WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 17 APRIL 28, 2015 P55
Briefly...
Discount Tire/TwoTwo Motorsports's
Chad Reed did not compete in New
Jersey, but he tried. A sore shoulder,
the result of a crash last week at the
Santa Clara Supercross, kept him off
the bike for the afternoon's main pro-
gram. He rode the first practice but
chose to take the day off after that.
Reed is concerned, because the
pain is in the same shoulder that has
been operated on in the past. He will
have an MRI done on the shoulder
during the week.
Overall, it wasn't a great day for the
Discount Tire/TwoTwo Motorsports
Team. Reed's shoulder was ailing
him and the team's other rider, Josh
Grant, was suffering with a stom-
ach illness. He skipped the second
practice session. Grant, however,
trudged forward and was rewarded
with a seventh-place finish in the
main.
This year's race at MetLife Stadium
was unique in that the featured pro-
gram was bumped up much earlier
in the day than usual, with the rac-
ing getting started at 3:00 p.m. EST,
rather than the standard 7:00 p.m.
start. This was done so the race
could be shown live on the Fox Net-
work during prime time hours. To
accommodate the compact day, two
practice sessions were offered in-
stead of three. The early start didn't
dampen crowd attendance one bit;
in fact, it might've even helped. The
pits were packed all day and more
than 60,000 fans turned out to
watch.
James Stewart was on hand to sign
autographs in the Yoshimura Suzuki
pits. Stewart is anxiously waiting to
hear the decision regarding his ap-
guys, the suspension guys at WP,
everybody worked their butt off
since they got there. I'm sure they
worked hard before, but I don't
know what they were doing ex-
actly at that time. I have to thank
them for helping us to look good.
"We basically developed two
completely new bikes within four
years, and I don't think that's
ever happened before."
Actually, it wasn't quite per-
fect for the orange crew, since
Dungey did not win the 450
main. That, instead, went to
GEICO Honda's Eli Tomac who
overcame a bad start to nab his
third win of the season.
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