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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Graves Motorsports is supporting the sport like never before with a new contingency program for grass roots racers in the WERA National Endurance Series.
Graves is offering $5000 for first place at each of the eight WERA National Endurance events in the Mediumweight Superbike class. To assist racers and teams during the series, Graves will have parts and technical support staff on hand at each round.
"We race what we sell and we sell what we race, bridging the gap between the haves and the have nots" says company president Chuck Graves. "This was Graves Motorsports' original mission statement. Now, 20 years later, we're still at it--improving our products and boosting our support of motorcycle road racing around the country."
Van Nuys, California (January 8th, 2010) -Graves Motorsports / Team Graves Yamaha would like introduce Shane McCoy as our newest addition to the organization. Shane is no stranger to the motorcycle industry and he will be assuming a newly formed position within Graves. Shane McCoy will hit the ground running in an administrative position that covers the Media and Technologies areas. Expect this alliance to bring many fresh and exciting things from Graves Motorsports. All inquiries and information can be sent to Shane directly at shane@gravesport.com.
Cypress, California, December 17th 2009 - In a year that saw Yamaha riders James Stewart, Valentino Rossi, and Ben Spies capture the perfect "trifecta" of World Championships, perhaps one of the most memorable moments for race fans around the world, was "King" Kenny Roberts' return ride at the infamous Indy Mile in late August.
As a year end surprise, Yamaha is pleased to offer race fans around the world a video of this monumental occasion. The video features both archival footage from Kenny?s victory in 1975 as well as the events surrounding this recent monumental motorcycling event.
To watch the entire video on YouTube, please click here:
TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (October 29, 2009) - Team Graves Yamaha announced today they will be joining the Yamaha Champions Riding School at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for special testing sessions during the November 9-10 Pro School as well as the December 2-4 Riding School. This is a rare opportunity for a casual rider to be present at a professional race team testing session with Team Graves Yamaha riders participating in the events.
"We are excited to get the chance to join the Yamaha Champions Riding School for our test sessions," said Road Race Team Manager Tom Halverson. "We gain so much value from our testing, and having the chance to partner with such a great school just adds to improving our race team's ability to reach their goals of a championship in... [Read More]
A huge R1-Forum.com congrats to Valentino Rossi and Ben Spies for their 2009 Champoinship winning seasons! Yamaha Motors, the race teams and crews went big and delivered!
Rossi Wins Ninth World Championship
The incomparable Valentino Rossi took his ninth world-championship crown by riding to third place in a dramatic rain-drenched race in Sepang, Malaysia on Sunday, Oct. 25. It is also the Italian's seventh title in the premier MotoGP class and his fourth premier title for Yamaha - more than the Italian has won with any other manufacturer - and his 163rd career podium. Meanwhile Rossi's Fiat Yamaha YZR-M1 teammate Jorge Lorenzo was forced to start from the back of the grid after a sighting-lap problem but he recovered brilliantly and rode a superb race to chase Rossi home in... [Read More]
The fourth round of the AMA Supercross series at AT&T Park in San Francisco took on a new tone the day before the race. That was when we found out 2009 champion James Stewart was out with a broken hand.
Icon's plan for its new for fall '09 "Operator" line of motorcycle gear was simple; take its Alliance SSR helmet, Hooligan jacket and Sub gloves and add a variant of the military's new Universal Camouflage Pattern.
With respect to the motorcycle industry, 2009 was a year that remained pretty bleak. Nevertheless, there were some bright spots last year and things to look forward to in 2010.
It's been a couple of years since we first experienced Ducati's delightfully devilish Hypermotard 1100S. After having ridden the revised 2010 EVO edition - with more power and less weight - Lucifer proves to be more insistent than ever.
With an air of confidence toward the future and pride in the company's past, representatives from Dainese introduced its 2010 gear collection, along with details of the almost-ready-for-primetime "D-Air" airbag suit.
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