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Yamaha Celebrates Championships; Unveils Special
Edition ATVs at GNCC Finale
Yamaha Racers Cecco and Sommers Clinch
Titles Early;
Ballance to Battle at Final Event for
Record Eighth Championship
CYPRESS, Calif. – Oct. 22, 2007 – Yamaha
Motor Corp., U.S.A. will host a championship
celebration at the Grand National Cross Country
(GNCC) Racing Series Finale in Crawfordsville,
Indiana, October 26 – 28. In addition to
the celebrations and racing, Yamaha will
introduce all new 2008 Special Edition ATVs to
the public on Saturday, October 27.
The Yamaha themed events will start Friday
evening at 5 p.m. at Yamaha’s display near the
GNCC Ironman track. During the Friday
night event, Yamaha staff and fans will honor
team riders Traci Cecco, who recently secured
her unprecedented sixth GNCC Women’s ATV
Championship, and Brandon Sommers, who became
the first ever GNCCC XC2 Pro Am Champion in
this new class on his YFZ450. Both Cecco
and Sommers secured their 2007 season titles on
their Yamaha YFZ450s at the GNCC race in
Yadkinville, N.C., on Saturday, September 29.
“It was a long season, but I can finally
breathe now,” Cecco said. “I love the
YFZ450. My Yamaha is always the first off
the starting line and always pulls the hole
shots.”
“I was super excited about how well
everything went this season,” Sommers commented.
“The Yamaha YFZ450 worked really well and
everything just came together.”
“We’re extremely proud of all of our Yamaha
team riders, and what Traci has accomplished –
winning six titles – is really something
special,” said Steve Nessl, Yamaha ATV/SxS
marketing manager. “We congratulate Traci
and Brandon on their championships, and we’ll be
cheering for Bill to go all the way again on
Saturday!”
The Friday night event will also be the stage
for a Yamaha pep rally for Bill Ballance, who
will be racing on Saturday to break the ATV
racing record with an eight consecutive
championship. Ballance, who has been
riding a 2008 YFZ450 during the last few rounds,
is a favorite for the series going into this
last race with a 22 point lead.
On Saturday morning Yamaha will unveil for
the first time publicly new Special Editions of
its 2008 YFZ450, Raptor and Grizzly ATVs, which
will hit dealerships later this year.
Throughout the weekend, Yamaha will also be
holding a raffle of a new 2008 Raptor 250 and
will donate the proceeds to the Rider Down
Foundation. Attendees can register for the
raffle at the Yamaha display and the winner will
be announced at the GNCC ATV Awards banquet in
November. More details about the Rider
Down Foundation are available at
www.riderdown.org.
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
www.yamaha-motor.com.
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