Australasian Dirt Bike – May 2019

http://www.adbmag.com.au MAY 2019 | 33

IT HAS BEEN anothercrazy
month full of ups, downs and
a podium in Detroit.
What a feeling to finally be
back on the podium again. It
had been a long time
between drinks and I have to
say it felt great. That feeling
never gets old!
This was my 132nd podium
and I was stoked to deliver
JGR their first podium result
in a couple of years.
My first podium was in
2003 so it is a little crazy to
think I recorded my 132nd
podium 16 years later. I am
proud of that number it is a
pretty remarkable
achievement and not a bad
effort for the oldest guy in
the field.
It was awesome to be on
the podium with Monster

EnergyKawasaki’sEliTomac

and SmarTop/Bullfrog Spas/

MotoConcepts Honda’s Justin

Brayton. They are two of the

best Supercross riders in the

world at the moment so I was

proud to be up there with them.

A few people have asked

me for my thoughts on the

Triple Crown format; I quite

like the race format but I am

not a fan of the points split. I

think we should be doing

threeracesat 10 minseach

gettingmaximumpointsfor

each race.

While I am not super stoked

with my year we have had

some good moments and when

I think about the past couple of

years I am not exempt from the

rebuild process.

We are working hard and

making improvements every

week but there are no

shortcuts. I have been

spending time with the team

betweeneventsandwehave

beendoingalotoftesting.

We are definitely seeing

results from this but there are

a few areas I still don’t quite

have right like my starts.

I am asked constantly about

what keeps me going and

coming back; for me it’s the

everyday grind and the

travelling. I wish we were

more like Moto GP and got to

travel the world.

I have been travelling since

Iwas 11 years old and love it.

The thought of not doing it

freaks me out. This could

possibly be my last year and it

scares me to say that. We will

see and time will tell. I would

love to come back for one

more year and get the chance

to say goodbye and thank you

but who knows let’s just take

it round by round for now.

REASON TO CELEBRATE

SOIL SAMPLE

CHAD REED

STILL

BAD ARSE

THE BIRTHDAY BOY TURNS 37 AND LANDS A PODIUM!

A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME FOR MY

THOUGHTS ON THE TRIPLE CROWN

FORMAT; I QUITE LIKE THE RACE

FORMAT BUT I AM NOT A FAN OF THE

POINTS SPLIT.