Courtesy of Discount Tire Racing/TwoTwo Motorsports
It is with great disappointment that Discount Tire Racing/TwoTwo
Motorsports’ Chad Reed announces that he must sit out for the remaining
rounds of the 2014 AMA Monster Energy Supercross series after undergoing
shoulder surgery to repair injuries sustained in a racing accident in
San Diego. Reed entered round 6 of the series after taking a commanding
win just seven days earlier in Anaheim, his second win of the 2014
season, and only two points shy of the series championship point
standings. Despite breaking three bones in the San Diego crash, Reed put
in a valiant effort in Dallas this past weekend to stay in the hunt for
series championship, however his injuries were too severe for Reed to
complete practice qualifying. While Reed will now turn his focus to the
2014 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, he is also excited to
announce a new chapter for Discount Tire Racing/TwoTwo Motorsports: Dean
Wilson!
Discount Tire Racing/TwoTwo Motorsports reached an agreement with
Mitch Payton of Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki to allow Dean Wilson
to race Reed’s Kawasaki KX450F at select East Coast rounds of 2014
Supercross series. Wilson has prior experience racing the KX450F in the
Lucas Oil Pro Motocross; however this will be his first attempt at
racing in the 450 Supercross class.
For Reed, choosing Dean as his fill in was an easy fit. “For me I’m
ready to heal up and get back into training and focus my time and energy
on getting ready for Outdoors,” said Reed. “I’m excited for Dean
because it is the team’s long term goal to have multiple riders on the
team and Dean’s name has been kicked around the semi for a long time.
This is our first chance to see how it goes with another rider in the
mix. Not only is Dean a good friend, but is also somebody who I respect
for his talent. I’m excited for the chance to work with him and not
dwell on the fact that I’m out of the championship. I’m excited to put a
headset on and go to the races as team owner and try to see what we can
do and have fun with Deano.”
Upon entering his first 450 Supercross race, Wilson looks forward to the opportunity of learning under Reed’s guidance.
“Joining Discount Tire Racing/TwoTwo Motorsports is going to be an
awesome experience for me. Obviously I know Chad pretty well and I got
the phone call last Saturday after he decided that he wasn’t going to be
racing. It was a pretty cool phone call to get that he wants me to race
his bike! I’ve wanted to do the 450 rounds on the East coast just to
keep racing because I feel like I’m riding pretty well at the moment.
Mitch (Payton) and Reid (Nordin, Kawasaki race team manager) were really
supportive of this move, as well as the other team sponsors. I just
want to mix it up with the boys and have fun. There is no pressure so it
should just be some good racing and some good experience for me.”
Coming off of the West coast share of the series, Mitch Payton is
excited for Dean to get seat time on the East coast before the series
heads back west.
“We’re very happy that Chad has reached out to Dean to fill in for
him while he is recovering,” said Mitch. “Both Chad and Pro Circuit are
really good friends as Dean and Chad are also. We believe Chad’s team is
organized and ready to do battle and we think this will be good for
Dean to get experience in the 450 class. Coming off his West coast it is
good to keep him out there racing and getting seat time.”
Reed plans on attending most of the remaining Supercross races as
team owner and as rider coach as Dean transfers his efforts from the
Kawasaki KX250F to the KX450F.
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