Brea, CA (5/29/2009) -American
Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) congratulates the
Suzuki motorcycle and ATV race teams for racking
up a championship, numerous victories and
podium finishes in their most recent events.
To date, a Suzuki motorcycle or ATV leads
the overal lchampionship points standings
in six different classes in U.S. Road Racing,
Supercross, Motocross and the GNCC.
In road racing, the Suzuki GSX-R leads both
American Superbike and Daytona SportBike classes.
With six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin
at the helm, the incredibly powerful Rockstar
Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 has won eight out
of nine rounds and has taken every Superbike
pole position this season. And thanks to its
precise handling, the GSX-R600 with M4 Suzuki’s
Martin Cardenas piloting, has won the last
four Daytona SportBike races in a row, as
well as an earlier round in the series. Capping
off that feat is that the M4 Suzuki GSX-R600
has also captured three out of five Daytona
SportBike pole positions with Jason DiSalvo.
Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey
and the Suzuki RM-Z250 clinched the 2009 AMA
Supercross Lites West Coast Championship at
the series’ final round. En route to
winning this title, Dungey piloted the nimble-handling
RM-Z250 to four victories plus three additional
podium finishes. The RM-Z250 also finished
third overall in AMA Supercross Lites East
Coast with Nico Izzi. In the premier Supercross
class, the Rockstar Makita Suzuki fuel-injected
RM-Z450 brought twotime AMA Supercross Champion
Chad Reed three victories and second place
overall, with the Australian finishing on
the podium at all but one of 17 rounds. After
just one round of AMA Motocross, the RM-Z250
and Dungey already have a victory and lead
the 250-class points chase, while teammate
Mike Alessi and the EFI RM-Z450 have a second-place
result and are runner-up in the 450-class
overall points standings.
In the GNCC Championship for both motorcycles
and ATVs, Suzuki’s RM-Z450 and the QuadRacer
R450 lead the way. Joshua Strang, Charles
Mullins and their FMF Makita Suzuki RM-Z450s
are in first and second place respectively
in the former, while Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s
Chris Borich and his powerful QuadRacer R450
lead the latter. After seven GNCC rounds,
the trio boasts a total of nine
combined GNCC motorcycle and ATV wins.
Finally, in the AMA ATV Motocross Championship,
the smooth-running QuadRacer R450 is second
overall in the points chase, thanks to Rockstar
Makita Suzuki’s Dustin Wimmer’s
return from injury. Wimmer and his Suzuki
captured enough points with three early-season
wins to hold onto second place overall in
spite of missing out on a round. Additionally,
teammate Doug Gust and his QuadRacer R450
recently picked up their first podium of the
2009 season.
Suzuki’s race team action continues
this weekend as the Rockstar Makita Suzuki
Motocross squad races at the Hangtown National
in Sacramento, California, on May 30. Following
that, the Suzuki road race teams head to Road
America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the weekend
of June 5 – 7. That same weekend, the
Can-Am GNCC moves to Millfield, Ohio, while
the AMA ATV MX Series heads to New Berlin,
New York, the weekend of June 13 14.
Motorcycle Racing Championship Points
Standings
AMA American Superbike
• First Place -- Mat Mladin, Rockstar
Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000
• Second Place – Tommy Hayden,
Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000
AMA Daytona SportBike
• First Place -- Martin Cardenas, M4
Suzuki GSX-R600
AMA Supercross
• Supercross Lites West Coast Champion
– Ryan Dungey, Rockstar Makita Suzuki
RM-Z250
• Second Place, Supercross Class –
Chad Reed, Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
• Third Place, Supercross LItes East
Coast – Nico Izzi, Rockstar Makita Suzuki
RM-Z250
AMA Motocross
• First Place, 250 Class – Ryan
Dungey, Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z250
• Second Place, 450 Class – Mike
Alessi, Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
GNCC Motorcycle
• First Place, XC1 Pro Class –
Joshua Strang, FMF Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
• Second Place, XC1 Pro Class –
Charles Mullins, FMF Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
ATV Racing Championship Points Standings
GNCC ATV
• First Place, XC1 Pro Class –
Chris Borich, Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer
R450
AMA ATV Motocross Championship
Series
• Second Place – Dustin Wimmer,
Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer R450
