Warthog Racing Injury Update and Roster Addtions

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Warthog Racing Injury Update and Roster Addtions

WARTHOG RACING INJURY UPDATE AND ROSTER ADDITIONS

January 15th, 2009

Newbury Park, CA. The 2009 AMA Monster Energy Supercross series took a hop, skip, and a jump from Anaheim, CA to Phoenix, AZ, for round two of the series. Lot’s of things happened for the MDK/Warthog Racing Academy team in Phoenix; some good and some bad.

Let’s start with the good. The team finalized a deal with Eric Sorby to compete in the rest of the series under the MDK/Warthog Racing Academy’s canopy. Eric is a super kid and we are over the moon to have him. He has always contributed to Warthog Racing and now we have the chance to reciprocate his kindness. And did I mention Eric hauls arse?? Eric will be starting with us in Houston, and we expect an exciting season from him. He is surrounded by great people like Coy Gibbs, J-Bone, and David Evans, and they will all be helping Eric as a friend throughout the season. Upstanding guys, all of them!!

More good news!! Heath Voss, riding for Mastercraft, is the captain of the Warthog Nation. Heath took the week off and went to Germany for a 3-day Supercross event. Heath dominated the event and came home the King of Germany after winning a Toyota Truck and a boatload of prize money. The beautiful thing about this is that Heath is only 4 points behind in the race for Privateer of the Year – an honor he would like to win this year.

A bit of the bad news was that our budding superstar Tyler Bowers had a horrific crash that saw him down for several minutes in his heat race. The good news is that he is in much better shape than it appeared. Tyler has gone in for two MRIs this week and the doctors have said he will be 100% for A2. In case you didn’t notice, Tyler was hauling arse in his heat – posting lap times that would have easily put him inside the top 10 in the main. Let’s hope A2 is a great race for Tyler because within that 17-year old kid resides a future champion!!

This season would not be possible without our committed and actively engaged sponsor/partner group. For 2009, we have teamed up with the following entities: MDK Motorsports, MDK Speed, DeCal Works, Smooth Industries, Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI), P-LoK, MotoConcepts, Transworld Motocross, Vanquish MX, DT1 Air Filters, MXResultz.com, Devol Engineering, Liquid Performance, LongShot Racing, CP Pistons, VP Fuel, Dunlop, The Plumber Inc., MB2 Raceway, Edgile Consulting, MX Sports, MotionPro, Dana K Business Parks, The Whitaker Wellness Institute, Atlantic Promotions, NXTAgency, Relentless Media, MotoTees, RacerX Illustrated, Dirt Rider Magazine, MartialMoto, Honolulu Hills Raceway, L&M Racing, and Fire and Police MX.

With this fine group, anything is possible. And special thanks to Feld Motor Sports. Because of their full support, dozens of privateers get the opportunity to live their dreams.

Take care and we’ll see you at the races!!

elmo

January 15 2009 | 565 views | 1 comment

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American Honda signs Ashley Fiolek as official member of the 2009 Honda Red Bull Racing factory team

Torrance, CA: American Honda is proud to officially announce that 2008 WMA Women’s Motocross Champion Ashley Fiolek has joined the Honda Red Bull Racing factory team. Fiolek will join Honda Red Bull teammates Andrew Short, Ivan Tedesco, Davi Millsaps and Ben Townley, and will defend her WMA title in 2009 on Honda’s CRF250R.

For 36 years Honda has led the way, winning 57 AMA Motocross and Supercross titles and more races than any other manufacturer. In addition, Fiolek’s signing with Honda Red Bull Racing marks an historic milestone for the industry as the 18-year-old champion is the first female athlete in history to be signed with Honda’s factory team.

After a successful amateur-racing career that saw her win 13 amateur national titles and more than 100 races, Fiolek made her full-season professional racing debut in 2008, winning the AMA/WMA Women’s Motocross Championship in her first attempt and garnering unprecedented mainstream and enthusiast media coverage. The inspirational racer will represent the Honda Red Bull Racing team in the 2009 WMA Championship, X-Games 15 competition and other select events.

Honda Red Bull Racing Team Manager Erik Kehoe is pleased to have five talented riders on the factory team. “It is great to have all four riders back this year and I am really looking forward to welcoming Ashley to the team,” said Kehoe. “Ashley’s commitment to racing and her strength have earned her not only the respect of Honda but the entire industry. Her achievements have really helped elevate women’s racing to a wider audience.”

“Being able to race Motocross professionally on a full factory team at Honda is a dream come true for me,” said Fiolek. “I have been excited beyond belief! I can’t thank American Honda enough for providing me this opportunity and I look forward to working with Erik and the whole Honda Red Bull Racing team.”

For more information on Ashley and the Honda Red Bull Racing team, go to www.hondaredriders.com or www.redbull.com. To meet Ashley in person as well as other members of the Honda Red Bull Racing team—Andrew Short, Ivan Tedesco and Davi Millsaps—stop by the Honda Red Bull team transporter at Anaheim 2 on January 17, 2009 and get an official Honda Red Bull Racing sticker as well as autographed rider posters.

elmo

January 15 2009 | 1,255 views | 5 comments

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