World champ ready for big race, mum’s baked dinner

 

World champ ready for big race, mum’s baked dinner

May 17, 2007

His dad wants to take him fishing and his mum expects to fire up the oven for a few baked dinners.

It’s not a hero’s welcome, but it’s exactly what US-based world Supercross champion Chad Reed is looking forward to most when he returns to his parents’ home at Sawyers Gully today.

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