Monster Energy Kawasaki rider Chad Reed is one step closer to winning his maiden Championship with his new team after winning the 6^th round of the Monster Energy SuperX Championship in Hamilton, New Zealand on Saturday 21 November. Chad made it a clean sweep in NZ, winning 4 from 4 motos and taking the maximum amount of Championship points possible. Chad’s perfect points haul propels him back into the series lead with only one round of racing left.

Chad was in a league of his own on board the Kawasaki KX450F at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. Following up on his flawless round win last weekend in Sydney, Chad came out firing in NZ, grabbing two out of four possible holeshots in the four race quad challenge as he raced towards victory.

Chad’s 1-1-1-1 result in NZ sees the series leading red plate returned to his KX450F as he heads into the final round. Chad’s unrivalled form of late shows his dedicated effort to wrapping up his maiden series with Monster Energy Kawasaki on top, before heading to the USA to compete in the AMA SX in early January.

If Chad can clinch the series victory, the win will mark 3 Australian Open Supercross victories for Kawasaki over the past four years. Chad Reed will be riding for the 2009 Monster Energy SuperX crown at Brisbane, QLD on Saturday 5 December.

Although the hard packed Canberra track was not overly suited to KRT’s Craig Anderson and Luke Arbon, both riders still managed to advance a position on the leader board at the 4^th round of the Monster Energy SuperX at Canberra on Sat 7 November.  

Open rider Craig Anderson qualified well in 4^th place on his KX450F and looked on track to finish inside the top 5 at Canberra. The hard packed conditions, unsuited to Craig’s aggressive style of riding, prevented the twelve time Australian Champion from finishing inside the top 5. Craig still finished inside the top ten with his 8-9-9 results throughout the three moto finals leaving him in 9^th position overall for the round. Craig’s consistent points haul throughout the Monster Energy SuperX series advances him to 8^th place overall in the Championship.

Craig says, “I qualified well but I didn’t feel like I could ride to my full potential on the hard track. It’s still good to take away points and move up the ladder. I’m looking forward to moving even further up the leader board at Parramatta in front of a home crowd.”

Proving he is yet to show his true potential in the series, young Lites rider Luke Arbon moves inside the top ten in the Championship even though he suffered a DNF in one of his final motos at Canberra. Luke’s 10-DNF-8 result at the 4^th round still gave the 17 year old enough points to advance him to 10^th overall in the Championship. The unfortunate DNF came about from a final corner incident where Luke was hit from behind by another rider.

KRT Manager Brett Whale says, “It was certainly a tough weekend for Kawasaki at Canberra. We are definitely looking forward to the Sydney round this coming weekend. Ando should put on a good show in front of a home crowd.”

KRT’s Craig Anderson and Luke Arbon will be racing for even more Championship points at the 5^th round of the 2009 Monster Energy SuperX Championships at Parramatta Stadium on Saturday 14 November.