Yamaha’s Chad Reed will be going for a rare four-peat in the San Diego Supercross this Saturday, February 11, at Qualcomm Stadium.
Reed has yet to score a victory in the first five rounds of this year’s Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, but last year used his San Diego Supercross victory to launch a strong second half of the season charge that saw him make a serious bid for the championship.
The 24-year-old Australian ultimately came up just short of catching Ricky Carmichael, but this time around he hopes to win back the AMA Supercross title he last held in 2004.
Reed comes into San Diego this Saturday ranked second in the series standings; 13 points behind defending champ Carmichael - but he’s gotten to that position by way of four runner-up finishes in the five races leading up to this weekend’s event.
The environs of Qualcomm Stadium have always been good to Reed. He’s won every race at the stadium since he moved up to the AMA Supercross class full time in 2003. After taking second in Anaheim last weekend Reed said he felt he was making progress.
"I just need to find a little more speed," said Reed when asked what he needs to match Carmichael and James Stewart. "It’s simple things like a bit faster cornering, or cutting out little errors during the races. So far things are better than they could have been. I had a bad result in San Francisco, but am still in second in the series. If I can make slight improvements in the coming rounds I think I’ll be able to build on that. San Diego’s been a turning point for me before. Maybe it will be again this time around."
