Cypress, CA (11/15/2008)
- Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., is proud to announce
the 2009 ATV Yamaha Factory Race Team. Riding
for Yamaha in 2009 will be Bill Ballance, Traci
Cecco, Brandon Sommers, Pat Brown and Dustin
Nelson. The announcement was made at Yamaha’s
corporate headquarters this morning in Cypress,
Calif.
“Yamaha’s 2009 ATV race team is
packed full of top talent in national cross-country
and motocross racing,” said Keith McCarty,
Yamaha’s racing division manager. “Next
season is shaping up to be an exciting year
for Yamaha ATV racing. Whether it is Dustin
competing for another championship on the MX
tracks or Bill going for his tenth straight
championship on the trails -- all of the racers
will be on the new YFZ450R and it’s going
to be fun to watch.”
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More on Yamaha’s 2009 ATV Factory Race
Team members:
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Bill
Ballance |
Bill Ballance captured his latest title this
year in the Grand National Cross Country (GNCC)
XC1 Pro series and is widely considered the
best ATV racer of all time. Ballance holds a
record nine consecutive GNCC championship titles
and will be competing for number 10 next year.
He continues to inspire the entire Yamaha ATV
race team with his racing experience and leadership.
Ballance is from Smiths Grove, Kentucky, and
runs the #1 plate.
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Traci
Cecco |
Traci Cecco secured her unprecedented seventh
GNCC women’s title this year in a heated
Ironman Finale. Cecco is a veteran of the Yamaha
race team and returns in 2009 to try to break
her own GNCC women’s racing record. She
lives in Shamokin, Penn., and runs #201.
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Brandon
Sommers |
Brandon Sommers captured the GNCC XC2 class
championship in 2007 and moved up to the XC1
class this year. He finished an impressive fifth
place in his first XC1 Pro season. This will
be Sommers second year racing for Team Yamaha.
Sommers is from Millersburg, Ohio, and runs
#784. <
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Pat
Brown |
Pat Brown is a top competitor for Yamaha in
the AMA pro ATV motocross series. He has won
major events including the inaugural AMA ATV
Open Championship in 2007 at Steel City in Delmont,
Penn., and the Montreal Supercross at the Montreal
Olympic Stadium this September. Brown is from
Pittstown, New Jersey, and runs the #199 plate.
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Dustin
Nelson |
Dustin Nelson is the 2008 Yamaha/ITP Quadcross
MX Pro Class champion. This was the second year
Nelson took this title. Besides being a top
ATV MX racer, Nelson is a veteran Yamaha test
rider and was very involved in the development
of the all-new YFZ450R. Nelson will be the first
person to race the new YFZ450R when he competes
at the Quadcross Finale at Glen Helen on November
30. He lives in Ramona, Calif., and runs #94.
Yamaha announced the highly anticipated and
all-new YFZ450R at its national dealer meeting
in Las Vegas this September. The new 2009 model
year machine, built to be the world’s
best all-around high performance racing and
recreational sport ATV, comes loaded with state-of-the-art
suspension, fuel injection, a no-weld aluminum
frame and an all-new power packed engine set
in a motocross-wide chassis.
About Yamaha:
Yamaha ATVs and SxS vehicles are designed, engineered
and built tough! Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.
headquarters are located in Cypress, California.
For more information on Yamaha, visit yamaha-motor.com.
www.yamaha-motor.com
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