Chad Reed

Chad Reed is a highly decorated Australian motocross and supercross racer with numerous championships and a record-setting career. After securing the Australian Junior Motocross Championship in 1997, Chad Reed transitioned to professional racing in Australia in 1998, competing directly in the 250cc class. He clinched the Australian 250cc Supercross Championship in both 1999 and 2000. In 2001, Reed moved to Europe for the FIM World 250cc Motocross Championships with Jan DeGroot’s factory Kawasaki team.

He won the Grand Prix of Lierop in the Netherlands, becoming the first Australian to achieve a world 250cc GP race victory, and finished second overall in the championship standings. Reed’s career accelerated with his 2002 move to the United States, joining Yamaha of Troy. He dominated the 125cc East Coast Supercross championship, winning all but two races, and secured his sole 125cc National victory in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania, placing third overall for the season. Advancing to the premier 250cc class with Factory Yamaha in 2003, Reed finished runner-up in his rookie Supercross season to Ricky Carmichael, winning eight races but losing the title by just seven points.

Reed continued to break records, becoming ‘The Ironman of Supercross’ in 2018 for the most AMA Supercross Starts, and winning both the SX-Open Championship and the FIM Oceania Supercross Champion title that year.