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Round 17 – AMA Supercross 2008, Las Vegas, NV – May 3

Published May 3rd, 2008

Congratulations Chad Reed & Ryan Dungey for the wins at the Supercross Finale in Las Vegas!

450 Supercross Results
1.	Chad Reed	YAM
2.	Kevin Windham	HON
3.	Andrew Short	HON
4.	Josh Hill	YAM
5.	Davi Millsaps	HON
6.	Nick Wey	KTM
7.	Josh Summey	YAM
8.	Travis Preston	KAW
9.	Tim Ferry	KAW
10.	David Vuillemin	SUZ
11.	Heath Voss	HON
12.	Paul Carpenter	HON
13.	Jason Thomas	HON
14.	Kelly Smith	KAW
15.	Ryan Clark	HON
16.	Kevin Johnson	YAM
17.	Tyler Bright	HON
18.	Josh Hansen	SUZ
19.	Robbie Reynard	SUZ
20.	Eric Sorby	HON

450 Supercross Points
Chad Reed	365
Kevin Windham	352
Andrew Short	281
Davi Millsaps	278
Josh Hill	228
Tim Ferry	218
Nate Ramsey	173
David Vuillemin	169
Nick Wey	159
Paul Carpenter	145
Josh Summey	144
Heath Voss	130
Travis Preston	109
Jason Thomas	101
Eric Sorby	84
Troy Adams	74
Mike Alessi	69
Jake Marsack	66
Ivan Tedesco	53
J Gibson	52

250 Lites Results
1.	Ryan Dungey	SUZ
2.	Ryan Villopoto	KAW
3.	Trey Canard	HON
4.	Dan Reardon	HON
5.	Ryan Morais	YAM
6.	Justin Brayton	KTM
7.	Brett Metcalfe	KAW
8.	Kyle Chisholm	KAW
9.	Broc Hepler	YAM
10.	Austin Stroupe	KAW
11.	Matt Lemoine	YAM
12.	Rob Kinnery	HON
13.	Wil Hahn	YAM
14.	Justin Keeney	HON
15.	Nico Izzi	SUZ
16.	K Cunningham	HON
17.	Tyler Bowers	YAM
18.	Matt Boni	HON
19.	Ryan Sipes	KTM
20.	Ben Coisy	HON

250 Lites Points

Sam Boyd Stadium

Tonight, the 2008 AMA/FIM Supercross Series was decided between Chad Reed & Kevin Windham, here in Las Vegas! It’s also the annual Dave Coombs Sr. 250 East/West Shootout, combining the best of the East and West Lites divisions.

Kevin Windham, Davi Millsaps and Andrew Short put on an impressive show holding an all-Honda lead for about 1/2 the race with Chad Reed in 4th place. Windham had as much as 4 seconds on Reed for several of the exciting main event laps. Each of the top 3 contenders for the podium made one or more mistakes allowing Chad Reed to pick them off one-by-one. Millsaps spun out first and fell several positions behind putting Reed in 3rd. Next Reed set his sights on Andrew Short and followed him uncomfortably close for a few laps before Short’s mistake cost him the 2nd place finish. As Reed closed in bit by bit, Windham’s hold on the Championship eventually was taken by Reed who earned every bit of the first place finish of the main event in Vegas.

In the Lites class Ryan Villopoto ran ahead of the pack nearly the entire race. Following just 3 seconds behind Villopoto, but equally as fast, Ryan Dungey rode smooth and confidently. A tiny wobble cost Villopoto one second of his lead, then another mistake cost another second and he became noticably rattled by Dungey so close and such high stakes on the line. This was one of the best races we have ever seen in an East/West shootout and every fan was standing in awe and screaming as Ryan Dungey finally passed Villopoto on the second to last lap.

Photos below to click on: 250 podium, 450 podium, Trey Canard 1E (four times), the crowd at Sam Boyd Stadium, Ryan Dungey 28 twice, Dungey taking the checkered flag, Dungey and Ryan Villopoto battling in the 15 lap Supercross Lites Main, Tim Ferry 15, fireworks, Josh Hill, Jason Lawrence 1W (three times), Davi Millsaps, three photo of Supercross Champion Chad Reed 22 in practice, Reed closing in on Andrew Short in the 20 lap Supercross Main, Reed passing Kevin Windham for the lead in the main event, Andrew Short racing with Chad Reed, Ryan Villopoto 2 twice, five shots of Kevin Windham.