SPORTBIKETRACKGEAR.COM TO HOST BIG GIVEAWAYS AT AMA PRO HONDA SUPERCYCLE WEEKEND AT MID-OHIO July 6th, 2011 Shelby, MI SportbikeTrackGear.com will again be taking an active role with fans in the upcoming AMA Pro Honda Supercycle event at Mid-Ohio this weekend. SportbikeTrackGear.com has partnered with several top vendors in the industry to provide giveaways to fans over the course of both Saturday and Sunday’s races. Items being given away include a Bell Star helmet, Held Thrux gloves, Spiegler brake line kits, Knox Armour Handroid gloves, Pit Bull stands, a Teknic Violator race suit, as well as two Sportbike Track Time trackday passes, good for any date on the Sportbike Track Time calendar. Fans are encouraged to visit Team SportbikeTrackGear.com in the pits throughout the weekend and especially during the fan walk. A drawing will take place each day and entrants will need to be present to win. For the weekend Team SportbikeTrackGear.com will field rider and owner Brian Van, as well as Jake Arch – both competing in the AMA Pro Supersport class. The team also includes Witchkraft Racing’s Jeff Wrobel, Aaron Bagwell and AMA Daytona winner Kyle Wyman, riding as a replacement rider for Eddie Kraft. SportbikeTrackGear.com specializes in protective motorcycle apparel and sport bike performance parts. Spending their weekends at the track, testing and using the best products in the industry, STG prides themselves on exceptional customer service, great pricing and having customers talk to someone who knows about the products they sell if they won’t use it, they don’t sell it. For more information on STG, please visit sportbiketrackgear.com. More, from another press release issued by SportbikeTrackGear.com: WITCHKRAFT RACING TO FIELD KYLE WYMAN FOR AMA PRO HONDA SUPERCYCLE WEEKEND AT MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE July 6th, 2011 – Shelby, MI – Witchkraft Racing is heading to Mid-Ohio Sports Car course this weekend and will enter AMA Daytona winner Kyle Wyman for the sixth round of the AMA Pro Series presented by Dunlop Tires, replacing the injured Eddie Kraft. Wyman, from Rochester New York, won the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 race at Daytona International Speedway and has been competing in the series full time this season. Kyle will also be running in Daytona Sportbike, wearing #133 aboard the team’s Yamaha R6 and will join fellow riders Jeff Wrobel and Aaron Bagwell, who will be competing in the AMA Supersport class. “I am really excited to be back on a Yamaha this coming weekend at Mid-Ohio,” said the 21 year old, “Eddie has given me a tremendous opportunity on great equipment that is very similar to what I have ridden in the past. It’s been 10 months since I’ve ridden a 600, but I’m confident that I will feel right at home on the bike and be comfortable enough to give the team a good result.” Crew Chief Joe Kraft says, “We’re looking forward to working with Kyle and fielding a fast, young rider in the Daytona Sportbike class. With Eddie out of action, it’s good to put someone on the bike and see what kind of feedback we get. We’re eager to put Kyle on our bike which we feel is competitive and can run at the front. With a solid team around him, we want to make things easy for him and just let him focus on riding.” Witchkraft Racing would like to recognize the support of their sponsors: Sportbike Track Gear, Honda East of Toledo, DuPont, Oakley, Hanshaw Engines, 35 Motorsports, Pit Bull, Sharkskinz, Graves Motorsports, Dynojet, RS Taichi, Teknic, Bell Helmets, NGK Spark Plugs, Worldwide Bearings, Motul, GP Tech, Full Spectrum, Knox Armour, Three J’s Wreck Tech, Trademark Custom Interiors, Motion Pro and Spiegler. For more information on the team, visit witchkraftracing.com. Kyle would like to extend gratitude to his personal sponsors: Arai, Long Pond Autobody, Rev’It!, Sidi, Held, Kicker, AllAboutBikes, Webster Dental Group, 505bluesmusic.com, and RIVALUS. Visit Kyle’s website at www.kylewymanracing.com. More, from a press release issued by Team Ridersdiscount.com: With all of the final preparations looked after, Jake Holden Racing and Team RidersDiscount.com are ready for Mid-Ohio! Not only will Jake’s Ducati 848 EVO have a new look, but also, the entire crew will be decked out in the distinctive Team RidersDiscount.com livery. The Supercycle Weekend at Mid-Ohio will be Jake’s first time back on his Ducati race bike since the beginning of June. With the extra time away from the bike to allow Jake’s hand to heal properly, the whole team is itching for more action. The Ducati 848 EVO’s character will lend itself well at a track where late-braking passes are especially advantageous. Jake Holden “I’m super excited after taking off from the Barber event to recover from injuries. I can’t wait to get back on my RidersDiscount.com-sponsored Ducati 848 EVO at Mid-Ohio which is one of my favorite tracks on the circuit! I’ve been staying with Geoff May in Georgia, training in the heat so I feel close to being fully recovered from my accident. Big thanks to RidersDiscount.com and all my fans who supported me through my donation site and messages on Facebook.” Brian Gibson, owner RidersDiscount.com “We’ve been waiting for our first weekend together for quite some time. Everyone we’ve talked to over at Jake Holden Racing has been very positive despite the extra time away from the track but the good thing is that it let us get every little detail in order. The Ducati 848 EVO looks fantastic too and I can’t wait to see it on the grid! It’s going to be a big weekend for Team RidersDiscount.com! Not only do we have Jake back on the bike, but we’ve also got other Team RidersDiscount.com racers Virginie ‘Frenchie’ Massing and Sam Gaige doing the WERA Double Header at Grattan Raceway simultaneously. A busy weekend for sure and the whole team is looking forward to seeing Jake back where he belongs!” Jake Holden Racing and Team RidersDiscount.com arrive at Mid-Ohio ready to get back into the action. You can get updates on the team’s progress over the weekend at facebook.com/ridersdiscount or at facebook.com/JakeHolden59 for Jake’s own perspective on everything racing. About RidersDiscount.com:”RidersDiscount.com is an online retailer of quality powersports gear, apparel and accessories. A company formed and owned by racers, RidersDiscount.com ships equipment for every riding style to customers worldwide, backed by a knowledgeable sales team and excellent customer service. More, from a press release issued by Yamaha Motors Corp., U.S.A.: At The Halfway Point, Yamaha’s Road Racing Teams Enjoying Remarkable Success In AMA Pro Racing Competition Cypress, CA July 6, 2011 – The Yamaha Road Racing Teams have reached the halfway point in the AMA Pro Racing season, and the action thus far has been breathtaking in all three highly competitive classes–American SuperBike, Daytona SportBike, and SuperSport. If you’re keeping score at home (and why wouldn’t you be with the close racing that this season has produced so far?), you probably already know that Yamaha bikes and riders are either at the front or close to it in all three classes. But, let’s go ahead and reset the scene, anyway. Among the fastest bikes and nation’s best riders that compete in American SuperBike, Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha’s Josh Hayes and his crossplane crankshaft-equipped YZF-R1® are in the points lead and poised to successfully defend the SuperBike title that they won last season. Josh has won every pole position this year, and he’s also won races at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, and Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Josh is on the gas and looking to finish out the season with more pole positions and race wins, beginning with this weekend’s doubleheader at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Also riding well in SuperBike this season is Yamaha Extended Service/Pat Clark Motorsports/Graves/Yamaha rider Chris Clark, who is also R1-mounted. Chris has turned in some great results so far this season, highlighted by an excellent 6th-place finish in tricky weather conditions at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. Look for Chris to move up in the season point standings during the second half of the season. He is just three points shy of 7th place, with lots of great racing yet to come. In the hotly contested Daytona SportBike class, Monster Energy/Graves/Yamaha’s Josh Herrin, aboard his YZF-R6®, is a mere four points out of the championship points lead. Josh has notched wins at Miller Motorsports Park, Road America (where he won both the Saturday and Sunday races), and Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Josh is looking forward to the rest of the DSB season, starting with this weekend at Mid-Ohio. Josh’s Yamaha teammate in Daytona SportBike is the remarkably consistent Tommy Aquino, who rides under the Yamaha Extended Service/Pat Clark Motorsports/Graves/Yamaha banner. Aboard his R6, Tommy has been in contention for a podium finish in nearly every race so far, finishing as high as 4th at Road America, and then repeating and “threepeating” that same terrific result in Saturday’s and Sunday’s races at Barber Motorsports Park. The success that the riders have shown thus far in the 2011 season is especially pleasing to Chuck Graves of Graves Motorsports, whose company and crew are an integral part of the Yamaha Road Racing Teams. “I really enjoy working with all the riders and crew,” Chuck commented. “As a former rider myself, I know what it takes to compete at the front and win national races. The combination of these riders, our dedicated and hard-working crew, and our topnotch equipment is netting us excellent results. We’re really looking forward to the second half of the season. The racing is dramatic, and we’re excited to bring it to our fans.” This season’s SuperSport class has proven to be just as exciting as the SuperBike and SportBike classes have thus far, and Yamaha has been well-represented in the race results and season standings. LTD Racing/Y.E.S./Yamaha’s David Gaviria and his R6 are in 1st place in the West Division points standings. David won the Sunday race at Daytona, as well as the Saturday race at Road America. Tomas Puerta, who is David’s LTD Racing/Y.E.S./Yamaha teammate, is currently in 2nd place in the East Division points standings, having won the first SuperSport race of the season on his R6 at Daytona. Macedon, New York, native Travis Wyman, also riding a Yamaha R6 in SuperSport competition this season, won the Sunday race at Road America. All told, 6 of the top 10 riders in the SuperSport West Division standings are Yamaha R6-mounted, while 4 of the top 10 riders in the SuperSport East Division standings are on R6s. So, that’s where the Yamaha Road Racing teams stand so far in this exciting AMA Pro Racing season. There is certainly a lot left to be decided and many races yet to be run, and the talented Yamaha riders–aboard the R1 and R6–are sure to factor heavily in the events to come. Stay on the edge of your seat and enjoy the action, resuming with a full schedule of Saturday and Sunday races this weekend at Mid-Ohio. There’s nothing like watching motorcycle road racing live and in person, but if you can’t make it to the track, be sure to watch all the action from Mid-Ohio on Speed TV. For the exact days and times of the Mid-Ohio telecasts, be sure to check your local listings, or go to www.SpeedTV.com for more information.