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FINALLY HAS THE FIRST WIN.
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>>> MONSTER ENERGY SUPER
CROSS IS NEXT ON SPEED.
MONTHER ENERGY AMA SUPER
CROSS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
COMING TO CALIFORNIA FOR
THE THIRD AND FINAL STOP AT
ANGEL STADIUM IN ANAHEIM.
CHAD REED KICKED OFF THE SEASON
BY WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP
AND GRABBING THE EARLY POINTS
LEAD.
A CAPACITY CROWD SAW
REED DOMINATE ON THE SECOND STOP
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A
RAINY NIGHT IN THE CITY BY
THE BAY COULDMENT SLOW DOWN THE
AUSTRALIAN RIDER CLAIMED WIN
NUMBER 21 WHO IS BACK AT A SHOT
FOR HISTORY.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE POINTS
STANDINGS COMING INTO TONIGHT'S
THIRD AND FINAL TRIP TO ANGEL
STIED YULE AND REED -- STADIUM.
>> WITH THOSE THREE EARLY SEASON
WINS, CHAD REED HAS
VAULTED CLOSE TO THE STOP OF
THE POINT STANDINGS.
FOR NOW, HE IS AT THE TOP OF THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
I'M STANDING NEXT TO JEFF EMIG
WITH ONE OF THE FORMER
CHAMPIONS.
HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
THAT WITHIN OWN OTHER RIDER HAS
DONE, JAMES, JAMES DID IT LAST
YEAR, CAN REED DO IT TONIGHT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT CHAD REED
CAN DO IT TONIGHT.
I'M TELLING YOU, THAT CHAD REED
REIGN IS RUNNING.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
OTHER RIDERS TO SLOW HIM DOWN.
THE OTHERS HAD A CHANCE IN
AN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT THEY GIVE
IT TO THEM.
>> WITH MORE ON THE STORY,
HERE'S MORE FROM ERININ BATES.
WELL, COMING INTO ANAHEIM
THREE, HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF EX-PRAY PRESSURE ON HIS
SHOULDERS.
ONLY ONE OTHER MAN HAS WON
THE THREE RACES, WHAT WOULD IT
MEAN TO YOU?
>> O, IT WOULD BE AWESOME,
I CAME REALLY CLOSE TO DOING
IT IN '04 AND THAT GUY BEAT ME,
BUT I FEEL LIKE I CAN
CLEAN SWEEP FOR YOU.
>> A SWEEP WOULD BE ICING ON THE
CAKE, BUT IF A MAN CAN DO IT,
CHAD REED HAS CERTAINLY
EARNED EVERY BIT OF IT.
>>> FOR OTHER RIDERS, IT'S A
MUCH TOUGHER CHALLENGE.
>> WHAT AN AMAZING RIDE FOR
JEFF LAST WEEKEND TO MAKE THE
MAIN EVENT LAST YEAR AND ALMOST
MAKING IT TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, IF HE CAN PARLAY THAT
INTO THE OTHER EVENTS AND MOVE
UP EACH WEEK.
IS BROUGHT TO YOU
BY:
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OH, THE PIT PARTY AT EVERY
SUPER SUPERCROSS EVENT ACROSS
THE COUNTRY IS A SPECTACULAR WAY
TO GET YOUR SUPERCROSS DAY
UNDERWAY.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH ERIN AGAIN
WITH A REPORT.
>> WELL, A MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS THAT PRESSLY
WAS GOING TO BE TAKE K OVER FOR
INJURED AND OUT JAMES STEWART.
HE JUST RECEIVED THE CALL THIS
WEEK FROM MIKE CHARBOMNEAU
MISHER WHEN HE WAS OUT --
MIKE FIBBER WHEN HE WAS --
FISCHER WHEN HE WAS OUT WORKING.
HE SAID IF HE DOES MAKE THE MAIN
EVENT TONIGHT, THAT WOULD
BE LIKE MAKING THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT'S IO RON TICK THAT THE
LAST TIME WE HEARD THE NAMES
TOGETHER WAS IN TORONTO 2007.
>> THAT WAS NOT GOOD.
HE WAS BUMPED AND THEN HE
ENTERERRED THE TRACK AND WAS
HIT.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT HE WAS FUSE
AND BOTH -- FURIOUS AND BOTH
RIDERS ENDED UP INJURED AFTER
THAT.
>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S
COMING UP TONIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE TWO RACES.
EACH WILL BE EIGHT LAPS.
THE LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER WITH A
20 LAP MAIN EVENT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
QUALIFYING OF HEAT ONE.
BROUGHT TO YOU MY MASTER CRAFT.
>> MIKE MICHAEL WITH
ANOTHER ROCKET START ON
THE SUZUKI OUT FRONT IN YELLOW.
HE JUST SHOT OUT OF THE
STARTING GATE LIKE HE WAS COMING
OUT OF A CANNON.
>> UNLESS HE MISSES THAT TRIPLE
INTO THE TURN AND THAT OPENS
THE DOOR FOR MILL MILLSAPS.
>> I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT GILESPIE HAS TO WORK OUT.
MILLSAPS ON THE OTHER HAND IS
ALWAYS FAST, THAT IS A GREAT
WAY TO START THE HEAT RACE.
>> LOOK AT NUMBER 29 COMING
OUT ON THE OUTSIDE.
ANDREW SHORT IN RED.
UP AND AROUND THIS HUGE BIG
TURN.
LOOKING OVER HIS RIGHT
SHOULDER AND SECOND PLACE
THE STOLEN FROM HIM.
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE SAD.
WHEN HE GETS PASSED LIKE THAT
ON A FEW OF THE FIRST LAPS.
>> THAT'S GOING TO LOSE THE
LEAD FOR THE 118.
>> ON THE NUMBER 11, HE'S UP TO
SIX.
THAT WOULD BE A TRANSFER SPOT.
>> PRETTY GOOD OPENING NIGHT.
NOT A BAD WAY TO START YOUR RIDE
HERE WITH KOWASAKI.
THE BIKE THAT HE'S ON A A REAL
SUPER BIKE.
HE CHANGED A FEW THINGS HERE
FOR HIM TO MAKE IT GOOD FOR HIM.
HE'S SO MUCH TALLER.
HE'S GOT TO BE EXCITED TO
BE BACK RACING.
THAT'S A DOUBLE AND A TRIPLE.
YOU SEE THE YELLOW FLAGS.
ANDREW SHORT IS DOWN.
BOY, HE GOT THROUGH THAT RHYTHM
SECTION BEAUTIFULLY.
MILLSAPS HAS SLIPPED BACK TO
THIRD.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO
SHORT.
>> IT WAS SO DIFFICULT.
HE ACTUALLY OVERJUMPED IT,
WENT UP INTO THE BLOCKS THERE.
MILLSAPS JUST NARROWLY MISSED
HIM.
HE JUST SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES,
WHIPPED IT UP ON TWO WHEELS.
>> OH, HE'S CHARGING HARD AND
THE CROWD IS GETTING INTO IT.
FINAL CORNER.
ANDREW SHORT WINS HEAT NUMBER
ONE.
>>> THIS VALENTINES DAY,
SOME HEARTS WILL SORE,
OTHERS WILL BE BROKEN.
WE'VE GOT YOUR VALENTINES
DAY RIGHT HERE.
NASCAR ON SPEED.
BE THERE.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ANAHEIM, A
VERY HAPPY ANDREW SHORT
HAS PICKED UP A SPEED WIN AS YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT THE HONDA RESULTS
PAGE.
SHORT BEAT MILLSAPS AND ALESSI.
PRESTON WILL GET THE
FINAL TRANSFER, THOMAS WILL
LEAD THE REST OF THE QUALIFIERS
IN THE LAST QUALIFYING RACE.
>> ANDREW SHORT, ONE
MISTAKE JUST ABOUT COST HIM THE
RACE, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I DON'T KNOW, I WAS
MOTORING ALONG, BUT HIT THERE.
I HADN'T HAD THE BEST RESULTS
THAT I WAS THINKING I WAS
CAPABLE OF.
>> DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR
TEAMMATE WAS COMING UP BEHIND
YOU?
>> YEAH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO
JUMP OUT IN FRONT OF HIM LIKE
THAT.
I WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK IN
THAT.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE'LL SEE ANDREW LATER ON,
BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
OTHER RACES RIGHT NOW.
HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR UP UPCOMING
SCHEDULE.
WE'RE HEADING TO SAN DIEGO NEXT
WEEK AND IT'S OFF TO HOUSTON.
MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN FOR ALL OF
THE GREAT SUPERCROSS ACTION.
TAKE A LOOK AT HEAT NUMBER TWO.
>>> COAL SIEBLER WITH THE ON
BOARD CAMERA.
TEAM WORK.
TRYING TO CATCH THE 97 TEAM.
IT'S KEVIN WIND HAM WHO GETS
THE POLE SIDE.
>> HE'S SECOND IN POINTS RIGHT
NOW.
EARLIER TODAY IN QUALIFYING,
HE HAD THE FASTEST TIME.
CHAD REED WENT OUT AT THE
VERY END OF PRACTICE AND NAILED
ONE FASTER LAP.
>> HIS TAME MATE IS IN SECOND.
BALD DI NOW RUNNING IN THIRD
HAVING A VERY GOOD RUN HERE
AS ANTONIO BALLLY THERE.
WELL, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
WINHAM.
>> REED HERE JUST GETS NEXT
TO WINDHAM AND THEN SQUARED HIM
UP GETTING A GREAT DRIVE ACROSS
THE SAND.
HE STEALS THE INSIDE ON THE NEXT
TURN.
HE WAS ALL THE WAY.
NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
WINDHAM, HE JUST WASHES
THE FRONT WHEEL OUT.
THAT WAS A LACK OF
CONCENTRATION.
>> ONE MORE CORNER AND REED
WILL BE SEEING THE
CHECKERED FLAG AND HE DOES, HE
WINS THAT HEAT.
REED TAKES THE WIN,
KEVIN WINDHAM BOUNCES BACK
TO TAKE THIRD.
DOSTAL WILL TAKE THE
FINAL TRANSFER SPOT OUT OF HEAT
NUMBER TWO.
HERE'S ERIN WITH THE WINNER.
>> CHAD REED KIND OF JUST
COASTING AROUND ON THE LAST LAP.
WHAT CHANGES DID YOU MAKE?
>> JUST CHANGED A COUPLE OF
THINGS TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE.
SOME GOOD, SOME BAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
KEVIN, I THINK HE WENT DOWN.
THAT WAS GOOD FOR ME.
STARTED A TIP L BIT --
LITTLE BIT WITH A TRIPLE,
TRIPLE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MAIN.
>> CHAD REED JUST ONE STEP
CLOSER TO THE ANAHEIM SWEEP.
>> WELL, CHAD REED WAS EXPECTED
TO DO THAT ALL MORNING LONG.
WE COULD UP WITH.
>>> ON FEBRUARY 21st PREPARE FOR
AN ALL NEW SET UP.
CATCH AN ALL NEW SEASON OF
SETUP FEBRUARY 21st EXCLUSIVELY
ON SPEED.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
THE BIRTHPLACE OF SUPER
CROSS, GETTING READY FOR
HIGHLIGHTS NOW OF LAST
PLACE HIGHLIGHTERS NOW AS
WE SEARCH FOR THE■■
PARTICIPANTS IN OUR MAIN EVENT.
WHOA, DOWN GOES ONE RIDER RIGHT
IN FRONT OF SOLD SEIBLER AND
IT LOOKS LIKE THE 68 GETS
THE SHOT AS JASON THOMAS ON
THE 37 IS FRUSTRATED.
TWO RIDERS WILL TRANSFER.
ALMOST HALF WAY, HERE HE COMES
AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY CONFIDENT THAT
HE SHOULD TAKE THIS WIN, NOT
GIVING AN INCH.
YOU SEE THE 16 OF MAYS TRYING TO
HOLD HIM OFF.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE'S
TRYING TO DO AT THE MOMENT AS HE
HOLDS ON.
THERE'S THE PRESSURING INTO
THE FINAL MOVE.
THIS IS IT.
HE GOT A CLEAN RUN AND
HE'LL TAKE THE SPOT AS WE GO TO
THE WHITE FLAG.
CHECKERED FLAG.
ADAMS IS GOING TO THE MAIN.
HERE'S THE RESULTS PAGE FOR THE
LAST QUALIFYING.
WELL, WE CAUGHT UP WITH JAMES
STEWART TO FIND OUT HOW HIS
REHABILITATION FROM HIS KNEE IS
PROGRESSING.
THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU FROM
THE FOLKS AT MONSTER ENERGY.
>> WHEN I WAS OUT THERE
RACING, IT WAS PRETTY
PAINFUL COMING FROM A RACE WIN,
IT SOMEHOWED HOW FEIGNFUL IT
WAS.
>> A MISHAP STARTED THE PROBLEMS
FOR STEWART LAST JULY.
IT WAS CLEAR HIS KNEE WOULD NEED
ATTENTION.
THE SEVERITY OF IT CAUGHT UP
WITH HIM IN ONE OF THE RACES IN
THIS CAMPAIGN.
>> I WAS COMPLETELY DONE, I
HAD A COMPLETELY TORN ACL.
THAT WAS TOUGH BECAUSE WHEN YOU
HAVE A PARTIAL TIER, YOU CAN
DO SOMETHING, BUT WHEN IT'S A
FULL TEAR, YOU CAN'T DO
ANYTHING.
>> HE IS OPTIMISTIC FOR HIS
RETURNS AND HAD THIS ME SASS
FOR HIS RIVALS.
I APPRECIATE YOU THINKING
THAT ONCE I'M OUT, YOU GUYS
HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN.
I LIKE THAT.
JUST BECAUSE CHAD IS IN THE
POINTS LEAD RIGHT NOW,
WINNING RACES DON'T MEAN
ANYTHING.
TO ME, LOSING THE TITLE THIS
WASHINGS IT'S PRETTY PAIN.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
THAT JAMES IS OUT AND IT'S
MY SEASON, BUT I
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ANYBODY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO
BALLET AGAIN JUST LIKE IN 05 --
'04.
>>> THE RIDERS ARE IN THE
GATE AND THE MAIN EVENT IS
READY TO START.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO ANGEL
STADIUM.
WE'RE GETTING READY NOR THE MAIN
-- FOR THE MAIN EVENT TO
GET UNDER WAY.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT
CHAD REED SWEEPING THE THREE
RACES.
HE'S NOT THE FASTEST RIDER HERE.
>> THREE RIDERS HAD A FASTER
LAP.
BERRY, SHORT AND MILLSAPS.
CAN CHAD REED MAKE THE CHANGES
TO THE BIKE AND GET THE EXTRA
SPEED?
WE'LL FIND OUT AT THE MAIN
EVENT.
>> AND ANDREW SHORT DOING WELL
AS WELL.
>> WELL, THE NUMBER 12 DID
SOME SERIOUS POND HOPPING
HERE AFTER HAVING THE
KNEE INJURY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
HE JUMPED ON THE PLANE, FLEW
BACK HOME TO FRANCE,
CONSULTED HIS PHYSICIAN.
HE IS DEFINITELY READY TO RACE
IN TONIGHT'S MAIN EVENT.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE TRACK MAP.
AN INTERESTING THING HERE
IS THIS TURN.
THE RIDERS HAVE BEEN MAKING A
LOT OF MISTAKES IN THE SECOND
TURN, AFTER THE PILEUP
THERE, THEY HAVE REALLY PLAYED A
PART.
WE'LL SEE IF ALL OF THE
RIDERS CAN REALLY GET THROUGH IN
THE MAIN EVENT.
25 APPOINTMENTS UP FOR GRABS.
YOU TAKE A LOOK T A THE STARTING
LINEUP.
THE 30 SECOND BOARD IS UP AS WE
GET SET TO GET THIS ONE
UNDERWAY.
THE HOLE SHOT IS GOING TO BE A
-- POLE SHOT IS GOING TO BE KEY.
THEY COULD HAVE THE ADVANTAGE.
YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER IF HE
CAN HOLD ONTO THE LEAD ONCE
HE GETS THERE THIS TIME.
>> YEAH, THIS IS A VERY
FAST TRACK TONIGHT.
NEW YORK CITY IT'S NOT --
NO, IT'S NOT HIM.
IT'S CHAD REED GETTING THE POLE
SHOT.
WELL, HE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
THE FASTEST ALL NIGHT, BUT HE
WAS THE FASTEST HERE.
KEVIN WILLIAMS WILLIAMS COMES
WITH HIM AND MILLSAPS IS IN
THIRD.
>> THESE ARE THREE OF THE
TOP RIDERS LAST WEEK.
>> RIDERS ARE WORKING THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE SECTION.
ON THE RIDING GEAR.
MILLSAPS IN THE BLUE AND WHITE
ON THE 118.
THEY ARE TRYING TO STAY UP
WITH CHAD REED.
THE RIDERS HAVE BEEN FAST
TONIGHT.
THEY HAVE TO HOOK UP WITH
THE BACK OF CHAD REED MAKING
HIM THE ONE TO MAKE THE
MISTAKE THIS WEEK AS OPPOSED TO
LAST WEEK.
>> WINDHAM LOOKS LIKE
HE'S CLOSING IN.
>> WINDHAM HAS SOMETHING TO
PROVE.
HE GAVE UP THE LEAD LAST
WEEK AND NOW HERE'S
WINDHAM TRYING TO STOP THE CHAD
REED SWEEP.
>> HERE HE COMES INSIDE OF
REED AND THE CROWD GOES CRAZY
HERE AT ANAHEIM STADIUM AND REED
WITH ANOTHER SMALL BOBBLE
AND HE'S GOT TO KNOW.
HE CAN HEAR WINDHAM BEHIND HIM.
>> HE CAN FEEL WINDHAM BEHIND
HIM.
HE KNOWS THAT IF THE RIDERS
CATCH THE PRESSURE, HECK GET THE
LEAD.
YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE THE CROWD
IS GOING MAD.
>> WINDHAM WITH A BIT OF
A BOBBLE HERE AND THEN MILLSAPS
WITH A BOBBLE THERE.
>> JUST AT THE TOP OF
YOUR SCREEN, SOMEBODY IS
SNEAKING UP ON THE S KAWASAKI.
>> REED WITH A BOBBLE.
THIS IS WHERE WINDHAM IS SO
GOOD.
>> AND HE CAN'T THE COMPLETE
THE THIRD TRIPLE IN THAT LINE.
IF HE COULD, HE WOULD FLY
BY CHAD REED.
THIS IS THE MOST PRESSURE ANYONE
HAS HAD ON REED EXCEPT JAMES
STURTED IN A -- STEWART IN A
WHILE.
NOW, HONDA IS RIGHT BACK AT
THE THICK OF A RACE HERE.
KEVIN WINDHAM, A VETERAN
IS STILL OUT HERE BLAT LING
-- BATTLING FOR THE LEAD AT
THE TOP LEVEL OF SUPERCROSS.
>> AND SUCH A FAN FAVORITE
IS KEVIN WINDHAM.
HE WANTS A TOP STEP OF THE
PODIUM.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT A WIN
FOR KEVIN WINDHAM RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS ONE HE'S BEEN WORKING
SO HARD FOR.
YOU SEE HIM NAMING THE TRIPLE,
NAILING THE SECOND ONE AND HE
FINISHING RIGHT AT THE BACK OF
REED.
>> OH, HE'S RIGHT THERE, KEVIN
PUTS THE WHEEL INSIDE AND THAT'S
THE SECTION WHERE REED
IS USUALLY VERY GOOD THROUGH THE
WOODS.
>> DEAF KNITLY --
DEFINITELY, THIS IS ONE THAT THE
RIDERS LIVE FOR.
WHO WILL BE VICTORIOUSLY
TONIGHT?
THIS IS WHY THEY
TRAIN STRENGTH-WISE DAY IN
AND DAY OUT TO BE AT THE TOP
OF THE LEVEL OF THIS COURSE
TO COMPETE ON A STAGE JUST
LIKE THIS AT ANAHEIM.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU'VE
GOT TO BE MENTALLY TOUGH TO
COMPETE IN A RACE LIKE THIS ONE.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE MENTALLY
TOUGH TO RIDE LIKE CHAD REED
AND THE RIDERS ARE
BREATHING DOWN YOUR NECK.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE
OTHER RIDERS ARE CLOSING IN?
YOU GET IT TOGETHER JUST LIKE
CHAD REED SEEMS TO BE RIGHT NOW.
THREE BIKE LEADS AHEAD.
LAST LAP, WINDHAM WAS RIGHT ON
HIM.
>> REMEMBER, WHEN REED WON THE
CHAMPIONSHIP, IT WAS WINDHAM
BATTLING ALL THE WAY TO THE
TITLE.
MILLSAPS, ON THE 118, THE OTHER
HONDA RIDER, THE YOUNGEST OF THE
THREE.
NOW, HE CLOSES IN ON WINDHAM.
OH, AND A RIDER IS NOW.
YOU CAN SEE THE MEDICAL CREW
RIGHT HERE ASSISTING THE
FORMER WORLD CHAMPION.
>> AND NOTICE HOW THEY PUT
THE BIKE IN FRONT OF VOSS
RIGHT HERE TO PROTECT HIM.
THEY ARE STILL RACING FOR THE
WIN.
THEY ARE DO A TREMENDOUS JOB
OF ASSISTING THE RIDERS.
THEY ARE WORKING ON VOSS.
MEANWHILE, REED WORKING ON
HIS LAP TIME.
DOWN TO A 54.5 WINDHAM IS
STILL IN SECOND.
FERRY IN FOURTH AND ALESSI IN
FIVE.
SHORT WHO WON A HEAT RACE
EARLIER TONIGHT IS IN FIST.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU HAVE REED STILL NOT BLOWING
THIS ONE OUT.
>> THESE RIDERS ARE
COMING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
THAT MEANS YOU DO NOT DOUBLE
AND YOU DO NOT TRIPLE FOR
THE SAFETY OF THE DOWNED RIDER.
>> NOW, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING
WHY THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN HIM OFF
OF THE TRACK RIGHT AWAY.
SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO WORK ON
HIM WHERE HE IS AND ASSESS
THE DANGER 'BEFORE YOU MOVE HIM.
>> A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE
MEDICAL STAFF MAKING THE
DECISION TO KEEP HIM THERE.
>> AND WINDHAM STAYING ON THE
TAIL OF CHAD REED.
LOOK AT REED PICKING UP THE
WHEEL.
NOW, YOU SEE THE BACK END
REALLY FISH TAILING ON WINDHAM.
>> RIDERS LIKE CHAD REED THERE.
KEVIN WINDHAM HAS MADE A
MISTAKE.
ONCE AGAIN, THEY ARE ROLLING THE
DO BELIEVE.
-- DOUBLE.
>> A BATTLE FOR FIFTH.
JUST IN FRONT OF ANDREW SHORT
OF THE RED 29.
THE WINNER OF THE HEAT RACE
EARLIER TONIGHT.
ALESSI FINISHING THIS YEAR
RIGHT HERE AT ANAHEIM, TOO AND
ANDREW SHORT, HE'S ONLY
BROKEN INTO THE TOP FIVE ONE
TIME.
>> AND DREW SHORT WAS REALLY
FAST IN HIS HEAT RACE AS
WE'VE SEEN, HE IS GOING FOR
THE TRIPLE TRIPLE, HE DOESN'T DO
THE LAST ONE.
UNLESS HE MAKES A MISTAKE AND
SHORT GETS AROUND THE OUTSIDE.
>> ALESSI HOLDS HIM OFF, BUT
NOT FOR LONG.
>> SHORT TAKES THE
POSITION, ANDREW INTO THE TOP
FIVE.
>> NOW, LET'S SEE IF ANDREW
SHORT CAN CLOSE THAT LARGE GAP
TO GET TO THE BACK.
>> JEFF, THAT'S LIKE 13 SECONDS
AND YOU CAN SEE THE RIDER
HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE
RACETRACK.
>> JEFF, NOW WE HAVE THREE
HONDAS IN THE TOP FIVE.
A YAM HA LEADING -- YAMAHA
LEADING.
>> THE ONLY WAY THAT HAPPENS
IS BY A VERY STRONG GROUP
EFFORT.
BOY, HONDA HAS REALLY DONE A
TREMENDOUS JOB, ERIN.
>> THEY HAVE INDEED, BUT YOU'VE
GOING TO NOTICE THAT NUMBER 9
IS NOT RACING HERE THIS EVENING.
THE REASON IS THAT HE CRASHED
EARLY THIS THIS AFTERNOON.
THE OPINION IS THAT HE HAS
A CRACKED BONE IN HIS HAND.
>> HE BATTLED THROUGH
INJURIES LAST YEAR AS WELL.
HERE'S THAT BATTLE BETWEEN
SECOND ON A COUPLE OF HONDA
MEATS.
KEVIN WINDHAM HE'S HELD IT FOR
A LOT OF THE TIME TONIGHT.
>> IT MUST BE EATING HIM
ALIVE THAT HE HAS TO SIT
AND WATCH THIS EVENT WITH A
BROKEN HAND WITH THE
TEAM OBVIOUSLY DIALED IN.
>> THE ONLY GUY WHO LIKES
THIS BATTLE MORE THAN
US WATCHING IT IS CHAD REED.
HE'S IN FRONT OF THESE TWO
RIDERS.
OH, MILLSAPS TRYING TO COME BACK
INSIDE.
REALLY COMING IN ON THE
KAWASAKI.
MILLSAPS INSIDE OF WINDHAM
FOR SECOND PLACE.
>> MILLSAPS ANOTHER ONE OF THE
RIDERS WANTING TO RIGHT
THE WRONG FROM LAST WEEK.
REMEMBER, HE WAS IN THE LEAD,
CRASHED ON THE TRIPLE
JUMP, HANDING THE WIN TO CHAD
REED.
FERRY, ANOTHER RIDER UP
FRONT LAST WEEK HAD PROBLEMS.
VERY DEFINITELY NOT DIALED IN.
HE KEEPS GETTING STRONGER
AND FASTER AS THE RACE GOES ON.
>> CHAD REED, HE'S ONLY FINISHED
ONCE IN SECOND PLACE THIS YEAR.
>> WE'LL BE BACK TO SEE IF HE
CAN WIN ANOTHER ONE.
>>> DON'T MISS THE
SEASON PREMIER OF PINKS.
PART OF PREMIER WEEK ON SPEED.
JAMES STEWART WAS THE
FIRST WINNER TO SWEEP ALL OF THE
ROUNDS.
CHAD REED IS TRYING TO DO
IT HERE TONIGHT.
HE WON ANAHEIMS ONE AND TWO
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND NOW HE
LOOKS TO TAKE HIS YAMAHA TO
THE PODIUM ONCE AGAIN HERE AT
ANGEL STADIUM.
>> CHAD REED HAS
CERTAINLY FIGURED OUT SOMETHING
AS CHAMPIONS DO HERE IN BETWEEN
THE HEAT RACE AND THE MAIN
EVENT.
HE IS VERY STRONG AND SOLID.
BUT, DAVY MILLSAPS HAD A 53.7
COMPARED TO REED'S 55.1.
LITTLE BY LITTLE, HE IS INCHES
UP TO STOP CHAD REED.
YOU KNOW HE WANTS TO STOP
REED FROM SWEEPING ANAHEIM.
>> AND WITH NINE LAPS LEFT,
THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME LEFT.
>> AND AS CHAD REED GETTING
HIGHER, THIS TRACK FORCES
THESE LAP RIDERS TO
MAKE MISTAKES THAT CAN PLAY INTO
SOMEBODY'S FAVOR BESIDES CHAD
REED BECAUSE HE'S IS FIRST RIDER
COMING THROUGH.
IT'S ALWAYS THE LAST
RIDER BEHIND THAT ARE THE
BENEFICIARIES.
>> ERIN?
>> GUYS, A BRIEF UPDATE ON
VOSS, HE IS UP AND WALKING
AROUND RIGHT NOW.
HE HIT HIS HEAD EXTREMELY HARD,
HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR A FEW
MINUTES.
WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE COMING UP
LATER.
>> THAT'S GOOD NEWS TO SEE
HIM UP AND WALKING AROUND.
>> THERE'S TRAVIS PRESTON
TAKING OVER THE REIGNS FOR JAMES
STEWART WHO IS OUT, BUT IS
OUR REIGNING CHAMP.
PRESTON IS UP AND THEY WANT
HIM TO GET A GOOD FINISH.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING TO DO
THAT.
>> DEFINITELY, WITH SEVEN TO GO,
CHAD REED OUT FRONT BY JUST
OVER 3 SECONDS OVER DAY VIE
MILLSAPS.
THEY HAVE -- DAVEY MILL
MILLSAPS.
THEY HAVE PRETTY CLOSE LAP
TIMES.
WE'LL SEE IF CHAD REED CAN
HOLD THE TIME.
THE LAST THING HE WANTS IS FOR A
GUY LIKE MILLSAPS TO CLOSE HIM
IN.
>> HE'S GOT TO DEAL WITH
TRAFFIC TRYING TO GET
AROUND RIGHT NOW.
>> THERE'S REED'S MECHANICIC
GIVING HIM THE LAP TIME.
ANOTHER SIMILARITY BETWEEN THIS
YEAR AND '04 WHEN REED WON
HIS LAST AND FIRST
AMA SUPERCROSS TITLE, THAT
WAS THE LAST TIME CHAD WON
TWO OF THE THREE RACES.
REED WORK THROUGH THE RHYTHM
SECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE GAP BACK TO
MILLSAPS.
IT'S ABOUT 2% 7 SECONDS.
DAVY GOT OVER.
>> WHAT A WILD RIDE.
THAT WILL COST HIM.
HE HAD GAINED A HALF A SECOND IN
THE LAST LAP.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
ANOTHER MISTAKE LIKE THAT.
THAT JUST KILLED ALL OF THE
MOMENTUM.
I'M NOT SURE THIS LAP IS
GOING TO BE THAT GOOD.
>> YOU CAN TELL HE IS
STARTING TO ROLL BECAUSE
PRIOR TO THIS, A WEEK AGO IN SAN
FRANCISCO, HE IS PUTTING A LOT
ON HIM.
SAYING THIS MAYBE THE
FUTURE STAR FOR HON DAY.
>> WELL, DEFINITELY AND
MILLSAPS A CHAMPION.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE INTERVALS
BACK.
CHAD REED HAD A PRETTY GOOD
LEAD ON EVERYONE EXCEPT
FOR FERRY AND MILLSAPS WHO ARE
PUTTING IN A VERY GOOD RIDE.
>> CHAD REED IS GOING BEHIND
CARPENTER.
CARPENTER IS GETTING THE FLAG TO
MOVE OVER FOR THE FASTER RIDER
BEHIND HIM.
>> ALL OF THE AGGRESSIVE RIDING
BY DAVY MILLSAPS MOVED HIM UP,
BUT IT ALMOST LIKES LIKE HE'S
TAKING A BIT OF A BREATHER
NOW WITH JUST FOUR TO GO.
REED CONTINUING TO WORK HIS WAY
THROUGH THE TRAFFIC ON HIS WAY
TO MAKING SOME HISTORY.
THERE IS TRAVIS PRESTON ON THE
GREEN KAWAKSAKI IN THE GREEN AND
WHITE RIDING HERE.
-- GEAR.
IT'S A OOD SPOT TO BUILD
A RIDER WHEN WE TALKED WITH
HIM TODAY, HE SAID HE HADN'T
PRACTICED A TON.
>> HE JUST GOT LAPPED THERE
BY WINDHAM WHICH WAS HIS TAME
MATE LAST YEAR -- TEAMMATE LAST
YEAR, YEAH, PRESTON HAS TO BE
HAPPY WITH TONIGHT ON HIS WAY
TO COMPLETING ALL 20 LAPS.
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GET
BACK ON THE RACING TRACK.
THE OTHER RACERS HAVE HAD FOUR
RACES UNDER THEIR BELT AND LOTS
OF TESTING.
CHAD IS ON HIS WAY BACK.
>> HE IS ON THE ALL
TIME SUPERCROSS LIST.
>> HALL OF FAME NUMBERS.
>> HALL OF FAME NUMBERS NO
DOUBT.
HE GOT HIS FIRST WIN BACK
IN 2003
THAT PUTS HIM IN THE CLASS
OF THE KING.
CARMICHAEL IS ONE OF THE ONLY
RIDERS TO HAVE 30 PLUS.
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE RIGHT
THERE.
>> THAT'S A SHORT LIST THERE.
>> IT'S PRETTY RARE WHEN YOU
TALK ABILITY HANGING WITH
CARMICHAEL.
CHAD REED, THE FIRST TIME HE
ROAD IN THE U.S., PEOPLE SAID
THAT THIS GUY HAS SOME SERIOUS
TALENT WHEN IT COMES TO
SUPERCROSS.
HE DEFINITELY BACKS IT UP WITH
THE HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION.
HE'S HAD TO PUT UP WITH A LOT
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
HE IS VERY DOMINATE.
NOW, THIS IS CHAD REED'S YEAR
TO BE DOMINATE AND WRAP UP
THE MULTIPLE WINS AND HE'S ON
HIS WAY TO WINNING
THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THERE'S
A LOT OF RACING IN BETWEEN
HERE AND VEGAS FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT CHAD
REED IS SAYING THAT HE'S GOING
TO DO WHAT HE HAS TO DO.
>> HE TOOK SOME TIME OFF
THIS YEAR, HE WENT BACK HOME
TO OS -- AUSTRALIA AND HE
HAS REALLY PREVENE THAT
THE PROCESS WORKED FOR
HIM BECAUSE HE CAME BACK AS
READY AS WE'VE EVER SEEN HIM
TO BATTLE FOR THIS TITLE.
TIM FERRY UP TO THIRD.
THE KAWASAKI RIDER HAVING A VERY
GOOD NIGHT.
CHAD REED LEFT HIS
NATIVE AUSTRALIA AT A VERY YOUNG
AGE.
HE'S GOT A CHAMPIONSHIP
UNDER HIS BELT.
MAYBE ON HIS WAY TO SECOND.
TONIGHT, ABOUT TO MAKE
HISTORY AS HE WILL BECOME ONLY
THE SECOND RIDER IN
MONSTER SUPERCROSS HISTORY TO
WIN ALL THREE OF THE RACES
IN ONE SEASON AND CHAD REED
HAS DONE IT.
HE'S SWEPT ANAHEIM IN 2008.
MILLSAPS WILL HANG ON FOR SECOND
JUST IN FRONT OF TIM FERRY
AND YAMAHA, HONDA AND
KAWASAKI GO 1, 2, 3, BUT
CHAD REED, THE AUSTRALIAN
HAS MADE HISTORY.
SWEEPING ANAHEIM.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO TALK WITH
HIM.
>> DAVY MILLSAPS GIVE IT HIS
ALL TONIGHT, SITTING ON
THE GROUND, CHECKING HIS
RIGHT FORARM, IT MUST HAVE BEEN
GIVING HIM PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT
THE RACE.
MILLSAPS FINISHED SECOND IN THE
RACE.
CHAD REED HAS DONE IT SWEEPING
ANAHEIM IN 2008.
ONLY THE SECOND RIDER TO TAKE
ALL THREE RACES IN A SINGLE
SEASON.
TIM FERRY PUT KAWASAKI ON THE
PODIUM.
HERE'S ERIN.
>> WELL, CHAD DID EXACTLY WHAT
HE SET OUT TO DO.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
>> OH, IT'S HUGE.
YOU KNOW LIKE I SAID, BEFORE
I CAME SO CLOSE.
I REALLY WANTED THE WHOLE SHOT
AND MAKING THINGS EASY FOR ME.
I THINK IT WAS ME MORE THAN THE
BIKE, WE ARE GONG TO GET ON TOP
OF THAT AND COME OUT SWINGING
IN SAN DIEGO.
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
>> WHAT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR
YOU TONIGHT?
>> WELL, THE DIRT WAS DIFFERENT.
IT WAS LIKE THE EAST COAST.
MAYBE IT JUST CAUGHT US OFF
GUARD.
THE GUYS WERE GIVING ME AN
AWESOME BACKING AND GOT
THE WHOLE SHOT.
I WATCHED THE GUYS BEHIND AND
MADE A FEW MISTAKES BUT WANTED
TO GET THE WIN.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
VICTORY.
>> LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE
REPLAY.
>> CHAD ON THE BLUE BIKE
JUST HAS IT ALL ALONG.
DAVEY MILLSAPS TRIES TO
GET AROUND, BUT CAN'T.
>> WELL IT'S ALL ABOUT LAS
VEGAS.
THAT'S WHERE CHAD REED IS
LOOKING.
IT SHOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO WRAP
UP THE YEAR AND RIGHT NOW
CHAD REED HAS A FULL LEAD
OVER KEVIN WINDHAM.
25 POINTS IS A FULL RACE.
THAT'S DEVASTATING FOR THE
RIDERS THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON.
REALLY DEVASTATES THEM.
ERIN?
>> WELL, IT WAS
UNDECIDED WHETHER MILLSAPS WAS
GOING TO RACE, BUT YOU PULLED
THROUGH.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
>> WELL, EARLIER THIS WEEK, I
WENT DOWN ON MY HOME TRACK AND I
HURT MY HAND REALLY BAD AND
I CAME OUT HERE AND IT
WASN'T FEELING BETTER.
IN PRACTICE, I CAME OUT AND
IT WAS HURTING.
MY TRAINER AND I CAME OUT AND
RACED.
>> YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO BE
FEELING THIS WAY.
TIM FERRY, THIS WAS ONE OF
THE TOUGHEST RACETRACKS OUT
THERE.
DID IT COME DOWN TO WHOEVER
MADE THE LEAST MISTAKES?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT CAME DOWN TO
DAVY AND CHAD AND ME.
THE TRACK WAS TOUGH.
IT FELT GOOD TO BE BACK ON THE
BOX AFTER THREE CRASHES.
I WANT TO THANK KAWAKSAKI FOR
A GOOD DAY.