Second Supercross success for Yamaha -ozzy go-

The 47th AMA Supercross event to be staged at Anaheim in Los
Angeles was owned by Yamaha as Chad Reed and Jason
Lawrence won both the Supercross and West Coast Lites classes
on Saturday night. The third visit to the Angel Stadium this
season represented the fifth round of seventeen in the AMA
contest, a FIM World Championship.

Reed scooped his fourth victory from five this year on his San
Manuel YZ450F after leading the rest of the field from start to
finish. His achievement means that he becomes only the second
rider ever to remain unbeaten in all three Anaheim main events
in the same season. It was his sixth success in LA, the thirtieth
of his career and his statistics have now reached an impressive
78 podiums from 85 starts in the premier category. Crucially the
chequered flag also gives the Australian a 26 point lead in the
current championship standings.

“After last weekend I set some goals for myself and to win this
third Anaheim was one of them,” said Reed who has won the last
three events in a row. “I did a lot of starts this week and I want
to thank the team and also Andrew McFarlane; he is the holeshot
king and he came out to the test track to help me. I just put my
head down out there. I knew that if I got the holeshot this race
would be all mine, so I got the start and rode a smart race. I
made a few mistakes but the job was done.”

AMA Motocross Champion Grant Langston was unable to
compete after an eye problem affected his vision. Misfortune
also struck Broc Hepler who broke his thumb in practice.

Jason Lawrence’s win on the YZ250F was his second in a row
and the second of his career. Like Reed, the American pulled out
a distance over his pursuers and the Yamaha of Troy
representative headed Austin Stroupe and Brett Metcalfe
respectively on the rostrum.

He was swift to credit late friend Brett Klein who passed away
due to injuries sustained in a practice crash last August at Glen
Helen: “I always wear this Brett Klein chain when I ride and I did
not wear it last weekend in the heat race but I put it on for the
main event and I won. I thought maybe it was good luck. I did
not wear it here in the heat race but then put it on for the Main
and won again.” full story on yamaha-motor-europe.com
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