Motorcycle Talk Show for July 26, 2011 – Brett Metcalfe, Taylor Robert, Chip Spalding, Ben Bostrom, Kevin Schwantz www.pitpassradio.com Advance, North Carolina (July 26, 2011) – Top talent and industry insiders from the motorcycle world give their uncut opinions and race stories. Get your weekly motorcycle news live from Pit Pass Moto Weekly. Pit Pass Moto Weekly is now heard in over 50 countries around the world. 5 pm to 7 pm Pacific – Motorcycle Radio streaming individual interviews from www.pitpassradio.com, or download the program from our archives to your ipod or mp3 player anytime. Brett Metcalfe – 450 Outdoors, Rockstar Makita Suzuki “Metty” came to the U.S. in 2003 to contest the Supercross Lites East class as well as Outdoors on a Red Bull KTM. Fast forward to 2010 and his jump to the 450 class in the Outdoor Nationals. Kicking off his first season in the premier class with a bang, he finished 2nd in points behind Ryan Dungey. Rockstar Makita Suzuki quickly snatched him up and he’s had another great season in 2011. This past weekend at Washougal he landed on the podium with a 3rd overall and sits 4th in the championship points. http://www.suzukicycles.com/Racing/Motocross/TeamSuzuki/RockstarMakita.aspx Taylor Robert – Off-road racer, Monster Energy Kawasaki Last year Taylor rode for Valli Motorsports Yamaha racing the WORCS series and won the first round of the series but unfortunately tore his ACL at the same time. This year he got picked up by Monster Energy Kawasaki to race WORCS and Endurocross. Coming up this weekend he will be racing the Endurocross race at X Games, the first time for the X Games event www.trobert33.com Chip Spalding – Ballistic Performance Components Ballistic Performance Components LLC is a joint venture between the principles of KWS Motorsports (www.kwsmotorsports.com) and Millennium Technologies (www.mt-llc.com). The new EVO 2 battery is the sum of over 16 months of building, testing, and developing batteries for our own race bikes and feed back from our customers. The EVO 2 uses custom made proprietary cells, cases, and connectors that are made specifically for the purpose of starting motorcycles. This is a purpose built product designed and engineered by an American company with over 20 years of racing and manufacturing experience. www.ballisticparts.com Ben Bostrom – Superbike Racer, Jordan Motorsports Bostrom was out at Laguna this weekend doing double duty racing in the Superbike class and racing as a Wildcard entry in the MotoGP event. His MotoGP race did not go as planned as he ran off the track in turn one and retired from the field in last place. AMA Superbike went much better for Ben as he finished in 5th place on his Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki and is only a couple points away from moving into 5th overall in the Superbike Series, he currently in 6th place. Ben holds championship titles in AMA Superbike, AMA Supersport and an X Games Gold Medal in Supermoto. www.benbostrom.com Kevin Schwantz – Owner, Schwantz Schools Just back from the Red Bull Grand Prix and AMA Superbike races, Kevin is preparing for his very popular Schwantz School at Indy Motorspeedway August 20 and 21. Prior to the Red Bull weekend he was over in Europe for a 140km bicycle race. When he is not teaching students, racing bicycles or coaching pro riders he is working on getting the Circuit of the Americas track approved in Austin, Texas. Kevin was the 1993 500cc Grand Prix World Champion. www.schwantzschoolnews.com Crew at Pit Pass Radio Scott Casber, Tony Wenck, Ed Kuhlenkamp, Jack DeLeon. Pit Pass Moto Weekly is a syndicated motorcycle talk show heard across the U.S. on radio stations and around the world via the internet at www.pitpassradio.com. The show airs every Tuesday from 5-7 pm Pacific, 6-8 pm Mountain, 7-9 pm Central, and 8-10 pm Eastern at www.pitpassradio.com.