Race Report - Budds Creek
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- August 23 2009
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The weather and racing in Maryland were both hot, humid, and anything but predictable. As the series winds down, one champion has now been crowned, but the other series is still completely up for grabs with two races remaining. Budds Creek is known for the excellent track conditions and for a while, that held true…until the rains came. Read through the Race Report, check out the photos, and be sure to check back on Monday for Kickstart and the news from the pits.
450 Moto 1
Red Bull Honda’s Davi grabbed the opening holeshot of the day. Geico Powersports/Honda’s Daniel Reardon was railing the outside of the first turn when his front end knifed in and he cut across nearly the entire track, taking out several riders along the way. Making it through the melee though was Moto Concepts’ Jeff Alessi in second and would go on to put in some very impressive laps. Championship hopefuls, Red Bull Honda’s Andrew Short and Rockstar/ Makita/Suzuki’s Chad Reed had been entangled in the first turn confusion, and on the opening lap were barely within the top ten.
Behind Alessi was Cody Cooper who was putting in one of his best performances of the year aboard his Toyota/JGR/Yamaha. But no before long, Cooper would crash and Alessi slowly began dropping in rank, when he was displaced by a charging Reed. The Suzuki rider put on a frantic ride to move himself into second by around the 12 minute mark. Following Reed up through the pack were factory replacement riders Jake Moss on the Monster Kawasaki and Matt Goerke on the factory Yamaha. Perhaps riding with some newly inspired confidence the two riders looked very deserving of their temporary gigs as they rapidly sliced their way through the pack.
Other riders putting in some equally impressive performances were Valli Motorsports’ Kyle Regal, Red Bull Honda’s Ivan Tedesco, and Rockstar/Makita/ Suzuki’s Michael Byrne, who had begun the moto 15th, 14th, and 13th respectively. Climbing very rapidly, Tedesco had moved up to fifth place by the halfway mark. However, although Regal’s ascension was more gradual, he never stopped moving forward and by moto’s end would claim fourth place.
Back to the leaders, Millsaps at one point held a ten second advantage over Reed as he was able to break away very quickly from the rest of the pack in the opening laps. But Reed was easily the fastest rider on the track and in the closing laps pulled up within a second of the Honda mounted rider. In a tricky off-camber section on the far side of the track, Millsaps bobbled in a rut, allowing Reed to close within a second. But with the white flag waving, Millsaps seemed re-inspired by Reed’s pressure and picked his pace back up. With the white flag already waving Millsaps regained his composure and was able to hold on for the win mere tenths of a second over Reed.
450 Moto 2
With the forecasted rain finally beginning to fall, Ivan Tedesco claimed the holeshot, but this time around, Reed was not too far behind in second. Rounding out the top five were Canidae/Motosport/Kawasaki’s Tommy Hahn, and Red Bull Honda teammates Davi Millsaps and Andrew Short. As the rain would pick up and then taper off again, Reed began reeling Tedesco in. about ten minutes in, the Suzuki pilot was able to make the pass just after the finish line jump and then continued on to open up a gap.
Hahn, in his recent string of strong single-moto performances, redeemed his poor first moto showing by not only maintaining third, but he would also go on to catch Tedesco and pass the Honda rider for second place.
This time around, Regal did not have to make up the same amount of ground that he had in the first moto. Still the result was the same as the pro rookie picked his way from a seventh place start to finish the moto, again, in fourth place.
Possibly one of the strongest rides of the day came from Jake Moss, who began the second moto in 22nd place. But the young Australian slowly picked off riders and went on to take ninth place.
But the true story was happening way out front. News came over the speakers, that according to Short’s position, Reed would take the championship title if they finished in the positions they were riding in at the time. Sure enough, as the laps wound down, the excitement of a possible title winner at Budds Creek seem to get the crowd moving. Reed rounded the track and once he crossed the finish line you could feel the relief and happiness that the championship meant for the talented Australian. With two rounds remaining in the series, Chad Reed became the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross 450 Class Champion.
Results
1) Chad Reed 2-1
2) Davi Millsaps 1-6
3) Ivan Tedesco 5-3
4) Kyle Regal 4-4
5) Tommy Hahn 12-2
6) Michael Byrne 6-5
7) Tim Ferry 9-8
Andrew Short 7-10
9) Matt Goerke 3-27
10) Jimmy Alberston 11-12
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August 23rd, 2009 at 8:45 am
chad is nember 1!!!!!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:46 am
suzuki is number 1!!!!!!!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:47 am
i am number 1
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
Congrats Reed!
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:38 am
haha like the short smiley face
August 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm
the real heros of the day were the 250's, 450's had a perfect track compared to them. at the end of the day i was walking through 3'-4' deep rivers and holes to get out of the track, there were seriously small rivers running across budds creek half way though the 250 moto 2.
August 23rd, 2009 at 6:33 pm
you should have seen hangtown in 90? i think….bayle/dowd won…….could have raced a jet ski….and they didn't cut the race short.
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:46 pm
why is moss wearing thor pants and moose jersey?
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:48 pm
ups sorry its goerke # 34 not moss
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:49 pm
he is actually wearing troy lee pants and jersey
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Nope, that is a moose jersey and the thor flux pants… kinda odd
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Moose forgot to get him pants for the race so he had to just hope he fit into josh hills thor stuff, which he did and moose wont get mad because moose and thor are owned by the same distribution company.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Props to privateer rider Kyle Regal, who caught and passed factory riders Millsaps, Short, and many others on his way to a 4th overall finish!!! By the way Transworld, what's with Christian Craig video??? He hasn't done anything special in the pros yet except having a famous dad and getting an undeserved JGR ride. I guarantee you Regal has 10 times the heart and motivation that Craig has! And much better results too. Transworld is really bad about mostly reporting about the factory riders that they like.
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:34 pm
well then quit comlaining and make your own site and we will see who gets more views..
ya shut it dude, id rather read something about someone i barely know or heard of then someone tht i have bin hearing about on the tv races for an hour!
August 24th, 2009 at 12:23 am
Lame
August 24th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Did anyone notice on TV when Chad Reed took off his jersey he was wearing a black strap around his left and right arms. Anyone know what those black straps are?
August 24th, 2009 at 2:23 am
They didn't talk about Regal on TV for an hour. They showed him for about 30 seconds and mentioned him a couple of other times. They spent most of the time showing Reed way out in front. Personally, I would rather do something much more interesting than watching Reed ride 15 seconds out front and listening to the lousy announcers talk about him (except for Ricky)…like watching paint dry. But that's another topic. Back on subject: Racer X has done several interviews with Regal in the last few weeks on their website, and none on Craig since he hasn't done much, and something tells me that they are getting plenty of views. My point was that Transworld doesn't interview many privateers, even if they beat most of the factory guys, because they only focus on certain riders. Want proof? Look at the pictures on this webpage and you'll see several pictures of certain riders, but none of privateers that are doing really well (like Regal).
August 24th, 2009 at 4:03 am
c34 i guess you enjoy watchin stewart on tv for 30 mins though? I think they were so focused on him bc he was on his way to a championship. They showed other battles also such as kyle regal fightin to the front and byrner, but they wasnt goin to win the CHAMPIONSHIP at the end of the day. And if you want to hear about someone new go buy a issue of moto play ground. The black straps are for his neck brace.
August 24th, 2009 at 5:05 am
whatever dumba$$ said that goerke was wearing thor and moose is an idiot. thor pants dont have the white tabs on the knees of the pants thors are blue.
August 24th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Truth: No, I don't enjoy watching Stewart on TV for 30 minutes when he's way out front, and I don't know how that's relevant. Speed and NBC do that all the time, not just at Budds or for a championship. And yes, I know they showed Regal for a little bit, as I mentioned it in my previous comment. My whole point is that TWMX and Speed/NBC, among others, don't give enough coverage to privateers. They tend to be biased toward the factory riders. And it's not just on TWMX or TV either. I would like to see videos/interviews with a larger variety of riders. If TWMX claims to be "The number one MX magazine," then I think they should cover new riders and privateers. Why should I have to go buy Moto Playground to read about new riders if TWMX is the "Number one MX magazine?" And by the way, props to the person who wrote this race report, because he did menion Regal various times.
August 24th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Because he's an aussie (Y)
August 24th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
When are we going to get a full race ever weekend live or at least played back the 450 class is good and all.I want to see the 250 class much better and closer racing. They show 4 hours of gay ass nascar. Why can't we get both motos in each class on the same day!!!
August 24th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Why can't we get a full race on T.V Live or played back. Both classes not just half of the 450 race. They show four hours of Nascar. Why can't we get a two hour motocross race in the same day. How is our sport going to grow with this half coverage.
August 24th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Jake Moss is wearing 2010 TLD gear. It isn't Moose or Thor.
August 24th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
They are the new thor flux pants. They said it on tv. they said it on here, they said it on racer x. They are thor pants. you are the dumba$$
August 24th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
they are for his neck brace he doesnt wear the big ole starp outside of the jersey
August 24th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I agree. And why can't they show the 250 class same-day too? Often, the 250 class is more exciting and has better races! So why do we have to wait a week to see them?!
August 24th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
BBOOOOO Everyone knew Reed won because everyone that could smoke him was out.
August 25th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Reed beat everyone stewart beat when he raced. So does stewart not deserve his championships either. If anything Reed had more competition. You Reed haters seem to forget he came in on a 2 week notice while everyone else wa training for 1-2 months or mare before the start. You stewart fans are a bunch of hypocrites. GO REED, show Stewart what the dealio is neaxt year in SX.
August 25th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Reed won because he was there. Just as everyone else takes themselves out by riding beyond there body's limit, reed will always capitalize because knows his limit and isn't dumb enough to hurt himself. It's what makes a champion. The fastest don't always win. But the best do win.
August 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Thats the x-strap for the alpinestars neck brace, without it the neck brace would flop all over the place
August 26th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
your an idiot. it's moose gear putz.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
i love TWMX but the downloading is so slow to view pictures.OMG fix this please.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:22 am
c34, you wouldn't be related to c4 by chance? Either way he wanted me to pass on this message to you…BOOM! Hey thanks for some props, I wrote the report and I mentioned Regal because he deserved it. Not only did he go 4-4, but he is killing it as a true rookie privateer, in the 450 Class no less. I'll admit I had never even heard of the kid before he turned pro at Freestone but he is killing it now!
August 27th, 2009 at 2:32 am
Boooo! if only stewart was there he wouldve kicked his butt!. wait, if carmichael was there… he would of done what he did to stewart in…05 06 even in semi retirement 07. wait… if REAL racers like henry and hannah… shut up whats ur face!
August 27th, 2009 at 2:38 am
you idiot he was wearing moose jersey and thor pants i was there, but idk why he was
August 27th, 2009 at 3:38 am
clearly its tld look at the pic
August 27th, 2009 at 7:04 am
I have to go number 2
August 27th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
wats happened to max anstie