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Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Wins Las Vegas SX Lites Shootout
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey capped off the 2008 AMA Supercross Lites season by not only winning the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Shootout for the second year in a row, but by also being honored with the Rising Star Award as well. In the Las Vegas season finale event,......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Wins Seattle SX Lites Race
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey finished off the AMA Supercross LItes West Coast series with a victory at QWest Field in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday night. Young Dungey won his heat race and then the 15-lap main event to finish the season off in second-place overall.......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Izzi Third Overall after Final SX Lites East Coast Race
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Nico Izzi wound up the AMA Supercross LItes East Coast series with an impressive third-overall in the championship points standings at St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome on Saturday night. The young rookie overcame a nasty hand injury from his heat race......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Izzi Picks Up Fourth-Place Finish in Detroit SX Lites
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Nico Izzi celebrated an impressive fourth-place finish in front of his home crowd at Saturday night’s AMA Supercross Lites race at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The St. Clair, Michigan, native started the night by nabbing a second-place finish......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Nico Izzi Cards Top-10 Finish in Dallas Supercross Lites
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Nico Izzi returned to AMA Supercross Lites at Dallas’ Texas Stadium this weekend after skipping the independent Toronto, Ontario, race last week. The young rookie recently celebrated his first AMA Supercross Lites podium in Indianapolis......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s David Vuillemin Battles Muddy Conditions at Toronto SX
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s David Vuillemin battled a frozen and muddy AMA Supercross track this past weekend at the Edwards Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In spite of the less-than-stellar conditions, the Frenchman rode hard and picked up a 13th-place finish. He......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey scores a second-place finish in third-ever SX
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey scored his first podium in the SX class Saturday night with a strong second-place finish at the HHH Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After grabbing the holeshot, Dungey led for three laps before relinquishing the lead and settling down in......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Vuillemin Celebrates 4th-Place Finish in Daytona Mud Race
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s David Vuillemin overcame torrential rains to capture his best AMA Supercross finish of the year at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday night. A strong rider in the wet, Vuillemin finished sixth in his heat race earlier in the......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Finishes 4th in Supercross-Class Debut at Indy
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey made a huge splash in his AMA Supercrossclass debut by finishing fourth on the RM-Z450 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis on Saturday night. Dungey started the evening with a third-place finish in his heat race and then he finished it with an......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey to Race RM-Z450 at Indy SX
BREA, Calif., (Feb. 27, 2008) – Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing announced today that AMA Supercross Lites West Coast contender Ryan Dungey will make his Supercross-class debut on the Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, this Saturday, March 2, 2008. The......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s David Vuillemin Captures Another Top-10 Result at Atlanta SX
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s David Vuillemin celebrated another strong AMA Supercross result on Saturday night in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. The Frenchman’s night began with a fifth-place finish in his eight-lap qualifying heat race and then ended with a ninth-place finish in the 20-lap......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Vuillemin Cards Top-10 Finish in Houston SX
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s David Vuillemin enjoyed a top-10 finish in AMA Supercross for the second weekend in a row, this time on Saturday night at Houston’s Texas Reliant Stadium. The Frenchman rallied after crashing hard in his heat race and took the win in the Last Chance......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dungey brings home sixth-place result
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s David Vuillemin celebrated his best result of the 2008 AMA Supercross season with a seventh-place finish at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on Saturday night. The Frenchman got a good start on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 and charged hard through the......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing Joins Forces with MX for Children
American Suzuki Donates 2008 RM-Z250 to Ignite Charity Fund Raising Efforts for the Upcoming Seattle Round of the Monster Energy Supercross Series Seattle, WA. (February 5, 2008) – MX for Children, a not-for-profit organization, is pleased to announce American Suzuki’s participation in MX for......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Alessi Gives Strong Performance at Anaheim III Supercross
Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dungey maintains SX Lites points lead The Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing team’s return to Angel Stadium for the third race in Anaheim, California, on Saturday night saw Mike Alessi pick up another impressive sixth-place finish. So far this year, Alessi has had......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Maintains Lites Points Lead after San Francisco Mudfest
In spite of soggy conditions, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey walked away from this weekend’s Supercross Lites race at San Francisco’s AT&T Park with a healthy points lead in the championship. The young rider finished second in his heat race and seventh in the shortened 10-lap......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Alessi cards fourth-place finish, with Vuillemin coming home in 11th
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey picked up his second AMA Supercross Lites victory of the 2008 season at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Saturday night. In the second of three Anaheim rounds, Dungey had a picture-perfect evening. The 18-year-old rider won his sixlap......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Cards Podium Finish in Phoenix SX Lites Race
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey brought home an impressive second-place finish in the exciting Supercross Lites race on Saturday night at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. After winning the season-opening Anaheim round last week, Dungey followed that up by winning his sixlap......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Wins Lites Race at Season-Opening Anaheim Supercross
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ryan Dungey started out the 2008 AMA Supercross season in style by winning the first round in the Supercross Lites class at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Saturday night. Dungey battled the elements as well as the competition, racing his Rockstar......

Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Race Teams to Debut in 2008
BREA, Calif., (Nov. 29, 2007) – American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) announced today that Rockstar Energy Drink and Makita USA will share title sponsorship of Suzuki’s championship-winning factory supported race efforts for AMA road racing, AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross. This multi-year,......

Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael will not compete at this weekend’s US Open of Supercross
BREA, Calif., (October 9, 2007) – American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) announced today that Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael will not compete at this weekend’s US Open in Las Vegas. Carmichael has been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), a debilitating and complex disorder......

CARMICHAEL WINS AT 'NATIONS
Team Suzuki Press Office - September 23, 2007. American Motocross legend Ricky Carmichael ended his career on a high note by taking his Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 to yet another victory and his third team success in the Motocross of Nations. The 27 year old raced to third and first positions in......

Team Makita Suzuki’s Carmichael Captures 150th Career Victory in Final MX Race
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael returned to race this weekend’s AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Series at Spring Creek MX Park in Millville, MN, and the 15-time AMA Champion did not disappoint. Carmichael won both of his 30-minute Motocross motos to take the overall win. This marks......

Makita Suzuki Signs Mike Alessi Up-and-coming rider excited to join multi-championship-winning team
BREA, Calif., (July 30, 2007) – American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) announced today that Team Makita Suzuki Racing has signed former amateur champion Mike Alessi to race the all-new Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 in the AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross series beginning in 2008. “I could not be more......

Team Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Picks Up Podium Finish in MX Lites at Washougal
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ryan Dungey brought home his fourth Motocross Lites podium position of the season in the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Series race at Washougal MX Park in Washougal, WA, this weekend. The 17-year-old Minnesotan got the holeshot on his Makita Suzuki RM-Z250 in both......

Team Makita Suzuki’s Tedesco Brings Home Top-Five Finish at Unadilla
Team Makita Suzuki Racings Ivan Tedesco picked up his best AMA Toyota Motocross finish of the season so far. The former AMA Motocross Lites Champion rode his Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 to a fourth-place finish in the first moto and a fifth-place finish in the second moto, earning him an impressive......

Makita Suzuki & Tedesco Agreed that Parting Ways the Best for all Parties
“BREA, Calif., (July 13, 2007) – American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) announced yesterday that Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ivan Tedesco will be released from his contract at the end of September 2007. To ensure that there are no misunderstandings, ASMC would like to clarify an earlier statement from......

Former World SX Champion David Vuillemin Joins Makita Suzuki for 2008
“BREA, Calif., (July 12, 2007) – American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) announced today that Team Makita Suzuki Racing has signed former World Supercross Champion and French Supercross Champion David Vuillemin to race the Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 in the 2008 AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross series. “I......

Team Makita Suzuki’s Carmichael Wins Final Red Bud Motocross
Round 5 – AMA Toyota Motocross Championship Series Buchanan, MI Red Bud Track & Trail June 30 – July 1, 2007 Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael captured his 101st AMA motocross victory and his 149th combined AMA motocross/supercross win at Red Bud Track & Trail in Buchanan, MI, this......

Team Makita Suzuki’s Carmichael Wins 100th MX & Tedesco Returns at Budds Creek
This weekend’s AMA Toyota Motocross at Budds Creek was a significant one for Team Makita Suzuki Racing in that 15-time AMA Champion Ricky Carmichael carded his 100th motocross win, while his teammate Ivan Tedesco successfully returned to racing after missing the first three rounds due to injury.......

Team Makita Suzuki’s Carmichael Wins Southwick Swan Song Makita Suzuki teammate Dungey podiums in MX Lites
In the sands of Southwick’s Motocross 338, Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael celebrated the city’s proclaimed “Ricky Carmichael Day” by winning his third straight AMA Toyota Motocross race of the 2007 season on Sunday afternoon. The 15-time AMA Champion won both 30-minute motos......

Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Carmichael Bids Farewell to High Point Raceway with Final Victory
A near-record sell-out Pennsylvania crowd cheered 15-time AMA Champion Ricky Carmichael to victory at Mt. Morris’ High Point Raceway on Sunday afternoon. The Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 rider won both Motocross-class motos to take the overall victory. The first moto saw Carmichael take over the lead......

Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Carmichael Celebrates 145th Combined SX/MX Win at Hangtown
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael returned to motorcycle racing with a vengeance at the recent weekend’s season-opening round of AMA Toyota Motocross at Hangtown Raceway in Sacramento, Calif. The 15-time AMA Champion took the overall win after finishing second in the first moto and......

Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Wins Las Vegas Lites Finale & Tedesco Brings Home Fourth in Supercross
Team Makita Suzuki Racing finished off the 2007 Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross season with style at Las Vegas’ Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday night. Supercross Lites rider Ryan Dungey won the Dave Coombs East/West AMA Supercross Lites Shootout after leading the entire event, while Supercross-class......

Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Wins Detroit SX Lites & Tedesco Cards 8th-Place SX Finish
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ryan Dungey won the final East Coast round of the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Lites class at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich., on Saturday night. Makita Suzuki teammate Ivan Tedesco brought home an eighth-place result in the Supercross class later in the evening. “I......

Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Podiums in Dallas Supercross Lites & Tedesco Rallis after Get-Offs
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ryan Dungey brought home an impressive third-place finish in the Supercross Lites class at the Dallas, Texas, Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross at Texas Stadium on Saturday night. This podium finish comes on the heels of Dungey’s Indianapolis victory last weekend. ......

Makita Suzuki’s Dungey Wins Supercross Lites & Tedesco Cards Top-Five Supercross Finish
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ryan Dungey won his second Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross race of the year at Indianapolis’ RCA Dome on Saturday night. Teammate Ivan Tedesco finished an impressive fifth place in the Supercross main event in front of more than 54,000 screaming fans. “Overall, it was a......

Makita Suzuki’s Carmichael Swan Song Results in Podium Finish at Orlando Supercross & Tedesco Finishing 4th
For Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael, his final Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross race was in his home state of Florida at Orlando’s Citrus Bowl and it couldn’t have been more exciting. The rider they call the Greatest Of All Time battled for the lead for all 20 laps of the main event before......

Makita Suzuki’s Carmichael on the Daytona SX Podium & Tedesco in the Top 10
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael celebrated his final Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross race at Daytona International Speedway by bringing home a strong second-place finish in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Friday night. Teammate Ivan Tedesco followed that with a sixth-place finish. “I’ve got to......

Makita Suzuki’s Carmichael Wins Exciting St. Louis Supercross
It was only appropriate that on the day that St. Louis’s mayor deemed “Ricky Carmichael Day,” the Team Makita Suzuki Racing rider won the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross race in the city’s Edward Jones Dome. “I love this place,” said Carmichael of St. Louis after the race. “That’s why I chose to......

CARMICHAEL PODIUMS AS DUNGEY WINS
Team Suzuki Press Office - February 25, 2007. A record-breaking Atlanta crowd welcomed back Team Makita Suzuki Racing's Ricky Carmichael to Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross on Saturday night at the Georgia Dome where the 15-time AMA Champion picked up a second-place finish. Team mate Ivan Tedesco......

Makita Suzuki’s Tedesco Gets Holeshot & Finishes Fourth at San Diego SX
Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ivan Tedesco picked up his first holeshot and his best Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross result of the season after finishing an impressive fourth place at the San Diego, Calif., event at Qualcomm Stadium on Saturday night. “This was definitely a break-through weekend for......

TEDESCO IN ANAHEIM TOP 10
Team Suzuki Press Office – February 5, 2007. Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ivan Tedesco finished the third Anaheim Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross at Angel Stadium in California with a solid top-10 finish. Team mate Ricky Carmichael did not race due to his abbreviated schedule; the 2006 AMA......

CARMICHAEL WINS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Team Suzuki Press Office – January 28, 2007. Ricky Carmichael raced his RM-Z450 to an 8.5-second victory at Saturday night’s San Francisco Supercross at AT& T Park in California. The Makita Suzuki rider – taking part in his last West Coast Supercross ride of the season as he opts to take up......

TEDESCO 8TH AT ANAHEIM
Team Suzuki Press Office – January 21, 2007. Ivan Tedesco raced his RM-Z450 into eighth place after recovering from a slip-up at Saturday night’s Anaheim Supercross in California – the third round of the AMA Supercross series. The Team Makita Suzuki rider - nursing an injured hand incurred in......

Team Rockstar Suzuki offers Suzuki RM-Z250 to Grass Roots Charitable Relief Organizations
ONLINE AUCTION BEGINS TUESDAY, JANUARY 17 Team Rockstar Suzuki and Rockstar Energy Drink have donated a brand new 2007 Suzuki RM-Z250 four stroke motorcycle to the Unite the United Charity auction. The proceeds from this sale will benefit My Friend’s Place Homeless Youth Resource......

CARMICHAEL GRABS PHOENIX PODIUM
Team Suzuki Press Office – January 14, 2007. Ricky Carmichael raced to second place in Saturday night’s AMA Supercross Championship second round in Phoenix, Arizona after an exciting battle with James Stewart. The Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 rider was less than a second behind the Kawasaki man......

SUZUKI CELEBRATE CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS
The managers of Team Suzuki’s official motocross teams from America, Japan and Europe were all praised by Suzuki Motor Corporation President & COO, Mr Hiroshi Tsuda, at a special reception held at the company’s headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan, last week, to celebrate a successful 2007 racing......

CARMICHAEL WINS IN VANCOUVER
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 10, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael clinched victory in Saturday night’s Vancouver Supercross - the second round of the Amp’d Mobile World Supercross Championship - and took over the series lead as young team mate Ryan Dungey brought home second......

TEDESCO HOPES TO BE FIT FOR ANAHEIM
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 6, 2006. Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ivan Tedesco suffered three broken bones in his left hand after competitor James Stewart landed on him during practice at round one of the Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday. ......

CARMICHAEL DEBUTS NEW RM-Z450 IN VEGAS
Team Suzuki Press Office – October 16, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael made his comeback from a shoulder injury to race his new Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 to second overall at the US Open of Supercross at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas at the weekend. The RM-Z450 that the team raced......

CARMICHAEL CLINCHES 7TH AMA MOTOCROSS CROWN!
Team Suzuki Press Office – August 20, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael clinched his seventh AMA Motocross title at today’s Binghamton 10th Championship round in New York. RM-Z450-mounted Carmichael won both races at the Broome-Tioga Sports Center event with two rounds still......

Ryan Sipes at Spring Creek – Just not race ready yet.
Millville, Minn- Aug 15th, 2006 - Bad weather and nagging injuries were spoilers for Ryan Sipes and Team WBR Suzuki at the Spring Creek National on Sunday. A crowd of 24,500 turned out for the downpour and Round Nine of the 12-race Toyota AMA Motocross Championship in Millville, MN. This time......

CARMICHAEL LAPS MILLVILLE MX FIELD
Team Suzuki Press Office – August 14, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael became the first rider in America to lap an entire motocross field on his way to a double victory at Sunday’s AMA Motocross Championship ninth round at Spring Creek, Millville in Minnesota. The reigning Champion......

CARMICHAEL 2ND AT WASHOUGAL
Team Suzuki Press Office – July 31, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael finished a strong second place at round eight of the AMA Toyota Motocross race at Washougal MX Park, in Washougal, WA, on Sunday afternoon. The defending AMA Motocross Champion won his first 30-minute......

Makita Suzuki Signs Up-and-Coming Rider Ryan Dungey to Factory SX/MX Team
BREA, Calif., (July 19, 2006) – American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) announced today that Team Makita Suzuki Racing signed Ryan Dungey to race the Makita Suzuki RM-Z250 in the Motocross Lites class for the remainder of the 2006 AMA Toyota Motocross Series. The 16-year-old Dungey’s first official......

CARMICHAEL TOPS UNADILLA MX
Team Suzuki Press Office – July 17, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael clinched his fifth straight victory of the season by taking two race wins at Sunday’s AMA Motocross Championship sixth round at Unadilla Valley in New York. It was the 26-year-old Floridian’s sixth win at the......

Team WBR Suzuki 2/3 Force at Unadilla – Sipes in Top 10
New Berlin, NY – July 16, 2006 – Team WBR Suzuki headed into the 6th round of the Toyota AMA Motocross Championship with high hopes of having a good finish. The venerable and historic Unadilla track was gnarly as usual with many riders discovering the sharp edge of the tracks fickle personality.......

CARMICHAEL TAKES RED BUD DOUBLE
Team Suzuki Press Office – July 3, 2006. Reigning AMA Motocross Champion Ricky Carmichael raced to his fourth straight victory of the season in Sunday’s fifth round at Red Bud Track ‘n Trail in Michigan. The Makita Suzuki rider took the holeshot on his RM-Z450 in both 30-minute races. He led......

Team WBR Suzuki Holds Sipes Out of Red Bud
Buchannan, MI – July 3, 2006 – Ryan Sipes was expected to rejoin his Team WBR Suzuki teammates this last Sunday at the Red Bud Track ‘n Trail event. Sipes has been on the sidelines since January with two consecutive injuries. During a last minute practice session before the event, it was......

CARMICHAEL INCREASES SERIES LEAD
Team Suzuki Press Office – June 19, 2006. Ricky Carmichael took two straight wins and his third consecutive AMA Toyota Motocross race of the 2006 season on his RM-Z450 at Sunday’s Budds Creek AMA Motocross fourth round in California and increased his series lead to 20 points. The Makita......

CARMICHAEL INCREASES SERIES LEAD
Team Suzuki Press Office – June 12, 2006. Reigning AMA Motocross Champion Ricky Carmichael has increased his lead in the AMA Motocross Championship after taking the overall win in today’s third round at Southwick in Massachusetts. The RM-Z450-mounted rider now heads Chad Reed by 14 points......

Sun, Sand and more Sand in Southwick – 13th overall for Team WBR’s Brian Gray
Southwick, MA – June 11, 2006 – Round Three of the AMA Motocross Championship in Southwick, MA was preceded by a week of nonstop rain. But on Sunday, the skies cleared for the 20,000 New Englanders that showed up for the event. Motocross 338 was celebrating its 30th year of racing and decided to......

CARMICHAEL TAKES HIGHPOINT VICTORY
Team Suzuki Press Office – May 28, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael captured his first AMA Toyota Motocross victory of the season in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the 30th running of the High Point National in Mt. Morris. In the afternoon’s first 30-minute moto,......

Team WBR's Brian Gray gets Top 20 at High Point
Mt Morris, PA, High Point Raceway – May 28, 2006 - Under a scorching Pennsylvania sun, WBR sole rider Brian Gray took to his Suzuki RM-Z250 for the second time in team colors. With Ryan Morais still out on non-race related medical and Ryan Sipes still recovering, Gray once again carried the weight......

Gray steps in quickly and performs well at Hangtown
Sacramento CA - May 22, 2006 - The opening of the Outdoor National Season found Team WBR handicapped by medical issues, but still upbeat with the addition of a new rider. Ryan Sipes, who has been out since January with a broken foot had been practicing for about a month and was expected to be......

CARMICHAEL 2ND AT SACRAMENTO
Team Suzuki Press Office – May 22, 2006. Reigning AMA Motocross Champion Ricky Carmichael recovered from a first lap crash to claim second overall at the opening round of the 2006 series at Sacramento, California on Sunday. After taking the holeshot, the Makita Suzuki rider lost the front end......

RAMON TAKES 2ND PODIUM IN JAPAN
Team Suzuki Press Office – May 21, 2006. Team Suzuki rider Steve Ramon claimed runner-up position in the fifth round of the MX1 Motocross World Championship at a hot and sunny Sugo circuit for the Grand Prix of Japan this afternoon. The Belgian lifted his second set of silverware for the......

SUZUKI TAKES SUCCESS TO JAPAN
Team Suzuki Press Office – May 16, 2006. After podiums in the last three rounds of the 2006 FIM MX1 World Championship Team Suzuki expect to continue their positive streak with the RM-Z450 this weekend at the Sugo circuit for the Grand Prix of Japan. For the second successive year, Sugo will......

STRIJBOS RACES TO SECOND PODIUM
Team Suzuki Press Office – May 7, 2006. Kevin Strijbos guided the RM-Z450 Suzuki to a second consecutive runner-up position this afternoon in front of 31,000 spectators at a hot and sunny Teutschenthal circuit for the Karcher Grand Prix of Germany. The fourth round of 15 in the 2006 FIM World......

CARMICHAEL WINS AMA SUPERCROSS TITLE
Team Suzuki Press Office – May 7, 2006. Ricky Carmichael has clinched the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross crown for the fifth time after finishing second to James Stewart at Saturday night’s Las Vegas Supercross final round at Sam Boyd Stadium. In a race where both titles could have gone to......

RAMON TAKES HIS FIRST SUZUKI RM-Z450 POLE
Team Suzuki Press Office – May 6, 2006. Team Suzuki’s Steve Ramon has taken his first pole position on the RM-Z450 after Time Practice at the Talkessel circuit in Teutschenthal for the Karcher Grand Prix of Germany, round four of the 2006 FIM MX1 World Championship. Sunshine and comfortable......

Supercross/Motocross Legend Ricky Carmichael Re-Signs with Makita Suzuki
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (May 5, 2006) – Team Makita Suzuki Racing announced today that 13-time AMA Supercross/Motocross Champion Ricky Carmichael has re-signed with the team for three more years. The reigning AMA Supercross, AMA Motocross and World Supercross GP Champion will defend his AMA Motocross......

CARMICHAEL TAKES SEATTLE PODIUM
Team Suzuki Press Office – April 30, 2006. Ricky Carmichael raced from the back of the field after poor start and off-track excursion to claim third position at Saturday night’s wet and muddy AMA Supercross Championship penultimate round at Qwest Field, Seattle. Said Carmichael: “I gave it my......

CARMICHAEL 6TH AFTER CRASHING
Team Suzuki Press Office – April 23, 2006. A heavy crash on the fifth lap of Saturday’s Dallas Supercross dropped World and AMA Supercross Champion Ricky Carmichael down to sixth position overall, but he still leads the series. The Makita Suzuki rider had holeshotted the 20-lap Main Event......

STRIJBOS CLAIMS FIRST PODIUM
Team Suzuki Press Office – April 23, 2006. Kevin Strijbos and the RM-Z450 Suzuki gained third position this afternoon at a sunny and warm Agueda circuit for the Grand Prix of Portugal and the third round of 15 in the 2006 FIM World Championship. It was the first top three for the Belgian......

RAMON 2ND ON AGUEDA MX1 GATE
Steve Ramon posted the second quickest lap time aboard his works RM-Z450 this afternoon at a sunny Agueda circuit for the Grand Prix of Portugal as team mate Kevin Strijbos was fourth for another strong showing by the Team Suzuki pair. The Saturday programme for round three of 15 in the 2006 FIM......

Makita Suzuki’s Tedesco Finishes Fourth at Dallas SX & Carmichael Retains Points Lead
--Next up, Qwest Field in Seattle, WA, April 29, 2006--> Round 14 - Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series Dallas, TX Texas Stadium April 22, 2006 Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ivan Tedesco and Ricky Carmichael left the Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross race at Dallas’ Texas Stadium on Saturday night with......

Team Suzuki Press Office – April 19, 2006.
Team Suzuki travel to the Agueda circuit for the Grand Prix of Portugal this weekend buoyed by their moto victory and podium result in Spain last Sunday and are hoping for more of the same. The third round of 15 in the 2006 FIM MX1 World Championship will take place at the venue that has hosted......

SUZUKI AIMS FOR SPANISH PODIUM
Team Suzuki Press Office – April 12, 2006. The FIM MX1 World Championship resumes this weekend with Team Suzuki, armed with the potent RM-Z450, hoping to resurrect hopes of a Grand Prix podium at the Bellpuig circuit in Catalunya, Spain on Easter Sunday. After a weekend break, in which Kevin......

CARMICHAEL 2ND AT HOUSTON SX
Team Suzuki Press Office – April 2, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael continues to extend his points lead in the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series by finishing second at Houston’s Reliant Stadium on Saturday night as team mate Ivan Tedesco walked away with a sixth-place......

RAMON 4TH IN SUZUKI MX1 DEBUT
Team Suzuki Press Office – April 1, 2006. Steve Ramon qualified in fourth position on the RM-Z450 at a breezy Zolder circuit this afternoon on the first day of the 2006 FIM Motocross World Championships with team mate Kevin Strijbos close behind in fifth place. The Grand Prix of Flanders......

DEBUT VICTORY FOR DEVELOPMENT RM-Z250
Team Suzuki Press Office – March 29, 2006. Team Suzuki’s Yohei Kojima raced a development aluminium-framed RM-Z250WS to its debut victory in the opening round of the All Japan Motocross Championship at Sportsland Sugo at the weekend. The venue, which will host the Japanese round of the FIM......

SUZUKI SET FOR ZOLDER MX1 OPENER
Team Suzuki Press Office – March 29, 2006. The 2006 FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship commences this weekend with the first round of fifteen in a six month, three continent trek. The Karcher Grand Prix of Flanders will be entertained by the Zolder circuit in Belgian for the third consecutive......

CARMICHAEL 2ND AT DETROIT
Team Suzuki Press Office – March 26, 2006. Ricky Carmichael extended his points lead in the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross series by finishing second in front of more than 40,000 cheering fans at Detroit’s new Ford Field on Saturday night as team mate Ivan Tedesco finished an impressive......

CARMICHAEL 2ND AT ORLANDO SUPERCROSS
CARMICHAEL 2ND AT ORLANDO SUPERCROSS Team Suzuki Press Office – March 19, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael increased his lead over Chad Reed in the Amp’d Mobile Supercross series after finishing second at Saturday night’s Orlando Supercross in America. Carmichael ran second to......

CARMICHAEL WINS AT DAYTONA
Team Suzuki Press Office – March 11, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael won his third consecutive AMA Supercross of the season and regained the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross points lead at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on Friday night. This victory......

STRIJBOS WINS HAWKSTONE GRAND FINAL
Team Suzuki Press Office – March 7, 2006. Team Suzuki earned its first win of a short but busy pre-season period when Kevin Strijbos beat nine times World Champion and reigning MX1 king Stefan Everts at a sunny Hawkstone Park. Despite a brief and bizarre snow storm mid-way through the......

CARMICHAEL POINTS RETURNED
Team Makita Suzuki Racing announced today that defending AMA Supercross Champion Ricky Carmichael regained the 25 points that he lost when the AMA penalized him for use of illegal fuel at round six of the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series in San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 11, 2006. "I'm......

CARMICHAEL WINS AT INDIANAPOLIS
Team Suzuki Press Office – March 5, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael raced to his fifth win of the season at Saturday night’s Indianapolis Supercross to close within one point of the Amp’d AMA Supercross series lead. The reigning World and AMA Supercross Champion took the lead on......

BACK STRAIN HINDERS RAMON IN FRANCE
Team Suzuki Press Office – February 28, 2006. Team Suzuki completed their second pre-season event at the weekend at the Pernes Les Fontaines International meeting in France, but Steve Ramon was unable to post decent results due to a back strain. The former 125cc World Champion had pulled a......

CARMICHAEL WINS ALTLANTA SUPERCROSS
Team Suzuki Press Office – February 26, 2006. Ricky Carmichael raced to overall victory in Saturday evening’s Atlanta Supercross at Georgia Dome despite being told days earlier he’d been stripped of his victory in San Diego over an alleged rule infringement. The Makita Suzuki rider took the......

TEDESCO TAKES BEST SX RESULT AT ST. LOUIS
Team Suzuki Press Office – February 19, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ivan Tedesco raced to his best 250 Supercross Main Event position at Saturday’s drama-packed St. Louis seventh round as team mate Ricky Carmichael and arch rival James Stewart both crashed out. Tedesco led for half the 20-lap......

SUZUKI START 2006 CAMPAIGN IN MANTOVA
The new-look Suzuki MX1 World Championship motocross team begin their 2006 assault on the FIM series and national Belgian Championship with the first of several pre-season ‘warm-up’ races this weekend. Riders Steve Ramon and Kevin Strijbos (pictured), together with their works RM-Z450......

CARMICHAEL 2ND AT SAN DIEGO
Team Suzuki Press Office – February 12, 2006. Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael and arch rival James Stewart set the Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California alight with one of the best battles the AMA Supercross series has seen so far on Saturday night. Reigning Champion Carmichael –......

POSITIVE SEASON OPENER FOR SUZUKI MX1
Team Suzuki Press Office – February 12, 2006. New Team Suzuki signing Steve Ramon and Kevin Strijbos both recorded encouraging results at the Starcross International Motocross in Mantova, Italy today; a traditional season-opening event and the first of several ‘warm-up’ meetings before the MX1......

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 5, 2006.
Suzuki’s RMZ450 raced to its first double podium at Saturday night’s AMA Supercross fifth round at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California as reigning champion Ricky Carmichael grabbed a 10-second win and team-mate Ivan Tedesco his first 250 Main Event rostrum. With the victory, Carmichael moved......

Team Suzuki Press Office – January 29, 2006
In one of the best races of the season so far, Team Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael raced to a close second place at Saturday night’s rain-lashed AMA Supercross fourth round at SBC Park in San Francisco, California. The reigning World and AMA Supercross Champion had led the shortened 12-lap,......

ROCKSTAR Suzuki Racing’s Jason Lawrence Scores Top 10 @ A2 SX
AMA Lites class teammate Ryan Mills 11th overall; Brown & Evans make SX class main

Corona, Calif., (Jan. 23, 2006) – Jason Lawrence of the ROCKSTAR Suzuki team raced to a 9th place overall finish in the Lites class of the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series at Anaheim last Saturday. Lawrence, who made the main by finishing fourth in his heat worked hard in the main to record......

Makita Suzuki’s Carmichael Wins Anaheim 2 & Tedesco Finishes Strong in Fourth
Round 3 - Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series Anaheim, CA Angel Stadium Jan. 21, 2006 Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael captured his second consecutive Supercross victory of the year -- as well as the points lead -- in the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series at Angel Stadium on......

Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael Wins Phoenix Supercross Thriller
Round 2 – Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series Phoenix, AZ Bank One Ballpark Jan. 14, 2006 Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael captured his first 2006 Supercross win in front of an overflowing Arizona crowd at Phoenix’s Bank One Ballpark on Saturday night. Serendipitously, last year......

Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael on the Podium in Exciting Season-Opening Supercross Race
Round 1 - Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series Anaheim, CA Angel Stadium Jan. 7, 2006 Team Makita Suzuki Racing’s Ricky Carmichael carded a podium finish in the highly anticipated season-opening round of the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series at Angel Stadium, on Saturday night before a......