James Stewart Signs Multi-Year Deal with The Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX Team 12

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.