I want to speak on a recent press release issued by Safety First Racing. First off I would like to say that the press release states that I was freed to pursue other opportunities and that I am opening a new motorcycle shop in Oshkosh, WI. Both those statements are true and I just want to clarify that the reason for me being let go is not because I am starting a new bike shop and/or that I will not be racing anymore. My intentions with Safety First Racing was the same when we came to a verbal agreement back in Nov of 2004 as they were when I rode in Daytona, and that was to race for them in the most professional manner I could. I closed down 2 Wheel Authority in December of 2004 as I was restructuring my business and debated whether to continue or not. Many plans were in the works to gain corporate & product sponsorship in the AMA Pro Series for 2005. In January I came upon a great opportunity to start up a new motorcycle performance / repair, accessories shop in Oshkosh, WI with a better location called Speed Tech Motorsports.. A lot of time was put into this plan and I determined I could still race for Safety First Racing & run my new shop. The opening weekend for the new team was at Daytona and the team was fairly new. Daytona didn’t go to well for me as I was learning a new bike, team, and tires with no seat time yet. Our parts arrived very late and the bikes weren’t ready to be raced as we didn’t have time to test hardly anything. I did the best I could with what the situations were. I had a nasty highside earlier in a CCS event while learning the track that hindered my performance throughout the AMA events. I want to thank Safety First team Dr. David Boll for all his help in my recovery time and helping me be fit enough to ride in my first Daytona 200 event in which I finished 25th. I rode my heart out like I always do but just couldn’t get up to speed like I wanted to due to injuries from my crash. Some of our sponsors didn’t come through for us to keep me on the team prior to the beginning of the season and I want to thank Kevin Hansen for all of his help in still getting me to Daytona and trying to work with me. He has a great program with what he is doing to create awareness for “Helmet’s on Kids” and getting the word out about racing and safety. It’s people like him that help our sport grow and attract outside sponsorship. I wish Kevin and the guys on his team the best of luck this season. Kevin & I are still good friends and it’s just an unfortunate thing that this season didn’t turn out the way we planned it. I wish him the best of luck in finding a new rider to represent his team. Now that plans have changed I will still be racing this season but for my own business again as I did last season on my Player’s Bar & Grill / 2 Wheel Authority ZX6RR’s. I will run select AMA Pro events, Formula USA, and Wera National events on a 2005 Kawasaki ZX6RR and Keith Morey will be my personal mechanic as he was last season. I feel we will still be able to pull off some great finishes like we did last season with 2 top 10’s and 4 top 15’s in 4 events with our own set up. I look forward to this season and can’t wait to race the new ZX6RR. Our bike will be prepared by Keith, myself & team of mechanics at my new shop of Speed Tech Motorsports. The unfortunate thing is that we now have to start over and look for product & monetary sponsorship late in the game. We hope to pick up where we left off last season. I also am currently sponsoring riders Sven Bugge, Robert Foan & Brett Lamers from my local area that will be contending in the local regional races in CCS & WERA. If anyone is interested in being sponsored please give me a call. We have a full performance shop and race team and can set-up any bike for racing. Our new shop will be open to the public in April. If anyone has any questions or needs to contact me I can be reached at (920) 216-9760.