K-Dub entered the weekend on a hot streak after winning in Seattle. He was only ten points down heading into Las Vegas and the night started out well for Windham, as he beat Reed in their heat race.
“I was on cloud nine,” Windham said. “I had a weak practice, and I was a little concerned, and to be able to achieve that in the heat was a good feeling."
Windham started near the front in the main event before passing Davi Millsaps for the lead. However, Reed found his way into second before too long, and soon Windham was under pressure.
“I had a couple times when I lost it and I was lucky I kept it on two wheels,” Windham said. “And on the jump-on, jump-off right before the finish line, my rear wheel slid out of the rut, I lost all my drive, and I doinked my front end going up to the finish line, so there were a couple of those mistakes that really helped Chad close the gap, and once he got by me, it was tough. It’s been a great season, and I’ve got to look at that, but in this moment, it’s pretty bad.”
Windham finished second on the evening and in the championship, and he is the only rider this year that finished inside the top five at every race. The final tally was four wins and eight additional podium finishes.
Eastern Regional Lites Supercross champion Trey Canard got to debut the number-one plate inside Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas for his first-ever Lites East/West Shootout, where the top 20 riders from both coasts merge for one final winner-take-all race.
Canard started and finished in third behind Ryan Dungey and Ryan Villopoto. Teammate Dan Reardon, also a rookie in Supercross this year, finished fourth.
“Going into it, I had heard it was a gnarly race, and it was good to go up against those guys,”
Canard said. “It was a fun race. I got kind of smoked, but that’s okay, I’m safe and ready to go for the outdoors. I’m not going to worry about it too much.”
Canard, Reardon, Josh Grant and Jake Weimer will now head outdoors for the summer AMA Outdoor Nationals motocross series. Windham will only be participating in selected Outdoor events in 2008. AMSOIL is proud sponsor of the AMA MX series which starts on May 25 at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Calif.
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