By Eric Johnson
9,545 miles. That¹s the amount of distance Daniel Reardon has traveled to
race in the past week. Last Saturday in Perth, Australia ‹ one of the most
isolated metropolitan areas on Earth (the closest city to it with over 1
million people being Adelaide, South Australia a mere 1,307 miles away)
Reardon placed second to countryman Chad Reed in the opening round of
premier Australian-based Super X series.
Six days later and in less than 24 hours, Reardon will be in Las Vegas, Nevada to compete in the 2008 U.S. Open. A hell of a slog, but one the friendly 22 year-old Australian ex-pat has no problem with. Now based in California and a consistent top 10 finisher in both the 2008 AMA West Region Supercross and AMA Motocross Lites National Championship tours, the GEICO Powersports Honda No Fear-backed Reardon is a racer at heart, and has no designs on taking any sort of major break now that the off-season has begun. In fact, shortly after the U.S. Open, Reardon will get back on another 747 and fly right back to his homeland to line up for the second round of the Super X series next Saturday
in The City of Churches: Adelaide, Australia.