Doug Gust and Jeremiah Jones Visit Suzuki's ATV Assembly Plant

Doug Gust and Jeremiah Jones take a tour of the Georgia ATV manufacturing plant

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."

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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