SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
ROUND 4/JANUARY 24, 2015
O.CO COLISEUM/OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
P48
led three laps of the 20-lap main
after passing holeshotter Andrew
Short, and ran a solid second
before running off the track and
giving the position up to Dungey.
Eventually, Reed settled for
third, but was convinced his was
second best on the night.
"It's nice to be disappointed in
a third," said Reed. "I think we
were better than third tonight,
but getting on the podium is
always nice. Just a little disap-
pointed in my mistake but it's
nice to be up there."
No doubt last week's debacle
with Canard put a little fire in
Reed's belly for the Oakland
race.
"I'd be lying if I said [it didn't
have an influence]," said Reed.
"I'm still pretty fired up about it."
At one point, Reed looked
very capable of winning the
race, but then Canard seemed
to pick up the pace and made
the pass, although Reed closed
in near the end before running
off the track.
"Leading, I felt like Trey had
his lines down in a few areas
that I didn't," said Reed. "He
was just really committed to
lines that were a little different
than we took all day. I would
assume having press day, see-
ing the lines on the racetrack
when we walked the track in
practice, they were more press
day lines. I think maybe the
track kind of came to him more
than us. I actually learned a lot
from him when he came around
me. I started taking a few of his
lines and getting comfortable. I
started gapping Dungey a little
bit and actually catching Trey.
So I was excited and just made
Zach Bell (44) got off to
a fast start in the 250
main, as did Alex Martin
(31), who finished on the
podium for the first time
of his career.
