Chad Reed has stood atop the podium at Daytona three times, but this past Saturday is likely his last go around for the Daytona Supercross. The soon-to-be 38-year-old Reed is now looking at just seven more races of his career and maybe less if he still plans to miss a couple rounds for his Lamborghini race series.
We caught up with Reed following the race to see what he thought of it all.
Racer X: What’d you get, 13th?
Fifteenth last week. Are you moving up?
You’re putting in work.
You’re trying to get better. You’re getting better. Round two, round three, did you ever consider, this is a really long road, man. Maybe I just come out in opening ceremonies, do some Nac-Nacs, wave… Did you consider this freaking grind you had to do the last two months to get here?
All year?
That’s terrible.
How about that heat race? A little glory there.
When you came into the season, you knew you were hurt. You knew it wasn’t going to be good. Did you think before Anaheim, I’m just going to enjoy it anyway? Did you think you could enjoy it even if the riding wasn’t good and it turned out, I actually can’t? Or did you know all along, I’m not going to be happy with this?
I know you got an old box van here. Did the other truck have a motor problem or something?
I just want to ask about the effort that these dudes are putting in. No one’s handing you giant checks and you’re in Rolls-Royces to the races. This has been a grind for everybody.
It’s coming together. It just took until March, but it’s coming together.