Zach Osborne, Maria Forsberg, John Leale, John Hinz, Danny Eslick Advance, North Carolina (December 18, 2012) – Top talent and industry insiders from the motorcycle world give their uncut opinions and stories. Zach Osborne, 250 Supercross – GEICO Honda After an awesome amateur career Zach made his pro debut in 2006. Back then his first pro race was at Daytona and he didn’t race another pro event until the Outdoors season. He raced several Outdoor events with sixth being his best finish at Hangtown. The next few years he struggled in the U.S. with injuries, he later decided to take an opportunity to race the G.P.’s in Europe. He won a Grand Prix and had much success across the pond including winning the British Motocross Championship. Last year he came back to the U.S. to race four Supercross events on the West Coast before returning to Europe and left with two podiums and all top ten finishes. Now he’s signed with GEICO Honda to race both Supercross and Outdoors for two years. www.geicohonda.com Maria Forsberg, OffRoad Racer GNCC, Endurocross, ISDE – FMF KTM Maria is racking up some very impressive results in the offroad racing world with three GNCC Championships, one AMA Endurocross Championship, two X-Games Gold Medals, and two ISDE Gold Medals. In 2012 Forsberg won every round of the GNCC series completely dominating the competition. She is signed with KTM as a factory rider for 2013 and looking to score some additional titles. www.mariaforsberg.com John Leale, Vee Rubber Vee Rubber International has been a leader in bicycle, motorcycle and ATV tires for over 30 years, and is an OEM supplier to many of the top brands in those segments. Being one of the largest natural rubbers producing and exporting countries, Thailand has tremendous potential to produce added value finished rubber products from natural rubber, especially tires for all types of vehicle. www.veerubberusa.com John Hinz, Product Manager – KTM North America John is the product manager for KTM North America, in 2013 KTM has some exciting new releases for the U.S. market including some new street models. They are reintroducing the Duke 690 for 2013 and adding the new 990 ADV Baja. Later this year U.S. riders should be seeing the new 1190 Adventure bike. KTM is known for pushing limits as well as introducing bikes the market wants like the KTM 350 four-stroke offroad motorcycle. www.ktmusa.com Danny Eslick, AMA Pro SuperBike – Michael Jordan Motorsports Eslick has signed with MJM to ride the #23 Jordan Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike class. He’s a former Daytona Sportbike Champion and finished eighth overall in last year’s AMA Pro Superbike series and brought home three podium finishes. Eslick’s best result of the season was a solid second-place at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida. www.23race.com Crew at Pit Pass Moto Scott Casber, Tony Wenck, Ed Kuhlenkamp, Jack DeLeon. About Pit Pass Moto Pit Pass Moto is a weekly syndicated motorcycle talk show heard across the U.S. and around the world via the internet at: Facebook ~http://www.facebook.com/#!/PitPassRadio~ iTunes ~http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pitpassradio.com-radio-program/id434313630?ign-mpt=uo%3D4~ . Pit Pass Radio is a weekly motorcycle talk show. Our show entertains, educates, and informs motorcyclists and motorcycle enthusiasts around the world about what is happening in the motorcycle industry. Talk show guests include racers, company executives, track owners, race promoters, product specialists, and industry insiders. The show is fun with a laid-back approach, but professional. We look to identify trends in the motorcycle industry and connect our listeners with their favorite riders.