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Team Suzuki Owns All Racetracks
Rockstar Makita Suzuki, M4 Suzuki & FMF Makita
Suzuki Dominate Road Racing, Supercross,
Motocross, GNCC & ATV
BREA, Calif. (May 26, 2009) – American Suzuki
Motor Corp. (ASMC) congratulates the Suzuki
motorcycle and ATV race teams for racking up a
championship, numerous victories and podium
finishes in their most recent events. To date, a
Suzuki motorcycle or ATV leads the overall
championship points standings in six different
classes in U.S. Road Racing, Supercross,
Motocross and the GNCC.
In road racing, the Suzuki GSX-R leads both
American Superbike and Daytona SportBike
classes.
With six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin
at the helm, the incredibly powerful Rockstar
Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 has won eight out of
nine rounds and has taken every Superbike pole position this season. And thanks to its precise
handling, the GSX-R600 with M4 Suzuki’s Martin
Cardenas piloting, has won the last four Daytona
SportBike races in a row, as well as an earlier
round in the series. Capping off that feat is
that the M4 Suzuki GSX-R600 has also captured
three
out of five Daytona SportBike pole positions
with Jason DiSalvo.
Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey and the
Suzuki RM-Z250 clinched the 2009 AMA
Supercross Lites West Coast Championship at the
series’ final round. En route to winning this
title,
Dungey piloted the nimble-handling RM-Z250 to
four victories plus three additional podium
finishes. The RM-Z250 also finished third
overall in AMA Supercross Lites East Coast with
Nico Izzi.
In the premier Supercross class, the Rockstar
Makita Suzuki fuel-injected RM-Z450 brought
twotime
AMA Supercross Champion Chad Reed three
victories and second place overall, with the
Australian finishing on the podium at all but
one of 17 rounds. After just one round of AMA
Motocross, the RM-Z250 and Dungey already have a
victory and lead the 250-class points chase,
while teammate Mike Alessi and the EFI RM-Z450
have a second-place result and are runner-up in
the 450-class overall points standings.
In the GNCC Championship for both motorcycles
and ATVs, Suzuki’s RM-Z450 and the QuadRacer
R450 lead the way. Joshua Strang, Charles
Mullins and their FMF Makita Suzuki RM-Z450s are
in
first and second place respectively in the
former, while Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Chris
Borich and his
powerful QuadRacer R450 lead the latter. After
seven GNCC rounds, the trio boasts a total of
nine
combined GNCC motorcycle and ATV wins.
Finally, in the AMA ATV Motocross Championship,
the smooth-running QuadRacer R450 is second
overall in the points chase, thanks to Rockstar
Makita Suzuki’s Dustin Wimmer’s return from
injury.
Wimmer and his Suzuki captured enough points
with three early-season wins to hold onto second
place overall in spite of missing out on a
round. Additionally, teammate Doug Gust and his
QuadRacer R450 recently picked up their first
podium of the 2009 season.
Suzuki’s race team action continues this weekend
as the Rockstar Makita Suzuki Motocross squad
races at the Hangtown National in Sacramento,
California, on May 30. Following that, the
Suzuki
road race teams head to Road America in Elkhart
Lake, Wisconsin, the weekend of June 5 – 7. That
same weekend, the Can-Am GNCC moves to Millfield,
Ohio, while the AMA ATV MX Series heads to
New Berlin, New York, the weekend of June 13 14.
Motorcycle Racing Championship Points
Standings
AMA American Superbike
• First Place -- Mat Mladin,
Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000
• Second Place – Tommy Hayden, Rockstar Makita
Suzuki GSX-R1000
AMA Daytona SportBike
• First Place -- Martin
Cardenas, M4 Suzuki GSX-R600
AMA Supercross
• Supercross Lites West Coast
Champion – Ryan Dungey, Rockstar Makita Suzuki
RM-Z250
• Second Place, Supercross Class – Chad Reed,
Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
• Third Place, Supercross LItes East Coast –
Nico Izzi, Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z250
AMA Motocross
• First Place, 250 Class –
Ryan Dungey, Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z250
• Second Place, 450 Class – Mike Alessi,
Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
GNCC Motorcycle
• First Place, XC1 Pro Class –
Joshua Strang, FMF Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
• Second Place, XC1 Pro Class – Charles Mullins,
FMF Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
ATV Racing Championship Points
Standings
GNCC ATV
• First Place, XC1 Pro Class –
Chris Borich, Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer
R450
AMA ATV Motocross
Championship Series
• Second Place – Dustin Wimmer,
Rockstar Makita Suzuki QuadRacer R450
About American Suzuki
The Motorcycle/ATV Division of American Suzuki
Motor Corporation (ASMC), Brea, Calif., was
founded in 1963 by Suzuki Motor Corporation
(SMC). ASMC markets motorcycles and ATVs via an
extensive dealer network throughout 49 states.
ASMC’s parent company, Suzuki Motor Corporation,
based in Hamamatsu, Japan, is a diversified
worldwide manufacturer of motorcycles, ATVs,
scooters, automobiles and marine engines.
Founded in 1909 and incorporated in 1920, it has
120 distributors in 191 countries.
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