Chad Reed passes both Ken Roczen and James Stewart for his first win since 2012.
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There really aren’t words to accurately describe how big Chad Reed’s win was on Saturday night—but rest assured people will be talking about it for a long time. Let’s let Chad have a turn with Monday Conversation, logged right after he stepped down from the podium. Oh, and sorry, JT$!
Racer X: Take us through it from the start.
Chad Reed: The start, we did something a little bit different on the lockdown [start device on the front fork], changed that a little bit and just tried to trust it. Honestly last year the bike was very difficult to start on. And I think I just got gun shy. And then all off-season I’ve been ripping starts and I’m like, wow, feeling good and confident … More
For Jolene Van Vugt, performing an high-flying flip on a dirt bike in front of a sold-out arena of 16,000 people is the stuff dreams are made of.
The 33-year-old Canadian is a rising star in the testosterone-fueled extreme sport of motocross. She holds multiple world records, including two Guinness World Records, and was the first woman to do a backflip on a full-sized dirt bike. Her extreme stunts have even earned her a spot on the big screen — she appeared as Anne Hathaway’s stunt double when she played Catwoman in “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Now, Van Vugt stars in … More