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Yamaha’s Chad Reed, of Dade City,
Fla., won his fourth THQ AMA Supercross Series race at
SBC Park in front of 39,621 fans. Honda’s Nathan
Ramsey, of Menifee, Calif., won his first THQ AMA
Supercross Series 125cc Eastern Regional race,
breaking Kawasaki rider Ivan Tedesco’s five-race win
streak.
Kawasaki’s Michael Byrne, of
Temecula, Calif., earned the $1,500 Butterfinger
Holeshot Award. Reed and rival Kevin Windham entered
the first turn in the middle of the pack, while Byrne
tangled with Langston on lap 2 and went down. Windham,
of Centerville, Miss., crashed in the whoops and
remounted in last place. Reed moved into the lead by
lap four and held on for the remaining 16 laps. Reed’s
teammate, David Vuillemin, of Murrieta, Calif., passed
Honda’s Mike LaRocco late in the race to take over
second place.
“It feels great to get back here
in the number-one position,” said Reed. “I had a bad
start and had to be patient to get to the front.”
Tedesco, who won his heat race
earlier in the evening by a wheel, earned the $1,000
Butterfinger Holeshot Award with Nathan Ramsey, Brock
Sellards and Travis Preston following. Preston, of
Hesperia, Calif., passed Sellards on lap four and took
over third place. On lap 12 of 15, Ramsey made his
move around Tedesco after battling with him for most
of lap 11.
“I have been trying all season
and still have plenty of confidence, but tonight it
paid off,” said Ramsey. “I hope that I can continue to
ride up front for the rest of the season.”
“I had the flu last night, so I
came into tonight’s race a little tired,” said
Tedesco. “Around lap 10, I started to really winded.”
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