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American Honda announces today that current GEICO
Powersports Honda West Series Lites rider Trey Canard will fill in for Honda
Red Bull Racing’s Andrew Short at select Supercross races.

 

Short suffered a lower leg injury at the San Diego
Supercross on February 6 that will unfortunately sideline the popular rider for
at least six weeks. During that time Canard will step up to the Supercross
class on Short’s Honda Red Bull Racing CRF450R and will join Davi Millsaps on
the factory team.

 

Canard, a 19-year-old racing veteran hailing from Elk
City, Oklahoma, will make the switch to the 450 class at select Supercross
races, while the Lites West series takes a break until the Seattle, WA round on
April 24. Canard will return to contest the Lites West series for the final two
rounds of the season, plus the East-West shootout in Las Vegas.

 

“I am extremely honored and grateful to American
Honda for this opportunity,” said Canard, “and I would like to thank Rick Zielfelder
and Jeff Majkrzak, owners of the GEICO
Powersports Honda team, for allowing me to take advantage of this great
opportunity to see what I can do on a Honda 450 in the Supercross class.”

 

Honda
Racing manager Gary Martini said, "Trey Canard has been racing Honda motorcycles
and has been a part of the Honda family for four years now and we think this is
a great opportunity for both parties. Also I would like to thank everyone at
the GEICO Powersports team and all their sponsors for their support of
Trey."

 

“Trey is one of the most dedicated, determined and
talented riders in the paddock,” said Honda Red Bull Racing Team Manager, Erik
Kehoe. “We’re all looking forward to welcoming him to the 450 class.”

 

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ATVs and personal watercraft in the U.S. 
American Honda’s Motorcycle Division conducts the sales, marketing, and
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