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Team
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Chino, CA (3/9/2009) - Yoshimura
held a press conference Friday to launch the Team
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing ATV team.
The event was held at the Yoshimura / Suzuki racing
facility in Chino, California. In attendance were
most of the ATV U.S. press corps, many of the
team sponsors and the team itself.
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Yoshimura's
Vice President Brant Russell
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Yoshimura Vice President Brant Russell began
by introducing the new 2009 sponsors –
Parts Unlimited/Moose Racing, Fulmer Helmets,
Memphis Car Audio, Falicon and Pro Armor.
A number of sponsors were unavailable as they
were attending Daytona events sent along prepared
quotes. Greg Blackwell, Vice President of Sales
for LeMans Corp. wrote:
"All of us at Parts Unlimited are very
proud to be associated with the Rockstar Makita
Suzuki Yoshimura ATV Team. Our involvement with
this high caliber, race winning team allows
us to continue to deliver our "We Support
The Sport" philosophy to the market."
Brad Kruckenberg, General Manager of Moose
Racing sent this along:
"Moose Racing is proud to continue its
long-standing relationship of
sponsoring top tier teams and riders by welcoming
the Rockstar Makita Suzuki ATV Team into our
family. An obvious part of this is working closely
with key suppliers like Yoshimura and we appreciate
their willingness to share this opportunity
with us. Moose Racing's sponsorship of this
team is a perfect match to our support of the
2009 ITP / Moose Racing / AMA / ATVA National
Motocross Championship Series and we look forward
to much success with both Doug and Dustin throughout
the season."
Brant Russell spoke about the other new sponsors
of the team: "We are excited to welcome
our new sponsors to the 2009 ATV team,"
"Suzuki and Yoshimura were there in the
infancy of this series, and are excited that
as we grow we see more and more companies become
involved in this exciting sport. We especially
want to thank Rockstar and Makita without whom
we wouldn't be able to put out this tremendous
effort each year," Russell explained.
2009
Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki LTR450 Race
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Dustin Wimmer |
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Doug Gust |
He then turned the microphone over to Suzuki's
Glenn Hansen who explained how the Suzuki QuadRacer
R450 exemplified the passion of the company's
commitment to racing. "The QuadRacer R450
was designed to win races," Hansen said.
"Dustin Wimmer's 2008 Championship proved
that once again last year and we're looking
to see these riders securing first and second
this year. Racing is a huge part of what we
do at Suzuki and it's why we made the QuadRacer
R450 – that is the whole purpose of this
quad and what it is designed for. It's all about
racing and this year we're going out there again
to prove what we can do with the QuadRacer R450.
It is there to celebrate what we love at Suzuki
- racing."
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| 2009
Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing
- ATV
(left to right) Joe Havel, Doug Gust,
Kory Ellis, Dustin Wimmer, Glenn Schlude
(Kevin Mummah not shown)
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Team Manager Kory Ellis then introduced the
two-man team of Dustin Wimmer #1 and Doug Gust
#55. "We are proud to have such a talented
team this year," Ellis explained. "It
will be an exciting season, for sure. Dustin
Wimmer is coming off of a stellar year clinching
the Championship and returning multi-time Champion
and racing icon Doug Gust is determined to take
the title back."
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| Jeremiah
Jones is now representing Yoshimura &
Hinson Racing at the races & providing
race & product support |
Doug
Gust Mechanic, Joe Havel, isn't new to
ATV racing or Suzuki because he raced
the LTR450 in the Pro-Am class in 2007 |
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Dustin
Wimmer & the Rockstar Girls
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Ellis went on to introduce Kevin Mummah who
returns this year as crew chief and Gilbert
Lujan who is taking over engine building duties.
Glenn Schlude is back as Dustin's mechanic and
Doug has a new wrench in Joe Havel.
The Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing effort
also includes Chris Borich in the 2009 Can-Am
Grand National Cross Country Series. He placed
2nd overall in the 2008 series and is hungry
for first.
The evening concluded with interviews and photos
of the riders, mechanics and of course, the
ever-popular Rockstar Girls.
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