THO World S uperc ross GPfT HO AMA Supercros s Se r ies
on both of their minds com ing into St.
Louis, Missouri's Edward Jones Dome for
round I I of the THQ AMA Supercross
Series.
''I'm real happy to come out of the
weekend like this and win again," Reed
said. "It was my first time I was able to put
three together, so I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season, and for
sure a weekend off [after Indianapolis,
March 20]."
The last thing Windham wanted going
into St. Louiswas to see Reed get his third
straight win.
"1don't write myself off, but this is the
first time that anyone in the season's gone
three in a row," Windham said. "I definitely wanted to come in and win ton ight
to shut Chad dow n again, and Idon't want
him to get the mome ntum through the
remaining part of the season like he did
with Ricky [Carmichael] last year [when
Reed won six in a row to end the season]."
The St. Louis 250cc main event started
with a bang, and it was Suzuki's Travis
Pastrana supplying the fireworks. Pastrana
started about sixth, but through the first
tum and down the fi rst straightaway, he
quickly moved all the way into second,
just past Red Bull KTM's Grant Langs-
(Left) Chad Reed (22) had some bad
luck leading into the ra ce, and he
narrowly avoided some more on
the first lop when Travis Pastrana
(199) crashed in frant of him. Grant
Langston (out of frame, left) wasn't
so lucky. Reed won his eighth main
of the year, and third straight .
(Below) Kevin Windham reeled Reed
in but rode too tight and had to let
the Aussie go. He finished second
again.
e am Yam aha 's C had Reed
has finally ac hieved a new
level of do minance this season. For t he firs t t ime all
year, he's put together three
wins in a row, having won at Atlanta and
Dayto na the two previ ous weeks. Up
until now, every time he would put two
race wins together, Ams oil/ Ch aparral
Honda's Kevin Windham wou ld answer
back with one of his own . That fact was
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