Hodgson, Schwantz Will Be On Pit Pass Radio Tonight

Hodgson, Schwantz Will Be On Pit Pass Radio Tonight

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Advance, North Carolina (May 27, 2008) – Top people from the motorcycle industry give their uncut opinions and race stories. Get your weekly motorcycle news live from Pit Pass Radio. 7 PM to 9 PM Central – streaming from www.pitpassradio.com Pit Pass will be giving away two (2) four-day general admission tickets valued at $80 each to a lucky listener to tonight’s show – compliments of Miller Motorsports Park. – First Hour – Nico Izzi – Motocross Racer, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Nico hails from St Clair, Michigan and has been racing Suzuki’s all of his life. He raced Glen Helen this past weekend and finished 8th in Moto One and 37th in Moto 2 in the Lites class. He is coming into the outdoor motocross season after racing in the Lites East SX Class and finishing third overall. Prior to turning Pro, Nico racked up more than 100 amateur championships. www.teamsuzuki.com/motocross Glenn Hollingshead, Promoter, KTM Perry Mountain 24 Hour Challenge This annual event draws racers and fans from all across the U.S. June 7 marks the 7th year teams and riders will compete on the 10 mile course that features a great mix of terrain including a motocross track. Glenn will be on to tell us what to expect this year as the Pit Pass Radio staff will be there racing the event. www.perrymountain.com – Second Hour – Kevin Schwantz, World Champion and Owner of Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School The 1993 500CC Grand Prix World Champion. Kevin has 25 Grand Prix wins, 21 lap records, 29 pole positions and the FIM even retired his signature competition number 34 – first time in the history of the sport that a rider has been so honored. In 2001, he started the Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School. Now he is also the 2008 Red Bull U.S. Rookies Cup Coach. Today Kevin is still very actively involved in the sport he loves. He joins us to discuss the Red Bull Rookies Cup, his riding school and to tell us his thoughts about the 2008 road racing season. www.schwantzschool.com Neil Hodgson, Road Racer AMA Superbike Series, Factory Honda Neil was the 2003 World Superbike Champion and 2000 British Superbike Champion. He is currently racing for factory Honda in the Superbike class and is in third place overall. Neil landed the Honda ride after placing fifth at the last race of the year in 2007 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca riding for the Corona Honda Team. Neil joins us to discuss the upcoming WSB round at Miller Motorsports Park and his season at Honda. www.hondaredriders.com/roadracing Stewart Aitken-Cade, President, USGPRU LLC Stewart Aitken-Cade has been running the US Grand Prix Racer’s Union (USGPRU) since 2002 when the series started. Initially just a 125GP series, the USGPRU added a 250GP class when the AMA dropped it in 2004. In 2008, they added a youth-only class, the Moriwaki MD250H Powered by HONDA, featuring a $110k purse. The USGPRU is open to racers from all skill levels and is particularly focused on helping the up-and-coming racers to develop their race craft prior to taking the leap into the AMA pro ranks or international competition. Racers such as Yamaha’s Josh Herrin, Garrett Carter, PJ Jacobsen, and Red Bull Rookie Cup racer Benny Solis have all spent time learning to carve corners faster with the USGPRU. Stewart started racing 125s in 1995 and was the 2001 F-USA 125GP National Champion. He is an active duty member of the US Air Force, currently assigned in Northern Virginia. www.usgpru.net Crew at Pit Pass Radio Scott Casber, Tony Wenck, Tony Tice, Jack DeLeon and Ed Kuhlenkamp, Build-Momentum Pit Pass Radio is a syndicated motorcycle talk-radio show heard across the U.S. on radio stations and around the world via the internet at www.pitpassradio.com. The show airs every Tuesday from 5-7 pm Pacific, 6-8 pm Mountain, 7-9 pm Central, and 8-10 pm Eastern at www.pitpassradio.com.

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