Les Smith to JGRMX

Smith will Substitute for the Injured Justin Brayton at Freestone Raceway

HUNTERSVILLE,
N.C. (May 24, 2011) – Les Smith will race the vacant
Muscle/Milk/Toyota/JGRMX Team YZ450F of Justin Brayton while Brayton
recovers from an ankle injury.  Smith will debut with the team this
Saturday, May 28 at Freestone Raceway in Wortham, Tex.  Smith will
continue with the team until Brayton returns to racing, which is
expected to be within a few weeks. 

“I
am beside myself, I never have had an opportunity like this,” said the
elated Smith.  “The guys are asking me things I have never been asked,
like what kind of seat do you like?  How do you like this?  How do you
want that?  I have always just rode what I was given.  I really want to
capitalize on this and do the best I can,” he added.

Smith,
a North Carolina based privateer was an easy choice for the team.  “Les
is a hard working guy who unexpectedly lost a ride with another team
before the season started,” said Muscle Milk/Toyota/JGRMX Team manager
Jeremy Albrecht.  “He’s local, and he is a customer of our retail
suspension service so we already have dyno charts of his current
settings.  We can just match our works parts to his graphs and we
should be very close on short notice,” continued Albrecht.

The first moto from Freestone Raceway will be broadcast live on allisports.com
and Fuel TV at 2:00 p.m. (EST) May 28.  The second moto will air on
SPEED at 10:00 p.m.  Fuel TV will broadcast a highlights and re-cap
show of the event Thursday, June 2 at 10:00 p.m.  Follow Les Smith on
Twitter via @lessmith44.