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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHAN MOORE
IN
THE
SURPRISE,
SURPRISE
D
uring the short break in the Lucas Oil AMA
Pro Motocross Championship Series, Ryan
Villopoto paid a surprise visit to the Kawasaki
Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. plant in
Lincoln, Nebraska, last week and the more than
1300 employees gave the three-time Monster
Energy AMA Supercross Champion a standing
ovation before he thanked them for their support.
"I've raced for Monster Energy Kawasaki for
a long time now," said Villopoto. "And all of the
success I've achieved comes from everyone
who works at Kawasaki. Our team gets tremendous support from all of the employees and it is
fun to come see the work they are doing."
After his brief stint on stage, Villopoto toured
the massive manufacturing facility that produces
Kawasaki, Jet Ski, Mule and Teryx models, along
with rail cars. Seeing some heavy equipment in
action, Villopoto was impressed by the team spirit that resonated throughout the facility. Following
the tour Villopoto sat down for an autograph session for the employees and their families.
Villopoto is currently leading the 450 outdoor
National MX Championship by 16 over Ryan
Dungey.
Former National Trials Champion Jerry Young warms up
his Triumph Cub at the New York Trials.
TRIUMPHANT
RETURN
J
erry Young, who won the AMA National Trials
Championship in 1972, paid a visit to the opening round of the 2013 MotoTrials Championship in
New York, the father of six-time AMA National Trials Champion Ryan Young competing in Saturday's
event on the same bike he rode to the title in 1972
- a 1967 Triumph Cub.
Young said that the Cub has quite a history. He
and his wife had already put 5000 road miles on
the bike before converting it into a trials bike in the
early 1970s.
Shan Moore
PAULIN, HERLINGS
MASTER MAGGIORA
G
Ryan Villopoto made a surprise visit to the
Kawasaki manufacturing plant in Nebraska.
autier Paulin and Jeff Herlings captured the
overall wins at the FIM Motocross Would
Championship round in Italy at the Maggiora Circuit
on Sunday. The Frenchman Paulin used a 3-1 combination to secure the win in the MX1 class, while
the Dutchman Herlings went 1-1 again to claim the
MX2 win.
Kawasaki's Paulin finished a hard-fought third
in the first moto, taking the checkered flag behind
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