Brea, CA (12/7/2009) -
American Suzuki announced at the International
Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, California
on Friday, its significant racing agenda for
2010. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki racing efforts
won an unprecedented six championships in
2009, dominating the Supercross, Motocross,
Road Racing and ATV championship series, and
Suzuki has committed to putting the competition-crushing
GSX-Rs, RM-Zs, and QuadRacer on top of the
podium in 2010.
"Suzuki products are truly industry
leading and we stand behind them 100 percent,"
Senior Advertising Manager Steve Bortolamedi
explained. "We proved that last year
with our six titles. For 2010, what better
way to demonstrate this again than by putting
our reputation on the line?"
Suzuki will commit to a larger racing effort
along with returning sponsors Rockstar Energy
Drink and Makita tools, which will be managed
by long-time partner Yoshimura R&D of
America. Yoshimura will house all of the Rockstar
Makita Suzuki racing teams under one roof.
"Yoshimura will be managing Suzuki racing
efforts in Supercross, Motocross, Road Racing,
and ATV Racing," Yoshimura R&D Senior
Vice President Don Sakakura said. "We
hope to be able to showcase the performance
of the Suzuki line of high-performance motorcycles
and ATVs. Suzuki is proud of their products
and is ready for the upcoming racing season.
We at Yoshimura are equally looking forward
to 2010."
Suzuki
revealed its impressive roster of racers
for the 2010 season |
Road Racing: Tommy Hayden
and Blake Young are both returning to take
the championship-winning GSX-R 1000 to the
top of the AMA Pro Superbike class.
Supercross/Motocross: Racing
phenom Ryan Dungey is returning to the team
for 2010 aboard the unstoppable RM-Z450. Australian
Matt Moss, who won the 2009 Australian National
Pro Lites Championship as well as the Australasian
Supercross Pro Lites Championship, will join
Dungey in the 450 class. Rounding out the
team will be Austin Stroupe, who's set to
compete in the Pro Lites East series aboard
the RM-Z250.
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Suzuki announces #9 Josh
Creamer joining the ATV MX team for
2010 |
ATV: Back-to-back AMA ATV Motocross
champion Dustin Wimmer will defend his number
1 plate aboard the QuadRacer R450, and he will
be joined by racing up-and-comer Josh Creamer.
GNCC: Josh Strang will return
to the XC1 class to win with the RM-Z450.
When asked about Suzuki's chances for the
2010 season, Sakakura was optimistic, "With
great sponsors like Rockstar, Makita and the
Suzuki family of program partners, it really
frees us up to go out and win races. With
team managers like Roger DeCoster in MX, Pete
Doyle in Road Racing, and Kory Ellis and Kevin
Mummah in ATV, I'd say we are looking pretty
good."
Suzuki's "Champions Choose Suzuki Tour"
is traveling to all the IMS motorcycle events,
allowing the public to get a close-up view
of Suzuki's numerous championship-winning
machines. The tour includes Mat Mladin's 2009
GSX-R 1000 superbike, which helped the legendary
racer capture his seventh AMA Superbike title.
Along with securing its championship race
pedigree for the upcoming 2010 season, Suzuki
also solidified its reputation for industry-leading
technology with the launch of the new 2010
RMX450Z and RM-Z250 motorcycles, as well as
the updated RM-Z450. Suzuki unveiled these
highly anticipated machines at the show.
About American Suzuki:
The Motorcycle/ATV Division of American Suzuki
Motor Corporation (ASMC), Brea, Calif., was
founded in 1963 by Suzuki Motor Corporation.
ASMC markets motorcycles and ATVs via an extensive
dealer network throughout 49 states. ASMC's
parent company, Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC),
based in Hamamatsu, Japan, is a diversified
worldwide manufacturer of motorcycles, ATVs,
scooters, automobiles and marine engines.
Founded in 1909 and incorporated in 1920,
it has 120 distributors in 191 countries.