Yamaha Ready for Battle and the 2011 SX Season

Cypress
Calif., December 16, 2010 – Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S. is
pleased to announce its entire line-up of teams ready to battle for
the 2011 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship.

Headlining
the assault is James Stewart. Signed to a two-year contract with L &
M Racing, James is looking forward to winning his second title for
Yamaha on his YZ450F. He’s currently in lock down in Florida
putting the finishing touches on his race prep and testing so he can
come out with both barrels blazing at Anaheim 1.

Joining
Stewart on Team L & M is Texas phenom Kyle Regal. Always a threat
to podium outdoors, Regal has spent the last few months honing his
Supercross skills turning lap after lap around the Yamaha Supercross
test track.

For 2011
Star Racing owner Bobby Regan has placed team management reigns in
the very capable hands of Allan Brown. Brown has assembled a new
roster of riders to take the YZ250F to the front of the Lites
Championship. After racing for the team at last year’s Nationals,
Gareth Swanepoel is returning from the 2010 season. New members
joining Gareth are Ryan Sipes, Kyle Cunningham and rookie sensation
Gannon Audette.

Joe
Gibbs Racing is back for 2011 with a two man threat of Justin Brayton
and Davi Millsaps. Fresh from a off-season that saw him win
international races in both Australia and Switzerland, Brayton is
looking forward to bringing his podium streak to Anaheim 1. After a
rough end to the 2010 season Millsaps has spent the off-season
healing up and getting ready for a 450 challenge in 2011.

Valli
Motorsports owner Chad Lanza is excited about the 2011 season with
veteran Nick Wey mentoring 450 Class rookie Austin Stroupe. Both
riders being new to the team and they are excited about the
possibilities the 2011 season holds.

The
MotoConcepts Team ended the 2010 Season on a high with Kyle Chisholm
taking home the ”Privateer of the Year” honors. Things haven’t
cooled off for Chisholm as he took home a well deserved second place
at the prestigious Bercy Supercross during the off-season. Another
big off-season development for the team was the hiring of David
Vuillemin, a highly successful racer in his own right, as team
manager. With his wealth of knowledge David will help guide riders
Kyle Chisholm, new comer Tommy Hahn and Vince Friese to reach their
ultimate goals in 2011.

In
addition to fielding an impressive team with Weston Peick, Jared
Brown, Drew Yenerich, Joey Rossi, Alex Millican and Jeff Alessi, Rock
River Motorsports will once again be on hand at every Supercross
supporting Yamaha racers with a wide assortment of OEM parts to
ensure that their YZs are running up to their utmost potential.

“We
are very excited to have all of our teams returning to fight for the
2011 Racing series and look forward to coming out of the gate at the
opener with a strong start to the season” said Yamaha Racing
Division Manager, Keith McCarty.“They did a great job representing
the Yamaha brand last year and with contingency and parts available
in the pits I’m looking forward to an even better finish in 2011
for all our Yamaha racers”.

The
season opener gets underway at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Saturday
January 8^th.