Rider: Chad Reed
Nickname: Skippy, Speedy Reedy
Nationality: Australian
Team: TwoTwo Motorsports
Machine: Honda CRF450R (#22)
Born: March 15, 1982 in Newcastle
N.S.W., Australia
- 2012 - 12th Supercross - Honda
- 2011 - 1st Genoa Supercross - Honda
- 2011 - 3rd Motocross - Honda
- 2011 - 2nd Supercross - Honda
- 2010 - 11th Motocross - Kawasaki
- 2010 - 17th Supercross - Kawasaki
- 2009 - 1st Motocross - Suzuki
- 2009 - 2nd Supercross - Suzuki
- 2008 - 1st Supercross - Yamaha
- 2007 - 2nd Supercross - Yamaha
- 2007 - 27th Motocross - Yamaha
- 2006 - 2nd Supercross - Yamaha
- 2006 - 6th Motocross - Yamaha
- 2005 - 2nd Supercross - Yamaha
- 2005 - 8th 250 Motocross - Yamaha
- 2004 - 1st Supercross - Yamaha
- 2004 - 2nd 250 Motocross - Yamaha
- 2003 - 2nd Supercross - Yamaha
- 2003 - 3rd 250 Motocross - Yamaha
- 2002 - 1st Supercross Lites East - Yamaha
- 2002 - 21st Supercross - Yamaha
- 2002 - 3rd 125 Motocross - Yamaha
- 2001 - 2nd FIM Motocross- Kawasaki
- 2000 - 1st Australian Supercross
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Chad Reed's Biography
Chad Reed is a multi-time Supercross champion, winning the U.S. AMA Supercross Championship in 2004 & 2008. In 2009, he won the 2009 AMA 450 National Outdoor Motocross Championship, and the Australian Supercross Series for his fourth time.
ter winning the Australian Supercross Championship in 2000, Reed went to Europe in 2001 to ride for Jan DeGroot's factory Kawasaki team. Reed and his KX250 won the MX Grand Prix of Lierop and eventually finishing the year second to multi-time World Champion Mickael Pichon.
Eager to move to America and campaign to world's premiere series, Reed picked up a ride with Yamaha of Troy to ride 125 East Coast Supercross and 125 Nationals aboard the four-stroke YZ250F. Reed won all but two Supercrosses that season and earned the East Coast championship.
Reed moved directly to the 250 class full-time in 2003 with Factory Yamaha. Aboard a YZ250, he won one more race than chief rival Ricky Carmichael, but lost the title at the last round to the Carmichael.
For 2009, Chad joined Team Suzuki USA, winning the 450 outdoor Motocross Championship.
For 2010, Chad joined with Kawasaki USA.
In 2011, Chad decided to start his own team - TwoTwo Motorsports, this year riding Honda's.
In June 2011, Chad received a very special award - he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. The second youngest person ever to receive the acknowledgement.
Chad Reed, Date of birth
March 15, 1982
