For the first time in his career, L&M Racing’s Chad Reed has swept all three Anaheim Supercross races in a single year, winning Anaheim III convincingly at California’s Angel Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 2. He now leads the championship by a comfortable 26-point margin over Kevin Windham. Meanwhile, Yamaha of Troy’s Jason Lawrence claimed his second consecutive win in Supercross Lites, and has closed to within eight points of Ryan Dungey in the class standings.
Supercross... Reed left no doubt about his command of the Supercross class this year. He was fastest in practice, won his heat race over teammate Nathan Ramsey, and grabbed the holeshot in the 20-lap main event. The first half of the race was particularly exciting as Windham, along with Davi Millsaps and Tim Ferry, battled right behind Reed. But as the laps stacked up the YZ450F rider put his conditioning to work and built up a 4.6-second margin of victory. “In ‘04 I came so close to ‘three-peating,’” Reed said later. “After last weekend I set some goals for myself and winning this third Anaheim was one of them.”
Supercross Results - Round 5 |
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Chad Reed - YAM |
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David Millsaps |
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| 3 |
Tim Ferry |
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| 4 |
Kevin Windham |
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| 5 |
Andrew Short |
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| 6 |
Mike Alessi |
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Nathan Ramsey - YAM |
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| 8 |
Nick Wey |
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| 9 |
Troy Adams |
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| 10 |
Manuel Gomez |
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Supercross Standings - After Round 5 of 17 |
| 1 |
Chad Reed - YAM |
122 |
| 2 |
Kevin Windham |
96 |
| 3 |
Tim Ferry |
77 |
| 4 |
Mike Alessi |
69 |
| 5 |
Andrew Short |
67 |
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David Millsaps |
65 |
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Nathan Ramsey - YAM |
57 |
| 8 |
Nick Wey |
53 |
| 9 |
Ivan Tedesco |
53 |
| 10 |
Josh Hill - YAM |
49 |
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Supercross Lites... Lawrence turned in a near identical performance in the Lites class. He was second fastest in practice and second in his heat race, then got to the first corner of the 15-lap final second behind Austin Stroupe. But the YZ250F rider jetted by Stroupe just a few corners into the race and led every lap to earn his second career (and second consecutive) Lites victory. “It’s great to get two wins,” he enthused afterwards. “But I hope we're going to be talking five or six weeks in a row before the season’s over!”
While the evening was topnotch for Reed and Lawrence, others in the Yamaha camp suffered. AMA Motocross champion Grant Langston withdrew during practice as a fluid buildup in one eye blurred his vision, and Broc Hepler crashed in practice and broke his thumb. “It was disappointing to have Grant out for the night and I hope he'll be back shortly,” offered Yamaha Supercross manager Jim Perry. “It was also a big blow to have Broc injured and hopefully he’ll make a speedy recovery.”
Supercross Lites West Results - Round 5 |
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Jason Lawrence - YAM |
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| 2 |
Austin Stroupe |
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| 3 |
Brett Metcalfe |
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| 4 |
Billy Laninovich |
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| 5 |
K. Cunningham |
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| 6 |
Thomas Hahn |
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| 7 |
Justin Brayton |
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| 8 |
Daniel Reardon |
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| 9 |
Robert Kiniry |
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| 10 |
Gaven Gracyk |
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Supercross Lites West Points- After Round 5 of 8 |
| 1 |
Ryan Dungy |
96 |
| 2 |
Jason Lawrence - YAM |
88 |
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Daniel Reardon |
80 |
| 4 |
Brett Metcalfe |
78 |
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Austin Stroupe |
74 |
| 6 |
Thomas Hahn |
70 |
| 7 |
Justin Brayton |
69 |
| 8 |
Broc Hepler - YAM |
59 |
| 9 |
Gaven Gracyk |
53 |
| 10 |
K. Cunningham |
47 |
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