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Chad Reed grabs the win and points lead
By: Garry Morrow
Sunday, 19th February, 2006 - - 619 Reads -
Yamaha's Chad Reed has bounced back to the top step of he podium and the points race at round seven of the AMA Amp'd Mobile Supercross Series after an action packed main event saw his main rivals, James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael go by the way side at the Edward Jones Dome - St. Louis, Missouri. Factory Honda's Davey Millsaps took the opening round win in the Supercross Lites East Series.
"I knew that I could do it, I never gave up on that. I just went in knowing I knew I could do it," said a relived Reed.
Reed's maiden victory for the series looked like it was highly unlikely before the gate dropped on the 20 lap main. Struggling to cope with a tricky rhythm section, that he did not conquer until the seventh lap of the main and scraping through his heat after crashing in the whoops most commentators where speculating as to what was wrong with the former champion.
As the gate dropped the first big surprise came when Makita Suzuki's Ricky Carmichael bit the dust. Remounting in 19th place the points leader then cased a triple and blew his shock out and was back in the pits before the end of lap one. It was a culmination of a dirty night for four time supercross champion after he crashed in his heat and had to qualify through the semi final.
Back on the track Carmichael's team-mate Ivan Tedesco quickly overcame holeshot winner Jacob Sailor and held the lead for the opening two laps with Honda's Ernesto Fonseca right behind.
Reed was on the pace but still struggling with the rhythm section back in third with James Stewart right behind him. Stewart was not making any headway into Reed, Fonseca or Tedesco although he was showing a wheel to Reed on occasion.
Reed then made his way past Fonseca with a little bit of resistance and then set about chasing down Tedesco for the lead. After a small skirmish Reed hit the lead and set about gapping the field.
Stewart was making small headway but his race came to a dramatic change when he had a simple crash. His major opportunity to capitalise on Carmichael's misfortune evaporated as he sat trackside trying to fire the Kawasaki KX450F into life - he would be 19th and one lap down by the time he got going and would never be a factor for the rest of the night, eventually being classed as 17th in the end.
With the two main title contenders effectively out of the race Reed made the most of the chance and headed to his first victory of the season. With Stewart and Carmichael only able to harvest 4 and 1 point respectively Reed stood on the podium with a ten point lead in the championship and a very relieved smile.
"Today I was horrible, there is no better word for it" said Reed after the race. "I’ve had my head in my butt the whole season. I needed this as a confidence booster to give all those fools on internet something to talk about this week. Our whole team worked hard and I have to thank them for being patient."
Kawasaki's Chris Gosselaar won the Progressive Direct Holeshot Award in the AMA Supercross Lites main event. KTM's Josh Hansen hen jumped out to an early lead while Davey Millsap began his charge through pack after a seventh place start.
Hansen held the lead until the beginning of lap nine when Millsaps made the move into the lead. Millsaps led next six laps en route to his third career win. Gosselaar was second and Yamaha’s Branden Jesseman was third.
"Unfortunately I wasn't up front at the start, but I was able to get around traffic early," said Millsaps. "I saw that the top guys were up front and I knew I had to pass them to get into the lead. It didn’t take me long to get used to my new bike and I guess I got it off to a good start." said Millsaps.
Round 8 of the series takes place next weekend (Feb-25) at Atlanta.
Ampd Mobile AMA Supercross Series
Supercross Class - Round 7
Pos. Rider name Bike Laps Gap
1 Chad Reed Yamaha YZ450F 20 ---
2 Ivan Tedesco Suzuki RM-Z450 20 11.342
3 Ernesto Fonseca Honda CRF450R 20 29.412
4 Nicholas A Wey Honda CRF450R 20 34.094
5 Travis A Preston Honda CRF450R 20 43.12
6 Michael Byrne Kawasaki KX450F 20 48.369
7 Michael L Brown Suzuki RM-Z450 20 53.666
8 Timmy M Ferry Honda CRF450R 19 ---
9 Ryan D Clark Honda CRF450R 19 ---
10 Jason W Thomas Honda CRF450R 19 ---
11 Jeff Gibson Honda CRF450R 19 ---
12 Kyle Lewis Honda CRF450R 19 ---
13 Tyler Evans Suzuki RM-Z450 19 ---
14 Michael G Young Honda CRF450R 19 ---
15 Mike Larocco Honda CRF450R 19 ---
16 Cole T Siebler Honda CRF450R 19 ---
17 James M Stewart Kawasaki KX450F 19 ---
18 Jacob Saylor Honda CRF450R 19 ---
19 Jeff Dement Suzuki RM-Z450 19 ---
20 Ricky Carmichael Suzuki RM-Z450 1 ---
Supercross Class -Series Points after Round 7
Pos. Rider name Points
1 Chad Reed 149
2 Ricky Carmichael 140
3 James Stewart 132
4 Ivan Tedesco 108
5 Nick Wey 103
6 Michael Byrne 103
7 Mike Larocco 95
8 Ernesto Fonseca 94
9 Travis Preston 79
10 Jeremey McGrath 67
Ampd Mobile AMA Supercross Series
Supercross Lites East Coast - Round 1
Pos. Rider name Bike Laps Gap
1 David D Millsaps Honda CRF250R 15 ---
2 Christopher Gosselaar Kawasaki KX250F 15 5.759
3 Branden L Jesseman Yamaha YZ250F 15 9.955
4 Joshua Hansen KTM SXF250 15 10.925
5 Thomas K Hahn Honda CRF250R 15 17.167
6 Steve Boniface Honda CRF250R 15 26.835
7 Sean D Hamblin Suzuki RM-Z250 15 33.611
8 Teddy J Maier Kawasaki KX250F 15 35.308
9 Robert S Kiniry Honda CRF250R 15 40.945
10 Kyle P Chisholm Kawasaki KX250F 15 43.959
11 Martin Davalos Yamaha YZ250F 15 49.864
12 Chad T Johnson Yamaha YZ250F 15 51.834
13 Dusty Klatt Honda CRF250R 15 54.44
14 Kevin W Johnson Yamaha YZ250F 15 56.331
15 Matt Walker Yamaha YZ250F 14 ---
16 Michael R Blose Honda CRF250R 14 ---
17 Kelly D Smith Honda CRF250R 14 ---
18 Christopher Pugrab Kawasaki KX250F 14 ---
19 Tucker J Hibbert Yamaha YZ250F 13 ---
20 Donnie Mcgourty Kawasaki KX250F 12 ---
21 Bryan K Johnson Yamaha YZ250F 9 ---
22 Joshua M Grant Honda CRF250R 7 ---
Supercross Lites East Coast - Series Points after Round 1
Pos. Rider name Points
1 Davey Millsaps 25
2 Chris Gosselaar 22
3 Brandon Jesseman 20
4 Josh Hansen 18
5 Steve Boniface 15
6 Tessy Maier 13
7 Rob Kiniry 12
8 Kyle Chisolm 11
9 Chris Johnson 9
10 Keith Johnson 7