Always destined for the top

On his journey to the top, Chad Reed had to earn his stripes in Australia. Along the way he raced against, and beat, some of the biggest names the sport has produced here. His rivalry with the late Andrew McFarlane, who would go on to be one of Chad’s closest friends, will go down in the record books as one of the best. Combine “Sharky” with the likes of Michael Byrne, Craig Anderson, Cameron Taylor, Cheyne Boyd, Danny Ham and myself and you have one heck of a strong period in our sport.

After having a good think about it, I came up with a select group of riders who had their own special experiences with Chad.

Danny Ham

ADB What are your earliest memories of Chad Reed?

I’m going to say that heading out to his house to ride on his track would be my earliest. At that stage he was still a Junior on 125s. I remember him not even being close