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http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-sports/2011/10/25/motocross-stewart-…
"JGR sent one of its NASCAR engineers to Stewart’s first tryout on their bike and also brought Stewart to North Carolina for a full tour.
“The facility was just unbelievable,” Stewart said. “I know we have the gnarliest capabilities of any team. When I saw their Yamaha compared to mine, I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? They haven’t won a championship yet?’ Let me come over and help these guys out."
"JGR sent one of its NASCAR engineers to Stewart’s first tryout on their bike and also brought Stewart to North Carolina for a full tour.
“The facility was just unbelievable,” Stewart said. “I know we have the gnarliest capabilities of any team. When I saw their Yamaha compared to mine, I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? They haven’t won a championship yet?’ Let me come over and help these guys out."
i dont think he will be hitting nascar any time soon
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Villopoto, Canard, Dungey, Reed........
http://motocross.transworld.net/1000116917/news/james-stewart-signs-mul…
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (October 25, 2011) – James “Bubba” Stewart has signed a multi-year contract to race with the motocross division of Joe Gibbs Racing, JGRMX. Additionally, JGRMX has extended its relationship with Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. racing exclusively Yamaha motorcycles through 2014.
Stewart, who began racing at the age of four, is one of the most decorated riders in motocross history.. He won the first of a record breaking 11 amateur national championships by age six. Turning professional in 2002 he would win the Lites AMA Motocross Championship in his rookie year. After claiming another Lites AMA Motocross title and two Lites AMA Supercross Championships he moved up to the premier class for the 2005 season. Stewart has since won two AMA Supercross titles and an AMA Motocross Championship (winning every moto in the process), becoming the first African American to win a major motorsports championship. He will debut with the Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX Team at the opening round of the 2012 AMA Supercross Championship on Jan. 7, 2012 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif.
“I am excited about joining the Gibbs racing family,” said Stewart. “My goal in Supercross is to pass Jeremy McGrath’s record of 72 Supercross wins. I am more than half way there and look forward to realizing that dream during my time with JGR. I have also had an interest in car racing and we are going to explore my potential in that sport through the NASCAR side of the operation.”
“When we started the Supercross team in 2008 we had a building phase and a championship phase. We spent the past four years learning the sport and the equipment and now we are ready to compete at the highest level with an accomplished and talented athlete like James Stewart along with our founding partners Toyota and Yamaha,” said JGRMX President Coy Gibbs. “James will also have the opportunity to explore his interest in racing some of the four-wheel vehicles we have around here as well.”
“We are proud of what Coy and the motocross team has accomplished and landing a talent like James is certainly a huge step up for our program,” stated Joe Gibbs. “We are looking forward to being a serious championship contender in 2012.”
About Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., (YMUS), is a leader in the motorsports market. The company’s ever-expanding product offerings includes Off Road, Sport, and Cruiser motorcycles, ATVs and Side-by-Side vehicle, outboard motors, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, boats, outdoor power equipment, race kart engines, accessories, apparel and much more. YMUS products are sold through a nationwide network of dealers in the United States. Headquartered in Cypress, Calif., since its incorporation in 1976, Yamaha also has facilities in Wisconsin and Georgia, as well as factory operations in Tennessee and Georgia. For more information on Yamaha, visit www.yamaha-motor.com.
Whew!!! That was a hard secret to keep.
To be honest a rider should not set his goals to beat such a record as MC's at this stage. 1) He's not even close to it 2) He should purely be focused on the 2012 Championship and not some win record that is so far out of reach right now..
Maybe if he gets closer in future then fair enough, but at this stage he's thinking way to far forward
Pit Row
In my opinion james will never win any more titles in mx or supercross- he might win a couple of races, but 10 a season- NO WAY! dungey/ rv etc are too good for that.
and yet you still bitch...proof of your hate...
and whats wrong with setting a goal of getting to 72? guess he should just accept mediocrity like all of us on here working day jobs...
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