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RIP FACTORY YAMAHA
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Expect to hear a lot more of these press releases from the other manufacturers.
I think it can be a very good thing by allowing the series to improve and sell itself a little more freely than supporting the OEM teams. I just wish it was a decision driven by something other than a widespread economic hurt that extends to a broad spectrum of the economy.
Then again, if good TV is there with a decent number of viewers, it's may be the case that good marketing people can pitch the series and sponsorship of teams as a means of brand exposure that has a less expensive buy in relative to the cost to buy into more prominent sports. It wouldn't surprise me if you could put a team a long way into the season for what some entities pay for commercials during one marquee football game.
I hate to compare, but NASCAR did the same thing years ago. The manufactures supply information, motors and equipment and let race teams, race and the manufactures turn into suppliers of equipment and keep their hat in the ring.
I think it's a very smart move, because now they cut racing costs and concentrate on selling motorcycles. Selling motorcycles is what they do and racing is marketing to help sell motorcycles.
This is a new age of Supercross and Motocross and Yamaha is the first company in the dirt bike racing to go this direction. With team's like L&M and Graves, Yamaha can get what they need from the marketing and exposure side and focus on what pays the bills.
Good job Yamaha for being confident enough in the partnerships they have developed with their racing efforts and smart enough to focus on their company. Yamaha has always been able to see the future and it looks like their first again.
Rock River Yamaha Amateur & Pro team.
Rock River Yamaha has purchased 2 Semis and plan on attending East Coast, West Coast, Outdoor Nationals as well as select GNCC races. Rock River is adding this to their current Amateur program to benefit Yamaha riders who have faithfully came threw the Rock River Amateur program.
The Pro Team will be a privateer truck, for Rock River riders to move to after their amateur career. The hope is to run a professional team, which will get riders quality equipment to excel the riders exposure at the Pro level, to strike a deal with permanent team. Rock River will be providing each rider with 2 complete race bikes, 1 race bike and a backup.
Let's leave the banality to GuyB and Hattica.
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