The 32-year-old has also set his sights on winning the national motorcross title.

Reed told ESPN’s XGames.com website this week that it was easy to look back and think, “I wish I would have just sucked it up and taken a fourth” but he didn’t want to be fourth. 

“I wanted to be on the podium. I wanted to pass (Ken) Roczen. Honestly, I don’t feel that I did anything wrong,” Reed said of the crash on the final lap of the San Diego round of the series.

“I committed to the outside and was just going a lot faster through the whoops. Roczen knew that and did what we all would have done and he protected his line.

“Unfortunately, I just had too much speed and had nowhere to go and ran into the back of him. 

I decelerated a little bit, but as soon as I did, it got me a little bit out of shape and I just had to grab another handful and get after it. 

The whoops are not easy to stop in or to drastically change a line in. 

I tried to get to the right but, unfortunately, I just caught him and that drove me into the next jump and I just blew out my shoulder and broke some bones. 

“It was so disappointing. 

“There was nothing I would have done if I was Kenny and there was nothing I would have changed by me. 

“I was going for a podium position on the last lap.”

Reed told XGames.com he had set his sights on winning the 2014 AMA National Motocross Championship Series and had his first ride on the bike last week ahead of the opening event the Glen Helen National on May 25.

“Getting on a dirt bike and riding it for 10 minutes feels like you’ve literally rode a century. Every muscle in your body gets used and every little thing hurts the next day. It’s brutal,” Reed said. 

“Right now my goal is to be competitive for the Glen Helen National on May 25. 

“At this point I’ll just be stoked to be there and to be healthy and have a shot at it.

“I think with just a month of preparation it’s going to be tough to be at my best at Glen Helen. 

“I just hope that I’m almost at 100 per cent and I can put myself in a position where I can win races and contend for the title. A 2014 outdoor title is the priority right now.”

Hunter riders Mason Campton and Sam Masters are taking leading roles in their high-flying teams’ starts to the British Speedway Premier League.

Kurri Kurri rider Campton’s Workington Warriors have got off to a flyer in the British Speedway Premier League holding down second spot from Masters’ Edinburgh.

The Warriors, who also feature leading Australian rider Josh Grajczonek, have six points from their two meetings and only trail Edinburgh on for and against scores.

In their latest meeting Campton scored 10 points from his five rides, including a heat win, as Workington defeated Somerset at home 52-38.

He scored seven points including another heat win to help the Warrirors defeat Peterborough 52-40.

Novacastrian Masters scored nine points in Edinburgh’s 59 to 34 victory against Scunthorpe. Campton scored six points for the losers as a guest rider.

Rohan Tungate, from Pelaw Main, has made an outstanding start to the Premier League season scoring 12 points, including three heat wins, to be the top scorer for Ipswich in their 53-39 win against Scunthorpe.

He followed the performance up with eight points for the Witches in their 45-all draw with Newcastle. He was the stand-out rider again for Ipswich scoring 11 points in their 67-27 drubbing by Somerset in the League Cup, an additional competition to the main Elite and Premier leagues.

In the Elite League, Novacastrian Jason Doyle is also in fantastic form for Leicester scoring 13 points in their a 50-43 victory against Belle Vue Aces.

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