Kevin Windham Third at Anaheim 2 -ozzy go-

The third round of the AMA Supercross Championship returned
the series regulars to Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., but this
time it was for Retro Night. The track at Anaheim II was built to
replicate the 1986 Anaheim Supercross track.

Team AMSOIL rider Kevin Windham continued to set his groove
toward the 2008 championship, as he started well and grabbed
his second podium in a row while simultaneously moving up into
second in the points championship in the 450cc class.

“I was pretty happy with my start,” Windham said. “I started in
the same gate both times. It wasn’t the best gate, but it was
consistent. I think the testing that we did this week really paid off
in how things came together for me. I was a work in progress
today. I was eighth fastest in practice. It’s the same thing every
weekend, because I don’t practice that strong, but it’s something
about not having to go fast, not having the gate drop, not having
the fans in the stands... I was eighth fastest, and I was like,
‘Man, what's going on?’ But the good news is that I was only a
second off of second. Once the lights came on, I won my heat
and really put it together in the main. I wish I could’ve caught
Hill, but two weeks in a row and two podiums, I’m fired up about
that. Hopefully I can keep finding the podium.”

In the Lites class, Dan Reardon continued to show his
consistency. On a track that he said was similar to tracks he’s
used to back home in Australia, Reardon came from near the tail
end of the top 10 to finish inside the top five.

“My reaction time off the start was really good, but I kind of
overcooked it a little bit going into the first corner,” Reardon said
of his start. “I didn’t get hung up on a Tuff Block, but I was on
the verge of riding the Tuff Blocks, so I shut it down off the first
jump. I was floating around I think in like eighth or ninth on the
first lap. Then things started going good and I started picking
people off as I went. Fourth place is okay. It’s not a podium, but
it’s still points on the board, and there are still a lot of races to
go.”

Fourth place was good enough to move Reardon into third in the
points championship with five rounds left to run.
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