How long is chad reed out for

Australian supercross star Chad Reed has been ruled out of the rest of this year's series after suffering multiple injuries in a horrific crash. One of Australia's highest-paid sportsmen, Reed was badly hurt at last weekend's Dallas round of the AMA Supercross while challenging for the race lead.

Initial scans have revealed Reed has torn his anterior cruciate ligament, broken his tibia and fibula, sustained two broken ribs and has a broken vertebra.

Australian supercross star Chad Reed will be out for a year after a horrific crash. It's not that I'm talking like these races suck or anything like that, it's just a very different feeling. I decided to race this year fully based on the fact that I wanted to kind of say my goodbyes and enjoy multiple stadiums around the country, and I didn't get that opportunity.

We're really six stadiums short of what I originally had planned out to do. After his professional career began in , Reed came to the United States in and has become one of the most decorated—and notoriously gritty—riders in the history of the sport, amassing 44 premier class wins fourth all-time , podiums most all-time , starts most all-time and he is a two-time Monster Energy Supercross champion , He is also the only international rider to win titles in both cc and cc.

Over the past couple of years, though, he has caught the four-wheel bug and run events in Lamborghini Super Trofeo, even winning at the World Finals in Jerez, Spain, last year. Although his eyes have moved toward sports cars, there is still a desire to not let Sunday be the final chapter of his storied Supercross career.

That's the unknown. I really want to race some races next year. I think that'd be really fun to experience fans again. What I get from racing in front of fans and when they turn the lights off, do opening ceremonies, the fireworks, the anthem, all those things, that's what I want to experience one last time.

Anaheim, Daytona and Indianapolis were among the list of potential venues he mentioned returning to. Looking beyond his riding career, Reed sees the appeal of emulating Roger De Coster, who earned five motocross championships in the s before retiring and finding a prominent second career running programs for Honda, Husqvarna, KTM and Suzuki.

It's a gnarly schedule. The schedule doesn't scare me. I'm probably most fearful of not being able to pack my bag and get on a plane 17 times a year. Husqvarna finally lifts the covers off the production version of its long-coveted concept machine, the Norden Chad Reed takes up the intriguing story about the last-minute deal that allowed him to race the Outdoor series and, thanks to a now infamous insurance policy, the massive payday he scored for winning his first professional motocross title… After not racing the Outdoors for two years, I really wanted that option written into my contract with Suzuki.

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