The AMA Supercross series visited St Louis (MO) on Saturday as its two dominant riders, the steady Chad Reed (Suzuki) and main rival and quickest rider in the series James Stewart (Yamaha) lined up to do battle. Reed led the season championship from Stewart by only 6 points, after finishing first or second in every race so far this season. In the preliminaries, Reed won his heat race while Stewart finished 9th in his after falling twice.

In the final, both Reed and Stewart got mediocre starts, ensuring an exciting show for the 55,000 fans in the house. Stewart clawed his way from 7th to first in five laps, passing Reed in the process, before falling again with five laps to go in the 20-lap final.

The ever consistent Chad Reed took the win, 4 seconds in front of a battling Stewart, and now leads the championship by 11 points with five races to go.

The Reed/Stewart show comes to Toronto next weekend.

AMA Supercross St Louis (Race 12 of 17)
Main event Results

1- Chad Reed Suzuki
2- James Stewart Yamaha
3- Josh Grant Yamaha
4- Andrew Short Honda
5- Jason Laurence Yamaha
6- Ivan Tedesco Honda
7- Mike Alessi Suzuki
8- David Millsaps Honda
9- Kevin Windham Honda
10- Paul Carpenter Kawasaki
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AMA Supercross Standings (After race 12 of 17)

1- Chad Reed 271 points
2- James Stewart 260 points
3- Andrew Short 197 points
4- Josh Grant 172 points
5- Ryan Villopoto 165 points
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Photo Credit : AMA Supercross