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King
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CHAD REED | A CAREER BY THE NUMBERS
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t round eight of Monster Energy AMA Supercross in Detroit, current JGR/Yoshimura Suzuki rider Chad Reed earned his 132nd career premier-class podium, an all-time record. With that in mind, we started digging around for more podium stats for the record holder. We found some interesting tidbits.
132
career
podiums
for Chad Reed. Seven-time AMA Supercross Champion Jeremy McGrath, who is second on the all-time career podium list, has 111.
134
career starts
for the rider third to Reed on the all-time podium list, Ryan Dungey, who has 101 career podiums.
92
CAREER 450SX STARTS
for four-time Monster Energy AMA Supercross Champion Ryan Villopoto. RV has 63 career podiums.
April 16, 2011
Date that Chad Reed passed McGrath for most podiums of all time, with 112, at the Seattle Supercross.
April 10, 2010
The last time any of the other 19 riders who were in the 2003 Anaheim 1 main event—which Reed won for his first podium—reached a podium. Ivan Tedesco (12th at A1 ’03) finished third that day in Houston in 2010.
one for the
Ages
36
years,
11 months,
9 days
Reed’s age when he made the podium in Detroit. He’s the oldest rider in AMA Supercross history to podium in the premier class.
4 Age of Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Austin Forkner when Chad Reed earned his first podium finish in 2003. Forkner won the 250SX East Region race in Detroit on the same night Reed captured his 132nd podium.
10
Age of Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac when Chad Reed earned his first podium finish in 2003. Tomac, the overall winner of the Triple Crown in Detroit, raced the 65cc class at Loretta Lynn’s that year.
7 YEARS,
1 MONTH,
25 DAYS
Age of Red Bull KTM’s Cooper Webb, who finished second in Detroit’s Triple Crown, when Reed earned his first podium finish in 2003. Webb raced the 51cc 7-8 AMA Class 2 in 2003, where he finished 30th.
5 YEARS,
2 MONTHS,
14 DAYS
Age of privateer Carlen Gardner when Reed earned his first podium in 2003. Gardner was the youngest rider in the 450SX main event in Detroit.
Riders in AMA Supercross history with more than 100 career podiums: Reed (132), McGrath (111), and Dungey (101).
25
Consecutive podium finishes for Reed during 2003 and ’04, is second only to Ryan “The Diesel” Dungey, who had 31 consecutive podiums.
4
Different brands Reed has ridden to the podium: Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda, and Kawasaki.
17 Years Reed has raced full-time in the premier class of Monster Energy AMA Supercross (including 2019).
16 Of 17 years Reed has earned at least one podium finish, 2018 being the sole outlier.
83%
Reed’s career podium percentage when he broke the all-time podium record in 2011 (112 podiums in 135 starts).
Career podiums for top-five in 450SX points
*Through Round 11
*Through Round 11
Cooper Webb
10
Marvin Musquin
35
Eli Tomac
46
Ken Roczen
35
Blake Baggett
11