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Mike Webb, Team Manager - Rockstar Makita Suzuki
Webb has been involved in professional off-road motorcycle racing for nearly three decades. He has helped Suzuki earn several championships in off-road racing and has been Team Manager for the GNCC team since 1992. Now he is going to take over the Supercross and Outdoor efforts with Ryan Dungey and Brett Metcalf on the RM-Z450, a bike Webb is very familiar with. He will be joined this year by Ricky Carmichael as team adviser on bike set-up, racing strategy, and training.
suzuki.com
Victor Sheldon, 8 time World and National Jet Ski Champion
After five years of retirement from Jet Ski racing, Victor is still one of the most popular and well recognized racers in that arena. After leaving Jet Ski racing he went to work for Thor MX as the pro rider manager. At Thor he worked with riders like Pastrana, Reed, McGrath, Tedesco, and Josh Hill just to name a few. He too was a victim of layoffs due to the tight economy but he still remains in contact with the moto industry. He joins Pit Pass Radio to talk about the silly season, give some insight on his close friends that are pro riders, and where we are overall as an industry.
Bill Kniegge, Owner - Blue Strada Tours and Wheel Jockey
Bill has a new invention that he is marketing to the motorcycle industry called the Wheel Jockey. The product has already been written up in Cycle World and Motorcycle Consumer News. Motorcycle Jockey is a simple tool designed to offer a solution for the cumbersome task of rotating street bike wheels for tire and wheel cleaning, chain maintenance, and tire inspection. The product is compact and easy to take with you on the road.
www.wheeljockey.com
Ben Bostrom, Amerrican SuperBike Rider - Pat Clark Motorsports
Ben's first season with Pat Clark Motorsports would be considered by many to be quite successful, what would you expect from this motorcycle racing veteran. In 2010, Bostrom posted eight podiums and one win to finish the season in fifth place overall. He raced part of the season with a pin in his hand only to have the season cut short after a horrific crash at New Jersey Motorsports Park at one of the last rounds. Recently Ben was in New Zealand racing mountain bikes; he placed third in the World Single Speed Mountain Bike Championships competing with over 850 riders from 30 countries.
www.bozbros.com
Taylor Knapp, American Superbike Racer - RidersDiscount.com Taylor Knapp Racing
Taylor raced an impressive season in the American Superbike class aboard his Yoshimura prepared Suzuki GSX-R1000 with fourteen top-ten finishes, best overall race finish of 5th and a 7th overall in the series. In 2009 Knapp raced in the Daytona class and finished 11th overall and the American Superbike class and finished 9th overall. Knapp is preparing for the 2011 and training in his home state of Michigan.
www.ridersdiscount.com
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