Team MXdesignz.com/Shea Racing’s Teddy Parks garners 16th at Toronto

Team now sets sights on
its home state
race in Dallas where four MXdesignz.com/Shea Racing girls will meet and
greet
fans

TORONTO (March
16, 2010) –
It’s a long trek for an independent, privately-funded team to head from
Houston, Texas to Canada’s largest city, Toronto, Ontario. But Team
MXdesignz.com/Shea Racing is committed to the entire Monster Energy AMA
Supercross, an FIM World Championship. The plan paid off with Teddy
Parks
earning his first Supercross Class finish with a 16th place, which also
notched
the first-ever Supercross Class finish for the team.

The
typical rocky track at the Rogers Centre was the longest indoor race of
the
series. The Toronto Supercross was round 10, the only non-United States
venue
in the 17-round series.

Parks,
competing on his JM Racing-tuned Kawasaki KX450F, headed into the heat
race to
build confidence competing among the very best in the world knowing that
on
this night he would make the main event. In heat number one he rode
smooth and
finished ninth to officially transfer to the main. In the main event,
where lap
times were some of the longest due to the length of the track, Parks
rode smart
and took advantage of gaining experience riding in his first-ever
Supercross
Class main event to finish in 16th place. Even with every Supercross
Class
qualified rider transferring to the main event, Parks’ game plan and
effort put him ahead of two factory-backed racers when the checkers
flew.

This
main event finish places Parks into the AMA Supercross points, sitting
in 32nd.

McKiddie
was the second Team MXdesignz.com/Shea Racing rider who made the trip to
Toronto to compete in the Lites Class. He qualified 20th on the rocky
but dry
and technical course. In his heat race, McKiddie got a poor start on his
Kawasaki KX250F and worked his way up to a 15th-place finish. This led
to the
LCQ where he started a much stronger fourth and finished fifth just
three
places shy of the main event. The consistency in the LCQ and running
closer to
the front will bring more confidence to this rider for upcoming East
Coast
rounds.

“We
made a commitment to travel the entire AMA Supercross series which as
many know
is a significant financial strain,” said Tim Shea, team manager.
“It paid off for us and our sponsors in spades this past Saturday in
Toronto. We are so pumped – getting to the main and finishing with
points
make the sacrifices during the past few months well worth it. This main
event
finish was only possible with our team sponsors such as PowerBar, FLY
Racing
and DeCal Works that continue to support us. We are excited to be at our
home
state this coming Saturday
in Dallas to build on Teddy’s Supercross Class
main event performance and get Vernon into the Lites main.”

Supercross
fans you will be entertained by the racing and the activities Team
MXdesignz.com/Shea Racing has planned when you head to the Cowboys
Stadium in
Dallas, Texas this Saturday,
March 20. This is the first-ever AMA Supercross to
be held in this new football stadium. Head over to the team’s
pit—you cannot miss the graffiti girl wrap on the team rig—to meet
the four MXdesignz.com/Shea Racing girls, see the MXdesignz clothing
line, and
meet the riders. Make sure to get photos with the team girls and riders!

About
Team MXdesignz.com/Shea Racing

Team
MXdesignz.com/Shea Racing, led by Tim Shea, has been competing in
professional
motocross and supermoto events the past three seasons with emphasis on
involving
fans in the team through pit parties and charity events. In 2010, with
new
title sponsor MXdesignz.com, it
will participate in the Monster Energy AMA
Supercross series in the premier 450 Supercross Class with Teddy Parks
#247 and
the East Region 250cc Lites Class with Vernon McKiddie #129 and possibly
select
Lucas Oil AMA Motocross Championship and AMA Supermoto rounds. The team
is made
possible by MXdesignz.com, JM Racing, PowerBar, FLY Racing, DeCal Works,
MotoConcepts, Maxima Racing Oils, MotoPR, Engine Ice, Dunlop, Vertex,
and
Bonehead Graphics. Visit www.sheamoto.com
and www.mxdesignz.com.

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