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Apologies to the 6 people who are following this stuff - I was busy riding mountain bikes over the past 2 weeks, so am only getting round to posting now.
San Diego wasn't a big numbers night for passing, with both classes recording quite low pass counts. The racing though was pretty tight at the front, with both Ferrandis and Forkner, and Cianciarulo and Webb spending most of the race close to each other. This close racing resulted in just 1 pass in both cases. Another reminder that good racing is not always defined by lots of passing.
No big upsets in the 250 counts, with riders generally either moving forward consistently, or falling back consistently. Drake passed 11 riders on his way from outsde the top 20 to inside the top 10, more than twice Hartranft's 5 passes to 5th.
450 passes were dominated by the Husky guys, with Osborne (11) pipping Anderson (8) to the top of the passes made leader board. Anderson made these 8 passes after losing 11 spots in two mid race incidents, while Osborne recovered to 11th from a poor first lap. Plessinger's unfortunate fall from 3rd lost him 5 spots, and with Brayton getting by a few laps later, and then Hill making a last lap pass to bump the number 7 to 10th, AP7 came home 2nd to Anderson in passes against.
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Tampa brought the introduction of the 250 East guys, and at least for the first round they're a little less active than their west coast counterparts with a total of 3.3 passes/lap. The west average is 4.7, and A1 was 4.6. The main was another race with no major surprises. Only Lopes is really worth mentioning - his fall from 14th to 19th won't show in GuyB's movers and shakers as he got to 14th from an 18th place start.
The 450s were a little less active in Tampa too, with only 2.8 passes/lap (season average before Tampa was 3.1). This could imply the track design was a not as conducive to passing as the tracks we've seen out west, despite the sand section causing a lot of mistakes.
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The season totals so far are worth mentioning too. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Tomac heads up the 450 passes, 5 ahead of Brayton and 8 up on Davalos. Reed and Roczen are tied for 19th place - maybe the only measure that shows them having a similar season?
In the 250s, Drake has quietly been putting in charges from poor starts. The second Glendale main showed us what he could be capable of (3rd) when he doesn't have to battle through the pack. 250W points leader sits in 4th overall, a symptom of the poor starts he's had this season.
San Diego wasn't a big numbers night for passing, with both classes recording quite low pass counts. The racing though was pretty tight at the front, with both Ferrandis and Forkner, and Cianciarulo and Webb spending most of the race close to each other. This close racing resulted in just 1 pass in both cases. Another reminder that good racing is not always defined by lots of passing.
No big upsets in the 250 counts, with riders generally either moving forward consistently, or falling back consistently. Drake passed 11 riders on his way from outsde the top 20 to inside the top 10, more than twice Hartranft's 5 passes to 5th.
450 passes were dominated by the Husky guys, with Osborne (11) pipping Anderson (8) to the top of the passes made leader board. Anderson made these 8 passes after losing 11 spots in two mid race incidents, while Osborne recovered to 11th from a poor first lap. Plessinger's unfortunate fall from 3rd lost him 5 spots, and with Brayton getting by a few laps later, and then Hill making a last lap pass to bump the number 7 to 10th, AP7 came home 2nd to Anderson in passes against.
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Tampa brought the introduction of the 250 East guys, and at least for the first round they're a little less active than their west coast counterparts with a total of 3.3 passes/lap. The west average is 4.7, and A1 was 4.6. The main was another race with no major surprises. Only Lopes is really worth mentioning - his fall from 14th to 19th won't show in GuyB's movers and shakers as he got to 14th from an 18th place start.
The 450s were a little less active in Tampa too, with only 2.8 passes/lap (season average before Tampa was 3.1). This could imply the track design was a not as conducive to passing as the tracks we've seen out west, despite the sand section causing a lot of mistakes.
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The season totals so far are worth mentioning too. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Tomac heads up the 450 passes, 5 ahead of Brayton and 8 up on Davalos. Reed and Roczen are tied for 19th place - maybe the only measure that shows them having a similar season?
In the 250s, Drake has quietly been putting in charges from poor starts. The second Glendale main showed us what he could be capable of (3rd) when he doesn't have to battle through the pack. 250W points leader sits in 4th overall, a symptom of the poor starts he's had this season. 
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The biggest standout for me in these two lists are Tomac and Ferrandis. Tomac has only conceded 2 positions this year - one in the first main in Glendale where Roczen made an early pass, and one the following week in Oakland, which he gained back later in the race. Ferrandis has not been passed in the entire season (so far). Keep in mind that these stats only start from the first time riders pass the finish line, so will miss the shuffling that goes on early in the first lap. But no rider has stuck a pass on the Frenchman in one-on-one racing - a very impressive stat. Worth a mention also are Barcia and Roczen. Barcia has quietly been putting in solid charges for the last few weeks, and will be a threat in any race he can get a start in. Roczen has been consistently up front, conceding very few positions as well.
I haven't posted 250E as there's only been 2 rounds so far, but I'm keeping the totals up to date.
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