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Qualifying HowThey GotThere (Abo ve) Mik e laRocco chara cte ristica lly come from behind for fifth , not fa r behind Byrne. a sp lit-seco nd decis ion to back o ut ." Re e d w ent on to sco re his third victory of the year, and Win d ham rode all by himself fo r se co nd . Ree d appar e nt ly enj oys the clean racing agai ns t a rival su ch as W ind ham . "Yeah , defini tely. You know, Kevin is a great guy to ra ce w ith, and you kno w it' s tw o -stroke ve rs us fo ur-s troke, w hich ma kes it eve n more competitive , and the m edia lo ves that stuff as w ell," he said . And Ree d sounded like he cho ked up a bit on the podi um , with reason. "We unfo rt unate ly lost o ne of our rider partne rs this wee ke nd - a young guy died to night, and I want to give my best to his family and th ings like that . It sucks . We' re o ut he re doing w hat we love to do , and unfo rtunately so m e body loses a life , so wh at can you say but get well and deal wit h it." eN QUALCOMM S TADIUM SAN DI EGO, CAUFORNIA R ESULT JANUARY 24, 2004 S: (ROUND 4 O F 16) MAI N (20 I. p.)' I. Chad Reed (Y am); 2. K..... Windham (Hon) ; 3. David Vuillemin (Y am): 4. Michael Byrne watching th e laptimes on the pitbo ard , and we w e re co ming into the lappers,' Reed said . " I just de cided it was time to mak e the move right away and make a ra ce of it." W indh am w as game. "Wh en he got back by, I definitely did n't think t he ra ce was over," he said. "I was st ill re ady to go ." W ind ham was all o ve r Reed for the ne xt two circuits, but fo ur laps from the e nd, W indham lost his drive over the infield triple and had to double the obsta cle - and t hat was th at. "For w hatever reas on , I lost my d rive and decided to back o ut of that on e triple, and that was it," W indh am said, laugh ing. "If you can't do the triple eve ry lap, you 're no t go ing to win . I was ve ry frust ra te d , but it's defi nite ly better th an cas ing it, w hic h w ou ld've put m e ou t of the night, so it was 16 (Kaw); 5. Mike l.aRoc:co(Hon): 6. Grant Langston (KTM): 7. N ick Wey (Su 8. Damon Huffman (Hon); 9. Erick Vallet<> z); (Yam); 10. Ke;th R. Johnson (Yam); I I. R,.." ClMk (Yam ); ); 12. Joe Oehlhof (Hon); 13. Heath Voss (Yam H . Clark Stiles (Hon) ; 15. Robb ie Reynard (Hon); 16. James Povolny (Hon); 17. lYte rEvans (Suz): 18. Han s N eel (Hon); 19. Mike Brown (Y am) ; 20 . Ezra lusk (Yam ). Race Time.: 17 min ., 23.+4 sec . Margin of Vtct ory: 3.197 sec . TH Q AHA SUPERCROSS SERIES POINTS STAN DINGS (Afte r 4 of 16 rou nd s): I. Chad Reed (97/3 wins); 2. David Vuillemin (76): 3. Mike laRoc co (72); 4. Kevin Wi nd ham (7 111 win)-; S. Michael Byrne (58 ); 6. Damon Huff""", (5 1); 7. Nk k Wey (50); 8. Gr.mt LAngoton (37); 9. (TIE) Tommy Ferry (36YJYler E-r.om (l 6); II. (TIE) E= Lusk (33VKe