Chad Reed is the new 2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross /FIM World Championship number one after registering his ninth victory of the season in front of more than 39,000 spectators at the Sam Boyd stadium in Las Vegas last weekend. The Australian, still recovering from a broken shoulder blade, went into the final round of seventeen with a ten point lead over main rival Kevin Windham but blitzed the field once more aboard his YZ450F to clinch his second crown in the class (the other obtained in 2004).
Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey took first blood on his RM-Z250 at the opening round of the AMA/ FIM World Supercross Championship at Angel Stadium, Anaheim in California on Saturday night.