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Adam5?
Grizzly Adams pushing Yvon
Duhamel? Nope. It just so happens that the bearded man in this
classic shot from the early I970s is
none other than current AMA
Supercross/Motocross series manager Steve Whitelock. Duhamel,
the father of current Team Honda
star Miguel Duhamel, is aboard his
factory Kawasaki.
Kawa5aki §upercro55 Kickoff
The rumble of KX250F four-strokes and the roar of two-stroke KX250 motocross
motorcycles echoed through Kawasaki's Irvine headquarters on Wednesday, January
5. Kawasaki Motocross Racing's factory racers and racers from Monster/Pro
Circuit/Kawasaki Motocross Racing rode into the building's atrium to a well-wishing
crowd of their biggest supporters - Kawasaki employees.
The racers, introduced by E5PN commentator Jamie little, included Kawasaki's fourtime AMA Motocrossl5upercross Champion James Stewart and three-time Australian
Motocross Champion Michael Byrne, who were also joined for the festivities by 125cc
West 5upercross defending champion Ivan Tedesco, four-time AMA Four-Stroke
National Champion Paul Carpenter, Kawasaki-supported rider Sean Hamblin, and 2003
AMA I 25cc Motocross Champion and newest
Kawasaki team member Grant Langston. Each of
the racers was given an opportunity to address the
Kawasaki employee group and each autographed a
jersey for a fortunate, drawn-at-random member
of the audience.
According to Bruce Stjemstrom, director of
professional racing, "this degree of involvement
from all aspects of the company is what helps drive
the continuing success of our racing program.
When the racers know that they have the backing
of their sponsor's employees, it makes a big differ-
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ence in how they perceive the relationship."
little was presented with a Kawasaki KLX I I 0 that had been customized by Two
Brothers Racing. The stock Kl.X was olltfitted with a titanium racing exhaust, "salad"
