Windham finally gets one over Reed

The winning streak of Australia’s Supercross star Chad Reed has
come to an end but his podium record remains in tact after he
finished second at Round 7 of the Monster Energy® AMA Supercross,
an FIM World Championship, at Houston’s Reliant Stadium tonight
behind Supercross stalwart Kevin Windham.

Reed didn’t get the start he needed on the extremely hard to pass
track and was mid pack as he went through Turn 1. In a precarious
position, Reed was forced to ride cautiously through the first few laps
while the mayhem around him settled down.

By Lap 9 the championship leader had worked his way up to third
and moved into second on Lap 10, after an amazing passing
manoeuvre on Joshua Hill coming out of Turn 3.

Once into second place, Reed was able to pick up the pace and was
lapping half a second quicker than the race leader. Unfortunately
with the gap between them already at over 8 seconds, Reed simply
ran out of time to chase Windham down before the chequered flag.

“This is a tough pill to swallow,” said Reed. “I gave it everything I
had tonight, but Kevin (Windham) rode a great race. We have had a
good season, and we will have to put it together in Atlanta next
weekend.”

“I knew if I didn’t get a good start it was always going to be very
hard to pass but I got sandwiched off the start then had to ride a
little cautiously for the first couple of laps while things settled down.”

“I am disappointed, as I feel like I should be winning these races but
some of the issues that we have been experiencing seemed to catch
up with me tonight.” full story on mcnews.com.au
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