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Article: REED MAKES IT A SWEEP IN ANAHEIM SUPERCROSS: RIDER WINS THIRD CONSECUTIVE AT ANGEL STADIUM.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2008
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Byline: Keith Lair
Staff Writer
ANAHEIM -- It's a tough feat.
Until last year, no rider had won three consecutive supercross races at Angel Stadium. But Saturday night, Chad Reed of Tampa, Fla., became the second consecutive rider to sweep the Anaheim events, in front of 43,785 including NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Carl Edwards.
It wasn't that easy of a feat Saturday. The Yamaha rider got the holeshot, but had to hold off an early challenge from Honda's Kevin Windham before pulling away in the middle of the 20-lap main event.
"I worked on my starts this week," Reed said. "I put my head down and I knew if I had the holeshot, the race ...
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