ROUND 9 - INDIANAPOLIS, IN - RCA DOME - MARCH 1ST
ANAHEIM, CA (March 2, 2008) - Competing on a track he designed, Team San Manuel's Chad Reed took his sixth win of the 2008 Supercross season while team-mate Nathan Ramsey finished eighth. The ninth stop of the Monster Energy Supercross series hosted an impressive crowd of 57,284 which marks the very last visit the series will make to the infamous RCA Dome before it is demolished later this year.
Reed won Heat Race # 1 with a 49.625 lap time for the direct transfer to the main, while Ramsey took a sixth place spot in Heat Race # 2 for another direct transfer to the main event.
Series points-leader Reed grabbed the holeshot, taking the $1,500 Progressive Hole Shot Award for the second week in a row, and dominated the entire 20 lap race. Ramsey ran a tough race, running mid-pack most of the main and was able to round out the top 10 with an eighth place finish.
Reed, who had never garnered a win in Indy had this to say, "I'm happy, I got the holeshot and I felt like this was one of my most dominating performances of the year, and it's good to have it on my own track."
Television programming note: AMA Supercross class race will air on SPEED Sunday, March 2 at 6:00 p.m. EST.
The AMA Supercross series continues with Round 10 on March 7th at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.
Team San Manuel highlights - Indianapolis - Round 9:
Chad Reed: First place in Heat Race#1, direct transfer to the main.Nathan Ramsey: Sixth place in Heat Race#2, direct transfer to the main. Chad Reed: WINNER Supercross Main Event.
Series to date: 6 wins; 2 second place; 1 sixth place finish.
Nathan Ramsey: Eighth in Supercross Main Event.
Series to date: 1 fifth; 1 sixth; 3 seventh; 2 eighth; 1 eleventh; 1 sixteenth finish.
Chad Reed: Supercross Championship points leader with 209 points.Nathan Ramsey: Sixth in Supercross Championship points with 114 points.
About Team San Manuel
Team San Manuel Yamaha Fueled by Fusion Energy and sponsored by AM PM, Nike, ProTaper, DID Chains, Yamalube, Akrapobic, Vortex, Bridgestone, One Industries, VP Racing Fuels, and GYTR. (www.sanmanuelracing.com)
About L & M Racing
L & M Racing was formed in 2006 by Owner/Team Manager Larry Brooks and partner Mike Kranyak. In its second year of operation, L & M Racing's 2008 team, Team San Manuel Yamaha, consists of former Supercross Champion Chad Reed and former West Coast Lites Champion Nathan Ramsey. Led by Brooks, a key component in the Jeremy McGrath / Chaparral Racing team's three-year championship reign in Supercross; the first and only independent team to ever win the AMA Supercross Series Championship, L & M is poised for another successful season in a race for the 2008 Championship.
About the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians is a federally recognized American Indian tribe located near the city of Highland, California. The Serrano Indians are the indigenous people of the San Bernardino highlands, passes, valleys and mountains who share a common language and culture. The San Manuel reservation was established in 1891 and recognized as a sovereign nation with the right of self-government. Despite challenges and hardships, the San Manuel tribal community has continued to progressively maintain and enhance its unique form of government - focusing all efforts on providing a better quality of life for its citizens. Through economic diversification, both on and off the reservation, the tribe has been forward thinking in its efforts to build infrastructure, maintain civil services and promote social, economic, educational and governmental units including the departments of fire, public safety, education and environment and continues to pursue opportunities for future generations.