Congrats Erik Kehoe & Team Valli

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Edited Date/Time 5/3/2014 12:28pm
Team Yamaha has joined forces with Team Valli to support Christophe Pourcel. Additionally, Erik Kehoe will be the Valli team manager. Pourcel was at Glen Helen with the Yamaha squad. Christophe plans to race the 250 National on May 24.

This on the MXA Glen Helen Prep website.
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Racer111 5/1/2014 3:23pm
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Pourcel needs to hang it up. He's been gone too long to race over here.
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Racer111 wrote:
Pourcel needs to hang it up. He's been gone too long to race over here.
this post isn't about Pourcel.

Congrats to Kehoe, glad to see him back in that type of position. IMO he's a good leader.
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enketchum 5/1/2014 3:35pm
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You forgot to put Pourcel's name in the title of the thread

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Mxdnusa 5/1/2014 3:48pm
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Still curious about Honda. And was wondering how long before someone scooped him up. Awesome.
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The Rock 5/1/2014 4:07pm
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Racer111 wrote:
Pourcel needs to hang it up. He's been gone too long to race over here.
Team Ideal wrote:
this post isn't about Pourcel.

Congrats to Kehoe, glad to see him back in that type of position. IMO he's a good leader.
Congrats to Kehoe, glad to see him back in that type of position. IMO he's a good leader.

My sentiments exactly!
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GuyB 5/1/2014 4:23pm
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That's cool to hear. Steady hand at the helm.
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DonM 5/1/2014 4:27pm
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I knew about Kehoe but was worried about Pourcel showing since nobody has seen him in a few months....now it gets interesting.
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Racer111 wrote:
Pourcel needs to hang it up. He's been gone too long to race over here.
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hartebreak 5/1/2014 5:10pm
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GuyB wrote:
That's cool to hear. Steady hand at the helm.
Exactly what I was thinking. He would bring another level or respect and tons of stability to that program.
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Peter North returns! That's awesome. I thought Brooks was going to be the steady hand selected for this job. I hope they're in the mix this year.
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Crush 5/1/2014 5:33pm
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Wow!

That's awesome for Valli, very cool, and what a year to do it, someone to really stick with Pourcel. His chances this outdoors just went up I think!
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gsxrcr28 5/1/2014 5:42pm
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GuyB wrote:
That's cool to hear. Steady hand at the helm.
Yep.

It would be cool to see this team in the championship hunt.
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Pourcel will win , alot of races this yr , and is my favorite to win the title , strange how loads say s he ll never finish the series he is a quiter , when he only ever quit one series ever , unless he got injured , and remember alot of riders quite that yamaha 450 , the guy could nt walk for a yr nearly , came back and won a SX champ , first time out should have won the national s as well , but now his out for a yr and has been healthy for for a yr , loads of people say he cant come back and win , he is done ,
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Racer111 wrote:
Pourcel needs to hang it up. He's been gone too long to race over here.
The market begs to differ - hence, Valli signing him. If factory teams listened to VitalMX, this sport would be fucked. CP in moto is good for the sport
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holeshot100 5/2/2014 10:48am
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Pourcel is a champion and never doubt a champion to win again.
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hasko158 5/2/2014 11:03am
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Glad to hear Kehoe is involved, brings some legitimacy to it.
JamesOliver 5/2/2014 11:09am
5/2/2014 11:09am
"Team Yamaha"? Who/what is that? I presume it just means Valli is getting support from Japan?

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dennisjonon 5/2/2014 11:14am
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congrats, i sure hope to see christophe up front this year.
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davistld01 5/2/2014 11:15am
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Never heard one derogatory thing about Kehoe about his tenure with Honda. He know how to run a competitive program. I believe Valli will benefit greatly from his management!
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kongols 5/2/2014 11:19am
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JamesOliver wrote:
"Team Yamaha"? Who/what is that? I presume it just means Valli is getting support from Japan?
I heard it's factory effort. Not just support.
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bents 5/2/2014 11:26am
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Good for Kehoe. Congrats to him and Valli for securing factory support. Great for the series and the sport.
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dennisjonon 5/2/2014 11:27am
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i doubt kehoe would jump into something thats not top notch, I'm looking for big things from there team this year.
louis.bernard.564 5/2/2014 11:30am
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JamesOliver wrote:
"Team Yamaha"? Who/what is that? I presume it just means Valli is getting support from Japan?
I guess CP is paid by Yamaha directly. It makes a little difference. I would also be surprised that it is a short term deal, maybe some discussions have already been made regarding 450 SX, anyway what do I know?

Otherwise, I am always happy to see some good news for CP and Yamaha, I have been a Yamaha fan since a long time (1994). Kehoe is a proven team manager, that helps when everything is clicking in the right direction.

Little bracket now for young american riders: try to go ASAP in Japan to win some races, I am sure it has helped a few riders in the past to get the factory support.
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Travis_Hudson 5/2/2014 11:37am
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It was factory yamaha.....They had there test box van out at Glen Helen on thursday, they were changing lots of parts, snapped a cell phone pic.
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newmann 5/2/2014 11:49am
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Always liked that Kehoe guy. Glad to see him back in the sport.

Always liked watching that Pourcel kid ride. Can't say I always liked his attitude. I probably lost something in translation.
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dennisjonon 5/2/2014 11:55am
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newmann wrote:
Always liked that Kehoe guy. Glad to see him back in the sport. Always liked watching that Pourcel kid ride. Can't say I always liked his...
Always liked that Kehoe guy. Glad to see him back in the sport.

Always liked watching that Pourcel kid ride. Can't say I always liked his attitude. I probably lost something in translation.
see, I'm the opposite in a way. i know he has a weird personality but i gave him the benefit of the doubt back in the day and started to like his attitude. his interviews i feel like come out weird because he misses words just because he's not from here.

i honestly think he means well, attitude wise, i don't agree to what he did the last year he raced though, by just pulling off and quitting the season....

like i said before, i hope he comes out and stomps it, he's soooooo fluid on the bike.


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louis.bernard.564 5/2/2014 12:33pm
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newmann wrote:
Always liked that Kehoe guy. Glad to see him back in the sport. Always liked watching that Pourcel kid ride. Can't say I always liked his...
Always liked that Kehoe guy. Glad to see him back in the sport.

Always liked watching that Pourcel kid ride. Can't say I always liked his attitude. I probably lost something in translation.
I get your point, I was also surprised by his first interviews, he may have lost a few fans like that, "lost in translation" is the right term Smile I think he was much better in his second year so now I hope his English level is ok.
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peelout 5/2/2014 12:42pm
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Racer111 wrote:
Pourcel needs to hang it up. He's been gone too long to race over here.
you need to find another sport to annoy
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Sandberm 5/2/2014 12:52pm
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This REALLY gives some credibility back to the Yamaha racing effort.

Big thumbs up from this Yamaha ownerSmile

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