Fast forward to this week and I was hoping Chad Reed would step up and win, he had to. Lucky for every other ride, James Stewart collided mid air with another rider. It’s funny when people try to pin the blame on others but there is much time to try and correct your flight path on those small supercross doubles or triples especially when there is 4 or 5 other riders right next to you during the start. I think it was just back luck for both riders. The good news for stewart was he aced the LCQ and was in the main.

Again, Ryan Dungey grabs the hole shot and eventual win with Ryan Villopoto trailing him for most of the race. Further back, the likes of Windham, Milsaps, Short, Hill and Tedesco battled it out, Josh Hill eventually grabbing the last spot on the podium. Chad Reed was actually behind Stewart after the gate dropped (didn’t work on his starts, did he?) which must have felt bad but matched his pace nevertheless. Chad Reed was coming up the inside of a 180 bowl turn with Stewart on the outside. 2 other riders had taken it slow (remember, both Reed and Stewart were mid pack) which forced Stewart down, almost into the path of the incoming rider, Reed. If James had a free track nothing probably would have happened but Reed and Stewart collided at a fairly slow pace so both were able to get up however Stewart had fallen onto Reed’s arm so Reed gave Stewart a nudge, after all, he needs points now and laying on the ground ain’t helping. Now Stewart was getting up after Reed went off again but this time wasn’t so quick. He had rested for about a minute before heading back into the race but this time even a top ten finish was bleak.

Reed eventually pulls off the race: as it turns out, he had a program finger/hand. Stewart eventually finished the race in 15th, Reed in 19th. Stewart is now 7th and Chad Reed has had two DNFs in 2 races. Oh, Chad Reed will be out half the season apparently because of his hand. Now everybody says Chad Reed is a sore-loser-cry-baby, and perhaps he is but James Stewart is just as bad; running over to team Monster Kawasaki and pushing over Chad Reeds bike. Apparently Security was called too. Why don’t we just stick to racing huh?