November 10, 2008

Reed is redundant in Parramatta

The phrase “Chad Reed wins…” is becoming somewhat redundant in race coverage of the SuperX Series in Australia. Reed, fighting off a mysterious illness that plagued him all last week, showed up Saturday night and destroyed his competition at the Paramatta round of SuperX. In fact, if one did not know better, they would think Reed had been playing possum because he certainly did not look ill when he went three for four, winning all but one of the races in the “Final Survival” format of the main event.  

Reed did make it interesting in the final race of the night by getting pinched off at the first turn and starting dead last. Even that disadvantage and a short race (only five laps) were not enough for hole shot winner Daniel Reardon to hold onto the lead. On the last lap Reed caught and passed Reardon, winning the race going away. With three rounds left in the SuperX Series, Reed simply needs to stay out of trouble and finish in the top three to seal the championship. The next round will be at Wollongong’s WIN stadium November 15.