Reed wins seventh Supercross

From Live Nation Motor Sports

TORONTO, ON – Team San Manuel Yamaha’s Chad Reed won his seventh Monster Energy AMA Supercross/FIM World Championship race of the season before 36,888 fans at Rogers Centre Saturday night, marking the Australian's second consecutive race win in Toronto.

Honda’s Shaun Skinner, of Stuart, FL, won the first AMA Supercross Lites class main event of his career.

Reed won the $1,500 Progressive Holeshot Award with Yamaha’s Josh Hill and Honda’s Davi Millsaps following closely in second and third respectively. Hill crashed on the opening lap and allowed Millsaps to move into second place.

Millsaps went down on the second lap and allowed Honda’s Kevin Windham to move into second place. Windham crashed on lap 7 and gave the number-two position back to Millsaps. On lap 15 Windham re-passed Millsaps for second place.

“I think this year we have been saying that each race gets tougher and tougher,” said Reed. “I did not want to crash in the main like I have in the last few races. The track had a lot of ruts and you had to be smart.”

After starting the AMA Supercross Lites class main event in third place Skinner moved into the lead by the end of the opening lap and ran away with the next 14 laps en route to victory. He was challenged early by his teammate Kyle Cunningham but a crash on lap two set Cunningham back several positions.

“That was a long race,” said Skinner. “I rode smart and smooth tonight. I tried to find a good line and keep moving forward. Our team swept the podium tonight, so we are really happy."

The AMA Supercross Lites class will air on SPEED in HD Saturday, April 5 at 6:00 pm.

Supercross Results
1. Chad Reed, Yamaha
2. Kevin Windham, Honda
3. Davi Millsaps, Honda
4. Andrew Short, Honda
5. Josh Hill, Yamaha
6. Nick Wey, KTM
7. Tim Ferry, Kawasaki
8. Troy Adams, Honda
9. Charles Summey, Yamaha
10. Jason Thomas, Honda

Supercross Lites Results
1. Shaun Skinner, Honda
2. Matt Boni, Honda
3. Kyle Cunningham, Honda
4. Brady Sheren, Surrey, BC, Suzuki
5. Kyle Tobin, Kawasaki
6. Levi Kilbarger, Honda
7. Nathan Skaggs, Honda
8. Kyle Keylon, Honda
9. Ryan Lockhart, Springhill, NS, KTM
10. Jack Carpenter, Honda

KTM Junior Supercross Challenge
1. Christopher-Jay Da Silva, St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC, KTM
2. Sam Gaynor, Erin, ON, KTM
3. Connor Arsenault, Perth, ON, KTM
4. Mark Law, Cambridge ON, KTM
5. Sam Dooley, Grand Prairie, AB, KTM
6. Marco Cannella, Waterdown, ON, KTM
7. Ismael Fortier, Ste-Claire, QC, KTM
8. Just Neiser, Waterdown, ON, KTM
9. Jordan Gagnor, St-Valere, QC, KTM
10. Morgan Smethurst, Loretto, ON, KTM
11. James DeVlugt, Ailsa Craig, ON, KTM
12. Mitchel Tomasin, Stoney Creek, ON, KTM
13. Tyler Colquhoun, Kitchener, ON, KTM
14. Kyle Potter, Barrie, ON
15. Cole Willis, Nobel, ON, KTM