in Monster Energy Supercross, it looks like the only thing happening at the moment is that the two KTM pilots are getting stronger and stronger.
Unlike the top spot on the box, there was one surprise in the battle for 450SX lap-time supremacy in Indianapolis: Blake Baggett. The Yoshimura/Suzuki rider got his patented bad start and set the fastest lap (51.147) of the night on lap five while coming through the pack. It was all for not, though, because on the next lap, Blake threw away his progress with a crash and found himself a lap down to Dungey, who coincidentally set the 2nd fastest lap (51.294) of the night on the same lap that Blake threw it away. Besides Baggett and Dungey, the only other riders fast enough to break the 52-second mark on the night were the Honda Racing teammates Cole Seely (51.321) and Trey Canard (51.386) and JGR/Yamaha’s Weston Peick (51.892). I know it’s become the norm this season, but if you would have told me that Peick would be inside the top-five in speed week in and week out, I might have asked you to take a sobriety test.
As for who was the overall fastest man in Indianapolis, that title will for the second weekend in a row go to a 250SX pilot. Like in Daytona last weekend, the Indianapolis track deteriorated rapidly as the night went on and it was Marvin Musquin (51.030) negotiating the rutted circuit faster than anyone on Saturday night. Not only was Marvin a full tenth faster than any 450SX rider, but he was nearly a half a second faster than anyone on a 250SX. The second fastest 250SX lap (51:462) was laid down by Monster/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Joey Savatgy, who looked well on his way to his second podium before his race ended with a DNF. The only other 250SX pilot under the 52-second mark was the defending Eastern Regional 250SX Champ, GEICO/Honda’s Justin Bogle (51.541). Bogle had decent speed in Indy but not enough to keep the KTM in sight, and with a sixteen-point lead to make up before Las Vegas, the Championship looks to be getting away from him as well.
You can check out the top ten 250 and 450 times from the Indianapolis 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. Blake Baggett – 0:51.147 2. Ryan Dungey – 0:51.294 3. Cole Seely – 0:51.321 4. Trey Canard – 0:51.386 5. Weston Peick – 0:51.892 6. Davi Millsaps – 0:52.179 7. Andrew Short – 0:52.219 8. Josh Grant – 0:52.560 9. Chad Reed – 0:52.590 10. Broc Tickle – 0:52.763 |
1. Marvin Musquin – 0:51.030 2. Joey Savatgy – 0:51.462 3. Justin Bogle – 0:51.541 4. RJ Hampshire – 0:52.864 5. Jordon Smith – 0:53.789 6. Martin Davalos – 0:53.823 7. Anthony Rodriguez – 0:54.290 8. Mitchell Oldenburg – 0:54.414 9. Kyle Cunningham – 0:54.496 10. Jimmy Decotis – 0:54.552 |
Updated 2015 250SX West and 450SX Championship Points>>>
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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