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Team Suzuki Dominates all Disciplines
Rockstar Makita
Suzuki, M4 Suzuki Lead Championship Points in
Road Racing, Motocross, AMA ATV MX & GNCC ATV
BREA, Calif. (July 30, 2009) – American
Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) is proud to announce
that the
Suzuki motorcycle and ATV race teams continue to
dominate their respective disciplines. As the
end of
the racing season draws near, Suzuki motorcycles
and ATVs have taken the lead in the overall
championship points standings in U.S. Road
Racing, Motocross, the GNCC and AMA ATV
Motocross
racing.
In road racing, the awesome power of the
Suzuki GSX-R leads the way. Six-time AMA
Superbike
Champion Mat Mladin and the Rockstar Makita
Suzuki GSX-R1000 hold sway in the AMA Superbike
class by more than 100 points. So far this year,
the formidable duo of Mladin and his GSX-R1000
have
celebrated 10 victories and seven out of eight
pole positions. In the AMA Daytona SportBike
class, M4
Suzuki’s Martin Cardenas has piloted the
GSX-R600 to the top of the charts. Cardenas and
the precisehandling
M4 Suzuki GSX-R600 are in control of the title
chase, after having won six races this year.
In AMA Motocross, Chad Reed rules the premier
class on his fuel-injected Rockstar Makita
Suzuki RMZ450.
The two-time AMA Supercross Champion Reed leads
the 450 class points chase and has been the
picture of consistency this year with eight out
of 10 podium finishes – three of which were
overall wins.
In the 250 class, Rockstar Makita Suzuki
teammate Ryan Dungey recently picked up another
victory and
is now tied for the overall championship lead.
This year, Dungey and the agile-handling RM-Z50
have
won four races and been on the podium a total of
six times.
As if the Suzuki RM-Z450’s performance wasn’t
impressive enough, in the GNCC, off-road racers
Joshua
Strang and Charles Mullins have raced their FMF
Makita Suzuki RM-Z450s to second- and
third-places
overall, respectively, and have five 2009
victories between them.
In the two ATV racing series, the powerful
and smooth-running Rockstar Makita Suzuki
QuadRacer
R450s, like their two-wheeled counterparts, lead
the way. In the AMA ATV Motocross Championship,
defending champion Dustin Wimmer is at the top
of the series standings after picking up five
victories
this year. Similarly, in the GNCC XC1 Pro ATV
class, Chris Borich has racked up six wins and
commands
the title chase.
Suzuki’s race team action continues this
weekend with the Rockstar Makita Suzuki road
race team at
Heartland Park Topeka in Topeka, Kansas, and the
Rockstar Makita Suzuki AMA ATV MX team at Red
Bud
Track ‘N’ Trail in Buchanan, Michigan. The
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Motocross team has a
short break
before their next round at Unadilla Sports
Center in New Berlin, New York, in August and
both GNCC
squads are on summer break until September.
Motorcycle Racing Championship Points
Standings
AMA American Superbike
• First Place -- Mat Mladin, Rockstar Makita
Suzuki GSX-R1000
AMA Daytona SportBike
• First Place -- Martin Cardenas, M4 Suzuki
GSX-R600
AMA Motocross
• First Place, 450 Class – Chad Reed, Rockstar
Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
• First Place (tied), 250 Class – Ryan Dungey,
Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z250
GNCC Motorcycle
• Second Place, XC1 Pro Class – Joshua Strang,
FMF Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
• Third Place, XC1 Pro Class – Charles Mullins,
FMF Makita Suzuki RM-Z450
ATV Racing Championship Points
Standings
AMA ATV Motocross Championship Series
• First Place – Dustin Wimmer, Rockstar Makita
Suzuki QuadRacer R450
GNCC ATV
• First Place, XC1 Pro Class – Chris Borich,
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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