Stewart Sets The Bar At Anaheim I Qualifying

Kit Palmer | January 5, 2013

James Stewart set the quickest lap time in qualifying. Photography By: Kit Palmer

ANAHEIM, CA, JAN. 5 – It was a bit of a battle, but Yoshimura Suzuki’s James Stewart set the bar for tonight’s opening round of the 2013 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series at Angel Stadium. A handful of riders had their number at the top of the leaderboard at one time or another, including Davi Millsaps, Ryan Villopoto and Stewart.

Millsaps stayed at the top for a while before getting knocked off by Villopoto, then Stewart ran it hard towards the end of the final A-group qualifying session and claimed the top spot with a 55.401 lap time, nipping Villopoto’s 55.551.

In fact, qualifying was quite close in the A group, with five riders all placing in the 55-second bracket. Stewart and Villopoto lead the way, followed by Millsaps, Ryan Dungey, Trey Canard and Justin Barcia.

A couple of spots back is Chad Reed.

In the final qualifying session for the 250 West A-group, GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac hammered out the quickest time, just edging out Ken Roczen, 56.705-56.767. Roczen held the top spot on the leaderboard for most of the session before getting bumped back by Tomac right at the end.

Eli Tomac leads the way in the 250 class. Photography By: Kit Palmer

Third quickest is Zach Osborne and is the third and final rider in the 56-second bracket.

Fourth quickest with a 57.015 is Baggett, followed by Martin Davalos with a 57.189.