November 17, 2008

Reed Makes the Jump to Hyperspace

This past weekend in Wollongong at the sixth round of the SuperX series, Chad Reed left his competition light years behind. At the start of the race, Reed, much like Han Solo’s fictional starship Millennium Falcon from Star Wars making the jump to Hyperspace, accelerated away from everyone. In just a few laps Reed had put considerable space between himself and second place.
  Making a charge late in the race, Daniel Reardon moved into third place and was making up ground on second, until getting out-of-shape in the whoop section. Reardon was tossed over the bars and landed squarely on his back on the face of a whoop, leaving the fans in attendance grimacing.
  Reed, on the other hand, never backed off and almost lapped the field. By the checkered flag, he had lapped up to third place. With only two rounds remaining Reed now has a 19 point lead and a strangle hold on the series. The next round is in Townsville on November 22.