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Cycle News Issue 50 December 18

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IN THE WIND P54 ENDUROCROSS HAS NEW OWNERSHIP B onnier Corporation, the recent owners of AMA EnduroCross, has sold the race series to long-time event producer WHR Motorsports. Little information has been released about the acquisition but accord- ing to a release from Bonnier, many of the race locations will remain the same. A 2019 schedule has not yet been announced. The following is a release from Bonnier: WHR Motorsports, a long-time event producer from Kent, WA, has reached a deal with Bonnier Corporation to acquire the EnduroCross racing series, the premier motorcycle Enduro series in the United States, announced today by Jonathan Moore, SVP of the Events Division for Bonnier Corporation. The acquisition adds to the WHR events line up which includes Arenacross, Super- moto and Indoor/Outdoor Monster Truck events. WHR plans to hold dates in many of the same markets as 2018 with the possibility of additional markets. EnduroCross has a formula that has proven to work over its long history and WHR is looking forward to building on that success. WHR plans to continue to create challenging tracks for the riders and produce action-packed events to which EnduroCross fans have grown accus- tomed to. CN WHR Motorsports has acquired the EnduroCross racing series from Bonnier Corporation. Chad Reed will lead the JGR/ Yoshimura/Suzuki team into battle in the 2019 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series. I t's official. Chad Reed, Justin Hill and Weston Peick will make up the JGR/Yo- shimura/Suzuki in the 450 class in the 2019 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series. Peick, however, won't suit up until he's fully recovered from the facial injuries that he suffered at the Paris Supercross. He is hopeful that he'll return before the end of the season, but we attend the races and sign autographs. The four-rider 250 squad will be made up of Alex Martin (new to the team), Kyle Peters, Jimmy Decotis and Enzo Lopes. It was also recently announced that An- swer Racing will be the official gear brand for the JGR/Yoshimura/Suzuki 250 Factory Team through 2020. CN JGR ANNOUNCES 2019 SX TEAM

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