TWO TWO TOO GOOD

01 2001 GP OF LIEROP

CHAD REED FLEW to Europe in 2001 where he rode for Jan DeGroot’s factory Kawasaki team and finished runner up in the World 250cc Motocross Championship on debut to multi-time champion Mickaël Pichon. Reed claimed victory at his team’s home round, the GP of Lierop in The Netherlands, and won a moto at the 2001 Motocross des Nations in Belgium before taking out Jeremy McGrath at the Paris Supercross in November to introduce himself to American fans.

02 125SX TITLE

the US scene in 2002 not much was known about the kid from Kurri Kurri except that he’d t-boned Jeremy McGrath at the Paris Supercross. Reed was so eager to compete in the US he raced the opening three rounds of the AMA 250cc Supercross Championship (now 450SX) before the 125cc East series (now 250SX) got underway. He placed 5-6-8 at those three events, even