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2007 MSR/Pro Taper/Suzuki/Yoshimura
ATV Race Team
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Jeremiah
Jones & Robert McClure |
During the testing, Jeremiah Jones was trackside watching
Gust and Wimmer as they slammed out laps looking for
problems with their setup and providing line suggestions.
It was obvious that Jeremiah was embracing his new role
with the team, and he will be a huge asset to the team
in 2007. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been any
significant improvement in his condition since being
paralyzed, but he has gained some limited muscle control
below his waist after months of physical therapy, and
he remains positive about his future especially since
he may be back on the track again in 2007 in the WPSA
Series. Jeremiah lives and breaths racing, and he may
be back in action again on a Yamaha Rhino in the side
by side competition. He is taking this opportunity seriously,
so he has built himself a practice track back home in
Kentucky. Nothing has been finalized yet, but if everything
comes together, I expect to see Jeremiah at the front
of the pack.
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2007
MSR/Pro Taper/Yoshimura/Suzuki ATV Motocross Race
Team (left to right)
Dustin Wimmer, Doug Gust, Jeremiah Jones (Front
Row)
Russell Shumaker, Faron Dukes, Robert McClure,
Pat Alexander, Ryan Cox(Back Row) |
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Steve
Johnson, COO of Tucker Rocky expressed his excitement
about being involved with ATV Racing |
The next evening, the media was officially introduced
to the 2007 race team and the new sponsors at Yoshimura
headquarters in Chino, California, and Team Manager,
Pat Alexander, introduced the 2007 MSR/Pro Taper/Yoshimura/Suzuki
ATV Race Team and sponsors to the media. Pat Alexander
replaces Hinson Racing’s Wayne Hinson as Team
Manager, which was actually the only bad news announced
at team intro because Wayne has been heavily involved
with ATV racing since wrenching for Gary Denton and
inception of Suzuki race team efforts, and he his been
extremely influential in the success of the team and
the growth of ATV racing over the years. After years
of traveling to races around the country, Wayne has
decided it is time to step back and spend more time
at home with his grandchildren, but all his “adopted”
children (racers) at the track will surely miss seeing
him trackside at practically every round.
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Kory Ellis has
also joined started a new job with Yoshimura
as ATV Brand Manager, and he will be competing
in the ITP Quadcross and select WPSA events
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The
Suzuki pits surely won't be the same with out
John Lawson and Wayne Hinson, and John will surely
be watching from the clouds and in the hearts
of anyone that had the pleasure to know him |
Besides the addition of MSR and Pro Taper, the team
also announced the addition of Maxxis as the tire sponsor
for 2007. Also, Pro Aluminum, CV4, and several other
new additions to the team make for yet another exciting
year for Suzuki/Yoshimura’s ATV racing efforts.
In preparation for the 2007 WPSA Series, the MSR/Pro
Taper/Yoshimura/Suzuki ATV Race Team will be heading
to Alabama on March 10-11th for the opening round of
the ATVA Motocross Nationals at Mill Creek in Pell City,
AL, which will should attract a huge turnout of racers
regardless if they plan on switching to the WPSA Series
later in the year. The opening round of the ATVA MX
Nationals will quickly show who has been training over
the winter and who to watch for 2007, and newly expanded
Suzuki/Yoshimura team feels confident they have what
it takes to give the rest of the field a run for the
money.
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