World/AMA Supercross Champion Chad Reed has recovered from an opening lap crash at the third round of the 2009 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series, an FIM World Championship, at Anaheim’s Angel stadium tonight to finish second and move into the championship lead.
The Australian, who won his heat race, went down in the first corner and was dead last when he remounted his Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 and rejoined the race.
On the notoriously hard to pass track, Reed posted the fastest lap times of the race as he strategically picked off the competitors ahead of him.
As Reed crossed the line to commence his final lap he was sitting third but not content to settle for the third step on the dais, he went after second placed rider Kevin Windham and passed him on the last corner of the race to claim second behind race winner James Stewart.
“I was somewhere in the top five off the start and someone took me out,” Reed explained.
“Really, I just tried to go into damage control tonight and play it smart for 20 laps as it was an extremely difficult track to pass on.
“We have the points lead now, so I am so excited. The entire Rockstar Makita Suzuki team has been working their butts off, and I am confident, especially after our recovery tonight,” Reed added.
Race winner James Stewart, “It was a tough weekend for me as far as getting adjusted to the track,” Stewart admitted. “Also, physically, it was definitely tough for me. But if we can get wins like this, I can’t imagine what it will be like when things go smoothly; maybe we can do even better.”
The closely fought battle will resume on Saturday January 24 with Round 4 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series to be held at Houston’s Reliant Stadium.
| AMA SX Results, Anaheim 2 1, James Stewart, Yamaha, USA, 20’57.778 2, Chad Reed, Suzuki, AUS, 0’3.540 3, Kevin Windham, Honda, USA, 0’4.189 4, Ryan Villopoto, Kawasaki, USA, 0’10.181 5, Josh Grant, Yamaha, USA, 0’16.036 6, Andrew Short, Honda, USA, 0’21.941 7, Ivan Tedesco, Honda, USA, 0’31.473 8, Tim Ferry, Kawasaki, USA, 0’41.525 9, Mike Alessi, Suzuki, USA, 0’45.931 10, David D Millsaps, Honda, USA, 0’47.333 11, Paul Carpenter, Kawasaki, USA, 0’49.146 12, Josh Hill, Yamaha, USA, 0’51.536 13, Nicholas Wey, Yamaha, USA, 0’53.474 14, Heath Voss, Honda, USA, 0’91.522 15, Troy Adams, Honda, USA, -1 Laps 16, Steve Boniface, Honda, FRA, -1 Laps 17, Benjamin Coisy, Honda, FRA, -1 Laps 18, Sean Hamblin, Yamaha, USA, -1 Laps 19, Robert Kiniry, Kawasaki, USA, -1 Laps 20, Matt Boni, Honda, USA, -18 Laps |
AMA SX Standings 1, Chad Reed, Suzuki, AUS, 64 2, Josh Grant, Yamaha, USA, 61 3, Andrew Short, Honda, USA, 53 4, James Stewart, Yamaha, USA, 52 5, Ryan Villopoto, Kawasaki, USA, 48 6, Ivan Tedesco, Honda, USA, 47 7, Tim Ferry, Kawasaki, USA, 43 8, Kevin Windham, Honda, USA, 41 9, Mike Alessi, Suzuki, USA, 32 10, David D Millsaps, Honda, USA, 31 11, Paul Carpenter, Kawasaki, USA, 29 12, Josh Hill, Yamaha, USA, 27 13, Nicholas Wey, Yamaha, USA, 26 14, Heath Voss, Honda, USA, 21 15, Benjamin Coisy, Honda, FRA, 17 |
| AMA SX Lites 1. Ryan Dungey, Suzuki 2. Ryan Morais, Kawasaki, 5.2 3. Jake Weimer, Kawasaki, 10.8 4. Jason Lawrence, Yamaha, 16.7 5. Chris Blose, Honda, 19.9 6. Dan Reardon, Honda, 25.4 7. Justin Brayton, KTM, 30.4 8. Kyle Cunningham, Kawasaki, 38.9 9. Michael Hall, Yamaha, 42.0 10. PJ Larsen, Kawasaki, 45.3 |
AMA SX Lites Standings 1. Dungey 70 2. Morais 64 3. Weimer 63 4. Brayton 50 5. Blose 50 6. Sipes 39 7. Lawrence 34 8. Evans 31 9. Reardon 28 10. Larsen 26 |
