Five Minutes with Chad Reed
Chad Reed, last years champion, beat Ricky Carmichael at Las Vegas and hasn't won since. That is, until tonight. Chad battled back from a bad start to pass RC on the last lap. All day long in the pits, Chad was all business. At practice he turned the fastest lap time. At the track walk Chad had his team around him and his game face on. No smiles broke out until CR crossed the finish line ahead of Ricky. Then it was all smiles. After all the after race stuff that comes with winning the event, Chad talked with Kendra about the day.
MTM: Chad, I know it's late and you've had yourself a pretty good day. Can we talk about it for a minute?
CR: No problem.
MTM: In practice today you looked like you were on your game, you seemed fast, smooth, and totally ready for tonight’s race. What made the difference this week?
CR: Just trying to rebound. Every week going home trying to make things better. This week it was short, we only had one practice. I think the best guys capitalize on that. When you look at it, me and Ricky almost lapped third place. I think you improve on the little things to try and make the big thing better. That’s it.
MTM: What was the hardest part of the track for you tonight?
CR: The hardest part was probably the start. It had a lot of traction and I had a bit of a hard time with it. But other than that the track was pretty tough. You know. You had to kinda be careful on your lines and just hit your lines good.
MTM: For you, where was the race won tonight, what section?
CR: I think the whoops and the turns are where you can make the most time up on, and this week I felt like I hit my turns better than I have been and also my whoops. And, you have to put in 20 good laps. You got to be fit, you got to be strong. If I wasn’t fit or strong I wouldn’t have been there at the end. It was good to be there at the end and get a win.
MTM: Well, it was good to see you there at the end. We’ll see you next week.
MTM: Chad, I know it's late and you've had yourself a pretty good day. Can we talk about it for a minute?
CR: No problem.
MTM: In practice today you looked like you were on your game, you seemed fast, smooth, and totally ready for tonight’s race. What made the difference this week?
CR: Just trying to rebound. Every week going home trying to make things better. This week it was short, we only had one practice. I think the best guys capitalize on that. When you look at it, me and Ricky almost lapped third place. I think you improve on the little things to try and make the big thing better. That’s it.
MTM: What was the hardest part of the track for you tonight?
CR: The hardest part was probably the start. It had a lot of traction and I had a bit of a hard time with it. But other than that the track was pretty tough. You know. You had to kinda be careful on your lines and just hit your lines good.
MTM: For you, where was the race won tonight, what section?
CR: I think the whoops and the turns are where you can make the most time up on, and this week I felt like I hit my turns better than I have been and also my whoops. And, you have to put in 20 good laps. You got to be fit, you got to be strong. If I wasn’t fit or strong I wouldn’t have been there at the end. It was good to be there at the end and get a win.
MTM: Well, it was good to see you there at the end. We’ll see you next week.
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