Today is 2/2/22. You know what that means? It’s Chad “Mother Fing” Reed day!
I don’t often agree with Troy Dog, but I can certainly get behind this:
On this very special day, I figured it would be awesome to look back at Chad’s amazing career. His stats are out of this world! My goodness. (Credit to sxresearchdept for putting this together. Give him a follow on Instagram.)
Also, remember, the first stop of the 2022 Vurb Shred Tour is headed to Reed’s Moto40 MX track Feb. 11-13 so make sure you come and shred with us.
Premier Class (450/SX/250)
264 Career Starts – 1st All-Time
– First Start: January 5, 2002 at Anaheim 1 (finished 6th)
– First Win: January 4, 2003 at Anaheim 1 (5th start)
44 Wins – 4th All-Time
132 Podiums – 1st All-Time
160 Top 5’s – 1st All-time
210 Top 10’s – 1st All-Time
2004 & 2008 SX Champion (one of only 11 riders to win multiple Premier Class championships)
Wins in 11 different seasons – 1st All-Time
Only rider in Premier Class history to start a main event on six different manufacturers. (Wins by Manufacturer: Yamaha (35), Suzuki (3), Honda (3), Kawasaki (3).)
Finished on the podium for 25 consecutive races (2003 & 2004), which was an all-time record until broken by Ryan Dungey in 2016.
Third oldest rider to win a 450 Main event (2/12/15 in Atlanta, age 32 years 11 months 6 days)
Second longest gap between first and last win. (First win: 1/4/03 in Anaheim; Last win: 2/12/15 in Atlanta – 12 years 1 month 17 days)
73 Career Heat Wins – 2nd most all-time (since 2003)
Premier Class Career
Main Wins – 44
Heat Wins – 73
Semi Wins – 15
LCQ Wins – 7
Total wins: 139
Main image: Ryne Swanberg | Instagram: Octopi Media