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Dan Reardon - Anaheim 1

Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing Ryan Dungey

Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing Ryan Dungey

Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing Ryan Dungey

Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing Ryan Dungey

Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing Ryan Dungey

Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing Ryan Dungey

Andrew Short

Ivan Tedesco

Chris Blose

Matt Goerke - Suzuki City Team

Ben Townley

Heath Voss

Kyle Chrisholm - 2009 AMA Supercross

2009 Team MDK KTM Rider Justin Brayton

2009 Team MDK KTM Rider Martin Davalos

2009 Team MDK KTM Rider Ryan Sipes

2009 Team MDK KTM Rider Wil Hahn

Jake Weimer - Anaheim 1

Ryan Morais - Anaheim 1

Josh Grant - Anaheim 1

Josh Grant - Anaheim 1

Stewart / Reed Battle - Anaheim 1

James Stewart - Anaheim 1

James Stewart - Anaheim 1

Jason Lawrence - Anaheim 1

Josh Grant - Anaheim 1

Weimer and Morais on the Supercross Lites Anaheim 1 podium.

2009 Supercross Anaheim 1 Podium (left to right) Andrew Short, Josh Grant, Chad Reed.

Ben Coisy - Anaheim 1

Weimer and Morais battling - Anaheim 1

Steve Boniface - Anaheim 1

Brayton - Anaheim 1

Sipes - Anaheim 1

Supercross Podium - Phoenix

Starting line - Phoenix

Jake Weimer - Phoenix

Ryan Dungey - Phoenix

Jason Lawrence - Phoenix

Chad Reed - Phoenix

James Stewart - Phoenix

Josh Grant - Phoenix

James Stewart - Phoenix

James Stewart - Phoenix

James Stewart - Phoenix

Ryan Dungey - Phoenix

James Stewart - Phoenix

Chad Reed - Phoenix

Chad Reed - Phoenix

Josh Grant - Phoenix

Supercross Girl - Anaheim 2

Morais and Dungey - Anaheim 2

Chad Reed - Anaheim 2

James Stewart - Anaheim 2

Chad Reed - Houston

Chad Reed and James Stewart battling at the start in Houston

Brett Metcalfe - Houson

James Stewart - Houston

Supercross lead pack - San Francisco

Jake Weimer - San Francisco

Jake Weimer - San Francisco

Chad Reed and Mike Alessi - San Francisco

James Stewart - San Francisco

James Stewart - Anaheim 3

Mike Alessi - Anaheim 3

Josh Grant - Anaheim 3

Chad Reed - Anaheim 3

Josh Grant, Andrew Short, Mike Alessi - San Diego

Jake Weimer - San Diego

Starting Line Lites Class - San Diego

Chad Reed - San Diego

Supercross Pack - Atlanta

First Corner Lites - Atlanta

Chad Reed - Atlanta

Christophe Pourcel - Atlanta

Lites Podium - Indianapolis

Supercross Pack - Indianapolis

Nico Izzi - Indianapolis

Jason Lawrence - Indianapolis

James Stewart - Indianapolis

Chad Reed - Daytona

Austin Stroupe - Daytona

James Stewart - Daytona

Lites Podium - Daytona

James Stewart Crash - Daytona

Michael Byrne - Daytona

Jason Lawrence - Daytona

Supercross Podium - Daytona

James Stewart - New Orleans

Supercross Podium - New Orleans

Austin Stroupe - New Orleans

Christophe Pourcel - New Orleans

Josh Grant - St. Louis

Travis Pastrana - St. Louis

Chad Reed - St. Louis

Supercross lites race - St. Louis

Christophe Pourcel adds his name to the wall of Kawsaki winners - AMA Supercross Toronto

Stewart takes another win - AMA Supercross Toronto

Christophe Pourcel - AMA Supercross Toronto

Josh Grant - AMA Supercross Toronto

Supercross Class Podium - AMA Supercross Toronto

James Stewart and Chad Reed clearly don't see eye to eye on what happened during the race. - 2009 AMA Supercross - Jacksonville

Stewart caught up and made the pass to take the lead. - 2009 AMA Supercross - Jacksonville

Riders are ready to take off and fight for the lead and the hole shot. - 2009 AMA Supercross - Jacksonville

Ivan Tedesco works his way in to the top-5 in points - 2009 AMA Supercross - Jacksonville

Ryan Morais (116) and Ryan Dungey (10) fighting for position - 2009 ama Supercross - Seattle

Ryan Dungey resumes the Supercross Lites West class with a win - 2009 ama Supercross - Seattle

Ryan Villopoto returns after missing the past few rounds - 2009 ama Supercross - Seattle

Ryan Morais races hard and finishes in second - 2009 ama Supercross - Seattle

James Stewart takes the win in Utah and contiues to lead the championship - AMA Supercross - Salt Lake City

Chad Reed (1) and James Stewart (7) continue their battle for the championship - AMA Supercross - Salt Lake City

Jake Weimer (19) and Ryan Dungey (10) fight for the lead - AMA Supercross - Salt Lake City

Ryan Dungey wins the 2009 AMA Western Lites Supercross Chapionship title - 2009 AMA Supercross - Salt Lake City

Chad Reed had three wins and 12 runner-up finishes in the 2009 Supercross season.

Chad Reed lost his bid for a third series championship to James Stewart by 4 points, but left no doubt that he'll be one of the riders to beat for some time to come.

"I love the rivalry that we have going on, and there's a lot of fuel in the fire." James Steward, opening round in Anaheim.

At Phoenix, Reed posted the first of seven consecutive runner-up finishes, and after the race at Atlanta Feb. 21 he was 3 points out the lead - 2009 Supercross season.

Reed made his first visit to the top step of the podium when the series moved to the new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Feb. 28. The Tampa, Fla., resident took the lead at the start, relinquished it to Stewart on lap 14, and regained it on lap 16. The 2.1-second victory left the rivals deadlocked in the standings with eight rounds to go.

Another Reed win the next week at Daytona Beach, Fla., followed by a second at New Orleans and his third win in four weeks at St. Louis March 21 and a second in Toronto March 28 left Reed 8 points ahead heading into the final four races.

A rivalry that had been fairly low-key flared in Jacksonville, where Reed finished second to Stewart after a confrontation between the two in practice and what Reed considered a dangerous mid-air pass by Stewart over a triple jump.

The Australian star was also battling an undisclosed illness that may have been a major factor in Reed's 7th place finish and fall to second in the standings at Seattle after being accidentally hit and knocked down by another rider on the opening lap.

On lap 12 of Salt Lake City, as Stewart and Reed were lapping Kyle Chisholm, Stewart's teammate failed to give race leader Reed room to pass and then ran into his rear wheel.

A win at Salt Lake City would have left the leaders tied in points going into the final Saturday. Instead, Reed trailed by six and knew that in all likelihood his hopes depended on winning the race and having Stewart finish no better than fourth.

Ryan Villopoto took the lead at Las Vegas for good on lap 3, with Stewart second and Reed third.

Villopoto struggled with illness and inconsistency during his rookie season, but finished extremely well to insure himself of contender status in the future.

Villopoto, a Poulsbo, Wash., resident, made his return with one of those storybook moments, getting his first main event win before a hometown crowd at Seattle.

Pourcel had five wins and never finished out of the top five in eight starts to win the title by 33 points over Pro Circuit mate Austin Stroupe.

Jake Weimer came up 5 points shy of the West title, but had three wins and was in the top five in all eight races.

Ryan Morais had five runner-up finishes in West Coast Lites to take third.

Josh Hill, a Yoncalla, Ore., native, raced the majority of the season at less than 100 percent. A podium finish in Toronto and a strong fourth-place run in Jacksonville brought late-season promise, but a practice crash just before Seattle forced him to sit out the final three races.

Christophe Pourcel of France won three of the first four East races and clinched the title with one event remaining by winning at Toronto, and then won the finale at Jacksonville, Fla.