Reed and Lawrence Top Wet San Francisco Supercross

Chad Reed took his third win of the season at round four of the
Monster Energy AMA Supercross FIM Championship in San
Francisco's AT&T Park. Torco Racing Fuels/Honda's Kevin
Windham notched a second-place finish - his third-consecutive
podium finish of the year - ahead of Red Bull Honda's Davi
Millsaps, who landed his first Supercross-class podium finish.

What many were expecting to be a complete quagmire actually
turned out to be a decent night of racing. The track held up
remarkably well under the rains throughout the week preceding
the event. The skies held off for most of the day but by the time
the main events rolled around, a steady downpour was soaking
the already soggy track. Slippery mud and developing ruts
became a big factor in the evening program. Consequently, the
main events were shortened by five laps, making the Lites class
10 laps and the Supercross class 15 laps.

Factory Kawasaki's Timmy Ferry grabbed a huge holeshot in the
main event followed by Windham and Millsaps. Reed was off to a
modest start, but didn't appear too worried about it. Windham
quickly gained control of the race and got out front, leaving
Millsaps and Ferry to battle for second. Millsaps made up time by
tripling where Ferry and most others were doubling. Millsaps
began closing on Windham, leaving Ferry to battle for third with
Red Bull Honda's Ivan Tedesco, but meanwhile Reed was slipping
past both of them for third.

Reed simply stayed consistent and let the race come to him,
which it did when Windham got cross-rutted shortly after losing
the lead to Millsaps. Millsaps then ended up in the Tuff Blocks
also, putting Reed into the lead. From there, Reedy never looked
back and stayed solid to take his third win of the season.
Windham held on for second and Millsaps recovered quickly
enough to take third - though he had to deal with Tedesco before
the podium was finally his.

Fourth place went to Bad Boy Energy Drink's Jacob Marsack and
fifth (after a very up and down night) went to Factory Yamaha's
Grant Langston. Ivan Tedesco, Nick Wey, Heath Voss, Troy
Adams and Tim Ferry completed the top ten.

It wasn't a big surprise that New Englander Jason Lawrence fared
well in the wet San Francisco conditions. His first Supercross win
was a long time coming and Lawrence was thrilled to finally nab
his first victory.

Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey and Factory Yamaha's
Broc Hepler - the two front-runners in the series - both had sub-
standard nights, finishing seventh and 12th, respectively. Battling
with the mud and the other riders, Dungey and Hepler both had
get-offs that kept them out of the front-running.

Austin Stroupe of the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team
got off to a great start, grabbing the holeshot ahead of
Lawrence, Metcalfe and Hahn. Lawrence didn't waste time
gaining control of the race, and Hahn, who was also looking solid
in the mud, kept the pressure on Lawrence. J-Law wasn't to be
stopped, however, and he led the charge all the way through the
main event.

Hahn battled with Metcalfe, but gave way to the Monster Pro
Circuit rider late in the race. On the last lap, however Metcalfe
mistook the muddy white flag for the checkered flag and slowed
down. Hahn grabbed the opportunity to regain second place,
where he finished. Metcalfe collected third ahead of Torco Racing
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