Chad Reed Maintains Championship Point Lead

Nathan Ramsey Rounds Out Top Five

ROUND 8 – ATLANTA, GA – GEORGIA DOME – FEBRUARY 23RD

ANAHEIM, CA (February 24, 2008) –  The Supercross season’s largest crowd to date, 67,429 arrived at Georgia Dome to see the non-stop action that was round eight of the 2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series. Team San Manuel’s Nathan Ramsey, continuing to season best at each stop of the series, took a fifth place finish while team mate and series championship points leader, Chad Reed, took sixth place.

Ramsey took a second place spot in the last chance qualifier for the transfer to the main event, while Reed won his heat race, with a 51.199 lap time, for the direct transfer to the main.

During Atlanta’s main event, series points leader Reed grabbed the holeshot taking the $1,500 Progressive Hole Shot Award with Ramsey following closely in third.  Ramsey ran a great race, holding off most of the field to take a hard-earned fifth place finish.

On lap six, while running in first place, Reed crashed and remounted in 11th. Battling the tight pack, Reed managed on to take over 5 spots to finish in sixth.  Reed still maintains the overall championship points lead, with 184 points.

Television programming note:  the AMA Supercross class race airs on CBS Sports Sunday, February 24th at Noon EST and 9:00 AM PST.

The AMA Supercross series continues with Round 9 on March 1st at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN.

Team San Manuel highlights – Atlanta – Round 8:

Chad Reed: First place in Heat Race#2, direct transfer to the main.

Nathan Ramsey: Second place in LCQ, transfer to the main.        

Chad Reed: Sixth place Supercross Main Event.

         Series to date: 5 wins; 2 second place; 1 sixth place finish.

Nathan Ramsey: Fifth in Supercross Main Event.

           Series to date:  1 fifth; 1 sixth; 3 seventh; 1 eighth; 1 eleventh; 1 sixteenth finish.

Chad Reed: Supercross Championship points leader with 184 points.

Nathan Ramsey: Sixth in Supercross Championship points with 101 points.

About Team San Manuel

Team San Manuel Yamaha Fueled by Fusion Energy and sponsored by AM PM, Nike, ProTaper, DID Chains, Yamalube, Akrapobic, Vortex, Bridgestone, One Industries, VP Racing Fuels, and GYTR.  (www.sanmanuelracing.com)

About L & M Racing

L & M Racing was formed in 2006 by Owner/Team Manager Larry Brooks and partner Mike Kranyak.  In its second year of operation, L & M Racing’s 2008 team, Team San Manuel Yamaha, consists of former Supercross Champion Chad Reed and former West Coast Lites Champion Nathan Ramsey. Led by Brooks, a key component in the Jeremy McGrath / Chaparral Racing team’s three-year championship reign in Supercross; the first and only independent team to ever win the AMA Supercross Series Championship, L & M is poised for another successful season in a race for the 2008 Championship.

About the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians is a federally recognized American Indian tribe located near the city of Highland, California.  The Serrano Indians are the indigenous people of the San Bernardino highlands, passes, valleys and mountains who share a common language and culture.  The San Manuel reservation was established in 1891 and recognized as a sovereign nation with the right of self-government.  Despite challenges and hardships, the San Manuel tribal community has continued to progressively maintain and enhance its unique form of government – focusing all efforts on providing a better quality of life for its citizens.  Through economic diversification, both on and off the reservation, the tribe has been forward thinking in its efforts to build infrastructure, maintain civil services and promote social, economic, educational and governmental units including the departments of fire, public safety, education and environment and continues to pursue opportunities for future generations.