Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, May 20th 2007Australia's favorite son Chad Reed made a triumphant return to
Australian motocross racing when he overcame a determined
Daniel Reardon to claim round 4 of the Nokia MX Nationals at
Newcastle today (May-20), whilst in the Pro Lites Serco Yamaha's
Jake Moss laid claim to his third double win of the years to
become a tear away points leader in the class.
Even though this was a round of the Australian Motocross
Championship the championship status was temporarily hijacked
by the return of Reed and the Reed V Reardon talking point.
Whilst a large proportion of the pundits where pretty certain Reed
would walk away with the win there was underlying feeling that
Reardon would have something the former World Supercross
champion.
As a result the capacity crowd where treated to some of the best
racing ever seen on a perfect autumn day at a perfectly prepared
Raymond Terrace motocross track when Reed and Reardon did
go head to head.
Reed drew first blood when he took bragging rights in timedqualifying by taking pole with a lap time of 133.206, 1.184
seconds ahead of his cousin Team No Fear Honda's Craig
Anderson. Reardon has had a monopoly on pole this year but
found the going tough at Newcastle as he just couldn't string
together a clear lap with the tight Newcastle circuit resembling a
traffic jam, still the Kawasaki Racing Team rider logged the third
fastest time 1.467 seconds behind Reed.
With the crowd all standing to attention the gate dropped on the
opening moto and it was Reardon that was the clear holeshot
winner, followed by Anderson and Reed. Reed quickly made his
way past Anderson and set out after Reardon. What followed was
an enthralling 15 to 20 minutes of racing as the duo went toe to
toe, bar to bar until Reed hit the front just after the midway point.
From there Reed's, speed, experience and fitness all came into
play as he slowly edged away to eventually take the chequered
flag by just under 8 seconds. Reed clocked the fastest lap of
133.100 with Reardon's best a 133.205. Shift Motul Suzuki's Daryl
Hurley was the best of the rest fishing a whisker under 50
seconds away back in third. click on ozzy go to the full story
Photos: Garry Morrow / click28.com
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