ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, February 2, 2009 — Chip Yates (AMA #89) will contest his first AMA pro season on a pair of SWIGZ.COM GSX-R600s with backing from major sponsors SWIGZ.COM and Dainese. Yates’ 19-month rise from WERA club racing novice to licensed AMA professional road racer is notable in that he had never raced a motorcycle of any kind prior to April, 2007 and didn’t regularly ride on the street. Chip’s roadracing career began in 2007 when he purchased a 9-year-old GSX-R750 for $2,500 at his wife Julie’s suggestion. Known in WERA and AFM circles as “the new guy with the old school GSX-R”, Yates finished 4th in the 2007 WERA West A-Superstock novice championship before the racebike was stolen along with his tow vehicle, trailer and tools following the 2007 WERA Las Vegas round. For his 2008 expert season, Yates hired crew chief Jimmy Summers and the two rebuilt the team from scratch to campaign a 2007 GSX-R600 in WERA and AFM competition at tracks including Infineon Raceway, Miller Motorsports Park, California Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Buttonwillow Raceway Park. Chip notched top 5 finishes and ended the year 4th in the 2008 WERA West A-Superbike expert championship. Chip Yates: “Obviously we’re on a steep learning curve and competing with the best riders in America on tracks and tires that are new to us, but I feel like we’re at the right place at the right time to grow our program along with the new direction of AMA Pro Road Racing.” Jimmy Summers: “We are looking forward to a great year under the new AMA Daytona SportBike rules. I want to thank Josh Hanrahan of Aim Sports LLC for supporting our recent California Speedway data acquisition system tests on the GSX-R600, as well as our other equipment sponsors M4 Performance Exhaust, Woodcraft and Armour Bodies.” About SWIGZ.COM: SWIGZ® is the world’s first dual hydration sports bottle allowing athletes to carry two drinks of their choice during workouts. More details of the SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing team are at www.chipyates.com and www.youtube.com/chipyates.