From a press release issued by American Suzuki’s PR agency:

World Champion Kevin Schwantz’s Supermoto Victory to be Shown on SpeedChannel

BREA, Calif., Aug. 25, 2003 – American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) congratulates former World Champion Kevin Schwantz on his victory in the Fay Myers Suzuki Supermoto Classic. ASMC also congratulates Mark Avard, who rode his Corona Extra Suzuki DR-Z400 to second place overall. The race was a part of the inaugural Motorcyclist and Dirt Rider CycleFest Presented by Suzuki at Copper Mountain, Col., this past weekend.

The extremely popular Schwantz recently came out of racing retirement to campaign a 2003 Suzuki DR-Z400 in the AMA’s new Supermoto series. His victory at Copper Mountain – where he was crowned “Big Kahuna” as the overall winner after a sixth-place finish on the first day and a first-place on the second – marks the former Grand Prix Champion’s first win in this growing form of racing.

“It feels great to be racing and winning again,” said Schwantz, who currently consults for the Yoshimura Suzuki factory road race team and runs the successful Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School at Road Atlanta. “And Supermoto is an excellent form of racing because it’s inexpensive for the privateers and exciting for the spectators.”

The Fay Myers Suzuki Supermoto Classic, and other events from the Motorcyclist and Dirt Rider CycleFest Presented by Suzuki, will be broadcast on SpeedChannel’s “Two Wheel Tuesday” at 10:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003.


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