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| Full name | Chad Reed | |
| Nickname | Skippy | |
| Date of birth | March 15, 1982 | |
| Country | Kurri Kurri, Australia | |
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Chad Reed (born March 15, 1982, in Kurri Kurri, Australia) is an Australian motocross and supercross racer. He is considered the best international racer to race in the AMA Motocross, and AMA Supercross. He has proven to be the most consistent racer in the world during the 2000-2010 decade. Originating from Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, he was touted from a young age as being capable of competing at the sports most elite level. He has since ascended the international ranks of the sport to become one of its biggest stars and, to date, Australia's most successful motocross racer.
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Amateur Career
After a few years of honing his skills on 80s, Chad’s amateur career really started to take off in 1997 when he took the top spot at the Australian Junior Championship aboard a Suzuki Australia-backed RM125. The following year, he was offered a spot on the Factory Suzuki team, where he piloted his RM250 to win several rounds of the Australian Motocross Championship, but was unable to compete in the Supercross Series because he was not yet sixteen years old.
Australian Career
2009 The 2009 Super X season opener was full of excitement as Jay Marmont won the first round. Reed was having some difficulty with his new team Kawasaki, but later in the season he managed to get his bike dialed in and win 4 out of the 7 rounds of the series. The other wins have gone to the great competitors of Daniel Reardon, and Jay Marmont. This is Chad Reed's fourth Australian Supercross Championship.
2008 In 2008 Chad was responsible for developing and partially funding the new Australian Supercross Championships, dubbed Super-X. He also competed in the series and dominated all but one race to take the Australasian Supercross Championship. Reed won 6 out of the 7 races.
2007 Chad revisted his home in Australia to race the Raymond Terrace, round 4, of the Australian Motocross series. He beat Daniel Reardon with a dominating 1-1 performance.
1998-2000 Chad formally began his professional career in Australia in 1998. He emerged from the Australian junior ranks to compete in the then-premier 250cc class, bypassing the traditional stepping stone of 125cc racing. Chad was immediately competitive in both motocross and supercross, winning the Australian 250cc Supercross Championship in 1999 and 2000.
International Career
2009 On August 7, 2008, American Suzuki Motor Corporation announced that Chad will join the Rockstar Makita Suzuki factory race team. Chad battled hard with his rival James Stewart during the 2009 AMA supercross championship, narrowly losing the title to Stewart by 4 points. Chad won 3 races in this season.
Reed elected to race the 2009 motocross season after a 2 year hiatus. He won the AMA Motocross Championship at round ten, out of the 12 round series. He also won the Monster Energy Triple Crown Championship during the motocross season. He won 5 out of the 12 races in this season. Chad became the 2nd SX/MX racer in history to do a backflip on a dirtbike on Septemer 23, 2009. http://motomagazine.co.uk/news/chad-reed-backflips-nitro-circus.html -here's the video.
2008 In 2008 Reed won 9 out of 14 races in the AMA Supercross season to edge out Kevin Windham and win the AMA Supercross title for the second time. James Stewart was injured early in the season and speculation about the series outcome should he had not been injured is a popular subject of debate. Stewart and Reed shared race wins before Stewart's injury and were tightly matched in speed.
2007 For 2007 Reed announced his plans to leave the factory Yamaha team to form his own private team, similar to Jeremy McGrath in the past. Obtaining support from Yamaha, The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Thor and Nike, even brought in McGrath's former team manager Larry Brooks to spearhead the new effort, dubbed L&M Racing. Reed took 2 wins for the season and finished 2nd in the title chase to James Stewart.
2006 In 2006 Reed continued to ride for Yamaha but switched to a YZ450F in both series. Reed was again very competitive despite suffering a level three shoulder separation in mid-season which hampered his ability to compete to his highest ability. Going into the final event of the season, Reed and Carmichael were tied for the points lead, making the 2006 season the closest AMA Supercross championship in history. Reed took third place that night to Carmichael's second, narrowly losing the 2006 AMA Supercross title to Carmichael by only two points. Reed won 2 races that season.
Reed withdrew from the Nationals after the Millville round, citing the recurrent shoulder injury. Up to that point, he had been holding 2nd place in the points standings.
2005 2005 marked the much anticipated entry of James Stewart to the 250cc class alongside Reed and Carmichael. Each scored multiple wins making for an exciting season but again it was Carmichael winning the championship with 7 wins over Reed in 2nd with 5 wins and Stewart in 3rd with 3 wins.
2004 Reed won the 2004 AMA 250cc Supercross series, battling with Windham to take 10 victories for the season. Carmichael elected to not race this series due to a torn ACL.
Reed finished 2nd to Carmichael in that year's motocross season, with Carmichael capturing a perfect season of 24 wins from 24 starts.
2003 Reed moved to the 250cc class in 2003 riding for Factory Yamaha. In his rookie 250cc supercross season Chad finished second to chief rival Ricky Carmichael, losing the title by only 7 points to the then Honda rider despite winning 8 races to Carmichael's 7.
Reed finished his first 250cc motocross season a distant third behind Carmichael and Kevin Windham.
2002 Eager to campaign in AMA supercross, the world's premier supercross series, Reed moved to the USA in 2002 and picked up a ride with Yamaha of Troy to ride the 125cc East Coast Supercross and 125cc US National Motocross championships aboard the four-stroke YZ250F. Reed won all but two supercross races that season to win the 125cc East Coast Supercross championship.
Reed also performed well in the Nationals despite sustaining a shoulder injury, scoring his first and only 125cc National victory at Mount Morris, PA, and finishing the season third behind James Stewart Jr. and Branden Jesseman.
2001 Reed traveled to Europe in 2001 to compete in the FIM World 250ccc Motocross Championships, riding for Jan DeGroot's factory Kawasaki team. Reed was a revelation aboard his KX250, winning the Grand Prix of Lierop and eventually finishing the year second to multi-time World Champion Mickael Pichon. He is the first Australian to win a world 250cc GP race
Sponsorships
Kawasaki (2000-2001,2009-2010), Suzuki (1999-2000,2008-2009), Yamaha (2001-2008)
Thor, Nike, Alpinestars, Parts Unlimited, Scott Goggles, Monster Energy Drink, Dunlop Tires
Major Titles
- 1999 Australian Supercross Champion
- 2000 Australian Supercross Champion
- 2002 AMA East Coast Lites Champion
- 2003 U.S Open Champion
- 2003 FIM World Supercross Champion
- 2004 U.S Open Champion
- 2004 AMA Supercross Champion
- 2005 X-Games Supermoto- Bronze Medal
- 2007 King of Bercy Supercross Champion
- 2008 AMA/FIM World Supercross Champion
- 2008 Australian Supercross Champion
- 2009 Monster Energy Triple Crown Champion
- 2009 AMA National Motocross Champion
- 2009 AMA Athlete of the Year
- 2009 Australian Supercross Champion
References
http://www.supercross.com/rider-profiles/795-chad-reed http://www.racerxonline.com/rider/chad-reed.aspx http://www.tv.com/chad-reed/person/418349/summary.html http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/One-Lap-Chad-Reed-on-a-Monster-Energy-Kawasaki,3226/One-Lap-Chad-Reed-on-a-Monster-Energy-Kawasaki,888/GuyB,64 http://www.chadreedracing.com/ http://www.grindtv.com/athlete/chad-reed/
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