Chad Reed wins the Monster Energy Supercross at Dodger StadiumAfter winning the Nuclear Cowboyz® Holeshot, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer held the lead position until being passed by Reed on Lap 6. Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX’s James Stewart made a pass on Weimer for second place, and during the pass, Weimer crashed, falling to 14th place.Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, who won last weekend’s race in Phoenix, settled into fourth place behind Stewart. Dungey was able to capitalise on a crash by Stewart on Lap 12 as he took over the number three position. Reed earned his 41st Supercross Class main event and third consecutive podium finish of the season. Dungey, who finished second, has also been on the podium at every race this season and now sits in the points lead. Stewart finished a season-best third place. "I have been trying to figure out what I have been doing wrong this year,” said Reed. "I switched to a tire that I used last year and it worked. I am going to keep trying to get better each week. I will take the good with the bad and keep moving forward.” Racing resumes next Saturday at Oakland’s O.com Coliseum.Footnote: There was a nasty accident between Ryan Morias and Trey Canard. Morais broke his jaw and Canard, suspected vertibrae fractures to T10-12 . The following courtesy of Guy B. at VitalMX from Trey's brother Aaron. "Hey all, updating for mom. Trey did have the cover in his wheel which kept him from gaining enough momentum to jump the triple (he didn't know about it). And Morais had no where to go. Right now Trey is awake and moving feet, toes, etc. He even fist bumped me. He remembers most of what happened earlier and even where he lined up. He was out for a bit (you can see where the tyre hit him on the helmet) but seems okay. They are checking him out for a pain in his back right now so we should know soon. Seems like he was thinking it was disappearing. As for Morais he seems better too. Apart from a jaw that is broken (could be worse). I have not heard anything else from them as of now. Thanks everyone for the thoughts and well wishes." Aaron Canard Supercross Class Results:
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Chad Reed - TwoTwo Motorsports: "It was awesome to bounce back after last weekends result. Week after week we are learning from our mistakes and we are doing all we can to makes sure the momentum keeps moving forward. That first lap was scary stuff, it all happened right in front of me. You never like to see your fellow riders go down like that. Throughout practice and my heat race I wasn't really feeling it with the bike. I just couldn't get into a good rhythm so for the main we actually took it a step backwards and used the same compound Dunlops we used last year, which in conjunction with the chassis changes gave me a good feel. The bike felt much better after the start of the main so we made a couple of small changes before the restart which made it even better."
Tomac scores Supercross Lites Class win GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac, of Cortez, Colorado, also captured his first Western Regional Supercross Lites Class main event win of the season. In the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class main event, Tomac quickly passed Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot winner Martin Davalos, of the Rockstar Suzuki team, shortly after turn one and rode flawlessly for the next 15 laps. On lap 6, Monster Energy Yamaha’s Zach Osborne, of Chesterfield, S.C., passed Davalos, for the number two position. While riding in third place, Davalos crashed and lost several positions before reentering the race. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson, who won last weekend’s main event in Phoenix, passed Osborne on lap 12, where he would finish. Wilson currently sits in second place. Osborne earned a career-best third-place finish. Tomac’s win marked the third of his career, and he is now the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class points leader, one point ahead of Wilson. "I was able to sneak into the lead and ride 15 solid laps,” said Tomac. "It’s a night and day difference when you get a good start. I should have been getting starts like this all season.” Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Results:
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