Yamaha U.S. Announces 2018 BLU CRU Off-Road Motorcycle Racing Teams
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(Press Release) Cypress, CA - February 23,
2018 - Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., is proud to
announce its bLU cRU Off-Road Motorcycle Racing Teams for
2018, which include AmPro/Yamaha, now in its 21st year as a Yamaha
bLU cRU racing team, along with the Raines Riding
University/Atlas Sales/Yamaha team. The announcement was made by
Donnie Luce, Amateur MX/ATV/Off-Road Coordinator, Motorsports
Racing Division, for Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
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"We're excited to, once again, be working with Randy Hawkins and
his AmPro/Yamaha
team, as well as Jason Raines and his Raines Riding
University/Atlas Sales/Yamaha team," Luce said. "Randy and Jason
have both been faithfully and energetically flying the Yamaha
bLU cRU flag for us in off-road racing for several years,
and their reputations for developing winning riders are second to
none. Their teams and programs are both topnotch."
The AmPro/Yamaha team is led by team owner, 7-Time AMA Pro Enduro
Champion, 13-Time ISDE Gold Medalist, and AMA Hall of Fame Member
Randy Hawkins, whose long-held mantra is "building Champions, one
race at a time." The team's rider lineup includes Ricky Russell
(#212), who will, once again, compete aboard a
YZ450FX in the Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series' XC1
class, and Jonathan Johnson (#981), who is new to the team for
2018, and will race a
YZ250FX in the GNCC XC2 class. Ricky and Jonathan will
primarily focus on GNCC for 2018, but they will also compete at
select rounds of both the AMA National Enduro Championship Series
and the AMA Sprint Enduro series. In addition, 12-year-old bLU
cRU rider Grant Davis (#30) remains with the team for 2018 and
will again compete in the GNCC Youth class aboard a YZ85.
For more about the AmPro/Yamaha team, visit http://www.AmProYamaha.com
The Raines Riding University/Atlas Sales/Yamaha team, led by
six-time AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion Jason Raines,
welcomes Cole Mattison (#29) as a new teammate with returning rider
Trevor Barrett (#945). Cole and Trevor will race YZ250FX machines
in the GNCC XC2 class.