American Team Set for Macau Grand Prix

American Team Set for Macau Grand Prix

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Three riders from the United States have been selected to compete in this year’s Macau GP. Jeremy Toye, of San Diego, California will ride the Lee’s Cycles sponsored GSX-R1000. He returns for his third trip to Macau after placing 7th in 2004 and 9th in 2003. Mark Miller, of Long Beach, California will be on the KWS Suzuki GSX-R1000. Miller finished 6th in 2005, 3rd in 2000, 4th in 1999 and 4th in 1998. John Haner, of Austin, Texas will be riding the KWS Suzuki GSX-R1000. Haner competed in the 2005 Macau GP but retired with mechanical problems. The team leaves for Hong Kong on November 11th. Former World Champion and 1988 Macau winner Kevin Schwantz, along with other past winners at Macau, will be guests of honor for the 40th annual Motorcycle Grand Prix (53rd for cars). The 60-mile, through-the-streets event will be run on Saturday, November 18th. After the race, the team will travel to Pattaya, Thailand for an 8-night vacation. PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST NUMBER/RIDER/TEAM/BIKE/NATIONALITY 1 MICHAEL RUTTER (STOBART HONDA), HONDA 1000 GBR 2 JOHN McGUINNESS (STOBART HONDA), HONDA 1000 GBR 3 IAN HUTCHINSON (STOBART HONDA), HONDA 1000 GBR 4 STUART EASTON (STOBART HONDA), HONDA 1000 GBR 5 MARK MILLER (KWS TEAM), SUZUKI 1000 USA 6 STEPHEN THOMPSON (STEFAN KUEHN RACING TEAM), SUZUKI 1000 GBR 7 THOMAS HINTERREITER (YAMAHA AUSTRIA RACING TEAM), YAMAHA 1000 AUT 8 PETE JENNINGS (SLINGSHOT RACING), HONDA 1000 GBR 9 JAMES McBRIDE (HYDREX HONDA), HONDA 1000 GBR 10 IAN LOUGHER (SLINGSHOT RACING), HONDA 1000 GBR 11 SANDOR BITTER (BLACK MOTORSPORT), YAMAHA 1000 HUN 12 RYAN FARQUHAR (HYDREX HONDA), HONDA 1000 GBR 13 SOU SE HONG HONDA 600 MAC * 14 JOSE LEITE (SUZUKI CAEPSA BPN), SUZUKI 998 POR 15 CHUI WAI KWONG, YAMAHA 600 MAC * 16 LEONG LOK CHOI YAMAHA 600 MAC * 17 LUIS CARREIRA (REPSOL HONDA TEAM), HONDA 1000 POR 18 GUY MARTIN (A.I.M. RACING), YAMAHA 1000 GBR 19 FRANKY HEIDGER (bwin – RACING GERMANY), SUZUKI 1000 GER 20 KEITH AMOR (DMR RACING), SUZUKI 1000 GBR 21 ANDI NOTMAN (MATLOCK MOTOMAX), HONDA 600 GBR 22 JOAO FERNANDES (TEAM OF PARIS), SUZUKI 1000 POR 23 WONG MAN KWONG, SUZUKI 750 MAC 24 PETER EDWARDS YAMAHA 600 HKG * 25 MICHAEL WEYNAND (STEFAN KUEHN RACING TEAM), KAWASAKI 1000 BEL 26 CRAIG ATKINSON (DMR RACING), HONDA 600 GBR * 27 RICO PENZKOFER (PS – DAS MOTORRAD MAGAZINE), YAMAHA 1000 GER 32 CHEUNG WAI (ON CHEUNG WAI ON), KAWASAKI 1000 HKG 38 JASON BROOME SUZUKI 998 MAC 40 STEVE ALLAN (MSS DISCOVERY RACING), KAWASAKI 600 GBR * 44 JOHN HANER (KWS TEAM), SUZUKI 1000 USA 45 MARTIN FINNEGAN (KLAFFI HONDA), HONDA 1000 EIR 50 PAUL HUNT (MSS DISCOVERY RACING), KAWASAKI 1000 IOM 57 JEREMY TOYE (LEE’S CYCLES RACING), SUZUKI 1000 USA 60 CALLUM RAMSAY (MSS DISCOVERY RACING), KAWASAKI 600 GBR * 66 GERALD MUTEAU (TEAM OF PARIS), SUZUKI 1000 FRA 77 LES SHAND (BTS RACING), GBR 86 CAMERON DONALD (UEL DUNCAN RACING), HONDA 1000 AUS 88 STEVE PLATER (A.I.M. RACING), YAMAHA 1000 GBR 99 RUI REIGOTO (VODAFONE YAMAHA BPN), YAMAHA 1000 POR * = 600cc SUPERSPORT CLASS

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