Reed wins Vegas, Millsaps claims Shootout.

Chad Reed may have lost the war, but he has at least won the final battle of the 2005 AMA Supercross season by taking victory on Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium, in front of 39,106 fans.

It was the Australian's fifth victory of the year and came after both he and new champion Ricky Carmichael had been pushed wide at turn one, leaving them fifth and seventh respectively, while Honda's Kevin Windham broke away up front.

By lap six Carmichael had moved into third, but was almost 15-seconds down on Windham and 8-seconds behind Reed. The Floridian upped his pace latter in the race as both he and Reed began to catch Windham - and both would move ahead of the four-stroke rider when he fell in the whoops section on lap 15 of 20. Windham recovered for third.

"Things worked out well tonight," said Reed. "I wanted to win this race and end the season on the high note. I learned a lot this year about myself as a person and as a leader. The team worked really hard this year, and we held our chins up high."

"No excuses - I got my butt kicked tonight by Chad and Kevin and I was lucky to get second. Kevin was riding real well and he was unlucky, but for me it's been a great year," said RC, who claimed a 100% podium record for the season.

"I thought I was riding good tonight, but not good enough and I should have been third. I'm a bit disappointed but I'll take my 'ass-whipping' like a man I suppose!" smiled Ricky. "I'm now looking forward to the opening AMA National at Hangtown as we still have a lot to prove."

However, one big name absent from the 250cc Las Vegas results was James 'Bubba' Stewart, the Kawasaki star - who has been the man to beat since returning from an early season arm injury - being forced to miss the main event after damaging his thumb in a heat race fall.

Meanwhile, in the Dave Coombs Sr. 125cc East/West Shootout, KTM's Jay Marmont earned the Butterfinger Holeshot Award with Yamaha's Brock Sellards and Suzuki's Davi Millsaps in tow.

Millsaps moved into the lead on the opening lap - then led the entire race - while on lap 6, Kawasaki's Grant Langston, who won the 125cc East championship, moved into second place, passing Suzuki's Broc Hepler.

"I didn't get that bad of a start tonight, and I wanted to get up to the front as soon as possible and start to pull away," said Millsaps. "I have been working really hard at my house training for this race, and I am happy that I won tonight."

Hepler was later given a five-second penalty for taking a triple jump while a red flag was out. Hepler, who was committed to his line at the time, was demoted to fifth as a result.

Results - 250cc AMA Supercross/World SX GP:
1. Chad Reed - Yamaha
2. Ricky Carmichael - Suzuki
3. Kevin Windham - Honda
4. David Vuillemin - Yamaha
5. Heath Voss - Yamaha
6. Travis Preston - Honda
7. Tim Ferry - Yamaha
8. Erick Vallejo - Yamaha
9. Ryan Clark - Honda
10. Damon Huffman - Honda

250cc AMA Supercross standings:
1. Ricky Carmichael - Suzuki, 367
2. Chad Reed - Yamaha, 342
3. Kevin Windham - Honda, 284
4. Mike LaRocco - Honda, 245
5. David Vuillemin - Yamaha, 229
6. Ernesto Fonseca - Honda, 198
7. Sebastien Tortelli - Suzuki, 176
8. Heath Voss -Yamaha, 160
9. Travis Preston - Honda, 113

250cc World Supercross GP standings:
1. Ricky Carmichael - Suzuki, 422
2. Mike LaRocco - Honda, 311
3. Heath Voss - Yamaha, 259
4. Sebastien Tortelli - Suzuki, 248
5. Tyler Evans - Suzuki, 239
6. Damon Huffman - Honda, 216
7. Jason Thomas - Honda, 201
8. Tim Ferry - Yamaha, 195
9. Joe Oehlhof - Honda, 125
10. Kyle Lewis - Honda, 144

Results - 125cc East/West Shootout:
1. Davi Millsaps - Suzuki
2. Grant Langston - Kawasaki
3. Josh Grant - Honda
4. Andrew Short - Honda
5. Broc Hepler - Suzuki
6. Nathan Ramsey - KTM
7. Jay Marmont - KTM
8. Billy Laninovich - Honda
9. Josh Summey - Honda
10. Paul Carpenter - Kawasaki