Supercross in V-Town! Reed Wins!
Posted by: Cropley | Monday, May 9, 2005 0 comments
6am Fri.
-Last night, after the etnies Cinco de Mayo celebration, I finally decided to make the trip out to Las Vegas for the final round of Supercross. I secured a ride in ESPN TV dork Cameron Steele’s super duty and was set to leave at 5:00am. So here I am, Friday morning, half hung over and half pumped up for the V-town debauchery, doing 95 mph down the toll road to the 91 freeway and texting this message to myself while Cameron is getting his beauty rest. Viva Las Vegas!
- Peggy Sue's diner
8am Fri.
-We just stopped by Peggy Sue's diner for some breakfast just outside Barstow on historic Route 66. We beat the traffic on the dreaded 91 and are on schedule to make the press conference where etnies team rider Chad Reed will no doubt announce that he is gonna deal a smakdown to the other riders in Vegas..... we need to be there at noon, hope we don't get distracted…
- The road to the bunny ranch.
10:30am Fri.
…we spotted a huge distraction that took a lot of will power to not turn off the 15 freeway. Just 50 miles to the north off this sign is Pahrump, home of the chicken ranch and where prostitution is legal! But we have a press conference to be at so the chickens will have to wait 'till we are back in town for the Best in the Desert “Vegas to Reno” off-road race.
Afternoon Fri.
-We hit up the press conference and listened to everyone talk some shit and then got some lunch and beers at the local dive casino bar and lost some cash at the black jack table. Later all the factory riders had a press day practice session. Reed and Bubba looked fast and had some good practice battles. It will definitely be between those two in the main.
Friday night!
-After checking in at the Hard Rock and getting a bite to eat we went to the MGM to test out our Texas Hold'em skills from watching the world series of poker on TV. I definitely got in over my head at the 2-5 no limit table. I thought I was going to kick ass with a high two pair of ace and eight after the flop so I went all in. Some old guy called with a five and nine off suit and got a six and seven on the turn and river for a straight. WTF! The same old man got out Cameron and some friends by calling their $500+ all in bets before the flop with something like 7-2 off suit and drew a full house. Phil wouldn’t have approved of that, but it worked.
We left with our tails between our legs and bummed a ride to the Crazy Horse. I love strippers! I tried to get some photos but bouncers at strip clubs hate cameras and camera phones. At least I tried. But I swear this hot blonde really wanted me. Crystal, if you’re reading this, call me.
Way too early Saturday morning
-I should have slept in but I fought back and still went to the stadium to check out practice and roam the pits. Most of the day was spent looking for good shade to watch practice and nap in. I finally found the etnies "keg on wheels" in the dirt parking lot buried behind a thousand other RV’s and trailers. Didn’t have much time to hang out, but I got a couple pics before the races.
The track has a cool start that is outside the stadium and has two paths that wrap around and meet in the stadium. The dirt is really hard packed and slippery and gets blue grooved quickly. The whoops are gnarly and people are having trouble with them. Again, Reed was really fast and was only matched by Bubba.
Saturday night.
<< Miss Supercross 2006 was crowned tonight by text message votes from the crowd. Brittney, Miss Phoenix took the win, and I will take a little credit for that because I voted for her at least 30 times and she won by about that many votes. I really believe she was the best candidate for the job because she actually rides dirt bikes which is really cool and well, she is smoking hot. Only problem…she wasn’t wearing etnies. We can fix that. Brittney, if you’re reading this, text me babe.
The 125 main saw a huge pile up on the first lap which took out Ivan Tedesco and etnies rider Joaquim Rodriguez. Bikes and bodies were flying and when the dust settled Joaquim was out cold on the ground. He suffered a concussion but should be fine for the nationals. Millsaps ran away with the 125 shootout and etnies pro Josh Grant came in third.
- Windham down in the whoops.
The 250 main went like this - Chad Reed did not get a very good start and Windham was out front. By the time Reed picked through the pack to second place, Windham had already opened up a lead the length of a whole section of track. Not fazed by this, Reed turned on the after burners and turned the ten second deficit into a win. Reed was right on his fender through the whoops with a couple laps to go when Windham went down handing Reed the win and Carmichael second.
Mike LaRocco didn't race the Vegas finale because of a shoulder injury. See what caused the injury here.
- Josh Grant
125cc Las Vegas Results
1 David Millsaps
2 Grant Langston
3 Joshua Grant etnies
4 Andrew Short
5 Broc Hepler
6 Nathan Ramsey
7 Jay Marmont
8 Billy Laninovich etnies
9 Joshua Summey
10 Paul Carpenter
250cc Las Vegas Results
1 Chad Reed etnies
2 Ricky Carmichael
3 Kevin Windham
4 David Vuillemin
5 Heath Voss
6 Travis Preston etnies
7 Timmy Ferry etnies
8 Erick Vallejo
9 Ryan Clark
10 Damon Huffman
250cc THQ AMA Supercross Series Points
Pos. Points Rider
1 367 R. Carmichael
2 342 C. Reed etnies
3 284 K. Windham
4 245 D. Vuillemin
5 229 M. Larocco etnies
6 198 E. Fonseca
7 176 S. Tortelli
8 160 H. Voss
9 130 T. Preston etnies
10 129 J. Stewart
11 129 T. Evans
12 124 T. Ferry etnies
See the final 2005 World SXGP points here.
4am Sunday
We just left Vegas for San Clemente. Mission accomplished. Not sure what the mission was but we had fun doing it and to top everything off, Reed won!