James Stewart, Chad Reed looking for better start to 2010 AMA Supercross season

The AMA Supercross season opener in Anaheim last year didnt go quite as planned for James Stewart and Chad Reed. The two riders entered as favorites to win the race and challenge each other for the AMA Supercross championship.
But the two collided during the main event race, opening the door for Josh Grant, a rider from Riverside, to win the first AMA Supercross race of his career.
Reed returned, missing his front brakes, and finished third in the season opener in Anaheim. Stewart did not finish the race, but rallied to win the Supercross championship, the second of his career.
Along the way, Stewart and Reed had differences of opinions and tactics on the race track and off it. Stewart said, Its a new season. I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish.
But Reed isnt so quick to forget the transgressions of last season.
The AMA Supercross season opens Saturday night at Angels Stadium in Anaheim. Stewart spent the off-season battling food poison while racing in Europe and working on a reality show for Fuel TV.
Reed joined a new team and spent most of his off-season impatiently waiting for the new season to start.

AMA Supercross season opens on Saturday in Anaheim

The AMA Supercross season opens this weekend and about the only certainty is that Riverside’s Josh Grant will be in for a fight if he wants to repeat as winner of the opener at Angels Stadium in Anaheim on Saturday night.
James Stewart, the reigning AMA Supercross champion, and Chad Reed, the Supercross runner-up from Australia, will give Grant all he can handle in Anaheim on Saturday night.
Stewart and Reed collided in last year’s season opener in Anaheim. Stewart was unable to return to the race. Reed got back in the mix and finished third.
Meanwhile, Grant took advantage of Stewart and Reed’s misfortune and won the first race of his AMA Supercross career.
“I don’t know what to say right now,” said Grant after winning the race in Anaheim last year. “To get my first win out of the way is huge, and I am so pumped. I saw those guys (Stewart and Reed) on the ground and just raced hard to the win.”
Stewart ended up winning the AMA Supercross championship by four points over Reed. Grant was fourth in the final AMA Supercross standings.
I will have more on Thursday after with interviews from Stewart, Reed, Grant, Ryan Villopoto and Ryan Dungey from Anaheim.