2009 Yamaha Teams Intro

Every Fall, Yamaha does a cool intro at their corporate headquarters in Cypress, CA, to spotlight their racing efforts for the upcoming season. It's an interesting time to see all the racers (road, off-road, motocross/supercross, snowmobiles, and freestylers) together in one place, at one time. Here are some of the highlights from the day. Check out the two items below for much more from Yamaha.

Catch what's on James Stewart's mind heading into the '09 season in this video interview. And his riding tips for GuyB? Priceless.	Check out quick bite-sized interviews with Coy Gibbs, Cody Cooper, Josh Grant, Josh Hill, Broc Hepler, and Grant Langston in this audio slide show.

 
Yamaha's Keith McCarty (right), with their newest road recruit, Ben Spies.

 
Former Miss Supercross, Sara Lipert, was there to make Yamaha's sleds look even better. These things are reportely putting out about 150 horsepower. We did also see James Stewart sitting on this one. Hey, he did say, "Selected other events..."

 
At lunchtime, the employees from Yamaha got to come outside to check out Tommy Clowers, Jeff Tilton, and Nate Adams (show) do a freestyle demo.