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Theo Lockwood, 37, who worked with the Graves Motorsports team in 2001 as Crew Chief for Damon Buckmaster, has accepted a job with Eckl Kawasaki as Crew Chief for Chris Walker in the Superbike World Championship Series.

Lockwood worked with Roger Lee Hayden for Chaparral Suzuki in 2000, and with Rich Alexander, Tom Kipp and Buckmaster for Chaparral in 1999.

Lockwood spent 1998 tuning at AFM races for Mark Foster, after working with Mike Smith for Kinkos Kawasaki in 1997. Lockwood tuned for Chris Rogers in 1996; in 1996 Lockwood tuned for Chuck Graves and Tray Batey, then members of Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki.

Lockwood will live in Wieden, Germany.