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th the knowledge that
the last few races have
been decided basically
out o f t he ga te , and
de finite ly withi n the
first few laps, Team Yamaha's Chad Reed
ac tually foun d him se lf in an unenviable
position beh ind se ries rival Kevin Windham in the first turn. How eve r, Ree d saw
an opportunity to decide the race early,
and he too k it , driving his YZ250 into
W indham's path as Windham railed the
outs ide of the first turn .
"We' re racers, and we love to race ,"
Re ed said. "I think the aggress ive racing is
slowly coming back, and I just had to be
W
aggressive. It wasn't beca use it was Kevin
[Windham] or anyone else; I just did w hat
was done to me in my heat race [by Gra nt
Langston]. T he trac ks a re easier and
faster, and we need good starts . Th at's
the differe nce betwee n first and seco nd,
it seems ."
Getting out front first once again did
prove to be the differen ce, as the Aussie
raced on to his sixth win of the yea r, w hile
Amso il/Chapar ra l Honda's W ind ham
rec ove red for second but o nce again fell
to more than a race behind in points, as
he currently trails Reed by 26 with seve n
rounds left to run .
It was actually MotoXXX's Damon
Chad Reed scores a knockout punch early in the ninth round
By
STEVE
Cox
PHOTOS BY STEVE BRUHN
20
MARCH 1O
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