KIWI RIDER 12 2018 VOL.1 | Page 102

I’m 36 years old and I’m not supposed to be winning like this, at this level For the likeable Reed it was a welcome return to his "home away from home"... a hat-trick of wins at Auckland allowing him to add that to his three United States crowns in a racing career that seems to have no end. The 36-year-old Reed, from Kurri Kurri in New South Wales, has been a many-time visitor to New Zealand over the years and he was the obvious crowd favourite at Auckland, with the Mt Smart venue threatening to erupt each time he took the che ered a Reed made several trips to New Zealand in the 1990s, the young man keen to test himself before eventually heading to Europe and then the US, where he went on to craft a brilliant international career. REED e nished r nner p in his rst attempt at the 250cc motocross world championships in 2001 before twice winning the US supercross championships, rstly in and then a ain in , and he also then on the cc motocross championships in the US in 2009. And there seems to be plenty more left in this "old man" of the sport. “I’m 36 years old and I’m not supposed to be winning like this, at this level. Bring on A1 is all I can say,” said Reed, referring to the 2019 US supercross championship opener, set for Angel Stadium, in Anaheim, California, on January 5.