Eli Tomac was untouchable for the second straight week. Photo by: Hoppenworld
The 2015 FMF Glen Helen National and the second round of the 2015 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship answered more of our questions and solidified two riders’ grips on the red plates. In the 450MX class, GEICO/Honda’s Eli Tomac continued to outclass the field with his third and fourth-straight moto wins of the year, and Red Bull/KTM’s Marvin Musquin—who shared the red plate after round one—took sole possession of it in the 250MX class with a 1-1 of his own. The #3 and the #25 will both head into Thunder Valley next weekend with nineteen-point leads in their respective Championships.
In the fastest lap time battle at round two, it was once again all about the Colorado kid on his way to another 1-1. Tomac had the fastest lap in moto one (2:21.120) and, surprising, nearly matched it on the very gnarly moto two (2:21.519) Glen Helen circuit. The second fastest lap (2:21.821) from the day’s races came from the defending 450MX Champion Ken Roczen and was amazingly laid down in the final moto of the day. With the German’s pre-season back injury, Hangtown was rough, but Kenny looks to be getting back up to speed sooner rather than later. His 8-3 performance for 4th overall was impressive, especially after crashing and starting moto one dead last.
The third (2:22.165) and fourth (2:23.860) fastest laps in the 450MX class were clocked by Red Bull/KTM’s Ryan Dungey and JGRMX/Yamaha’s Justin Barcia in moto one. After leading the first seven laps of moto 1, bike problems pushed Ryan back to 6th, and a 6-2 on the day gave him 3rd overall. Barcia used the fourth fastest lap to score a 2nd in moto one, and a 4-2 on the day scored him his first ever podium since switching to the Yamaha.
Top 10 450MX Times | Top 10 250MX Times |
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1. Eli Tomac – 2:21.120 2. Ken Roczen – 2:21.821 3. Ryan Dungey – 2:22.165 4. Justin Barcia – 2:23.860 5. Blake Baggett – 2:24.513 6. Weston Peick – 2:25.392 7. Chad Reed – 2:25.691 8. Josh Grant – 2:26.187 9. Jason Anderson – 2:26.264 10. Brett Metcalfe – 2:26.376 |
1. Justin Hill – 2:23.242 2. Marvin Musquin – 2:23.553 3. Jessy Nelson – 2:23.804 4. Jeremy Martin – 2:24.064 5. Joey Savatgy – 2:24.143 6. Alex Martin – 2:24.530 7. Kyle Peters – 2:25.255 8. Matt Bisceglia – 2:25.547 9. Chris Alldredge – 2:25.560 10. Jordon Smith – 2:25.624 |
In the 250MX class, it was all KTM in the top three overall podium positions and with the top three fastest laps on the day. While it was Musquin scoring the 1-1, it was Red Bull/KTM’s Justin Hill logging the fastest 250MX lap (2:23.242) of the day en route to his first-ever 250MX overall podium finish. Justin used that speed to finish the day with a 2-5 for 2nd overall after two mediocre starts. The second (2:23.553) and third (2:23.804) fastest laps on the day were cranked out by Musquin and Troy Lee Designs/KTM’s Jessy Nelson. Musquin ran away for two dominant wins by the end of each moto, but Nelson held the #25 off for half of the opening moto. Nelson ended his round two with a 4-4 for third overall and capped off a brilliant day for the Austrian bike maker. Over the last few years KTM has been setting one new results milestone after another, and Saturday marked the first time they have ever swept a podium in any class, indoors or outdoors, in America.
You can check out the top ten 250MX and 450MX fastest single lap-times and top ten fastest average lap times from the 2015 Glen Helen National below. Scroll down to see how the four motos broke down lap-for-lap and how the 250’s matched up against the 450 riders on the extremely rough circuit with MotoXAddicts’ lap-time comparison charts.
Full 2015 FMF Glen Helen National results here>>>
Top 10 450MX Avg Lap-Times | Top 10 250MX Avg Lap-Times |
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1. Eli Tomac – 2:23.942 2. Ryan Dungey – 2:26.229 3. Weston Peick – 2:26.813 4. Blake Baggett – 2:26.843 5. Justin Barcia – 2:26.856 6. Chad Reed – 2:27.113 7. Phil Nicoletti – 2:27.168 8. Ken Roczen – 2:27.281 9. Jason Anderson – 2:28.547 10. Brett Metcalfe – 2:29.173 |
1. Marvin Musquin – 2:25.969 2. Justin Hill – 2:26.041 3. Joey Savatgy – 2:26.501 4. Jeremy Martin – 2:26.557 5. Jessy Nelson – 2:26.805 6. Alex Martin – 2:27.338 7. Matt Bisceglia – 2:28.306 8. Chris Alldredge – 2:28.679 9. Shane McElrath – 2:28.761 10. Adam Cianciarulo – 2:28.925 |
Each graph charts the lap times of the top five finishers in each moto. 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, scroll down to see how the top three 250MX class finishers matched up against the top three 450MX class finishers.
Click here for the 2015 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship standings>>>