Doug Gust and Jeremiah Jones Visit Suzuki's ATV Assembly
Plant
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Doug Gust and Jeremiah Jones take a tour of the
Georgia ATV manufacturing plant |
Rome, GA (3/18/06) -Team Suzuki/Yoshimura
riders Doug Gust and Jeremiah Jones dropped by Suzuki's
Rome, Georgia ATV manufacturing plant to meet and greet
the employees as part of an ongoing celebration of the
facility's 5 Year Anniversary.
Gust and Jones got a first hand look at how Suzuki
Quads like the Eiger, Vinson, and KingQuad are manufactured.
The Suzuki employees were really excited to meet the
riders as Gust and Jones toured the factory. Suzuki
employees showed the racers how various aspects of the
assembly line functioned. Jones and Gust were both impressed
by the process.
After the tour, the employees got a chance to check
out Number 55 and Number 2's LT-R450's and tour Yoshimura's
semi. Gust and Jones were available to answer questions
and sign posters. One enthusiastic employee asked Doug
and Jeremiah to sign their autographs on his forearms.
"I'm really a fan of these guys," he explained.
"I love to watch them race and am really excited
to have them here."
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Gust and Jones answer questions and sign posters. |
The factory is also celebrating the 100,000th Sport Utility
ATV that rolled off the line in September. The plant currently
produces about 200 units in an eight-hour shift and has
a target production goal of 60,000 quads for 2006. It
is one of the larger employers in Rome with a current
workforce of 235 people."It's amazing to me,"
Jeremiah said after touring the line, "They start
with a bare frame and a few minutes later they have a
running quad!"
Gust was equally impressed, "When you're a factory
rider, you not only ride for yourself, but all these
people too. We are like a family at Suzuki, that's why
that win at Gatorback in Gainesville, was so important
to me. I don't like letting all these people down."
Suzuki ATV Operations Manager Rod Lopusnak summed it
up, "Racing is part of who we are at Suzuki. We
probably had 50 employees who went to the race at Macon
this weekend. That's what I like to see - that passion
for performance keeps us on top!"
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