Max xi s T ire s U.S. O p e n
M G M Gra n d Garden Are n a
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P HOTO S BY S T EVE B RU HN
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GAS, NV, OCT. 10-11
f.':1 o st p eop le have conceded that
!!'U wh en i t co mes to su pe rcro ss,
Cha d Reed is easily o ne o f the to pthr ee fa stest ride rs in the world today .
Wh at m any fa ns m ay ha ve been previou sly unaware of, t hough, i s that
w he n all th e ti tles and money a re
stri pped away , Chad Reed is a gen uinel y good gu y. T hat m a y be an
understatement: He 's a great guy, as
he showed by ta k ing th e S 100 ,000
that he won for his weekend 's work
and donating a large sum of it to his
fri end and countryman Jamie Brock ma n , who wa s paralyz ed fr om the
nec k dow n at th e M ill vi ll e MX Na tional, in o rder to get him th e treatment
h e n eed s a nd a t ri p back ho m e to
Australi a.
" J am ie' s a fr ien d , and I g rew up
w ith hi m in Austr ali a , and he c am e to
th e U.S. abou t six years ago and j ust
k ind of hung out and was doing some
Na tio nals and things li k e th at ," Reed
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