Chad Reed & Jason Lawrence Rule Anaheim III -ozzy go-

A rather technical track at Anaheim III welcomed riders back to
Angel Stadium for the third and final time. Chad Reed of the San
Manuel/Fusion Energy/Yamaha team made it a clean sweep of
all three Anaheim rounds, and he continues on his win streak in
the premier class of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an
FIM World Championship. Red Bull Honda's Davi Millsaps took
second and Monster Energy Kawasaki's Tim Ferry rounded out
the podium in the fifth round of the championship.

Jason Lawrence of the Boost Mobile Yamaha of Troy team
followed up his career-first win last week with another. Proving
that San Francisco was no muddy fluke "J-Law" took his second-
ever win at Anaheim ahead of Monster Energy Pro Circuit
teammates Austin Stroupe and Brett Metcalfe, who took second
and third, respectively.

Reed grabbed the holeshot in the main event followed by Kevin
Windham, who had been looking spectacular all night. The Torco
Racing Fuels/Honda rider was super-smooth and fluid through
practice and his heat race, looking especially good through the
technical rhythm sections. Early in the race, he stuck close to
Reed, and pulled up next to him by tripling through a tricky
section when Reed was doubling. But Windham couldn't quite
make it happen. He yielded the runner-up position to Millsaps
several laps in, and appeared to be having bike problems when
he eventually slipped back to fourth by the race's end. Indeed,
he was having a problem - a flat front tire.

Remarkably, however, Windham was able to maintain a strong
fourth-place finish despite the complication.

Red Bull Honda's Andrew Short took fifth overall ahead of
Makita Suzuki's Mike Alessi. Reed's San Manuel Yamaha
teammate Nathan Ramsey had a good night, finishing seventh.
MDK KTM's Nick Wey finished eighth, and Troy Adams and
Manuel Gomez of Spain rounded out the top ten.

Riders missing from the action included Factory Yamaha's Grant
Langston, who reported having problems with blurred vision,
and Red Bull Honda's Ivan Tedesco who broke his hand in
practice earlier in the day. Travis Preston, who is filling the
empty spot on the Factory Kawasaki team left by the absent
James Stewart, had a modest, but satisfactory debut with a 15th
place finish.

Jason Lawrence's championship hopes got a big boost at
Anaheim not only from his win, but also from Dungey's
disastrous night. The Makita Suzuki rider, who currently leads
the championship, got caught up in a tangle off the start along
with KTM's Justin Brayton and Troy Lee Designs Honda rider
Chris Gosselaar. Lawrence didn't waste time getting out front,
relieving holeshot winner Austin Stroupe of the early lead. From
there, Lawrence set sail and never looked back.

Dan Reardon of the Torco Racing Fuels Honda team was buried
in the pack along with Brayton and Dungey, and all three riders
worked their way through the pack throughout the main.
Dungey was making a dash for the top-ten when he landed on
Wil Hahn in the whoops, sending his bike end-over-end across
lanes of traffic. Hahn looked hurt, but Dungey went on to finish
the race, salvaging only 13th place.

Stroupe and Metcalfe finished second and third ahead of KTM's
Billy Laninovich and DNA Energy/BTO Sports rider Kyle
Cunningham who collected fifth. Tommy Hahn of the Motosport
Kawasaki team finished sixth, followed by Brayton and Reardon.
Jake Weimer crashed out of the main early in the race and took
a DNF. Broc Hepler was also missing from the action after
crashing and injuring his wrist in... full story on cyclenews.com
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