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Reed looking for second win - Anaheim II
News Sunday 04th February 2012
TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray Racing's Chad Reed wants to better his opening round result of second when the fifth instalment of the 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross returns to Anaheim’s Angel Stadium tomorrow. The Australian, who has been on the podium for three of the four events contested, finished second in the January opener. He finished fifth at Round 2 in Phoenix before claiming TwoTwo Motorsports first 'Main...
A second place finish in Oakland last weekend saw Reed move into the championship lead tied on points with Ryan Dungey, but the Honda rider acknowledged he let an opportunity slip.
“It had been a while since I had led a ‘Main Event’ and I felt that I rode quite tight during the first half of the race,” Reed explained. “Once James got by me, I took a breath and tried to latch onto the back of him. I got my flow back and I was happy with the second half of the race. Its great to be in sharing the points lead with Ryan (Dungey) once again, lets hope I can hold onto it this year,” he continued.
“We are four rounds in and we are in the title hunt. When you look at last year it was Round 13 or 14 until I was part of this championship. For me personally I think it is important to be up there from the beginning. I stand by what I said here at Anaheim 1 - I have to win races! The consistency is there, it always has been, but I need to get the wins. I felt that last weekend I was in a good position with the holeshot but didn’t make the most of it,” Reed said.
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“It had been a while since I had led a ‘Main Event’ and I felt that I rode quite tight during the first half of the race,” Reed explained. “Once James got by me, I took a breath and tried to latch onto the back of him. I got my flow back and I was happy with the second half of the race. Its great to be in sharing the points lead with Ryan (Dungey) once again, lets hope I can hold onto it this year,” he continued.
“We are four rounds in and we are in the title hunt. When you look at last year it was Round 13 or 14 until I was part of this championship. For me personally I think it is important to be up there from the beginning. I stand by what I said here at Anaheim 1 - I have to win races! The consistency is there, it always has been, but I need to get the wins. I felt that last weekend I was in a good position with the holeshot but didn’t make the most of it,” Reed said.
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