Reed Wins Race Final at RCA Dome

Round 9 Mar. 1, 2008 Indianapolis, IN RCA Dome

Canard Leads Wire-to-Wire en Route to Victory

INDIANAPOLIS (March 1, 2008)
At the 17th and final Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race at the RCA Dome, Yamaha’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., won the main event in front of 57,284 fans. Torco Fuels Honda’s Trey Canard, of Elk City, Okla., won his second consecutive Eastern Regional AMA Supercross Lites class race and leads the points standings.

Reed won the $1,500 Progressive Holeshot Award in the AMA Supercross class main event with Rockstar Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., and Red Bull Honda’s Andrew Short, of Smithville, Texas, following closely through turn one.

Last weekend’s winner, Davi Millsaps, of Cairo, Ga., moved into second place but suffered a crash, giving his position to Yamaha’s Josh Hill, of Yoncalla, Ore. Short finished third. The win for Reed marked his first at the RCA Dome in the premier AMA Supercross class.

Yamaha’s Chad Reed

“I struggled with the track in practice,” said Reed. “In the main event, I was able to put it together. I wanted to win the holeshot and get this win here at the RCA Dome. I have never won here before tonight.”

Canard opened the AMA Supercross Lites class main event by winning the $1,000 Progressive Holeshot Award with Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Branden Jesseman, of New Brighton, Pa., and Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., in second and third respectively.

Villopoto moved into second place on lap two, passing Jesseman. While attempting to pass Canard for the lead on lap five, Villopoto caused the two to crash, giving the lead to Jesseman. Canard re-mounted in second place while Villopoto dropped to eighth place. On lap seven, Jesseman crashed and handed the lead back to Canard.

After charging through the field, Villopoto passed Rockstar Suzuki’s Nico Izzi, of Saint Claire Mich., for the second place position. It was the first podium finish of Izzi’s career.

“I received a couple presents out there tonight with Jesseman crashing,” said Canard. “I tried to ride hard and smart, but I am really excited about this win. These last two weeks have been amazing.”

This weekend’s AMA Supercross class race will air on SPEED Sunday, March 2 at 6:00 p.m. The AMA Supercross Lites class race will air on SPEED Saturday, March 8 at 6:00 p.m.

Supercross Main Event Results

Pos.	No.	Rider name	Bike	Lap	Int.
1	22	Chad Reed	Yamaha YZ450F	20	---
2	40	Joshua R. Hill	Yamaha YZ450F	20	10.621
3	29	Andrew T. Short	Honda CRF450R	20	12.276
4	28	Ryan M. Dungey	Suzuki RM-Z450	20	15.083
5	14	Kevin W. Windham	Honda CRF450R	20	22.709
6	11	Travis A. Preston	Kawasaki KX450F	20	40.264
7	42	Paul P. Carpenter	Honda CRF450R	20	43.708
8	25	Nathan Ramsey	Yamaha YZ450F	20	44.323
9	12	David Vuillemin	Suzuki RM-Z450	19	---
10	100	Joshua Hansen	Yamaha YZ450F	19	---
11	44	Troy K. Adams	Honda CRF450R	19	---
12	921	Manuel Rivas	Kawasaki KX450F	19	---
13	37	Jason W. Thomas	Honda CRF450R	19	---
14	13	Heath D. Voss	Honda CRF450R	19	---
15	66	Jacob Marsack	Honda CRF450R	19	---
16	917	Eric Sorby	Honda CRF450R	19	---
17	118	David D. Millsaps	Honda CRF450R	19	---
18	43	Jeff Gibson	Kawasaki KX450F	18	---
19	24	Charles J. Summey	Yamaha YZ450F	13	---
20	256	Bryan K. Johnson	Honda CRF450R	4	---

Supercross Overall Results

Pos.	Pts.	Rider name	RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	RD 5	RD 6	RD 7	RD 8	RD 9
1	209	C. Reed	25 (1)	22 (2)	25 (1)	25 (1)	25 (1)	25 (1)	22 (2)	15 (6)	25 (1)
2	175	K. Windham	16 (5)	20 (3)	20 (3)	22 (2)	18 (4)	16 (5)	25 (1)	22 (2)	16 (5)
3	141	A. Short	13 (8)	18 (4)	12 (9)	8 (13)	16 (5)	18 (4)	16 (5)	20 (3)	20 (3)
4	137	T. Ferry	20 (3)	11 (10)	15 (6)	11 (10)	20 (3)	22 (2)	20 (3)	18 (4)
5	127	D. Millsaps	14 (7)	7 (14)	2 (19)	20 (3)	22 (2)	20 (3)	13 (8)	25 (1)	4 (17)
6	114	N. Ramsey	10 (11)	14 (7)	14 (7)	5 (16)	14 (7)	13 (8)	15 (6)	16 (5)	13 (8)
7	106	J. Hill	5 (16)	10 (11)	22 (2)	3 (18)	9 (12)	15 (6)	18 (4)	2 (19)	22 (2)
8	84	D. Vuillemin	11 (10)	6 (15)	10 (11)	1 (20)	7 (14)	14 (7)	11 (10)	12 (9)	12 (9)
9	84	N. Wey	12 (9)	5 (16)	9 (12)	14 (7)	13 (8)	12 (9)	12 (9)	7 (14)
10	81	P. Carpenter	8 (13)	9 (12)	8 (13)	1 (21)	10 (11)	8 (13)	10 (11)	13 (8)	14 (7)
11	69	M. Alessi	15 (6)	15 (6)	18 (4)	6 (15)	15 (6)
12	69	C. Summey		12 (9)	11 (10)	10 (11)	5 (16)	1 (20)	14 (7)	14 (7)	2 (19)
13	53	I. Tedesco	6 (15)	16 (5)	16 (5)	15 (6)
14	52	H. Voss	7 (14)	8 (13)	7 (14)	13 (8)	1 (20)			9 (12)	7 (14)
15	47	J. Stewart	22 (2)	25 (1)
16	47	T. Adams	2 (19)			12 (9)	12 (9)	10 (11)		1 (20)	10 (11)
17	46	J. Hansen	1 (20)	13 (8)	13 (8)			3 (18)	2 (19)	3 (18)	11 (10)
18	43	J. Thomas	1 (22)		4 (17)	2 (19)		11 (10)	6 (15)	11 (10)	8 (13)
19	41	J. Marsack				18 (4)		4 (17)	7 (14)	6 (15)	6 (15)
20	38	G. Langston	18 (4)	1 (20)	3 (18)	16 (5)

Supercross Lites Main Event Results

Pos.	No.	Rider name	Bike	Lap	Int.
1	48	Trey G. Canard	Honda CRF250R	15	---
2	2	Ryan D. Villopoto	Kawasaki KX250F	15	10.431
3	341	Nico A. Izzi	Suzuki RM-Z250	15	12.189
4	979	Ben Coisy	Honda CRF250R	15	15.378
5	57	Ryan Sipes	KTM 250SXF	15	17.296
6	77	Branden L. Jesseman	Kawasaki KX250F	15	23.752
7	391	Tyler T. Bowers	Yamaha YZ250F	15	32.156
8	195	Billy R. Payne	Honda CRF250R	15	36.158
9	41	Matthew C. Goerke	KTM 250SXF	15	39.806
10	577	Martin Davalos	KTM 250SXF	15	44.147
11	82	Jake Moss	Yamaha YZ250F	15	45.903
12	20	Joshua M. Grant	Honda CRF250R	15	48.253
13	927	Travis L. Sewell	Suzuki RM-Z250	15	49.454
14	116	Ryan Morais	Yamaha YZ250F	14	---
15	270	Nathan H. Skaggs	Honda CRF250R	14	---
16	434	Michael A. McDade	Honda CRF250R	14	---
17	702	Jimmy Albertson	Suzuki RM-Z250	14	---
18	156	William A. Browning	Suzuki RM-Z250	14	---
19	627	Leighton T. Lillie	Honda CRF250R	13	---
20	596	Zach T. Ames	Honda CRF250R	10	---
21	95	Kyle Partridge	Honda CRF250R	9	---
22	351	Shane M. Sewell	Kawasaki KX250F	5	---

Supercross Lites Overall Results

Pos.	Pts.	Rider name	RD 1	RD 2
1	50	T. Canard	25 (1)	25 (1)
2	36	R. Sipes	20 (3)	16 (5)
3	33	M. Davalos	22 (2)	11 (10)
4	33	N. Izzi	13 (8)	20 (3)
5	31	T. Bowers	17 (5)	14 (7)
6	30	B. Jesseman	15 (6)	15 (6)
7	29	B. Coisy	11 (10)	18 (4)
8	28	J. Moss	18 (4)	10 (11)
9	23	J. Grant	14 (7)	9 (12)
10	22	R. Villopoto	0 (22)	22 (2)
11	20	B. Payne	7 (14)	13 (8)
12	17	R. Morais	10 (11)	7 (14)
13	12	M. Goerke		12 (9)
14	12	K. Chisholm	12 (9)
15	10	J. Albertson	6 (15)	4 (17)
16	9	K. Partridge	9 (12)	0 (21)
17	8	T. Sewell		8 (13)
18	8	R. Mills	8 (13)
19	8	N. Skaggs	2 (19)	6 (15)
20	5	M. McDade		5 (16)