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Parts Unlimited/Moose/Maxxis/Wiseco/Klotz/FMF/Pirelli/ITP
Suzuki Joins GNCC Racing as First-Ever Title Sponsor
Suzuki GNCC Series Kicks-Off Unprecedented Sponsorship Package
has paved the way for an unprecedented off-road sponsorship program. Suzuki joins
the Grand National Cross Country Series as the first-ever title sponsor of GNCC
Racing, christening the series as the Suzuki Grand National Cross Country Series.
“Suzuki has a diversity of product, from supersport bikes, to motocross, to kids’ bikes
and ATVs. We have a lot of stories to tell,” says American Suzuki Advertising Manager
Glenn Hansen. “We love to use racing to help us talk about the high-performance
machines we build. That story is well known thanks to Matt Mladin and our supersport
GSX-R line, but we’re continuing to work at the off-road side. We’ve had a lot of
success over the last few years in GNCC racing, and we hope this will do an even
better job of telling our story.”
Suzuki logos will adorn GNCC race tracks at all 13 rounds of the 2005 series, which
kicks off next weekend with the Lone Star GNCC in Gilmer, Texas. With a potent factory
racing team, including five-time GNCC Bike Champion Rodney Smith and perennial
GNCC ATV threat William Yokley, as well as a large GNCC contingency program for
pros and amateurs, Suzuki is supporting riders at all ends of the spectrum.
“This is the grassroots of racing,” says Hansen. “Yes, it’s a high-quality professional
program that gets a great bit of media attention, but at the same time it brings in
weekend riders, and that’s the best part of it. There are huge turnouts, and while there
are certainly those that race the whole series, we like to reach the weekend warrior who
is maybe only racing their local track and just venturing to a neighboring state. And that’
s the beauty of GNCC racing.”
The AMA-sanctioned Suzuki Grand National Cross Country series is America’s premier
off-road racing series. The 13-round series is produced exclusively by Racer
Productions. One of the most physically demanding sports in the world, the nearly three-
hour long cross-country races lead as many as 1400 riders through tracks ranging from
eight to twelve miles in length. With varied terrain including hills, mud, dirt, rocks and
motocross sections, GNCC races are tests of both survival and speed. Suzuki GNCC
featured sponsors include Parts Unlimited, Moose, Maxxis, Pirelli, Wiseco, Klotz, FMF
and ITP, and riders compete for over $1.3 million in series prizes and contingency
money. Associate sponsors include Moose Utility Division, Scott, Alpinestars, Ohlins,
Cometic, Outerwears, Pro Armor, Race Tools, Twin Air, SFB Racing, Thor, Racer X
Illustrated, Motion Pro, Moto-Tee’s, Warrior and Laeger’s. For more information, log on
to GNCCRacing.com.
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