SUZUKI ALSTARE BRUX GIVES YOUTH A CHANCE. Team Suzuki Alstare Brux are giving talented American Blake Young a ride on Max Neukirchner’s GSX-R1000 K9 at Donington this weekend, With Max still sidelined through injury, Team manager Francis Batta has decided to give 21-year old Blake a no-pressure ride at the East Midlands circuit after discussions with Young and former World Champion Kevin Schwantz. Blake comes from Wisconsin, USA and is riding the Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing GSX-R1000 in this year’s AMA championship, taking two podiums to date. This weekend, Blake will join regular Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Yukio Kagayama who is carrying on racing despite broken bones in his right heel. The gritty Japanese rider has already defied the pain to race in USA and Misano and is determined as ever to battle for the podium. Yukio For me, once I am on the bike, I am a racer and I forget my injuries. I have many fans in England and I want to put on a good show for them and do well. Of course, this championship is not so easy and this year is much more competitive than last year. I hope the weather will be better in Donington than Misano and the results will also be better than last year. Blake I’m really excited to race the Suzuki Alstare Brux GSX-R1000 at Donington Park this weekend. I’ve been racing motorcycles for as long as I can remember. I’ve always wanted to race Superbike and I got the chance to do that with the Rockstar Makita Suzuki team in America. Now, getting the opportunity to do a World Superbike race with the Suzuki Alstare Brux team in Europe is like a dream come true. I’m looking forward to it and want to make the most of this opportunity. 2008 results Race 1: 1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati), 2 Sykes (GB-Suzuki), 3 Biaggi (I-Ducati), 5 Yukio Kagayama (J-Suzuki Alstare), 7 Fonsi Nieto (E-Suzuki Alstare), Max Neukirchner (D-Alstare Suzuki) DNF, Race 2: 1 Kiyonari (J-Honda), 2 Crutchlow (GB-Honda), 3 Corser (Aus-Yamaha), 14 Max Neukirchner (D-Alstare Suzuki), 19 Yukio Kagayama (J-Suzuki Alstare), Fonsi Nieto (E-Suzuki Alstare) DNF, More, from a press release issued by American Suzuki: Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Blake Young to Race Upcoming World Superbike Round American to join Team Suzuki Alstare Brux for Donington race BREA, Calif. (June 23, 2009) American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) announced today that Suzuki factory racer Blake Young will compete in the next round of World Superbike racing at Donington Park in Great Britain next weekend, June 26 28, 2009. Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Young will race the 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 of injured rider Max Neukirchner for the Team Suzuki Alstare Brux team. According to ASMC, the World Superbike ride came about while Young and former World Champion Kevin Schwantz were attending last weekend’s race at San Marino’s Misano World Circuit. Schwantz and Young met with Team Suzuki Alstare Brux and they agreed to let Young ride in a no-pressure situation. “I’m really excited to race the Suzuki Alstare Brux GSX-R1000 at Donington Park this weekend,” said 21-year-old Young. “I’ve been racing motorcycles for as long as I can remember. I’ve always wanted to race Superbike and I’ve gotten the chance to do that with the Rockstar Makita Suzuki team in America. Now, getting the opportunity to do a World Superbike race with the Suzuki Alstare Brux team in Europe is like a dream come true. I’m looking forward to it and want to make the most of this opportunity.” In his first year of AMA Superbike racing this season, Young has already raced his Suzuki GSX-R1000 to two podium finishes and multiple top-five results. For More information on Young and the rest of the Rockstar Makita Suzuki team, please log on to www.SuzukiCycles.com.