Race Report - Anaheim 2
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- January 18 2009
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SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT
Rockstar/ Makita/ Suzuki’s Mike Alessi nabbed the holeshot but his teammate, Chad Reed went down with Cernics Kawasaki’s Bobby Kiniry, remounting in second to last. Geico Powersports/ Honda’s Kevin Windham took over the lead after the finish line and Monster Everygy/ Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto quickly moved into third. San Manuel/ L&M/ Yamaha’s James Stewart was in sixth at the end of lap one with the top four order being Windham, JGR/ Yamaha’s Josh Grant, Villopoto, and Red Bull Honda’s Ivan Tedesco. Grant caught up to Windham on the third lap with Villopoto close behind. Villopoto tried a different combination in the rhythm section but did not get Grant and Reed had already moved up to 11th by the third lap.
Windham remained in the lead with about two seconds back to Villopoto in third, while Stewart was slowly closing in on the leaders on the fourth lap and Reed was up to eigth tailing his teammate, Alessi, by one second. The top four were all evenly spaced but Stewart began to put the pressure on Villopoto going into the rhythm but did not make the pass before the finish line.
Stewart made the pass on Villopoto in the whoops and went to work on Grant, while Windham had a little breathing room now. In the option they all went to the outside. Again Stewart’s pass attempt on Grant failed before the rhythm. Reed moved up to sixth place on the eigth lap.
Stewart finally made the pass on Grant in the right-hander before the rhythm which must have thrown him off as Villopoto also passed him at the end of the section.
Reed was catching Tedesco for fifth place and Stewart started to pressure Windham and he passed him right after the finish, going through the turn into the rollers as the crowd went crazy. Reed had about five seconds behind Grant on the 11th lap. Stewart mistimed the rhythm, almost throwing it away, but recovered with Windham and Villopoto right on his tail. One lap later, Stewart regained a more comfortable lead on Windham. Reed was starting to pressure Grant for fourth as they headed past the mechanics area. The crowd continued to cheer for Stewart every lap around and were on their feet. With six laps to go, Reed finally passed Grant for fourth as Villopoto continued to pressure Windham and Andrew Short began to make some time on Grant for fifth.
Reed caught Villopoto and was trying everything to get around him. Taking the inside over the triple, Reed tried to make a move but it did not stick. Through the rhythm, Reed looked very strong and made the pass on Villopoto for third. Next, he went to work on Windham with one lap remaining. Windham knew he was there, but Reed was putting lots of pressure on as they dealt with lapped traffic. Through the whoops and out, Reed made the final pass for second with the crowd on its feet and Stewart took an enthusiastic win.
SUPERCROSS MAIN EVENT RESULTS
1. James Stewart
2. Chad Reed
3. Kevin Windham
4. Ryan Villopoto
5. Josh Grant
6. Andrew Short
7. Ivan Tedesco
8. Timmy Ferry
9. Mike Alessi
10. Davi Millsaps
11. Paul Carpenter
12. Josh Hill
13. Nick Wey
14. Heath Voss
15. Troy Adams
16. Steve Boniface
17. Ben Coisy
18. Sean Hamblin
19. Bobby Kiniry
20. Matt Boni
AMA SUPERCROSS CLASS SEASON STANDINGS
- Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Suzuki, 64
- Josh Grant, Riverside, Calif., Yamaha, 61
- Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda, 53
- James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha, 52
- Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 48
- Ivan Tedesco, Tallahasse, Fla., Honda, 47
- Tim Ferry, Largo, Fla., Kawasaki, 43
- Kevin Windham, Centerville, Miss., Honda, 41
- Mike Alessi, Apple Valley, Calif., Suzuki, 32
- Davi Millsaps, Tallahassee, Fla., Honda, 31
PAGE ONE: Lites Qualifying PAGE TWO: SX Qualifying PAGE THREE: Lites Main PAGE FOUR: SX Main
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January 18th, 2009 at 2:28 am
OMG thanks transworld!!! thanks for the fastest coverage with the many cool photos! you guys are sikk and im thankful to you for not charging us a fee(racerx/webcast ripp-off) to get all the action and latest results!
January 18th, 2009 at 2:44 am
awesome ride chad reed…
January 18th, 2009 at 2:45 am
GOOD TO C RV A PODIUM THREAT
January 18th, 2009 at 3:27 am
RV’s gettin better! and way to go Reed! sucks to see him go down. i’ve always been a fan and i wanna see him take the championship. it’s gonna be a battle though. man this season should be good!
January 18th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Way to go Chad Reed. Doin Australia proud. What a awesome ride.
To see he made up 13 seconds on Stewart and lay down a .58 lap time was sick. Bring on Houston!
January 18th, 2009 at 4:47 am
PS. Transworld MX great work for the pics and coverage.
January 18th, 2009 at 5:14 am
For the same reason they always favored RC. Think about it.
January 18th, 2009 at 6:32 am
i can haz cheezeburgerz
January 18th, 2009 at 8:26 am
reed is definatly the fastest. he hasent gotten first yet. but once he gets a holeshot. hes bound to win!
January 18th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Mad props to Reed to come back - congrats to Windham for a hell of a race and WAY TO GO EVERYBody FOR NOT LETTING Stewie get the holeshot and check out. Otherwise, it is BORING and a snooze-fest if he does, so keep it up. RV2 must still be getting his 450 legs, so hopefully he can start making it interesting between 3 or 4 riders instead of Reed and Eddie Murphy the whole season. Reed looks WAY comfortable on that nice Suzuki…
January 18th, 2009 at 9:26 am
dude im not gonna lie but for some reason it really buggs me when stewart wins and idk why…..GO REED, and RV2
January 18th, 2009 at 9:44 am
it could be because you are a hater.
January 18th, 2009 at 9:53 am
rv needs to get him some starts and he will battle for a bit with the boys
January 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am
stewart is american
January 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am
no way
stewart isnt even ridin hard
January 18th, 2009 at 11:52 am
whats up with no announcer’s on cbs?
January 18th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
that was an amazing ride that Reed had…forget Stewart…in the lites class im glad to see 2 guys in the top 10 from the 208 of Idaho
January 18th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
GO REED!! GO REED!!
January 18th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
cbs coverage sukks,bring back david bailey PLEASE! all this is was 45 mins worth of short video clips with dumb music then the main event with ralph shaeen commenting in the lammest way! he asked emig how the evenings drop in air temp would effect tonights racing???? what , dewd…common,your in socal bro…ralph,you can do better than that. hire the x racers for t.v.,or even hurt riders! anybody else,not RALPHHHHH!
January 18th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
awesome ride by Reed last night, he showed great heart and determination. just didn’t look like Stewie was on his game last night, we were watching closely and he was just off a little. huge props to Grant, with all the hype on RV he’s proved to be the the stand out rookie in my book, that 450 suits him well.
January 18th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Where was Canard?
January 18th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
are you kidding me? reed went from second to last, to second place. stewarts lost it, he was so sketchy last night, he kept casing the same section a half a dozen times.
January 18th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Good question. I’m wondering the same thing.
January 18th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
cmon Transworld, lets hear what happened with Canard!
January 18th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Canard has a concussion from his gnarly crash at Phoenix.
January 18th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
not really stewarts just kinda a d bag
January 18th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
4th isnt podium stewy, reed, windham got podium
January 18th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
He said a “podium THREAT”. That means he is threatening or close to getting on the podium. James I think your a retard.
January 18th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Chad Reed Was 2 seconds faster than stewart!
and he was coming through traffic!
January 18th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Stewart is riding as fast as he can. He has by no means, “lost it”. His bike is holding him back, and he knows it. He’s been fighting the bike much more than fighting the competition, and if he and his team don’t straighten the Yam out soon, Reed is gonna walk away with another red plate. Reeds best lap was almost 2 seconds faster than Stewarts best, in the main.
Either way, the racing this year is great!
Thanks for the pics TWMX! Kiss, kiss, smooch!
January 19th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Stewart - 1:00.015
Reed - 58.816
Time Difference - 1.199 seconds.
January 19th, 2009 at 8:26 am
i just wish Reed had two more laps!!!
January 19th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Same goes for jlaw ! he was putting down the fastest laps of the night as the closing laps came around. and he had to do a little trials riding on the first turn if you cought it!
January 19th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
yamaha sucks why do you think reed got faster after the switch
January 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
your a d bag
January 19th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
j law is losing it and dungey is capitalizing on his mistakes
January 19th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
definitly chad reed has improved a lot his speed , he seems to go faster, i don like him very much but , he deserves my respect
lucky in th e next race chad!
January 19th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Props to the 208 crew. Evans, Wiemer, and Siebler.
January 19th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
dungey was faster the entire night………..again
January 19th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
jlaw is nothing but a trash talker. He claims that dungey makes too many mistakes yet he’s had to go to the LCQ the past 2 races and didn’t even make the main at Phoenix. He barely won that SX title last year and just because he has a number 1 on his plate makes him think he’s god
January 19th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
cuz suzuki is fuel injected and yamaha isn’t? isn’t that a no brainer
January 20th, 2009 at 9:09 am
yamaha still sucks
January 20th, 2009 at 11:30 am
worst decision james stewart has made = move to yamaha. might as well be riding a pedal bike.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I HAVE A BUMPER STICKER ON MY TRUCK THAT SAYS I LIKE IT WHEN BALLS ARE ON MY FACE
January 20th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
seems to be more a rider issue than a “brand of bike” issue. Chad’s obviously been training alot harder in the off-season…if yamaha’s are pedal bikes then honda, ktm, suzuki, and kawi must be skateboards or something like that…Just remember who started bringing back the 4 stroke (then every other manufacturer joined the ban wagon)
January 24th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Chad won the championship on a Yami last year.
The magazine reviews say that fuel injection will not make the difference between winning and loosing. It will just make you sound like a looser if you bitch about not having it.
Stewart has no excuse. He has past his prime.
San Man Yami would be kicking themselves for sacking Chad. They just lost the best SX rider in the world.
And can that toss back Ralph Shaheen stop calling JS the fastest rider on the plannet. Its like saying the housing market in the US is booming.