Yoshimura's Kory Ellis Walks Away With
Win
Round 2 - Yamaha / ITP QuadCross Event
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Yoshimura
Brand Manager and racer extraordinaire Kory Ellis |
Chino, CA - (2/27/2007) -The second round
of the Yamaha/ITP QuadCross Championship series was at
the new Valley Verde MX track in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Yoshimura Brand Manager and racer extraordinaire Kory
Ellis came out of the Glen Helen opener third, and had
only one goal for the Arizona race – win. Ellis
not only took the event - he walked away with it.
With his new Suzuki LT-R450 all Yosh'd out, the machine
tore off the starting line and flew to the finish in
both Kory's heat race and the main. Part of Kory's work
at Yoshimura involves helping develop the Yoshimura
motor specs. On Sunday, the specs that the Yosh shop
had in place seemed pretty good as Kory pretty well
"motored" on the competition.
"Our development team in R&D has done a lot
of engine and pipe modifications to the bike,"
Kory explained. "They're actually doing a lot of
race testing with my bike for Team MSR/Pro Taper/Suzuki/Yoshimura
team."
Things certainly seem to be dialed in correctly as
Kory took the holeshot in both his heat race and the
main event. The track was narrow and tight with a lot
of jumps. With that kind of set up, it's all about the
starts.
"I'm not usually very good at starts, but this
bike is really quick and really helped me pull the holeshot."
At the checkers, It was Kory first, Dustin Nelson second,
and Jeremy Schell in third.
Kory is now in first place going into Round Three on
April 15th at Arizona Cycle Park. Meanwhile, look for
Kory at the GNC Glen Helen event on March 25th.
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