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M4 Ecstar Suzuki Signs Kelly,
Dumas, Silva
T
eam Hammer, Inc. has
announced the signing
of Sean Dylan Kelly, Lucas
Silva and Alex Dumas. Kel-
ly and Dumas will contest
the 2020 MotoAmerica
AMA/FIM North American
Supersport Champion-
ship on M4 Ecstar Suzuki
GSX-R600s, while reign-
ing Twins Cup Champion
Dumas moves up to the
Stock 1000 class on an
M4 Ecstar Suzuki GSX-
R1000.
"I'm absolutely pleased
to be racing another sea-
son with Team Hammer
and ready for my second
year in the Supersport
class," said Kelly. "My goal
was to race two years in Supers-
port and the idea is to take what
I learned the first time and do
more.
"Last year was great," added
Kelly. "We had some nice ac-
complishments and also some
tough times like there will always
be in racing, but overall I enjoyed
it and thought it was a really
fantastic season. This time, we
hope to be even stronger."
Silva will race in Supersport
on an M4 Ecstar Suzuki GSX-
R600. The native Brazilian
emigrated with his family from
Sao Paulo to Miami, Florida in
2008, and quickly joined the
local racing scene with his older
brothers.
"This is an amazing opportu-
nity to race with Team Hammer
and my family has worked hard
to achieve it," said Silva. "It is a
dream come true for us. I had
a good first year on the Suzuki
GSX-R600 last year and I have
been working hard training this
off-season. I fell in love with the
Suzuki last year and was more
competitive as the year went on.
I think my strong suit is being
smooth and the GSX-R really
suits me."
Two-time MotoAmerica
National Champion Dumas will
continue with the Team Hammer
squad in 2020, contesting the
MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North
American Stock 1000 Champi-
onship on an M4 Ecstar Suzuki
GSX-R1000.
"I'm really excited to return to
Team Hammer," said Dumas.
"I had a good experience my
first season and moving up to
the Stock 1000 class should be
good for me. Having success
last season helped my confi-
dence and it was good to step
up my game and achieve some
nice results. I look forward to
continuing against some fast
guys this year." CN
Team Hammer
announced
the re-signing
of Sean Dylan
Kelly (pictured),
Lucas Silva and
Alex Dumas.
